night changes

eight

"Do you want to hold him?" I asked my mum as she put a hand over her mouth with tears streaming down her face. Eyes never leaving the small baby that was unaware of the world around him.

"He's sleeping, let's let him be." My mum whispered stroking his cheek softly to feel his soft skin under her touch.

"That's okay. Here." I moved over and picked him up slowly. Making sure his bare body was still covered up so he didn't get cold. I needed to go back and get some clothing as well as other things since he will be staying with me. He needed a proper place to sleep since he had taken over my bed which I wanted back. The couch was causing knots to form up and down my spine and I couldn't stand another night on it.

Feeling him stir and placing him in my mothers arms for her to hold her grandson for the first time. Her eyes lighting up as she scanned over his little features that resembled me. Running her hand over his head to smooth out his brown colored hair she began to rock him.

"Harry he is beautiful." She whispered as my father came up behind her and gave a small smile at the baby that was still sleeping in my mothers arms.

"I told you things would work out." Gemma whispered to me with a smile as she tilted her head to rest on my shoulder while crossing her arms over her chest looking at my parents.

"Thanks Gem." I whispered back in reply watching my mum smile at the tiny sleeping infant in her arms.

Once I had put Asher back on the bed we all exited and found ourselves in the living room discussing what was going to happen next. We had a lot to talk over and plan with a baby being part of my life now.

"First of all, if he's going to be staying here with you he needs the proper equipment and clothing. He also is going to need a doctors check up to make sure he is healthy. Oh and it would make me feel better if you got a paternity test done, I know you don't want to but it's better safe than sorry." My mum started in as I sat on the rug in front of the three that were on the couch.

"I was wondering if you or Gem could come shopping with me, I don't have a clue as to what he needs." I confessed thinking back to the struggle in Target the first time Louis and I were there.

"We can go tomorrow and get everything you need. We want to make sure that this baby is well taken care of, I will not allow my grandchild to be raised without the proper equipment and clothing." My mum went on making me feel better that I was getting help when it came to the shopping aspect. The only issue I was running into was money, I wasn't exactly rich and it was sounding like I was about to drop more money then I had.

"I say we start with the shopping tomorrow and paternity test slash doctors check up after." Gemma agreed nodding to what my mum was saying.

"I can schedule you one with a great doctor I know! She is wonderful with kids and will take care of the check up and any testing that needs to be done." I nodded in agreement letting my mum take on some of the tasks I had in making this all work.

Once the night had come to midnight and my muscles ached for sleep my parents and Gemma left me to my sleep. Asher was still asleep in the bedroom but I didn't see that lasting long since he was eating about every 2 to 3 hours.

Slugging my body onto the couch my eyes instantly fell shut as I grasped onto any sleep I could get in this time span. I knew I would be up in about an hour or so, so I planned on getting some sleep before getting up with Asher.

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"That is the cutest thing I have ever seen!" Gemma gushed running over into the baby clothes and gathering clothes as if she were hibernating for the winter. Throwing all types of clothing items into the large red shopping cart.