Harry: 19
Camryn: 19
Darcy: 2 1/2
Lennon: 2 months
Zayn: 20
Niall: 20
Liam: 20
Louis: 21
Gemma: 22
October 30 2013
"Alright, he's finally down,"Camryn announces with a relieved smile, holding her fist up into the air in victory as she walks into the kitchen to find Darcy sitting on the counter with Harry standing in front of her, two big orange pumpkins sat next to her.
"He unlatched?"Harry asks with a dramatically dropped jaw in sarcasm, but really it is a huge surprise that their chunky little 2 month old baby would ever unlatch from his feeding.
"Eh, barely,"Camryn sighs with a giggle, pulling Harry's t-shirt that she's wearing further down to cover her upper thighs. "He woke up twice, but the third time was the charm."
"Mama we have bumkins!"Darcy exclaims, holding her little hands up in the air in excitement with a little squeal.
"We do have pumpkins, huh?!"Camryn exclaims, matching Darcy's excitement as she throws her own hands up in the air while Darcy giggles, grinning cheekily at her mum.
"Bumkins!"Darcy exclaims again, grinning her big gap toothed smile over at Camryn.
"Bumkins? Bumkins, huh?"Harry teases, grabbing for Darcy as she squeals and giggles, playfully trying to push him away as he wraps his arms around her and nuzzles his face into her neck. "You're my favorite bumkin."
"Ickle! Dada ickles!"Darcy squeals, trying to push away Harry's stubbly face from her neck with her tiny palm as he continues to pretend to munch on her.
"Heyyyy, don't eat my DD!"Camryn plays along, fake frowning as she reaches towards Darcy to save her from Harry's tickles, her little arms immediately reaching out towards her mum.
"Mama dada ickles!"Darcy squeals, hugging her arms around Camryn's neck and hiding her face as she giggles.
"Dada was tickling you?! Was he being so silly?"Camryn asks, wiggling her eyebrows at Darcy who giggles and nods.
"Now I'm gonna tickle both of you,"Harry smirks, holding his fingers up teasingly and wiggling them in Camryn and Darcy's direction as Camryn squeaks and begins to run in the opposite direction of Harry, but she doesn't get very face before she feels two arms wrapping around her waist and preventing her from moving.
"Gotcha!"Harry chuckles, picking up Camryn and Darcy in his arms from behind and swinging their bodies a bit as their high pitched giggles mix together in the air.
"Say 'dada put us down!'"Camryn squeaks, giggling as Darcy squeals and buries her face in deeper to Camryn's neck.
"Dada you a bumkin,"Darcy smirks, watching as Harry drops his jaw in mock offense, narrowing his eyes at Darcy.
"Excuse me?"Harry asks, setting Camryn and Darcy down and reaching to take Darcy out of Camryn's arms as she squeals. "What'd you just call me, hmmm? Do you wanna tell me again? What'd you say."
"I think she said you're a bumkin dada,"Camryn gasps, tickling her fingers against Darcy's little stomach.
"Darcy Anne, how dare you?!"Harry shakes his head with mock stern-ness, narrowing his eyes at Darcy as she tucks her chin to her chest and giggles, her face lighting up completely.
"You. A. Bumkin."Darcy repeats, spacing out each word as she takes Harry's cheeks in her tiny palms, scrunching her eyes at him as he chuckles and shakes his head.
"You, Darcy Anne, are a very silly girl,"Harry smirks, pressing butterfly kisses to her rosy cheek before walking her over to the counter and setting her on top of it.
"Mama where Lennie?"Darcy questions, looking over at Lennon's little bouncing cot on the top of the other counter and realizing it's empty before looking at her mum's chest and realizing it's empty as well. She normally carries Lennon in her pack wherever she goes. "No pack?"
"No, no pack,"Camryn grins, coming up behind Harry and wrapping her arms around his waist as he braces his hands on the edges of the counter. "Mummy and daddy want to have some time for just us and our Darcy."
"That's right, because we love our Darcy soooo much,"Harry hums, leaning forward to press a kiss to the side of Darcy's nose as she grins widely.
She's taken on the role of being a big sister with grace. She's been so forgiving of Camryn having to spend a lot of time with Lennon, and she loves her baby brother. She loves feeling helpful and grabbing things for Camryn to help him as well as snuggling up with Camryn while she feeds Lennon. She's also a huge fan of sharing her toys with Lennon, although he's less than interested in them.
But, even with how well Darcy has adapted to being a big sister, Harry and Camryn are both well aware that it's got to be tough on their little 2 1/2 year old little girl to have her world be completely flipped upside-down. For 2 1/2 years all of their undivided attention was dedicated to Darcy, and now she has to share that, so they try to do as much one on one time with Darcy as possible.
"Lennie sweeping?"Darcy asks with pinched brows, looking up at her parents who are both grinning at her.
"Yeah, Lennie's sleeping,"Harry confirms, humming happily as Camryn nuzzles her face into his neck, pressing a soft kiss there as her arms tighten around his waist. "Mmmm, hi buggy."
"Hi,"Camryn hums into his neck, pressing another kiss there before patting her palms against Harry's stomach and then pulling away. "Alright, sweet girl, are you ready to carve your pumpkin?"
"Dawcee's bumkin,"Darcy lisps, pointing to one of the orange pumpkins before pointing to the other pumpkin. "Lennie's bumkin."
