Dates, Dreams and Diapers

Chapter 24

A/N: I must have shocked a whole bunch of you with my last smut scene if none of you commented. But don't be shy, I love to see comments telling me if I need to improve on something. Enjoy the chapter.

Liam's POV

I watch with adoration as my fiancee and son eat together in the little diner we came to eat at today. It has been a few days since we came back, and is it ever relaxing!

So far, Larry became a hot topic for social media outlets all over the place with the help of Niall holding management on a leash. And as he would have it, if they are to ever step out of line, he is more than willing to find another employer or have our fan girls attack Syco Records like a military barrage.

"There's another cute one." Maura comments as she looks at her touch phone, having just taken a picture of Jack and Niall together. The picture is showing an eager Jack holding his mouth open for a mashed up piece of pancake Niall's feeding him, and I honestly coo at the sight too.

"How does that taste, son?"

Jack just gurgles happily as Niall, smiling like the early sun, sets to work on mashing up another small piece. Jack may be a bit too young for solid foods yet, but Maura wants him to at least get used to soft foods before he starts eating such for everyday meals.

"Oh, I just remembered!" Maura exclaims as she digs around in her purse for something that Niall and I are now curious of. When she pulls out a pacifier, Niall and I 'awe' at the thought of Jack suckling on this.

"This actually used to belong to the both of you when you were babies Niall. I bought it for Greg when he started teething...and boy was that painful." It only took us a second to get the joke and laughed our heads off. I can't imagine what giving birth would be like, but from the stories I hear it's quite painful.

"Hey Maura?"

"Hm?"

"Between the two, whose birth was more painful?"

A mischievous smile crosses Maura's face then, as her eyes lear over to Niall. The moment that happens, Niall got this look like a deer caught on the road with bright headlights; Jack seems to be encaptured by the story too. Just as Muara puts the pacifier in Jack's diaper bag, she begins her story.

"Well, while Niall was a smaller baby than his brother, it took a lot longer for me to push him out."

"Uh mom." Niall whined as Muara and I chuckled to ourselves.

"Well it's true. I swear you were gripping onto my bladder, hanging on for dear life not to be pushed out; and when you were, you cried for days when I wasn't feeding you. You're father and brother came in an hour after and finally got to meet their son and brother." When Maura finished, she had a distant look in her eye and a fond smile.

Maybe one day, Niall and I will be in her spot talking to our grandkids like this.

"But then the doctors told me the damage you did down there after the two hours of birth. You scratched and bit and yanked on my-"

"Okay!" Niall called over his mom's voice while covering Jack's ears. Maura laughed hysterically at her son's embarrassed face and took one more bit of her food before settling down again. By that point we had finished the rest of our food and were getting ready to leave.

Yet just as we had gotten our coats on and walked over to the register, a red headed waitress came up to us with a shy smile.

"Uh hi, Liam, Niall and Maura." The waitress said with a bashful tone. She wasn't the one who catered to us, but we had noticed her stealing glances our way.