Beau Babies / h.s

Breakdown

   Later that day, after lunch, it was approaching five so with Annalise and Jaime in either one of my arms, and Noelle in hers, Perrie and I wandered upstairs to see if we could get them down for the evening,

   “So…” Perrie said shutting the door behind her, “You and Harry?”

   I chose to act innocent, “What do you mean?” I kissed Annalise on the forehead and lay her in her cot before doing the same to the other two, I drew the curtains so that Perrie was only then a dark grey figure,

   “I see the way you look at him,” Perrie said, “You like him, don’t you,”

   I sighed, “I’m sure it’s just pregnancy hormones,”

   “But you’re not pregnant anymore,” Perrie pointed out,

   “No,” I breathed, “It’s the after effect,” That was a lie, but I was tired and exhausted and probably over emotional,

   “Come on, I can see it,” Perrie grinned as we left the girls’ room and stood outside the door whispering, “You obviously like him,” I shrugged,

   “Maybe…” I sighed, “Maybe I do but he’s him and I’m…A single mother of three still carrying too much baby weight,” With that statement, I managed to dig a hole for myself and burst into oddly emotional tears,

   Perrie wrapped her arms around me, “Oh god sweetheart don’t cry,” She hugged me, “Come on,” Leading me downstairs, I managed to control my sobs, the others were waiting for us in the front room,

   “Who wants pizza?” Niall yelled from the sofa, his face fell when he saw me, “Oh…Bobbie are….are you alright?”

   The others then turned to me, I sniffed and nodded wheezing a yes before managing to break into more pathetic sobs, the others cringed with awkwardness,

   Harry got up off the sofa and tried to hug me, I squirmed away and turned to Perrie, “Oh god!” I exclaimed, Perrie’s eyebrows raised and Harry looked confused, “I’m gonna check on the babies,” I said moving toward the stairs,

   “We just put them down,” Perrie told me,

   “I know,” I murmured with a croaky voice, “But…” Then I ran up the stairs and into my bedroom and fell onto my bed crying,

   I must’ve fallen asleep because the next thing I know, I can hear Jaime’s desperate crying and someone shaking me awake,

   “Bobbie?” It’s Liam’s voice, “Bobbie?” Groaning, I opened my eyes and blinked about three times before pushing myself up, all the boys were gathered behind Liam who was sitting next to me on my bed, “Are you alright?” He asked, I nodded, “We’ve tried to get Jaime to sleep but um…” He hesitated, “We think she’s hungry,”

   “Right,” I said swinging my legs off the bed and standing up, “Thanks for trying to help her,” I told them, the boys all pulled their sympathetic faces as I went next door to where Jaime was still screaming, “Hey baby,” I whispered picking her up, “Come on,” After feeding her, burping her, Jaime settled, I sang softly to her, she drifted off to sleep and then I placed her back in her cot and left the room,

   Getting back to mine, I closed my eyes shut the door and breathed out, “What’s wrong?” The voice made me jump but when I opened my eyes, it was only Niall and Zayn, they sat on my bed staring at me intently,

   “Nothing,” I replied, “What are you two doing in here?” I asked,

   “We came to see if you were alright,” Zayn explained, Niall nodded with agreement, I smiled,