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Part 32

"Okay Pa. Me and Bear are ready. You see us?"

"The camera sees you, Liam. Don't worry."

"Okay. But Pa, don't do that. You stand over there." Liam lightly pushed Harry up against the wall. "There. Don't move."

Harry chuckled at his command.

"Pa. I said don't move."

"I'm not moving Liam. Go on."

"Okay. I'm saying my ABC's and my numbers. You ready Pa?"

Harry couldn't help but laugh. "Go."

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10." Liam smiled brightly. "I did it, Pa."

"And I'm so proud."

"But I'm not done yet." Liam sat Bear on the couch. "I have to do my ABC's."

"Go ahead. The camera still sees you."

"Okay. He started out singing his ABC's and didn't stop until he had completed the whole song. "I'm done."

Harry just had to laugh when Liam bowed as if he had just finished some kind of show for an audience.

Suddenly, the front door opened and Liam snatched his teddy bear from the couch. "Daddy's Home! Come on, Pa. Let's get Daddy on camera too." And he grabbed Harry's hand so he could drag him to meet Zayn who was holding a grocery bag and a black bag which he kept his laptop in. "You're on camera. See?" He pointed upward to his Pa.

"Yep. You're on camera." Harry echoed. "Liam's idea, of course."

Zayn chuckled and took the opportunity to stick his tongue out at it. "Hi, world."

Liam giggled before running off. "Batman. Batman, where are you?"

Harry saved the video and cut the camera off. "Hey, babe."

"Hey. What did you give him?"

"What do you mean?" He locked the door and followed Zayn to the kitchen.

"He's not hyper for nothing."

"Oh... Just a little piece of a chocolate bar."

Zayn frowned and sat both bags on the counter. "You're lying. You gave him a whole one."

"Okay. Fine. I did. It's no big deal."

"It is a big deal. Candy is going to ruin his appetite for dinner. We're having salmon tonight. Well, he's having fish sticks since he likes to play with the salmon whenever we have it. But we're all still eating fish."

Harry only sat the camera down and stared at Zayn. "Are you done?"

"Am I done what?"

"Done being upset over a kid eating a chocolate bar a few hours before we actually sit down for dinner."

Zayn was gonna say something else, but he changed his mind. "Yes. I'm done. Say no more. Complaining will just ruin my day anyway because I had an awesome day at work."

"That's good." But Harry wasn't surprised at all. Ever since they made love a week ago, Zayn had been walking around happy and smiling and doing all kinds of things he wouldn't normally do. Harry was enjoying seeing Zayn like that. The house was more livelier, especially with him feeling as down as he had been feeling lately.

"Louis asked about you today."

"Really?"

"Yeah. He wants to know if we can come over for lunch tomorrow. He said it's something like a day before our anniversary type of thing. I've already taken off, so I can go. What about you?"