baby babbles - Chapter 29: Chapter 29

Louis Tomlinson, two years old, terrified of being andon. He had soft brown feathery hair that was often styled to the side, big piercing green bluish green eyes. Standing shorter than most of the kids his age, he was a runt everything about him was small.
That was why it was so hard to believe someone had andon him in the first place. Zayn, Liam, Niall, and Harry couldn't understand what the poor child would possibly do to warrant neglect or andonment. That's exactly why the four fathers had immediately fallen head over heels in love with the little boy, they'd adopted him right away.
Tonight was the first night since they'd adopted him that they'd be going out and leaving him behind with a bysitter. Niall wasn't sure he liked this idea and his hesitance was rubbing off on the normally hyperactive two year old. They were going to do some interviews and normally they would bring little Louis along but tonight they planned on being out almost all night so bringing the little one wasn't an option.
"Niall, he's going to be fine," Harry reassured his husnd who was chewing on the skin beside his nail. The blonde glanced up his ocean blue eyes flickering to Harry's grey ones and shrugging his shoulders unsurely.
"I don't think this is a good idea, I mean he hasn't been separated from us since we brought him home almost two months ago," He worried. The youngest husnd nodded in understanding but still set a reassuring hand on his lovers shoulder.
"He's two, he'll be alright," Harry tried to reassure him again but Niall didn't seem to be having it. The blonde really didn't want to leave the feathery haired almost teal eyed boy alone not for as long as they would have to. It wasn't fair. Stupid interviews.
"Alright, Andy is here are you even ready Niall?" Liam poked his head into the bed room finding Niall sitting on the floor across from their Two year old, who was holding up his bear and sounded like he was having a full conversation with the stuffed toy.
"No," Niall huffed slowly standing up he kissed Louis' forehead before being rushed out of the room to go get changed so they could head out to the interviews.
"Niall!" Liam scolded shaking his head stepping into the two year old's room as Niall rushed out to get ready but not before sticking his tongue out first.
"Hey Lou you want to go play with uncle Andy?" He asked. The two year old glanced up cautiously hugging his small teddy bear close to his chest before reaching up one of his hands to take Liam's.
"Untle Any?" The feathery haired boy asked his voice quiet. He'd hung out with Jay once or twice while his daddies were busy in interviews but never had his daddies ever left his sight while he was with Uncle Jay.
"Yea buddy, you are going to play with him tonight, while daddies go out," the minute the word left Liam's mouth the little boy's eyes grew to the size of quarters and his whole body tensed.
"take lou wiff you?" He was afraid of the answer even though he had a pretty good idea what the answer was. Liam looked hesitantly up at Harry and his raven haired lover as he stood at the bottom of the stairs waiting for little Lou to make it two the bottom.
"no buddy, you are going to stay and play with jay," Zayn hummed from his spot at the bottom of the stairs. Louis froze on the step he was on and let go of Liam's hands tears quickly building in the two year olds eyes.
"No! No go!" he sniffled pressing his bear to his face figuring maybe if he refused to go downstairs his daddies wouldn't leave without him.
"Bud come on, it's time for you to eat, Jay will feed you and then you can play together," Harry attempted to encourage the frozen toddler. Louis shook his head violently not wanting to go eat with uncle Jay. He wanted to stay here with daddies.
"What's going on?" Niall stepped out of the bed room his hair fixed and changed into something presentable when he noticed the scene on the stairs.
"Aw, what's wrong little man?" He stepped down the first few steps and scooped up Louis who quickly nuzzled into his neck hugging his teddy close and had one hand in a death grip on Niall's shirt.
"no weave," the two year old blubbered into his father's neck. Niall's heart broke for the poor thing, he didn't want to leave but management was absolutely forcing this interview marathon it was for some press announcement that the boys hadn't even been told yet. The blonde father shook his head, slowly making his way down the rest of the steps.
"Why don't we go eat yeah?" the suggestion that Niall might stay while Louis ate was more than enough for Louis. He nodded his head gingerly as he was carried into the kitchen. Niall slid the toddler into his highchair and Andy moved to heat up the little Gerber graduate meal for the little one.
"See this is much better," Zayn added, his fingers calmly threading through the soft feathery brown hair on the toddlers head. Louis just hugged his bear even closer waiting for his meal to be placed in front of him wanting to grip out onto Niall still but unable to. Jay set the food down on the tray and Louis quickly dove into it.
"Let's go," Liam mouthed wanting Liam and Zayn out of the kitchen before the two year old lifted his head and found out they were leaving. Niall felt horrible as he slinked out of the kitchen Zayn following behind they got to the door and heard a loud wail but Liam and Harry were blocking their way from going ck inside and comforting the toddler.
"We love you little man!" Niall shouted as he was shoved out the door a d feeling in the pit of his stomach as the door slammed and you could still hear the wailing of the two year old.
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It took Louis a minute or two to look up from his food to realize that his fathers had left him. They hadn't stayed while he ate. Tears welled up in his teal eyes and he let out a ear splitting scream before beginning to sob whole heartedly. Jay's eyes nearly popped out of his own head. He'd never had lux react like this when he bysat.
