Forgotten

Chapter 1

This seems to have been deleted off of here for some reason. So I'm putting up the original two chapters as well as adding a new third chapter. Enjoy.

Niall's head fell against the pillow he'd plopped up on the wall. He kept the pillow in here for nights just like this. He knew he was a bad baby, that's why Daddy and Papa left him in timeout so often. That's why his time out stool was in the back entryway of the house that's never used. That's way he was left behind while Daddy and Papa took Harry and Liam to the movies and then dinner.

Sighing he looked at the timer, two hours left. He wouldn't make it to bed on time, which meant it would add another four hours to his timer. He would be sleeping here tonight. That was all right. Maybe if he were good enough Daddy and Papa would love him. Just like they love Harry and Liam.

He just wished that his timer would go off soon because his pull-up was soaked. They were trying to potty train him but then they'd been doing it since they started this whole thing and that was five years ago. He seemed to only be regressing in that area. Still, he wasn't allowed to use the toilet without his Daddy or his Papa but if he had an accident he was allowed to clean himself up – just not while he was in time out.

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Louis was carrying Harry and holding Liam's hand while they walked up to the front door. Zayn was running to the back because they both had forgotten their house keys. One of those freak accidents, so now he was running around to the back of the house so that he could then run to the front of the house and let his family in.

All of his plans were forgotten the second he got the door unlocked.

"Niall!"

Niall jerked around when he heard his Daddy call his name but then remembered where he was and turned back to the corner. He wanted to be good, not add more time.

Zayn felt like the worlds largest bastard. He'd forgotten Niall. How could he forget Niall!?

"Hey, baby." Zayn tried, dropping down to his knee in front of his little boy, "Can you look at me love?"

Niall hesitated. He wasn't supposed to move or talk while in time out. You were supposed to sit quietly and stare at the corner. He might be allowed to point though?

Zayn watched as Niall's hand hesitantly lifted and a single finger poked out to the little times that was sitting on the counter. The same timer, which read thirty minutes, left. "Who set the timer love?"

Niall stayed mute, staring at the corner. Was Daddy testing him?

"Sweetheart will you look at me please?" Zayn asked gently starting to turn the boy, "It's alright. You won't be in trouble"

Allowing himself to be turned Niall looked up at his Daddy hesitantly, "Yes Daddy?"

The small broken voice coming from the once vibrant little boy killed Zayn, "Who set the time out timer?"

"I did" Niall admitted.

"Ok. Why did you set the timer?"

"Because Papa told me to go to time out"

Zayn was getting closer, "And why did he tell you to go to time out?"

"For not picking up all Liam's and Harry's toys last night"

"What?" Zayn asked concerned. Neither he nor Louis ever had Niall pick up after the other boys. And they most certainly wouldn't put Niall in time out for one of the other boys leaving out their toys.

Niall didn't want to but he felt that he should tell the whole truth, didn't want to add to his time. "Well... that was only for the first hour and a half. The rest was because Harry tripped on the toy and broke Liam's tower and they cried."

A small snippet of the events right before lunch started to come back to him. Louis had come into the kitchen with a crying Harry and sniffling Liam and said that Niall would be late to lunch because he had to spend ten minutes in time out for pushing Harry into Liam's tower. No one had noticed that Niall had never shown for lunch when Harry had been throwing a fit about not wanting to sit in his highchair and Liam was refusing to eat his sandwich because it was cut into squares and he wanted triangles.

Zayn was about to reply when there was a continuous banging coming from the front door. He'd forgotten Louis and the other boys.

Making a split second decision Zayn scooped Niall up and bolted to the front door.

Niall squirmed in Zayn's hold causing the man to almost drop him. "No Daddy. My times not up" he didn't want to add even more time!

Zayn had no choice but to set Niall on his feet but he didn't let the boy go completely. "Baby... Your time is up"

"No." Niall objected, "Thirty minutes left"

"But you were such a good boy that I'm letting you out early" Zayn tried. He didn't know if it would work but he wasn't going to let Niall go back to time-out.

"I was good?" Niall asked hopefully.

Zayn's heart broke at the way his little boy's face looked so hopeful with that one question. "Yeah, baby. You were perfect"

Niall's face lit up and he threw his arms around his Daddy's neck. He had been good!

Zayn picked Niall up and continued his way to the front door. He opened the door and watched as Louis' face fell.