Ours (Zianourry Family/Lilo AU)

Chapter 22: All is Good... At the Moment

I'll apologize now for this chapter. It's short, and not very good, I tried to make it a little humerous. 

Chapter 22: All is Good… At the Moment

It was meant to be a normal Saturday. The family was going to hang out, maybe grab some lunch somewhere, watch some movies, bake a little. It was supposed to be peaceful and lovely. It was nowhere even near that.

Louis was sitting on the couch in the living room, trying to read some Emails while Harry and Niall played on the ground. Liam was doing some work in the in-home office and Zayn was fast asleep upstairs. Louis wished he was asleep. He and Liam had a little fun after their date and they were up pretty late. Louis wanted nothing more than to lay in bed with Liam, maybe have some quite morning sex, but the boys were not having it. Niall started crying a little past five in the morning, which woke Harry up. Liam was then up also, and Zayn, well he just slept through it all.

Louis was pretty much ignoring everything that Harry and Niall were doing. That was shitty parenting, Louis knew that, but he really had some things to read and reply to. Harry had been playing with a few toys, when Niall crawled over to him. Niall picked up a toy that Harry hadn’t even touched and stuck it in his mouth. Harry’s head snapped up and he gave the one year old a dirty look.

“Niall! That’s mine!” Harry yelled, not gaining the attention of Louis, whose eyes were focused on his laptop screen. Niall whined around the toy that was in his mouth. Harry reached for the toy but Niall pulled away.

“No!” Niall exclaimed. Harry huffed and dropped the toy he was holding, crossing his little arms over his chest.

“Give it to me.” Harry pouted. Niall put the small toy back in his mouth with a babble. When Niall didn’t give the toy back, Harry snapped. He leaned forward, giving Niall a hard smack on the head. Niall instantly started wailing, finally gaining Louis’ attention. Louis looked up, instantly moving the computer off his lap to comfort Niall. He climbed on the ground and scooped Niall into his lap, looking at Harry with wide eyes.

“What happened?” Louis asked. Niall was sobbing and rubbing his head. Louis removed Niall’s hand before kissing the top of his head, brushing his short hair back.

“Niall took my toy.” Harry stated with a glare. That’s when Louis’ put two and two together.

“Harry Edward Payne.” Louis said lowly. The tone that Louis was using had Harry bursting into tears as well.

“He wouldn’t give my toy back! He took it!” Harry wailed, covering his face with his hands.

“That doesn’t mean you should hit him! We don’t use violence to get out way in this house. I want you in a time-out for ten minutes. Corner. Now.” Louis said sternly. Harry instantly stood up and stomped over the living room’s designated time-out spot. He plopped himself down and let out a loud cry. Louis rolled his eyes and cuddled Niall closer to his chest. The one year old continued to sob.

“It’s okay, babe. Do you have an owie?” Louis asked knowingly. Niall nodded slightly.

“Ow-we.” Niall echoed. Louis pouted slightly and kissed Niall’s head once again. He hated seeing his children hurt.  

Louis heard loud footsteps coming down the stairs, a sign that Zayn was up. Like Louis expected, Zayn came trudging into the room, his hair a mess. Harry instantly started reaching out for him, crying out his name.

“Zayn!” Harry exclaimed, getting out of his spot to attach himself to Zayn’s legs. Zayn patted Harry’s head, giving Louis a confused look.

“No, Harry. Zayn is not going to get you out of time-out. Go back, now.” Louis called out. Zayn bent down so he was eye-to-eye with Harry. He placed his hands on Harry’s shoulders, sliding his hands up and down the young boy’s arms to help calm him down.