Ch. 6
"What's wrong?" Louis asked Niall and I, once Mason and Aedan had stopped crying. Niall was holding Addy and we were both staring at her confused. We couldn't figure out what was wrong with her.
"I don't really know..." Niall muttered, still staring at Addy, "Well, at first, Addy wouldn't wake up when Nicole yelled her name. So, I yelled her name and she still didn't wake up. Finally, I picked her up, and she woke up fine."
"Is it something with her hearing?" Louis suggested. I shrugged, "I have no idea..."
"Why don't we test out her hearing?" Louis suggested. Louis took Addy away from Niall's arms and set her on the ground. He sat her up, facing the opposite direction of us, "Addy!" Louis called to her. She didn't move, "Addy!" he called again, a little louder. Once again, nothing. Louis tried a couple more times, only to get the same result. Louis picked her up again and turned to face us, "I guess she does have hearing problems."
"Is she deaf?" I asked, shocked. Louis shrugged, "I have no idea. It's a possibility. It could just be a problem as a baby and get better when she's older. Maybe her hearing isn't fully developed yet. The best thing to do is call the doctor."
"Okay, we'll do that," Niall replied. Louis handed Addy back to Niall. Eleanor handed me Aedan, "We probably should head home now. I hope Addy is fine," Eleanor told us. I nodded, "Yeah, me too. Thanks for the help, by the way."
"No problem," Eleanor replied, as she and Louis walked out of the room. Zayn, Perrie, and Mason also left, leaving Niall, the twins, and me all alone. Niall sat down on the rocking chair, while holding Addy. He stared at her confused, like the answer would just randomly show up. Niall sighed and leaned against the back of the rocking chair, "We just can't get a break, can we?"
I sighed, "I guess not," I replied, "Niall, can you call the doctor?" I asked. He nodded and pulled out his phone, while balancing Addy on his knee. He dialed the doctor's number and pressed call. Niall placed the phone against his ear, waiting for the doctor to pick up.
I held Aedan in my arms as Niall spoke on the phone. I slowly rocked him back and forth, trying to lull him to sleep. Aedan's eyes were slowly fluttering open and closed. Finally, his eyes completely shut, so I carefully set him in his crib, covering his small body with a blanket.
I glanced back at Niall to see he was still on the phone with the doctor. I saw that he was having difficulty holding onto Addy as he tried to keep her on his knee. Addy was getting squirmy, so I took her from Niall. She hadn't had anything to drink for a while, so I bet she's hungry.
I carried Addy down to the kitchen and pulled out her bottle. I fed Addy her bottle and sat down on the couch. Addy tried to grasp the bottle herself, with her tiny hands. She couldn't fit her hand around the bottle, so I had to hold it up for her.
I looked down at Addy. She looked completely normal, but something was wrong. I smiled down at her, "You'll be fine, Addy," I whispered and kissed the top of her head.
Once Addy finished her bottle, I put it in the dishwasher and then carried Addy back to the living room. I sat down on the floor, cross-legged. I set Addy on the floor in front of me, supporting her back with my hand, as Addy tried to sit up herself. I slowly backed my hand away and saw that she was sitting on her own.
My face lit up, "Addy, you're sitting on your own!" I exclaimed, elated. Addy didn't react to my voice, though, because she was staring at the ground. I sighed and picked her back up. I got back to my feet and carried Addy back to her nursery.
Niall had finished his call with the doctor, so he walked over to Addy and me, when I was standing in the doorway. I noticed that Aedan was still sleeping, so I led Niall over to our room. I sat on top of the bed and laid Addy down. Her small hands balled the fabric of the comforter. She smiled as she played around on the bed.
"The doctor says to come over tomorrow at eleven, so Addy can have her appointment. From the symptoms I told him, there is a possibility that that Addy is deaf. He doesn't know if it's for certain, so he wants us to come in," Niall explained. I nodded and sighed, "I guess we'll just have to wait until tomorrow to find out."
Niall lifted Addy up and sat her on his lap. Addy wrapped her small hand around his finger, as she played with him. Niall smiled at his daughter and kissed the top of her head, "We'll love you no matter what, Addy," Niall whispered. Addy simply continued playing with Niall's finger, not reacting to the sound of her Daddy's voice.
"Well, it's getting late; do you want to make dinner?" Niall asked. I nodded, "Sure, but you're helping me."
Niall chuckled, "Okay; Addy doesn't look very tired. We might as well let her sit in her high chair while we cook... we can just let Aedan sleep for now; no need to wake him up."
Niall got off the bed, taking Addy with him. I followed Niall downstairs and into the kitchen. Niall strapped Addy into her high chair and pushed the high chair further into the kitchen, "Okay, so what do you want us to make?" Niall asked. I walked over to the cabinets and searched through them, seeing what food we had to cook with. I finally made up my mind, "We can make pizza."
