Zayn's POV

"You promised him you were going to spend the day with him Louis," I whisper shouted into the phone so I wouldn't wake up my soon to be one-year-old.

"I know I did. But something important came up, so I won't be able to spend the day with Liam."

"What could possibly be more important than spending time with your son?"

"Well...I uhh...I have a date with Danielle. I'm going to ask...never mind that. I just can't."

"Louis, please. I am begging you; just spend the day with your son. He misses you," I whispered.

"I can't Zayn. Maybe this weekend?"

"Why can't you just go out with her another day? You never want to spend time with him Louis. And you can't this weekend. Remember I told you Liam, Niall , and I are going to London?

"Oh. That's right. Listen, I'm kind of busy. Just give me a call whe-."

I didn't even let him finish the sentence. I just hung up on the bastard.

I could feel the hot tears blurring my vision, but I quickly wiped them away. I was done crying for him. No more tears.

That was my ex-husband Louis Tomlinson. Louis is a big football (soccer) star for the Doncaster Rovers.

Louis and I were high school sweethearts. We got married right after I graduated from high school and a few years later we were blessed with our little baby boy Liam.

When Liam was three months, I walked in on Louis fucking Danielle in our bedroom, while our son was sleeping in the room next door. Fast-forward seven months and I am now a single mother.

As I was reminiscing I was startled by a knock.

"Come in."

"Hey ba-hey what's with the tears?" I heard my best friend Niall ask.

I quickly shook my head signaling that I didn't want to talk about it. She of course understood and was quick to pull me into a hug.

I stuffed my face into her neck and just inhaled her comforting scent.

"He's not coming. He said he had something more important to do, and couldn't spend the day with Liam. He isn't fu-" I was unfortunately now crying.

"Hey hey don't cry babe. It's his loss. He's going to miss the opportunity to see Liam," she cooed while tightening her hold around me.

"It just sucks. Because Liam kept babbling dada after I mentioned that he was going to spend the day with him."

"Zayn. Liam doesn't need that piece of shit. We can take Liam out for lunch. Hell we can even take him out for some ice-cream, but don't cry anymore babe."

"Yeah. Let's take Li out, just because Louis didn't, doesn't mean he shouldn't get to go to have some fun," I said while smiling weakly.

After cuddling with Niall of a few more minutes I pulled out of her embrace and did a quick touch up on my make-up.

"When should we head out?" Niall asked.

"Let me go wake up Li, and then we can head out. Do you mind getting his diaper bag ready for me?"

"Course not," she said before exciting my bedroom.

I looked at my appearance in the mirror once more satisfied with my outfit, I was wearing all black; a black maxi dress and my black Doc Martin's.

Walking into my son's room I was met by the cute sight of his crazy bed hair sticking up in all directions as he rubbed his eyes with his fat fist.

"Morning sleepy head," I cooed.

When Liam heard my voice he immediately began to kick his feet and a smile at me.

"Ma-ma," he squealed.

"Hi baby. Did you have a good sleep?" I cooed as I carefully pulled him out of his crib and into my arms.

"No!" he squealed happily.

No was currently one of the few words that were in Liam Tomlinson's vocabulary. Liam would answer no to pretty much anything, even if his answer was yes. It was quite adorable.

"Do you need a fresh nappy?"

"No!"

"No? I think you do stinker," I cooed as I placed him on his changing table.

I made quick work of unbuttoning his white ducky onesie and changing him into a clean nappy.

Once Liam was in his clean nappy. I picked him up and walked over to his closet, "Now what should you wear today?"

I looked at Liam and noticed that he was too busy playing with my necklace to even pay attention to what I was saying.

"Hmmm....how about this?" 

I pulled out a pair of his light blue distressed jeans, a white t-shirt that said 'little stud' on it, a light grey cardigan, and a cute pair of baby moccasins. 

Once I had Liam's outfit all picked out, I walked back to the changing table and quickly got him dressed.

"Don't you look handsome."?

"Christ Nialler. You scared the living sh-"

"Watch it Zaynie. There's a baby in the room," she teased.

I sent her a glare before I complemented her outfit, "Love the outfit Ni. I'm sure Haz is going to love seeing the pictures the paparazzi get of you," I teased.

"Ready to go?" she asked trying to change the subject since her pale face was now turning red. 

"Yup. Just need to my jacket and we're set."

"Alright let's go get some lunch cutie," she cooed as she picked Liam up and placed him on her hip.

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"Ready?" Niall asked.

"Yeah. Do you mind grabbing Liam's bag while I get him?"

"Of course not."

We had just gotten to Vivo's, Niall and I's favorite Italian restaurant, and it was surrounded by a paparazzi.

I don't even know why they bother to follow Niall and I. Well I guess it's understandable that they follow Niall around. I mean she is dating Harry Styles, but there's no reason for them to follow me around.

As soon as I opened the door to my car I was blinded by the flashes of the cameras, as quickly as I could I opened the back door to get my son out.