"they'll be ck later Lou, come on eat your dinner sweetie," He cooed trying desperately to get the boy to eat his food again but every forkful he held up just came flying ck and soon enough the highchair was rocking ck and forth with the force of the little boys sobs and kicking feet.
"DADDY, DADDY, DADDY!" the little one chanted in his tears. Blue eyes fell to the ground as Andy tried to figure out what the hell he was going to do. He re-gathered himself and lifted the tray off the highchair and leaned in picking up the screaming toddler setting him on his hip but not even that was settling little Louis.
"Come on Louis be, you gotta calm down," Andy huffed as he was kicked in the chest, quickly getting fed up with being kicked in the ribs he set the child down and watched as Louis ran as fast as he could to the front door and began to ng on it and scream for his fathers. Andy was quickly growing tired of this little fit.
Louis stood at the door wailing as loud as he possibly could, coughing and screaming as his little fists hit the door with all his might screaming for his fathers to come ck he wouldn't be d any more. He would eat all his veggies, he wouldn't cry and more he just wanted his daddies ck and he was terrified they weren't going to.
"Louis come on," Andy tried to call his name after twenty minutes of letting Louis sit at the door and scream his little heart out. Louis still wasn't having any of it from Andy, he didn't want the blue eyed mans comfort, he wanted his daddies. He didn't want his uncle it simply wasn't enough. He was quickly losing his voice so his screaming would have to stop eventually or at least that's what Andy thought.
Turned out that the little one's lungs were a lot stronger than Andy thought because as he neared to pick up the now quietly sobbing child Louis let out a scream that Andy was sure the neighbors heard and resumed sobbing as loud as he could now kicking the door. Andy picked up the two year old getting kicked in the stomach and placed him on a chair facing the wall hoping this would calm him down but it only seemed to make him angry.
"DADDY, , PAPA, DADA!" he screamed as he kicked the wall his little feet getting sore and his little chest starting to hurt because he was crying so hard.
"Dude if you start throwing up I'm so calling your parents,"Andy didn't deal with throw up and if this kid kept crying he was going to have to call the boys home. He checked his watch frowning when he realized the toddler had been at this screaming and crying for almost an hour and a half now and he had to be getting close to his breaking point.
Boy, Andy was so wrong. Louis was convinced he'd been andoned and that his daddies weren't coming ck because he was a d by so he sat in the time out chair (where Andy had put him in hopes of calming him down) and sobbed. Big crocodile tears rolled down his pale cheeks and his face was quickly heating up and his stomach was starting to get upset. He needed his daddies and they weren't coming home because he was an awful child.
"NO MORE D, PAPA, NO MORE D!" He screamed at the wall and Andy was beginning to get worried.
"Alright, that's it I'm calling Niall," Andy huffed as he dialed the phone number he'd been given in case of emergencies.
They'd been in the middle of an interview when Niall's phone went off. He glanced down at the caller ID his heart leaping into his throat when he saw who it was.
"Excuse me a moment, the bysitter is calling," He stepped out of the interview and into the hallway flipping the phone open and screams immediately met his ears and he felt sick.
"Andy?"
"He will not stop," Andy sounded angry and worn out, it irritated Niall a little bit because Andy was supposed to be taking care of his little boy and being patient and kind not irritated.
"Is that him screaming like that?" Niall felt bile rise in his throat because he could hear Louis screaming about how he wouldn't be d anymore and then screaming for papa, , dada, and daddy.
"No it's the neighbor down the street. Yes dumss it's him!" Andy snapped causing Niall to growl lowly in warning at the boy. He wasn't about to let someone treat his child like that or make fun of him because he was worried.
"We'll be home asap," He rushed closing the phone and rushing ck into the interview.
"Guy's we have to go, you know how you said it'd be fine to leave him alone tonight?" He glared at them.
"He's still screaming his lungs out."
"Shit," Zayn was the first up and the other fathers quickly followed.
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Louis screamed even louder when Andy told him to stop screaming and then the one thing Andy didn't want to happen, happened. Louis was crying so hard he threw up all over himself and the kitchen floor.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" Andy growled loudly just as the door to the house swung open. Niall shot Andy a nasty look before looking around the living room for Louis not finding him he looked in the kitchen his anger beginning to get the best of him.
"YOU PUT HIM IN TIME OUT FOR CRYING!?" His face was red with how loud he was shouting, Zayn ignored the angry blonde rushing past him into the kitchen seeing the state Louis was in broke his heart. He knew he shouldn't have left Louis alone and damn Liam and Harry for talking them into this. He bent down noticing the throw up down his toddlers shirt and pants and on the floor and his heart completely shattered.
"Oh by boy," Zayn hummed quietly, Louis was crying so hard he didn't even see Zayn standing next to him.
"Loui, by " He called and the two year old turned to look at him and a scream left his lips and he threw his arms around Zayn's neck. The raven haired boy cringed because throw up was not his favorite thing but Louis was still hiccupping and his little chest was still heaving.
"Ew, what sti..." Liam stopped talking noticing Louis' state and spotting the vomit on the floor.
