{Niall's POV}

I park my car at the end of Ella's drive and go to the door. Ella walks out holding a little blue backpack that has Asha embrodied into it. I watch Asha run out the door and Ella lock it behind her. 

"Hey Niall," Ella smiles walking over. Asha runs along beside her looking too damn adorable in her dungarees with a white tee underneath. She also has little black converses on and her hair is in a French braid. 

"Hey Ella!" I smile hugging her. "Hello Asha," I bend down to her height. 

"Hi I'm Asha!" She giggles in a cute British accent. "You're Niall from One Direction!" She adds happily. I chuckle and hold my hand out. She shakes it and then gives me a hug.

I stand back up and look at Ella who is wearing denim shorts, a blue jumper and all black Vans. I'm dressed in black jeans, a plain red tee and black Nike high tops. 

"Do you mind if we take my car? Makes the whole car seat thing easier," she asks. I nod and we head over to the carport where there is a bright blue Skoda Octavia Wagon. I love these cars! (Picture of car on side). 

"Come on Ash!" Ella calls to the little girl who is picking weeds. I chuckle and Ella tosses me the keys. Ella helps Asha into her seat in the middle of the back row and I get into the driver's seat with Ella beside me. 

"Where are we going Niall?" Ella asks. I chuckle and look at her in the rear vision mirror. Her big blue eyes are looking at me eagerly. 

"Do you like animals?" I ask. She nods her head excitedly. "We're going to the zoo!" I cheer. Asha cheers as well and Ella laughs. 

We soon arrive at the London Zoo, I pay the fee for us all and we head in. 

"Where first Asha?" Ella asks her. Asha is on her trike (tricycle). It's a little wooden one with black tyres, blue handles and a purple seat. 

"Ka- nan- ga- na- roos!" She squeals. I chuckle and look at the map. 

"She's got an obession with them," Ella explains. I laugh and we go and see the kangaroos. After the kangaroos came the polar bears, the tigers, the butterflies, the giraffes and now we're at the meercats. 

Asha squeals with delight as they run around and pop up and down. Ella went to take a phone call from her work. When she comes back over she looks annoyed. 

"Niall, I have to go in immediatley," she tells me. I nod and look at Ella.

"Do you want me to keep her? It's not a hassle," I offer. I'd love to spend time with Asha! She's so much fun and damn adorable! 

"You sure?" Ella asks. I nod. I wouldn't have offered if I wasn't sure. "Um, well, her stuff is in her bag, if she goes to sleep you need to put a nappy on her, sorry," Ella explains. Nappies don't bother me. "And um, I'll catch the tram back to mine," Ella says. 

"Take my car," I hand her the keys. "You'll get to the city again a lot quicker," I smile. 

"Thank you so much Niall! I'll make it up to you I promise," Ella hugs me. 

"What time will you be back?" I ask. Ella shrugs. "Just shoot me a text," I smile. 

"Thank you!" She smiles running off. I look down at Asha. 

"Where's Mummy gone?" Asha asks looking up at me in a very adorable way. 

"She had to go to work," I reply. Asha takes a deep breath and says 'Mummy is always at work'. "Well Asha, Mummy needs to work so she can look after you. But for now, we're going to hang out!" I explain. 

Asha cheers and then rides down the footpath. "C'mon Niall! I'm hungry!" She calls. I laugh and follow her. 

We go to the cafe and I buy a bowl of chips that we can share. Yes, I Niall Horan who never shares food, is going to share chips with Asha. Why? Because she's too damn adorable, because she wouldn't be able to finish it by herself and finally, I've fallen in love with her Mummy. 

"Can I have my drink bottle?" Asha asks as she stands on the chair. For a two and a half year old she's very good at speaking. I pull her drink bottle out of her bag, only to find there's also a lunch box. I put them both on the table and Asha giggles. 

"Asha did you know there was a lunch box?" I ask crossing my arms and pretending to be angry. She giggles and nods. I laugh and she takes a drink of water from her blue drink bottle. 

"So Asha, who looks after you when Mummy is at work?" I ask her. She swallows her food before she talks. 

"Um. Well I normally go to childcare but if Mummy works on weekends Uncle Leo looks after me," Asha explains. Leo, Jade's ex boyfriend. 

