"Who were you talking to, Jonah?"

Elijah felt like he had jumped a few feet up as soon as he heard Harry's deep voice coming from the door managing to scare Cocoa. He turned around and gave him a sheepish smile still holding onto the phone then slowly got up and dusted his pajamas off already used to doing it every time.

"I was talking to a friend from camp." Elijah shrugged it off feeling guilty for lying.

"Oh okay, what friend?" Harry crossed his arms over his chest and raised an eyebrow.

"Aaron, he's from Colorado. We promised to keep in touch." Elijah said.

"Okay, aunt Perrie's gonna come get you in an hour or so. She wants to take you shopping or something so be ready." Harry smiled petting Cocoa as he did so.

"Okay." Elijah nodded biting on his bottom lip and as soon as he saw him making his way out he decided it was now or never, "Dad!"

"Yeah bud?" Harry stopped then turned around to find his son fiddling with his hands making him worry, "Is there something wrong?"

"No, nothing's wrong. I was wondering if we could spend the day together, you know? Walk around the city or watch a movie." Elijah asked hoping for a yes like the one he always got with his dad Louis.

"I'm sorry son but I can't, I've got a meeting with a client that I can't miss but we could spend this weekend together." Harry looked at his watch as he made his way out of the closet.

"Right." Elijah nodded before Harry left leaving him alone.

He sighed wondering if he was always like that then even though he was alone in a house way too big for his taste he was glad that his brother was spending time with their dad. It wasn't even a minute later when he started sniffling missing his dad and his warm hugs, he missed their apartment that even though was small he at least had his dad and his dad had time for him. He couldn't hold the tears back when Cocoa snuggled up to him whimpering as he did so trying to make him feel better.

"I'm okay Cocoa." Elijah placed a kiss in between his ears at the top of his head.

He gave himself time to calm down then got ready to wait for his aunt Perrie in the foyer seeing Nick sitting in his dad's study with his back to the door on his way out, he stopped and hid as soon as he figured out he was on the phone.

"Yeah baby, I can assure you he'll be putting a ring on my finger soon...the kid? As soon as I'm a Styles that kid will be out of here on his way to boarding school in Sweden where I'll never have to see him again, he's a pain in the ass. Give it a year or so and everything Harry Styles owns will be ours." Nick laughed and it was enough to send Elijah running out the door to wait for Perrie outside.

He had been sitting on the steps for a few minutes when Perrie pulled up in front of him and waved like a maniac for him to get in the car. As soon as he was inside he kissed her cheek then buckled up glad to get out of there now knowing that Jonah had been right when he had told him about Nick only wanting their dad's money.

"You okay Buttercup, you're being quiet when you're usually so talkative." Perrie gave him a gentle smile.

"I don't like Nick. And he looks like Slenderman." Elijah confessed waiting for her to say something.

She didn't say anything until she stopped at a red light and without warning burst out laughing slapping her thigh as she did so while Elijah gave her worried looks and out of nowhere started laughing too. She continued laughing until she parked her car outside a restaurant then turned the engine off and when Elijah looked at her she now had on a serious expression.

"I know you don't like him sweetheart, none of us do but he is who your dad chose to be with. We can't exactly tell him to break up with him, your dad deserves a little happiness too." Perrie sighed then reached to hug him seeing how sad he looked.

"But Nick doesn't love him aunt Perrie, he doesn't love dad like my other dad loves him and Nick is only after dad's money." Elijah blurted out putting a hand over his mouth as soon as he realized what he had said.

"What?" Perrie blinked.

"I heard him on the phone with someone calling them baby before you picked me up, he's only after dad's money and as soon as he marries him he's going to send Jonah to boarding school in Sweden and I can't let him do that! He can't send my brother away!" Elijah exclaimed. He couldn't lose his brother after he had just gotten him back.

"You- What do you mean he's going to send your brother to boarding school?" Perrie asked staring at the child in front of her who all of a sudden was a stranger to her.

"I- What?" Elijah laughed trying to play it cool.

"You said Slender- I mean Nick! You said he was going to send Jonah to boarding school and that you couldn't let him send your brother to boarding school. What's going on?" Perrie inquired.

