He Tells A Story

Mist's POV





I'm woken by laughter echoing through my hotel room.

With a groan I slowly open my eyes, rubbing them with my palms.

Once my eyes land on the owners of the laughters, my mouth parts in shock.

The events of last night play in my mind and I know that I can't be upset about this.

"Good morning," Niall looks up at me with a smile.

Niall is sat on the floor with Yaden on his lap; they're playing with some of Yaden's toys as they share a banana.


Remembering that I had slept in my underwear last night, I gasp and cover my body, realizing that when I sat up from the bed my chest was exposed.


A chuckle escapes Niall's mouth as he shakes his head.


"What's so funny Horan?" I lift my eyebrows at him curiously.


"It's not like I haven't seen you before," he shrugs.

My face starts to warm up and I throw a pillow at him before sitting up again; this time, making sure to hold my duvet in front of my chest.


"Mummy," Yaden looks up at me with a smile.

"Good morning baby," I smile at him.

He stands on his feet and slowly balances himself before slowly walking to the bed.

"He can walk!?" Niall gasps in excitement.


I laugh at his reaction and nod before taking Yaden in my arms. "For about a month now," I inform him.

Yaden lays down next to me, laying his head on my chest.

"Are you tired?" I comb his messy hair as he yawns.

"No," he sits up again, but I can tell that he's lying. "I wamt icecweam mummy," he jumps as he sits on the bed.


Niall joins us on the king size bed and lays down on his side; holding himself up with an elbow.

"I'll get you some later baby," I coo Yaden with a smile.


He crawls over my body to sit between Niall and I and clap his hands together after he's comfortable.


"How did you get in anyway?" I look at Niall as Yaden slowly gets up into a standing position.


"Lilly let me in," he simply shrugs.


I start to wonder about the kiss I shared with Niall last night. It's taking everything in me to stay in my position and not to grab hold of his face to kiss his lips. I'm desperate for his lips and that's wrong, that's so, so wrong.

My thoughts are broken by a faint scream escaping Yaden's lips and a gasp escaping Niall's. I jump up from the bed just in time to catch Yaden as he falls from the bed.


Yaden holds onto my neck tightly as a sob escapes his lips.


"It's alright baby, you're fine," I coo him as I gently rub his back.

My eyes fall on Niall to find him staring at my body.

"Niall!" I whine as my face turns to a bright shade of red.

"What?" He shrugs as if he doesn't know what I'm talking about, but his eyes still doesn't leave my body.


"Please stop looking at me," I shyly look at the floor as I walk back to the bed to cover myself.

After looking at the duvet for a few minutes in silence, I look over to Niall.

He's still laying in the same position; staring at me with a smile.


"What?" I can't help the smile growing on my face.


"I've missed spending time with you, Mist," he quietly tells me before breaking the gaze.

Allowing Niall to spend time with Yaden is going to be harder than I thought. I've missed spending time with him too; I've missed his eyes, his hair, his lips, his hands, his smile, his body, his voice, just everything. I've missed him. But I won't admit that to him. Maybe someday, but not anytime soon.


I notice Yaden's faint snores and my chest vibrates in my soft laughter.

"We have to talk about custody," I talk softly, careful not to wake the sleeping prince in my arms.

"Let me take you and Yaden out tonight, we can discuss it over dinner?" He offers.


I think about it for a minute, deciding whether it would make things more difficult for me, but I don't have the time to answer because a voice enters the room.

"What the fuck?"

My head snaps to the sound of Josh's voice and I stutter, not knowing what to say.

"What's he doing here?" Josh asks me, nodding at Niall.


"I'm here to see my son," Niall informs him with irritation in his voice.


A laugh escapes Josh's mouth as he shakes his head.


"Whatever," he mutters before walking out of the room.

I slowly put sleeping Yaden on the bed next to Niall and run to my travel bag to pull a long shirt over my body.


At this moment, I don't care if Niall is seeing me in my underwear anymore. The only thing that matters to me right now, is to get Josh to listen to me so we can talk things through.

I know it might have looked different from what it actually is to him, but I have to explain to him.


Josh just came into my life and he's been amazing, he has been moving too fast and I won't argue with that, but I'm not losing someone who actually cares for me. I'm not taking my chances with Niall, I refuse to lower my walls, but with Josh, I'd gladly take my chances with him.

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