Dedicated to @ZAYNSKINKY
Louis' [pov]
"Guys, you ready?" I asked, as i put my jacket on. I decided to take the boys out to the park today. It's nice outside, the sun was shining, and it seemed like a beautiful day to do so. Plus, the boys hardly go out, so this will be good for them. "Yes!" Niall, Liam and Zayn yelled in sync. I laughed and nodded. I reached down and picked Harry up, settling him on my hip. "Let's go." i said, and opened the door. We walked to the car and i got all the boys buckled in. Niall and Harry both sat in booster seats and they sat next to each other, i had to secure them into their seats. Then i got into the car and started it. As i started down the street, Niall wouldn't stop bouncing around in his seat. He was just so excited and it made me smile.
Third person [pov]
They had finally made it to the park and the kids were just so excited, with the exception of Harry. I don't even think he knew what was going on. He was just looking around sucking on his light green dummy, while everyone else was jumping around cheerfully. Louis helped all the kids out of the car, and no doubt Niall was the first one to sprint towards the playground, Zayn right on his trail. However Liam, stayed behind and held onto Louis' hand as they made their way towards the playground. Liam was always well behaved and patient. He would always wait for Louis permission before doing anything, which meant, he wouldn't run off and play until Louis gave him the go. Liam happily skipped along with Louis, still holding onto his hand. They made it to the playground and saw Zayn and Niall chasing each other around. Liam would go play with them, but he had other things in mind. He didn't want to go play with Niall and Zayn, he wanted to stay and play with Harry. Liam was a caring little pup, he didn't want to see someone alone. He wanted everyone to be happy and have someone to talk to. He knew that Harry was always alone, because he was different. Liam let go of Louis' hand and Louis looked down smiling at him. "You can go play now Li." Louis said. But Liam shook his head.
"Liam wanna play with Harry." Liam said. Louis wasn't surprised that Liam had said that. The pup had been becoming attached to the curly haired kitten for these past days. Everytime Louis would say something, Liam'd come in and ask something like 'what about Harry' or 'i'll stay with Harry'. It was heart warming to Louis, and he was happy Harry had someone, cause he was usually alone. The kitten loved being alone, no one knows why, but he just did. So when Liam started wanting to be with him, and keep him comfy, it made Louis really happy. He can finally have a friend, someone to talk to, even though he couldn't talk on his own. It never occurred to him, why Harry didn't speak, he just figured, Harry was too young to even learn how to speak. He doesn't really know if that's the case though. Louis nodded and lowered Harry to the ground. Instead of walking, Harry crawled over to the sand box. Liam following behind. "Hey Harry." Liam said. Harry just stared at him and blinked.
"Wanna make sand castles?" Liam asked, smiling brightly at him, not even caring that Harry was being non-responsive. He knew the situation and wasn't gonna force Harry to talk or anything. Everyone knew he didn't and that was the main reason Zayn or Niall didn't hang around him. They don't have the patience like Liam does. "C'mon Harry, Liam show you how to make sand castle." Liam said. He picked up a small blue plastic shovel that was in the sand and anded it to Harry. Harry clenched onto it and Liam grabbed a red and yellow bucket, beginning to fill the bucket with sand. Louis watched them fondly, very proud of Liam, and how hard he was trying to warm up to Harry. What a nice sight it was.
Meanwhile, Niall and Zayn were off chasing each other around the playground. Niall and Zayn were bestfriends and always enjoyed playing together. Even though sometimes they could get mad at each other, but that's what friends do. Sometimes, Zayn would get mad whenever Niall didn't do things his way and visa versa. But in the end they would always find themselves happy with each other again. Since they were mentally young, they never really had a reason to stay mad at each other. They could literally be angry at each other and then one minute later, they find themselves playing around again. It was amazing of how good their friendship was. It was unbreakable and it was definitely strong. Niall stopped running, when he saw something that caught his eye. A butterfly. A beautiful one at that. The most beautiful butterfly he's ever seen in his life, and he was amazed. Zayn was also, they stared. They stared at the bug completely amazed and awe shocked at it. Niall and Zayn stepped closer and closer. But then they stepped a little too close and scared the butterfly away. "Oh no, the pretty bug fly away." Niall pouted.
"C'mon Niall. Zayn and Niall follow." Zayn said, grabbing Niall's hand in his. Niall smiled as Zayn pulled him along and they followed the butterfly. The butterfly fluttered all around the park, in no direction particular. It would perch here and there, and stay until Niall or Zayn had scared it off again. They becoming excited as the butterfly took them on a great adventure. They seemed to never get tired as they followed the beautiful creature everywhere. They didn't even seem frustrated that it kept flying away everytime they got close to it. They loved the way the creature's wings would flutter and how it flew in a zigzag, making this chase way more fun. Place to place, they restlessly followed the bug, still stunned at its beauty. This was going to be a fun adventure.
Back at the sand box, Liam was finally finished with filling the bucket up with sand. He took the shovel and patted the sand down, making sure that it had a flat surface, before carefully, but quickly flipping it over. He held the bucket down for a few moments, assuring that it (castle) would be stable when he removed the bucket from it. After a few short moments, he finally removed to the bucket, and there stood a perfect round cylinder shaped castle in the sand. "Look Harry! Liam make us a castle!" Liam squealed happily. Harry stared at the castle and reached out to touch it, but Liam stopped him. "Don't touch Harry, it will fall." Liam said and grabbed Harry's hand. He tried to stand up, but Harry resisted. So Liam bent down to pick Harry up.