"Nothing's going on, can we just go eat." Elijah tried to get out of the car but couldn't when Perrie locked the car going as far as putting the child locks on.

"You're not getting out of here until you tell me what's going on." Perrie raised an eyebrow.

"Aunt Perrie...I'm starving aunt Perrie!" Elijah nervously said trying to get out of the car.

"Explain. Now." Perrie crossed her arms over her chest raising a perfect eyebrow then narrowed her eyes, that was enough to have Elijah talking faster than he had ever talked before.

"I'm- I'm not Jonah." Elijah mumbled.

"I'm sorry, what was that?"

"I'm not Jonah, I'm Elijah. Jonah and I met in camp and he wanted to meet my dad Louis and I wanted to meet Harry so we switched." Elijah confessed.

"Oh my god...then where's Jonah?" Perrie asked trying to keep her cool.

"He's in London with our dad Louis, he called me earlier today and so far he's doing great." Elijah shrugged then started getting worried when he saw she had tears in her eyes and was looking at him with a rather strange look.

"Oh my god...can I- can I hug you? Your dad used to show me pictures of you, he misses you so much you know. And he loves you so so much, he never forgot you." Perrie sniffled before she hugged him.

"Really? He never forgot about me? What about dad?" Elijah asked.

"He never did pumpkin, and don't tell him I told you this but he never forgot about your dad either. He's so stubborn but I know he still loves him." Perrie said hugging him tighter.

"How do you know he still loves dad? I know dad still loves him 'cause one time I heard him talking to my uncle about it, he said he's still in love with him and he wants to find him but he hasn't had any luck." Elijah said.

"He keeps a picture of the both of them in his wallet, he told me it was taken the night when your dad Louis presented his very first collection." Perrie said.

"You have to promise me you're not going to tell Harry I'm Elijah, I just want to spend time with him before I go back with my dad." Elijah looked up at her with wide and watery green eyes that had Perrie's heart melting into a puddle of goo.

"Of course not, sweetheart. I won't tell your dad but you're gonna have to tell him at some point, but for now you and I are gonna spend time together and get to know each other." Perrie smiled finally letting go of him.

"Okay!" Elijah beamed then got out of the car following her to the restaurant.

They spent the rest of the day going from store to store buying as much stuff as they could when she went crazy buying him every single little thing she liked and thought Elijah would also like. By the end of the day the trunk of her car and the back seat was filled with bags and more than half of them belonged to him. When they got back Elijah sighed in relief when he saw Nick's car was gone and as soon as he opened the door the first thing he saw was Cocoa waiting for him getting a bit startled when the dog almost tackled him down.

"He loves you." Perrie smiled as she helped him bring all his bags in.

"Are you staying for dinner?" Elijah asked.

"Of course! Why don't we make something special to secretly celebrate you being here." Perrie suggested

Elijah happily nodded and by the end of the day they had baked a cake and made spaghetti that according to Perrie it was the best food ever. When they were finished they waited for Harry going to the backyard to play with Cocoa until Harry joined them later that day. Elijah's smile disappeared as soon as he saw Nick walking through the door holding his dad's hands feeling Perrie wrapping her arms around his shoulders.

"Nick, I thought you were going to be out of the country by now." Perrie said ignoring Harry who gave her a look at the tone she had used.

"No, decided not to leave. Last minute decision because Harry and I have great news." Nick grinned.

"You finally got a job!" Perrie exclaimed bringing her hands over her mouth faking excitement.

"No dear Perrie, Harry and I are getting married!" Nick happily said showing them the expensive ring.

Harry's eyes widened the moment Nick told them then looked over at his son who had the most heartbreaking face he had ever seen on him. Elijah felt like throwing up and without thinking ran out of there pushing Nick out of the way and never stopping until he was in his bedroom and on his bed wanting it all to just be a dream he was trying to force himself to wake up from. He hid under the covers when he heard someone knocking on the door and seconds later it opened hearing his steps until he felt his warm hand on his back rubbing small circles.

"Jonah..." Harry trailed off not knowing what else to say.

"Why are you going to marry him? Don't you love dad anymore?" Elijah asked feeling the tears rolling down the side of his face when Harry's movements abruptly stopped and seconds later the covers were pulled away from him.