We finish the chips and Asha eats her biscuits, her apple slices and is now eating her yogurt. I think her stomach is a bottomless pitt!

"Niall," she says putting her spoon away now that she's finished her yogurt. "We should give each other nicknames," she smiles. I watch her jump down, throw away her yogurt container and then come back. 

"Okay. I'm going to call you Ashi," I smile. She giggles and thinks. 

"What do you friends call you?" Asha asks. I chuckle and think of the very few nicknames I have. 

"Nialler, Ni and sometimes Nini," I explain. She nods and keeps thinking. I watch as she pokes her tongue out and looks at the roof. 

"I'm going to call you Nio!" She yells. I chuckle and nod. That's my favourite one yet. She's quite a smart kid. 

"Okay Ashi," I smile. She giggles just like Ella. She's very adorable. 

"Can we go on the merry- go- round Nio?" Asha points at it. I pack her drink bottle and lunch box away and she gets onto her trike. 

"Let's go," I say. Asha rides over to the ticket booth and I pay for us both to go on. I have to go on the same horse as her because she's so little. She's actually quite little for her age. 

We hand the guy our tickets, put Asha's trike aside and then get onto a horse. I put her backpack onto her back considering it fits her a hell of a lot better than it fits me and I then hold onto her waist.

Other people jump on and the merry- go- round starts. Asha squeals and laughs whilst I laugh with her. Her giggle may be cute but she laughs like me. Very loud and sort of awkwardly. 

I grab my phone from my pocket and take a photo of Asha laughing. 

When the ride finishes we decide to leave the zoo because Asha got 'bored' of the animals. She rides her trike back out to the car and I walk closely beside her. 

"So Niall, where are we going?" She asks once we're leaving the zoo carpark. I think about where we could go. I know Harry is taking Jade on another date and Jesy is saying goodbye to Jordan. Liam's it is!

"Um, to somewhere magical," I reply. Asha claps and I press the CD button. Little Mix comes on and Asha sings along to Salute. 

"Do you like Little Mix?" I ask her. 

"Yes! They're amazing! Leigh- Anne is my favourite but they're all really pretty! Perrie is really funny, Jesy's REALLY cool! Jade is so amazing and Leigh- Anne is just so, so, I JUST LOVE HER!" Asha yells. I chuckle at her adorableness. 

"Do you like Little Mix more than One Direction?" I ask concerntrating on the road. 

"Um well I do like Little Mix a tiny bit more," she giggles. I laugh. That doesn't bother me! I love Little Mix too!

We get to Liam's street I drive down to his house. As I'm about to turn into the drive the gate opens and I see a black Range Rover turning into the drive. 

Louis looks at the car I'm in and looks completely confused. I wave and then he nods and smiles. I follow him up the drive, gate closing behind us. 

Louis near garage and I park near the hedge in between an Audi and a black Range Rover. There's also another black Range Rover next to the Audi. How many people are here?

"Whose house is this?" Asha looks around. I unbuckle myself. 

"You'll see!" I reply getting out of the car. I grab Asha's bag and then Asha and carry her on my left hip to Louis' front door. 

I walk straight in and down the hallway to the living area. There's a lot of different voices coming from the living area so I wonder how many people are here?

I enter the room and a few of them look up. Louis, Eleanor, Liam, Indie, Harry, Jade, Jesy, Leigh- Anne, Perrie and Zayn are all here. We're all here! Well, all of One Direction and Little Mix. Asha gasps when she sees everyone and I throw her bag onto the table. 

"Hey Niall and child!" Jade waves. Everyone looks at me expecting for me to explain why I have a toddler on my hip.

"Hey guys!" I smile. "This is Asha, she's Ella's daughter," I introduce Asha. 

"Hello," Asha waves cutely. The girls 'awww'.

"I didn't know Ella had a daughter?" Jesy asks. Well obviously she does. 

"Yeah! Tell them about youself Ashi," I smile at her. She turns to them.

"My name is Asha Bonnie Oscar and I'm two!" She holds out two fingers. "I live with my Mummy at a secret address," she giggles. The others laugh. I told them that Ella lives next door to Zayn and Perrie. "I'm turning three on the day before Christmas!" Asha smiles. 

"That's my birthday too!" Louis yells. We laugh and Asha looks shocked. 

