The Sidemen Baby

Chapter 7

Ethans POV

Josh and Harry.

Those two sons of bitches stole cupcake yesterday and kept her up past her bedtime!!

I rocked her softly and changed her into a cute little kitty onesie.

She had soft blue eyes like Simons. Or Harrys. But her hair was dark Like Vikks or Josh's. It wasn't as poofy as JJs, and not as coarse as Tobi's. But it was like she had Tobi's kind eyes and JJs addictive energy.

She was the most perfect baby I had ever seen.

I walked her around the house, letting her look around a bit more. She loved the colourful stickers on Harrys doorframe and when we got to them, she kept trying to eat them.

I heard the faint hum of a familiar beat in his room and burst through the door with her.

" 'Cause I ain't no hollaback girl
I ain't no hollaback girl!!!!!" I yelled and scared the living shit out of him.

He screamed and grasped at his chest. "ETHAN WHAT THE HELL!!"

"THIS SHIT IS BANANAS, B A N A N A S!! THIS SHIT IS BANANAS, B A N A N A S!!" I screamed/sang as I paraded Veronica out.

She wailed at the loud noises and kicked, still not used to the constant energy and yelling that we do.

I held her up with her head against my shoulder and rubbed her back, her little feet kicking at my chest and her hands grasping tiny handfuls of my shirt.

I rubbed her back and sang an extremely old Lullaby that my mum used to sing to me.

"The Man in the moon
Looked out of the moon,
And this is what he said:
"'Tis time that, now I'm getting up,
All babies went to bed." ".

She quickly calmed down and I noticed that her nose was runny. I turned around to go back the way we came to grab her a tissue, and that's when I heard it.

My mother's loud laugh rang through the house, accompanied by Josh's Mums.

Well shit.

She was worried about me moving in with the guys, like any good mother would, and so I promised her that I'd call every day. But lately, I'd been so busy with Veronica I'd forgotten.

I ran downstairs and into the kitchen where they were sitting.

"MUMMY!!"

She laughed and hugged me, kissing my cheek before freezing. "Ethan Lewis Payne!! Who's baby is this!!" She scolded before taking Veronica and rocking her.

Ver looked up at her with huge eyes and gave her a huge smile.

I snapped a picture and giggled.

"She's mine now. Did Mrs. Bradley not tell you?" I explained and gave Josh's mum a polite smile.

She's scary as fuck.

She looked up at me. "No I believed that since you and Josh are the fathers, it's your duty to inform the grandparents, in your own time of course."

I nodded and smiled awkwardly. "I was going to tell you the day we got her but by the time everything was settled it was much too late to call and then the day after Josh had her. Today is a Daddy - Daughter day for us." I tickled her tummy and smiled. "Isn't that right my little cupcake?"

My mum looked up at me with teary eyes and cupped my cheek. "It feels like only a day ago that you were this small. You've grown up so much. I'm proud of you."

I talked with them for a bit while I was packing a diaper bag and got her seat ready. My mum didn't want to give her to me.

"But Eeeeeethhhhhaaaannn let me hold my only grandchild for a bit longer!!" She laughed.

"Muuuuuuuuuummmmmmmm I gotta take her! I want to show her around the park before it gets cold and dark!!"

She pouted and looked up at me. "How are you going to tell your fans?"

I shrugged. "We'll figure something out. I'm sure it's fine. I'll talk it over with the guys at dinner. Are you staying for dinner?"

"Mmmmmm am I allowed?"

"Well of course you are! You need to have a meal with your first grandbaby."

She laughed and sent me off to the park with Veronica.

I sat on a bench with her bundled up in a little bear sweater in my arms, letting her look around. She kept trying to wiggle her way up towards the tree behind us, like something was in it.

"Alright Cupcake. This is called a tree. It's big and tall and looks scary at night, and it's kind of hard and scratchy." I picked up a twig and showed it to her. "Tobi will probably teach you how to climb. He loves being up high. Or Vikk. He's good at shimmering up to terrifyingly dangerous places." She grabbed the twig and shook it around before dropping it and staring at it on the ground expectantly.

We got home right after dark, taking a longer time because Veronica is a huge chick magnet. Babes were all over me! I got a bunch of new contacts. All I could say was thaaaaaank you Ver.

I opened the door and let the warmth roll over us. It quickly chased away the nip in the air and the numb feeling in my toes and fingertips.

I set Veronica down on the living room carpet, letting her explore what little she could get to at this age. She wiggled and grabbed at it, amazed at the short, white tufts.

I settled down in my chair and thew a sweater over me as a blanket, cuddling up to the warmth and curling up best I could to savour it. I could feel my eyes droop, and despite my best efforts, sleep soon overtook me.

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Hi there! Quick authors note!!
In the next chapter, which will be in a few days or so (I'm out of  Internet for the month so I can't write as often as I'd like 😣), I'm going to skip ahead a few months until she's about 7-8 months old when she's starting to crawl and roll over and such because right now, there isn't much you can do with a baby that doesn't do much.

Also, I work best under pressure so If you pester me every couple days to update I'll force myself to focus on it. Otherwise, we have to wait until I am bored out of my mind for me to even start writing.

That's all I gotta say! Thank you for reading and have a very Gucci night. 😊

~Liz