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*~ 3 Years Earlier, 2012 ~*

"Daddy, hurry up or we're gonna be late! Uncle Zayn is waiting for us." Elijah ran into his room startling Louis making him drop the half of the picture he had been looking at.

"I'm coming, sweetheart." Louis said putting the picture back in the drawer of Elijah's nightstand after he had given it to him when he had turned seven and wouldn't stop asking about his other father.

Louis looked at his now eight year old son and smiled wondering what his Jonah was like and how was Harry doing wherever he was. Had he gotten his law degree, had he moved on and gotten married again and had he formed his own family, Louis couldn't help but feel his heart aching every time he thought about the last two but if he had then there was no one to blame but himself.

Seven years after Harry had disappeared Louis had searched for him everywhere he could think of with Zayn's help without any luck when he never heard from him ever again. A few months later after he had left Louis' parents had tried to take Elijah away from him unable to even look at him and had kicked him out but as soon as he had found out he hadn't wasted time on moving out and Zayn had been nice enough to let him move in with him helping him in whatever he could even though he didn't deserve it.

Louis had gone back to school and with sacrifice had finished it and was now one of the top five fashion designers of his generation having moved to London to pursue a career with Zayn moving next door when he had fallen in love with the building Louis was living in.

"What took you so long mate?" Zayn asked from where he was sitting in Louis' living room waiting for him.

"I was looking for my phone." Louis lied then grabbed Elijah's hand walking towards the door.

As soon as Elijah was busy in the backseat reading one of his comics Zayn gave Louis a knowing look making him look down. Today was the day he would be presenting his newest collection and it was supposed to be a happy day but he hadn't been fully happy ever since he had pushed Harry and their son away, his other son that Elijah knew nothing of.

"Smile Louis, today is supposed to be a happy day. You're about to introduce your newest collection which I'm sure will be a huge hit and very successful just like the others." Zayn tried to cheer him up but Louis only gave him a sad smile.

"What's the point in having money and fame, for the world to see and like my creations like I've always wanted if I don't have them and I'll probably never see them ever again. Its been seven years and still no trace of Harry or his family." Louis felt awful just by thinking about it.

"We'll find them, Lou. We're never gonna give up and I promise you one day we'll find them." Zayn gave him an encouraging smile.

When they got to the fashion show Elijah was left to sit at a table with his small backpack filled with books by his feet while Louis got busy getting everything ready and Zayn changed into the newest clothes Louis had designed after accepting to model for him. There were always rumors that they were dating no matter how many times Louis told them that Zayn was like his brother and their relationship was nothing but platonic.

Louis loved and would always love the father of his child and the one he had lost and never mentioned. Louis was proud of his winter collection and even more proud of his models especially Zayn who the public seemed to love and find extremely attractive to the point that they thought he wasn't real.

When the show was over it had been a great success just like the many others before and like always Louis went home right away to put Elijah to bed before going to bed himself. The next day Louis woke up bright and early and while he was making breakfast a wide eyed Zayn walked in holding a newspaper shoving it on Louis' face telling him to read the front page over and over again.

"What the hell, Zayn." Louis said taking the newspaper.

"Read it!" Zayn insisted watching how Louis' eyes widened and shined as soon as he started reading.

HARRY STYLES SOLVES NEW YORK'S MURDER CASE OF THE DECADE

Louis' heart started beating faster than ever the more he read and when he saw a recent picture of him was when the tears rolled down his cheeks. It talked about how he had solved the biggest murder case New York had ever seen and had victoriously walked out of there when he proved his client to be innocent of any charges against him managing to jail the real culprit.

Louis could care less about the murder when all he cared about was that he had found Harry and their son and how Harry had made his dream come true and now according to the newspaper he was one of the best lawyers out there and would soon be opening his own law firm.

"All this time he's been in New York. Zayn we have to go there, we have to find them." Louis desperately said feeling relieved when Zayn nodded.

"Pack your bags while I book us the earliest flight they have." Zayn said already on it going back to his apartment to pack.

Louis hurried around packing a few change of clothes for him and Elijah and once he was done he packed the newspaper in his carry on bag. When Zayn was back Louis had a sleepy boy sitting on the sofa next to him and before they knew it they were in the seven and a half hour flight from London to New York.

