Chapter 46

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Louis' alarm sounds at 9 am and he reaches to the nightstand to shut it off as he's groaning. He opens his eyes and looks back to Harry's side of the bed but sees he's already up.

He stands up slowly, stretching a bit and letting out a yawn before he's making his way around the four poster bed, noticing Olivia's bassinet empty.

He doesn't even remember waking at Olivia's usual time of 4:30 am; he wonders if maybe she hadn't awakened at all... maybe she slept the whole night.

He opens the bedroom door before he hears music playing softly down the hall; it's coming from the art room, he can tell

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He opens the bedroom door before he hears music playing softly down the hall; it's coming from the art room, he can tell. He walks slowly, rubbing his eyes.

He glances in Emma's room to see her still asleep as well, though her own alarm will sound soon. He makes his way to the art room, the door cracked open.

He puts his hand on the door and pushes it open, the sunlight in the room hurting his eyes as he's trying to focus on Harry, and Olivia.

Olivia is in her pink bouncy seat in the floor, chewing on something in her hands while she's making noises and watching Harry a few feet away from her.

Harry's busy painting something; he has the easel close to the glass windows and his full attention is on the painting itself.

Louis walks in slowly, leaning down to gently caress Olivia's head. She looks at him as soon as he starts speaking. "Hey, beautiful, did you sleep well?"

Harry's still oblivious to Louis' presence. His music is too loud and he's humming along with the song while he's painting.

Olivia smiles at Louis and he grins before standing again; he walks slowly over to the glass windows and Harry finally notices him.

"Hey, morning, babe," Harry grins at Louis a few feet away from him, "how'd you sleep?"

"I slept brilliantly," Louis yawns and looks out the window, "didn't even wake up with Livy."

"She woke up a little after 6 this morning," Harry tells him before he's using a remote to turn down the stereo, "she slept all night... can you believe that?"

"Really?" Louis asks in surprise, "have you 2 been up since then?"

Harry nods, his eyes on the painting again as he moves the brush gracefully.

"Has she been awake the entire time?" Louis asks.

"No, she fell asleep for about an hour in her swing," Harry starts, "I took the suitcases downstairs and let her sleep for a bit while I finished up some laundry and dishes. When she woke again, I brought her up here with me. And surprisingly, she has been rather happy sitting there just listening to the music."

Louis smiles over at Olivia, "maybe the music is soothing to her."

Harry shrugs and keeps painting, his hair in a messy bun.

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