"Zayn! Zayn! Did you hear that Louis is now engaged?"

"How do you feel about Liam's step-mom to be?"

Were a few of the things that I heard them shout at me.

"Come on pumpkin," I cooed at my scared ten-month-old.

As soon as I had Liam pressed up against my chest I threw his white with black Batman helmet blanket over him.

"Think you'll get invited to the wedding?"

"Are you happy for Louis?"

Having them shout all those questions at me made me upset. I tried to ignore them and made my way inside the restaurant as fast as I could with Niall.

"Did you know?" I heard Niall ask.

I looked up at her and nodded, "Yeah. That's what was so important that he couldn't spend the day with his son. He fucking proposed Niall," I whispered while feeling my vision blur.

Soon my best friend pulled me into a hug, "Please don't cry Zayn. He's not worth your tears," she whispered.

"I don't want to cry, but I can't help it. I'm so pissed that he didn't have the audacity to give me a warning. This morning when I asked why he couldn't spend the day with Liam, he said he was going out with Danielle to ask her something. But I know he stopped himself from saying he was going to ask her to marry him. It's just so frustrating."

"I know babe, but like I said he doesn't deserve those tears. Now wipe off those tears and lets have some fun with Li. Right Li?" she said while cooing at my beautiful baby boy.

Liam started gurgling while giving us his cheesy smile. That instantly brought a smile to my face.

"You're right. No more tears," I stated while quickly wiping off any smudged makeup.

The rest of our day was spent having some fun with Liam and getting last minute things packed for our trip up to London this weekend.

I had just finished giving Liam his bath when Niall poked her head through the door.

"All packed for tomorrow?" she asked.

"Yeah, I just need to figure out what we're wearing tomorrow and I'm set. You?" I asked as I wrapped Liam up in the Batman towel Niall handed me.

"Same. I'm debating if I want to glam up or just wear something comfy," she said while pouting.

"I'm sure you'll look gorgeous either way, and Harry will absolutely love whatever you wear."

The mention of Harry instantly brought a smile on Niall's face.

"Your right. That dork would probably say I look good in a paper sack as a dress," she said while smiling fondly.

She's right though. Harry absolute worships the ground she walks on. He would definitely say she'd look beautiful in a paper bag.

I sent a smile her way as we made our way into Liam's nursery.

"Alright Mr. Liam. What pajamas would mommy's baby like to wear tonight?" I cooed while laying him on his changing table.

"Ma ma," he squealed happily while kicking his legs excitedly.

"Niall, would you mind picking out some jammies for him?" I asked while I was placing a clean nappy on Liam.

"Course. Does it matter which one?" she asked already looking through his many pajamas that were in his dresser.

"Umm it doesn't matter as long as it's a onesie. I don't want him getting cold at night," I said as I lathered Liam's baby soft skin with his Johnson's Baby Bedtime lotion.

"Here you go babe," she said as she handed over a grey and white dinosaur onesie.

Once Liam was all dressed Niall picked up Liam and placed him on her hip, "You smell so good," she cooed while placing several kisses onto his face.

Liam squealed in excitement as he kept babbling "Ni ni ni."

"Yeah baby that's Aunt Ni," I cooed while sending him a smile.

Liam leaned towards Niall's face and placed a big slobbery kiss on the corner of her mouth.

"Awe, Zayn he just gave me a kiss," she squealed as she placed a few more kisses all over his face.

"Who's the cutest baby? Liam's the cutest baby!" she cooed in a baby voice.

Liam gurgled a bit more before he let out a cute yawn.

"Looks like it's time for someone's bedtime," I whispered as I stretched my arms out for Liam.

Niall placed a few more kisses onto Liam's head before handling him off to me, "Good night Li. See you in the morning."

Once Niall had walked out of Liam's nursery I walked over to the lazy boy, but not before grabbing Liam's blankie, so that I could feed him a bit before bed.

"You hungry baby?" I cooed while I adjust both Liam and myself. I pulled down the left side of my black dress as well as my bra so that my boob was within reach for Liam.

Was I was all settled I gently guided Liam's cute little face towards my breast so that he could nurse for a bit.

Liam quickly latched on, "Slow down Li. The milk isn't going anywhere but your tummy," I chuckled while I ran my finger over his soft baby cheek.

I watched as Liam just smiled at me, making it so that some milk dribbled down the sides of his mouth.

"I love you Liam. And please don't ever forget that," I whispered as I watched him continue to suckle and look at me with those big brown puppy dog eyes his.

After rocking Liam for a few more minutes he had finally fallen asleep. I carefully got up, as to not to disturb him, and placed him into his crib.

"Good night baby. I love you," I whispered.

I made sure his night light was on and that his baby monitor was on as well; once I made sure both were on I quietly walked out of his nursery and into my bedroom.

"Finally," I sighed.

I was glad to finally be in the comfort of my bed.

While lying there, I couldn't help but to think of Lou. I can't believe he's engaged. The man I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life with, just asked another woman to marry him.