Niall Horan Child Preferences 3

#129 Telling your children you are getting a divorce

We sat all the kids down, 7 year old Ethan, 4 year old Aaliyah and 9 month old Amelia. We know that Amelia wouldn't understand but we had her here anyway.

"Mum? Dad?" What's wrong?" Ethan asked sending how upset we are.

"We-We're getting a divorce" I said.
Ethan's face dropped and he stood up.
"B-but you love each other!" He said nearly in tears.
"I know baby,but sometimes things don't work out and being a part is for the better" I said hugging him.

"What does divorce mean?" Aaliyah asked.
"It means that me and mummy won't be together anymore, so you, your brother and sister will live with me and then at the weekends and after school on Wednesdays you will go and stay with mummy unless there's something on" Niall explained in a way a 4 year old would understand.
"But I wanna live together! Like we do now!" She cried as Niall just hugged her.

**3 months later**

Niall's POV

"Happy Birthday baby girl!" I said happily as I saw my youngest stood up against her cot.
She smiled, showing her 4 teeth. I picked her up and placed her on my hip.
"We are going to have so much fun, we are all going to grandma and grandpas for a little party and then tonight you will be going to go and stay with mummy and spend some time with her!" I said in a baby voice.
"But first, lets get you changed before your brother and sister wake up" I said placing her on the changing table.
I changed her nappy and then put her into a little pink dress since it was the beginning of August.
"Do you want to wear a bow princess?" I asked her.
She clapped her hands.
"I think that a yes!"
I got one of her pink headbands out which had a pink bow on and put it on her head.
"You're such a cutie!" I said lifting her dress up and blowing raspberries on her tummy which made her giggle a lot.
"Let's go wake your lazy brother and sister up!" I said as I picked her up, holding her on my hip.

"Wake her up baby" I whispered and placed Amelia on Aaliyah's bed.
"Liyah!!" Amelia yelled at the top of her voice while poking Aaliyah's cheek.
She couldn't say many words, only Dadda, Mamma, Liyah, Ethy , Gwandma And gwandpa.

***

All the kids were now ready to go to my mum and dads.
"Dad can you tie my shoe laces?" Ethan asked entering the room with his untied shoes on his feet.
"Aww, does someone still need daddy's help" I teased.
Although he's only 7, he acts a lot older , but that's probably from always being with Theo who is 10.
"Shut up" he chuckled.

***

We were now at my parents house. Ethan had gone off with Theo, and Aaliyah has gone playing with some of my younger cousins and Amelia was crawling around the garden with Aaliyah and my younger cousins.

I sat down at the outdoor table with my family and put Amelia's pram next to me.

"Nialler, you look exhausted baby" My mum said.
I shrugged.
"I am" I mumbled.
"Do you need to talk about something?" My Dad asked.
I hesitated but nodded and stood up following him into the kitchen. I could see my mum watching us through the window from her seat.

"What's up bud?" My Dad asked.
I sighed.
"I-it's just all too much, it's so hard looking after them on my own, Ethan has football and school, Aaliyah has ballet and shook, Amelia needs constant attention, it's all getting too much, I - I guess I just miss y/n, I still love her, I never stopped , but it was for the better" I confessed letting some tears fall.

My mum must have noticed me crying when she was watching us because she rushed inside to me and my dad.

She engulfed me in a hug and gestures for me to sit down at the dining room table. I did as she said and then my mum and dad sat opposite me.

"Of course you still love her , it's only been 3 months son, and so far you're doing an amazing job" my dad said.
"You two are perfect for each other? What happened?" My mum asked.
I gulped.
"Stress" I mumbled.
They looked confused and I sighed.
"We were both stressed. Stressed with the kids, all the things they do outside of school like football and ballet, Stress with the baby, Stress from me working a lot and I guess we just kept taking it out on each other without realising and we just fell apart" I admitted and looked down.