The Malikson Family

Memory Lane

Liams POV

"So..... Do much today?" Papa asked as he collected me from school. In all honesty, today was really crappy. Sophia spent the first hour of the day hunched over the toilet in the girls bathroom so i went in with her. Then i forgot my lunch and my money so i ended up going hungry and we got a stupid family history project.
"It was ok. Got a project on my family for history." I mumbled, leaning into the comfy leather seats as papa began to drive off.
"Oh, well your one should be interesting anyway. Im sure dad will be delighted to take down the photo albums again. He's always just waiting for an excuse to show off those photos"
Papa replied and he changed the gear of the car.
"Thankfully we only have to go as far as our grandparents so it shouldn't be too hard to get information" i murmured.
"Bad day?" He questioned softly, in that comforting tone that only a dad has.
"The worst. I haven't eaten in over 7 hours"
"What? Why didn't you eat your lunch?"
"Left it in the kitchen along with my phone and money" i sighed and rubbed my face with my palm.
It wasn't long before we were back home. Back to a house of arguing parents, screaming babies and hyper toddlers. Fun.

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Zayn's POV

The keys were barely in the door and Liam had already shot past me, getting his lunch from the countertop and going straight up to his room, shutting the door loudly.
He really did have a rough day.
My thoughts were interrupted by my blondey boy running over and hugging my legs. "PAPAAA!"
"Well hello to you too buddy, how was your day?" I asked, picking him up and swinging him onto my hip so i could walk while he talked.
"I pway with poppy and i pwayed with daddy and i hewlped give hawwy his baba and he dwrinked it all" he babbled as i walked into the living room, where louis was changing harry on the floor.
"That's great snuggles, im glad you had fun" i replied and began tickling him lightly before setting him down.
"Hey babe" i said, going to press a kiss to louis forehead. "Hello harry! Hi baby" i cooed excitedly at the youngest boy as he kicked his chubby legs around and tried to follow my voice. I read online that his eyesight would start getting more focused since he reached the one month mark but because he's premature he could be a bit behind.
"Is that papa? Ey? You're all excited now baby, you must really love your papa" louis cooed as he carefully stood up with a slight groan and with harry in his arms.
"How was work?" He asked once he was standing up, passing harry to me as he got the floor cleaned up.
"Alright, long day but I've had worse" i said with a yawn, feeling harry snuggle into my chest and the soft smell of baby powder began to drift up from his freshly laundered clothes.
"Liam has a project on his family so he's looking for the photo albums to be brought down" i added as i sat on the couch, lifting the weight off my feet.
"Seriously? Ill have them all down as soon as dinner is over. Its been ages since they were down." He chided.
Its been weeks since I've seen him this happy. The last time his smile reached his eyes was when harry was just born, since then, i don't know, he just seems a bit... Off?
"Great, Liam's had a bit of a rough day so just go easy on him yeah?"
"He'll be ok. Nothing a cup of tea and a chat cant fix."
And with that Lou went off to finish up the spaghetti bolognese that was simmering in the kitchen.
Harry was snuggled up on my chest, content to make his baby noises and grasp onto my fingers and my shirt.
I chuckled as his tiny button nose scrunched up as he let out literally the cutest little sneeze ever.
"Dinners ready!" Louis shouted from the kitchen, making me stand up and stroll into the kitchen, Liam and Niall already there and ready to eat.
"His bouncer's over by our chairs if you want to put him down. He might sleep but i doubt it." Lou said as he handed Liam and Niall theirs, Niall's cut up into little pieces of course.
He whined a bit as i put him down but as soon as Lou had his dummy in his mouth and the swing setting turned onto its lowest he was fine.
"Alright, dig in!"

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Liam's POV

Dad brought down all the family albums as soon as the last strand of spaghetti was eaten.
He was really fond of these pictures, like REALLY REALLY in love with them. They are cute but i just don't understand whats so special about them.
"So, where do we begin?" Dad laughed, looking at the mountain of albums in front of him.
"Probably from the beginning?" I sassed but thankfully he was in such a good mood he just ignored it.
"Mmm, that should be in this red one over here.... Yup, heres your dad and i when we first start dating." He giggled fondly. Papa looked so weird with no tattoos and a blonde stripe in the middle of his quiff.
"That day we went to see some really bad movie, cant even remember what one, and your father ended up kissing me for half the movie to a point where the woman working there had to ask us to leave"
"Eww! Dad thats disgusting! No wonder i came along earlier than expected." I groaned in horror. Those men seriously have a problem.
"Oh the next one, i had just found out i was about 4 months pregnant and i was really nervous but id told my mum and your dad. Then mum made me phone my father after this picture was taken and explain but of course he didn't except it at all. Don't blame him to be honest. Just don't get your self into that situation"
Sh*t ... Sorry dad, Sophia's already knocked up.. I cant just say that. Ill just wait for a few days. No one needs to know yet.
We finished the first album in less than 20 minutes but we still had another 12 to go.
"Oh Li! Look at this! You were only two days old!" Dad squealed excitedly as i leaned over to look at the picture.
A much younger version of dad was standing up, cradling a baby with a pink onesie and a white beanie in his arms. His fringe looked in desperate need of a trim and there was a semi-familiar looking boy beside him.
"Why am i wearing pink?" I asked confused.
"Well, the doctor told us we were having a girl, so we stocked up on the girliest stuff we could find and then when you were born with 'extra parts' we realised we had no clothes for ya so we had you wrapped up in pink for a few days before my mum got a chance to go get some blue clothes for ya." Papa interrupted from the doorway as he finished settling the two boys.
"Let my guess, my name would've been Leah"
"Good guess. Hence why it says 'baby leah' on the back of all your scans" papa laughed as dad just giggled and turned a bright pink colour.
"Oh my god, so for my first week i was a cross dresser? Now wont that make an interesting project?" I joked and both parents were in stitches laughing.
"Glad you find my life struggles so funny"
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Zayns POV

4am: a very hungry 1 month old decides that its breakfast time.
"Louis" i groaned, turning over. The crying didn't stop though. I went to nudge him with my ankle but my leg just went straight through the cold morning air.
I sat up and turned on the lamp to see his side of the bed empty. Thats odd.
"Sshhh love, you hungry?" I cooed raspily, placing his dummy in his mouth to quieten him down for a few minutes.
"There we go. Daddy can give you some milk if he's awake darlin'."
I lazily threw a soft blue blanket over my boy and watched as he felt it rub against his cheek. Then we began our descent down the stairs and into the living room.
Liam was passed out on the big rug in the middle of the floor, right in front of the fire , a blanket draped over his shoulders, by louis no doubt, and tucked in around his sides.
"Louis, its 4am. We can go through the rest tomorrow. You need your sleep too." I whispered, being mindful of Liam. "Harrys hungry too and i don't think formula is on the agenda tonight" i added, helping the man i love up from his spot on the floor.
He kept one photo in particular grasped the whole time.
"Whats that?" I asked as i handed harry over.
"Look at him." He said, tearing up as he handed me the picture from earlier where Liam was wearing pink.
"He's grown up so fast. Where have the years gone? I wish he was this size all over again." He whispered, looking down at harry with silent tears leaking from his eyes.
"Thats why we have harry babe. He's our new Liam only we could never replace any them and we'll have to work hard to get him to be as kind and thoughtful as Liam."
"I think were finally ready for a third." He mumbled as he watched harry starting to get a bit fussy.
"Good because number three has already arrived."