Blue Eyed Boy (Third Book in the I Was Loving The Wrong Man series)

Chapter 22 (Christmas)

I miss Louis. Today is his birthday. He's turning twenty three. I have been constantly been watching some of Shane Dawson's music videos. Most of all I've been listening to Maybe This Christmas. I sing it at night sometimes. Sometimes I sing. Sometimes I cry. All I want for Christmas is Lou. "Maybe this year I won't be sad on Christmas. Maybe I'll have a Happy Holiday." I sing quietly before drifting to  sleep on the couch.

I feel someone else's lips touch mine. I open my eyes to see Louis. I start crying. I jump into his arms and look over at the clock. "Happy birthday Louis." I kiss his cheek as I wrap my legs around Louis' waist. "They let me come home early since I've been doing better. Did you ever find out the sex of the baby?" He asks. I shake my head. "I was waiting for you to come home. How about we go first thing tomorrow morning?" I tell him. He nods.

"Merry Christmas love." Louis peck my lips, waking me up. I sit up and stretch my arms. "Good morning Lou." I peck his lips back. I walk to the closet and get out skinny jeans and a sweater dress. I strip my clothes and turn around so Louis can't see. "Are you still that insecure?" He turns me around. I shrug and slide my shirt over my body. "You were singing something in your sleep last night. I think it went something like, Maybe this year I won't be sad on Christmas. Maybe I'll have a Happy Holiday." His angelic voice sings. Shit. I don't want him to know the truth. "Did you come up with that yourself?" He asks. I shake my head and walk over to my laptop. I type a few things in and have Louis sit down. I sit on the bed and let him watch the video. Once the video is over, he stands from the chair and walk towards me. "I've been singing it ever since you left. I got my Christmas wish. All I wanted for Christmas was for you to come home and for this baby to be healthy." I admit. "I'm sorry love. I'm sorry I had to leave. I don't ever wanna have to leave again." He kisses my lips. I stand and pull away. "We need to go now." He nods and follows me downstairs. "Hey. There are the two love birds!" Niall gushes. Today is the first time I've seen him since they told us the gender news. I blush and grip Louis' arm. "We've got to go." Louis nods his head in the direction of the door. We reach outside and I pull Louis' beanie off his head and place it on mine. I think it suites me fine with my glasses. We walk to the car and buckle our seatbelts. The silence is killing me so I start singing. "But baby. Life isn't that easy. Sometimes it gets crazy. I'm fallin' on my knees instead. I'm hopin' for a happy ending. So lets start pretendin' what life could be." "Is that one from Shane Dawson too?" He asks. I nod and turn on the radio. Shake It Off by Taylor Swift. "Ugh. Can we please turn this off. She's a bad person to even mention in this family." He asks. Wow. He calls us a family. I nod and turn towards the window. "Is there something wrong?" He asks, gripping my hand. I shake my head and look down at our hands. "You called us a family." I whisper, looking up onto his ocean blue eyes. "Yeah. Is that a bad thing?" He asks. I shake my head. We pull into the hospital parking lot.

"Well Ms.Styles and Mr.Tomlinson. You are having a little baby girl." She announces. I cover my mouth with my hand and start to lightly cry. I pull Louis close to me and kiss his cheek, wrapping my arms around his neck. "Merry Christmas Louis." I whisper.

Marlee and I are cooking Christmas dinner while the boys watch some stupid Hallmark Christmas movies. "Did you start on the chicken yet?" Harry asks, entering the kitchen. Marlee shakes her head since she is on chicken duty. "Get out of my kitchen!" Harry playfully yells. Marlee laughs and throws her apron at him, hitting him in the face. He puts the chicken on the pan and starts doing the normal pre cooking chicken things. "A girl huh?" He breaks the silence. "Yeah. Harry, do you think I should ask Louis to invite his family over? I wanna know the whole story behind the father of my child." I ask. He shrugs his shoulders. "I don't think that would be such a bad idea. He hasn't talked about them since his Mum died." He replies. I nod. Harry slides the chicken into the oven and sets the timer. We both walk into the living room and I sit in Louis' lap. Harry sits beside us so I put my feet on his lap. "Louis?" I whisper. "Hmm?" He turns his attention to me. "I wanna invite your family over. Tou never talk about them and I want to meet them." I ask. He sighs. "I don't know Riley. I think they're mad at me for not talking to them since Mum died." He argues. "Well, I'm inviting them." I argue, standing from his lap, running as best I can upstairs and into our room. I grab Louis' phone and call his 'dad?'. "Ello?" A voice answers. "Yes. This is Riley Styles. I'm Louis' girlfriend. I want to invite you to Christmas dinner tonight. Can you by any chance bring the kids and come?" I ask. "Umm. Yeah sure. I look forward to meeting you." He replies. "You too. Bye." I hang up.

