Niall's secret child

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* Luke's POV *

"Atticus c'mon little dude" I call out as I hold my hand out waiting for the youngster who was playing on the playground. I had decided to bring him to the park after getting annoyed with his whining while i watched the TV. "No" the three year old huffs as he stomps his foot in the sand whilst crossing his arms across his chest. "yes" I say as I cross my arms across my chest and stare right back at him.

"He looks just like you" I break my stare on Atticus to turn to the person who had spoken to me to see a girl around my age and damn she was beautiful. "Ha I win" I close my eyes and let out a deep sigh before turning my head back to Atticus as I open my eyes to see he was still standing in the same spot with a cheeky grin on his face. "You" I say as I point at his small figure. "Come here" I say as I motion for him to come to me. He lets out a giggle and comes running over to me, once he reached me I lift him up and hold him on my hip so he couldn't run off before turning back to the girl to see she was smiling at the both of us.

"Hi, I'm Luke"  I say as I give her a small smile "Hey, I'm Sam" I mentally awe at how shy she sounded. "And who's this little cutie?" she questions as she reaches out to tickle Atticus's side putting him in a fit of giggles in my arms. I chuckle and secure my hold on him so he wouldn't fall as he thrashed around. "This here is my nephew Atticus" I say once he had settled down a little. "You're adorable Atticus" Sam tells the youngster who shyly hides his face in my shoulder making me chuckle. "What did mummy teach you to say when somebody compliments you?" I question the young boy knowing he was taught this the other day.

"Fank you" Atticus tells Sam as he peaks out a little bit "You're welcome" Sam says as she smiles at the child in my arms. "Sam!" Sam and I both look over to the person who had called out to her to see a group of girls around our age who were standing about fifty meters away. "I guess I should get going, we're headed to the mall" Sam tells me with a small eye roll. "Don't like the mall?" I question "Nope, it's boring" Sam tells me as she glances back over to her friends who were trying to not make it noticeable that they were watching us.

"We go?" Atticus suddenly pipes up in my arms. "To the mall?" I question him and he immediately nodded his head. "yep, we go" I roll my eyes at him and turned to Sam who was giving me the most adorable look I have ever seen in my life. "Keep my company?" I let out a sigh before bouncing Atticus up so he was higher in my arms before nodding my head. "I guess so" They both let out adorable little squeals which made me smile. "Let's go then" Sam suddenly grabbed hold of my hand and began leading me over to her friends.

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"Another one really?" I whine as the girls motion for me to follow them out of the store. I regret coming to the mall with them because these girls shop a lot, well beside from Sam who was keeping Atticus content as they chased each other around. "Yes another one" Mary of the 4 girls said as she rolled her eyes. I groan and get off the comfy chair I was sitting on before following them out of the clothing store. While walking I keep my eyes on Sam and Atticus who were ahead of the group.

Currently Sam was chasing after Atticus who was giggling his little head off while he looked back while running to see if Sam was close to him and then it seemed to happen in slow motion. Atticus turned his head back forward just as he tripped on his shoe lace resulting in him flying forward and slamming face first onto the ground. Time seemed to catch up at that point as the scream reached my ears.

My eyes widen as I look at my nephew on the ground a few meters in front and from here I could see the blood that was dripping onto the white tile floor. I immediately take off running towards him as he was lifted off the ground by Sam and into her arms as he cried his eyes out. I reach the two in a matter of seconds and take the youngster from Sam's arms and began looking over his face. "Sam can you get a shirt out of my bag?" I question the girl who nodded and began searching through the backpack that was on my back. A moment later she passes me one of Atty's shirts that I had packed.

"Atty i'm just going to sit you down alright?" the little boy just continued to cry and didn't give me a response so I sat him down on the bench nearby anyways and began wiping at his face as Sam rubbed his back. "Shh baby, can you be a big boy?" Sam questions Atticus who let out a choked sob. "Mumma" he cries as he looks at me with tear filled eyes. "We'll go see her soon alright?" He nods and lets me continue wiping his face until I could see where the blood was coming from.

His chin had been split open about 5cms and just from looking at it I knew we had to get him to the hospital to receive some stitches. "fuck" I curse as I hold the shirt against the cut to stop blood from coming out. "Can one of you hold this?" Kate nods and kneels down beside me and takes hold of the shirt to keep pressure on. Once i knew it was good I stood back up and pulled my phone from my pocket and dialed Charlie's number.

"What's up?" Charlie answered immediately "Umm" I begin not knowing what to say "Luke what happened?" Charlie questions worriedly. "We have to go to the hospital" I say as I look down at Atticus who had stopped crying and was eating a sweet that one of the girls had given him. "Luke, you tell me what happened right now" Charlie demands, i let out a sigh and run my fingers through my hair. "Atticus tripped and split his chin open" I say and a moment of silence later I hear a groan. "Where are you?" After telling Charlie exactly where we were she stated that we do not move and she'll be here as soon as possible. 

Short Update but I haven't been in the writing mood lately. Haven't even been on Wattpad in ages. I'll try and find motivation to get this back up again. Thanks :)