Spitting Image • TFC 3.0 • l.t. au

Chapter Twenty Two

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Remainder of the night, all Blaine was shouting was 'I'm a big brother'. It was slightly annoying but Louis told me to 'let the kid marvel at his happiness.'

The clock ticked 9 pm and I got up, telling everyone I'm putting Blaine to sleep. He didn't object. He gladly took my hand and dragged me to his room. He climbed up on his bed and kicked his shoes off, which I had to retrieve because it fell right in the trash can, and put his dirty clothes in the hamper.

"Mummy," I dropped the remainder of the dirty clothes and sat on the side of Blaine's bed. "Where's my sister?" He asks.

"Oh..." I said unsurely. At that same moment, Louis came in, peeking through a small opening of the door. "Just putting the little devil to sleep." I say.

He comes in and sat beside me. "Not sleepy yet?" He asked Blaine who shook his head. He crawled on his dad's lap and leaned against Louis' chest.

"Daddy," he says softly. "Where's my sister?"

Louis chuckles and ran a hand through his hair. "Your sister," he starts, "is inside mummy's tummy."

He gave his father a confused look. "How did it get there?" He looks so cute with with his eyebrows knit in confusion.

This time, Louis gave me a pleading look. I chuckled and scooted closer to my two men. Luckily, when I was younger, I was curious child. Maybe I was 5 when mum told me a tale where babies come from. "When two people love each other," I begin and saw the concentration on Blaine's face. "God gives them a baby but they ask for it first."

"But why in the tummy?" He asks, his brows furrowing with confusion.

"You see, love, when a baby is given to two people, it's very small." I tell him. Even Louis' watching with amusement. "It needs a place to grow so He puts it in the mummy's tummy. It will grow until it's ready to come out."

"You came from mum's tummy, too, bud." Louis tells him and he looks up at his father. He nods with a funny look on his face, making me laugh.

"Can I meet her?" Blaine asks me innocently, his eyes wide and full of hope.

"Not yet, sweetie. She's still very small and she can't eat yet like you can." I tell him and his eyes widen with amazement.

"I can't wait to meet her." He says excitedly clapping his hands. Louis and I laughed then he make him lie down in bed. Louis tells me he'll put him to sleep and told me to take a shower.

Blaine grins at me, "Thank you mummy!" He screams and puts his head on his pillow. I stopped by the door, turning around and watching
the two of them talk. I didn't wish to eavesdrop but the way Blaine looks at his dad as they talked left me frozen on my spot. I didn't think they know I haven't left yet, actually.

"You love mum and dad, right?" He asks and Blaine's face lit up. He nods vigorously, making me smile. "So I need you to do something for me, yeah?"

Blaine looks as enthusiastic as ever. "I need you to be good for mum." Just as he said that, Blaine looked confused.

His face drop, "Am I bad?" He asks sadly. Louis laughs and pulls the little boy in his arms. The likeness in their features is unbelievable.

"No, kid, you're not bad. You're very good that's why you're having a sister but," he pauses for a moment like he's contemplating on his words, "You have to be even extra good, all right? It's gonna help mum a lot, believe me. And your little sister."

I chuckled and closed the door. Aunt Cecile smiled and I went down, sitting beside her. I notice Holly's not around anymore. "Holly?" I ask her.

"She had to go back to her dorm. Anyway, what are those two taking about?" She points to the direction of Blaine's room.