Take Me || Niam

Chapter Fifty Two

Niall's P.O.V

I walked through the store getting some last minute items for dinner. Liam was at work so I went to the store with Emma. She sat in front of me as I pushed the cart, grabbing at the strings of my sweatshirt. I turned to grab a box of pasta when I heard a voice behind me.

"Niall?" They question. My eyes widen because I'd recognize that voice anywhere. I turn slowly to meet the hazel eyes of Zayn. He looked as amazing as I remember him. Although he looked a bit more healthy, not as thin as he was when we were together.

"Zayn." I breathe, thinking about the last time I saw him. It wasn't exactly good terms.

"I- wow.." He says starting to say something else but decided against it. "You look good." He says coming closer to me. I shielded Emma out of his view. I don't think he saw her yet and I'd like to keep it that way. I slowly put my left hand behind my back too.

"Um, thanks." I say half heartedly looking to the ground, a small blush taking over my cheeks.

"How... Um, how have you been?" He asks scratching at the back of his neck.

"I'm good." I nod, finally looking into his eyes. "How about you?" I ask.

"I'm good too." He chuckled, looking into his eyes, you could see he looked better. Zayn was about to say something else when Emma Louis out a loud shriek. I quickly turned around to shush her.

"Emma, be quiet." I scolded before turning back to Zayn. He looked shocked. He walked closer to get a better view of the little girl.

"Is she yours?" He asks quietly, looking my up and down.

"Yeah." I whisper, trying not to look flustered.

"Wow. A lot had changed in a couple years, hasn't it?" He asked, looking me over.

"I guess it has." I say back. I begin to walk but Zayn follows behind me.

"What's her name?" He said looking at her, a small grin both their faces as they looked at each other.

"Her name is Emma." I said. The sound of her name had her looking at me. I smiled at her as Zayn looked back up at me.

"So what else? I'm guessing she's yours and Liam's. Are you still with?.." He asks trailing off.

"Liam?" I ask, turning to the side to look at him. He nods softly. "Yeah, we're still together." I shrug, debating in my head wether or not to show him my ring. "We're getting married." I smile, pulling out my left hand.

"Oh, wow. That had to have costed a pretty penny." Zayn chuckled, staring at the ring from a far.

"Yeah." I let out a laugh for the first time.

"Listen, Ni, I know things between us ended badly but I just want to say I'm sorry that I was such as arse to you. You deserved so much better. And I'm happy you got that with Liam." Zayn smiled, holding out his hand. I stared at it for a moment, processing everything he just said.

"Thank you." I nodded, a small smile on my face as well. We shook hands and went our separate ways.

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I sat on the couch half asleep with Emma and Cooper at my feet playing away. Well mostly Emma playing and Cooper laying there. "Hey, beautiful." Liam said in my ear making me practically jump a foot in the air.

"Damn it Liam. Don't scare me like that." I said holding my hand over my heart. Emma used Cooper to stand up and made a fussy noise at Liam. Liam picked her up and took a seat next to me.

"Sorry, babe." He chuckled leaning over to kiss me on the cheek. Liam played with Emma for a while while I though about my super market encounter earlier today.

"Hey, Li." I say to him. He turns away from Emma and looks over to me.

"What's up?" He furrows his eyebrows.

"I ran into someone at the market today." I voice quietly.

"Who's that?" Liam questions as he bounced Emma on his knees making funny faces at her, not really paying attention to me.

"Zayn." I whisper, prepared to hear Liam freak out.

"What?" He asked. I heard a slight tinge of anger in his voice. He moved slightly away from me putting Emma down on the floor.

"Zayn." I repeat this time a bit louder. "It was actually okay, we talked fo-" I began but Liam cut me off.

"You talked? Why would you talk to him?" Liam's face scrunched up in annoyance.

"Well he started walking with me what was I suppo-" yet again, he cut me off.

"You're supposed to tell him to fuck off." Liam yelled, Emma jumping back a bit at the force of  his voice.

"Language Liam." I said forcefully. "It's not even a bi-"

"Yes it is, why would talk to him? What did you even talk about?" He said. I clinched my jaw in frustration as he kept on interrupting me.

"We talked about Emma and t-" I began.

"Emma? Why would you tal-" he started but it was my turn to interrupt him.

"Would you shut your mouth for one minute and let me talk?" I yelled, loud enough to make Emma cry. Sure enough she had tears pooling in her eyes. She made a whimpering sound as she pulled on Liam's pant leg to hoist herself up into a standing position. Liam quickly picked her up and took her upstairs without another glance at me. I threw my head into a pillow and groaned in frustration, annoyance, and everything else that was built up inside of me. Soon enough my feet carried me up the stairs to Emma's room. The door was cracked and Liam sat in a chair with Emma resting in his lap. I stood out of view as I watched Liam sing Emma to sleep. After about ten minutes Liam had come out and he found me stood in the hallway.

"I'm sorry for yelling, I didn't mean to scare Emma, I was just annoyed that you kept interrupting me." I sigh, looking down.

"It's okay. C'mon, let go eat and we can talk about it." He said taking hold of my hand. I got both Liam and I's plates ready.

"So, Zayn?" He asked a bit tense.

"Yeah he saw me I guess and came up to say hi." I began. I told Liam everything that had happened, starting at the beginning and ending at the end without any interruptions. Liam looked like he wanted to interject at one point or another but he kept quiet.

"So he said he was happy for you?" He asked after I finished telling the whole story.

"Yeah. He said that he was happy I ended up you because you gave me so much more than he ever could." I explained. Liam nodded a small smile on his lips.

"He's right." Liam said chuckling. I shook my head throwing a noodle at him.

"So full of yourself." I laughed at the look on Liam's face as the noodle hit his forehead.

"Did you just throw a noodle at me?" Liam asked in astonishment.

"Mhm." I giggled a big grin playing at my lips. "Would you like another?" I smiled picking up another.

"Didn't your mummy ever tell you it was bad to play with you food?" Liam smirked, a dark look in his eye as he wiped off his forehead.

"Yeah." I breathe. "I guess I've been a bad boy, why don't you teach me a lesson?" I laughed internally because someone's getting fucked tonight.

"Bedroom. Now." Liam demand. I didn't waist any time, pushing my chair back and laughing all the way up stairs. God I'm so completely, hopeless, and devotedly in love with him.

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Chapter fifty two! Hope you all liked that chapter! Zayn made a short appearance and apologized to Niall. Next is going to be Emma's birthday! Thank you to all who read, comment, and vote! If you liked this chapter don't forget to comment and vote! Sorry for any grammar mistakes! Lots of love. x

Gaby.