"I'll clean that up why don't you go take him for a shower," The suggestion sounded fantastic. The raven haired boy carried the still hiccupping toddler upstairs and peeled the puke covered clothes of the toddler before pulling his own shirt, pants, and underwear off and starting the water keeping it luke warm.
"Hey buddy, shh it's ok Daddy's here," Zayn bounced Louis gently, stepping into the shower. The toddler's head fell against his shoulder. Zayn felt so angry that they'd left him as he could hear Louis mumbling promises of 'no be d, no mo daddy leave', and it was the saddest thing.
"Shh, you weren't d I promise little man," He ran his large hand up the little boys ck attempting to sooth him.
"No mo' be d daddy, pwease no weave," He hiccupped pressing his face right up against Zayn's neck. The raven haired father sighed, grabbing some body soap and beginning to lather it on the little boy's body and his own chest.
"You weren't d by, No more leave ok? We won't leave, I promise," The little feathery haired boys hands gripped onto him very slowly beginning to calm down. By the time they stepped out of the shower he was just hiccupping very softly.
"how is he?" Niall stepped into the throom Louis favorite ducky towel in his hands. Louis reached for him immediately and Niall wrapped him up in the soft towel holding him close.
"Papa missed you, Yeah I did," He cooed receiving a slight giggle from the hiccupping toddler.
"Miss papa," He mumbled moving to press his face into Niall's shoulder his hands fisting in Niall's shirt, death gripping the soft fabric. Niall just let out a breath of relief of finally holding his little boy again. Two hours had been much to long to be away from him and he never wanted to do it again.
"You ready for bed?" The blonde cooed softly his hands threading through the soft feathery wet hair. Louis giggled again because his papa asked him a silly question about being ready for bed. He was still naked.
"Oh you need to put some pajama's on!" Niall laughed, "want Daddy Harry to dress you and then you can sleep with daddies tonight?" Louis's eyes lit up like a Christmas tree and he nodded.
"Yes pwease!" He gasped. Niall smiled nodding towards Zayn to finish getting dressed up for bed as he wandered to the stairs.
"Harry! Louis wants you to dress him so we can go to bed!" The blonde shouted down to his curly haired husnd. The youngest husnd poked his head out of the kitchen spotting the loves of his life standing at the top of the stairs.
"On it!" He laughed jogging up the stairs and picking the little ducky towel wrapped child out of the blonde boy's arms.
"Why don't you go get ready while I get him ready and we'll meet you in there?" The blonde nodded pressing a small kiss to Harry's lips before jogging off. Harry carried Louis into his bed room setting him down on the floor on his feet he smiled.
"Let's get you ready my little ducky," He cooed, Louis giggled.
"Quack!" he cheered through a hiccup and Harry laughed rubbing the towel all over the little ones body before pulling up a nappy on the little boy and grabbing his little One Direction footie pajama's. Once the little boy was dressed Harry scooped him ck up smoothing his hair down he pressed a gentle kiss to his forehead.
"some one's got the hiccups yeah?" Harry teased as he stroked his little boy's cheek lightly with the pad of his thumb carrying him into the bed room.
Where the other three fathers were already on the bed. Harry smirked and set down the two year old on the end of the bed. The two year old stood up and ran towards the pillows flopping down in between Niall and Liam giggling his eyes still red and puffy from having sobbed for so long and his voice was a bit horse.
"You ready for bed by boy?" Liam cooed as he pulled the small boy to his re chest. Louis sniffled and curled up against him looking up at Liam.
"No more weave?" He asked quietly tears welling up in his eyes again and Liam leaned down pressing his lips to the little boys face and then Niall did the same both of them tackling the little boy with kisses and tickles and after a few minutes they pulled away and let him catch his breath.
"No by, no more leave without you," Liam promised running his fingers over Louis' soft cheek as he let out a loud yawn.
"Get some sleep ok? We'll go get ice cream tomorrow and then go to the park, it'll be a daddy and Louis day," the middle father continued and Louis nodded tiredly spreading out so he could hold onto both his father's shirts before realizing his bear was missing.
"Is someone missing this?" Zayn laughed stepping into the room holding the chocolate colored bear. Louis squeaked and jumped up running to the end of the bed he stole it from Zayn falling to his knees he scooted his way all the way ck to the pillows curling up between Niall and Liam hugging his bear tightly his thumb pressed into his mouth.
"Night by boy," Niall cooed, within seconds Louis' eyes were shut and light snores were echoing through his little body. Niall looked up at Liam his index finger being held firmly by the sleeping toddler.
"No more leaving without him, I mean it," Harry promised this time as he kissed each one of his lovers settling in behind Liam and setting his head down on the pillow.
"I can't stand the idea of him in that much pain," The curly haired boy huffed.
"Well, he's safe ad happy now and that's what matters. Now let's get some sleep he'll have us up earlhy in the morning," Zayn laughed and they all settled in each father setting atleast their finger tips on the little boy in the middle and they all fell asleep like that curled around him like a protective rrier to the world. This was their little Louis and they'd love him forever.