"Do you think he'll ever forgive me and maybe want to start over?" Louis whispered seeing Elijah asleep in between him and Zayn with an open book on his lap.

"I don't know Louis but for you and Elijah's sake as well as Jonah's I hope he does." Zayn sighed and Louis felt bad knowing Zayn missed Jonah just as much as he missed him.

Louis thought he was going to find Harry and their son right away but it was difficult to find someone when they didn't want to be found. All they had managed to find out was that he had graduated from Harvard with the highest honors and had moved to another state. He had only been in New York to represent the man that had been accused of murder and after winning the case had immediately left to go back home.

Louis had refused to stay any longer in New York and a week later he boarded a plane that would take him back to London unable to answer Elijah's questions as to why they hadn't stayed longer. When they were back in their apartment and Louis was finally alone he looked at the picture of Harry again with tears in his eyes and as pathetic as it sounded he cut off the article.

"Where are you?" Louis whimpered putting it with the rest of their pictures he kept in a box on the top shelf of his closet.

*~ Present Time, 2015 ~*

Harry slowly drove the car he had rented through Cheley, Lower Ski Hi camp in Land O' Peaks Ranch in Colorado while Jonah was literally bouncing up and down in his seat looking around with excited green eyes with a hint of blue at the many kids already walking around with their own group. His light brown wavy hair moving with the wind until he closed the window then proceeded to fix it over his forehead on a fringe.

"Are you excited, squirt?" Perrie, Harry's associate and a close friend of his spoke from the front seat catching Jonah's attention.

"I am aunt Perrie. Are you gonna miss me too much this next week and a half?" Jonah grinned.

"I'll be nothing but a sad Perrie while you're gone, my love." Perrie loudly sighed wiping away fake tears while Harry playfully rolled his eyes.

"We're here!" Harry loudly said as he looked around for the cabin where Jonah would be staying in shaking his head with fondness when an excited Jonah got out of the car followed by an equally, if not more excited Perrie helping his son get his luggage out of the car.

He helped them with the bags then made his way to the first cabin with both Jonah and Perrie following him and as soon as Jonah had settled down in the cabin he would be sharing with three other boys and after talking to one of the head counselors he turned around to say goodbye to him. He smiled when he saw Perrie already squeezing Jonah with her famous hugs and kissing all over his face while telling him to be a good boy and Jonah squirmed in her hold trying to get away.

"You better behave Jonah William, none of your pranking and those shenanigans you like to do." Perrie said then smiled at him hugging him one more time before she stepped aside.

"Be good okay, I'll see you in a week and a half. I love you." Harry bent down and hugged him feeling him squirming.

"Dad." Jonah groaned.

"Fine, I get it. You're an adult now, I get it." Harry chuckled letting go of him but not before taking him by surprise kissing his forehead then his left cheek, "Be good, I don't want to get a call complaining about your behavior." Harry gave him a warning look.

"I know dad, if you get a call I'm never getting out of the house ever again until I'm in college." Jonah recited already having it memorized after hearing Harry saying it a million times.

"Thank you, sweetheart." Harry smiled.

"Okay, please hug Nana, grandpa, grandpa Des and his wife, aunt Gemma, uncle Richard, baby Kyle, uncle Liam, aunt Sophia and Bryan." Jonah took a deep breath then continued talking, "And uncle Niall, aunt Barbara and Lily for me." Jonah finally finished.

"Okay, no hug for-"

"No, I don't like him." Jonah interrupted rolling his eyes then gave his father the sweetest smile when he saw him ready to scold him, "I love you daddy." Jonah said and that seemed to do the trick when he saw him smiling again.

"I love you too, buddy. I'll see you in a week and a half, I'm gonna pick you up, okay." Harry hugged him one more time before leaving him sitting in his assigned bed, he waited a few seconds and smiled when he saw him approaching his cabin mates already making friends.

Harry and Perrie both made their way to the car in complete silence while Harry tried not to worry at the thought of being away from Jonah for too long. He was already thousands of miles away from Elijah when he, who Harry still loved the same but despised at the same time had taken him away then had cut them out of his life.

The first few days in a new country had been hard for Harry and his family but had settled down rather quickly and years later Harry graduated with the highest of honors making his family proud. He had started his own Law Firm and hired Perrie to work with him who he had met in college and had become great friends. She was like a sister to him and had helped him a lot with Jonah who she considered her nephew and had a very special place in her heart for him.