"Oh is that Lennie's?"Harry laughs, grabbing Darcy's pumpkin and scooting it over to sit in front of her. "You're such a good sharer. I'm sure he'll love to look at his pumpkin when he wakes up from his nap."
"Should we get started, babe?"Camryn asks, squeezing Darcy's little thighs that are crossed in a pretzel. "Should we take off your clothes first? I feel like this is going to be very messy. Especially since your daddy is the one helping you."
"Heyyyy, I'm not messy,"Harry mocks offense, watching as Camryn reaches to pull off Darcy's bell bottoms and shirt, leaving her in just her diaper with her bloated belly sticking out a bit.
"Uh huh,"Camryn rolls her eyes, widening them at Darcy to make her giggle, "take off your shirt, I don't feel like doing the wash today."
"Sure, mask it with you not wanting to do the wash,"Harry jokes, using one hand to pull off his shirt from the neckline, "we all know you just want to see me shirtless."
"Uh huh,"Camryn rolls her eyes jokingly, as Harry teasingly raises his eyebrows at her and fake yawns, stretching his hands above his head to show his abs even more, "that's it."
"Stop peeking, I see you,"Harry teases, side glancing at Camryn who was indeed stealing quick glances at Harry. He throws his shirt at her with a side throw which lands perfectly against her face.
"Oh pluh, gross,"Camryn groans with a giggle, pulling the shirt off of her face and balling it up in her hands, putting it on the counter.
"Alright, sweet girl, do you want to help me?"Harry asks, making grabby hands towards Darcy as she scoots closer to the edge of the counter on her bum, turning around so that her back is against Harry's chest.
"Alright, put your hand over mine, okay?"Harry instructs, holding the thin and tiny carving knife in his hand as Darcy wraps her tiny palm on top of his.
"First we gotta cut out the top, okay?"Harry murmurs, biting down on his lower lip in concentration as he tips the pumpkin towards him and Darcy so that it's easier for them to carve.
"Look at the focus on those faces,"Camryn giggles, leaning over the counter and placing her chin in her hand as she watches Harry and Darcy pull the same concentrated face with their tongues between their teeth.
"This is very serious business, bug,"Harry smirks, side glancing at Camryn before he returns to carving the pumpkin.
"Yucky,"Darcy frowns as a little bit of the pumpkin guts gets on her finger, letting go of the knife and holding her little finger up towards Camryn. "Mummy, yucky."
"Oh is that a bit yucky,"Camryn giggles, nodding her head at Darcy. "I feel you, babe. I don't like carving pumpkins either."
"Dada, I wash in da sink,"Darcy babbles, turning her head over her shoulder to look at Harry and holding her palm up in front of his face to show the tiny drip of pumpkin juice running down her palm.
"Why don't we wait to wash up until after we're all done with the pumpkin,"Harry chuckles, pressing a kiss to Darcy's cheek as her eyebrows pinch in concern as she looks at her little hand.
"Otay,"Darcy sighs, wiping her hand off against Harry's.
"Oh thanks, babe, use me as a washcloth, why don't you?"Harry laughs, shaking his head as he presses another kiss to Darcy's cheek.
"Oh noooo!"Darcy exclaims as the top of the pumpkin falls inside the pumpkin. She takes her little hands and grabs the pumpkin, tipping it towards her and looking inside.
"It's okay, look dada will get it,"Harry promises, sticking his hand into the pumpkin and scooping out the top, "see!"
"Do you see the inside, DD?"Camryn asks with a big smile, raising her eyebrows at Darcy as she looks inside the pumpkin. "All of the guts?"
"That's yucky,"Darcy whines, shaking her head and looking back at Harry who laughs and shakes his head.
"Gosh you're just your mummy reincarnated, huh?"Harry chuckles, "I thought I was finally gonna get a person who liked carving pumpkins with me, but apparently I'll have to just wait and hope that Lennie does."
"Here, just try to stick your hand in, watch me,"Harry persuades, sticking his hand inside of the pumpkin and gripping onto some of the guts before pulling it out and showing his fist full of guts and seeds to Darcy, "See? Isn't that cool? It feels so cool!"
"Dat yucky,"Darcy shakes her head, pouting in disgust at Harry's fist.
"Just try to stick your hand in one time, babe,"Camryn bargains. "Just one time and if you don't like it you don't have to do it again."
"Otay,"Darcy sighs, sticking her little arm into the pumpkin and grabbing onto a few of the guts and seeds, pulling her hand out and showing it proudly to Harry.
"There you go!"Harry cheers with a huge smile, drumming his fingertips on Darcy's bare stomach. "Look at you, DD! That was awesome!"
"Yay DD,"Camryn claps, holding a thumbs up towards Darcy as she places the guts in a little bowl, brushing her hands off together.
"Sticky,"Darcy giggles, pressing the pad of her thumb and her pointer finger together to demonstrate to Harry how they both stick together.
"Yeah, it is a bit sticky, but that's okay,"Harry grins, pressing a kiss to the top of Darcy's bare shoulder. "That's why we took our clothes off since it gets a bit sticky and messy."
"Do you want to try and get some more, D?"Camryn asks, grinning over at Darcy who nods and sticks her palm back into the pumpkin, grasping onto more guts.
"Ooo look at all of the seeds you got on that one, babe,"Harry grins, nodding his head. "Awesome job."
"Mama you ty!"Darcy exclaims, holding her sticky hand out towards Camryn and almost hitting her in the face with it.
