A Mermaids Tail

Chapter 22

Louis POV

   I blink awake to the blinding light of the sunshine, it was so bright that one could never guess how badly it stormed the night prior unless they were woken up by it. A chocolate curl tickled my nose as I was coming back into the world of consciousness, I was laid spooned with one of the loves of my life. Harry was still tucked away sleeping blissfully where I put him last night after his nightmare. Liam dealt with the heavy weight of the twins while I got the easier task of supporting Harry's back. I could hear the others start to sir but I was too enamored with the beauty laying peacefully in my arms, blissfully asleep.

   "Good morning" Niall whispered for the first time in his life as he awoke from his deep slumber. Zayn went to go make us a pot of coffee as two of us can literally not move until a certain pregnant gorgeous merman awakes and Nialls a lazy shit who likes to stay in bed. Luckily for him Zayn came back with four steaming mugs of the bitter liquid, each fixed to our liking and handed them out which we graciously except. The bitter smell must have drawn Harry from his dreams as the merman starts to stir in mine and Liams hold. "Hi" he says shyly as he's still upset about waking us up last night when in reality he didn't. "Good Morning Sunshine!"(Niall) "Morning Cupcake"(Zayn) 'Good morning my beautiful babies'(myself) "Good morning darling, would you like something to drink?"(Liam) we each try to distract him form his somberly thoughts and luckily we succeed. He nods his head at Liams question and Niall is up quick to go make him a cup of tea while Liam and I help him sit up against the backboard.

   Niall nearly scolded himself with the hot beverage as he sprinted back into our room to give it to Harry. Zayn, Liam, and I were trying very hard to hold back our laughter as we could hear him curse as a thump was made on one of the steps of the stairs. Luckily with no major bumps or bruises on himself he shimmers his way back to his spot and hands Harry the tea he made for him. We sat in peaceful silence for a couple of minutes after that, each of us enjoying our morning beverage while still blinking away the heavy sleep left in our eyes.

   "Can we name them Connor and Caspian?" Harry was the one to break the silence and I thought Niall was about to break the mug he's holding as his grip was so tight. "After..." Niall trailed off not finishing his sentence as Harry nods his head understanding what Nialls alluding to. "After who?" Liam asked the two as the three of us our completely lost on the significance of these names. "Our friend, Caspian Connor Nicchi." Niall said looking down into his mug "But we called him CC." Harry says with a watery smile. The air was thick with somber as no one knew how to approach the following question, what happened to the kid?

   "CC was a merman like me and I was the one to introduce him to Niall as I wanted to brag that I already found one of my mates." Harry giggles as his eyes held a fond look with in them. "CC gave me so much crap when we were kids. Now I get why, he was just protecting his little brother." Niall chuckled at the memories the two of them share from childhood. Liam, Zayn, and I stay quiet as we don't want to interrupt something that may explain Harrys nightmares.

   "The three of us were on the beach one lazy Sunday afternoon. Hopping from rock to rock, playing tag, swimming, everything was perfect... until it wasn't."(Harry) "Hunting merfolk has been banned since the age of kings and queens but that doesn't mean people don't do it."(Niall) "A group of five men were known to occasionally hunt my kind but they hadn't been caught."(Harry) " They're names were Everett, Samson, Calvin, Killian, and Thomas. Five sick bastards that killed for fun."(Niall) "The five spotted the three of us playing on our lay Sunday afternoon."(Harry) as the two explained we could see the hurt in their eyes as they were retelling us one of the hardest moments in their lives.

   "When they found us we each made a break for it Niall and I were safe but umm... they uh... caught CC and uh... they umm..." Harry had tears streaming down his face as the memory replayed in his head. He didn't have to say anymore as we caught the drift, we cuddled him and tried to consolidate him as he was trying to calm down. "Those bastards were caught for what they did to our friend and they faced the penalty fro causing such a horrid act, they were put to death." Niall stated eerily calm while Harry flinched in our hold when he said what happened to them.

   "Harrys nightmares have been consistent of those assholes coming back and hurting us." Niall says as he brushed away the tears that were rapidly falling down the pregnant boys cheeks. "Oh darling"(Liam) 'They aren't coming back, ever.'(me) "We're safe, I promise."(Zayn) our hearts actually break as to the reason behind his nightmare is much worse than we thought it would be. "So we can n-name them C-Connor and C-Caspian?" Harry asked once he'd calm down enough to speak. "Of course love, we've even got the perfect middle names for them" we tell him, to which he agrees and instantly he falls in love with our two beautiful boys beautiful names...

   Connor Laken & Caspian River 

Hello World,

THANK YOU TO @BryleaMartinez AND @confuzzledone FOR THE NAMES! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! What did you think? Babies will be coming soon...  Should the twins be identical or fraternal? Will one twin have legs and the other a tail like in the nightmare or should both be mer or should they both be human? If both or one is mer what should the color of their tail be? Please feel free to comment, vote, follow me, checkout my other Z.H.C.MP stories, or all four!