See You Again - Niall Horan

Chapter 37

Today was the last show in Los Angeles but that wasn’t the reason I was excited when I woke up this morning. I sat up in bed and was glad to see Niall still asleep next to me so I quietly climbed out and went to the little kitchen.

I heard Riley waking up in his crib so I picked him up before he could make too much noise and disturb Niall. I sat him down on the floor and turned a movie on low volume so he would stay quiet and not bother me while I was cooking breakfast.

When I was done, I picked him up and we walked back to the bedroom with the food. I placed the tray on the table by the bed and sat Riley down next to Niall. “Wake daddy up. Tell him we have a surprise for him.” I said as I sat down next to Niall’s legs.

He crawled closer to him and pushed on his chest. “Dada.” He pushed Niall a little harder. “Dada. Up, Up!” He still wasn’t waking up so I tried to help by giving his leg a little shove.

 “Niall.” We waited. “Niall dear can you wake up.” He must have been tired from the previous night because he still wasn’t waking up. I employed the last thing I knew would get him up. I leaned over and connected our lips. His eyes finally fluttered open and he looked up at me. “Morning handsome.”

The corner of his mouth rose. “I defiantly like waking up like this.” He looked over and saw the tray of food next to the bed. He slowly sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. “What’s all this for?” His voice deeper due to sleep.

“Today is your special day.”

“What do you mean, it’s only Sunday and my birthday isn’t for a couple of months?”

“Nope, something else.” I leaned closer to him so I could give him another kiss. “Happy Father’s Day Niall!” I smiled down at him.

“I completely forgot that I get to celebrate that. It seems so strange. I remember being a kid and celebrating with my dad but now I’m the dad and it’s my kid.”

“I know.”

“Sometimes I don’t feel like a dad. I mean they should be older and have a more serious job. Not be in a band. But I wouldn’t trade Riley for anything.” He pulled Riley onto his chest. “No I wouldn’t because I love you little man.” He blew bubbles into his neck causing the small boy to giggle loudly. Niall laughing along with him.

“And since it’s your day, what do you want to do with it?”

“Can I just spend it with the two of you?”

“Of course, we can do whatever you want. Outside of the fact you have a concert tonight.”

“We have plenty of time until then. Why don’t we take Riley to the zoo? It’s suppose to be a good one here and we need to get out a little.”

I smiled at him. “The zoo sounds great.” He opened his arms so I crawled closer to him and he wrapped me into a tight hug. I curled up next to him and we shared the breakfast I had made.

The three of us sat in bed together before I leaned over and grabbed Niall’s present from under the bed and handed it to Niall. “I made this for you for when you’re on tour without us.”

He pulled the tissue paper out of the bag and pulled out the picture book I made for him. He began to flip through the pages. It started with pictures of him and me, then it had pictures of us with Riley. “Where are most of these from? I don’t remember taking them.”

“The first one here would be from the first time you held Riley. You were too focused on him you didn’t even realize I took it. And then the next one is when we spent the night at your place and you fell asleep with him. I couldn’t miss the opportunity to take a picture of the two of you sleeping together. Then we have our family picture Zayn took and the next few are from the photo shoot the other day. The photographer took pictures of us together without us knowing. He showed them to me and gave me some. The last one is from when you took Riley on stage with you. One of security guys was behind you and took it while you were both looking at the crowd. It’s probably my favorite picture of the two of you. And there are a few other ones in there. In a few weeks, I’ll be in London at school with Riley and you will be on tour. This way you can have us with you wherever you go. And as time goes on, we can add more pictures to it.”