Chapter 112

"Mommy, Daddy, up up up!" A small body suddenly pounced on mine and I opened my eyes to see Gracie on top of me and Ashton.

"Gracie its twenty minutes before the alarm." Ashton whined. "Why are you awake baby?"

"Breakfast!" She stated simply.

"Okay sweetie we'll have breakfast in a little bit, go back to sleep." Ashton moved so his back was flat on the mattress while I moved to rest my cheek on his chest, closing my eyes.

"I sleep with you and Mommy!" Gracie decided and I could feel her crawling up to cuddle with us before Ashton jerked up and groaned.

"Ow ow ow ow ow ow." He sat up, folding over as he held his arms across his abdomen.

"What happened?" I asked, sitting up as well as Gracie crawled over to me.

"Owwwwwwwwwwwwww." He groaned again. "Wow that hurt, holy sh-"

"Ashton!" I smacked his arm before he could finish his sentence.

"Stop hitting me! I'm in enough pain."

"What happened?"

"She stepped on me." He whined.

"Okay...?"

"No, she stepped on me." 

"Ashton she steps on you all the time."

"Carter, you know that lovely thing we do so that we will- eventually -end up having children?"

"Yes?" My cheeks flared a bit.

"Yeah, well I don't think we'll be having children."

"Oh." My eyes widened when I realised what he had meant. "Sorry babe."

"Yeah...yeah." He let out a breath before coming to lay back down.

"You good hun?" I asked him.

"Yup." He sighed.

I brought Gracie over to him and laid her gently down on Ashton's chest.

"Daddy we go to sleep now."

"I know. It's time to close your eyes." He messed with her hair.

"Okay Daddy." She smiled contently as she snuggled into his chest and I smiled at the two before reaching over for my phone to take their picture before snuggling into Ashton's side.

We got a few more minutes of rest before the alarm went off.

Gracie had fallen asleep on Ashton's chest and I helped move her off so she could lay in the blankets.

"Look at that." I nodded to the beds where Ender was passed out in one and Gracie in the other.

Ashton shook his head with a chuckle and went over to his duffel to find his clothes.

"So have you thought about getting Ender a phone?" I asked as I did the same.

"Yeah. I mean I think that it would be nice for him to be able to talk to his friends back home and he's got a valid point about if we aren't with him and something happens then he can get in contact with us, but I still think that he's too young and I don't want to give him access to all of the things I work hard to protect him from."

"Yes, I agree. But I think also he had a really good point about the responsibility thing. We need to give him something to be responsible about."

Ashton nodded. "Okay how about this, we get him the phone, but we put parental blocks on it. He only gets so much data and if he goes over then he has to pay us back, only one social media that we will have control over, no password on the phone, and we can check it at any time."

"Sounds good."

"Okay then, it's settled, we'll get him a phone."

I changed into my black yoga pants, black running shoes, a black camisole and a black sweatshirt while Ashton went to brush his teeth and wash his face.

I went to wake up the kids and got Gracie into the small bathroom so I could bathe her.

Since we were only here for a night we didn't have the big nice room like we had in LA but it was still nice.

Ender and Ashton got ready while Gracie was bathed and I then took her to the bedroom to dress her in her baby pink dress with the white bow.

Ashton put on her sandals and then picked her up to hold her while I picked up her toys and belongings making sure we didn't leave anything behind.

Ender helped me pack up while Ashton spun our daughter in circles, tickling her tummy and making her smile.

Once packed up we took our bags downstairs and met the boys in the lobby.

They had a breakfast set up down there where Gracie got her breakfast like she wanted and then we went to the car so it could take us to the stadium.

"This is so exciting!" I smiled as we rode in the car, Ashton grinning at me.

"Calm down, we're just opening the show." Calum laughed at me.

"Let me be excited! I've never seen you guys preform like this!"

We rode in the car for a bit until we reached the stadium, the dome shaped building looking massive.

The driver took us to what was labeled the backstage and bus lot where girls were waiting outside behind gates.

We all got out of the car and walked in the back doors.

The hallway echoed and Gracie started to sing making everyone around us laugh as we were led to the guys dressing room.

"How cool!" I smiled as we walked into a room with couches, tables with snacks and drinks, our luggage in the room as well. There were makeup and hair tables against a wall and a rack with clothes as well.

