Dates, Dreams and Diapers

Chapter 11

Niall's POV

The morning after my and Liam's date, I wake up in my soft bed to strong arms holding me against a warm and unclothed chest. I sigh contently at the sensation, the warmest of feelings that has me grinning like there's no tomorrow.

"Morning hon." I hear Liam say in his to-die-for morning voice and can't help but let out a little giggle. Very adult-like Horan...

"Good morning, did you sleep well?" Liam doesn't answer and instead gives me a kiss on the lips very tenderly. Those kinds of kisses that have me squirming with the affection and skill of Liam's soft, velvety lips. Once we pull away from each other breathless, I then say dreamily.

"I take that as a yes?"

"Niall, what happened last night was truly one that I could never have hoped for, and now that I can call you my boyfriend, I can only say that I am so much happier than when I first moved in here."

I lift my head to gaze into Liam's brown eyes and see just how sincere he is about us. I see the love he has and it make me a bit moody to feel his affection.

"Thank you Liam, again for last night. It was a night I won't forget either." I lay my head back down to Liam's chest and feel the smile we both sport. That is cut short when I hear a very awake Jack gurgle in his crib. I smile even wider at the thought of having a son so close by as well and get up to bring him to our bed. Yes...our bed, now that Liam and I are official I can say that we share this house.

Once Jack is with Liam and I in the bed, we both smoother the infant with kisses and tickle him a bit as the morning wears on.

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By midday, I busy myself with walking around the house, cleaning and inspecting for hazardous furniture that I may need to replace when Jack starts crawling. I have a cd of Ed Sheeran on the stereo system by the entrance way while Jack is in the living room with the cats.

When the cd ends and silence envelopes the house, I get an uneasy feeling and pause my sweeping the floors to listen. I don't know what, but for something.

I then hear Jack make a whimpering noise and one of the cats hiss.

I break out into a run from the kitchen to the living room in a matter of milliseconds going over horrible possibilities that are happening to my baby as I run. Have the cats attacked Jack, is he choking on a toy, did he roll onto the floor, is there something heavy on top of him?

I lightly skid to a stop when I get to the archway and look with narrowed eyes as I see a large head of brunette wavy hair lean over the small baby crib Geoff and Karen got for Jack when they visited. My fist clench together ready to go ape-sh*t crazy on this intruder, when my knuckles crack at clenching them too hard and get the persons attention.

Danielle Peazer turns around to look with a little impish smile on her face. Liam isn't home right now which I assume she came to see, but that does not stop me from making a hasty grab for my son who seems a bit fearful of the strange woman staring at him. I will have to be sure to thank Molly and Lolly for staying by his side, who knows what this Witch would have done while I wasn't in the room.

"Afternoon Niall."

"Afternoon...so what brings you here Danielle. Last I heard from you was to lash out at me for confessing to the boys about my sexuality and then you and Liam splitting."

I can just make out Danielle clenching her jaw and give myself a mental pat on the back for not letting her get away with that little dispute a year ago.

"I just came to see if Liam was around, offer my apologies and see if he wanted to rekindle old ties." I hate the way she sounded so suggestive when she said that. She and Liam have gotten to a very intimate level in their relationship and at times I would find myself a little sickened at the thought of it. What....straight sex is not my cup of tea.