Niall's POV




While I carry Yaden back to my hotel room, he talks in some sort of baby language, causing me to laugh at him.

I regret missing out on his two years of childhood. Finally having him in contact with me is in amazing feeling. It would have been amazing to hear his first cry as he entered the world, to watch him sit up on his own for the first time, to hear him speak his first word-I wonder what his first word was-, to watch him takes his first few steps. God, even to change him after he had a pee would have been amazing. The thoughts of when he called Josh Daddy comes to my mind and a pin of jealousy runs through my body. How could Mist allow another man to call her son father if I am the father of her son?

"Wiall," Yaden pulls me from my thoughts.

"Yes?" I ask him.

"I dowt wamt to be ow youw back awymowe," he whines.

I chuckle at him and gently move his small body to my arms; wrapping them around his body tightly.

We reach my hotel room and I hold onto Yaden with one hand as I open the door with the other. I step into the hotel room and close the door with my foot.

"I have to get ready, but you can sit with me?" I smile at him as I walk to my room.

I leave the door of my room open and place Yaden on my bed.

"Don't fall," I tell him, remembering his little fall session in Mist's room

Mist...

God, that girl means the world to me. Seeing her again after two years really surprised me. I feel happy for seeing her again, yet sad because she's not mine anymore. The kiss we shared the previous night comes to mind and I smile at the thought.

I walk to my dresser and grab some suitable clothes for dinner.

"Cawm I pway?" Yaden asks me.

I turn around and look at him confused, to find him sitting with my phone in his hands. His big blue eyes stare up at me with a sparkle in them. They sure do have Mist's sparkle.

"Yes," I give him a small smile.

"Hey Niall you wan-" Harry speaks as he walks into my room, but stops mid sentence as he sees Yaden.

"Did you steal him!?" He asks me alert.

I chuckle and shake my head as I pull my shirt over my head. "Mist said he can stay with me for a while because she's getting ready," I inform him.

He gives me a confused look but shrugs it off as he walks to Yaden. "Hey buddy," he pats his head as he lays down next to him.

"Hawwy!" Yaden hugs him.

"What are you doing big boy?" Harry smiles down at him.

I pull my clean shirt over my head and unzip my pants.

"Pwaying," Yaden smiles at him.


"Playing with what?"

"Wiall's phome," Yaden answers him as he taps on my screen.


"Where are you going?" Harry looks up at me.

"I'm taking Mist and Yaden out tonight," I tell him as I slide down my pants to replace them with a new pair.


"Are you two.." He begins but I cut him off by shaking my head.


"No, she said I can prove myself to her with Yaden. So I asked if I can take them out to dinner before they leave," I shrug as I walk to the mirror.


"Well when are they leaving?" He asks me as I fix my hair.

"Tomorrow,"


The idea saddens me. I've only just got Mist back into my life and I've only just met my son, the idea of them leaving isn't a great thought, especially because I don't know when I'll see them again.


"Lads let's go to th-" Zayn walks into the room but stops mid sentence, just like Harry had when he saw Yaden in my room.


Louis and Liam came into the room soon after Zayn had, and they all asked me if I stole Yaden.


"No," I sigh.

They all sit on the bed and try to make conversation with Yaden, but he's far more interested in my phone than their small talk.


"Dowt touch it," Yaden yanks my phone to his chest when Liam tries to look at what he's doing.

"Alright, alright," Liam chuckles as he holds his hands up in surrender.


I walk over to the bed and join the rest of them.


"Yaden?" I call for him.


"Yeth?" He looks up at me.

"What movies do you like?" I frown at him.

"Really Niall?" Zayn questions me. "You have your son alone for a while, and you ask him something like that?" He laughs.


"Yeah, he doesn't even understand, he's two years old!" Louis joins in on Zayn's laughter.

They're probably right..

"Thiwewam!" Yaden yells in excitement.


"Spiderman?" Harry frowns at him.

"Yeth," Yaden nods.

"See, he's clever," I chuckle at him.


"Mummy took me to thee Thiwewam aftew we wemt to gwama," Yaden looks at me.

He sure can talk if he wants too, and better yet, he knows what he's talking about. He seems like a clever lad, and he seems like he understands things that happens around him a lot.


"What are you playing?" I nod at my phone.


He smiles as he turns my phone's screen to me. I frown at the screen and pull my lip into a pout.


"What?" Zayn asks.

Yaden turns the screen to them and they burst out in laughter.


"I told you not to let Demi download that app," Louis laughs.


Demi.. Dear God I forget about her. We spent some time together before we came here and I really like her.


"That's an app?" Harry frowns.

