The Side Affects

Chapter Ten

-Niall's POV-

The next day was eventful; not eventful as last night though but pretty bad. Christine was completely hung over. She's taken four aspirins in the majority of five hours and cried twice at the migraine she had.

She didn't speak much though and I didn't expect her to. I just had to be here when she needed me like last night, and I was.

We now, around one in the afternoon, lay cuddled in our double bed as the television in our room faintly played. Christine slept against my chest as my fingers softly played with the hair around her face. She winced every now and then so I'd kiss her forehead hoping that it would somehow calm the pain.

At the absolute worst time, my phone buzzed beside us as Christine flinched back and buried herself deeper against me. I quickly retrieved my phone and opened my message to see it was from somebody who just wasn't getting, the message.

Unknown: niall please take me back. im madly in love with you and i think im ready to step up and be a mother now. christine doesnt understand what we have and i think im better matched. please niall i love you.

Rolling my eyes, I deleted the message as Christine weakly groaned and leant her head up onto my shoulder.

"Somebody, important?" She whispered as I shook my head and stroked her hair again.

"Nobody important." I reassured as she nodded and closed her eyes again. Not replying to her first message, I thought she would have gotten the point; but obviously not since my phone buzzed again. Luckily Christine was asleep again.

Unknown: ill win you back niall. i came to australia to prove myself to you. ill see you soon xx

My eyes widened at Brianna's second text message as I threw the phone to the end of my bed like it was vermin.

Brianna's coming to Australia to try and win me back? Jesus Christ, what about fuck off does she not understand? I'm happy now; why can't she see that?

. . .

"-thank you so much." I took William into my arms as his head flopped onto my shoulder.

"No problem. He fell asleep during the car ride luckily for you." Jayden lightly chuckled at Patricia watched him put the baby bag in next to the door.

"So how's Christine?" Patricia asked as I sighed glancing over at our bedroom door.

"Completely hung over." Patricia sighed as Jayden leant his arm on the door. "She's never been good with alcohol though. Always seems like a good idea at the time."

"Sounds about right." Jayden leant up and took my hand for a friendly departure shake. "Well, we best be off. Patricia and I are heading to her parents." I playfully cringed.

"Best of luck mate." Patricia slapped her hand over Jayden's chest as he snaked his arm around her waist.

"They're not that bad." She huffed as I said a final goodbye and watched the couple leave from the front door. Picking up the baby bag, I carried William back into his room and put him down onto the changing table as I threw the bag in the corner.

Ill wash those later.

He stirred slightly but not enough to entirely wake up thankfully. Using this to my advantage, I quickly changed William into his pyjamas and pulled him into my arms.

"I love you." I muttered holding him and relishing having my baby boy in my arms. Its times like these that really make me think how lucky I am to have him. He'll always be my baby boy, even when he grows up and has a family of his own. Hopefully not the way I've created mine.

Is Christine apart of the family now? I mean I adore everything about her and if you had to ask me if I considered spending the rest of my life with her, I would say yes. I'm falling in love with her each day. Everything she does is absolutely perfect. Her laughs, her cries, her voice, watching her spend time with William; everything makes my heart swell at the thought of her being mine.

I haven't particularly known her for years but the urge inside me to declare my love for her was growing. Was there a time limit on how long you should wait before saying 'I love you?'. Because if you gave me the chance in the next few days, I probably would say it. But would that scare her off? Would I be moving too fast?

The last time I said 'I love you' to a girl was when I was with Brianna. But look how that turned out.

Flinching away from the thought, I shook my head and put William back in his crib before tucking him in. I'll wait before I proclaim anything to Christine. I'm not going to rush into anything like last time and have the same shit happen again. I'm sick of my heart being broken and I'm over feeling worthless.

So I'll wait. I'll wait until the right time comes to say the three magic words to Christine. Hopefully that time will come and we'll still be together.

"Niall?" I looked back to see the girl I was just pondering over. A smile placed on my lips and I gestured for her to come over which she slowly did. Once she was in my arms, her lips kissed my chest as I held my lips on her forehead.

For now this was my family, and I didn't have any problems with that.