Louis awkwardly pressed the silver 3 button on the elevator wall, watching it turn gold before the doors closed and began the decent up to the maternity ward.
It had been two weeks since Emily had given birth to Rachel Sienna Horan, and after 2 long weeks of waiting for both Emily and Rachel to be well enough, it was finally time to introduce Rachel to the real world outside the hospital wards.
The ding filled the ears of both Louis and the 2 others in the elevator as it stopped on the 3rd floor.
Louis stepped out, a Gregg's bag filled with treats for everyone in one hand, a trail of 'baby girl' balloons following along behind.
He zig-zagged down the hallway, eyeing up door to door on both sides of the hallway, searching for the one labelled Horan; no matter how many times he walked through this hospital, he could never remember which number was Emily and Niall's.
Soon, Louis was stood in front of door number 15, slamming his right side into the door, using his bum to swing it open wide enough for him to squeeze through.
"Who's a pretty girl then? You are Rachel Sienna Horan!" Niall cooed, running the back of his rouch, guitar fingers over her delicate, baby smooth cheeks; blowing rasberries on her 'I love daddy' covered belly. She giggled sleepily, bubbles forming on her lips in happiness as she slapped her hands down on the hospital bed.
"I. Love. You. Sooo. Much." Niall said, placing kisses on alternate cheeks before lifting her off the bed, and into his arms, head resting in the crook of his elbow as she snuggled into her bear, falling back asleep.
"Aww I love you too, Ni!" Louis chuckled, placing the balloons on the small brown table beside the door along with the other congratulations cards and balloons.
"Shut up, Lou" Niall smirked, watching Rachel as her eyes fluttered with dreams. Louis walked over, stroking her brown haired head, kissing her forehead delicately. Recently, Rachel had begun showing more and more characteristics of Niall, much to his relief.
"She's looks just like you, Ni" Louis smiled down at her, before Niall walked over to the incubator, putting her back in and taking a sandwich off of Louis "Where's Emily?"
"In the bathroom, getting changed. The others are meeting us back at the flat; apparently they have some 'big surprise' for her" Niall rolled his eyes, clearly not looking forward to what Harry, Zayn and Liam had planned.
"I've been worrying about it for days, Niall!" Emily laughed, stepping out of the bathroom, her pregnancy bag on her shoulder, fully clothed and ready to go.
"I'm sure it'll be fine! Besides, it can't be that bad; there's a baby involved" Louis chuckled, taking the bag off of Emily and the extra pillows they'd taken from home, heading towards the door.
Emily scooped Rachel delicately out of the incubator, careful not to wake her before belting her up securely in the car seat.
"Have you got the extra nappies and baby bottles?" Emily asked, lifting the pink car seat Niall had bought the day they found out they could take Rachel home.
"Yep, got it all" Niall wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her into him and placing a kiss to her temple "Let's take our baby home"
Emily nodded, following Louis out to the car where paparazzi were beginning to form, snapping photo after photo of the new parents and their baby girl.
"We better get out of here now, before more of them showed up" Niall whispered under his breath to Louis, both boys nodding in agreement before slipping into the car and driving home to see just what the boys meant by 'big surprise'.
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"Look who's awake!" Louis chuckled, gently pinching Rachel's cheek as her wide eyes took in the hallway around her as they waited for Niall to unlock the door.
The click of the door unlocking brought Louis and Emily back to their senses, stepping into the overly-decorated flat after Niall
"Holy-"
"Hey!" Harry yelled, taking Rachel's car seat from Emily "There's my favourite niece!" he unclipped her seat belt, lifting her out while kissing her right cheek repeatedy before she began to get annoyed and fussed in his arms "Aw, I'm sorry baby girl, I didn't mean to annoy you!"
"Same temper as her mother..." Zayn whispered in Niall's ear
"I heard that, Malik" Emily scoulled over at him playfully, watching over Harry's shoulder
"Where are the others?" Louis questioned, placing the pillows and bag on the floor beside the shoe rack
"They're just finishing up Rachel's bedroom"
"But she hasn't got her room..." Zayn and Harry exchanged a knowing smile before turning back to Niall
"That's what you think"
Zayn and Harry lead the way through the flat until they reached what was once the guest bedroom; but now had a large 'R' on the door.
"Welcome to your new room" Harry whispered into Rachel's ear as he repositioned her in his arms, so her back was against his chest, resting on his arms like a chair.
"Oh my God!" Emily and Niall said simultaneously, gawking at the newly decorated room in front of them.
"SURPRISE!" Liam, Perrie and Danielle screamed, jumping up and down giddily.
"This is incredible!" Emily smiled broadly, eyes snapping back and forth around the room, trying to take in every part of it.
The wooden rocking chair in the corner of the room, a burping blanket and pillows adding the girly twist to chair; under the window sat a wooden, cushioned block, much like the others in the other bedrooms, with a lovely view of the city below; the comfy white chair in the other corner, perfect for midnight crying from Rachel; lastly, was the pink cot, a hand-made blanket from Niall's mum. Another large R was on the wall just above the cot, completing the room fully.
"Thank you so much" Niall smiled, patting Liam on the back
"You're welcome mate. Anything for our baby girl" he smiled, rubbing Rachel's cheek as she gawked at the room around her.
"Oh, and we got you this as well" Perrie handed Emily a large, packaged object
"What is it?"
"Just open it!" Danielle smiled broadly. Emily ripped it open, revealing a framed collage of sonagrams; the first time each of them held Rachel; a pregnant Emily with Niall stood behind her, hands on her bump; along with whole group photos of them.
"I like this one especially" Emily pointed at one of when she didn't know she was pregnant yet, hugging Rachel tightly.
"Me too" Niall smiled, looking over her shoulder. He took Rachel from Harry's hands, holding her in front of the photoframe. "You see her, baby? That's your Aunty Rachel. She's who you're named after! You won't ever get to meet her, just know that she loves you and always will; just like the rest of us."
Everyone smiled down at Rachel as she leant forward, resting her hands over Rachel's photo.
Tears filled Louis' eyes as he kissed her Emily's cheek, pulling her into his side before looking down at Rachel, smiling from ear to ear at her.
"Welcome home, Rachel Horan"
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