"Awesome!" Ender exclaimed as he walked over to the television where they had an Xbox and a PlayStation.

"Well I know where he'll be all day." Ashton chuckled.

"Daddy, you play me song?" Gracie came up to Ashton, arms outstretched.

"You want me to play you a song?" He picked her up and she nodded.

"Okay baby." He kissed her cheek.

"Carter!" I heard Becca's voice and saw her walk into the room.

"Becca, hi!" I squealed and went to hug her.

She and I went over to the makeup tables where she braided my hair into two French braids and showed me the new things she got while the guys started the video games.

"Hey Ash can I borrow your Chapstick I'm out." I asked after I had dug through my back pack for ten minutes.

"Yeah." He reached into his pocket but came up empty handed.

"I think I'm out too babe."

I frowned.

"Hey, have the driver take you to the store really quick and go get some." He suggested.

"Okay, I'll be right back then."

I said goodbye to everyone and went to the cars where Brad and a translator tagged along with me to take me to a store there to find what I wanted.

I tried my best to understand what the translator was saying but I was very lost as we walked through the store, Brad following behind me.

Finally I found the chapstick and a few other things before we made our way back to the stadium.

"Thanks Brad." I waved at the body guard as I walked into the back door of the stadium, pulling my phone from my pocket once I got inside.

The fluorescent lights of the hallway glinted eerily off my phone as I saw the text from Ashton that said they were back in the dressing room after going outside for a bit.

I was texting him back that I was on my way when I ran into something, falling back onto my bum.

Looking up I saw that the something I ran into was a someone, and the tall male turned around to look at me.

He had long dark brown hair that was slightly curly along with light green eyes. His face structure was very defined and even though he wore a long, thick black coat I could tell the rest of him was as well.

"I'm so sorry." I apologised and he gave me a small smile.

"It's alright." He reached down a hand to help me up. "But you do know the show doesn't start for several hours, and I'm not sure fans are allowed back here." His smile tapered into a little smirk.

"Oh, I'm allowed to be back here, I swear." I hurried and found my backstage pass and showed it to him.

"My apologies then." He chuckled lightly. "What direction are you headed in?"

"That way." I pointed forward.

"Me too." He said and began to walk that way, motioning for me to follow. "So what's your name?"

"Carter."

"Your name tag said Halle?" He pronounced it like Hayley and I chuckled.

"It's Halle," I said it correctly, "and I go by Carter which is my middle name."

"And your name is?" I asked and he gave me a weird look.

"Harry." 

He paused. "Are you new here?" He asked and I nodded.

"Yeah, do you work for the band?"

"I'm in the band." He said and a hand flew up to my mouth.

"I'm so sorry. I had no idea." I apologised profusely.

"It's fine." He laughed genuinely. "Nice braids." He nodded to the two French braids in my hair.

"Thanks. One of the stylists did them."

"So how old are you?"

"I'm nineteen." I replied.

"A nineteen year old girl travelling around the world with bands, what must your parents think?" He smirked.

"Well they died when I was thirteen so I don't really think they care." I shrugged lightly and Harry stopped next to me so I stopped too.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't know." He looked at me.

"It's alright." I gave him an assuring smile.

"May I ask how?"

"Car accident five years ago."

"I'm sorry for your loss."

"Thanks." I gave him a half smile.

"So I'm going to assume you grew up with your grandparents."

"No. When they died I had no other family left besides my little brother who was five, so I lived on my own and raised him."

He raised his eye brows and widened his eyes.

"That must have been very difficult." He commented.

"Well you have to do what you have do, right?"

He nodded.

"You're very brave Halle."

"You can call me Carter." I smiled.

At this moment we began walking again.

"So this is your first show?" He asked.

"Yes, I'm very excited. I'm about to go listen to soundcheck."

"It's not that exciting." He laughed lightly.

"Okay well maybe not for you since you've done it a million times." I joined in his laughter.

"I guess you're right." He smiled.

The hallway was freezing and a shiver went through my body, more so than my normal shakes.

"Here." He stopped and I did too, and he shrugged off his jacket and took the blue paper shopping bag from my hand.

"Oh you don't have to do that." I waved a hand as he held it out to me.

"Nonsense, you're shivering." He said and I took it, the fabric filling my body with warmth once I had it on.

"Thank you." I smiled and went for my bag but he held it away.

