Forever Young

Forever Young| 1

Baby Knows Best

I struggled as Nikki started to rock back and forth in my arms, struggling to get out of my tight grip. I put back the memory stick I was looking at and looked down at my baby. I tried to grab her flailing arms but she quickly slipped out of my grip. She gurgled happily and I sighed fustratedly as she began to crawl. I followed her around Staples letting her continue her miny escapade. She bumped into a pair of legs and I immediately ran over to see if she was ok. After checking that my baby was ok my glance travelled up a long pair of legs, a flat-abdominal muscles to reach the eyes of the hottest guy I had ever seen. EVER. His eyes were a glacier blue that struck me hard. His cheekbones were prominent on his beautiful face. His lips were full without looking inflated. I was practically drooling. I looked quickly back down to see Nicki hugging the mystery man's legs trying to catch his attention He glances down as well and smiles, a heart melting-marry-me-NOW type of smile, the type of smile that must weaken women every day, disappointment engulfed me, there was no way a man so gorgeous couldn't already be taken. But still, it doesn't hurt to look, and look I did. My mind is *phoar* blown. I quickly pick Nicki up into my arms and she pouts instantly at me, I roll my eyes. 'I'm sorry,' I say. His smile disappeared and he regards me coolly. 'Would you like to hold her?' I ask as Nicki begins to struggle yet again trying to move closer to him, it seems she wasn't the only one attracted to him I thought dryly. Surprise flashes in his eyes as well as disbelief. 'Sure,' he says smirking, sort of as if he doesn't actually expect me to pass my baby to him. Weird. I place her in his waiting arms and he holds her carefully, I shift towards him slightly to adjust his arms so he is supporting her head fully. I can almost feel the chemistry between us, can he feel it? Looking at him you would think not, he looks calm and collected, until he looks down at Nicki that is. His face errupts into a smile and he shifts to he is only holding her with one arm so he can play with her with his other hand. She gurgles happily and smiles gummily. I hover by his side anxiously but she seems perfectly fine in his arms so I relax and just look down at my baby in his arms. She belongs there I think suddenly, and so do I. My thoughts shock me- what the hell? I don't even know his name! It was then I noticed the various tattoos all over his arms, they screamed bad-ass and only made him even more attractive. I swooned inwardly. I cleared my throat quickly realising I was staring like a pervert.

'My names Rebecca but everyone calls me Becky. Becky Nowall.' I smiled brightly at him and he glances up at me catching my eye. His eyes have magically turned into a softer green and I almost gasp out loud but don't- just. His eyes are fascinating I realise quickly, as he tilts his head to the side the light changes his eyes back to blue but a teal instead of the icy hostile blue I saw before. WOW. He smiles at me briefly and my heart pounds faster. 'Louis, Louis Tomlinson. It's a pleasure to meet you love.' Then he smiles properly, a full blown out smile stretching from his cheek to the other and my palms begin to sweat. Holy shit. I continue to smile at him like an idiot before realising how stupid I must look, I break of our gaze blushing beetroot red.
I look at Nicki only to realise she has fallen asleep in his arms, I smile fondly at her and stroke her head, her hair soft and short in my hand.
'Is she yours?' Louis asks curiously, lowering his voice a bit so as not to wake up Nicki.
'Yeah,' I mutter slightly embarrassed, single mum at 19. I look down at my converse shoes and stare at my laces, what is he thinking of me? A dirty slut is probably what. I frown not liking the thought, I was confused of why I cared what he thought, he was practically a stranger!
A finger pushed my chin up and I found myself staring into Louis; eyes now a hazel colour. 'She's beautiful.' I smiled at him, how sweet!
'She is, isn't she? She takes after her father,' I smile fondly at the thought of Cade, my boyfriend from high-school, those were the days. We broke up a week before I found out I was pregnant but he totally supports us. He looks after Nicki on the weekends and me on the weekdays while doing an online teaching course I know it would be really hard without my mum to help me so I am forever grateful to her to be so accepting of Nicki, she adores Nicki almost as much as I do.
I look at Louis again smiling only to find him scowling intensely. I frown wanting to kiss the crease between his brows but holding myself back. Is he ok?
I impulsively place my hand on his forehead ignoring him tensing and his look of surprise. He doesn't feel like he has a temperature but as I take his wrist his pulse seems faster than normal, I look at him and tell him so and he blushes! His cheeks redden and I smile, he looks positively adorable. He scowls at me again seeing my smile. He hastily puts Nicki in my arms albeit carefully before muttering an excuse that I didn't quite catch and runnintg off. I stare at his retreating butt. Then look away embarrassed, how awkward, I literally ran him off!
I sigh and Nicki snores softly against my neck, I quickly pull her up my hip and look once again to the place Louis disappeared to, what a shame, he seemed nice, and extremely attractive, but that's beside the point.