Niall Horan Child Preferences 3

#139 Disagreements part 2

"How was school princess?" Niall asked Amelia, who was now 13.
"It was fine" she said throwing her bag down, we instantly knew something was wrong.
Niall passed me our 6 month old son, Luke. Our 3 year old daughter, Aaliyah was upstairs having a nap.

"I'll talk to her" Niall said and went into the living room where Amelia was.

Niall's POV

"What's wrong love?" I asked sitting next to my oldest child.
"Why didn't you tell me?" She asked Looking me in the eye.
"Tell you what?" I asked confused.
"That Grandma hates me, and told you to Abort me" she stayed.
My eyes widened.
She looked at me.
"Why didn't you tell me? Has she been pretending to love me this whole time?" She asked.
"No, of course not princess, s-she don't mean what she said, sometimes we say things we don't mean a-and" I started thinking of a way to explain.
"And what Dad? You know what!" She said standing up.
"I'll go ask her about it myself!" She said and ran out of the front door.
I sighed loudly.

"Where is she going?" Y/n asked entering the room with Luke.
"She's going to my mums to ask about why she told us to Abort her all those years ago" I sighed taking my only son from her.
"We kept this from her for a good reason and that was to stop any family wars but clearly one is going to happen" y/n said.
"I'll go to my mums now ,you stay with Luke and Aaliyah. If she wakes up tell her I won't be long and I'll still take her for ice cream like I promised" I told y/n and she nodded.

***

I ran through the door of my mums house, out of breath.

"Why did you say it!" Amelia demanded.
My mum looked very upset.
She noticed me and looked at me.
"I'll explain later" I mouthed and she nodded lightly.
"I said, why did you say it!" Amelia said, voice full of anger and her accent getting thicker.
I've only ever seen this side of my daughter once and that was when she stood up to some people who were saying bad things about our family.
My mum has never seen this side of her and from the look on her face she was terrified.

"Amelia! That's no way to talk to your grandmother!" I said sternly.
She looked at me.
"And telling your son and his wife to Abort their baby is a way to talk to your child?" She challenged.
"Now, I'll ask again, why did you say it?" Amelia pursued.
"Listen love, I don't mean a word I said, sometimes we just say things that we don't always mean. Anything could happen and I'd still love you the same" my mum explained.

"You know she's right Amelia" I said.
Amelia looked at me.
"How many times have you said you hate me? But do you actually hate me?" I asked.
She shook her head, muttering a "no".
"Well that's exactly what happened with Grandma, but more extreme words" I said.
"I was really upset when she said that? I didn't talk to her, my own mother, for 9 months, you were one month old when I talked to her again and when she met you. But she told me how much she regretted it and I could tell she did" I explained to her.
"But That still doesn't explain why you said it, there must have been a reason for you to slightly disagree with their decision to have a baby" she said to my mum.
"Well, as you know my dear, your dad is my youngest son and Greg had already got a child, your cousin Theo, which meant he didn't visit very often. But your dad , he was newly married and still had lots of time to visit so he did. I had already lost one of my boys and I was scared of losing my other. I don't expect you to understand what I feel until you're older and your children are all grown up, but you know what I mean, even your dad wouldn't know how I felt about that" she explained.

Amelia smiled slightly and hugged t mum.
"I'm sorry Grandma, I love you" She said.
"I love you too Amelia" my mum said.

They pulled apart and Amelia came and hugged me.
"I love you Dad" she said.
"I love you too sweetheart" I said.

"You ready to go home? Your mum has Luke , Aaliyah is probably waking up and I promised her ice cream, you can join if you like" I said and she nodded.

I wrapped an arm around her shoulders and we walked home together.