Through the Years

Chapter 23

Niall sat in the back of the car smiling, every now and then Harry would quickly glance at Louis to see if he was okay. And Louis would respond with a slight nod.

"I'm so proud of you guys." Niall said.

"What do you mean?" Harry asked.

"The way you two have showed that love can happen again. I guess I'm just happy that you're both back together again."

"We never left each other not really. When I was in hospital he was always alive in my memory. So in a way he was always with me. He saved my life." Louis said smiling

"And I'd do it again I'll always be here to save you." Harry responded.

"So cute." Niall mumbled to himself smiling at Louis and Harry and the love they shared for one another.

A few hours had passed and they had arrived at their next destination, Liam Payne's house. They all took in a deep breath and took a step outside.

The three boys walked up to Liam's house and knocked on the door. Liam answered the door and he hadn't really changed, his hair was different but apart from that he was the Liam the boys knew and loved.

He stood there for a brief second and pulled Harry, Louis and Niall into a hug, the four of them embraced the hug and when they let go they smiled at each other.

"Hi boys." Liam said.

"Hi." Louis and Harry said in unison.

"God I've missed you guys. We use to be best friends once, when we drifted apart things just didn't seem the same." Liam said.

"I felt the same way. I'm so glad Harry and Louis knocked on my door and asked for a come back." Niall said.

"What do you mean?" Liam asked.

"I've been thinking a lot recently and we're better off together, we were the strongest when we were One Direction. I just thought we could reunite, one more time. One tour, five lads, singing the classics and just having fun." Louis said.

"Sure, I've literally got nothing better to do. It's not like my solo career has taken off." Liam responded.

And a few moments later the four of them were on the road again, they had one more stop to go.

Louis closed his eyes and took in deep breaths, this was the hardest of them all. Last time he spoke to Zayn they had an argument. Zayn was one of the reasons why he went crazy.

"Lou, we don't have to do this you know? We don't have to ask him?" Harry said.

"We heard what happened with Zayn. If it's tough it can just be the four of us, he left first remember?" Liam said.

"How did you hear what he did?" Louis asked.

"Well it was all over social media, Zayn admitted everything, he got a lot of hate for it." Niall said.

"No we've got to include him, One Direction isn't the same without him, without any of us for that matter. If there were just the four of us we'd be Direction, Zayn is the last piece and he makes up the one. There were five boys before and this time Theres going to be five men."

They finally arrived at Zayn's apartment, the four boys looked at each other momentarily and agreed that Louis should do all the talking, after all he was the only person who had a problem with Zayn.

They knocked on the door and waited patiently for Zayn to answer but instead it wasn't Zayn. It was a little boy.

He was the most gorgeous little boy the boys had ever seen, he was like a mini version of Zayn. He had a slight tan and had luscious dark brown hair and his eyes were a gorgeous blue- green colour, his eyes really complemented his skin and made him look like an angel.

Moments later and Zayn arrived standing behind the little boy he picked him up and invited the boys inside. He walked into the lounge and the boys followed.

He sat down on the sofa and looked down at the little boy then at his old friends.

"Who's the kid?" Louis asked.

"Oh right, I forgot you were in a mental hospital and are clueless about anything. This is Theo Alexander Malik, he's my son." Zayn said smiling down at little Theo.

"Zayn don't be a dick." Harry said with gritted teeth, but Louis just smiled at Harry squeezing his hand and reassuring him.

"He's beautiful." Louis said.

"Yeah I suppose he is, takes after Gigi his mother in that sense."

"Hello Theo." Louis said kneeling down towards the toddler.

"He won't respond, he's mute, we thought he was deaf at first but he's not. He understands everything just doesn't talk. We're kind of worried as he's almost two years old and hasn't spoken. Zayn responded "what are you guys doing here anyway?"

"I'm sorry about Theo. We want the band back together." Louis said.

"What makes you think I want to be a part of One Direction again?" Zayn said.

"I'm trying here Zayn, I really am. I want to forgive you for the shit you did to me in the past, you know after you came to visit me in the hospital I self harmed again. I was planning my suicide attempt. I felt awful, I felt so bad that my best friend could do something so cruel to me when all I ever did was love and support him. And here we are trying to get the band back together and you're being a dick about it!" Louis screamed.

Zayn put Theo down on the floor and walked over to Louis, he pulled Louis towards him and gave him a long awkward hug. Until they tore apart.

"I was a dick back then and I'm sorry. I just had my guard up I suppose, I didn't exist in that band, no one ever noticed me. I was alone and I felt as though I didn't belong. I'm so sorry for everything I did. It was my fault, I caused you so much pain. I was the reason why you ended up in hospital what I did to you was the cause of so many problems. I was the start of it."

"Thank you for your apology Zayn." Louis said. "I'm in a much better place now and I'm glad you apologised. So about One Direction?"

"Sure I'm back in, I missed you guys." Zayn said. He then bent down and picked up Theo one more time, he walked over to the boys and looked up to them.

"Theo baby, I want to you to meet my best friends, we had a fall out but they're my family and best friends for life. Say hello to your uncles, uncle Louis, uncle harry, uncle Liam and uncle Niall."

Theo looked up at the four boys then back down to the floor "uncle." Theo said quietly.

"Theo what did you just say?" Zayn asked.

"Uncle. Uncle wouwie, uncle Hawwy, uncle wiam, uncle Nol." Theo said.

The five boys looked at each other and cheered.

"You said your first words Theo, you got the names Completely wrong but you spoke." Zayn said spinning his little child around and giving him kisses all of his little body.

Theo looked around the room and then stared at the five boys he then started screaming their names, laughing and smiling at them.

"This is a cause for celebration let's go on tour." Zayn screamed, lifting Theo up in the air and smiling up at his happy and proud little son.

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Sorry this chapter is awful I had to put this in here I guess because the boys need to get back together. Just two more chapters left.