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liam heard his door open and heard a light familiar giggle but he didn't wake up, instead he burrowed himself the more into his duvet. he slowly came awake as someone tried to climb up his bed and pulling the duvet down with them, he wanted to laugh but it would blow his cover so he closed his eyes and pretended to stay asleep.

about five minutes later someone was sitting on him and pinching his nose but liam stayed still, he however groaned when someone pressed his nose tighter. he immediately got up, grabbed his son and pulled him underneath him.

"morn' daddy!"

"morning bud. how was your night?" liam asked, peppering aidan's face with kisses. the little boy smiled and nodded, his cheeks going red with joy.

"it w's good, daddy." aidan says, reaching forward so that he could grab liam's cheeks in his hands and squeeze them. liam lets out another groan and began to poke his child's side to distract him. liam felt like his hear was about to explode as he watched and heard aiden laughed. he stared at the brown hair that was cut into a fringe, his round face and big brown eyes ('just like daddy's', aidan always says with a big smile), the way he tipped his head back when he laughed. yup, liam loved his son with all his heart.

he pulled aidan to his side before getting up. since his alarm didn't wake him, liam thinks it's still pretty early. he was about to check the time when he heard loud beeping coming from the clock on his nightstand.

"go and switch it off, then come and meet me in the bathroom, yeah?" liam says, before letting aidan wiggle down his body. liam made sure aidan didn't stumble as he made his way to his nightstand. liam got to the bathroom, switched on the tap and made sure the water was the right temperature before placing aidan's toys in the bath.

thirty minutes. it took liam thirty minutes to shower and another ten to moisturize and dress aidan up. he pulled on a darth vader shirt and jeans with black socks and toms. while liam took his shower aidan sat on the chair liam keeps in his bathroom for him, aidan babbled about a particular tom and jerry episode he watched that was funny as he ate an apple while liam pulled on his suit, tie and shiny shoes, aidan then went ahead to tell liam what to buy for him on his way home as liam sorted his document and as they walked to the house next door aidan sang welcome to the new age, to the new age, welcome to the new age, to the new age and sadly that is the only line of radioactive (by imagine dragons) he knows but honestly liam is proud of that.

mrs. goodman, a seventy something year old woman lived next door. she was so lovely and kind and made the best pumpkin pie according aidan. she agreed to help liam babysit while he searched for the best nanny he could find and trust to take care of aidan. mrs. goodman's nurse answered the door a couple of minutes after liam rang the bell.

"morning..." he says to the nurse.

"good morn' ella." aidan greets before rushing towards the woman to hug her legs. ella the nurse laughed and bent down to wrap her arms around aidan.

"i'm sorry but i have to go now. ella, please give him something to eat, he has only eaten an apple." liam says to the nurse. she nodded and smiled at liam as if telling him not worry about it. liam then knelt down and hugged his son goodbye, promising to buy the biggest bowl of ice cream when he's coming back home.

liam walked back to his house and hopped into his car, he grabbed his official phone and switched it on. it didn't take long before it started ringing and with a sigh, he answered the call and clicked on speaker. deep down liam wishes he could spend the day, in fact the week indoors or in the park with aidan but he has to work and he hopes to find a brilliant babysitter soon. his family has put too much into payne group and he isn't going to fail them or be the one to bring the company down.

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"give me back my phone, eli." niall laughed as he ran after the six year old boy who was waving his iphone like it was the flag. the playground was big and niall really doesn't have the strength run round it, so instead he settled for another option.

"if you give me my phone, i'll buy you three scoops of rocky road ice cream." niall called out, hands cupped on each side of his mouth so that his voice was loud. eli stopped in his tracks and niall smirked, he quickly wiped it off and stared innocently at eli who was taking slow steps towards him.

"candy floss, too?"

niall cocked his head to the side. "i can try." niall replies, stuffing his hands into his jean pockets. surprisingly, this morning seems cold and niall's sure eli would soon start feeling it since he has stopped playing and was walking towards him.

"okay. you can have your phone back." eli says with a small smile that niall found beautiful. he grabbed his phone and pushed it into his stomach before giving eli his hand, niall grinned widely as the six year old timidly put his hand in niall's and held on tight.

"niall?" eli calls out, a few minutes into their quiet walk to a nearby café and niall prays that they sell tea.

"yes, love."

"i'm cold." eli tells him. niall smiled at the boy looking up at him with big grey eyes. he ran his fingers through eli's blonde curls.

"me too. so we are going to head towards there and see if they have tea or hot chocolate, yes?" niall asked and eli nodded, jumping where he stood. niall laughed and pulled eli closer.

"can you tell me what's on the sign?" niall asks, trying to take the little boy's mind off the cold. eli squinted and pushed his curls out of his eyes before yelling, sammie's café.

"can you spell it for me?"

thankfully sammie's had hot chocolate. so he ordered a large for eli and a large espresso for himself. they both took a seat by the window and chatted. eli told him about this girl that has been offering him free cookies in school and niall laughs because he knows what eli would say next time they meet. niall kept ordering hot chocolate and later on a large bowl of fries that they both split. eli's mum came to pick her son up after a few hours.

"thank you, niall." she says with a pleasant smile that mirrored eli's.

"it's not really, mrs. beckett." niall says with a small bow to hide his smile. "it's my job and i love it, really."

"you are sweet, niall. thank you, again though."

"anytime, mrs. beckett."

she waved him goodbye and walked away. she stopped when she was at the doors though, eli in her arms and his legs round her waist. she walked back to niall and bit her lip.

"what's wrong?"

"my mother-in-law's neighbour needs a sitter and i gave her your card to give to the child's dad." mrs. beckett says, her cheeks going pink and niall thinks its due embarrassment. he smiles when her words sink in.

"you did?"

eli's mum relaxed when he smiled. "yes. she said i should tell you to expect a call soon."

"thank you, ma'am." niall says, practically bouncing on his heels. mrs. beckett smiled at him and gave him one final wave before walking away with her now sleeping child. niall watched her drive away through the café window before he ordered another cup of espresso.

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this isn't much but i hope you like it.

happy new year by the way, lovelies! x

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