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Harry Styles

It was actually such a nice day, I didn't even mind being stuck with the kids. The pool was there and it gave us the opportunity to be in the sun and have fun. As expected, I was on TJ duty meanwhile Renleigh spent most of her time with my siblings. She reasoned it with 'if the kid drowns, I don't want it to happen under my watch' so I thought I will just save her the dramatic thoughts and experiences and take our godson myself.

It was actually quite fun, just pushing him around the pool in his little swimming floatie. It had a top as well so the sun didn't burn him and he could lay back slightly so it was comfortable for him. He had the loudest laugh when we passed by Mason and Livvy jumping in the pool at the same time as Renleigh did, the water going everywhere as they formed themselves into a ball and disappeared. They managed to splash TJ a few times but he didn't even cry—he was actually really enjoying it, his feet and arms going all over the place as he chuckled.

I swear I was in love with this kid. He had to be the cutest little creature.

We have been in the pool for such a long time—since breakfast which we had at like half eleven and now it was really close to half one so lunch was close—but it didn't even feel like it.

"Hal-Hal-Hal!" my little sister chanted my name, her voice louder as she got closer to me.

"What is it, Livvy?" I laughed when she suddenly swallowed some of the pool water and she started coughing. I pulled her up by her arm quickly and patted her back a little although I wasn't sure it did anything. "You good?" she nodded with her eyes a bit watery from the coughing then she swam over to TJ and held onto his floatie. "What did you want?"

"I'm hungry," she told me.

"Why don't you go ask the chef if the food is done yet?" I asked her as I followed them slowly, my knees bent so the water reached my neck and touched my chin here and there.

"Renny said you should check it because you know him," she answered easily and I smirked as the water went over my mouth. "She also said you will take us all out for ice cream and din-dins tonight."

"Did she now?" I asked her.

"Mhm..."

"Well, then, I guess we'll go out for tea and have ice cream," I told her and she laid on top of the water in a star shape. I put my right hand on the floatie so TJ didn't move away as the water moved from my girlfriend and brother jumping in and out of the pool then I smoothened Liv's hair back so it didn't stick on her forehead. "Hey, did you forget to put suncream on your face?"

"Renny put some on it," she replied with eyes closed and floating on the water still. Her answer made me smile. She was so dependent on her sometimes. I say sometimes because whenever Ren was around, Liv just went to her for everything. In a way, I felt like she looked at my girlfriend as a second mother and as much as it made me happy, it made me sad too. Our mother was, let's be brutally honest, useless.

"Well, it washed off in the water so do you want to go and put some more on it?" I asked. "You know you always get burnt on your cheeks and then it hurts a lot."

"I don't want to," she shook her head which resulted in water getting in her mouth and so she quickly had to get off of her back and started coughing again. That somehow set TJ off because he started crying and I turned towards him right away.

"Ren!" I called for her as I placed my sister on the edge of the pool and then lifted the baby out of his floatie. I stood up properly so I could cradle him in my arms, one of my hands fixing his little hat so he didn't get a sun stroke.

"What it is?" she walked over to us on the edge of the pool, her tanned legs were the first thing I saw. I glanced up at her, no shame behind my actions as I gawked at the way she looked. Her bikini top fitted her so well I kind of just wanted to admire it all day long.

"Can you sort Livvy out while I go change TJ's nappy?" I asked. Like we agreed on it a while back, since I lost, I was on nappy duty until the little boy didn't need them anymore. I didn't particularly mind and Ren took over the job a couple of times, too.

"What do you need, Olivia?" she asked her as she sat down, her legs in the water and arms by her thighs.

"Hold him a sec," I interrupted their conversation as I put TJ on her lap so I could get out of the pool, too. Once I was steady on my feet, I reached down for the baby and pressed a kiss on Renleigh's lips as I straightened back up.

After I dried the little man, I placed him on the table on top of the towel and quickly gave him a new nappy. It was one of those swimming ones. Once he was all done, I put some suncream on him just in case, fixed his hat and picked him up again. I quickly binned the used nappy as he laid his head on my shoulder, one of his little hands on my throat as I put my other arm under his bum for support.

When I looked at the pool, it was empty other than all the floaties in it so I had a feeling everyone was already inside. I made my way towards the house, a smile forming on my lips as I concluded that this was mine now—ours.

"Did you bring your towel?" Ren asked me as she sat at the table already, Mason and Liv on both of her side. I swear she stole my siblings from me. They loved her so much and it made me so fucking happy. I never thought they would be able to accept someone so quickly and trust them since both Mason and Olivia were pretty closed off kids.

"Why?" I asked.

"So you won't wet the chair with your shorts," she gave me a 'duh' look and both of my siblings looked at me like they sided with her. Of course, they did. Bloody fuck.

