Forced Family Fun

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"Oh my god, dad! You should have gone with us, it was so much fun! Louis kept going over the waves and we were going so fast and then he "fell" off but really he just jumped off and-" Niall rambles on before being cut off.

"I'm glad you had fun, baby. Did you thank Louis for taking you?" Harry asks with a raised brow and Niall quickly turns around to face Louis.

"Thank you so much Louis! My dad never would have taken us and that was so much fun," Niall exclaims genuinely and Louis simply shrugs the boy off.

"It wasn't a problem at all. I enjoy water sports like that and Zayn's still a bit too young to take on them, so I was glad to take you," Louis says with a smile as he ruffles the boy's hair. "And speaking of my baby, where is he?"

"He made a fort," Harry says with a small laugh as he gestures to the towel that is being held across two chairs since Harry and Ashton were both sitting on an edge of it. Upon seeing that, Louis quickly lays down on the sand and looks under the towel where Zayn was laying on his back with one foot kicked to the top of the towel and the other in his mouth.

"There's my little baby! Did you miss Dada, Zee?" Louis coos as he tickles the boy's side to get his attention. And it does grasp the boy's attention because the moment he feels Louis poke him both feet are on the ground, and just as Louis expects him to start crying the boy giggles out with glee.

"Dada!" Zayn squeals while reaching for Louis who gladly picks him up.

"Hi baby, did you have fun with Mr. Harry?" Louis coos while blowing a raspberry onto the boy's exposed tummy which only has him laughing louder.

"Dada!" Zayn squeals once again, and though Louis would prefer for him to say something else he's just happy that his little boy is talking at all.

"How old is your baby?" Niall questions as he stands up on Harry's chair to get a closer look at the boy.

"He's two and a half," Louis coos while allowing Zayn to play with his fingers.

"How come he isn't talking yet then?" Niall asks confused which causes both Louis and Harry to sigh. For different reasons of course.

"Niall, that's enough questions. Louis, I'm sorry he didn't mean it like tha-" Harry starts.

"Don't worry, it's fine. I promise," Louis assures with a smile before turning to Niall. "You see, Zayn here has autism which makes it harder for him to learn and grasp the concept of things. So what you may find easy to do at your age, when Zayn gets to that age he may find it harder to comprehend and will need a bit longer to learn it."

"Oh, okay. Dad, do we have to go to that party tonight, too?" Niall says before turning to his father.

"No I'm not gonna force you boys to go. You can stay in the room, order room service, and rent a movie," Harry says with a sigh and that's all it takes for Niall to run off squealing towards Eric.

"You're going to the party tonight, too? Wait that's a stupid question, you work for the company. What I wanted to say was I'm going, too," Louis says with a blush after stuttering so much.

"Well then maybe I can buy you a drink later?" Harry offers. "Or well, it's an open bar so I could ask what you want to drink and then I tell the bartender to make it and then I give it to you?" Harry says, this time he's the one blushing.

"Yeah, yeah I'd like that," Louis says with a smile and just as he goes to speak again he feels a sharp tug on his hair. "Ow, Zayn we don't pull. Pulling hair is a no no," Louis chastises the wide-eyed boy.

"Make boom boom," Zayn says with wide eyes and Louis just sighs because that was not what he had in mind when he said he wanted to hear his son talk more.