Niall Horan Child Preferences 3

#163 Distance

Niall and I have been very distance from each other recently.
We've been fighting a lot which has caused a strain on our relationship.
We don't even cuddle in bed , we fall asleep with our backs facing each other.
Things have really changed.

"Morning" I said as my 14 year old son, Ethan entered the room.
"Good morning" he replied groggily and sat down at the table with his two sisters, 5 year old Isabelle and 1 year old Isla.

I placed their breakfasts in front of them , I made them a full English breakfast. I cut Isla's into small pieces for her so she didn't choke.
I did make Niall some breakfast too, his was on the kitchen counter.
He entered the room and said good morning to the kids and kissed their heads.
He then got his breakfast and left the room.
"Your welcome" I muttered.

Ethan and Isabelle went to get dressed and then went into the living room to watch tv with Niall .
I picked Isla up out of her high chair and took her upstairs to change her nappy and get her dressed.

Nialls pov

Ethan was sat next to me and Isabelle was on my lap.

"Dad?" Ethan questioned.
"Hmm?" I said and looked towards him.
"What's wrong with you and mum? Are you going to get a divorce?" He asked rather panicked.
I sighed, I knew one of them was going to ask sooner or later.
"Honestly lad, I don't know, I don't want to divorce your mum because I love her very much but we've just been arguing a lot recently and we've become distant" I explained.

"I know what we can do!" Ethan said.
"What?" I asked.
"I can take Isabelle and Isla to grandmas and we can stay with grandma for the day so that you and mum can spend time together and fix everything" he said.
I smiled and wrapped my spare arm around his shoulders giving him a slight hug since my other arm was wrapped around Isabelle.
"What would I do without you?" I said kissing his cheek making him roll his eyes.
"I'll go get Isla" he said running out of the room.
"Your brother is very very clever!" I told Isabelle.
"I know. He's good at guitar and singing like you daddy" She said.

Ethan's pov

We arrived at grandmas house, my dads mum, I was pushing Isla in the peak and Isabelle was holding onto the handle.

I knocked on the door and grandma answered quickly.
"Oh Hello you 3. Wheres your mum and dad?" She asked as we went in.
I took Isla out of the pram and held her.

Isabelle went into the living room to play with some of the toys grandma has for when any of us come over.
"Well,mum and dad have been really distant lately and I thought they were going to get a divorce, so I talked to dad this morning and asked him about it. He said they haven't spent much time together and that they've been fighting a lot. So, I decided that we would all come over here and spend the day with you and then mum and dad can sort things out and not be distant anymore and avoid divorce!" I told her.

Grandma smiled.
"You really are a great person Ethan" she said and I smiled.
"So how about we look through your dads baby photos?" Grandma suggested and I nodded eagerly.

Grandma was sat in between me and Isabelle and I had Isla on my lap.
"I say baby photos, they're really just a lot of different photos from him being a baby up to him holding Isla and with you guys" she said.

"Wow! I look like he did!" I said pointing to a photo of my dad as a teenager.

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Nialls pov

Y/n entered the room and she looked confused.
"Where's the kids?" She asked.
"They went to my mums for the day" I told her.
"Oh okay" She said and went to leave the room.

I stood up and grabbed her hand.
"Y/n wait" I said.
She turned around and faced me.
"Ethan took the girls there for a reason. He noticed how distant we've been and he thought we were going to divorce so he took it upon himself to give us some time alone to fix things" I told her.
"Sex isn't going to fix what you did Niall" she said.
"I never said anything about sex! Can't we just spend the day together and try to fix things?" I asked and she sighed nodding.

If you're wondering what I did, a few months ago I went out with the lads after the Brit awards. I ended up getting very drunk and I got home at 3am. Y/n had waited up for me because she was worried about where I was as I never told her I'd be going out after the awards.
We ended up getting into a nasty fight and I hit her. I never meant to do it but I did.

"I am so sorry, so fucking sorry for everything . I hurt you and that's something I vowed to never do. I'm supposed to protect you but I didn't, I hurt you when you were protecting me."I ranted.
I was about to rant again but I felt y/n's soft lips on mine.
She pulled away and wrapped her arms around my neck and I wrapped mine around her waist.
"Shh" She said.
"I know you didn't mean to hurt me Niall" she said.
"I love you so so much Niall, you're my husband and you have given me 3 beautiful babies" she said looking at a picture frame which had a picture of Ethan, Isabelle and Isla in it.
I glanced at the photo and smiled.
"They are definitely my proudest achievement, over all the awards, all the tours and all the albums" I said.
"I love you princess, thank you for always being there for me" I said.
"I love you too and that's what a wife is for"