"You know your dad and I divorced a long time ago, it didn't work out and Nick makes me happy." Harry tried to reason with him.

"But dad loves you, he still loves you." Elijah insisted then sat up hugging one of his pillows.

"You don't know that." Harry gave him a pained look.

"Yes I do, I just know it and if you marry Nick you're going to hurt him and you're going to hurt me and I'll never forgive you." Elijah wailed surprising Harry knowing his son never showed his true emotions choosing to throw sarcastic remarks instead.

"I'm sorry that you feel that way, I really do but it has already been decided. Nick and I will be getting married in a few months." Harry kissed Elijah's forehead then got up closing the door on his way out.

Elijah stayed in his room until Perrie brought a tray of full of food then stayed with him hugging him close while he ate and cried just wanting to go back home. She had held him all the time sometimes kissing his forehead or rubbing his back but nothing could compare to his dad's hugs and kisses that never failed to make him feel better. He hated the way his dad hadn't even taken his feelings into consideration when he had decided to propose to Nick the way his dad Louis would always do before doing something he knew would affect him.

From then on he would spend his time with his uncles and cousins going as far as spending a whole day with Des and his wife who he found to be a lovely person. He would try to avoid Nick as much as he could going as far as mess with him to let his anger out always denying it had been him whenever Nick would complain.

Three days passed by and Elijah was worried out of his mind when Jonah wouldn't call him back thinking that something bad could have happened to all of them. He had managed to stay away from Nick who always seemed to be there even though his dad was always working and he spent his days alone either with the dog, Perrie or his cousins when his uncles would take him over to their house.

He was already getting attached to all of them loving how his nana Anne would spoil him rotten and he just loved her in general feeling sad knowing that soon he would have to go back and wouldn't see her as often. He would sometimes go fishing with both of his grandparents and uncles but never with his own dad who would rather work.

That same day after getting back from a fishing trip with them he went straight for a shower and after he was finished he walked to the kitchen where he found Nick on the home phone with someone. They looked at each other with hate and fear in their eyes then Nick gave him the phone.

"Someone's on the phone for you, some kid named Mason from New York." Nick said then left the kitchen going back to the pool while Elijah stared at the phone in confusion.

"Hello?"

"Elijah! Oh my god, slenderman almost figured out its me but I told him I was Mason from New York. Sorry I didn't call you earlier...dad and I have been doing a lot of stuff. He showed me his entire new collection then we went to the movies and lots of other places." Jonah gushed and if Elijah felt a small twinge of jealousy he didn't show it at all.

"Dad's getting married." Elijah said in a monotone voice hearing Jonah dropping something then a door closing.

"What!? Is this a joke, are you okay?" Jonah said and Elijah wished it was just that, a simple joke.

"No, he said he was going to marry him. Jonah...I want to go home, I don't want to be here anymore. I miss dad and I want to go back with him." Elijah said making sure no one was listening to his conversation.

The silence that followed seemed to last an eternity when none of them said anything until Elijah heard his brother sighing then a bit of shuffling before he heard his voice again.

"We'll go get you okay, dad's not going to marry him." Jonah decided, "I- I'll tell dad who I really am and we'll get there soon."

"Okay, but please hurry up." Elijah said.

They talked for a few more minutes then hung up with the promise of seeing each other again soon and as soon as Elijah had put the phone down he turned around to go back to his room. On his way there he saw Nick walking up to him making him walk faster but Nick stopped him before he could escape.

"Who was that? For a moment I thought it was you." Nick crossed his arms over his chest.

"None of your business." Elijah said already making his way up the stairs.

"Brat. You know, no matter how much you whine and tell your dad not to marry me he's going to anyways." Nick glared at him.

"I didn't-" Elijah started making a face when Nick grabbed him by the arm making him wince in pain.

"And as soon as I am his husband and a Styles I'll make sure to send you far away from here where you won't annoy us anymore because that's all you do. And then I'm going to give your father that little girl he's always wanted and he'll forget about you just like he forgot about your other father." Nick smirked letting go of him pushing him a little.