He was very successful and soon had managed to make his law firm one of the top ones in the country and had built himself a fortune succeeding in giving his family a better life. He missed Elijah with all his heart and couldn't deny that sometimes he missed Louis too and still loved him like a fool but after nine years he had finally decided to move on and now he was all Harry needed, or so he thought, that's what he made himself believe.

"Stop worrying so much Harry, it will only be for a week and a half then he'll go back home." Perrie said as she buckled herself up and Harry pulled out of his parking spot.

"He's never been away from me." Harry sighed not having to explain to her why he felt that way when she already knew about Louis and Elijah.

"He packed his picture, practically the whole family...even one of me." Perrie fondly smiled.

"You are part of the family." Harry said then out of nowhere slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting a car with tinted windows like his coming the other way, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine." Perrie quickly said trying to see who was in the other car then looked straight ahead when Harry continued going leaving the camp behind while the other car was just arriving, "They need to be more careful."

"Yeah, we should go get lunch before going to the airport." Harry said getting a nod of agreement from Perrie.

******

"They need to watch where they're going." Zayn said after Louis had slammed on the brakes scaring the hell out of him.

"Are you okay dad, you okay uncle Zayn?" Elijah asked from the backseat.

"We're okay love. Are you okay?" Louis asked him as he tried to park then turned the engine off pulling the key out of the ignition.

"Yeah, just a little shaken up." Elijah said getting out of the car walking over to stand next to Zayn while Louis grabbed his bags.

"Can you smell that Eli?" Zayn asked continuing when Elijah gave him a questioning look, "That's the smell of nature, dead leaves and wild creatures...something I do not want to be part of."

"Of course you don't." Louis sighed making him carry one of Elijah's bags.

"Dad, what cabin am I gonna stay in?" Elijah asked as he pulled his hair out of his forehead already worried about sleeping arrangements and whether his cabin mates were going to like him.

"First one is already full, you'll be staying in...the fourth one." Louis said as he looked through the information sheet he had printed when he had enrolled his son for the summer.

When they walked into the cabin it was still empty and all Louis could do was smile at Elijah when he saw him looking around rather nervously. He set the bags on top of a bed while Zayn did the same then walked up to his son wrapping his arms around his small shoulders.

"Don't be nervous, I promise you you're going to have so much fun here and make new friends." Louis squeezed him then kissed the top of his head.

"I'm not good at making friends." Elijah shrugged making Louis feel a pang in his chest.

"Well I can assure you you'll make lots here, maybe you'll even get a best friend." Louis said letting go of him.

"Okay." Elijah said.

"Baby...are you sure you want to stay here? We could get your things and go back, just say the words." Louis started internally freaking out at the thought of leaving his baby behind.

"I want to stay, I want to try out new things." Elijah insisted.

"Okay then, but if you change your mind I'm just a call away." Louis continued, hoping he'll change his mind.

"I'll see you in a week and a half dad, I love you. I love you too uncle Zayn." Elijah hugged Louis then reached for Zayn who was quick to wrap his arms around both of them.

"I love you too Eli, and I know you brought those poker cards with you. Remember what I taught you boy, destroy them all...be vicious and have no mercy. Make uncle Zayn proud." Zayn gave him a sweet smile while Elijah gave him a confident one remembering all those afternoons playing with him until Zayn deemed him equally vicious like him.

"I will." Elijah nodded.

"I'm gonna miss you babycakes, be good and I'll see you soon." Louis tried to let go but stayed when Elijah tightened his hold around him and a few seconds later his son let him go, "Love you."

Louis and Zayn left leaving Elijah organizing his stuff just as another kid walked in carrying his own stuff, dropped it on a bed then made his way to Elijah wearing the friendliest of smiles and Louis knew his son would be okay. Zayn led him out the door just when Elijah slowly but surely started making conversation with him.

Since the moment they had started showing their personality Louis knew Elijah was going to be a shy one but not as much as he was. He sometimes blamed himself thinking that if he had stayed with Harry and Jonah then his son wouldn't be as shy as he was. He remembered a little boy hiding behind his legs whenever a stranger would approach them and sometimes he would still hide behind him holding tight onto the back of whatever shirt he was wearing.

