Dad Next Door: Volume 1 (Under Editing Soon)

Thirty

Louis P.O.V

Robin sits on his suitcase whilst Harry wheels it around. It's one of those kids ones that are shaped as a tiger and are actually meant to be ridden. 

Darcy gives up rolling her Tinkerbell suitcase, handing it to me and holding hands with Natalie whilst she wheels her own. 

We get through quite easily, the airport dead. We get to the part where they take the suitcases and Robin is not giving his up.

"Munchkin, we have to give it to the nice lady so they can put it on the plane," Harry explains to him, easing Robin off the seat and popping the suitcase on the conveyor belt. 

Robin begins kicking and screaming, seemingly frustrated over the situation. Darcy covers her ears, frowning. I scoop Robin up and pop him onto my shoulders. He kicks my chest but soon settles down, leaning his chin on the top of my head and letting his teeth clash together when I walk. 

"It's way too early for that type of tantrum," Harry inputs. "I think this is Robin's first time on a  plane so everything must be quite confusing to him."

I pat Robin's shoe and link my fingers with Harry. "I'm sure everything will be okay, Haz. You need to take some deep breaths, think the kids can smell your anxiety, they're like cats."

He gives me a blatant look. "Kids can't smell that good."

I shrug. "That's what they want you to think." 

We find a seat to wait around. Our plane is in an hour. Natalie comes over to me, laying her hands on my knees, getting very up close to my face so that her green eyes bore into mine. 

"I want breakfast," She growls. 

And okay. 

I grab her hand, standing. "Gonna get some breakfast, what you lot want?"

Darcy swings her arms in the air, enthusiastically screaming, "Waffles!" Far too energetic for five in the morning. 

Robin looks up at me. "Coco pop, please!"

I smile, looking to Harry. 

"Honestly, don't really mind, just make sure I get a coffee as well."

I give a nod and I take Natalie to the small Waitrose around the corner. We go to the bakers aisle, finding some fresh waffles in a pack, Natalie telling me she'll have the other one. I pick up a pack of pancakes and the small travel cereal of coco pops. 

We walk over to the till where there's a coffee machine on the side. I click the latte and let it fill up.

"Go get you and your siblings a drink, nutty." I point to the drinks on the other side and she skips over. 

I dump a sugar into the latte, knowing Harry won't like it without a sugar, though he's never specified before. I go for a tea and once both are done, I pop the lids on top. I go to the checkout just as Natalie runs over with cartons of apple juice. 

Going back to the others, I hand Harry his cup and dump the pancakes onto his lap. He takes the lid off the cup and the steam wafts into his face. 

"Oo, Latte!" He exclaims taking a sip. He looks at the pancakes. "Chocolate chip, really? You're such a child."

I put a hand on my hip before sitting down. "I'll have you know that that is for the both of us. If you want to be so picky about my choices, I'll just eat all five all to my own." I grab the packet and rip it open with my teeth, grabbing one of the pancakes and munching on it. 

Harry opens the coco pops and hands the small box to Robin. Darcy and Natalie sharing the waffles with smiles on their faces. 

"Fank you," Robin says, shovelling dry coco pops into his mouth, swinging his legs from where he sits on his chair.