baby, i'm haunted ➡ lilo/larry

Scared of Happy

"HI, this is Liam Payne. I can't get to the phone currently, but just give me a message and I'll get back to you asap." Louis' call went straight to Liam's voicemail. Again.

"Hey, it's Louis. Again. Listen, I've called about five times and texted dozens of messages. I don't know what's going on, but I'm going to come over and see if I can help. I don't want to intrude, but we really need to make a meeting with Zayn Malik. Bye."

Louis groaned, picking up his keys and opening the door.

"Where you going, Lou?" Harry asked, popping up in front of him. Louus jumped.

"Jesus, Haz," Louis exclaimed, holding his chest.

He continued, "I have to work more on this project with Liam. And please quit popping up like that. Someone might see you next time."

"I don't like him." Harry said.

"Who? Liam?" Louis asked. He nodded.

"Why not?" Louis questioned.

"I just don't trust the guy." Harry pouted.

"Oh, you poor thing. You'll live, Hazza." Louis said, walking out the door without another word. Harry was pouting in the flat, Louis just knew he was. Whether he was dead or not, Louis still knew him like the back of his hand.

Louis hopped into my car, figuratively speaking of course. His Bluetooth rung and so he answered.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Louis. It's Liam. Um, I'm having some family problems right now, but you're right. We need to set up the Malik meeting, so you can head on up."

"Good, because I'm here." Louis said, pulling into Liam's driveway. Louis hung up on him.

Liam opened his door with a little girl on his hip. He looked completely exhausted. His hair a ruffled mess, he had bags under his eyes, and wore sweatpants and a wife beater. He looked like a zombie, honestly.

"Hey, Lou." Liam yawned.

"Hey, Liam. Who's this cutie?" Louis asked, pointing towards the tot he was holding.

"This is my daughter, Kailey." He said, smiling down at his daughter.

"Dad! Where's Ni?" Louis heard a girl scream.

He looked at Louis apologetically and yelled, "His sister in law's in labor. He's off today!"

He turned back to Louis, "Sorry about that. That was my other daughter, Zuri."

"You know, I didn't know you had kids." Louis commented.

"I have four. I can hardly keep up with them. I shouldn't have to since they're grounded! But, oh well. Anyways, would you like to come in?" Liam asked Louis, talking in a loud voice so that his kids could hear him.

Louis nodded, following him inside.

"Dad! Do you know where my tampons are?" Zuri, Louis assumed, yelled. Said man chuckled, hiding his expression behind his hand.

"They should be under your cabinet, alright?" Liam screamed back.

"Sorry. Zuri gets a bit loud during this time."

"Dad, Alex won't stop pulling my hair!"

"Dad, Jazlyn's being a little bitch!"

"You dick! No, I'm not!"

Finally Liam had had enough of it. "Alex, Jazlyn, language! Shut the fuck up and go to your rooms!"

And then and there, Kailey broke into tears.

"I have to talk to the twins. Could you hold her for a minute?" Liam asked.

"Sure. No problem." Louis said, pulling the tot out of Liam's grasp. Liam ran up the stairs to most likely yell at the twins, Louis was assuming.

Kailey continued crying, so Louis tried to soothe her. "Awe, it's okay, sweetheart."

"I hawte it wen daddy ywells. It hut my fwellings!" Kailey exclaimed. Louis chuckled at her innocent behavior.

"Oh, honey. Your daddy is just in a lot of stuff right now and he's tired. He didn't mean to hurt your feelings."

"Pwomise?" Kailey questioned.

"Promise." Louis said, shaking pinkies with her.

"I wike you."

"Oh really?" Louis questioned.

"Yeah. You're nwice. Much better most of the pweople daddy wikes." She said, giggling.

"Well, that's good. I would hope that I am."

"Defwinitely."

Louis spent another fifteen minutes giggling and laughing with Kailey until the door bell rang. Since Louis knew that Liam wasn't going to be able to get it, Louis went to get it. Louis opened the door and there stood the person he least expected.

"Harold?"