The Gift of Fatherhood

4

It's late, but I'm awake and I have this computer sitting on my lap, a coke to my right, and a bag of popcorn to my left. Let's whip up a better chapter than the last one, eh? Cool. I'm still sorry about my incredibly long hiatus.
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Chapter 4~Perrie

Emma was definitely a surprise. I never expected to have a child this young. At least she's cute and potty trained! The boys had a late meeting, so they left me and Emma to spend some time together. I've only known her for a couple of hours, but I absolutely love her. She has to be the most adorable little girl I've ever seen.
"Mummy Perrie, I'm hungry," she said with the sweetest voice ever.
"Alright, let's go to the kitchen and see what we've got." She took my hand and we walked across the flat to the kitchen. I looked in the pantry and found nothing. Niall must've been in here. That devious hungry leprechaun. "How about I call up your aunties and we go out and get ice cream?"
"Ice cream!" she said with a smile. My heart melted, she was so adorable. I grabbed my phone and called Eleanor first.
"Hey, P! Isn't she adorable?" she answered.
"Hey, El. I figured everyone but me would know," I laughed, "Anyway, we're both feeling hungry and we wondered if auntie Eleanor and auntie Dani would like to get some ice cream with us."
"I'd love to! I want to meet her so bad, Lou only sent me pictures of her. Let me ask Dani, she's right here. She's for it! We'll meet you at Mike's!" She hung up and I looked down at Emma, who was looking up at me expectantly.
"Your aunties are coming! Let's go get ready!" After I'd put my hair in a bun and put shoes on Emma's little feet, we were out the door. She held my hand as we walked to Mike's Ice Cream Parlor. When we got there, Eleanor and Dani were waiting inside. Smiles emerged on their faces when they saw us.
"Oh my goodness! She's so cute!" said Eleanor. "Hi! I'm your auntie Eleanor!"
"Hi sweetheart, I'm your auntie Danielle," said Dani. Emma got a little shy and hid behind my legs.
"Emma," I giggled, "it's okay. They're uncle Louis and Liam's girlfriends. They're not gonna bite." She ended up sitting on Eleanor's lap the whole time. I wondered why she was so shy, but I wasn't about to ask. She was having such a nice time with the ladies.
"Mummy Perrie." Emma's voice snapped me out of my thoughts.
"Yes, darling?"
"I'm tired," she said, rubbing her eyes.
"Alright, we'll go home and get you to bed." I picked her up off of Eleanor's lap. She nuzzled her head on my shoulder and wrapped her little arms around my neck. "Thanks for coming out, ladies."
"No problem. Goodnight, sweetheart!" said Eleanor.
"Bye, girls," said Dani. I waited for Emma to say something, but she'd fallen asleep. I waved to Eleanor and Dani as they got in their car and carried Emma home. I tucked her into bed and changed into my pajamas. When I went back out to the living room, Zayn was just coming in the door.
"Hey, how was the meeting?"
"Long. Boring." He pecked my lips. "Where's Emma?"
"I just got her to bed. She's all tuckered out. We got ice cream with El and Dani."
"Oh that's good. Eleanor was gonna explode if she didn't see her asap. Let's go to bed, babe."
"That's an excellent idea."
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So this is definitely better than chapter 3, right? It better be. It's 2 am here and I really should be asleep. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I'll have more soon. I promise. I won't go on hiatus again if I can help it. Love you all for dealing with my shit!
~RuvenClur3