Adopted

Jumping The Rope

"Ow! Louwee!"

"Stay still, Hazza."

"But it huwts," the youngest cries.

"Are you boys behaving in there," they hear Liam call from the other room.

"Yes, Daddy," Louis calls back.

They are currently sitting in the den. Their original plan was to play Legos, but Louis had a change of mind. So now the smaller boy is sitting on the couch with a squirmy Harry on the ground between his brother's legs while Louis tugs on his locks. He asked Liam for a hair brush and ponytail holders and the man didn't bother asking why.

"You awmost finished," Harry pouts.

"Yeah. Don't you wanna look cool for Eleanor?"

Harry sighs and crosses his arms in defeat. "Yeah."

Louis finishes wrapping the tie are Harry's first bun. He picks the brush up again and starts combing the tangled hair into another little bun. Harry let's out a groan when Louis pulls hard on a snarl in his hair. Louis finishes the look.

Harry reaches his hands up to gently pat his head. "What are they?"

"Buns," Louis grins.

"Why two?"

Louis shrugs and bops both bundles of hair. "Cuz it makes you look like Sailor Moon!"

"Moon buns," Harry says. He decides he quite likes how that name sounds. "Moon buns!"

Just then, the doorbell rings. Both boys scramble to their feet.

"I'll get it," Louis yells and starts rushing to the entry.

A pair of arms wrap around his waist and pull him back. "No, you will not, Dove. Little boys don't open doors," Zayn says. He picks the boy up and carries him bridal style.

"Sorry, Papa," he frowns.

"It's okay," the man says. He cranes his neck down and blows a raspberry on Louis' stomach. The boy shrieks and giggles.

"Papa! Look at my hair!"

Zayn and Louis turn around to see Harry bending over to give them a complete looksie.
"Oh my! Don't you look adorable," he coos.

"Loulou did it!"

"Well he certainly did a good job," Zayn smiles down at Harry and then at the boy in his arms.

Liam walks into the room ushering two new people. Eleanor and her daddy!

"El-nor," Harry squeals. Although they have only played together once, Harry already knows he adores the girl. He runs forward and wraps his arms around her.

She looks beautiful today. Her dress, which reaches down only to a few inches above her knees, is aqua blue and has tiny sequins on the bottom. Her hair is pulled back in a high ponytail that bounces when she moves.

"Hi," she smiles.

"Daddy! Papa! This is El-nor," he introduces.

The daddies chuckle. "It's nice to me you, Sweetie," Liam says.

The girl blushes and hides slightly behind her daddy. She's not afraid of the other daddies in the room, but it's still different to her to be surrounded by men.

"Hey, Pete," Zayn says, reaching forward to shake the new man's hand. His name is Peter Lerman. They were friends before the man had "adopted" Eleanor and the husbands had even gave him some advice to prepare him for his little girl.