A Singer and his Deaf Daughter (Louis Tomlinson story)

Chapter 3 (Meeting the Family)

Louis's POV

"Knock Knock!" Harry said as he quietly opened the door. 

"Hey! come on in!" Lucy said. And Liam, Niall, and Zayn followed behind all carrying big balloons and huge teddy bears.

"Hey! where's my Goddaughter?" Niall asked

"What?!? I thought she was MY Goddaughter!" Harry yelled

"Nope! She is most certainly My Goddaughter!" Zayn said.

"Ha! You mates have all got it wrong! She's My Goddaughter!" Liam said.

"Mary is in the nursery right now. And! We were actually going to ask all of you to be the Godfathers." I said.

"That works for me" Yeah" "Why didn't I think of that" "Who's the Godmother?" Were all said at the same time.

"That's what we thought. And Harry, the Godmothers are going to be Mia and Maddy. My two best friends from High School." Lucy said. "By the way, Louis you did call them right?" 

"Uh. No not yet, I thought you were going to want to make that call." I said. 

"Yes thank you babe." She said, and I pecked her on the lips.

"Hey, you just had a baby, you don't need another one at the moment!" Harry said with a smerk.

"Shut up!" We all yelled at the same time. 

"So what's Mary doing in the Nursery? Why isn't she here?" Liam asked politely.

"Running more tests. Trying to figure out-" Lucy was saying before I cut her off. 

"I actually didn't mention that on the phone, I thought that was more of a face-to-face thing to say." I explained.

"Oh. Well boys... Mary was born deaf. That's why they're running tests now. To try and figure out what happened." Lucy said calmly. 

"Wow..." Niall said after a long silence.

"How are you two doing about the news?" Zayn asked.

"Fine. Just our plans for her are going to change a little bit." Louis said.

There was another knock at the door. It was Lucy's parents.

"Mom! Dad!" Lucy said with a huge smile.

"Hey Pretty Girl! How are you? I thought you were going to call me when you went into labor!" Lucy's mom Marie said.

"Marie it was 3am. I thought that if Lucy got her sleeping skills from you then you'd want us to call later." I said laughing. Lucy then smacked my arm.

"Well you thought wrong mister! She got that from her father!" She chuckled.

"Hey the Lad's and I are going to see if we can see Mary in the nursery window! We'll be back later." Harry said. 

"Alright see you then" I said.

Lucy's POV

I felt bad for forgetting to call my mom and dad, but it was a crazy night, and I missed my sleep!

"So you had a baby girl?" My dad said tearing up.

"Her name is Mary. Like Grandma Mary." I said.

"She would be so proud of you." My mom said giving me a kiss on the forhead. 

"Louis, You fuck up ANYTHING and I'll hunt you down before you can even think about hiding." My father said giving a big pat on the back.

"I know sir. You said that to me on my wedding day." Louis said. He looked over to me and gave me a big smile.

"But mom, dad, there's something you need to know." I said.

"What is it Sweetie?" Mom asked

"Our daughter was born deaf. Mommy, she can't hear my voice or my husband's voice!" I start to cry. Partially because of the stress. Partially because of the pain medications they gave me.

"Oh sweetie. When did you find out?" My mom asked.

"Yesterday. A little while after she was born." I said.

"We're planning on learning sign language." Louis said.

"Well you're in luck. I'll teach you your first sign now." My dad said.

"What? You know sign language?" I said. Wiping my tears away.

"Well when you were in preschool they tested your hearing Lucy. They told us you had a hearing loss but we didn't know how bad it was. So I learned a few signs just incase it would help you with communicating. Turns out it was not a big enough hearing loss to worry about so we forgot about it. But I always remembered one sign." He held out his hand with his Thumb, Pointer, and Pinkie out with Middle and Ring fingers down. "It's the sign for 'I Love You'. I've always remembered this, it's kinda special to me." My Dad said.

"Oh dad." I start crying again. And I hug him so much. 

"It's going to be alright Pretty Girl. And we'll help in anyway that we can!" Mom said to me and Louis.

"Mr. and Mrs. Tomlinson?" the Nurse said as she came inside the room.

"Yes!" Louis said.

"You ok with Mary being in the room for a while now?" the nurse smiled.

"Yes Please!" I said, and the nurse wheeled the carrage next to my bed. 

"Mom, Dad. I'd like to intoduce you to Mary." I said offering Mary to my mother who was in tears again.

"Hello sweet girl!" She whispers. 

Dad Held up the sign for 'I Love You' to her. And I swear I saw her smile. Even though I know babies dont smile for weeks after they're born, I swear she did. 

And in that moment everything was alright.