Sleeping with Naill Horan

~Chapter 27~

Vander and I are out and about with El who is talking to me about our plan for tomorrow night. I knew it was a long shot but I'm surprised Joe agreed to let it happen. It's been two months since our miscarriage and I know it's been on Ash's mind a lot. Both Niall and Ash call daily to check up on me and I tell them the same thing each time. Some days are harder than others, but today is a good day.

We pull into this parking lot and I am glad El could join us. We wonder into the restaurant and instantly Vander remembers the room on the side as he starts to pull El to it.

"What's over there?" El asks.

"Rocking chairs for nursing mothers. He's been in there a few times and now he wants to go again."

"Oh, so we don't eat?"

"No we do and he's not going to be happy when we leave here without going in there."

We order and he keeps watching the door as if he was willing us to be inside. I laugh at him and he laughs at me. Once we're done eating we leave and to my surprise he isn't upset. I needed some new sleepers for him since he's starting to outgrow the ones I have. The store seems empty and I can't help but breathe a sigh of relief. I buy a lot of new things for Vander and a few for myself as we wonder around. I see El looking at the clothing too and I'm not sure what she's got going on.

"Have you talked to Luke about that?" I say pointing to the outfit she just put back on the rack.

"No and with them being gone I don't want to be. I saw you and it was tough to watch that."

"I don't blame you, I was in a dark place for a while."

Vander is pulling things off the racks and laughing as I hadn't noticed they were girl jammies. I put them back and tried to keep him from touching things. I put a toy in his lap and he played with that the rest of the shopping trip. El put a few things in the cart and I wondered why she was buying anything for a baby but I wasn't about to question it. Once we leave that store we wonder home to get out of the cold before we freeze.

"Are you going to pick us up or should I drive?" I ask El as we sit on the sofa waiting on dinner.

"If you would drive that would be great. I'll meet you here then you have his seat and there isn't any fidgeting around."

"That sounds good. I'm so excited for this, I can't believe we pulled this off."

"I can't believe you're this close with Joe that he agreed to let us in the pit with Vander."

"Me either but no one knows we'll be there so it's still a secret."

"Good, I'll see you tomorrow."

Vander has no interest in eating the real food I've made. I finish eating and put the rest of the food away before sitting on the sofa to watch TV. His laugh fills the room as something on TV has caught his eye. I look at him and I see the side of Niall that he only shoes once he knows he can relax. He heads for the stairs and I know it's time for bed. Niall is on the phone as soon as we get to the top of the stairs.

"Hey Ni."

"He's not asleep, already is he?"

"No, we just walked into the nursery."

"I have perfect timing."

I hand Vander the phone who is now acting like he's talking to Niall. It's cute and I am beyond happy that he's able to try and talk to him. He's making out small words and I hear the excitement in Niall's voice. Vander hands me the phone again and I hear Niall laughing.