He wondered what Jonah was like and if he would ever see him again, if he would ever get to have both of his children in his arms at the same time and if he would ever get to see Harry again and maybe start over even though he knew the chances were slim to none.

"Stop worrying Louis, he'll be fine." Zayn tried to make him feel better but nothing seemed to work.

"I'm just scared of losing him too." Louis confessed.

"You won't and we'll find them, one day we will." Zayn said.

"Its been ten years Zayn, I'm starting to lose hope by now. I know I'll never see Harry or our son ever again and I've got no one to blame but myself for being selfish and stupid. I- I left my own baby behind." Louis' eyes burned with tears that he quickly willed away, he would never forgive himself for what he had done.

"You promise you wouldn't do that, keep it!" Zayn snapped then his expression softened as he led Louis to the car.

"I don't know how much longer I'll be able to do that." Louis got in the car then without saying anything drove straight to the airport to go back to London.

~*~

Jonah was quick to make friends with his cabin mates while Elijah was welcomed but barely talked to them except for Aaron who had approached him as soon as Louis and Zayn had left. They had arrived a Sunday and were set to leave in a week and a half, that night they had a meeting in the bigger cabin that was supposed to be the kitchen and cafeteria then had a tour around and finally at the end of the day they were allowed to take a shower then go to bed ready to start a new day the next day.

"Look what I brought." Jonah mischievously grinned taking a bottle out of his bag to show his three new friends, "Can you guys guess what it is?"

"Its...no way! Styles how did you manage to convince your parents to let you bring it?" Oliver asked as soon as he saw the bottle in Jonah's hands.

"I didn't, I snuck this baby in without my dad finding out." Jonah proudly said looking around at Oliver, Mason and Carter.

"What about your mum, didn't she check your bags 'cause mine did and took away my BB Guns." Mason frowned.

"I have two dads but one of them isn't around so I was fine." Jonah shrugged noticing Carter smiling at him.

"I have two dads too, one of them had you too?" Carter asked.

"Yeah, the one who isn't around." Jonah fidgeted a little wanting to look for his picture just to look at him for a bit not wanting to forget his face, the face he had never seen in person.

"Mine is like my cousin's mom, he likes to mother me." Carter said then shut up when Jonah looked down and played with the bottle in his hands.

"So who are we gonna prank?" Oliver rubbed his hands together giving them a mischievous smile.

"I say we start with cabin four then make our way down." Jonah suggested getting three nods in return, "I used it on my dad's boyfriend and it worked perfectly. Oh! And we're only gonna prank one cabin tonight, that way no one would ever know it was us."

They waited until it got later and by then all four of them had their own small plastic bags as they made their way to cabin four careful not to trip in the dark. Jonah was careful not to make any noise as he opened the door and as soon as they were inside he spotted their next day clothes resting at the foot of the bed. He motioned for each of them to take care of one then walked over to the first bed squinting his eyes to try and see who it was then gave up soon after.

He was careful not to get any itching powder on himself as he took his time putting it all over their clothes, once he was done he signaled for the others to follow. They ran all the way to their cabin and once they were there they burst out laughing high fiving each other then he made sure he had gotten rid of the evidence

"Now we wait." Jonah smirked.

The following morning Jonah stayed in bed a little longer than usual after they had been woken up and as soon as he heard the screams he smirked and slowly got up. He put his clothes on as if nothing had happened and made his way to the bathrooms then to the cafeteria to get breakfast. He didn't see cabin four for the rest of the day and it wasn't until dinner when they were called in for a meeting that Jonah started freaking out having told his new friends to stay quiet.

"Cabin four were victims of a cruel prank and until whoever did it takes full responsibility all activities will be canceled, we will not tolerate this kind of behavior. You have been warned." Mr. Stevenson, the head counselor of the camp spoke looking at every single one of the kids.

Jonah looked around trying to find the kids from cabin four by the shirts since each cabin had their own color and frowned when he couldn't see anyone and out of habit fixed his hair over his forehead. His hands started sweating when his friends looked at him wearing the same nervous expression he was probably sporting then motioned them to be quiet. They spent the rest of the day in their cabins doing nothing and by dinner Jonah felt like dying of boredom sighing in relief when they were called in for dinner.

