Chapter 7

-2 Days Later-

"C'mon mummy! C'mon daddy!!" We ran to catch up with her. She held both of our hands and skipped along. "Ooh! A zebra!!" She ran over to look at it. "Alyssa, don't run away like that. Alright? Never do it again." She nodded. "Sorry daddy." "It's okay." He kissed her head and directed her attention to the zebras. I felt eyes on me, but refused to look. This is her day and I wasn't going to worry about anything. As she was watching them, Louis stood back up to my height and put an arm around my waist. He placed a kiss on my cheek. "I love you." "I love you too babe." Louis must've felt a poke because he turned around to see 2 little girls. "You're Louis Tomlinson." He nodded. "Can we get a picture with you, Alyssa and-" "Emily." He finished. They nodded. "Of course. Alyssa honey, come here." She ran over to us and got between us. She must've been pretty used to it because she smiled wide as the girls got in the picture with us. "Mummy, I have to potty." She whispered. "Alright, babe we'll be right back." "Alright." He said smiling. We made our way to the bathrooms. "Go ahead. I'll wait for you right here." I said, standing by the sink. She nodded and went in. After she finished, she walked out and washed her hands. "I'll race you mummy!" She took off running out of nowhere. I ran after her but as I opened the bathroom door, I didn't see her anywhere. I looked around and saw her talking to a lady about my age. I rushed over. The lady grabbed her hand and started pulling her away. "Hey, let go of her!" I yelled. "She's my daughter! Back off." What the hell?! "No she's not. She's mine." "Mummy!!" I tried pulling her away, but the other lady was too strong. "Mackenzie. LET. GO. OF. HER. NOW." Louis growled behind me. "Louis, she's mine. I deserve to see her." "You know exactly why you lost visitation rights. Emily is her mum now." "Mummy, what is daddy talking about?" "Nothing sweetie." "She's lying to you Alyssa. She's not your mum." "Yes she is!!" She protested. While Mackenzie was distracted I picked up Alyssa and held her close. I put the side of her head against my chest and covered her other ear with my free hand. "Louis, let me see her." "Never. I won full custody of her. She's ours now." "What if I took you to court?" "You'd lose and you know it." "True, but I still should get to see my daughter; especially on her birthday." "Not after what you've done. Emily is her mum. Not you." "I'll always be her biological mother. You can't change that. Besides, she barely knows Alyssa like I know her." "I doubt that. I love her like she's my own child. I will always love this little girl." Louis smiled. "Why can't you just leave us alone?" He said putting an arm around my waist. "I love her. She's my daughter and I WILL fight for her." "You don't love her. You never did. Do you not remember when she was first born?! I'm the only reason she's alive." My eyes went wide. Did she try to kill her!? "I've changed Louis." "I'm sure you did." He said rolling his eyes. "You're not touching her again. She's our child and you will never EVER touch her. She's happy with us as her parents, and she absolutely loves Emily." She glared at Louis. "Fine. At least let me give her the birthday gift I got for her." Louis sighed. "Fine. Fine. Make it quick." She smiled wickedly. "I'll be back." She walked away. "Babe, I'm gonna need you to do something." "Yeah?" "Take Alyssa and get away from here. Stay in the park so she doesn't think anything is wrong, but you need to get away from here. I don't trust her one bit." I nodded. "Of course, but later, I need answers." He nodded and kissed us both. "Now go." I walked off, Alyssa still in my arms. We rounded a corner and I put her down. She started crying. "Alyssa honey what's wrong?" "Are you my mummy??" "Of course. Of course I am." "Who was that then?" "Some crazy lady." "Why was daddy yelling?" "He was upset that the lady tried to take you. We can't lose you. You're our whole world." She smiled and hugged me. "Why did we leave daddy?" "He needed to talk to her alone. We're gonna go see some lions!" "Yay!! Let's go!!" I gave a fake smile and rushed her towards the lions. "Mummy?" "Yeah?" "Carry me?" "Of course." I picked her up. She hid her face into my shoulder. "What's wrong?" "I'm scared." "Of what?" "That lady...I remember something bad about her..." "Oh sweetie it's okay. She won't hurt you. I won't let her." "Mummy I have a question." "Yeah?" "Can I sleep in your bed tonight?" "Of course sweetie." I held her close and showed her some more animals. I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around. "Oh hey babe." "Hey." "Daddy is the scary lady gone??" He nodded. "She is long gone baby. And guess what? I got you a stuffed animal!!" "Really?!" He nodded and pulled a stuffed panda out from behind his back. "Thank you soo much daddy!!!" "You're welcome. You'll get your other presents later." She smiled wide. "Is Uncle Harry still taking me out?" "Yes he is!" Louis grabbed my hand and whispered, "That's when we'll get your stuff." "Can we go home now?" "You wanna leave already Princess?" She nodded. "I wanna celebrate!" We laughed. "Alright baby girl."

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-Louis' POV-

"Happy Birthday!!!" She squealed and ran to hug her uncles and aunt. I walked over to Harry who was hugging her. "Styles, you better be good to my little girl." "I will I will. She's like my niece anyway!" I kissed her head and walked back over to Emily. "Hey babe, I'm going to grab her gifts from upstairs." "Alright Lou." She said kissing me. I ran upstairs, grabbed her gifts and went back down to see her in Emily's lap on the couch, hugging her panda. I walked over to her and kissed her head. "These are from me and mummy." Perrie looked at me with a confused face. Actually, they all did. They didn't know who her 'mum' was. I got out my phone and texted her what happened. She nodded and showed Zayn who showed the other boys. They all smiled at us. Perrie sent me back a text saying, 'So cute!! <3' She opened her first gift. "Dolls!!!" She hugged us tight. "Thank you so much!" "That was daddy's idea." Emily said smiling. She smiled and hugged me tight again. She then opened the next one. When she took the top off, a little head popped up. "A puppy?! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!" "That was your mum's idea." Her eyes went wide and she hugged Emily tight. "Thank you soo much mummy!!" "You're welcome. What do you want to name her?" "Hmm Perrie!" "After Aunt Perrie?" She nodded. "Awh!" Perrie said smiling. The puppy jumped around and laid down in her lap. The next one she opened was FULL of candy and sweets.