Winter

The next couple of weeks were going by fast, I didn’t see a lot of Niall in real life as he was on the other side of the world but we talked every day. He was having fun on the tour but was anxious to come back home and I couldn’t wait for him to get home because I could use the help as my belly was getting bigger by the week and even simple things were getting harder to do and I just wanted to sit all day, oh and the fact that I still wasn’t getting along with his mother did not help at all.

I know Niall had asked her to help me out but she didn’t stop by a lot, maybe once a week if I was lucky. I was lucky that I had good friends as Bella and Elena stayed with me at the moment, they were amazing, the things they did for me were incredible.

“Winter, get your arse in here please.” I was sitting in the garden sipping some tea, whilst enjoying the sun and the last thing I wanted to do was get up. “Can’t you just come here instead?” I yelled back, which earned me some chuckles from inside. “No you really need to come here, lazy bones.” Elena was insisting, well than it must be important.

I got up and made my way in slowly and stopped in my tracks because in front of me stood Niall smiling broadly at me. “But, we didn’t expect you back until next week!” He had his last show yesterday but I knew they had to give interviews and there was even an award show they had to attend, which was in America.

“They can do it without me, you’re more important love.” He opened his arms and I practically ran into them. He wrapped his arms around me and hugged me tightly and as I looked up I saw that my friends gad left us alone. He let go of me after a while and kneeled down “Daddy is home sweetheart and he is staying for a while.” The baby kicked when she heard his voice. We had this routine over the last couple of weeks, where he would first talk to me and at the end of the conversation I would put the phone against my belly and let him talk to the baby, this usually meant he was singing or reading a story which made me fall asleep as well. I was grateful that he always steered clear from stories, that had Scottish history in it, just in case we would stumble across things we didn’t want to know, like what happened to Lady Blackwood or James Horan.

“You know I think it’s time I get to see the baby room in real life don’t you think?” He asked when he looked up at me and I nodded. I grabbed his hand and pulled him with me but before we were upstairs I had to catch my breath a few times. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine, I’m just really happy when this little angel arrives.” I smiled at him and he nodded before he walked into the room and there he stood completely still and I was already panicking that he wouldn’t like it, I mean I tried to combine both our favourite things, which meant I added the Disney stuff and sports stuff for him, like a mini golf club, which was hanging on the wall above the changing table and I had some balls in the corner, don’t worry they were actually pillows, just shaped into different kind of balls.

“Niall, are you okay?”

“This is amazing; did you design this?” I nodded “I did but Elena and Bella helped me out because I couldn’t be here when they were painting the room.” I explained not wanting to take all the credits. “What about my mum, did she help at all?” I hesitated at that, I mean I didn’t want to lie to Niall but I didn’t want to cause trouble between them but he already saw the truth on my face and he actually got angry. “Tell me the truth Winter.”

“No she did not, she checked in once a week but that was all she did. Look she doesn’t like me and that okay, really.”

“No it’s not okay, she should accept that I’m happy with you, she should be happy that I found my soulmate instead of playing a victim, I get that she feels hurt that she couldn’t be at our wedding but I’m her son and she should be happy for us.” It pained me to see him like this and I really wished I could fix it but that meant I had to leave myself and that was the last thing I wanted to do because he was my family as my own mother didn’t want me in her house as long as I was pregnant.

“I’m sorry.” I wasn’t sure what I was apologizing for but it felt necessary but he shook his head. “Don’t ever apologize for someone else’s mistakes love.” He smiled at me and that was that.

The next few days were heaven we had dinner together and went out but mostly we stayed in because I felt tired all the time, which freaked Niall out but the doctor told him this was normal as the baby was getting in the right position. We were sleeping when I woke up with excruciating pain. Niall woke up when he heard me take in a deep breath. “Winter what’s wrong?” he was already rubbing my back, which helped a bit. “I think it’s time.”

That made him jump out of the bed and I had never seen anyone get dressed this fast, it was quite funny to see and I couldn’t help but giggle, which wasn’t a good idea because that hurt. “Oi stop making me laugh Niall.” He pulled a face in mock horror “I’m not doing anything.” But I could see the smile on his face when he walked into our closet to get the hospital bags.

We got into the car and as we drove through the traffic, the pain was intensifying and I was lucky that my water had already broke back at the house but it also meant we had to hurry, Niall called the lads and my friends whilst driving but I wasn’t really paying attention, I was trying to breathe through the pain. When we finally arrived at the hospital we walked in and it was sort of amazing that so many paparazzi were already waiting for us and as we passed them we were almost blinded by the flashes, Niall at one point even threatened to smash their camera’s, which made me giggle nervously, which also lead to another contraction, this freaked Niall out and he hurried his step.

“My wife is in labour!” He yelled frantically at the woman behind the desk, it was kind of cute to see him all nervous and the woman smiled at me and motioned to the nurse with the wheelchair, who was walking towards us. “She will take you to your room and the doctor will be with you shortly.” She told us and something made Niall stop.

“We want a private room.” He told the nurse and she was already nodding. “Of course mr Horan, this had already been taken care off.” That seemed to relax Niall a bit as he walked behind us. I know his phone was going off like crazy and it didn’t take long before the first people were arriving. Elena and Bella were the first ones to arrive and Niall’s brother followed soon after with his beautiful wife, what surprised me was that Harry joined us, which meant that Liam and Louis were holding down the fort in America.

“Hello Winter, how are you feeling?” The doctor asked after a few hours and to be honest I just wanted to get this over with. “Everything hurts.” He nodded and checked my vitals and checked if I was dilated enough to start pushing and when he smiled I knew it was time.

“It’s time, let’s get your baby girl.” Niall was panicking by now and was rambling like crazy, which drove me absolutely crazy but I tried my hardest not to yell at him but I wasn’t sure how long that was going to hold. “Mr Horan do you want to look or support your wife?” He looked at me, completely at a loss to what he was going to do and I motioned that he should sit beside me and help me, which he immediately did. “I will support her.”

“Mrs Horan, do you want anyone else in here?”

“Elena, I need her Niall.” He nodded and walked out quickly, returning with Elena, who was holding a camera. “You’re not filming it right?” I asked her through clenched teeth as another contraction made its way through my body, Niall quickly grabbed my hand, I know I was hurting him when I squeezed his hand. “I won’t film the entire thing no, just when the baby is here, don’t worry, just concentrate yourself on the birth love.

The next hour or so I thought I was going to die and the doctor just kept telling me to push, which I was already doing and Niall tried to calm me down but that ended in me telling him to shut the hell up, which he did and after what felt like forever we finally heard her cry.

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