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"mum, i'm able to do it on my own. i can do this." zayn was holding his phone between his shoulder and his ear as he made niall's sandwich. "liam's all bark and no bite, mum. he won't take him away from me. you know that as well as I do."

"baby boy, liam's grown up a lot since you two split. you need to let him see niall for a little while each day or a week or something. keep this outta the courts, my love."

"i don't think it's even going to come to that. i told you liam is all talk. he's not gonna take me to court for this."

"zain javadd malik, get your head out of the clouds and understand what is happening here. you're sons second father wants to be in his life now and you better let him or you're gonna be forced to let him. now which do you wanna do?"

"it'll be fine, mum. no big deal. i'll take care of it. now, if you excuse me, niall and i are going to sit down and have some grilled cheese sandwiches and practise his alphabet. i love you, i'll see you this weekend."

"okay, i love you." she sighed heavily.

"i love you too." zayn mumbled and hung up. "niall, come eat." zayn smiled and sat his plate and niall's at the table.

"no, abi." he giggled behind his dummy but he wasn't taking his attention from the television screen.

"niall james malik, get over here now." zayn raised his voice only slightly.

"no abi, no hungry." niall whined as zayn just rolled his eyes.

"you need to eat, darling. once you do, you can watch more cartoons. i promise. okay?" zayn tried to compromise a little. "if you don't eat, you're not watching anymore cartoons."

"abi mean! ni wan cartoons!" niall huffed. he didn't know why his abi was being so mean today. he told him he wasn't hungry. "ni no hungy and no wan eat."

"well, i guess you aren't watching cartoons then." zayn sighed and shut the tv off, putting the remote up on the counter. niall's little eyes welled up in tears and zayn just lifted him and sat him at the kitchen table. "you need to eat your lunch. please, stop making a fuss darling."

niall huffed and took small bites of the grilled cheese sandwich in front of him, opting for his bowl of fruit every other mouthful. zayn sighed softly and sat down to eat with the boy. "how abi?" he asks like zayn would usually ask him.

"abi's great." zayn chuckled and smiled at him. "you're too cute, blondie. just too cute." zayn grinned and heard a knock at the door. "give abi one second, i have to get the door." he chuckled and wiped his mouth,

zayn moved over to the front door and flipped the lock, a man he'd never seen before stood there with a large manila envelope. "does zayn malik live here?"

"yes, i'm zayn malik, can i help you?" zayn asked as the man handed over the envelope. "what is this?" he asked again.

"sir, you've been served and have 30 days to comply. if you miss your court date, you'll automatically have a ruling against you. thank you for your time."

zayn blinked in horror at the man and then glanced at the apartment door next to his apartment. "son of a bitch." he huffed as the man turned and left. zayn slammed his front door as he stepped back inside and opened the envelope, finding the custody papers with liam's name on them. "that mother fu--"

"abi? okay?" niall asked softly as he looked at his father. he never used bad words around him unless he was really upset.

"yeah, abi's fine, blondie." zayn sighed and tossed the papers on the counter, sitting down in front of niall.

~*~

liam was sitting on the couch eating his turkey on rye quietly. louis had just finished putting the babies to bed. "don't you think it's a little harsh to just drop court papers on the boy? he's not even twenty." louis sat next to liam.

"i don't think it's harsh. niall's my son, there isn't a doubt about it. zayn doesn't sleep around. he didn't get knocked up right after we broke up. he's ours and he isn't letting me see him." liam looked at louis and louis just nodded.

"he was just very adamant on niall not being yours... i don't want you to go to all this trouble and then find out he isn't yours at all." louis sighs quietly. "i don't wanna see you get attached and then just have to stop being with him because a test comes back negative for you being the father."

"i get it, darling. i really do, but niall's mine. i know it." liam smiled a little and kissed louis on the head. "i know this is the right thing to do. i do want a relationship with niall and i can't get zayn to let me have it willingly, so i'm gonna have to force it from him."

"i understand, li. i hope you win this. you do need some time with your son."

"i know i do and he's gonna be a great addition to our family. your three and then niall."

"i only get to see chris and ben." louis sighed softly. "but if you get at least partial custody of niall, i'm gonna try with freddie."

"i think you should too. it'd be nice to have all four of them around. wouldn't it?" liam smiled and pulled louis closer. "our own little family." liam kissed his cheek.

"yeah. our own happy family."  

(A/N: 933 words ;; 27 April 2017

just to make it clear, louis' got three kids (in this version).

this has taken me days to finish, i have prom on saturday and i'm also trying to finish the saving alfie chapter with kahlia.

- Celina Azad)