Lovin' Styles

Neye-Al - Chapter 76

Niall's POV:

"Good morning, Izzy," I sang and she giggled.

"Hi not-daddy."

I cracked a smile. "You can call me Niall."

"Neye-al?" She sounded it out. "Okay!"

I chuckled and Skye walked into the kitchen. I presented Izzy with a plate of pancakes and Skye with a hug. Skye sighed and looked up at me. Her red-rimmed eyes were sunken-in and her hair looked like it hadn't been washed in days.

"Skye, if you wanna go hop in the shower, or something I've got Izzy covered-"

"I'm fine." Her voice was wobbly, like a kindergartner drawing a line with a crayon. She forced a smile and sat down next to Izzy.

"Babe, go upstairs. Go back to sleep." I told her and Skye sighed again.

"Fine." She muttered and dragged herself up the stairs.

Izzy sat with a frown on her face, staring at the pancakes. "Iz, what's wrong?"

"Why is mommy so sad?" Her brown eyes suddenly became glossy and her bottom lip quivered.

"Mommy... mommy is just tired."

Izzy shook her head. "Mommy takes naps all day."

"Mommy is... hungry?" I tried.

Izzy crossed her arms. "Is not." She shot back sassily. "She ate at dinner last night."

I sighed. This was going to be harder then I thought.

"Okay. So you understand that you fell, right?"

Izzy nodded and climbed onto my lap.

"You lost your memory - including things about your mommy." I took a deep breath. "Mommy's very sad because she loves you very much and you don't remember her."

Izzy furiously shook her head, her newly-tied pigtails flipping around. "Nuh-uh. I know that mommy makes me grilled cheeses when I'm sad and she knows I only like dinosaur chicken nuggets. And that I like eight marshmallows in my hot cocoa and pink ties in my hair." She smiled at me.

"S-Skye! Come down here!" I called excitedly. After a few seconds, she appeared.

"Yes?"

"Izzy! S-She remembers! Grilled cheese and pink hair ties and dinosaur chicken nuggets and-" I rambled on until Skye cut me off.

"Niall, this isn't a funny joke."

"No, no! She said all that..." 

Skye looked at me and crossed her arms. "Did she really?"

Izzy nodded again. "Uh-huh, I did. And I know how when you wear yoga pants, you let me choose what shirt you wear. And when you're mad, you take a vanilla bubble-bath, and that-"

Skye perked up and looked at Izzy with her eyes wide. "Y-You do remember, don't you?"

"That's what I was trying to tell you-"

"Shush, Niall. Later. Okay, now Izzy, where were we when we met Niall?"

"The park."

Skye's eyes filled with tears and grabbed Izzy in a tight hug. Izzy pulled back and wiped the tears off Skye's cheeks. Her hands moved quickly as the tears fell faster and faster.

Izzy pouted. "Don't cry."

Skye laughed. "They're happy tears. I just... I just can't believe I have you back. I have my family back."

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Harry's POV:

"Ri, there's something I need to tell you."

Riley looked up from cooing Noah and the smile slid off her face.

"Harry..."

"I love you."

Riley playfully slapped me. "That was not funny. You scared the shit out of me."

"Then why are you smiling?" I teased.

She chuckled. "Harold Styles, you never cease to make me smile."

He grinned. "Well, as your husband, isn't that my job?"

I giggled and he hugged me. Planting a kiss on my forehead, he held Logan close to his body.

"These little guys are going to grow up so fast."

Harry sighed and looked at me with longing. "I don't want them to. I want them to stay innocent forever."

I nodded and stroked Noah's little head of curls. "I love them."

"Do you love me?"

I snorted. "No."

Harry pouted and his green eyes grew dark. "Well then, we'll have to change that."

He put down Logan and took Noah from my arms. When he returned, he had a determined smirk on his face.

He immediately began tickling me and I burst out laughing, gasping for just a hint of a breath.

"H-Harry!"

"Do you love me?"

"N-no."

"I guess I'll have to keep tickling you," he smiled.

"I love you."

"Good."