"Riley, this is Ed. He's like a dad to me. Well, he's my step dad." He introduces me to a red head with green eyes. I shake his hand and smile. I turn my attention to the three younger looking people behind him. "This is Sydney," he gestures towards a brunette with hazel eyes. "Dillon," he gestures towards the only blonde one with blue eyes. "And Alex." He gesture to the brunette with brown eyes. "These are the triplets." I shake all of their hands. "Nice to meet you all. I'm Riley. Would you mind sitting down?" I ask. They shake their heads and Louis helps me to the couch. "So. What is Louis' life story, if you don't mind my asking?" Ed shakes his head and sighs. "Well Riley. I haven't even told the triplets this. Better now than never. Cheyenne was excepted to be a WWE Diva. Her brother was Mike Mizanin, aka The Miz. Cheyenne soon fell in love with a man named Phillip Jack Brooks. She got pregnant on the second date and had a miscarriage a month later. Fib months later, she got pregnant with Louis." He starts off, gesturing his hands towards Louis. "After Louis was born, Phil cheated on Cheyenne twice. Cheyenne moved in with me and our old best friend, Seth. They broke up and she went back to Phil. They broke up at Louis' first birthday party. A few days later, I am finally finished moving in and I ask her out. She said yes and then we found out Seth got her pregnant. Of course I wasn't going to leave. I've loved her all the time I've known her. I finally decided to tell her the truth. Louis, do you care to finish?" Ed asks Louis. He shakes his head and turns to everyone. "So, Ed tells Mum the truth about Swth and Phil. Phil loved her at first. He used her as his little fuck buddy." "Louis! At least try to use better language?" I asked. "Sorry. It turns out, Phil drugged the first baby and tried to do the same with me. My body never reacted the same way. Seth was being played by Phil to have sex with Mum. The twins were born in Doncaster. Mum and Ed decided to move to Doncaster since that's where we were all born. I tried out for the X-Factor and made it. Mum was diagnosed with cancer and she was pregnant. In the finales, she and the baby died. I felt like I had fails her because I promised her I would win. My life got better when the band got a record deal. That's pretty much my life story." He finishes. I nod. "Hey Riley. What's your life story?" Dillon asks. I never thought I'd have to talk about the past again. I stand from the couch and walk upstairs. "Did I say something wrong?" Dillon asks. Louis shakes his head.

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Louis' PoV

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"No. She had a horrid child hood. When she was young, her and Harry's parents divorced. They moved to America and Harry and their dad stayed back in Holmes Chapel. Her mum got remarried and had another kid, Layla. Her mum died and Dave got abusive. Riley was raped and beaten from the time she was four to twelve so Layla wouldn't be touched. The only reason he stopped raping her was because of you know....puberty. A year and a half ago, she and Layla went to one of our concerts in America. She met us backstage. She had told Harry about the past and invited her to come live with us. Layla went to live with their dad and now Riley and I are having a baby." I explain. "I'm sorry. You should go talk to her." Ed says. I nod and walk upstairs and into the room I share with Riley. "Riley, are you okay?" I ask. "Yeah. I'm fine. Did you tell them?" She asks, walking towards me. I nod. "I love you. I know I've made mistakes in my life but, I know this moment right now is not a mistake." I kiss her forhead. I wish I could spend the rest of my life living this moment.