IT'S HERE! The sequel to 'Forever'!! I hope you enjoy it!!!
-Harry-
The past year has been a rollercoaster. Kennedy and Noah are almost two, Nolan is turning one in about a month and has also gotten his first set of hearing aids about two months ago. I will never forget the look on his little face, the first time he heard me and Louis speak.
~Two Months Ago~
Louis, Nolan and I are currently seeing Nolan's ear doctor to try on his hearing aids and me and Louis are both bouncing with anxiety. Nolan is just looking around on my lap, with no clue about what is going on. His doctor, Dr. Miller, finally walks in with a box.
"This are his hearing aids. I'm going to hook them up and then we'll try them on him. They may need to be adjusted, but that can be done now if it's needed." Me and Louis nod as we listen to what the doctor says. She opens the box and pulls out the blue hearing aids. She pushes a button on them and then clicks a few things on her computer before walking over to me and Nolan.
"Now the first thing he hears, should be your guys voices so when I'm done, try talking to him and he should react." Louis pulls out his phone to record the moment and the doctor starts putting the hearing aid in Nolan's ear. Nolan voiced his discomfort, by attempting to push her hand away and whining. She finally gets it in though and I look at Nolan and say, "Hi baby! Can you hear Daddy?" Nolan's eyes widen and he looks up at me with curiosity. "Hi Nolan! Can you hear Daddy?" Nolan puts his hand on my mouth like he's confused about what's going on.
And then Louis speaks, "Hey monkey! Do you hear us, baby boy?" Nolan's head jerks towards Louis, and I say "Yeah Nolan, that's Papa's voice!" Me and Louis are both crying at this point and then the doctor speaks up. "So it's obvious that they work. I'm going to give you a remote so that if you feel the sound is too loud for him at any point you can turn it down a bit." We nod still in a daze over the fact that our little boy can finally hear us. He starts to get fussy, obviously needing his nap, and he squirms around in my lap until he turns himself completely, and hiding his face in my neck.
I rub his back as Dr. Miller continues to talk and Louis gets into his bag and grabs his pacifier and blanket and hands it to me. I give Nolan the pacifier and he immediately puts it in his mouth and I cover him with the blanket. Dr. Miller tells us how to work the remote and gives us spare batteries for the hearing aids. She has us fill out some papers. While Louis fills out the papers, I put Nolan into his carrier that the doctor recommended us to use since Nolan is small for his age.
We bid Dr. Miller goodbye after making Nolan a follow up appointment and leave with Nolan asleep in his car seat and smiles on me and Louis' faces. We know this is gonna be a never ending journey, but we're ready for it.
~End Flashback~
Now Nolan is almost completely used to his hearing aids and is finally starting to speak. Kennedy is a whole another story. She is a little terror and as much as I love her, she makes me wanna pull my hair out. Me and Louis are attempting to potty train her and she wants nothing to do with it. Noah, who is younger than her, is potty training faster than she is, and me and Louis are down to the end of our rope with ideas. We've tried everything and nothing works. Niall and Briana said that they offered Noah candy every time he used the bathroom and it's working mostly.
We talked to her physician and she said that she'll do it whenever she's ready, but me and Louis' are talking about more kids, and I really don't want to change three different kids diapers all at once.
Speaking of kids, Liam and Sophia are engaged and expecting a little girl in about three months. It was a surprise baby but everyone is excited nonetheless. They haven't told us her name but they said that since everyone is getting together today that they would announce it. "Dada!" I suddenly hear Nolan yell from upstairs as the doorbell rings at the same time. I quickly run to the door as Nolan continues yell. Louis is out with Kennedy getting groceries so it's just me and Nolan.
I open the door and see Niall, Briana and Noah. Before I can say anything Nolan lets out a loud scream of my name, clearly upset that I'm taking so long. "Sorry guys. Come in, I have to go get Monkey up." Monkey is the name Nolan earned when he learned how to climb on everything. Me and Louis are really surprised that he hasn't attempted to get out of his crib yet. "It's okay Harry. Go get my nephew, I haven't seen him in ages!" Niall says and I laugh and hurry up the stairs as Nolan starts crying. I open his nursery door and see him standing there with a bright red face and tears streaming down his face.
"Monkey! What's with the angry face? Daddy had to open the door for Uncle Niall, Aunt Bri and Noah! Don't you wanna go play with Noah?" He looks at me and says "No. Want Dada!" I smile and say "Okay baby. Come here!" I pick him up and quickly change his diaper and put a new battery in his hearing aid since I know it was running low. I pick him back up handing him his stuffed cow that he loves and his pacifier. I then walk downstairs to see Briana in the living room with Noah and I hear Niall in the kitchen. Briana looks up and smiles at Nolan. "Hey Nolan!" He hides his face in my neck, ignoring her. "Monkey, why don't you say hi to Aunt Bri?" I ask him as I sit on the couch, rubbing his back softly. "Dada.." I look at Bri and say, "He's just having Daddy day, today." She nods and then Niall walks in and we make small talk and Noah plays with the toys Kennedy left on the floor earlier, while we wait for Louis to get home. When he does, I hear Kennedy before I see her. "DADDY!" She yells as she runs into the house. But once she see's Niall she forgets about me. "Uncle Ni!" She squeals, "Love Bug!" He yells back. Kennedy jumps on his lap and hugs him. After a minute though, she gets down immediately beginning to play with Noah on the floor. Louis walks in the room and pecks my lips before frowning at Nolan, who has yet to get out of my arms. "Monkey, what's wrong?" Louis asks him. Nolan grips onto me tighter, refusing to let go. But that's when I noticed him playing with his ear. "Monkey, does you're ear hurt?" He whines, trying to get his hearing aid out. "No, baby, let Papa do that." Louis says and moves his hand, taking out the hearing aid and switching it of. And that's when Nolan finally relaxed. "Is his hearing aid hurting him?" Briana asks. "I guess so, maybe he needs a new one?" I say, rubbing Nolan's back as he starts to doze off in my arms. "He shouldn't, he just got these two months ago.." Louis speaks up. "I'd call his doctor then." Niall says, before we hear the two toddlers on the floor scream.
All four of us look at them, me thanking myself for taking out Nolan's hearing aid. We see Kennedy crying as Noah pulls one of her pigtails. "Noah James! Stop that now!" Briana yells. "Mommy, Kennedy took my car!" Noah yells back, "Kennedy Faith, is that true?" I say with a stern voice. "Daddy, I had it first!" Noah then gets mad again saying, "Nuh uh! I had it first!" Louis then pipes up and says, "I don't care who had it first, stop it or no more cars!" The pout but start playing nicely again.
I look down at Nolan and see him asleep. "I'm gonna put him the crib in the other room real quick." I say and stand up with his stuffed cow and pacifier. "Didn't he just wake up?" Niall asks. "Yeah but if his ear was hearing he may not have slept well." I say back and he nods. I walk into the guest room that we keep a portable crib in for things like this. When he's not wearing his hearing aid we like to keep him close. I lay him down and cover him up before shutting the light off and cracking the door.
Me, Niall, Louis and Briana all make small talk while Noah and Kennedy play. Nolan wakes up about an hour and a half later and we all eat dinner, before Niall, Briana and Noah left. Me and Louis put the kids to bed for the night and me and Louis go to bed ourselves but before we fall asleep, I roll over to face Louis and say "Can I tell you something?" He faces me and says, "Of course, what is it?" He says, I take a deep breath before saying, "I want another baby.." His eyes widen and he gasps.
"Harry, I'm sorry. I don't think I do.. At least not yet.." I feel my eyes water and I immediately roll over so that he can't see me cry and he says something but I block him out and cry myself to sleep.
Those words just shattered my heart..