"I've got it." He gave me a soft smile and I felt my cheeks blush.

"So who do you work for?" Harry asked me as we started walking again.

"Huh?" I asked, giving him a strange look.

"Who do you model for? Victoria's Secret? Calvin Klein? Ralph Lauren?" He rephrased his question.

"Oh, I'm hardly a model. I don't work for anyone." I shook my head.

"You're not?" He furrowed his eyebrows. "Well you're very beautiful, you should be."

"Thanks." I laughed, feeling my cheeks blaze even more. "But I think I'll stick to my job now."

"And what would that be?" He asked.

"I own a underwater diving tour business."

"Nineteen and own your own business? That's impressive."

"Well it's the family business so when my parents passed it went to me."

"So where in Australia? I noticed your accent."

"Well it's actually an island off of the coast of Sydney called Haven Harbour."

He nodded.

"Where are you from?" I asked him.

"Holmes Chapel, it's in England."

"Cool. I get to go there in a week. Well to London I mean." I said and he let out a chuckle.

"Maybe I'll see you there." He smiled. "So you went shopping?" He held up my bag.

"Yeah, ran out of chapstick and ended up finding a few things. I hope it's the right chapstick though, the translator said it was honey flavour but I'm not sure." I laughed and he joined in.

Right around this time we turned the corner where the dressing rooms were and I saw the door open to ours, walking inside as Harry followed.

"Mommy!" Gracie exclaimed as I walked in and everyone turned to look at me.

"Hey love." I smiled as she ran up to me and I crouched down so she could throw her arms around my neck, standing back up so I could hug her.

I looked up to see Ashton smiling at me and I set Gracie down before going over to him where he proceeded to sweep me up in his arms, spinning me around in a circle and I placed a hand on his cheek before giving him a long kiss.

"How was shopping?" He asked as he set me down but kept his arms around my waist.

"Good. I found some cool things." I smiled.

"Harry!" I heard Michael say and turned to see Harry standing there with the serious expression he seemed to always wear unless he smiled.

"Oh." I said and left Ashton's arms to get my bag from Harry. "Thank you for carrying this."

"It was no problem." He smiled at me.

"Hey Harry." Ashton walked up and greeted him with one of those "bro hug" things. "I see you've met my fiancé Carter."

"Yes, we ran into each other in the hallway." Harry said.

"Quite literally." I commented.

"Congratulations to you two." Harry gave us a smile and Ashton took my hand in his.

"Thanks."

I let go of Ashton's hand to dig through the shopping bag.

"Okay Gracie come here." I called out to the little girl and she ran over. "We're you a good girl for Daddy and your uncles while I was gone?" I asked.

"She was good." Ashton said and I pulled out the square white pillow with little strawberries printed on the fabric that I had bought her.

She gasped and then hugged it to her.

"Thank you Mommy!" She beamed and I leaned in to kiss her cheek.

"You're welcome."

"Can I have a cupcake?" She asked me next and I shook my head no.

"You're going to spoil your lunch, maybe you can have one as a snack later." I said and she frowned before skipping the few feet to Ashton.

"Daddy can I have a cupcake?" She batted her eyelashes at him.

"Did you mother not just tell you no?" He shook his head and she sighed dramatically then moved on to ask Luke who was sitting closest to us on the sofa, watching the exchange.

I stood up and shook my head.

"She's your daughter?" Harry asked me and Ashton.

"Not biologically. Her mom was my cousin and she passed away a few months ago leaving Gracie to me." I explained.

"She's adorable." He said and Ashton and I both laughed.

"She is." I smiled and watched as she was now asking Michael for a cupcake. "I call this "when Mommy and Daddy say no, try everyone else in the room"."

Harry laughed and we watched as she finally asked Calum, looking defeated when he told her no as well.

"Next we have the sit and pout." I added and watched as she plopped herself down on the floor, crossing her arms and poking out her bottom lip.

Harry chuckled at this as well.

"Ender I got you something too." I said to my brother who was in between Luke and Michael on the sofa playing video games.

He jumped up at this and ran over.

I pulled out the ninja turtle figurine that I saw in the store I was in as well and he smiled.

"Thanks Car."

"You're welcome." I patted his head then turned to Harry. "Ender this is Harry, Harry this is my brother Ender." I introduced the two.