"Oh, I'm okay, but thanks babe,"Camryn grins, wrinkling up her nose. "I don't like getting my hands all messy. But you keep doing it! This is your pumpkin!"
"My bumkin,"Darcy grins proudly, tapping on her chest with her sticky fingers before sticking her hand back into the pumpkin.
"Mama, you should really try to do it,"Harry teases, unwrapping his arms from around Darcy and reaching his sticky hands towards Camryn, making grabby hands towards her as she starts to back away.
"Oh ew no, stay away,"Camryn giggles, holding her hand out in front of her protectively. "Harry, c'mon, don't, you know I can't run yet."
"Mmm, even better, c'mere, buggy,"Harry smirks devilishly, running over to wrap his arms around Camryn from behind as she squeals and tries to fight his arms off.
"Harry! Harry stop! Baby,"Camryn laughs, squeaking as Harry's hands travel under the big t-shirt of his that she's wearing as a very short dress, pressing his sticky hands against her bare stomach that's still hanging loosely from Lennon's pregnancy. "Harry!"
"Hmm? What? Are my hands cold? And a bit sticky?"Harry chuckles, nuzzling his face into her neck and pressing kisses there.
"Yes! Very cold! Let go!"Camryn giggles, trying to unclasp his hands from around her waist.
"What's the magic words?"Harry edges on, raising his eyebrows at Camryn as he watches her continue to squirm and try to fight off his clasped hands.
"PLEASE!"Camryn exclaims, as Harry tickles his fingers into her sides which he knows are one of the most ticklish spots of her body.
"Wrong!"Harry smirks, continuing to tickle Camryn, both of them paying no attention to Darcy who's still sitting on the top of the counter.
"I DUNNO! I DUNNO WHAT THE WORDS ARE!"Camryn squeals as Harry picks her up slightly, brushing ticklish kisses to her neck.
"Try again!"Harry laughs, swinging Camryn's body slightly as she continues to pant with giggled breath.
"I dunno! I love you?"Camryn tries, panting out as she continues to fiddle with Harry's fingers that are interlocked over her stomach.
Harry laughs and gently sets Camryn down on her feet, nuzzling his lips into her ear as he whispers, "actually the magic words were 'you're a sexy mother f*cker', but 'I love you' will do since we have little ears around us."
"You're evil,"Camryn pants, shaking her head and looking at Harry with a joking narrowed gaze as he laughs at her, running his fingers through his brown curls.
"Dada yummy!"Darcy squeals, looking over at Camryn and Harry with an innocent grin.
"Oh yucky!"Harry immediately gasps, watching as Darcy sticks a handful (which he assumes is not her first) of sticky pumpkin guts into her mouth. "Ew that's yucky!"
"No, it yummy,"Darcy frowns as Harry grabs her wrist and brushes the pumpkin guts out of her hand.
"No, no, that's yucky yucky yucky,"Harry cringes, shaking his head at Darcy with a laugh, looking up at her and finding a few strings of pumpkin guts hanging from her mouth.
"Oh babe, that's so yucky,"Harry groans, catching the strings of pumpkin with his finger and laughing some more at Darcy who's looking at him with the most confused grin. "Did you actually think that was yummy?"
"Yeah,"Darcy nods, holding her hands out for Camryn who brought over a washcloth to clean Darcy off.
"Well, since you're a little Peter Peter pumpkin eater,"Camryn hums with a big smile, washing in between Darcy's orange and mushy fingers, "I bet you'll love the pumpkin muffins Auntie Jay is going to have at the party tomorrow!"
"Ooo Auntie Jay bakes the best sweets, huh?"Harry grins, nuzzling a kiss to Darcy's cheek. "And you'll get to show everyone your costume!"
"Everyone's going to love your costume, huh baby?"Camryn grins, pressing a little kiss to Darcy's lips after she wiped them with the washcloth.
"Uh huh,"Darcy agrees with her full lips, waving her clean hands at Harry who nods and laughs.
"Can I have kisses?"Harry asks, placing his hands on Darcy's little hips and leaning towards her, puckering his lips as she rests her freshly clean palms on his cheeks, leaning to press a kiss to his puckered lips.
"Mmm, thank you,"Harry hums against her lips as she gives you. "I love you lots."
Just as he pulls away from Darcy, he feels something wet and slimy slap across his cheek as he jumps in surprise and looks over to the side where he knows it was thrown from, finding Camryn laughing and picking some of the leftover pumpkin guts off of her hand.
"You little bugger,"Harry exclaims, reaching into the pumpkin gets bowl before chasing after Camryn who's during her best to run through the kitchen, which isn't easy considering the insane amount of stitches she had to get after Lennon's birth just 10 weeks ago.
"I'm sorry, baby, please no! I'm sorry!"Camryn squeals adamantly as she looks behind her shoulder to see the oozing pumpkin guts in Harry's hand.
"Should've thought about sorries before you threw that, bug,"Harry teases with a smirk.
"Harry! No!"Camryn squeaks with a fearful giggle as she tries to hide behind one of the kitchen chairs.
"Gotcha,"Harry exclaims, wrapping one arm around Camryn's waist from behind as she squeals out and tries to fight against him, but it's no use. The next thing she knows there's pumpkin guts smushed all down the front of her face and Harry's palm is pushing the guts even further into her skin as seeds drop down onto the floor.
"Oh ewwww,"Camryn whimpers with a little giggle as Harry pats his palm against her cheeks just to try and rub the guts in.
