Infinity | H.S.

16

A week or so before Thanksgiving, I manage to get Nicole, Darcy, Natalia, and Louis together for a surprise visit to the aquarium. The only people to know about this is myself and Louis, since he was being stubborn and wouldn't agree to come along unless I told him what I had planned. Jennifer couldn't come along because of work or she would be coming with us.

"Harry, where are we going?" Nicole asks for the tenth time since we've gotten in the car. I chuckle and glance over to her to see her looking at me expectantly, her eyes glimmering from the sunlight.

"Baby, you'll find out when we get there." I tell her then reach over and intertwine our fingers. "I'm sure you'll love this surprise, okay?"

"I'm too nosy for surprises." She admits. "Why don't you just tell us? I'm like ninety-nine percent positive that Nat wants to know, too."

"Natalia is asleep." I chuckle again. "You're very curious."

"I am so you might as well just tell me." She tries to convince me but I shake my head. I thank my lucky stars that I have to focus on driving so I can't see her face because she's probably pouting and it's hard not to give in to her when she's all pouty.

"Just listen to the music and sing along. We'll be there shortly, promise." I turn the music up a bit, not too loud to disturb Natalia but loud enough to kind of block out anymore or Nicole's questioning. She's relentless when it comes to knowing something that she doesn't.

After another fifteen or so minutes, I pull into the aquarium parking lot and find a space to park in. After shutting the engine off, I look over to Nicole to see that she's looking around with a wide smile on her face.

"I love the aquarium." She beams, her eyes gleaming with excitement. "This is the first time Nat gets to go, too. I really hope she loves it as much as I do."

"You look so happy." I note.

"I am." She nods then cast her gaze over to me. "Thank you for bringing us, Harry."

"My pleasure." I smile then she kisses my cheek before getting out of the car. I go to the trunk and get the stroller out as Darcy gets Natalia out and hands her to Nicole. After we've gotten everything Natalia may need, we go over to a building so we can get out tickets to enter the aquarium.

-

Natalia wakes up just before we enter to go to the aquarium and starts squirming in her stroller so I end up unbuckling her and getting her out.

"Harry, where we are?" She asks me, looking around at our surroundings.

"We're at the aquarium." I let her know, walking over to a window with water behind it and small fishes behind it as well.

"Fishies!" She cheers, pointing to the small sea animals. "Why they so small?"

"That's just how big they get." I tell her, shrugging a bit. "They're cute, aren't they?"

She nods. "They are. I want a fishie."

"Maybe when you're older." Nicole interjects, standing beside me as she looks at the fish with us.

"I'm a big girl." Nat pouts, glaring at Nicole.

"I know that but you aren't old enough to have a pet yet." She explains. "You've got to be five years old or older to have a pet."

"I want a fishie for my fif birthday." Natalia tells her.

"We'll see."

-

As we go into a different part of the aquarium, Nicole spots something that catches her eye and is quick to walk over to it, carrying Natalia with her so she can see as well. I chuckle and follow her as Darcy and Louis look at something else.

"What's over here that you wanted to see so badly?" I inquire, before looking in the tank.

"What are them, Mommy?" Natalia asks, pointing to the water.

"Seahorses." Nicole replies, smiling. "Aren't they the cutest?"

"They is horses that live in the sea?" Natalia asks for clarification.

"Something like that." Nicole replies, chuckling softly. "These are Mommy's favorite."

"Then they my fav'ite, too!" Nat exclaims, causing both of Nicole and I to laugh quietly.

"How cute." Nicole notes, kissing Natalia's cheeks before looking back to the yellow and brown seahorses. She watches as they swim around or wrap their tails around some seaweed, a smile plastered on her face.

I couldn't take my eyes off of her, she looked so happy and I wanted to remember this moment for a long time. I was overly ecstatic that I had brought her such happiness.

I end up sneaking a picture of her and Natalia looking at the animals, thankful that I have a phone with a great camera on it.

-

I would be lying if I said I didn't spend ninety percent of my day admiring Nicole and how cute she looked watching the different sea creatures swim around. Her eyes lit up and she smiled widely at the seahorses, turtles, sharks, stingrays, etc. She seemed completely engulfed in the animals, their names, and where they originated from.

It's hard to say but I think I'm falling for her hard and fast. I'm not sure if it's possible to love Nicole though, with the whole Kelly situation at hand.

"Harry, we're leaving you!" Nicole calls after me, jokingly, as they begin towards the exit. I hurry and catch up to them, walking outside and towards the car with them all. Nicole stays back with me as Darcy, Louis, and Natalia walk ahead of us.

"Natalia had such a great time." She tells me, taking my hand and intertwining our fingers.

"I think everyone did." I reply. "I'm just glad everyone enjoyed themselves."

"Thanks, again, for bringing us here." She says. "It was good bonding time. Plus, Darcy and Louis seemed to really hit it off." She gestures to the two in front of us, who have really been chatting amongst themselves, pretty much, the entire time we've been here.

"Maybe they'll go out soon." She replies before we get to the car with everyone else.

"Maybe so."

-A/N-

Hiiiiiii! Here's an update :) hope you enjoy it!

How am I supposed to get Sounds Good Feels Good when it releases if I'm bROKE?! It's going on my Christmas list, to be quite honest.

I might have the chance to go to the Sounds Live Feels Live tour next year, depending on my friend here.

Any questions?

All the love x

~Nicole~