"Okay, do we have everything to make it?" Niall asked. I nodded, as I started to pull out the ingredients. Niall pulled down the utensils and bowls we needed to make it.
We sprawled out all the supplies on the counter. Niall began to make the dough. He poured the flour in, causing a puff of flower to blow into the air. I fanned it away, causing a few flakes to blow into Niall's hair. He frowned and tried to look up at his hair, causing him to go cross-eyed. I giggled, giving Niall the chance to scoop up some flour and blow it in my direction. I sneezed, once the flour entered my nostrils. Niall laughed, "Your sneezes are so cute! It's like puppy-dog sneezes!"
I frowned, "Puppy-dog sneezes? What does that even mean?"
Niall shrugged, "I don't know, your sneezes are just adorable! It's so cute the way you wiggle your nose afterwards."
Niall leaned in to kiss me, and I took that chance to get my revenge. I grabbed some flour from the container and scooped it up. I flung it at Niall, causing his navy blue T-shirt to be covered in white. I burst out laughing, as Niall stared at me, shocked.
"You asked for it, Nicole!" he exclaimed, as he grabbed a huge handful of flour. I screeched and ran in the opposite direction. We started running around the counter, Niall yelling, as I was screeching. The flour had flown out of Niall's hand, and floated into the air as a cloud of white dust.
Niall finally caught me, and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me close to him, "It's not over yet!" I screeched, as I tried to pull away from Niall's tight grasp. I wriggled under Niall's strong grasp, but had no success, "Oh, come on!" I whined, "You're strong now? Why didn't you have this strength during the race?"
"You're not going to let that go, are you?" he questioned. I giggled and shook my head, "Never!"
I finally gave up, so Niall pulled me close to him. I was pressed against Niall's body, as his arms were wrapped around my waist. Niall nuzzled his head into the crook of my neck and pulled away, so he could kiss it. He kissed my neck, then the top of my head. He rested his chin on the top of my head. After about a minute of awkward silence, I decided to speak up, "Should we finish making dinner, or...?"
"Yeah, let's make dinner," Niall replied. I tried to pull away from his grasp, but he wouldn't budge. I groaned, "Niall, if you want to finish the pizza, then you need to let go of me!"
"But you're so comfortable!" Niall whined. I frowned, "I'm comfortable?"
"Like a teddy bear!" Niall exclaimed. I giggled and turned around so I was facing him. I leaned in and passionately kissed Niall's lips. We stayed like that, kissing, when suddenly, my phone started ringing. I groaned and pulled away. I pulled my phone out of my pocket to see that it was Louis trying to facetime us. Seriously, does he have secret cameras or something?
"Who is it? I ought to give them a piece of my mind for interrupting that great kiss," Niall said, cheesily. I laughed, "Niall, you're such a dork! We all know you don't have the guts to tell anyone off!"
"When it involves you, anything is possible," Niall said, and quickly kissed my lips. I immediately pulled away when I remember that the phone was still ringing. I quickly answered it, and Louis and Eleanor's faces popped up.
"HEY NICOLE!" Louis screeched into the phone. Eleanor cringed, but was kind of used to it by now. I frowned, "Louis, are you trying to break my phone?" I asked. He viciously nodded, "I try!"
"Louis you can't randomly facetime us!" Niall yelled from behind me. Louis frowned, "Why not? Were you two having sex in the kitchen or something?" he asked innocently. My eyes widened, "No! Ew, you're such a pervert, Louis!"
"Then, what's that white stuff all over you?" he asked, making an odd face at the end. I looked down at my shirt to see that it was covered in flour, "Oh, just flour. We're making pizza. It's not going very well, though."
Louis turned to face Eleanor, "Eleanor, I want pizza!" he complained. She frowned, "Then go order it yourself!" she yelled. Louis handed her the phone and ran off. Eleanor simply mouthed the words: I don't even know. Niall and I laughed, "So, why did you guys even facetime?"
"Well, Louis wants to know if you're busy tomorrow morning. Oh, and Louis has a very important question to ask you. Well, I don't know if it's important, he just told me that it was , and you never can really trust that boy..."
"Well, Addy's doctor appointment is at eleven, but you guys can come at nine, I guess," Niall replied. Eleanor nodded, "Okay, that sounds good," she turned to face Louis who was standing in the background, "Louis tell them your important news!"
Louis ran back over to the camera, "Can you hold for just a moment?" he asked into the phone, the pressed it into his shirt, "Okay, so I wanted to know if... AM I THE ONE WHO CAUSED ADDY TO BECOME DEAF?" He screeched. Niall shook his head, "No, Louis of course not... maybe..."
