Kiss Me Before the Sky Falls

-Chapter 14- Baby Jamie Boo -

"She's been out for a while." A kind voice said, softly.

"She's catching up after the last few months." There was a smile in his light voice.

"Isn't the little guy gonna wanna see his mum?" An Irish accent manipulated his voice. I scrunched my nose and curled tighter in the blankets. I felt a gentle hand on my cheek.

"Lou?" I mumbled, muffled by a pillow.

"Yeah button?" His warm breath tickled my ear.

"Where's Jamie?"

"Nialler's got him. They're quite fond of each other."

"What about Wily?"

"She put him to sleep and then returned the favor to herself in Zayn's lap."

"Can I hold him?"

"Zayn?!"

"Jamie, dumbshit."

"Oh, yeah yeah." He laughed lightly. "Hey Niall can she have the baby back?"

"No..."

"Give him back, lad." Liam chuckled.

"He's not yours." Harry said cheekily. "I haven't got to hold him 'cause of you."

"Oi! Give him to his mum, boys." Zayn grumbled. Niall growled something under his breath and I heard him get up and walk over to Louis. I knew he didn't move from Louis' side because I didn't hear him leave.

"Can I help you, Niall?"

"No. Just watching." I could tell Louis was giving him a weird look only because Harry was suppressing giggles.

"Babe? I've got him."

"I know that." I shot Louis a quick dark glance. But my heart was melted when he raised his eyebrow, wide smile, holding him up.

Jamie was chewing on the blanket, eyes focused on it, brow furrowed. He had an awful lot of hair for a newborn, an it was thin and wispy like his fathers. His eyes were remarkable. Brown rimmed the pupil, like mine, but the rest were Louis' bright blue. But he reminded me of Harry, he had the cheekiest little smile. He got excited when I looked at him and gave a little giggle.

"Looks a bit like Hazza, eh, Shelby?" Liam had Harry in a headlock and was ruffling his curls while Harry howled and kicked in protest.

"He looks like Lou if you ask me." Zayn said, matter-of-factly.

"Well, he's Louis' little boy, he ought to." Niall huffed. Louis shook his head, smiling.

"He resembles Jamie in my opinion." I said, sitting up and scooting closer to Louis so he could give me Jamie. It was such a delicate process, you'd think we were transferring something that'd break if you so much as twitched. Louis ruffled his hair and received a angry wail for his efforts. He just smiled warmly and let Jamie hold his finger.

"He must've Zayn in him he doesn't like his hair bring messed with." Liam tried to speak without laughing, but failed miserably. Jamie thrashed a little, running chubby fists over his hair like he was trying to fix it. The boys all laughed at his innocent gesture, and he turned his attention to me. He blinked a couple times and made a little squeak.

"Hi." I said softly. He gave me his little smile and another pitchy noise of greeting. Jamie got bored of his blanket and reached for the collar of Lou's sweater I'd stolen before hand. He scrutinized it for a minute and giggled, wiggling in his bundle of blankets.

"Aw, I think he likes her better." Niall whined.

"It's his mum I'd hope so." Harry said in a dark tone.

"The best way to a man's heart is through his stomach." I said warmly, not looking up from Jamie.

"'Taint dat da truth." Said a sleepy Wily Cat.

"Works for me." Niall patted his stomach with a content grin. Jamie started looking less and less perky, started leaning his head on my breast and his little eyelids drooped. He gave a last little fit during a yawn and squeezed his eyes shut, falling asleep.

"Those are some epic mum powers." Liam smiled. Harry nodded and Zayn's expression was unreadable, but he appeared to be deep in thought. Niall looked upset his playmate was napping and Louis had never looked more content. So did Jamie, as he swallowed I watched his rosy lips pucker and relax again.

"Was it worth it?" A familiar voice said in the doorway.

"Mum? What do you want?" Louis wasn't offensive, the question was sincere.

"Just came to see my grandson is that such a oddity?"

"Well, no."

"And apologize, to one Ms. Shelby." I looked from Jamie but said nothing. I no longer felt hostile to this woman, but I can't say I was enthralled to see her. "I guess I just couldn't cope with someone finally being good enough for my Boobear."

"Alright." I said simply.

"That's it?!" Louis looked bewildered. "No hard feelings?!"

"I won't let that get between Jamie and his grandma." I said warmly, especially since this woman had basically said I was a whore not that long ago.

"No hard feelings on this end." Mrs. Tomlinson smiled. I returned the gesture, and I watched all the boys raise their eyebrows. Harry and Liam exchanged looks and went back to us. Wily was the most shocked.

Jamie stirred and I went back to watching him, sleeping contently in my arms. It was Harry who interrupted my loving gaze when he walked over a deliberately took a strand of hair and ran his finger under it. Jamie woke up immediately and sneezed before screaming at Harry. I smiled and there was a light laughter in the room. His little sneeze I'd thought was adorable.

"What'd you do that for, Harry?!" Niall demanded. Harry eyed him, smirking. Louis didn't look as amused as the rest of us at Jamie's little tantrum but was more annoyed at Niall for being mad at Harry.

"Wanted to see if his hair was soft." He said, which smarted Niall, I could see it in his glare. Feeling uncomfortable with what was developing, I turned to Harry.

"You wanna hold him a minute, Haz? I know you didn't get the chance." His face lit up and he sat on the bed next to me.

"May I?!" I grinned and nodded, again delicately relocating Jamie to Harry. Harry held him so he could reach and grab his beanie, which Jamie pulled off and let out a squeal of delight. Harry didn't seem to mind and just returned a cheeky smile. He cleverly put his beanie over his hand like a sock puppet and played with Jamie.

"Hey! I haven't gotten to hold him either, Shelby."

"I'll keep that in mind, Niall." I glanced at him, flashed a smile and returned to Jamie. Harry had become his new best friend, and he'd conquered the beanie beast. He even gummed it for good measure. Louis sneakily caught a picture and posted it on Facebook. Why, I don't know. He's been a media junkie lately...