"So Ash, these are my friends, many of which I'm sure you know," I say. She nods. "There's Louis and he has the same birthday as you and that's his girlfriend Eleanor," I point them out. "And you know Jesy," I point to her. "Then there's Harry and Jade," I point them out. 

"Are you dating?" Asha asks them cutely. Yeah! I wonder how their brunch went? I look at Harry's arm around Jade's shoulder. I smirk at them and they both smile.

"Yeah," Jade nods. Asha giggles and the others laugh. 

"Then there's Zayn," I point at the guy sitting on the back of the couch. "And Perrie," I point at the girl sitting on the floor. Perrie waves and Asha waves back. "Then there is Liam and his girlfriend Indie," I show her the happy couple. "And finally Leigh- Anne!" I cheer. Leigh smiles and Asha's whole face lights up.

"Leigh you may be Asha's idol," I mention. Leigh stands up and comes over.

"Hello Asha, nice to meet you," Leigh smiles. I hand Asha to Leigh and Leigh hugs her tightly. Leigh carries Asha over to the couch and sits down with her. I sit down next to Perrie. 

"Excited for your birthday?" I ask. Perrie nods and locks her phone. "What are you doing?" I ask.

"Um I think the girls and I are going out for breakfast and then Zayn apparently has something planned," Perrie explains. I smile and wrap my arm around her shoulder. "How are you Niall?" Perrie asks me. 

"Good," I reply. "What about you?" I ask her. 

"Great." She replies and then looks up. Asha is in front of us. "Hello Asha," Perrie smiles. 

"Hi Perrie," Asha replies. Perrie holds out her hands and Asha sits in her lap. "Nio," Asha turns to me. I nod and Perrie smiles at the name. "I'm hungry," she says. I chuckle.

"Asha! You've ate so much already!" I exclaim. She giggles and Perrie stands up, picking up Asha at the same time. I watch her carry Asha into the kitchen and into the pantry. 

"What's Perrie doing?" Liam asks me.

"Getting Asha food," I reply. Liam sighs and rolls his eyes. Perrie and Asha come back and Asha has a banana. She jumps down and runs over to me.

"Can you please peel this Nio?" Asha asks. I nod and take the banana. She stands there rocking back and forth. She's very adorable. 

★★★★★

From Ella Oscar: I have to stay over night.......

Right. I'm back at Perrie and Zayn's, considering I forgot I don't have a key to Ella's. I can look after an infant over night, it's not that hard. 

To Ella Oscar: No worries! I'll stay at Zayn and Perrie's and drop her back tomorrow morning if you want?

From Ella Oscar: Thank you so much! Please tell Asha I love her and I will see her tomorrow xx

I place my phone down and look at Perrie drawing with Asha whilst Zayn cooks dinner. 

"Can I stay?" I ask. Perrie looks up and nods. "With Asha?" I add. Perrie looks at me confused. "Ella has night shift. I can't get into their house," I explain. 

"Sure," Perrie nods. "Is that okay Zayn?" She calls. 

"What?" He asks.

"If Niall and Asha stay overnight?" Perrie replies. He nods and I look at Asha. 

"When will Mummy come home?" Asha asks still drawing. 

"Tomorrow morning. She told me to tell you she loves you very much," I reply. Asha nods and I rub her head. 

★★★★★

 I walk out of the big spare room after tucking Asha in and Perrie is leaning against the banister. 

"What does Ella do if she gets called normally?" Perrie asks. I shrug not really knowing. I go and lean next to her. 

"Asha told me that Leo often comes and looks after her," I say. Perrie nods. "If things go further with Ella I want to be able to look after Asha and even if Ella and I don't go further, I'll still offer to look after Asha but do I want to bring a child into the manic of our lives?" I ask Perrie. "I personally think 

She looks down and I realise what I've said. 

"Sorry, I didn't think," I say. Perrie looks up and shrugs. 

"No you've got a point. If you think about it our baby will grow up with it. Asha will be brought into it," Perrie reasons. I nod. "But Paul will be here. If you love Ella, you'll make sure Asha is safe," Perrie explains. I nod and think about that. "Well, good night," Perrie walks into her room. 

She's right. If I love Ella, I'll protect Asha. I do love Ella, so Asha will be protected.