Chapter 5

"Hey Em." "Hey Louis. Hi Alyssa." "Hi Ms. Smith!" "You can call me Emily." She smiled and nodded. "Can we go now daddy??" "Of course. Let's go." Louis grabbed both of our hands and walked us down the street to the park. "Daddy?" "Yes sweetie?" "Can I go play with my friends?" "Of course." She ran off and joined some other girls by the swings. "You're a great dad." He smiled. "Thanks love. How about we go over there and sit?" I nodded and followed him over. "How is she doing in class?" "She's doing great. She's always being nice to the others, and sharing. She draws 24/7, and loves her naps." He smiled and laughed lightly. "Yeah, that sounds like her." I smiled and squeezed his hand. "Is this weird for her? Has she mentioned anything?" "What? About us being together?" I nodded. "She hasn't said anything negative. At all. She's always talking about how she loves you." "Have you really told her though?" "Um, no. She still thinks we're 'best friends.'" I nodded. "I think we should tell her now." He said abruptly. "You sure?" He nodded. "Most definitely babe...I'll go get her." I nodded and sat alone while he went to go get her. She came back, running with him, and plopped down beside me. Louis sat on the other side of her and cleared his throat. "Sweetie, we need to talk to you about something." She perked up. "Yeah daddy?" "Do you know what boyfriends and girlfriends are?" She nodded. "How?" "Uncle Harry." He rolled his eyes. "Of course...anyway. Me and Emily are boyfriend and girlfriend." She beamed. "You are?!" We both nodded. She jumped up and wrapped her arms around my neck. I squeezed her tight. "I love you Emily." "I love you too honey." Louis smiled and grabbed my hand. "We just needed to tell you. You can go play." "Can I tell my friends?" Louis looked to me with raised eyebrows. "I don't care. You might want to wait because of the paparazzi though." He shrugged. "Go tell em." She smiled and ran off. "You don't care if the paparazzi know?" "Nope. I wanna show you off." I blushed and shook my head. "Love, look at me please." I lifted my face and our eyes met. He smirked and tucked my loose hair behind my ear. He leaned in and kissed me sweetly. When we parted we both stayed still; shock. That was our first kiss, and it was perfect. He kissed me again. This time it lasted longer. A lot longer. We both smiled but then noticed Alyssa on the ground, crying. We ran over to her and Louis scooped her up. "Sweetie what happened??" She couldn't talk but instead pointed to her head. "Hospital Lou. Now!" We hopped in the car, Alyssa in my lap. Louis sped as fast as he could to the hospital. He took her from me and ran into the Emergency room. Nurses came from all around. "What's wrong with her?" "We don't know...she may have a concussion." They nodded and took her away. Louis sat down and I joined him. His head was in his hands, worried. I put my arm around him for comfort. "She'll be okay Louis...she'll be okay." I kissed his head and stayed close. "I'm calling the school." "Why?" "I'm taking a vacation day tomorrow. I'm not letting you do this alone." He smiled and hugged me. "It means the world to me. Thanks." "You're welcome babe." "Family of Alyssa Tomlinson?" He stood up and motioned for me to follow him. "You were right. She does have a concussion and due to her size, memory loss is apparent." He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "Would you like to go see your daughter?" He nodded and started walking away. "Well, Emily, let's go see our daughter." He said winking. I was confused but did so anyway. I grabbed his hand as we entered the room. We walked over to her bed. "Hey sweetie. Do you remember me?" She studied him for a second. "Daddy!!" He smiled and hugged her tight. "Do you remember her?" She thought long and hard. "Mummy?" "Um n-" "It's fine Lou." He smiled wide. "Yes." She smiled and reached her arms up for me to hug her. I did so and looked over at Louis. "You might wanna get some sleep. We'll be over here if you need us." She nodded and laid her head on the pillow. I pulled Louis to the side. "What was that about?" "What?" "Why did you say she was my daughter in the hallway?" "Duh, so you could come see her! They only let family back right now." He said playfully. I smiled. "Oh okay." We sat down in two chairs and started talking about anything and everything. "Lou?" "Yeah babe?" "Won't it be weird her calling me mum all the time?" "Not for me...Will it be awkward for you? If so I can tell her-" "It's fine babe. I was just wondering about her because she won't see me as much and I thought it might be weird if she thinks I'm her mum." "Well, then we'll have to spend more time together then huh?" I smiled and ran my fingers through his hair. "C'mere." I got up and sat in his lap. He kissed me and held my hand. "You know, I like this kissing thing. We should do it more often." I laughed. "I agree."