Birthday Wishes 2

Chapter 19

**Niall's pov**

I've been in this cottage with Troye for the past week. I've had endless phone calls from Leah and my family and countless voicemails asking where I am and why I won't answer the phone but they don't understand.

They don't understand that this is the only way that I will be able to see at least one of my children grow up. Leah won't keep this civil thing up for long I know she won't cause that's just the sort of person she is. She will plan something like taking them away from me and getting lawyers involved I know she will.

Troye starts to cry and I pick him up cradling him into my chest rocking him a bit to calm him down.

It's 7am and I haven't had much sleep. I think Troye's missing Zoey and his mum but I'm not taking him back and I certainly am not letting them know that we are here.

I go into the kitchen and make Troye a bottle to see if it might get him to stop crying, which thankfully it does.

My phone rings which causes Troye to start crying again.

"Shh Troye it's okay." I start to rock him so he's quite again and take my phone out or my pocket. It's Leah. Again. But this time I don't hang up on her I answer it.

"Hello? Niall are you there?" She saying panicky down the phone.
"Um hm"
"Oh my gosh Niall where are you? Please I just want you and Troye back here safe I'm not angry please just come back." She says smoothly. I can't tell if she's being sincere or not but I don't want to believe her even if she is.

"Niall please answer me." She pleaded.

"I can't come back, I won't. Everyone's made me out to be a fool, a jerk. Everyone hates me just because I wanted to spend time with my kids and this was the only way I could without having to leave after a couple of hours. Because we're not together anymore I'm not going to hear their first words or see their first steps. You're going to get to see all that I won't." I sighed and looked down at Troye in my arms. He's still so small he doesn't understand what is going on just now, he doesn't understand anything not yet anyway. He can't talk he only makes noises and he can't tell me that he loves me even though I basically kidnapped him and took him however many miles way from his mother.

"Niall please. I'll tell everyone that it was a misunderstanding that you had said that you were taking him away but I forgot I'll make everyone think I'm a stupid girl who is extremely forgetful please just come home Niall we all miss you."

There was a pause. I took the phone from my ear and hung up, thinking about what she said and then putting it to the back of my mind.

Troye started to cry again and I decided to take him from a walk to see if it might tire him out. I put him into the pram and walk out of the door locking it behind me.

Troye started to quite down a little but he still didn't seem well happy I suppose. I walked down the the road pushing Troye in front of me. I knew that there was a nice walk down the the beach this way so I carried on down the road.

A few people walked past me an elderly couple and a couple of teenage girls who gave me a few weird looks. I don't think they recognised me or I really hope they didn't anyway.

Once we got down the the beach Troye had fallen asleep and I stood there taking a breath of relief that he had finally stopped crying for a bit.

"Niall?" I turned around to see a group of about 10 girls behind me.

"OH MY GOD IT'S HIM" One of them shouted.

Shit.

They all started to come towards me and I turned to Troye trying to find a way out of this. There was a path a fee metres to my right and I was trying to think how I could get us over there before the group of girls get to me.

I started to push Troye along the beach, which is incredibly hard. We got to the path and the girls started to run.

"NIALL WAIT PLEASE." One shouted.

"NIALL CAN I GET A PHOTO?" Another shouted.

I really didn't want to turn around but I didn't want to upset fans either so I stopped and waited for them to get to me.

"I'll take photos and sign whatever you want as long as you stop shouting because I've just gotten Troye to go to sleep."

"So it's true?" One asked

"What's true?"

"You kidnapped Troye." She said

"I didn't kidnap anyone. It was planned that I was going to take the twins up here a few weeks ago but Leah didn't want to be alone so I took Troye and she kept Zoey. The press are just making shit up again."

They all fell for it, thankfully and I started to take selfies with them and then signed a few things.

They all left after talking to me for a while and I started to walk back to the cottage. Troye was still sleeping when we got back.

I picked up my phone and then phoned Leah.

She answered and before she could say anything I started to talk.

"If I come back will you forgive me. Will you make sure that everyone is okay with me and no one hates me and we can sort out the press together. I hate being alone up here with no one to talk to it sucks. But I want to be able to see the kids whenever I want. I want to be able to come over and spend time with the three of you and have time as a family even if we are not together anymore because the twins need a mum and a dad not just one of us." I finished and there was a silence.

"Okay."