"Grab your godson then," I walked closer to her and gave her TJ then made my way out to get my towel. I swear to god she wasn't even my wife but she acted like one sometimes. Not that I minded—I actually loved it. She mummed me sometimes but fuck. me.

I lived for the attention, the love, the care.

She has changed so much over the course of us being together and seeing it happen, experiencing it all with her, was one crazy but beautiful journey.

By the time I got back to the dining room, the food was already on the table and everyone got to it right away. Even though my sister was no baby anymore, she still asked Renleigh if she could cut up her chicken and because my girlfriend seemed to be completely whipped by her, she did just that.

I swear she never would have done that before.

TJ was sitting in his high chair between Mason and Renleigh so I decided to sit by Livvy's side. I didn't even realise just how fucking hungry I was until the smell of food hit me properly and I inhaled everything I put on my plate. With a food baby or two later, I leaned back on my chair, my hands on my stomach as I puffed my cheeks out and exhaled quickly. I felt stuffed to the maximum and could have used a nap.

It seemed like Olivia had the same thought process because after she excused herself, she only got to the living room. When I went in to check on her, I found her sleeping on her stomach, her arms below her head as they worked like a pillow. I chuckled and shook my head as I walked over to her and put her further up on a pillow then laid the thin blanket over her. She was in her swimming costume only and where she was sleeping, it was quite windy so the last thing she needed was a bloody cold.

Mason said he will go for a shower and then he'll take a nap too so that left Ren, TJ and I alone for a while.

"Are you really letting her sleep like that?" she asked me when I went back to the kitchen. TJ was messing around with his food and Renleigh didn't seem to mind. She reasoned it with 'he needs a shower anyway' so I didn't even fight with her on it more. "The chlorine will dry her skin out."

"I have no heart to wake her," I said. "I do need a shower though; I'm itching like I've got nits."

"You probably do," she smirked with her legs up on the chair, crossed by her ankles. I slapped her shin in response and she let out an 'ouch' with her eyebrows furrowed. "Not my fault you do."

"Stop being so mean to me," I pouted.

"Never," she got up from her seat and because I sat at the head of the table and she was on the side, she had to walk by me. I took this as my opportunity to slap her ass, the contact between our skin loud and hers jiggling a little. She looked back at me with fire daggers leaving her eyes then quickly reached forward and twisted my nipples. That made me wince and push myself back with the chair.

"Now you're hurting me too," I scoffed. "My poor, sensitive nipples. You gotta kiss 'em better now."

"Fuck off," she laughed as she walked away from me, probably to wake Olivia. She always told me she was no mother and she had no mother instincts and didn't know how to work children yet she acted like one on multiple occasions. It came to her naturally but I never pointed it out in case it made her feel embarrassed and therefore stop. I knew that would have made her nitpick every one of her actions and I didn't want to ruin her feeling comfortable with doing everything she has been.

Renleigh really did make my sister get a shower and then tucked her in bed with the blinds shut and the AC on an OK setting so she could have a well-deserved nap. She also said she will check on Mason whilst I give TJ a quick bath but that ended up being one for me, too.

The little man wrapped in a towel from head to toe and one around my waist, I was surprised to see Renleigh already sitting in bed with a towel on her head. She wore one of my shirts that I usually slept in—it was big for even me so the sleeves reached her elbows—as she typed something on her laptop, legs crossed and leaned back on the bed.

She glanced up at us when she noticed that we were finished in the bathroom and then smiled at the sight of us.

"I picked him clothes," she nodded at the edge of the bed where she actually did put a bodysuit and a nappy so I could dress him up. "Uh, do you think the food we gave him was enough?" she asked.

"Yeah," I replied as I laid TJ on the bed and uncovered him. I dried him a little more as he stared up at me with his big brown eyes. It made me poke his stomach gently which got a smile out of him and me as well. "He's only small and we can always give him some more after he slept. I don't think Charlotte feeds him more than we do," I chuckled. "Watch him for a bit while I get dressed," I asked her as I put TJ on his hands and knees so he could crawl if he wanted to and then picked up his towel and draped it over the chair in the room.

I put on boxers and a tank top because it was hot as fuck then some deodorant then with still slightly damp hair, I hung my towel on the towel radiator. It was so hot I knew my hair would dry by the time I got on the bed.

Speaking of the bed, the sight that welcomed me made me want to burst into tears. I wasn't sure how it affected me so much or why but seeing Renleigh with our godson just flicked something in me. It did every time she held him or played with him or whatever.

She was lying on her side, her head propped up in her hand as she leaned on her elbow and TJ was trying to stand up against her. Renleigh kept her right hand on his bum so if he fell back, she could catch him whilst the little man was busy smacking her in the face and pinching her arm as he struggled to stand up. My girlfriend let out a few groans, they were all playful and it was obvious that she was only trying to make him laugh.