"It's just like one of those face masks that you always make me do with you, buggy,"Harry fights back with a devilish grin, sucking a bit of the pumpkin guts off of Camryn's cheek with grin, "mmm, Darcy was right, that is yummy."
"You little pest,"Camryn giggles, shoving Harry away with her palm before reaching towards one of the washcloths on the counter and beginning to wash her face off.
"You look really beautiful with pumpkin guts all over you,"Harry smirks cheekily as Camryn rolls her eyes at him but can't help but giggle.
"Mama, you 'ave bumkin on your face,"Darcy giggles, almost toppling backwards from how much she's laughing.
"Oh is that so hilarious?"Camryn asks with a giggle, shaking her head at Darcy. "Are you teaming up with dada against me? I thought you were supposed to be on my team, DD!"
"Nooo, she's on my team,"Harry grins, wrapping his arms back around Darcy and turning her around so that her bare back is against his bare chest again before grabbing the tiny carving knife. "Should we get back to carving, baby?"
"Now that we've got all of the yucky pumpkin guts out we can start carving what you want on it,"Harry explains, placing his shoulder on Darcy's bare shoulder again. "What kind of face do you want to draw on it?"
"I want Rora,"Darcy lips, putting her little hand on top of Harry's.
"Ummm...I don't know if I'm quite good enough to do that, babe,"Harry laughs, pressing a kiss to Darcy's cheek. "What about like a smiling face? Would that be okay?"
"Dats 'kay dada,"Darcy nods as Harry sticks the knife into the pumpkin and begins to cut a circle through it.
"Mama look!"Darcy squeals as her and Harry finish the first eye.
"Look at you, babe!"Camryn encourages, pressing her chin into her palm again. "You made an eye! You're doing awesome!"
"Okay babe, I think the mouth is going to be a little bit harder for us to do, do you mind if just dada does it?"Harry requests, looking at Darcy who nods her head and begins to scoot away from Harry to give him room to carve the mouth.
"Can I join you on the counter, darling?"Camryn asks, putting on a fake posh voice as she climbs up onto the granite counter, folding her legs criss cross applesauce as she sits right next to Darcy who grins happily, placing her little hand on Camryn's knee.
"You look so cute with your pigtails, cutie girl,"Camryn hums, reaching to tighten both of Darcy's pigtails that are sitting on either side of her head, one with a black bow and the other an orange.
"Sh*t!"Harry hisses, ripping his hand away from the pumpkin and dropping the knife onto the counter as Camryn's head snaps up from fixing Darcy's hair.
"Baby, oh gosh,"Camryn frets, immediately sliding off of the counter as she watches Harry grip his pointer and middle finger of his left hand in his right blood as crimson blood spills down his hand and onto the floor.
"Sh*t, that hurts,"Harry hisses, tears springing up in his eyes as he looks down at his finger that's bleeding profusely.
"Here, here, keep counter pressure on it,"Camryn instructs, handing Harry a cold wet washcloth to wrap around his fingers.
"Thanks,"Harry breathily says, squeezing his fingers to try and help with the stinging pain.
"Dada!"Darcy frets, reaching towards Harry with wobbly lips and a pinch in her brow.
"I'm okay, I'm fine babe, don't worry,"Harry quickly assures Darcy, mustering up the best reassuring grin that he can as he looks over at his little girl. "I just got a little cut."
"Here, can I look at it, sweetheart,"Camryn asks, cautiously reaching towards Harry's bloody hands as he nods and warily unclasps his hand from around his fingers.
"Oh baby,"Camryn frowns sympathetically, wiping at some of the blood on Harry's pointer finger and trying to assess how deep the cut is. "Okay, it's okay, that doesn't look too deep."
"Yeah, that's not too bad,"Harry agrees tightly, trying to get the dizzy feeling out of his head.
"Here lets get you sat down, okay?"Camryn murmurs, grabbing onto both of Harry's biceps and helping him across the kitchen to sit at one of the chairs at the table.
"How's that? Do you feel okay?"Camryn asks, resting both of her hands on top of Harry's thighs and bending at the hips as she looks at him concernedly..
"Yeah, I'm a bit lightheaded, but I'm okay,"Harry gulps, nodding reassuringly at Camryn as she nods and presses a kiss to his lips, combing her fingers through his brown curls.
"I'll go get the first aid kit, it has some gauze,"Camryn offers, "and I'll get you a glass of water."
"Thanks, bug,"Harry nods, puckering his lips for one more kiss before Camryn turns away and goes to Darcy who has a few tears rolling down her cheeks in fear.
"Oh baby don't cry,"Camryn coos with a pout, reaching towards Darcy and placing her on her hip, nuzzling their foreheads together as she sways her hips soothingly, raising her palm to wipe under Darcy's eyes. "Everything's okay. Daddy's okay! It's just a little cut, dada's okay."
"Hey, DD, c'mere,"Harry grins, motioning his head for Darcy to walk over as he continues to hold his fingers. "I'm okay, sweetheart."
"Go see dada and give him some loves, okay?"Camryn whispers with her lips against Darcy's ear before she kisses the shell of Darcy's ear and places her down on the floor so that she can toddle over to Harry.
"Dada, you has ouchie,"Darcy whimpers, reaching her arms up towards Harry.
"Yeah, I do have an ouchie, but I'm okay."Harry promises, holding up his arms to allow Darcy room to climb onto his lap. "Do you want to come and sit with me, I can't really pick you up, but you can climb up here if you want."