"C'mon, let's go on slide." Liam said happily, and carried Harry over to the long straight slide, that looked really fun and enjoyable. Louis helped Liam and Harry up the ladder and came up with them. Liam was jumping with joy and hurriedly sat down at the top of the slide. He turned and tried to grab Harry to come with him but Harry pulled away. To Liam the slide looked fun, but to Harry it looked terrifying. Harry clung to Louis, refusing to go down the slide with Liam. Liam pouted and got off the slide going up to Harry. "Harry, why you no slide?" Liam asked, tilting his head. Louis, rubbed Harry's back in circles.
"I think he's scared Liam." Louis told him. Liam smiled.
"Slide not scary, see look Harry." Liam said cheerfully, as he got back on the slide. He slide gracefully down the slide until he got to the bottom. He hopped all the way back over to them and climbed up the ladder hopping and smiling. "See, fun. Slide's fun Harry!" Liam said jumping up and down. "C'mon Harry go down slide with Liam. Make it more fun!" Liam said. Harry was just eyeing the slide with wide eyes. Louis bent his head down to look at Harry. "Wanna try it buba?" Louis asked as he slowly lowered Harry down. Harry whimpered and held onto Louis tightly, shaking his head. Liam pouted again.
"Please Harry? Please go down slide with Liam. Liam wanna play with Harry." Liam said. Harry was sucking furiously on his thumb now, and staring into Liam's brown puppy eyes. Liam had his lip poked out and his eyes were bright and lit up. His best pouty face was so cute. "Please Harry, Liam keep Harry safe. Like- like how Liam keep Harry safe in the storm." Liam said, referring back to the time Liam had been with Harry throughout the thunder storm. They were cuddled up underneath Harry's bed and Liam holding Harry tight like he would disappear if he let go. Harry felt safe that night, once he was safe with Liam, he didn't tremble anymore and he let them warmth settle his body. He was safe. And as if Harry remembered (cause he did), he lifted his head off of Louis' shoulder and stared at Liam knowingly. He knew Liam was going to assure that he (Liam) was going to keep him safe like he said. Harry tugged on Louis' shirt like he always did, beckoning to be put down. Louis got the message and lowered Harry, until he was down. Liam smiled and kneeled next to Harry. "Harry gonna go?" Liam asked hopefully. Harry nodded slightly, almost so slight you couldn't tell. But Liam saw it and cheered. He lead Harry to the slide and sat him down at the start. Fear creeped into Harry again and he whimpered. "Shh, Liam go with Harry. Liam's gonna hold on to Harry, k." Liam said. Liam slid in behind Harry on the slide and wrapped his arms around Harry's waste. His legs on both sides of Harry as well. Harry leaned backwards so that his head was slightly on Liam's chest and shoulder. Harry covered his eyes, but Liam said not too. So Harry slowly removed his hands.
Louis smiled and placed his hands on Liam's back. "Ready?" He asked. Liam nodded and tightened his hold on Harry. Then Louis gave them a gentle push and they went down. Harry gripped at Liam's thighs as they went down the slide, and his heart sped up. But it was soon over, when they reached the bottom. Harry was relieved and Liam was proud that Harry was brave. Liam rubbed Harry's ides smiling brightly.
"Harry did it!" Liam cheered happily. Then Louis came to them at the bottom of the slide grinning widely. "Aw, Harry you did it." Louis said, picking Harry up and kissing his cheeks. Liam got up and started jumping around again, happy that he had convinced Harry to come down the slide with him. And for the first time in a while, Harry smiled. It was a little but visible. Louis definitely saw and that brought warmth to his heart. Harry smiled, finally. Louis smiled and bounced Harry, rubbing his back. "Liam help Harry make it down slide." Liam said. Louis ruffled Liam's hair and leaned down, kissing his temple. "You did good buddy, i'm really proud of you." Louis said beaming down at the little puppy. Liam giggled.
"Daddy!" Louis heard Niall and Zayn scream in sync as they ran up to Louis. Louis turned around and his eyes widened. Niall and Zayn were a mess. They both had sand, dirt and grass stains all over them and their hair was a birds nest. "Niall, Zayn, what happened to you?" Louis asked, wondering why they both looked just crawled out of the jungle.
"Niall and Zayn see pretty bug, and chase it." Zayn said smiling.
"Yeah Niall and Zayn go on ad-adventure!" Niall said, struggling over his words. Louis laughed and realized they were talking about a butterfly. "Did you two have fun?" Louis asked. Niall and Zayn nodded rapidly beaming.
"Yes!"
"I'm glad you did. Now we should get home to get you two cleaned up." Louis said. They nodded and turned around, racing each other the car. Louis laughed again, and grabbed Liam's hand. "C'mon Li, you two can play some more at home, k." Louis said. Liam nodded understandingly. Then they made their way back to the car. The only going through Louis' mind right now was, 'Man, i have some serious cleaning to do when i get home'. And he really did too.