"Yeah, you take a picture from your library and you doodle things on it. Seems like little Yaden thinks of his daddy as a mommy," Louis laughs again.

"Don't say that word around him," a petite voice enters the room.

We all look to the door to find Mist standing in the doorway with a frown and Josh behind her. She has dark blue skinny jeans on and a light blue tank top with matching light blue heels. Her hair is made into light waves and she has dark red lipstick on. She looks amazing, I'll give her that. Not many woman who had a child still has a rocking body.


"What word?" Louis carefully asks.

"The D word. Yaden will not call Niall that, ever," she sternly tells Louis as she walks over to the bed.

Her words leave me speechless. How could she say that? He is my son, isn't he?


She takes Yaden in her arms and he kisses her cheek. "Hey baby," she smiles at him.

"Hi mummy," he hugs her.


"Buddy," Josh smiles as he kneels down next to them.


"Daddy!" Yaden yells as he throws his arms around Josh's neck.

All of the boys give him confused looks as the slowly back out of the room.


The word seemed to have stressed Mist out as she took Yaden back into her arms with a frown.

I hate hearing my son call Josh that. How could Mist allow that? Why can't Yaden call me, his own father, daddy, but yet she allows our son to call a stranger daddy?


"We have to go," Mist sighed as she stood up from the bed.

"Whewe we go?" Yaden asks her.


"Somewhere with Niall sweetie," she smiles at him as she walks to the door.

Josh stands in his spot for a few seconds; glaring at me.


"Oh cut it off would you!" Mist snaps at us.

We both mutter a sorry and follow her out of the room. Before we step out of my hotel room, Josh talks to Mist.


"I'm going to spend the day with Emma, let me know when you're back then we can do something," he tells her with a smile.

"Alright babe," she kisses his lips before he walks out.

Her actions and words angers me; I ball my fist, making the skin around my knuckles turn white.

"Should we go?" Mist turns her attention to me.

"Yeah," I sigh as I walk to the kitchen to grab my phone and wallet.


"Whewe daddy go?" I hear Yaden ask Mist.

Will this ever be right? Will my son ever me MY son? Will Mist ever be mine again? I know she still loves me, God, I love her too, why can't she just tell Josh to fuck off and make things right with me? I know that I've hurt her, but that doesn't mean that she has to be so harsh on me. We can make it work as a family, I know we can. She just has to stop being so stubborn. Her stubbornness was something I've always loved; but right now, I hate it.


"He'll be back later," Mist says to Yaden as she kisses his temple.

"So where are we going?" Mist asks me as I open the door for them to walk out.


I smirk at her and shake my head. "It's a surprise."

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We arrive at the restaurant where I booked a table for us, and as soon as I park in front of the restaurant, Mist gasps.


"What?" I ask her with a frown.


"Why would you do this?" She asks me in a small voice.

I though she would have liked it if I brought her to the place we went to the night we had our first date, but turns out she doesn't.


I sigh as I get out of the car. "Let's just enjoy the night, or at least try to?" I ask her as she closes her door and walks to my side with Yaden in her arms.

One thing I've always loved about this restaurant; it's far more private and it's built on a lake. The view is amazing.

We walk into the restaurant and immediately, there's gasps heard from every direction.


Shit, I forgot that no one knows about Yaden. I can only guess how it looks; Niall Horan walking into a romantic restaurant with his ex girlfriend from two years ago with a two year old baby boy who looks exactly like Niall Horan. Yep, that will definitely make the front covers of every magazine. I really didn't think this through.


"Booking for Horan," I tell the waiter that approaches us.


She nods and motions for us to follow her.


We follow, and end up at the exact same spot that Mist and I sat at on our first date here. I planned on bringing her here, but I didn't plan on sitting here, that I know for sure.


"Can I get you anything to drink?" The waiters asks with her eyes never leaving Yaden.

"I'd like a coffee please," Mist smiles at the waiter as she places Yaden on her lap.


"Chocowate iceweam," Yaden asks the waiter in excitement.

The waiter nods and writes it down on a paper before turning to me.


"I'll have a beer," I tell her.

She nods and walks away.

"What?" I ask Mist once I notice her glare.

"Are you really going to drink in front of my son?" She lifts her right eyebrow.

"He's my son too, so you mean our son," I correct her with a smile. "And yes, it's not like I'm going to get drunk," I shrug.


She rolls her eyes and picks up her menu.


"Mummy?" Yaden draws Mist and I's attention.

"Yes?" She puts the menu back on the table.

"I dom't wamt you to kith daddy, kith Wiall," he points to me.


A smirk find it's way to my mouth at my sons words. Only two years old and he's already my wingman with his mother.

"Yes, kiss Niall," I wink at Mist.

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