Niall's secret child

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A/N - tbh I think this chapter is really shit, I had writers block and i've been stressed with year 12 so I haven't been able to update. I am hoping to update some more in the coming weeks, but in the meantime enjoy this shitty chapter. :) 

I lift Atticus out of the stroller and place him down in the sand making him squeal before dashing off but didn't get far because he tripped in the sand. I sigh and walk over to him as he screamed and cried. I lift him off the sand and hold him against my chest as I rock back and forth to settle him. "It's okay baby, you only fell over" Atticus continued to cry as he tucked his head into my neck and clenched my shirt.

"Hey baby what happened?" Niall asked rushing over with the two bottles of water he had gone to buy. Atticus sobbed and held onto me tighter. "Do you want to go to daddy?" Atticus shook his head and cried into my neck. I turn to Niall to see he was looking at our son with sad eyes, we both hated it when Atty was hurt. "You're okay Atty" I say softly as Niall lightly brushed the sand off Atticus' face. "You're okay" I repeat softly before placing Atty back down on the ground because he had settled down a little bit.

"Atty take your shoes off babe" Atticus nodded and took a seat down on the sand in front of me, I proceed to pull his shoes and socks off before letting him run off in the sand over to a bunch of little boys that were playing with buckets while their parents looked on.

I smile and take a seat on the sand beside the stroller and watch as Atticus began making a sand castle with one of the little boys. "You look beautiful" I jump a little as Niall whispered into my ear, he chuckled and took a seat behind me with his legs either side of me. I smile and lean back into his chest as he wraps his arms around me. "We made a beautiful baby" Niall speaks softly as we watch Atticus interact with the other kids.

"Yeah we did, and there's another on the way" I say as I turn my head to the side to look up at Niall, he smiles slightly before placing a small kiss on my slightly chapped lips. I smile at him before looking back at our boy who was now running towards us with a grin on his face and a shell in his hand. "Whatcha got there little bud?" Niall questions Atticus as he stops in front of us. "Shell" Atty grins as he passes it over to me.

I inspect it with a shocked expression on my face "it's so beautiful" Atticus giggled and agreed with me "mumma we keep?" Atty questions as he puts his hands behind his back and gives me on of his cute pleading looks. "How about you ask daddy?" Atty turns his face to Niall and gives him a cuter look "please dada?" I turn to face Niall as well to see what he was going to do.

"I dunno, are you going to be a good boy for the rest of the day?" Atticus immediately nodded his head "yeah dada" I grin as Atticus jumped up and down a little bit in the sand as he grew more excited. "i dunno" Niall murmurs "dada" Atticus whines making me smile. "alright fine, we can keep the shell" Niall finally answers, Atticus lets out an excited squeal and tried to squish us both in a hug but his arms were just too short so I pulled him on my lap and hugged him to me as Niall hugged us both towards him.

"mumma" I look down at Atticus to see he was looking up at me "dwink?" I nod and grab the bottle of water that was sitting in Atticus' stroller and crack the lid open before assisting Atticus in drinking from the bottle. "want to go back and play?" I ask Atticus when he was done drinking the water "yeah" I smile and help him off my lap and watch as he ran back over to the other kids and continued to play with them in the sand.

I reach out to the stroller and drop the shell in there so it wouldn't get lost before leaning back into Niall's arms and relaxed on this nice day at the beach.

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"Atticus James Horan" Atticus immediately stopped and slowly turned around to face Niall and myself. I cross my arms over my chest and give him a stern look. "put it down" He sighed and placed the chocolate bar back down on the shelf before huffing. "Hey none of that" Niall scolded as he walks over to Atticus who had now dropped down on the floor and was laying there in the middle of the isle.

Niall lifts Atticus off the ground and gives his butt a few smacks before carrying him back over to where I was standing with the trolley "mumma" Atticus cries as he tries to reach out to me but i shake my head "no Atticus, you were being a naughty boy" I say which made the boy sob. "Place him in the trolley" I tell Niall who nodded and put Atticus in the child seat and buckled him in.

Ever since we left the beach he's been really grumpy because he hasn't had his nap, even though I've put him down to sleep he hasn't fallen asleep. "Settle down baby" I tell Atticus softly as Niall put some things in the trolley. "but mumma" atty whines as he looks up at me with tears in his beautiful eyes. "no more crying okay?" Atticus let out a hiccup before nodding "good boy"  I smile slightly down at him before wiping away his tears.

"What else do we need?" Niall questions as he looks into the trolley "milk" I inform him before direction the trolley to the dairy section. After getting everything we needed for our small hotel room we headed to the check out and paid before piling it into the car. I buckle Atticus into his car seat and kissed his head before climbing into the passenger seat.

After a short drive we arrive back at the hotel and Niall parks the car in the underground car park before we both climbed out of the car. "you get him" Niall informs me as I meet him at the back of the car. I nod and step up on my tippy toes and kiss him gently before walking back around the car to the back door. I open it softly to see Atticus was sound asleep with his thumb in his mouth.

I smile and unbuckle him carefully before lifting him out of the chair and placed him against my chest. I hold him with one arm before shutting the car door and walked around the back to see Niall was just shutting the boot door. "finally asleep huh?" Niall questions as he catches sight of our little boy. I nod and bounce Atticus up a little bit and hold the back of his head in place as I follow after Niall into the elevator.