Darcy sniffles and nods, placing both of her little palms on Harry's thighs as she climbs her way up to his lap, snuggling in sideways and resting her cheek against Harry's chest as Harry continues to apply counter pressure onto his finger.
"Thanks for the snuggles, baby,"Harry murmurs, pressing a kiss to the top of Darcy's head.
"Welcome, dada,"Darcy murmurs, snuggling her ear deeper into his bare chest.
"Alright, snuggle bugs, I've got some gauze for the bigger snuggle bug,"Camryn announces, holding the white gauze up.
Camryn takes Harry's wounded finger gently in her hand, wrapping his pointer and middle finger together with the gauze and fastening it tight before pressing a little kiss to his fingers. "How's that, sweet boy?"
"I think it needs another kiss,"Harry flirts with a blushed grin, watching as Camryn blushes as well and nods, pressing a few more kisses to his fingers.
"Good now?"Camryn asks, raising one eyebrow up at Harry.
"I think I could use one more but on my lips this time,"Harry smirks, watching as Camryn stands up from kneeling and leans down to press a kiss to Harry's lips.
"More later,"she murmurs against his lips as he breaks out into a grin.
***
"Oh is he being the sweetest boy, dada?"Camryn coos as she walks down the stairs with Darcy's little hand clasped in hers.
"He is,"Harry grins, looking up at Camryn from his spot laying down on the couch with chubby baby Lennon resting against this chest, his big cheek smushed against Harry's chest as Harry rubs his palm gently up and down his back. "He's my little snuggle buddy."
"He's a great snuggle buddy,"Camryn agrees, placing one hand on top of Harry's on Lennon's back as she leans down to press a kiss to Harry's lips and then on to Lennon's brown hair on the side of his head.
"Did nana and papa like your costume, DD?"Harry asks, looking down at Darcy who squeaks and nods, jumping up and down in place as she nods eagerly at Harry, just having finished with trying on her little costume on FaceTime for Anne and Robin to look at since they'll be in Italy for Halloween (their little birthday trip for Anne).
"Uh huh,"Darcy nods rapidly, bouncing over to Harry who's still rubbing his palm up and down Lennon's back. "Nana said she liked my pigtails, and papa said I looked like a monster!"
Harry laughs and rests his cheek against the pillow. "Oh did he, huh? I'm glad they liked it!"
"Mum requested 'thousands of photos' of our costumes tomorrow,"Camryn grins, picking up Darcy from behind and placing her on her hip. "Also, it's bath time, so I'm afraid we're gonna have to wake our sleepy boy."
Harry groans jokingly and presses kisses to the top of Lennon's head. "But we're snuggling, bug."
"I'm sorry, lovey, but he's been sleeping all day and heaven knows that if he sleeps any longer he won't sleep at all tonight,"Camryn grins, making grabby hands at Lennon as Harry whimpers and tightens his grip around him.
"No, my baby,"Harry jokes protectively, pressing his lips against the top of Lennon's head and narrowing his eyes at Camryn.
"Fine, you can hold him, but c'mon,"Camryn giggles, shaking her head and then using it to motion upstairs as Harry sits up from the couch with a groan and a huff, being careful not to wake Lennon.
"Lennie taking a tubby wiff me?"Darcy asks, placing her hand on her little chest as she looks at Camryn while sitting on her hip.
"Yeah, he's gonna lay in his little seat and you can help mummy and daddy wash him if you want,"Camryn grins, nuzzling a kiss to Darcy's temple.
They get settled into the bathroom and Camryn turns on the bath water before standing Darcy on top of the toilet seat to begin pulling her clothes off.
"Dada, Lennie has to be nakey wike me,"Darcy babbles, tapping on her chest as Camryn pulls down her little panties to make her completely naked.
"You're right, I should get Lennie's baby grow off of him, hmm?"Harry chuckles, sitting on the edge of the bathtub and laying down Lennon on his thighs, who's still comepltly asleep.
"Are you gonna sleep through your bath, mister?"Harry whispers with a soft grin, dragging his finger up and down Lennon's big cheek as his little chest continues to rise and fall rhythmically.
"Wouldn't be the first time,"Camryn snorts, looking over at her boys with the most loving eyes. "I think this is a record for the longest he's ever gone without feeding."
"I know,"Harry nods, looking up at Camryn as he continues to undo the buttons going down Lennon's body. "Two hours is a long time for our Mr. Chubs." He leans down to nuzzle a kiss against Lennon's rosy and chubby cheek. "Just means he's gonna eat for 5 hours straight when he finally does wake up."
"Don't jinx it,"Camryn winks, picking Darcy up under her arms and placing her into the warm bath.
"Oh hi, Mister,"Harry coos with a big smile as Lennon begins to whimper and turn against Harry's legs, an angry grimace forming on his face as it goes completely red with displeasure. "Are you cold? Did you get cold when I took off your diaper?"
"Oh hi green eyes,"Camryn grins, sitting on the edge of the bath right next to Harry after handing Darcy her mermaid water toys. "Are you waking up."
"Oh you're waking up grumpy,"Harry chuckles breathily, holding Lennon under his arms with his fingers supporting his head as he brings his little boy up face to face with him and presses a few soft kisses to his lips. "Oh that was a loud grunt. You're really not happy with me, are you?"
"Oh it's okay, sweet boy,"Camryn frowns sympathetically as Lennon wails out with his little wrinkly palms curling into fists as he wails out, his lips wobbling. "Should mummy and daddy get you into the bath?"
