The Letter. THE CHANGE.
The Lie.
Chapter 43: Part 1
*Mia's POV*
It has been three days since Niall did his press conference about
Milo and today was the big day. The day Milo comes home. The boys,
Katia, and I have spent the last couple days baby proofing all of
the boys' places and getting all of the supplies we will need.
It was still kind of surreal that we were going to have a baby
around. I mean we all knew but I don't think it has really sunk
in.
The fans were having meltdowns. On
top of Niall announcing that he has a son, Louis and Katia have
been going out in public quite a bit since their date. They
started officially dating a week ago, the day of the press
conference. They haven't announced anything publicly about
being together though. I think part of the reasoning behind that
is because Katia has still yet to tell her parents. She wants to,
but she is afraid they are going to freak out. I can see that
happening, but she still needs to tell them soon.
"My, you ready?" Katia
leaned against the wooden doorframe that led into my room. She
was wearing a pair of jean shorts with a school t shirt. I looked
down at my outfit, we were wearing almost the same outfit, only I
was wearing a volleyball shirt and hers was track.
I stood up and nodded. "As
ready as I'll ever be." We walked out and joined
everyone else. They were all dressed as relaxed as we were,
shorts and a random shirt. No one did much with their hair
besides Zayn, I swear that boy spends longer in the bathroom than
I do sometimes.
"Louis, stop touching my
hair!" Harry jokingly complained. I looked over and saw
Louis pulling at his curls. I looked over at Katia and she just
shook her head and rolled her eyes.
"Lou please keep your hands to
yourself," Liam scolded. Pouting for getting in trouble Lou
crossed his arms around his chest. As Katia walked over to
join Louis I scanned the room to find Niall but he wasn't
there. I was about to ask where he was when I heard a door
open.
Niall walked down the hallway
towards us while texting someone. After shoving his phone into
his pocket he asked if we were ready to go. Slowly we all
shuffled out to the cars. Niall, Zayn and I rode in one car and
Harry, Louis and Katia in the other. I slid onto the leather seat
and put on my seat belt.
I glanced next to me and stared at
the baby seat. It seemed almost alien like sitting there. I mean
I am only 16, I shouldn't be using one of those everyday,
but now I am going to be. I turned away from the
intimidating seat and looked out the window.
Soon we were pulling up in the
hospital parking lot. There was a group of fans and some
paparazzi standing out by the door, and I prayed that it
was all going to go well. All that had been in magazines were
stories on the band and everything that is happening with Niall
and Milo, and some even with Louis and Katia.
After Niall parked the car I slowly
climbed out and stood by Niall and held his hand tightly as we
began our walk to the doors. We all walked in as a group, Niall
and I in front and Harry coming in last. The boys gave a quick
hello to the fans as they walked by.
The automatic doors of the hospital
opened up letting out a blast of the stuffy air. Still walking as
a group to the front desk we all signed in. This was going to be
the first time Tessa met everyone and I knew Niall was nervous.
We walked to her room in silence and no one said a word until we
were in the room.
Niall walked in first and I
followed in after him. Tessa was sitting upright in the hospital
bed. Her skin was sickly, pale in color and she had dark bags
under her eyes. her dull, blonde hair was pulled back into a
ponytail. In her thin arms was tiny Milo.
Tessa nervously watched as we all
filed in; she was almost overwhelmed by the sight of all of us.
Only Niall walked forward into the room, the rest of us stayed
back near the doorway.
"Hello Tessa," Niall
greeted her as he walked over to see Milo. "How are you
feeling?"
"Good," she lied. We were
all aware of it, but no one dared to say anything.
"Tessa, these are my closest
friends," he motioned towards us. We all stepped into the
room more, but just barely. "Everyone, this is Tessa and
Milo."
"Hello Tessa, I'm Liam. I
came here with Niall the first time," Liam walked over to
stand by Niall.
She smiled at him kindly.
"Nice to see you again."
After that everyone introduced
themselves. We all stood around the room and talked for a bit,
getting to know each other. After a while she seemed to relax,
and became more comfortable with all of us. We had been there for
a couple hours before a nurse came in, telling us we would have
to leave. The nurse left us to say our good byes.
"Are you sure you want me to
take Milo?" Niall asked her. "Don't you want him
here with you?"
"No," she shook her head.
"You need to take him."
"If that is what you
want..." Niall said giving her another chance to change her
mind.
"Yes, that is what I
want," she said blinking away the tears that were forming at
her eyes.
"It was nice meeting you
Tessa," Liam told her. We all said our goodbyes and left the
room, leaving just Niall and Tessa to talk.