"Nice to meet you." Harry extended a hand which Ender shook.

Ashton was standing next to me and suddenly Gracie ran up to us and did a flying leap into Ashton's arms.

He adjusted her in his grip and she reached out to touch my braid.

"Mommy your hair is pretty." She said.

"Thank you." I looked at her and scrunched up my cheeks in a smile.

"Gracie can you say hi to Harry?" Ashton asked her and nodded to the tale male standing front of us and immediately she became bashful, turning to hide her face in Ashton's neck.

"She's shy." I smiled softly and turned to stroke the little girls cheek.

"Hi Gracie, it's nice to meet you." Harry smiled at the little girl and Gracie peaked her face out from behind her hair, looking at Harry.

"Gracie this is my friend Harry. He's in the band we are opening for." Ashton told her.

"I like your hair." Gracie said to Harry and he smiled.

"Thank you, I like yours too."

She grinned at this.

"Do you wanna watch Frozen with me?" She asked him.

"Gracie." I turned to her and shook my head.

"No she's fine, I'd love to watch frozen with you." He smiled at Gracie and she grinned.

"Yay!" She exclaimed and slid out of Ashton's arms before running over to the sofa to take the remote from Ender.

"No, what are you doing?" He asked her, yanking the remote back.

"Watching Frozen." She pouted, attempting to take the remote back.

"Carter!" Ender whined.

"You've been playing video games ever since I left, you've had your turn at the television and now it's hers." I folded my arms across my chest.

"Ugh." He groaned and handed Gracie the remote while going over to Calum to help her  get the movie on the television.

Once the movie started she ran over to Harry and took his hand.

"Come on!" She giggled brightly and dragged him over to the sofa where he sat down next to her.

Gracie, the cuddly child she was, made her way to Harry's lap where she sat down.

"Sorry, she's very cuddly." I apologised.

"She's fine." He smiled. "She's very sweet."

Ashton came over to sit on the sofa and pulled me into his lap, kissing on my neck making me laugh.

"I like this look on you, it's very sporty." He murmured into my ear before lightly biting on the lobe making me shiver.

"Get a room!" Luke called out at us and I stuck my tongue out at him childishly.

It was cute watching Gracie make a new friend while she watched Frozen with Harry.

I took their picture and Ashton smiled as I went to post it.

'Gracie and Harry watching Frozen. She makes friends everywhere she goes.'

Ashton helped me tag Harry in the photo and Harry laughed as Ash and I playfully bickered over how to work Instagram.

Harry then followed me back on Instagram and  shared the photo as well.

'We are now best friends. H'

"She loves meeting people. She gets shy at first but then give her a few minutes and she's your best friend." I reached over to tuck a curl behind her ear as I spoke.

"We best friends." Gracie turned to say to Harry and he laughed.

They watched the movie for a little longer until someone came to tell the boys it was time for soundcheck.

"Thank you for watching the movie with her, it made her very happy." I smiled at Harry as I lifted the child into my arms, her arms looping around my neck.

"Oh it was no problem." He smiled as well.

"Well I'm excited to see you guys preform."

"Thank you, I hope you enjoy the show." Harry said goodbye and walked across the hall to his dressing room while we went down the hall to the stadium entrance, walking through the doors into the arena.

"Oh wow." I said as we walked into the massive room. There were thousands of seats in here and the stage was huge.

"Come on." Ashton grinned and we walked up a ramp that led up to the back of the stage where Ashton's drum kit was set up.

"So this is where I sit." He took my hand leading me up the platform and I sat on the stool.

"This is so cool." I smiled as I looked about me.

"I know, I've got like the best view from here." He came up and put his arms around my shoulders.

I picked up the drumsticks that were resting on one of the drums.

"Wanna try." Ashton asked and I laughed but he moved one into each hand and took my hands in his before he began to play.

Luke came up to watch and took a few pictures of us before Ashton hit the symbols and ended his progression that he had been playing.

"Uh oh, looks like Gracie found the guitars." I said as I saw her standing by them and panicked when she reached out to touch them.

"Michael!" Ashton yelled and Michael turned around as Ashton pointed to Gracie and he ran over there and pulled her back, picking her up.

"Sorry little one." He said as she pouted, reaching for them as he held her against him.