"I swear he is too smart for his age," Renleigh spoke up when she noticed me standing in the doorway. I smiled as I walked closer to them and got on the bed. I kneeled by TJ, picked him up then put him on top of Ren.

"There you go, buddy," I chuckled as he sat on her hip, my hands under his armpits so he wouldn't fall. He squealed loudly and Renleigh quickly put her index finger on her lips and sushed him but it only made him go louder. "I don't think that's gonna work."

"He is so fucking loud, he's got some good lungs on him," she breathed as she turned around so TJ was sitting on her stomach. Ren pushed her legs up so he could lean on her knees then she grabbed his little hands and I let go of him. "Don't you, you little shit? You know how to attract attention."

"Renleigh!" I looked at her with a shocked facial expression. She did not just call him a little shit. Again. I swear this kid's first words were going to be cuss words.

"What?" she laughed. "He can't understand me—look, he loved it," she said as she saw TJ smiling. She eventually sat up with him, arms under his armpit and then both of them under his bum. "Don't be like that—how do you think I'm gonna address the ones you'll put in me?"

"Oh, god," I sighed, my eyes closed as the realisation hit me. "I didn't even think of that..."

"Alright, how do you put a kid to sleep?" she asked as she put the baby down on the bed and then laid by his side.

"Where is his dummy?"

"I thought you had it with him in the bathroom?"

"Ah, fuck," I mumbled as I remembered leaving it there. Quickly, I got out of bed and went to get it. "Now we wait," I said as I put it in his mouth and he began sucking on it. I always found that funny like nothing even came out of one, it was just rubbery plastic that he sucked on.

"I'm probably going to fall asleep before him," she replied. I glanced at her to find her with eyes closed.

"Same," I muttered as I made sure TJ still had the little blanket on him. The AC was lowered down for him but I still feared he would catch a cold or something.

Moments later, the room was so quiet, the only thing I could hear was TJ making baby noises here and there. I was half awake and half asleep then all I really remembered was waking up again.

My body ached and I felt like that nap did nothing but make me even more tired. I rubbed my eyes awake with one hand only to find myself on my side with one of my arms stretched out. Renleigh's cheek was in the palm of my hand as she used it as a pillow, her own arms crossed in front of her chest and TJ already up and giddy on his stomach. He still laid between us and pushed his little fingers in the pillow as some sort of entertainment.

"Hello little one," I smiled as I greeted him with a croaky and tired voice, my left hand rubbed his back gently. "Did you sleep good?" I asked him even if he couldn't give me a proper answer. He muttered something and then his whole body weighed him down onto his side. It made me chuckle but then I felt my arm going to sleep, the little ant-y feeling spread through the palm of my hand that my girl slept on.

I tried to pull my arm away as slowly as I could so Ren wouldn't wake up but then the feeling was just too much to handle so in the end, I didn't care. She furrowed her eyebrows and groaned when it woke her and I kept shaking my hand to get rid of the ants.

"I just fell asleep," she mumbled in a sleepy voice then exhaled loudly and turned on her other side. "Give me five."

"Ren?" I called as I looked at my phone.

"What?"

"It's five in the afternoon," I laughed as I unlocked my phone and looked through my texts.

"Fuck," she sat up quickly and looked at me surprised. Her eyes were tiny and her cheeks were puffed, her left one red from being pressed to my hand for hours. My shirt was crinkled on her and it kind of popped on her tan skin. "Um... are we still gonna go for ice cream and stuff?"

"Yeah, promised Livvy, didn't you?" I smiled.

"True. Promised Mason, too," she replied. "That kid might be eighteen but he still takes pinky promises seriously."

"I do, too," I said. "They are serious. If you break them, you are cruel."

"Well, then I guess we better get out shit together and see if they want to go now," she yawned then got out of bed. I watched her push her fingers through her hair as she slowly made her way into the bathroom then disappeared right behind the door.

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LIT RALLY MY FUCKING FAVOURITE CHAPTER EVER

AND THE NEXT ONE

UGH. i'm so happy with these last chapters like i enjoyed writing them SO MUCH and i felt actual pain in my chest when i was finishing it like these were the last ever scenes with charlotte. zayn. gemma. the dads. mason. olivia. tj. ren. harry.

i'm so sad. and the last ever authors note will be a separate chapter where u can ask questions and stuff like anything about the story idgaf i'll answer it cos i love explaining shit lmfao

omg the big 100 tomorrow. scary.

pls don't forget to check out downfall i posted the first chapter yesterday and i'm so so excited about it  and i wanna know what u think 💆🏻‍♀️

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