Compassion (MAJOR EDITING) #Wattys2015

Chapter 48: Eleanor

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This one is actually pretty sad in the beginning. Sorry about that guys. Enjoy.
Song suggestions:
Apologize: One Republic
Passenger: Let her go
Boys 2 men: On bended knee
One direction: where do broken hearts go

"Why are you here?" Louis barked towards the strange woman in the red dress that walked towards us with a child in hand as we made our way into One Direction's recording studio entrance. "Why else would I be here, Louis? Huh?" The woman had a thick Irish accent. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Just like her daughter I suppose. "Who is she?" I turned to Lou who had anger shown throughout his face. "Lou?" I asked again, being cut off by the strange woman. "You think you can just leave us here and start a new life without her?" I gave her a questioning look. "Ma'am I'm sorry but I don't think Louis knows you. He's not from Ireland.." She laughed. "He didn't have to be to make this one, that's for sure." Lou let out a sigh followed by "shit." I removed the sunglasses that covered my eyes and put them on top of my head, turning to Lou. "Is this true?" He slightly nodded without looking at me. That bastard. "You've got to be fucking with me right now. Am I getting punk'd?" The woman shook her head no. "Nope. Hi, nice to meet you. I'm Tia and this is my niece, Fiona. Her mother, Nicole, and Louis dated long before you and created this, which Louis seems to forget. Her mother passed a few months ago and I can't take care of her if she has a living parent left. She automatically goes to him." She shook my hand firmly before releasing it. "I-I'm sorry to hear that." I said with a lump in my throat. Louis stood there without saying a word. "Well?" I asked, he covered his face with his hands and sighed. Unbelievable. I kneeled down in front of the child and smiled. "Hi, cutie. I'm Eleanor. It's nice to meet you." The little girl smiled and took my hand that I held out to her. "How old are you, Fief?" I asked. "Three.." She said softly, hand still in mine. The poor child could barely say three because she was so scared. I nodded and put her tiny hand into Louis', turning back to Tia. "We'll take her." Tia smiled and hugged me. "Thank you..thank you. She would've had to go to an orphanage if he didn't want her." Louis looked down at Fiona and said nothing still. I nodded and took Fiona's things in my hands, then handed them to the security guards to put in our car. "Everything important is in those bags of hers. Birth certificates, medical reports, the whole nine yards." I nodded. "Thank you again, miss. I really appreciate it. I wanted her to finally know who her father was without having to see him on a tv screen or poster everywhere we go." Louis chuckled, breaking his silence. "I can't believe this shit is happening to me." Tia and I both looked at him as he went on like a mad man. "This is bullshit. All of this is bullshit!" He shouted and sat down on one of the benches, sending a scared Fiona jetting towards me with her arms up. "Up up." She said with teared filled eyes. "Lou, you're scaring her. Calm down and talk to me." Tia kissed Fiona on her head. "I left my number and the rest of our family's numbers in the address book in her bag. Call me anytime, please." I nodded and watched Tia catch a taxi cab before disappearing in England's busy traffic. I took a seat next to Louis with Fiona in my lap, laying her head on my chest. "Louis, baby, speak to me." His eyes were filled with tears. He laid his head on my shoulder and let out a cry. "I-I can't be a father to this child.." I cut him off. "Yes you can. Don't leave her alone, Lou. She needs a mother and a father to be here for her and that's what we'll be. She already lost one parent, Lou. She can't lose another. She can't." I rubbed my hands over Fiona's back and looked down at Louis. "You can't give up on us now just because life threw you a curve ball and messed up your plans." He nodded, finally sitting up. "Us?" He grinned, taking my hand in his. "Us." Fiona sat her head up, looking him the eyes. "Dada?" She asked with a questioning look. Lou looked back up at me and I have a reassuring smile. "Yes, it's dada." He said and took the child out of my arms. She stood on his lap as he blew raspberries in her tummy.

Two hours later
"She's adorable!" Brielle cooed over Fiona. "She really is. How old is she?" Harry asked as he put Jasmine down to play with Fief in the newly made play room. "She's three." Lou replied, not taking his eyes off of our daughter. "Nicole died a few months back. Never even told me I had a kid." Harry looked at Lou in sympathy. "I'm sorry, mate. I'm sure she had Fiona's best interest at heart. Maybe she didn't want her getting caught up in the fame." I nodded, agreeing with Harry. "Well, the important thing is that she's here now with us and she has a complete family." Liam, Zayn, and Niall made their way into the room. "She also has a team of very skilled uncles that'll help out as much as they can." Louis rolled his eyes. "Oh thanks guys, don't make me seem like a bad parent." We all laughed. "So sorry." Niall said and held his hands up in defense. "Speaking of parents-" Liam said, turning to Zayn. "What're you having?" Niall and Zayn looked down at their shoes. "What?" Lou and Harry asked at the same time. "Well, um, we're having a girl.." Zayn said, making Liam, Lou, and Harry cheer. "and a boy." He couldn't contain the smile that spread wide across his face. "Woah, congratulations, mate." Harry said and pulled him into a hug. "So both of you got what you wanted." Zayn nodded. "I suppose. Perrie cried for three hours straight before she laid down to sleep because she was so happy." I smiled and sat down on the floor with the babies. "Wait wait wait." Liam said, grabbing my hand with the engagement ring on it. "What's this?" Lou smiled. "Oh, yeah, sorry. We're engaged now." The boys stood silently and looked at Louis. "Gee, I'd say congrats if I wasn't so pissed that you didn't tell us!!" Niall screamed, making the other boys roar with laughter. "Guys, ssh! The kids are trying to nap!" I said, looking back at the half asleep girls laying out in the floor. Harry and Louis both grabbed their phones and took pictures to post later on. "Can life get any better?" Louis asked and snaked his arms around my waist while he laid his head on my shoulder, looking at Fiona from a distance.