"Yeah, let's get you into the tub, honey,"Harry whispers, setting Lennon down in his little bath seat as he continues to wail out, trembling in anger.
"Oh, my love,"Camryn murmurs, turning around on the edge of the bath so that her feet are placed in it, placing a warm washcloth over Lennon's naked body to try and warm him up.
"Oh did that make it all better, buddy?"Harry chuckles, watching as Lennon immediately quiets down at the feeling of the wash cloth on top of him.
"Lennie, merwade,"Darcy babbles, laying her purple mermaid down on top of Lennon as he lazily blinks around the room in curiosity.
"Oh thank you for sharing, baby doll,"Camryn smiles widely, watching as Harry takes a little plastic cup and pours the warm water down her brown hair.
"Daddy..."Darcy groans, looking up at Harry in annoyance and wiping her palm over her face and hair to brush her wet hair back from her eyes.
"Sorry, sorry,"Harry chuckles, holding his hands up in innocence. "I was just trying to wash you."
"Oh hi, squeaks,"Camryn grins, turning her attention back to Lennon who has just recently found his voice and likes to use it, especially when his big sister is playing with him. "Do you have something to say? What is it? Mummy and daddy are listening." She tickles her fingers down against his big bloated belly as he squirms and looks up at her.
"Oh is that so?"Harry nods encouragingly as Lennon squeaks up at them again. "No way, really? That's such a cool story, bud."
"Mama, wook, she swimming,"Darcy babbles, putting her little mermaid under the water and then pulling her up with a wide grin.
"She is swimming! I love her hair, do you think mummy should dye her hair pink like the mermaid?"Camryn asks, raising her eyes at Darcy who gasps and nods rapidly.
"That would be so hot,"Harry whispers, eyeing Camryn from head to toe as he tries to imagine her with hot pink hair.
"Yeah? Maybe I will,"Camryn giggles, winking at Harry before scooting over a bit to begin washing Lennon. "Oh are you so relaxed, mate? You look so cozy."
"He loves bath time,"Harry chuckles, putting some of Darcy's shampoo in his hands before he begins to rub it through her hair while she continues to play with her mermaids.
"I do too, dada,"Darcy proudly proclaims, looking up at Harry with a cheeky grin.
"I know you do, you've always loved bath time ever since you were a little tiny baby,"Harry pouts, scrunching his fingers to show how tiny Darcy was.
"I was Lennie, mama,"Darcy offers, holding her hand towards the washcloth that Camryn is holding over Lennon.
"Oh you want to wash him?"Camryn giggles, handing the white washcloth to Darcy and watching with a wide grin as Darcy begins.
"First tummy..."Darcy hums, her hair still white and bubbled with shampoo as she swipes the washcloth over Lennon's bloated tummy. "Den legs..." She swipes the washcloth down Lennon's bread rolled legs.
"You're such a good big sissy,"Harry grins, wrapping his arm around Camryn's shoulders and tucking her into his side, pressing a kiss to her temple.
***
October 31
"Oh look at you, DD!"Harry coos with a huge smile on his face, walking into the master bedroom to find Camryn kneeling in front of Darcy with her little Boo from Monsters Inc. costume on. "You look just like Boo!"
"I don't has my pigtails yet, dada,"Darcy informs Harry as she motions towards her curly hair that's sitting at her shoulders.
"Oh right, mummy has to do your pigtails, right?"Harry chuckles breathily, holding Lennon to his chest as he sucks at his little fist and whimpers, teetering on becoming a bit fussy and hungry.
"Actually, can you do the pigtails, dada while I feed Sully here,"Camryn grins, pressing a kiss to Darcy's forehead before standing up and straightening her Mike Wazowski shirt.
"Sure,"Harry agrees with a big smile, pressing a kiss to Camryn's lips before she takes Lennon in her arms. "Then we gotta get Sully into his costume as well."
"Alright Miss DD, c'mere, lemme do your hair,"Harry grins, sitting down on the floor and patting his lap for Darcy to sit down on.
"Just like Boo's dada,"Darcy instructs, sitting with her back to Harry as she rests her little hands on top of his knees.
"I'll make it just like Boo's, I promise,"Harry grins, biting off one of the hairbands around his wrist and keeping it between his teeth as he reaches for the right side of Darcy's hair and begins to collect it into one bunch.
"Oh is Mr. Lennie so hungry,"Camryn coos, cradling Lennon in her arms as she sits back against the headboard of the bed, watching as Lennon smacks his lips together expectantly and presses his little wrinkled palms against Camryn's chest.
"It's comin, it's comin,"Camryn promises, smiling widely down at her baby boy as she guides her breast into his open mouth. "Oh there we are. Good latch, buddy, good job."
"Mummy, how does this pigtail look?"Harry inquires, trying to inspect the pigtail that looks just fine to him, but he's sure little miss particular Darcy will have something to say about it.
"I think it looks perfect,"Camryn grins with a nod, continuing to massage her thumb into Lennon's palm as he feeds. "Just get the other one to match and we'll be all set."
"Almost got it,"Harry murmurs, bunching up Darcy's leftover hair and trying to get it evenly placed with the last pigtail. "Almost...there, what do we think about that?"
"It looks perfect,"Camryn approves, smiling widely at Harry. "Go check yourself out, Darcy babe."
Darcy giggles and pops up from Harry's lap, running over to the full sized mirror in the corner of the room and gasping as soon as she sees herself.
