Soft Side

Chapter fifty-three

A groan leaves my lips as I slowly attempt to sit up hearing the familiar cry of my daughter, realising there was an arm across my waist. I turn my head to find Niall rubbing his eyes as I smile softly at him, sitting up and walking to the kitchen to make up the bottle for the baby. Niall walks over, taking the bottle from my hands with a gentle smile. Why was Niall led with me on the sofa? "Go to bed" he says softly as I shake my head quickly.

"No no I can't, I need to feed her and change her nappy and-" I start as he shakes his head with a smile, taking the bottle and placing a hand on my shoulder. He walked me down the corridor, giving me a little shove into my bedroom with a soft smile as I sigh, feeling my eyes well up at the bedroom before me. I walked to the wardrobe, grabbing my pyjamas but finding Harry's T-shirt's hung up. I sigh softly, touching the material as a tear slides down my cheek, changing into my pyjamas and sliding into bed. It didn't take long for me to fall asleep again, my hands gripping the pillow under my head.

The door opened and Niall walked in, a sigh leaving his lips at his best friend laid in bed alone with tears down her cheeks. Ariella was asleep again, meaning this was it until the morning. He closed the door gently with a smile, making sure not to make a sound. He walked to the sofa, laying back down after deciding 2 am was too late to go home to the other side of London. His eyes closing as he fell asleep again.

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I walk slowly into the living room with Ariella who had woken up and come to sit in bed with me for a little while. My eyebrows raising at the smell of bacon as I turn to the kitchen, finding Niall stood there in front of the cooker, humming away softly. Ariella squealed loudly, causing him to jump and turn around, her smile wide as she saw him. I smile a small smile, still feeling sad about last night. "Morning?" I say softly, almost as a question as he smiles softly, scratching the back of his neck.

"I uh- I slept on the sofa, I hope that's not weird... I didn't want to overstep boundaries and sleep in bed with you" he says softly as I nod slowly, "plus I thought you deserved a good breakfast this morning since you didn't exactly have the best night last night" he says slowly as I smile and nod, sitting Ariella in her high chair and sitting at the island in the kitchen myself. "I hope it's okay" he says softly as I nod, smiling with a thank you as I take a bite of the bacon he had cooked for us. "So uh, I'm going to need to go in a minute to head to the studio to do the preview of the album, Becky's coming, do you want to join me?" He asks as I shake my head looking down.

"I'd love to Niall I really would, but I can't face seeing him right now, it's still too fresh" I say softly as he nods, the expression on his face showing he totally understood me. "I'll listen to the album when it comes out, I'm sure it's amazing" I smile as he nods happily, telling me how happy they all were with it. He stood up, walking around the island and grabbing his bag with a smile, touching my shoulder gently before walking to the door.

"If you need anything, just shout okay? I'll come straight over" he smiles as I nod, Ariella waving bye-bye to Niall as he smiles and waves back, a smile on my lips at my happy daughter. My world.

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Becky strutted down the corridor of the studio, pumping her arms in the air happily as she sang away to herself. "I'm going to see Soph, I get to hear new songs, I have a boyfriend, I-" she starts before walking into the studio room, her happiness dropping as her eyes scan the room, her arms dropping by her sides as sadness fills over her face. "Wait, wheres Soph? Has somebody died..." she says slowly, "the atmosphere in here is weird... wait, Soph hasn't died has she?" Becky whines as tears fill her eyes, everybody now staring at the crazy girl before them. Everybody apart from Harry.