He brought Gracie to me and I moved to the seats right in front of the stage with Gracie, Ender staying up there to watch them soundcheck; asking the crew questions.

They spent a bit getting everything working and then began to play a song to "get levels" as the sound guy said.

They played She Looks so perfect and I videoed Gracie who was dancing, her arms flailing wildly as she jumped and twirled.

After they finished the song they were done sound checking and we left so they could get OneDirection sound checked.

Back in the dressing room we hung out for awhile, Ender's tutor coming for his lesson, then Becca began to get the boys ready.

I posted the photo of Ashton and I messing with the drums while they had their hair fixed and changed clothes.

We found Gracie's pink headphones to put over her ears to protect them and I walked with the boys into the hall with Ender and Gracie as they were about to go on stage.

Brad was going to take us to where we would stand and watch the show and I watched as Michael and Luke grabbed their guitars and Calum his bass.

"Have fun." I smiled and walked up to Ashton who pulled me into a hug.

"Can I have a good luck kiss?" He asked with a smirk and I laughed as he asked Michael to take a picture of it.

"Good luck baby." I smiled after we had kissed. "You'll do amazing, I'm so excited."

"Love you." He kissed me again.

"I love you too." I giggled. "Okay Gracie, give Daddy a hug."

She hugged him and gave him a kiss as well which I took a photo of and then Ender did the same before Brad led us out into the arena.

A few people waved at me and I waved back as he took us to a place on the side where there was a space roped off for us.

I had Gracie and Ender hold hands and one of mine after I shared the pictures we had taken backstage.

'Pre-show kisses with my rockstar.' I captioned the one of me and Ashton.

'Telling Daddy good luck, they're ready to see him and their uncles preform.' I then captioned the one of the kids.

A few minutes before the boys went on I put the headphones over Gracie's ears.

I noticed girls all around us taking our pictures and waving at us but all of that came to a halt when a sudden surge of screams about gave me a heart attack and I looked to see the lights changing on stage.

I picked Gracie up so she could see and the screams got louder as I saw Ashton run on the stage, going to his drums.

Luke, Michael, and Calum ran out next and I couldn't help but smile widely as I heard Ashton hit his drums, the fans going crazy.

"Daddy!" Gracie yelled and waved at the stage and I smiled at her.

They started off with Out of My Limit and Gracie sang along in my arms as I swayed her from side to side to the beat, Ender singing along next to me.

Hearing the fans sing along to the boys was such a cool feeling and I was so proud of Ashton and the boys for all they had accomplished so far.

As the set continued Gracie danced and sang to every song and had me dance with her for some and I felt actual tears come to my eyes when they sang Beside You.

They ended their set with She Looks So Perfect and then Brad took us backstage where I squealed and did a running jump into Ashton's arms when I saw him.

"Oh my god you were so good!" I hugged his neck as I wrapped my legs around his waist, him laughing at me.

"I'm disgustingly sweaty right now, I wouldn't be hugging me." He put his hands on my back.

"I don't care. I'm so proud of you. You're amazing Ashton."

I pulled back to look in his bright and shining eyes before locking my lips to his.

"Ooo, I know what that kiss means." He smirked when we pulled away.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I giggled innocently.

"I know your kisses Halle Carter, and that kiss means that you are in the mood." He continued to toy.

"Hmm, well maybe I am. I'm really happy for you right now."

"Well maybe," He gave me a teasing yet sultry look, "you can show me how happy you are for me later tonight."

"Maybe." I winked before giving him one more kiss.

"Daddy Daddy Daddy!" We were interrupted by Gracie jumping at us.

Ashton set me down before picking her up.

"Ew! Daddy you stinky!" She covered her nose and made a silly face while Ashton laughed.

"Did you have fun watching the show?" He asked her.

"Mhmm." She nodded.

"Did you dance and sing?"

"Yes!" She giggled brightly.

"Aw I'm glad." He kissed her cheek and then set her down.

Ender who had been talking to Michael, Luke, and Calum then ran up to Ashton, jumping into his arms as well.

"You're the coolest dad ever!" Ender exclaimed as Ashton hugged him and my hand went over my heart as Ashton looked up at me, what looked like tears brimming in his hazel eyes.

Ashton smiled as he looked at me and then rested his head on top of Ender's as he held him.

If there was a word to describe what I was feeling right now it would be bliss.

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Aw Ender :)

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