One Direction Imagines Book Three

Niall - Babysitting Freddie

Please read the note at the end, especially if you're a fan of HomeTown <3

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"Niall, could you get the door?" You call out, after hearing a loud knocking and not wanting to have to stop mid-laundry sorting.

"Will do princess!" Niall calls back, jogging past you in the kitchen to get to the door.

"Oh hey Louis." You hear Niall greet, cheerfully.

"Hey Ni, I'm sorry to just drop this on you, but would you be able to look after Freddie for me for a bit?" Louis asks, distress evident in his tone.

"Yeah of course!" Niall agrees, and you roll your eyes, knowing he would palm him onto you.

You loved Freddie, and you adored looking after him, but at the end of the day he was Louis' child, who had asked Niall to look after him.

Niall didn't think he would get away with not mucking in, did he? Because if he did, he could think again.

"I'll try to be just a couple of hours, it's just I need to get to -"

"It's fine, Lou, honestly, you don't have to explain. I'd be happy to have him and I'm sure Y/N will be too." Niall interrupts , and you raise your eyebrows to yourself.

'Oh, will I now?' You think, jokingly.

"Great, thanks a mill lad, I owe you one." Louis replies before you hear a quick goodbye and the sound of the door closing.

You decide to carry on with your previous task of sorting out the laundry. After all, Niall agreed to look after Freddie, but you? You didn't agree to anything.

"Y/N, Freddie's here." Niall calls, entering the kitchen with the baby on his hip.

"Aw, how come?" You play along, knowing this game of wind-up-Niall would be much fun.

"Louis had to be somewhere, so I said I'd look after him." He smiles, and oh, how you love his smile.

Stop it Y/N, he may be cute but you know he's after getting you to take over babysitting. You think, stopping yourself from caving in under his beautiful gaze.

"That was nice of you, well, have fun."

"We will." He grins, and at this point you know he's playing along too.

If you recall correctly, Niall said he was very much capable of looking after the small baby after you challenged him that he couldn't in response to his last babysitting duties - which led to you taking care of him all by yourself of course - so now, you realise that he's trying to prove a point.

You shrug to yourself, letting him get on with it, but secretly knowing he would prove you wrong.

After all, Niall could be a perfect dad someday. You knew that, it was just fun to mess with Niall sometimes.

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Baby cries. Loud, screaming baby cries.

That's all you could hear as you stepped into the living room, finding Niall manically searching Freddie's bag for necessities.

"Okay, bottle. Got it. Are you hungry little fella?" Niall cooes, juggling Freddie on one hip as he heads into the kitchen.

"Need any help?" You ask, this time genuinely.

"No, we're fine princess." Niall smiles, but you knew your boy better than that.

"Come on, Niall. You don't have to prove a point, I know you're really good with kids." You admit.