One Direction's Children

Chapter Thirty Four Ed Stays Over Part Two

Ed's POV

  When I got to Niall and Natalie's flat, I started to loose it again. Before I went up to their door, I tried to hide the tears.
  By the time I got up to the door, the tears were threatening to fall again. So I decided to ring the doorbell before they started falling again.
  "Hey Ed, everything ok?" Niall asks letting me inside.
  "No not really." I said as I sat down on the couch.
  After ten minutes of explaining the whole situation to him, I heard Natalie walking to the living room.
  "Ed, is everything ok?" She asks sitting down beside me.
  "No. I went to work this morning to prepare for my new album and when I came home, Perrie and Hannah were gone." I explained as tears poured down my face.
"What? Did she say anything about why she would have left?" Niall asks.
"She's been acting strange the last few weeks. But I just thought that it was with our busy schedules and Hannah starting daycare again. She left me a note saying that they were leaving but didn't say where. And she left an envelope with divorce papers next to that." I said with shallow breaths.
"Oh my god, Ed. I'm so sorry." Natalie said hugging me.
"You don't have to go back to that house tonight if you don't want. You can stay here if you want too if Natalie's ok with that." Niall says looking at me.
"I agree with Niall. Why don't you come have supper with us and the kids? They miss seeing you." She says.
"Are you sure that'd be ok? I don't want to intrude. Especially like this." I explained looking at them.
"Ed, just stay here for a while. Just until you get this all figured out, or until you feel ready." Natalie said as she hugged me.
  "Ok, I'll stay here for a little while until I get things figured out. I just need to go grab my things in a little while." I explain.
  "Ok. I'll go tell the kids that you're going to be here for dinner." She says heading to the kitchen.
When Niall and I were heading into the kitchen, I heard Tasha asking where Perrie and Hannah were.
"What about Aunt Perrie and Hannah?" Tasha asks.
"They don't really feel like coming over here right now." Natalie said. Tasha nods and goes back to eating.
"Hey guys, how're my favorite nieces and nephew?" I asked.
"Uncle Ed!" They yelled running up to me and hugging me.
"Why are you staying with us?" Bexley asks after sitting down.
"Well, I missed you guys and I wanted to see you." I said smiling.
  "Lets grab our food so Niall and the kids don't eat it all. I don't feel like making anymore." Natalie said after grabbing plates for the both of us.

Niall's POV

After we ate dinner, Ed, Natalie and I went out back with the kids to kick the football around. After a few minutes, Ed and I went on a walk and started talking about everything that happened after he left the house.

  "So she just packed up most of hers and Hannah's things and left without explaining much in the note?" I asked.
"Yeah. I knew that she wanted to go back into doing music, but I didn't really know the extent of it. She never wanted to sit down and talk about it." He explained.
"Still, if she wanted to go back into music, she should have talked to you about it instead of just packing up and taking away Hannah." I explained.
"I know. I want to hear my little girls voice again. Perrie hasn't answered any of my calls or texts. She knows I wanna talk to Hannah, but I don't think that's my choice at the moment. Even if Perrie has more of a say in it." He says sitting down on the curb.
"She can't keep you away from Hannah without having a logical reason why. Unless you are doing something stupid, then you should be good." I explained.
After a few more minutes, Natalie texted me asking where we were, and saying that Perrie texted her.

To Niall
From Natalie

Hey I think you guys might wanna come back. Perrie just texted me.

To Natalie
From Niall

Ok we're on our way back. Want me to tell Ed?