Niall Horan Child Preferences 3

#176 I promise

I kinda like the ones were I do it in the kids povs so this is one like that. Let me know what you think! X

Isla-12
Ethan-9
Isabelle-4
Baby girl on the way- 6 months pregnant

Isla's pov

I sighed as I sat down at the dinner table with my friends.
"Hey, Isla, can we talk?" My best friend Darcy asked me.
"Yeah" I said standing up and following her into one of the school hallways.
Darcy is Harry's daughter, we are the same age so obviously growing up or dads always organised play dates for us and we instantly became best friends.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"Nothing" I said.
"I've known you my whole life and trust me Horan, I know when something wrong with you" She said and I smiled slightly.

"It's just- my mum and dad have been fighting a lot lately over everything, they've been so distant and there's so much tension that even issy can feel it and she's 4! I feel like they're going to divorce and I really don't want them to especially when my little sister is on her way" I admitted.
Darcy pulled me in for a hug.
"I can't give much advice because I don't know how you're feeling. I've never had a mum be there for me, it's always been me, dad and little eddie(shirt for Edward)" she said.(Edward is 11)
"But, you need to keep strong and maybe interfere, because if they won't listen to each other, your mum and dad will definitely listen to you" She said and I smiled.

We sat back down at the table.
I explained to all my friends what was going on and they were really supportive and helped a lot.

"But aren't they childhood sweethearts? Literally?" My friend, Holly , asked.
"Yeah both my grandmas knew each other so when my mum and dad were baby's they were introduced and became best friends. They even dated in high school until my dad left for X factor. They lost contact when he left. But he came back home to visit when he was 19 and they met again and that's when everything changed I guess" I explained and my friends awed at the story.

"But they seem so happy together , if I ever saw them in the street they'd be holding hands, smiling and acting like a proper loved up couple" my friend, Jade said.
"That's what they were" I whispered .

***

"Hey dad" I said climbing into the front seat of my dads black Range Rover.
"Hey princess, How was school?" He asked kissing my cheek before beginning to drive to Ethan and Isabelle's school.
"It was good, apart from I had English today which was boring" I told him.
"I am glad I left school a long longtime ago" he said.
"You're not that old dad, your saying as though you're 70 even thought you're only 35" I said giggling.
"I am old, surprised I haven't gotten any grey hairs from the stress yet!" He chuckled but I kind of knew what stress he was talking about.
"Dad I'm surprised you're not bald to be honest with how much you bleached it when you were younger! I'm surprised you still have good hair" I said laughing.
"Hey! What do you mean surprised! You have basically the same hair as me!" He defended and I laughed.

****

We arrived home and me, Ethan and Isabelle went upstairs to change. In that time a fight started between my mum and dad, so Ethan and Isabelle stayed in the rooms because they didn't like it either.

"Stop" I said as I stood in the doorway of the living room crying as I watched them scream and shout at each other. They didn't hear.
"Stop it!" I screamed.
They both looked at me.
"You expect me to be happy! To do perfect in school when my life's like this! I just want a happy family! Is that too much to ask? And what about that baby! What will happen to her when she's born into a dysfunctional family-" I cried.
"We are not a dysfunctional family" my dad said sternly.
"Face it, we are. I've become a mess , I've developed anxiety because of this! Ethan just isn't himself anymore and Issy, she's just not herself either. And two you two are the worst. What happened? People in love don't scream at each other. People who are expecting a child don't treat each other this way especially if they've already got kids. You're supposed to be role models, support us, help us and just be there for us. But since all this started you've done none of those things. You've been to bothered about finding the bad in each that you haven't realised how perfect you really are for each other and how you're completely in love, and most importantly you haven't realised how this is affecting your family, how it's affecting your kids" I said letting tears slide down my face.
"Baby.." my mum started looking at me.
I shook my head.

"Don't you dare apologise to any of us until you've sorted your problems out. I know it's harsh but I want a happy family" I whispered.

My mum and dad looked from me to each other.
"I'm so sorry Nialler" my mum said.
"I'm sorry too babe, I just-I don't know what's happened to us, but let's make a promise every two weeks we will have a date night on the Friday, a night we're we can go out together , just us, and we will not ignore each other anymore, we can't cause any more stress we are already damaging our kids that are here with us and we are probably damaging the little girl that isn't even with us yet too" My dad said and my mum smiled engulfing him in a hug.

They then came towards me and hugged me.
"We are sorry for not realising how you felt" my mum whispered .
"It's okay, just promise me one thing, our family will always be happy?" I said.
"I promise" she said. I looked towards my dad and a small smile came to his face as he wrapped his pinky around mine.
"I promise"