Louis pretended to fake sob then stopped in the middle when he remembered that he was on the phone. He quickly jumped back up to his feet and ran off. Eleanor just stared at the camera confused, "You know what, I don't even know. Well, I guess we better go get our pizza. I'll talk to you later! Bye!"
Niall and I said bye at the same time, as we ended the facetime. Niall looked at the messy kitchen with annoyance, "Well, this oughta be fun to clean up... and the sad thing is that we still have to make the pizza."
"Let's get to work!" I yelled.
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After about an hour, we finally finished making our dinner. We sat at the table, with Addy's high chair pulled close to the table. Niall was looking at her sadly, "What's wrong?" I asked him.
"I just feel bad that I can't give her any of the good food...." Niall mumbled. I frowned, "Niall, she's only a little over two months old, she can't eat solid foods!"
"I know, it's just... pizza is so good and we eat right in front of her... I would be really mad if I was her. She knows she's missing out on something good. Can't we just give her one tiny piece?" Niall begged. I shook my head, "No, Niall! Stop acting like an idiot!"
Niall pouted and finished eating his dinner. We finished cleaning up and I headed up to our bedroom. I took a quick shower and changed into a cami and pajama shorts to wear to bed. I walked downstairs, to see Niall finishing up the dishes, "Wanna watch a movie, Nicole? I put Addy to bed, by the way."
"Sure, I can pick it out while you go shower," I replied. I plopped down on the couch and groaned, "Why is it so hot in here?"
"You'll just have to deal with it. Wear lighter clothes or something," he suggested. I looked down at my pajamas, "But, I already am! If I wore any less, I'd be naked!" I complained. Niall grinned pervertedly, "Well, how is that I problem?"
"Just go take a shower, Niall," I muttered, as he laughed and headed back upstairs. I searched through the movies. I then saw Eclipse in one of the piles and grabbed it. I squealed and put it in the DVD player. I set it up, and waited for the movie to play. While I waited for Niall I made popcorn and poured us pop to drink. Finally, Niall walked downstairs.
We walked over to me and kissed my cheek. I looked down at him and frowned, "What are you wearing?" I asked. He looked down and looked back up, "What, it's hot out. Remember I told you that if you were hot get on lighter clothes?"
"Yeah, but you remind me of one of those fat lazy guys in the sitcoms who sit on their couches and wear that," I complained, looking at Niall's choice of pajamas, which was just boxers and a T-shirt.
"Fine, you want me to change?" Niall asked, throwing his arms up into the air, annoyed. I shook my head, "No, I guess it's fine. I guess we need to even it out, anyways."
"Huh?" Niall asked. I pointed to the TV screen which showed the menu for Eclipse. Niall groaned, "A twilight movie? Come on, they're getting old! And why did you just randomly choose the third one?"
"Well, there's a lot of shirtless Taylor Lautner in it..." I admitted sheepishly. Niall rolled his eyes and walked over to the couch. I pressed play, annoying Niall even more. He pulled me close to him, and I laid on top of Niall, As he wrapped his arms around me. I rested my cheek against his chest, as I watched the movie.
I jumped up when Jacob walked onto the screen shirtless, "OH MY GOD HE IS HOT! LOOK AT THOSE ABS!" I screamed. Niall looked really annoyed, "Oh come on! You're married, aren't you?"
I giggled, "Niall, do you see this?" I asked, pointing to the screen. Niall sighed and nodded, "Fine, he is hot, but I'm hotter," he said, winking at me. I burst out laughing, "Don't ever try winking, Niall! It looks like your eye just had a spazz attack!"
"I'm sorry I can't wink!" Niall complained. I giggled and laid back down on Niall's chest. Niall wrapped his arms around me once again. In the middle I would start screaming at the TV when it got all dramatic, and Niall would just stare at me like I had gone crazy. I looked at him innocently, "What, I love this movie..."
Niall rolled his eyes, "Whatever, just remember that I'm more awesome then Jacob," he said. I frowned, "Can you turn into a werewolf, Niall? Huh? Huh?"
"No, but I am a sexy beast!" Niall yelled. I burst out laughing and laughed so hard that I fell off the couch. Niall started laughing and helped me back onto the couch. I rested my head on his chest, exhausted, "I'm good now!"
Niall nodded, "Sure..." he mumbled. I felt my body growing tired, and soon, I was fast asleep.
*
"Eleanor, Eleanor, look they're sleeping together!" I heard someone whisper/shout, "Let's wake them up!"
"WAKE UP MY AMIGOES!" I heard Louis scream. I screamed at the sound of his voice and fell off of the couch, Niall came tumbling down with me. Niall jumped back up to his feet, and helped me up, too, "What the hell, Louis!" he yelled. Louis wasn't paying attention to Niall. He was staring at Niall's left thigh, "Niall, are those cutting scars?"
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