Niam

Chapter 7-Part 2

LIAM POV

I put Harry down in Louis' lap and Louis starts stroking his face. I swear something's going on with them. Within five minutes Paul comes into the room and announces that we are checking into a hotel tonight. Thank god. The tour bus was getting cramped.

"Boys, time to go. We are not carrying you Harry." Paul grumbles from the door.

**One hour later, at hotel**

We had checked into a rather nice hotel. Louis and Harry decided to share a room, Zayn had his own room, and Niall, Niam, and I were all in one room, so we had an empty fourth room that all of us would meet in in the morning. I hear a crash from beside me, and roll over to see Niam face first on the floor.

"Daddy? I'm stuck!" he yells from the floor. I get off of Niall and I's bed and gently scoop Niam off the floor, placing him back on the bed. "Thank you Daddy. When is Dad going to be back with dinner?"

"In a little bit, Ni. Knowing him he'll be a while." I reply.

"Can I jump on the bed?"

"You've got a cast on you leg, how are you gunna jump?"

"You could hold my hands?" he whispers, staring at the floor.

I get up off the bed and stand at the edge of his bed, lifting him up so he's standing on one foot. He takes my hands and starts to bounce on one foot. His hair starts flopping all over the place, and he's giggling hysterically. I'm glad to see him get to be a kid, even if it is only for a few moments.

Niall comes bursting through the door seconds later with three bags of food. McDonalds? Nice. He sets the bags on the small table in the room. Niall pulls out some chicken nuggets I would guess were for Niam, and four burgers. He he hands me one, and starts putting stuff on the other three. Niam puts ketchup all over the nuggets and takes a small bite of one.

"This is gross." Niam grumbles, spitting the food into a napkin. Niall drops his burger and walks over to the mini-fridge, pulling out some lunch meat and bread, making Niam a sandwich. Niam grins at Niall and scarfs down the sandwich.

Throughout the entire time we are eating Niam is yawning. Looks like its nap time. Before we can move, Paul starts banging on the door. I pull it open and all Paul says is "Meeting in fifteen" and he walks away. Great.

"Niall? Paul says meeting in fifteen." I groan.

"I'm sleepy." Niam adds.

"You go to the meeting, I'll stay with him." Niall replies. I nod and make my way to the empty room.

NIALL POV

I scoop Niam up and carry him over to one of the beds, and he immediately crawls under the covers.

"Dad? Can you sleep with me?" he asks.

"Sure." I climb on top of the covers, and Niam snuggles into my side. I pull and arm around him and he quickly falls asleep. About ten minutes later Liam comes wandering back in the room.

"We gotta leave in an hour. Paul scheduled us a concert tonight." Liam pauses.

"Sounds like there's more to the end of that." I whisper.

"Paul thinks Niam should start kindergarten in September." Liam adds. I just kind of stare at him.

"How is that possible? We're touring." I question.

"Paul says that August 29th we will be in LA for recording until June 6. They want the next album done by July. We can put him in the elementary school closest to the studio." Liam explains.

"OK. Have you looked up the school yet? Or even where it is? I really don't want anything bad happening. Will the bus take him to the studio?" I start throwing out a lot of questions.

"I've looked for one close to the studio, the closest is about ten minutes away. I'm sure nothing terrible will happen, and if it does we can handle it, I'm sure. I've already sent an email to the school and asked about the bus situation. I'm sure he'll be fine." Liam answers.

**Two hours later, backstage**

NIAM POV

Everyone was running around backstage. Uncle Zayn was putting an entire container of gel in his hair, Uncle Harry and Uncle Louis were chasing each other around screaming, Dad was having makeup put all over his face and complaining, and Daddy was changing clothes in the corner. I didn't really know what I was supposed to be doing, so I sat on the floor with some crayons trying to write some letters. None of them actually looked like letters that I've seen.

"Niam? Whatcha drawin?" Uncle Louis says, falling over Uncle Harry and landing face first on the floor next to me.

"Trying to write my name." I mumble, drawing another squiggle.

"Here, I'll write it at the top of the page, and you can try to copy it " Uncle Louis says, taking the crayon out of my hand and writing some letters at the top of the page.

"Is that really what my name looks like?" I ask, looking at Uncle Louis wide eyed. He still has his legs on top of Uncle Harry, who is sprawled out on the floor.

"Sure is!" Uncle Louis says.

"Get off Lou! Your knee is on my wrist and it really hurts." Uncle Harry whimpers.

"It can't be that bad, Haz. You can hang in there while I finish this with Niam. " Uncle Louis replies.

"Lou. It really hurts." I look back at Uncle Harry and he has tears rolling down his face. This isn't good.

"Get off him Uncle Louis! He's crying!" I yelp, trying to push Uncle Louis off Uncle Harry. Uncle Louis jumps up and pulls Uncle Harry into a hug. Uncle Harry grins, flicks Uncle Louis' nose, and runs away. I go back to trying to write my name, but it never quite turns out.

"Boys! Stage!" Someone in black yells.

"Can I come?" I ask. Uncle Zayn scoops me off the floor and runs on stage with me, plopping me on a couch. There's people everywhere. More than I can count. The boys start singing and I lay down on the couch. Its actually rather comfy....

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"Niam? Niam sweetie? wake up, hun. We need to get your pajamas on. Its bed time." I hear dads voice. I slowly open my eyes and we are back in the hotel. I don't even remember falling asleep. I slip into pajamas and crawl into bed between Daddy and Dad and fall back asleep.

A/N: SORRY IF IT'S SHORT, BUT I'M BACK! YAY! I'M PLANNING ON SKIPPING TO AUGUST FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER, SO TELL ME IF YOU THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA OR NOT. I STILL MAY NOT UPDATE FOR A WHILE. SCHOOL AND SUCH. *GROAN* HOPEFULLY I CAN UPDATE AT SOME POINT NEXT WEEK. PLEASE VOTE/COMMENT IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED!