One Direction's Big Break: The End

Chapter five

Lena's POV

I arrived home with my daughter, still thanking God Libby Hellman only lived a few minutes away.

"Keira!" Ashton cried when I walked in the door.

"Shhhh. She's sleeping." I said.

He reached for her and I let him have her. Liam looked at me with a relieved look on his face, then came over and gave me a quick hug.

"Glad that's over." He said.

"Yeah." I said. I couldn't help but be a little mad at him for not telling me about Harry. But if that guy was telling the truth, my brother had reason to lie.

"Hey, it's okay." Liam said, misunderstanding my unhappiness. "Ashton wasn't trying to be a dick earlier. He was just upset over his daughter. Don't let him get to you."

"I'm not." I said. "I'm just tired."

"Yeah, aren't we all?" Ashton asked, still holding Keira.

Calum stood up with their son. "I guess we should get back to the hotel." He said to Ashton.

"Yeah. Lena, we'll see you tomorrow." Ash said, smiling at his husband.

"Go, go." I said. "Be careful."

They left and then it was just Liam, Justin, Kathryn, Niall, and Blake.

"I think we're gonna head home too." Kathryn said, adjusting her own sleeping child in her arms.

"Actually, Kath, Liam and I were gonna go out for drinks. Do you mind?" Niall asked.

"I'm fine with it. Just come home." She said, smiling. Niall kissed her forehead.

"Of course baby." He said.

"PDA." I said.

"Don't be louis." Liam said, kissing my cheek.

"Speaking of Louis, should we ask him?" I asked.

"He's as good as any. By the way, Niall, Justin, Lena's manager thinks it would be a good idea if two members of One Direction and two members of 5sos, along with you Justin, to joined Lena and I for a song to get me back in show biz." Liam said.

"But I'm not getting back in it." Niall said.

"They just want you to play guitar with Michael." I said. "And they want Ashton on drums, and Justin on backup vocals, along with louis or Zayn."

Or harry, I added silently.

"We'll talk about it. Call louis, Lena." Liam said.

"It's late." Justin said.

I shook my head. "It's early in the morning there." I said.

"He could still be sleeping." My fiancé told me.

I smirked. "Louis had triplets. I'd bet you he's up."

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Louis' POV

"Daddy, come on! Let's go play!" My daughter Ellie cried.

"Yeah! We can play Dogpile!" Shouted my son, Vick.

"Do not play Dogpile." I said. "Mummy gets angry when you do that."

"Do what?" Eleanor asked, coming into the kitchen.

"Play rough games." I said.

"I only don't like it because some people get a little too rough when it comes to games like that." My wife said.

I chuckled. "What can I say? I'm very competitive." I said.

El rolled her eyes and looked down at her kids. "Vick, Ellie, why don't you go play with the toys Aunt Perrie bought you for your birthday?" She asked.

"Okay!" They yelled. The two of them ran off and vanished into the living room.

"Where's Edward?" Eleanor asked me.

"Got me. I'd guess he's in his room." I said.

"Will you go find him, please? For a three year old, he spends a lot of time in his room." She said.

I nodded and stood, stopping to kiss her cheek.

"Love you." I said.

"Love you too." She told me.

I went upstairs and opened my sons door. "Eddie? You in here?" I asked.

"I'm playing." Eddie said.

I went in and sat beside him. "Whatcha playing?" I asked.

"I'm just playing." He said.

We didn't quite know what to do with Edward. His other two siblings were loud, rambunctious, and full of energy, like me. But he was calm, quiet, and didn't like to play with other people.

"Vick and Ellie are downstairs playing with their new toys. Why don't you go play with them?" I asked.

"I don't want to play with them." He said.

I sighed. I wasn't sure what to do. Should I make him socialize? Make him play with his brother and sister? Or should I just leave him alone?

"Do you want breakfast?" I asked. Maybe he'd at least come eat with his mother.

"No, Daddy. I just want to play. All by myself." He said.

I sighed again. "Okay." I said. "Mummy and I will be downstairs if you need us."

"Okay." He said.

I left his room and my phone started ringing. "Hello?"

"Hey, Hubby." The familiar voice said.

"Hey Lena." I said, smiling a little.

"What's up?"

"Not much. Dealing with triplets. The usual." I said.

She chuckled. "Sounds fun. I've got some news." She said.

"You and Justin are having a baby?" I guessed.

"What? No! Liam is going back into the music biz." She said.

"Oh. Really?!" I asked.

"Yeah. We decided he should do a duet with me to get famous again." She said.

"Sounds like a good plan." I said.

"Well, my manager wants us to add some people in. We've got Niall and Mikey on guitar, and Ashton will be on drums if he agrees to do it. And Justin will be backup vocals. But they want another member of One Direction." She told me.

"And you're calling to ask me to be that member?" I asked.

"It was you or Zayn. So I chose you." She said, laughing.

I thought about it. I wanted to do it, but I just didn't have the time to go to New York and sing a song. Not with three kids. Not with Eddie acting so weird.

"I'm sorry, Lena. But I don't think I can do it." I said, and explained the reasons.

"It's okay, Loubear. I understand. Don't worry about it. I'll call Zayn, I'm sure he can do it. Thanks Lou." She said.

"No problem. Night Lena." I said, knowing it was late there.

"Morning, Louis." She said, laughing.

She hung up and I sighed. Back to normal.