He laughed when he saw the tears on Elijah's eyes then walked away leaving him alone then seconds later he ran up to his bedroom praying for Jonah to get there faster. He stayed there with Cocoa for the rest of the day ignoring Harry when he called him down for dinner knowing Nick was going to be there.

~*~*~

As soon as Jonah hung up he angrily made his way out of the closet and into the living room to drop the phone off but instead threw it on the couch then proceeded to pace back and forth in front of it.

"¡Ése idiota quien se cree que es entrando en mi casa y tomando lo que no es suyo! Lo odio. ¡Lo odio¡" Jonah said through gritted teeth trying not to cry and instead punched the pillow couch multiple times. (Who does that idiot think he is walking into my house taking what's not his! I hate him. I hate him!)

"Were you speaking spanish? You don't speak spanish."

Jonah jumped up startled as soon as he heard Zayn's voice coming from the kitchen door then slowly turned around to see him standing on the doorway still holding a bowl of food. They stared at each other for a few minutes until Jonah sat down on the couch feeling a bit dizzy only getting worse when Zayn sat down next to him.

"I learned in camp." Jonah lied.

"Sure you did, start talking." Zayn made himself comfortable and continued eating his pudding waiting for Jonah to talk.

"I did! There was this kid who taught me a few words." Jonah insisted trying not to panic knowing his uncle didn't believe a single word.

"Those weren't just a few words, that was the whole language. Now start talking before I tickle it out of you and let me tell you, I have no mercy." Zayn placed a hand on his hip then raised an eyebrow letting him know he wasn't playing around.

"I'm...I'm not Elijah, I'm Jonah." Jonah closed his eyes then opened them again when Zayn said nothing.

When he opened them all he saw was Zayn staring wide eyed at him with the spoon full of pudding halfway to his mouth. Jonah gently grabbed the spoon and the bowl putting them on the coffee table then looked at his uncle expecting him to do or say something but what happened next was something he didn't expect at all. Zayn burst out crying out of nowhere placing both of his hands on his cheeks squeezing them a bit looking at him as if he was trying to find something and when he finally did he pulled him forward into a hug.

"Its you, oh my god it really is you. The last time I saw you you were this tiny and just over a year old." Zayn let go of him to show him with his hands how big he had been back then then hugged him again, "I missed you so much, you have no idea. I thought I would never see you again. Look at you all grown up!"

"Eli and I met in camp and we switched because I wanted to meet dad and now he called me because dad's getting married to Nick and we can't let that happen." Jonah was quick to explain still in Zayn's arms.

"What do you mean? Start from the beginning." Zayn pulled back getting ready to listen to whatever Jonah had to say still in awe that he was sitting next to him.

"I live with dad in Los Angeles and he sent me to camp where I met Elijah and we figured out we're brothers, I wanted to meet dad and Eli wanted to meet other dad too so we switched. Dad's dating this guy named Nick and today I called Eli and he told me dad's gonna marry him, he can't marry him because Nick is only after his money and I know he still loves dad Louis. I have to go back to California and stop it." Jonah explained growing agitated the more he talked about it.

"That prick Nick...no it can't be. Have you told Louis you're Jonah?" Zayn carefully asked knowing how Louis would react after many years of looking for him.

"No, I'm scared he won't love me like he loves Eli if I tell him the truth." Jonah looked down at his lap fiddling with his fingers.

"Oh Jonah, your dad's been looking for you and your dad ever since the moment he lost you both. He's still looking but after many years it tends to get harder, tell him the truth, I can assure you he won't love you any less." Zayn hugged him again trying to contain his emotions but ended up tearing up again.

"You're not lying, right?" Jonah's voice trembled.

"Of course not, I would never lie to you." Zayn replied pulling back just as Louis walked in freshly showered.

"What's going on?" Louis stopped in front of them frowning when Zayn quickly wiped away his tears, picked up his bowl and made his way towards the kitchen.

"I just...I'm gonna go get more pudding." Zayn sniffled looking at Jonah as if he was just seeing him again for the first time in years.

Louis looked away intending to talk to Zayn about it and something else he was sure of after many days of spending them together with his son. As soon as Zayn disappeared into the kitchen Louis took a seat next to his son who got up and started pacing back and forth in front of him running his fingers through his hair almost obsessively.