While eating he couldn't stop thinking about how his dad would be so disappointed in him if he knew what he had done then thought about what his other dad Louis would think if he was around. As far as he was concerned his father couldn't be around because life had been cruel to them and everytime he would ask about him wanting to know more things his dad Harry would always change the subject. He would always scold him whenever he insisted and all he knew was that his name was Louis, he knew what he looked like from the ripped picture his dad had given him when he was nine.

The next day still no one had come forward and that's when Mr. Stevenson decided to forget all about it and allowed them to continue with their normal activities but not before giving them a warning. Each cabin was to do a different activity to avoid everyone wanting to do the same thing at the same time. That morning Jonah headed straight to hiking while Elijah had gone to target sports absolutely falling in love with archery.

"I think I can still feel it." Aaron commented while standing next to Elijah who was trying to focus his aim.

"Tell me about it, I wanted to go back home." Elijah sighed letting go of the string smiling when he didn't completely missed the target.

"How did you get your parents to let you come all the way here from London?" Aaron asked.

"I just told my dad I wanted to come and after a long talk he agreed." Elijah shrugged.

"What about your mom?"

"I don't have one, I have a dad and another dad but he's not around."

"They adopted you?" Aaron continued asking unable to stop, his curiosity getting the best of him.

"No, the dad who's with me had me." Elijah answered picking up another bow and after that Aaron only nodded never asking a question about his dads for the rest of the day.

After they had dinner in the cabin earlier than the others and due that Mr. Stevenson wanted them to get more comfortable Elijah was just making his way to his bed from the showers when he saw Justin distributing Jolly Ranchers. He had a big bag in his hands and a very angry expression as he handed them each four pieces of the candy.

"What's this for?" Elijah asked taking the candy from him noticing they were all apple or sour green apple.

He hated those flavors.

"Ryker heard the guys from cabin one talking about how no one found out they were the ones that pranked us. Its time for payback." Justin narrowed his eyes.

Elijah was a nervous mess as they walked to the showers in their cabin after they had made sure they were still in the cafeteria and as soon as they were there he turned around to leave but was stopped by Justin and Ryker telling him he had to help.

"They got you too, remember?" Was all Justin said pushing him back inside the bathrooms after Elijah nodded pulling the hair out of his forehead.

He was put in charge of unwrapping the candy while the rest got to work removing the shower heads after Ryker had told them how to since his dad was a plumber and once they were done he walked back and forth handing them each four pieces. He asked his dad for forgiveness already thinking of how disappointed he would be of him as he carefully put the candy in place then put the shower head back on.

After making sure they were placed correctly they ran out of there as fast as they could quickly getting in bed as soon as they were back in their cabin. Elijah was still breathing hard then out of nowhere started laughing followed by the others still feeling the rush he had felt while running out of there.

"That'll teach them." Justin said then sat up looking under the bed for his bag and a few seconds later he pulled out a bag of marshmallows, "Come over children, I have plenty of healthy food."

Ryker and Aaron were quick to run to his bed each grabbing a bag of junk food as fast as Justin pulled them out of his bag while Elijah stayed behind not knowing what to do. He had already brushed his teeth and his dad wouldn't allowed him to have candy after dinner, only after lunch and that's if he was lucky.

"C'mon Eli, don't be shy, there's plenty for everyone." Justin said and when Elijah did nothing he loudly sighed and got up pulling him by the arm towards his bed.

"I'm not allowed to have candy after dinner." Elijah said on the verge of having a mini freak out.

"So? Your dad isn't here and what he doesn't know won't kill him. Relax and stuff your face, he's not gonna find out." Justin offered him a bag full of skittles.

Elijah took the candy then walked back to his bed ignoring their surprised expressions, he pulled out his bag grabbing something. When he turned around all three boy's jaws dropped when Elijah made his way back adding a huge bag of M&M's and a deck of poker cards still in the sealed box.

"I thought you weren't allowed to have candy." Aaron said through a mouthful of pop rocks.

"I don't, uncle Zayn bought them for me when dad was busy picking out vegetables." Elijah shrugged.

"Sweet! Come to papa." Ryker cooed at them as he opened the bag.

"Do you guys know how to play poker?" Elijah asked looking around.

They all shook their heads no and Elijah sighed wondering if anyone there knew how to play at all. He asked if they wanted to learn and when they said yes he happily picked up the deck and started teaching them how to play, by the time it was really time to go to bed they knew how to play a little and he went to bed in a good mood knowing he had three new friends.

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