Just Let Me Adore You

V

Harry waited in the car outside a drab looking elementary school, tapping his fingers on the steering wheel. The neighborhood was the kind that his father would avoid or lock his doors when driving through. Trying to avoid eye contact with a random homeless looking drunk man across the street, he jumped when Louis returned. Quickly pulling the back door open and helping two little girls into the car. They may be twins in name, but they certainly weren't identical. One was blonde and the other a red head, both looking around confused.

Louis climbed back into the passenger seat settling two little backpacks near his feet. Harry looked to Louis with raised eyebrows, glancing between the girls and the boy beside him. Louis shot him a look when he realized Harry hadn't started driving. How could Louis just not introduce him? Before he could get Louis to understand his intentions, one of the girls spoke up, "Louis, what's going on?"

"Oh, ummm." Louis turned in his seat, hands moving as he spoke, "This is my friend, Harry. We're picking you up today because Niall is busy."

"Did he get detention again?" The redhead asked.

"No need to worry about that." Louis smiled, reaching back and patting the little girl's knee.

It took Harry too long to realize Louis was using ASL. But once he did, he quickly signed 'your', 'sister', and 'deaf'?

Louis was taken aback, "You know asl?"

"Yeah, they taught it in elementary school." Harry shrugged, "Both?"

"No, just Ollie." Louis smiles pointing to the quiet blonde girl in the back.
When Harry turned in his seat now looking between the two with a smile, he noticed Ollie had hearing aids, as well. The taller boy wasn't quick by any means with his basic asl but he loved kids and they
loved him, "Hey there, you two! Do you like mcdonalds?"

The redhead's eyes went wide with excitement, the blonde glancing at Louis with worry, "Yes! Chicken nuggies!"

"Then the princess shall get chicken nuggies!" Harry smiled and the little girl squealed with excitement. It amazed Harry how quickly the little red head could finger spell and sign.

"I'm not a princess." She declared, looking over to her twin who finally quirked a smile, "I'm the queen. Ollie can be the princess."

Harry nodded, as if he was seriously taking notes, turning to the blonde one, signing, "What do you say, Ollie? Do you want chicken nuggets too?"

The little girl nodded, signing back yes, "Ok, one last thing. What is the Queen's name?"

The red head giggled again, "I'm Rosie!"

"Ok, queen Rosie and Princess Ollie are getting nuggets today." Harry announced before turning back around and shifting the ignition back into gear. He caught Louis sending him a strange look, to which he just shot back a soft smile.

Once Louis settled the girls in with their nuggets and flicked the tv on to whatever was showing on basic cable, and led Harry to his room. The room used to be his older brothers but since he's not around Louis claimed it so Niall could have his own room and the girls could have theirs.

"You didn't have to do that." Louis whispered, walking to the small desk in the room to drop his bag on.

"I don't mind." Harry shrugged, landing heavily on the bed, just a mattress on a minimal frame, no headboard, "I love kids and yours seem like great little people."

"They are." Louis nods, "But they're not my kids. They're my siblings."

Harry shrugged, "You take care of them. You love them. They're your kids."