"I wook wike Boo!"Darcy exclaims, turning side to side to inspect her little costume along with her hairdo.
"You do look like Boo!"Harry chuckles, walking over to the bed to sit next to Camryn and wrapping his arm around her shoulder as she rocks side to side gently to try and soothe Lennon even more.
"Dada, you has to get your costume,"Darcy points out, running to the side of the bed and holding out her hand towards Harry, waiting expectantly for Harry to take her hand and go get dressed.
"Alright, alright,"Harry laughs, putting his hand in Darcy's and climbing off of the bed, "I'm going, I'm going, hold your horses."
*
"Are you ready to see?"Harry asks, his voice coming through the closed bathroom door as Darcy and Camryn wait expectantly on the bed.
"We're ready dada,"Camryn calls, peering down at Lennon who has the sleepiest green eyes before she looks towards the door just in time to catch Harry making his first appearance.
"I'm here to collect Boo,"Harry grins, making grabby hands towards Darcy as she giggles and shies away from him. "I work for the Child Detective Agency."
"Nooo, don' get me,"Darcy plays along, laying down on her back and reaching her hands above her protectively as Harry hovers over her and drops his hands down to her little body.
"Aha! I caught Boo!"Harry exclaims as he grabs onto Darcy's sides, laughing as she squeals and squeaks.
"Oh noooo, dada caught Boo!"Camryn frowns, dropping her arm to her side dramatically as Darcy giggles at her little show. "What am I ever gonna do?!"
"Dada?"Harry asks, furrowing his brow at Darcy on his hip and nudging his face closer to hers to make her giggle even louder. "Who's dada? My names Harry and I work for the CDA. I don't know who this 'dada' fellow is."
"Nooo, you're dada,"Darcy squeaks, tapping her finger against Harry's chest.
"That's right, it's just me,"Harry grins, taking off the yellow hood from his head and scrunching his nose at me. "I love being your dada."
*
"Are you ready to FaceTime mum and dad?"Harry asks, setting his phone up on the bed with a book behind it so that it will stay standing.
"Yep, just lemme...zip...our Sully...up,"Camryn murmurs, hovering above Lennon who's placed on top of the white sheets of the bed with his little costume on as he curiously looks up at his mum.
"And here we are, dada,"Camryn announces, grabbing Lennon off of the bed and holding him up for Harry to see. "Here's our Sully."
"Oh look at you, mate,"Harry coos, wiggling his fingers at Lennon as he walks over to munch a few kisses to his rosy cheeks as the hood of Lennon's costume begins to drip a bit in his eye considering it's a tad too big. "You look awesome!"
"Say, 'thank you, dada, I think the cheeks make the whole outfit',"Camryn coos, holding Lennon up to her face so that she can steal a few kisses to his cheeks that are just irresistible.
"Dada, call nana and papa!"Darcy instructs, pointing towards his phone that's set up.
"Alright, alright, I'll call them,"Harry grins, bending at the hips as he taps on Anne's contact, watching as the phone rings three times before she picks up.
"Hello?"Anne asks, her face illuminating the phone with Robin's right behind her shoulder, sitting on what appears to be a hotel couch. "Harry? I can't see you, baby."
"I know, that's the point, we're here to show you our costumes,"Harry laughs from the side of the phone, the whole family standing out of view so that they can make their grand entrances.
"Oh yay! I've been so excited!"Anne bubbles, tilting the phone a bit so that Robin can see better. "Let's see them, I can't wait any longer!"
"Alright, first we have the lovely Boo,"Harry announces as Darcy walks in front of the phone with a huge smile, twisting side to side to show off her costume.
"Hi nana! Hi papa!"Darcy greets, waving her little finned hand at the screen as they wave back at her.
"Hi baby girl! Look at you! You look just like Boo!"Anne beams with a huge smile on her face, watching as Darcy continues to pose in her costume to show it off.
"I love the pigtails, DD,"Robin compliments, laughing as Darcy does a little twirl before running out of view.
"Alright, and next we have Sullyyyyy,"Harry announces as Camryn holds Lennon in front of the phone, a spit bubble collecting at his lips as his big cheeks rest upon Camryn's fingers which are the only part of her body that you can see on the screen.
"Oh look at you precious boy!"Anne bubbles, making cooing noises at Lennon who stares at the phone with big green eyes, the hood of his costume tipping down to cover half of his eyes and his whole forehead.
"You make a great Sully, mate,"Robin grins, waving at his little grandson.
"And next...Mike Wazowski!"Harry proclaims, watching as Camryn holds Lennon's back to her chest, walking in view of the screen to show off her costume.
"Oh look at you, cute girl,"Anne giggles, waving at Camryn who waves back. "You look darling, Cami!"
"Hi mum, I miss you! I hope you're having a great trip,"Camryn greets, blowing a kiss towards Anne.
"No kisses for me?!"Robin asks, fake scandalized as he drops his jaw at Camryn. "And to think I was about to say that you're the best Mike Wazowski I've ever seen!"
Camryn laughs and shakes her head, blowing a kiss towards Robin. "I love you, dad."
"Love you more, poppet,"Robin calls as Camryn brings her and Lennon off view.
"And that leaves, the Child Detective Agency worker!"Harry laughs, sliding sideways into the view of the camera with both arms out wide to the side, making jazz hands with a big dramatic jaw drop. "Ta-daaa."
"Wait, what are you?"Robin asks, furrowing his brow as he looks at his son who's still doing jazz hands with his jaw dropping.
