Music and Lyrics (Larry Stylinson)

Chapter 62

I was playing on the floor with Hayden and Soph as Nate and Rosie were asleep in their rockers. Hayden and Sophia had really gotten into their throwing phase as they threw all their toys and waited for me to pick it up.

"Bud, stop throwing." I said as I passed the stuffed animal back to him.

He smiled at me for a second before throwing his toy again. I huffed out a puff of air as I combed my fingers through my hair. Hayden frowned at me before pointing to his toy and making a gurgling noise.

"Sorry bud." I said as I shrugged.

He started bouncing and whining as he pointed at his toy. "da da da." He said.

I looked at him wide eyed, trying to understand what he had said.

"Da da." He said again.

I looked around the room for Harry but couldn't find him.

"Harry!!" I yelled.

I looked back at Hayden who looked back at me like I was crazy.

"Harry!" I yelled again.

A moment later Harry came running into the room.

"What's wrong?!" He asked as he looked around the room.

"He said his first word!" I said as I looked at Hayden.

"What? He did?!" He asked as he sat down next to Soph on the floor.

"Hayden, say it again."

He looked at me like I had lost my mind.

"Da da." I said to try to get him to repeat me.

He started smiling and clapping at me. "Da da da da."

"Oh my God!" Harry said.

I smiled down at Hayden as I picked up, kissing him on the cheek. He giggled at me as I kissed him and I could feel a small hand on my leg. I set Hayden down and scooped up Soph, kissing her and blowing on her stomach to make her laugh. 

"I didn't forget about you miss Soph." I said as I laid on my back and lifted her over me.

As I lifted Soph above me Hayden crawled on my chest and laid down on me. Soph was smiling down at me as she was lifted to the air above me.

"It's attack of the toddlers." I said as I chuckled to myself.

"Da da da da!"

"Was that...?" I asked.

"That was Soph!" Harry said.

Soph was kicking her legs and smiling down at me as she was lifted above me. I brought her back down and laid her on the side of me so she wouldn't sit on Hayden who was still just laying on my chest. I kissed her forehead as I set her down next to Harry and she climbed into his lap.

"Lou..." Harry said as he laughed at me.

"What?"

"Hayden fell asleep on you."

"Are you kidding me?" I asked looking down. I saw my boy breathing evenly on me as his eyes were closed. "Holy crap the kid has a gift." I said chuckling to myself.

I brought my hand to the back of his head and my other hand to his lower back as I sat up slowly, trying not to wake him. Once I sat up I shifted him so he was laying in my arms. I smiled down at him and looked over to Soph who was in Harry's lap. She tried reaching for Hayden and I pushed her hand down because I didn't want her to wake him. Instead she crawled off of Harry's lap and over to the other side of me so she was next to Hayden's head. She carefully brought her hand up and started rubbing his feathery hair as he slept and then leaned over and kissed his head. It was the most precious thing I had ever seen as after she smiled up at me. I then leaned over and tapped my finger to my lips so she would kiss me and she did kiss me quickly before giggling to herself.

I smiled wildly at how cute she was. I couldn't believe how fast they were growing up. Hayden and Soph were crawling and they had teeth coming, it was amazing just watching them grow. It was also amazing that I haven't fallen over them as they race around the house with Mason on their heels as they crawl.

A moment later I heard a discomforted whimper coming from one of the babies and I turned to see Nate who looked like he was about to cry.

"Babe I'm going to put Hayden in his crib so Nate doesn't wake him up. You have him?" I asked Harry as I stood up with Hayden.

"Yeah. Rosie will probably wake up soon too so when you're upstairs can you put two bottles in the warmer?" He asked as he unhooked Nate from his seat.

"No problem." I started walking out of the living and Soph was following. "Soph go help dad." I said to her, nodding my head towards Harry.

She looked at me for a second "da da da da."

"Yes, go help dada." I said to her.

She just stayed there and I adjusted Hayden in my arms. "Harry, Soph is in the foyer."

"Okay, I'll grab her in a sec."

I walked up the stairs with Hayden still sleeping in my arms and when I got to their nursery I carefully placed him in his bed and kissed his head before walking over to the bottle warmer and making two bottles for Nate and Rosie.

When the bottles were done heating up I grabbed them and jogged down the stairs. I heard two babies crying and I figured it was Nate and Rosie. I walked into the living room and I saw Soph playing on the floor with her toys and Harry had Nate in his arms trying to calm him down. Rosie was still in her rocker but she was crying as I walked over to Harry and handed him one of the bottles.

"Thanks love." He said before placing the bottle in Nate's mouth.

"No problem."

Nate automatically calmed down and began eating as I walked over to Rosie and started unbuckling her from the rocker.

"It's okay love, dad's here." I said as I scooped her into my arms.

I sat next to Soph on the floor and began feeding Rosie, her cries dying down as she ate.

"We are not too bad at this." I said, chuckling to myself.

"Not too bad at all." Harry agreed, smiling at me.

I heard Mason come into the room and he walked up to Soph and started licking her a little bit, making her giggle. He sat down beside her and she patted his head, which almost looked like hitting him. He didn't seem to mind though.

"We should probably put Soph down when we're done feeding them. I don't want her and Hayden to get off of the same sleeping schedule." I said.

"Yeah, good idea. Nate's almost done so I'll put her down."

Harry and I finished feeding Nate and Rosie, and Harry took a sleepy Soph to her crib as I put the babies back in their rockers after their burping’s. When he came back downstairs I was laying on the couch and when he saw me and just laid on top of me.

"Babe keep in mind you are not the same size as a toddler." I said as I combed my fingers through his hair.

"Is that why you're always screaming when I'm on top?" He asked winking at me.

I clapped a hand over my mouth to muffle my laughter and I slapped his arm playfully.

He and I stayed there on the couch, just relaxing as all the kids were asleep. A couple of minutes later Harry had fallen asleep on top of me and only a couple of minutes after he fell asleep I, myself began to doze off.