Chances - 1D KidFic

You Come Back, Right?

*Louis's POV*

The door opens and Carrie walks in with Harry clinging to her hand and standing slightly behind her.

"Harry, this is Liam and Louis. They've come to see you," Carrie says.

Harry peeks out from behind Carrie's legs. "Hi," he says with a small wave.

Oh God, he's already adorable. His big green eyes, bouncy curls, and tiny little hand waving. I feel like I'm going to cry from all the cuteness. Or maybe it's because we're finally meeting our child that we've waited years for. Either way, crying would probably not give a very good impression, so I'll just stick to smiling.

Harry looks up at Carrie, as if not sure what to do.

"Hello sweetheart. I'm Liam," he says introducing himself, I could see he already had a few tears in his eyes. Guess I'm not the only sappy one.

"I'm Louis. We brought presents for you. Would you like to see them?" Maybe it wasn't right to jump right in with the presents, but who cares? I'm too excited!

Harry enthusiastically nods his head and immediately runs forward after detaching his hand from Carrie's. He stands right in front of me with a big smile on his face. Good choice. Good choice starting with the presents. I hand him the teddy bear first and he immediately hugs it to his chest.

"Thank you! Miss Carrie look it!! Now I has my own teddy like Michael!!"

"I know! They're very nice, aren't they?"

"Yeah! Thank you!" Harry exclaims again. He opens his little arms and Liam and I wrap him in a hug. I could feel my heart starting to melt.

"Here, we have this for you too," Liam says opening up the blanket and giving it to Harry.

"Is soft," Harry said while rubbing the blanket against his face. "Thank you!"

"You're welcome, Harry. Would you like to come sit with me and Liam?" I ask.

"Okay!" Harry lifts his arms and I set him on my lap. I had to resist the urge to just pull him into my chest and cuddle him like crazy. We may be his parents, well almost, but he doesn't know us. And we really don't know him. So far, we're just two guys who came and brought him presents. I look at Liam and he was practically sobbing next to me, but he still had a smile on his face. I smile back at him and hugged Harry a little. Liam's eye did that little scrunchy thing they do when he's smiling really big. I grab his hand and kiss his cheek. Harry, who had been preoccupied by the teddy bear and blanket in his arms looks up at Liam and pulls a concerned face.

"Hey, why you cwyin'?" Harry asks tapping Liam's leg. "No cwy!" Harry says shaking his head. He hands Liam his new teddy bear and blanket. "No cwy! See, soft, happy. No cwy. No sad."

This child is the sweetest human being in existence. I nearly burst into tears.

"Thank you, sweetheart," Liam says, accepting the items from Harry. "I'm not sad."

"Why you cwying then?" Harry asks, confused.

"I'm just very happy. You're making me very happy," Liam assures with a smile.

"Oh! You're welcome!" Harry says with the biggest smile I'd ever seen on a child. He really does love to make people smile. I didn't realize we were gong to be given an actual ray of sunshine for a child, and yet, here we are.

When Liam had (mostly) stopped crying, I start with some questions. "So, Harry, do you know why we've come to see you?" I decide this would be a safe question to start off with.

"Um... Miss Carrie says we get new mummies and daddies. Are you daddies?"

"Yes, we're going to be your new daddies. Is that okay with you?" Liam asks.

"Yes, you nice. I likes you," Harry says with a nod. 

I breathe a small sigh of relief. Thank God Harry likes us. Liam leans over and kisses my cheek.

"So, Harry, how old are you?" Liam asks. Of course, we already knew, but we were trying to get him to talk more and open up.

"This many!" He says holding three fingers right up to Liam's face.

"Hmm... Let me see. One... Two... Three!!" Liam counts on Harry's little bitty fingers. "Wow! You're such a big boy!"he says enthusiastically.

"Yeah! I use da big boy potty!" Harry practically shouts. He seems so proud of himself. Oh God, he's adorable.

"Do you now? That's wonderful! What other big boy things do you do?" Liam questions.

"I eat all by myself! I brush my teeth, I get dressed, and I clean up toys too!"

"Wow! You eat all by yourself?" I ask. "What's your favorite thing to eat?"

"Miss Zoe cookies! But she only make dem for special days."

Who's Zoe? I'm going to have to get her recipe now. "Oh, okay," I say changing the subject a bit. "And what about toys? What do you like to play with?"

"Da trains! But da big boys take em sometimes... I play wit da blocks and I color pictures."

"Really? What's you favorite color Harry?" Liam asks.

"Um... blue... and orwinge."

"I like those too, but my favorite color is purple," Liam says.

"Oh! That's Miss Carrie's favorite color! Right Miss Carrie?!"

I had forgotten she was even in the room.

"Yes it is," she says with a smile. "Harry, I think it's time for lunch. Can you say goodbye?"

Already? This was much too short. I knew we should've scheduled our meeting for earlier in the day.

"Oh... Okay..." he pouts a little and hops down off my lap. He looks up at me and looked a little teary.

This was new. He had just been so happy.

"You come back, right?" he asks with a little wobble to his lips.

I could feel my heart break. I want to scoop him up and just take him home with us right now. I was about to reach for him, but Liam beat me to it.

"Of course sweetheart," Liam answers, lifting Harry up into a hug. "Don't cry, love. We'll come back. I promise." I join in the hug and kiss the top of his head.

"Let's wipe those tears away," I say using my thumb to wipe his cheeks. "We'll come back soon. I promise. "

"Okay..." Harry says with a pout and a little sniffle.

Liam sets him down and kisses his forehead. "Don't forget your bear and your blankie." Liam hands the items back to Harry and he holds onto them tightly.

"Thank you. Goodbye daddies!" Harry waves (or as much as a 3 year old could wave with a teddy bear and blanket in their hands) as he walks over toward Carrie.

"Goodbye Harry. We'll see you soon!" Liam calls as Carrie was leading him out of the room.

The door closed and I burst into tears and immediately latched onto Liam. I had held it in for so long, I couldn't take it anymore.

"Shhh... shh..." Liam soothes. "What's all this about?"

"I'm just so happy. We just met our baby. OUR BABY!! The one we've waited years for! This is actually happening! This is real!" I can't contain my excitement. I'm completely overwhelmed with happiness.

"I know," Liam says, hugging me tighter "And in a few weeks we get to take him home."

"Home. Do you know what this means?" I ask, detaching myself from Liam a bit and looking at him very seriously. "We're gonna be a family. Like an actual, real, genuine family."

Liam kisses me and I can't contain a little giggle. I'm practically giddy with joy.

"I can't wait," Liam whispers lovingly.