Harry - ”Just-just one quick call,” you tried, pleading hands after Harry holding your phone away from you. He smirked, ushering you with one hand on the small of your back, “come on, babe,” he helped you through the bar, “just try to relax, okay? The sitter is fine. Lou recommended her, so we know she’s good. Darce has probably been sleeping the whole time,” he kissed a single trail down the side of your face, “you deserve a night out, babe, please try to enjoy it,” he murmured to you, dropping a hand to niggle yours, wriggle fingers together.
"I know," you shook your head, "but what if she wakes up and something happens or she misses us or the house catches fire or-"
"Babe," Harry side-stepped in front of you, "fun," he smiled after your eyes, "come on, we’re out with the guys. Let’s try to enjoy it, yeah?"
"Okay," you conceded, tumbling out of a sigh. You let him take you up to the bar. You ordered drinks and caught up to the night, "hey, Zayn," you turned over to him after an hour, "where’d Harry run off to?"
"Bathroom, I think," he shrugged.
"Thanks," you slid from your seat, taking the floor how you walked, ducking around the corner towards the restrooms. You stopped when you saw him leaning into his phone, against the wall, facing away from you. He turned when he heard your heels, "ah… babe…" the phone slipped in his hand, "I was just… checking… on the sitter. I thought I-thought I left the oven on, just thought I’d ask…"
Liam - ”He’s okay, right? I mean, what if he wakes up in the middle of the night, and he’s expecting you or me to come get him? Then this random sitter comes in, what is he freaks out?” Liam’s breath let the words tumble as he worried closer to the table at the restaurant.
"Li," you stole his hand back from picking his lips apart, "he’s two weeks old. I don’t think he’s going to mind, okay? He’ll be fine. He was sleeping when we left him, and you know he doesn’t wake up easy…"
He turned his chair slightly, gyrating on the floor when he moved himself closer to you, leaning in, “maybe if we duck home…” he murmured, “just for a second to check up on him…”
"We already ordered," you joked, nudging his side by the tablecloth, "what will the maître d think?”
"Babe," he softened his voice, and you checked his eyes to find your way around the worry making them widen. You pressed a hand to his cheek, patting.
"Li," you soothed, "he’ll be okay. He’s our little guy. And if he really needs saving, I promise you can go all Batman and I won’t stop you, but tonight…" you smoothed your dress down a little more in front of you, "I think we can relax…"
Louis - ”Okay, just…” he hushed quietly into the phone, stepping out of the taxi. He held your waist as he stood, “just make sure she has her blanket with her when she falls asleep… she really loves it. And make sure she’s got the little purple dinosaur as well, otherwise she’ll be fussy all night. Just-just, yeah… okay, Harry don’t joke, come on. Just call if you forget any of it…”
"Lou," you squeezed his hand, "don’t forget to tell him about her nightlight…"
"Oh, yeah," Louis grinned down, his lips rushing past your cheek, dipping to kiss as he spoke again, "her nightlight, keep it open. Don’t turn it off, okay? Harry… alright, I’ll call back in an hour. Yep, okay, bye."
You tipped yourself by his side, the click of your heels on the cold pavement a wandering noise in the background as you watched him, “all good?”
"Yeah," he sucked in a breath, "Harry’s fine," he nodded, "Amy’s fine. It’s all fine, love."
"So…" you stopped next to him, outside the bar, "we should go in and have a good night, yeah?"
"Yeah…" Louis murmured carefully, next to you.
"We shouldn’t go home to see her, and just, you know, check up on everything…" you twisted your lips with your words.
"No, no," Louis shook his head down, his eyes shaping like yours. He dipped his breathing for a second, before he turned around, making up his mind. He took your hand in his, leading you back to the curb, "taxi!"
Zayn - ”Maybe I should just call again…” you shifted in the passenger seat of the car, “you know, make sure it’s all okay…”
"It’s fine," Zayn reached over the console to take your hand. He rubbed the knuckles with his thumb, "we’re gonna go out and we’re gonna have a good night, and it’s all gonna be fine."
"Okay," you took a breath, leaning back in your seat to relax in the dress you still hadn’t snapped back into shape for. You watched the lights around you as the car sped forwards. You felt the bump of the road, the jostle and movement, "we told the sitter about his-"
"Yes, babe," Zayn smiled over, from keeping his eyes on the road. He squeezed your hand a little tighter.
"Okay, just his-"
"Babe," Zayn laughed out loud, "you’ve got to relax. Come on, you deserve this. You need-we need a good night out, come on. Just try to relax, okay?" He settled his eyes back on the lines in the road that disappeared beneath the car, smiling to himself and your worry.
"Okay," you repeated under your breath, "just relax, just… relax…"
"That’s it, baby girl," he rubbed your knuckles again, "we’ll have a good night."
Niall - ”Yep, yep, okay… yep, just check on her again, yep, okay, I gotta go,” he hid the phone by his side when you approached him, smiling. You crossed your arms, and poked your tongue to the inside of your cheek.
"So," you smirked, "that whole… I won’t call if you won’t, let’s just relax tonight, that was…"
"Oh, no, Louis called me," Niall lied, "yeah, he, um, wanted to know how to work the microwave…"
"Sure, sure," you wrapped an arm around his middle, sidling closer. You paused, resting your cheek against his suit jacket, "how is our little guy anyway?"
"Lou said he’s been asleep the whole time," Niall rested his chin atop your head, "probably won’t wake up till we get back, at least."
You sighed, the way he held you. He rubbed his hand closer to your stomach, “I promise I won’t call again…” he sniffed, still resting his head. You felt the exhale of breath near your hairline, “I’m sorry…”
"Don’t be," you murmured with a small smile, shrugging back to standing next to him, "I was coming back here to call anyway…"