"Want to tell me what's going on, sweetheart." Louis smiled observing his son now fully sure of it.

"I just...don't you hate it when adults do things that don't make sense and then they can't explain why they did the things in the first place!" Jonah exclaimed throwing his hands up into the air.

"What's wrong?" Louis asked.

"I mean, if you're gonna do the thing at least do it when you have a good enough reason to do it!"

"Is that so, Jonah." Louis smiled

"Yes!"

Louis could feel the tension when his son froze then looked at him with wide green eyes then slowly backed away confirming even more what he had been suspecting for the past three days but never dared himself to believe it could be him even though he was sure of it. The fear that he could be wrong after many years had started driving him crazy sometimes making him believe it was just wishful thinking.

"What? How do you..." Jonah trailed off getting more worried when he saw the tears rolling down his father's face.

"I carried you and your brother for almost nine months, do you think I wouldn't be able to recognize my own baby no matter how long its been without seeing him." Louis' voice cracked as he wiped his tears away then opened his arms letting out a sob when Jonah never hesitated once as he ran into them.

He couldn't stop crying when he finally got to hold him in his arms again never wanting to let him go ever again remembering how the last time he had seen him he was just a baby. He pulled back placing his hands on his cheeks kissing his forehead before he pulled him back into his chest rubbing his back.

"Do you love me?" Jonah asked afraid of the answer feeling his father's hold on him tightening.

"Of course I love you baby, I love you so much." Louis ran his fingers through Jonah's hair seeing the way he was different from Elijah even though they were identical, "I looked for you everywhere, sweetheart."

"Really?" Jonah asked looking up at him.

"Really. And now that you're here I'm not letting you out of my sight ever again." Louis kissed his forehead smiling when Jonah nodded.

Louis stayed on the sofa with Jonah in his arms not saying anything just cuddling with him occasionally kissing his son's head while Zayn silently made his way out of his apartment smiling at them before slipping out.

Jonah, where's your brother?" Louis finally asked after almost half an hour where both of them didn't say a thing.

"He's in Los Angeles with dad." Jonah looked up at him.

"California? All this time you've been in California." Louis gave him a defeated look hating himself for not looking there thinking it would be the least likely place they could be in.

"Yes...dad already knows I'm here and that he has Elijah and when I talked to Eli he said he's looking forward to seeing you again." Jonah lied through his teeth feeling horrible when his father seemed a bit panicky but then completely brightened up.

"He said that?" Louis asked feeling like his heart was going to beat out of his chest.

"Yeah, so we have to go to California as soon as we can." Jonah forced a smile.

"Okay, we could go this weekend. Now I want you to tell me how you met your brother." Louis smiled hugging him once again.

"We met at camp. Why...why didn't you tell Eli about me? Dad never told me about my brother either, he only gave me a torn picture of you from your wedding. Why did you divorced him? Dad never wants to talk about it." Jonah asked question after question and the more he asked the more awful Louis felt.

"I wanted to find you first before telling him, back then I was really stupid and didn't know what I had until I lost it. Your dad and I met in a cruise when I was nineteen and he was twenty then we started a long distance relationship, I was living in Manchester and he was living here in London. I got pregnant with you boys and we got married without even thinking about it, we thought it was going to be all rainbows and ponies and sometimes it wasn't but I can tell you that I was very happy until stupidity got the best of me." Louis explained trying not to cry again remembering all the things he had done to Harry.

"You're not stupid, dad." Jonah snuggled up against his chest smiling when Louis kissed the top of his head then rubbed his back.

"Oh trust me sweetheart, I am so stupid and dumb because I let you and your dad go and I lost both of you but now I promise I'm not gonna do that again." Louis said in a determined tone making Jonah a little nervous of what was to come.

"You're going to love California." Jonah said just as his stomach made a loud sound making him blush.

"Lets get you something to eat first." Louis got up poking his belly making him giggle.

He helped Louis make dinner that night while telling him all about him and how he played football during the summer seeing him frowning when he told him Harry never had time to go see him. He had hugged him when Louis promised to go see him play as much as he could knowing he would be going unlike his dad Harry who always promised to go but never did.

Thoughts? :)