night changes

nine

"So does this screw go in this leg or this leg?" Louis asked holding up a screw as the three of us pieced together the crib.

"Uhhhhh..." I searched over the instructions turning pages utterly lost in how to answer Louis' question. "Yes?" I answered in more of a question.

"You know since the baby is going to be staying with us, Louis." Liam trailed taking the screw gun and screwing the bolt into the white wooden leg.

Louis turned his head to Liam and gave him some of his attention, "I think Harry should get the bigger bedroom with the baby." Liam finished introducing the idea to Louis.

"What? No way I won that bedroom fair and square." Louis protested hammering together the different parts.

"Yeah well now we have a baby and Harry needs the extra space. There's no way this crib is fitting into Harry and I's bedroom. Come on Lou, do it for the baby. The sweet sweet baby..." Liam convinced moving his gaze over to Asher who was only a few feet away laying on top of a blanket sucking on a passie.

"Really Liam?" Louis arches a brow and slumped his shoulders as if he were about to give into Liam.

"Look," I said moving over to grab Asher and hold him in my hands. Taking him and holding him till he stood in my lap I narrated for him. "Come on. Uncle Louis do it for me!"

"Fine!" Louis sighed heavily rolling his eyes and going back to helping with the crib. "But only for you, don't think I'm doing this for your dumb ass daddy."

"Hey!" I said just as I saw Asher drop his passie and smile towards Louis.

"See look he agrees your a dumb ass too!" Louis pointed returning a smile to the baby that began to give an airy laugh.

"Well now I'm the dumb ass that gets a bigger room." I widened my eyes and laughed as Louis rolled his eyes not being able to protest against what I was saying.

"You wouldn't be the dumb ass with a bigger room if it weren't for Asher here." Liam pointed out as I turned him around to see his little face that looked around busily. "You would just be a dumb ass."

He was so unaware of the circumstances he was put into. His eyes searching my face as he reached out to grab my cross necklace that hung from my neck. How could the mother ever have left him alone like she had? He was so little and understood nothing of his situation.

+

"Harry Styles?" A young nurse with a long blonde ponytail and friendly brown eyes searched around until I stood up and came towards her.

"That's me." I gave her a smile while I held Asher in my arms. He was caught up sucking on his passie and half asleep for him to even care about what we were about to do.

Last night had been among the worst. He had woken up a total of four times, twice to eat and twice for a diaper change. I was utterly exhausted and having to pull myself up out of bed for this was a dreading feeling that tugged on my mind.

"Come on back here with me and we will take care of you." She gave a pearly smile as I followed her back behind the door where others in scrubs walked around tending to other patients needs. "Right in here." She said opening up a room for us.

"Thanks." I said to her coming in as she shut the mahogany wooden door that was dressed in different brochures concerning prenatal and post natal care for women and their babies.

"It looks like today we have a check up and paternity test to do today. So why don't we start with the check up first." The nurse said looking over a folder with various information. She was knocking me off guard with her beautiful brown eyes that gleamed under the yellow lighting of the room.