MelissaStylesInStyle: How did I not see this sooner?! Of course I'd like one! I'd like one set in the future, like 4 years. One Direction is on tour and we're backstage after a concert. We have a 4 year old little girl, let's call her Bethany, or Bethy for short, and she goes up to Harry and tells him that her and Freddie are boyfriend/girlfriend now. So I want Harry's reaction to be priceless and also include some dialogue with me. I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE!!


Harry's POV

"Another great show, lads!" Louis grinned, shaking his wet hair out. He and Liam had resumed their childish acts during this year, despite both of being fathers. But I couldn't complain. I was still the bubbly cheeky person I had always been, making fun of fans in the audience and dancing my heart out.

It had been four years since announcing our hiatus and we four as One Direction were back again with our fifth world tour. Things had changed immensely for all of us. We had all released solo music, three of us had become fathers, and two of us had gotten married. It had been a whirlwind from the beginning but I felt right at home, back with my three brothers on the stage that I had been born to perform on. I could still hear the screams from inside the stadium, ringing my ears. America always welcomed us with warm arms and we always had so much fun every time we came back here. Considering I married an American, it was a second home to me.

"Freddie enjoyed the concert." I smiled.

"I hope he did. He looked happy." Louis said, thanking Lou for handing him a towel to dry himself off.

"That kid was smiling his pants off, Louis. He loves seeing you up there, knowing that he's your father and that you love what you do."

"I could say the same about Bethany, mate."

I smiled at the mention of my daughter. She was born just after my 22nd birthday and she was the most precious gem. My little girl. My little butterfly. She had still been a small toddler when I went on tour by myself so she didn't remember it at all but now, since she was four, she would remember everything about tonight. Then, right on cue, I heard her high voice.

"Daddy!"

I turned around and there she was, running towards me with a giant grin on her face. Her curls bounced over her shoulders as she leapt into my waiting arms. I picked her up and held her close; she didn't seem to care about how sweaty I was. Her arms and legs were wrapped around me like a small spider monkey and her grip was tight.

"Oh, my baby girl, you're getting stronger!" I laughed and she giggled, kissing my cheek. I adjusted her so that I was holding her with one arm, hooking it underneath her thighs.

"Did you have fun?"

"Yes, I did, Daddy! You and my uncles were so silly!"

"How so?"

"You dance funny!"

Me and the lads choked back loud laughter at Bethany's words. Then, another laugh joined in. A lighter one, a female one, a laugh that I had fallen in love with years ago.

"That's my girl."

Both Bethany and I looked in the same direction to see where the owner of the laugh was. It belonged to my sweet wife, Melissa. A gorgeous woman she was. Older than me, yes, but I needed a mature woman yet she had her kiddy moments for she was a kid at heart. I frowned at her mockingly.

"You love my dancing."

"I do but that doesn't mean it's not silly." Melissa walked over to me with a smile and pressed her lips to mine softly. Usually, when this happened and our daughter was around, she was tell us to stop and say "Ewww!" or she would giggle. But neither of those things happened. I looked at her and saw that her gaze was over my shoulder. She was staring at something. I spun around and realised that she wasn't staring at something. She was staring at someone.

And that someone was Freddie Reign Tomlinson.

Louis was down on his knees with his son and smiling at him. There were 2 months separating Freddie and Bethany so both were super close from a very young age. It was hard to get them to leave each other alone, they were stuck together like glue. Partners in crime, inheriting cheekiness and sassiness from their fathers. The cute thing was that Freddie was gazing back at my daughter, his eyes big and blue and sparkling. To my surprise, Bethany blushed and gave him a little wave. I cocked my eyebrow at my wife, who just shrugged her shoulders. I turned to my daughter and asked her a question.

"Why is Freddie staring at you, baby girl?"

"Oh, didn't you know, Daddy?"

"Know what?"

"Freddie's my boyfriend."

"WHAT?!

It was Louis who shouted in shock. He stared at his young son with his lips parted and I looked at my daughter with the most absolute horror. Boyfriend...? What the hell? Louis took the words right out of my mouth.

"Freddie, you are four! You can't have a girlfriend!"

"But Bethy is my girlfriend, Daddy! We talk and smile like Uncle Harry and Aunt Melissa do, and we hold hands."

"My boy..." Louis was lost now. Bethany began to squirm in my hold, clearly wanting attention from the young boy that she was thought was her boyfriend. I put her down and she went over to Freddie, talking about the show and laughing. Louis came over to me and Melissa, and shook his head.

"My son has seduced your daughter, I apologise."

"How do you know that it wasn't my daughter that seduced your son?" Melissa asked from beside me. Both Louis and I stared at her and she smiled, glancing over at the two little ones.

"I gotta admit, they are cute together."

"Mel!"

"What, Louis? As you said, Freddie's four. So is Bethany. This isn't an actual romantic relationship, it's just affection. They're kids, you dolts. God, it's always men." My wife rolled her eyes. I looked at my daughter and my mate's son and saw that actually, they were cute, being all giggly but when Freddie took Bethany's hand, I shot fake daggers at Louis.

"My Bethy is not taking the last name 'Tomlinson' ever."

"Relax, mate, the two of them will never even kiss." Louis chuckled and I nodded. I wanted my daughter to keep her last name as 'Styles' for as long as possible. She would always be my baby girl and to see her with a boy (that boy being Freddie) even at a young age, did something to me. A hand on my arm broke me out of my thoughts.

"Harry, baby...? You OK?"

"I'm fine, gorgeous. You just know how protective I am of her." I gestured towards Bethany with my head.

"I know you are but listen, one day, she's going to grow up. She's going to have a boyfriend, maybe more than one. She's going to go through break-ups and all that stuff that you and I have been through before we met." Melissa said.

"Can't she be cute forever?"

"No, she can't, so just enjoy this time of her being a small child for now because it's not going to be there for the rest of her life."

I looked back at my daughter and marvelled at how much she looked like me. Green eyes, dark curls, toothy grin. Yet she spoke like her mother's accent a lot more than she spoke with mine. She wouldn't be my little 4-year-old forever. There's going to be days when she's insecure about herself, going through teenage heartbreaks, falling in love, getting married and having kids of her own. I couldn't wait for those days to come but for now, I just wanted to relish watching Disney princess movies with her and making her laugh with my stupid jokes.

"And don't worry, she won't marry Freddie. I won't let her marry him." Melissa laughed and I bit back a smile. My daughter won't become a Tomlinson, no way. No offence, Louis! I wondered what the rest of the tour would be like now, since my daughter and Louis's son were "dating". A lot of hilarity, that's for sure!

Notes

Hope you liked this, Melissa! Sorry it's short, I'm rushing to finish the next chapter of Always. Thanks for requesting, love!

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