"I'm a Child Detective Agency worker..."Harry says, dropping his hands and looking at his parents with an exasperated face as they look as confused as ever.
"What's that...?"Robin asks, his brows pinching together more drastically.
"Oh my gosh, have you guys never seen the movie?"Harry sighs dramatically, putting his face in his hands. "That's like the whole point of the movie!"
"Oh wait, yes I remember!"Anne bubbles, holding her hand up a bit. "I remember that part, I get it, sweetheart."
"I don't..."Robin whispers with his brow still pinched as Camryn bursts out into laughter.
"Well this has been fun guys, bye love youuuuu,"Harry teases, walking over to the phone and pretending like he's going to end the call.
"Wait, no I want to talk to Darcy and Lennon more,"Anne quickly says, waving her hand rapidly as if that will stop Harry from stopping the call. "And Cami of course...you not so much."
"Mwahaha,"Camryn laughs evilly, snatching the phone out of Harry's hand and smirking devilishly at him. "I always knew I was the favorite."
***
"Honey, do you have D's basket?"Camryn asks, one hand cradled to the back of Lennon's head as he lays against her in the pack while her other hand scavenges through the trunk of the car in search for Darcy's trick or treating basket.
"Yeah, I got it,"Harry calls from the opposite side of the car as he helps get Darcy out of her seat, setting her on his hip before shutting the door.
Camryn nods and shuts the trunk, walking over to Harry and Darcy who is bouncing up and down on Harry's hip, unable to keep her excitement in as she holds onto her little basket that's shaped like a jack-o'-lantern.
"Are you so excited, babe?!"Camryn bubbles, tickling her fingers against Darcy's stomach as little kids dressed up in costumes patter past them on the street lamp lit sidewalk.
"I'm gonna get sweets!"Darcy squeals, holding up her little basket in front of her face as she attempts to wiggle out of Harry's arms.
"You have to hold mummy or daddy's hand if you're going to walk, okay?"Harry instructs, reaching out for Darcy's little palm. "There's lots of people out tonight, so we don't want you to get lost, okay?"
Darcy nods and begins to try and pull Harry towards the first house, her little bucket hitting against her leg as she skips with Harry following right behind her.
"Dis house dada,"Darcy choses, potting towards the brown house in front of her with a lady standing on the front porch holding a big bowl of sweets as kids patter up and down the porch steps.
"Okay, do you remember what we say?"Harry asks, siding up right next to Darcy as she continues to skip closer to the house.
"Uh huh, watch,"Darcy proudly nods, breaking free of Harry's hand as she runs up the three porch steps, leaving Harry right below them so that she can be independent, but he also gets to keep an eye on her.
"Tick or teat,"Darcy babbles, holding up her bucket in front of the lady who smiles down at her with the biggest eyes.
"Well hello, sweetheart!"the old lady greets, giggling softly at Darcy's toothy little grin that's shining up at her. "Who are you dressed up as?"
"I Boo,"Darcy explains, before turning her head over her shoulder and pointing towards Lennon who's sleeping against Camryn's chest in his pack as they stand right next to Harry. "And Lennie's Suwy!"
"Oh my goodness, aren't you just the cutest,"the old lady beams, holding the bowl out towards Darcy, "here honey, you take three, okay?"
"Otay!"Darcy squeals, sticking her hand in the bowl and intently looking in it to try and find her favorite sweets.
"Honey, just pick one and come back so other people have a turn,"Harry laughs, holding Camryn's hand and watching as Darcy methodically scans the bowl of sweets, a line of kids forming behind her as they anxiously wait their turn.
"She said I pick free dada,"Darcy informs Harry a bit sassily, looking behind her shoulder at him with a sigh before going back to picking her sweets.
"Heaven help us,"Camryn murmurs with a giggle, pressing her forehead into Harry's shoulder.
"Dank oo,"Darcy bubbles after getting her three sweets, waving sweetly at the old lady before bouncing down the steps and holding her basket up for Camryn and Harry to see. "Wook!"
"Ooo, those look so yummy!"Camryn bubbles, reaching down to twirl her finger through one of Darcy's curled pigtails. "Are you gonna share with dada and I?"
"Maybe..."Darcy hums with a giggle, grabbing onto Harry's hand as they walk down the sidewalk towards the next house.
*
"Oh well, hi, honey,"Camryn coos as Lennon begins to wobbly pick up his head from her chest, blinking blearily up at Camryn as she smiles down at him.
"Oh did somebody finally wake up,"Harry coos, pressing a kiss to the side of Lennon's head. "Are you ready to be awake and enjoy your Halloween, buddy?"
"Gosh, you're so cute,"Camryn giggles, watching as his Sully hood falls a bit over his face as she reaches to position it again. "I just love you so much."
"Oh he's got the hungry fists, mama,"Harry laughs, tapping his finger against Lennon's fist that is clenched tightly, a classic sign to show that he's hungry.
"Oh are you hungry?"Camryn asks, swaying her hips soothingly as Darcy bounces over to her parents to show them her bucket which has added another sweet to her already half full basket.
"Lennie's awake!"Darcy beams, reaching up towards her little brother and waving at him.
"He is awake! He wanted to join you since he knew you're having so much fun trick or treating,"Camryn grins, winking down at Darcy. "And I think he's getting a bit hungry."
"Here,"Darcy murmurs, fishing through her bucket of sweets and pulling one out to offer towards her baby brother. "He can have one of mine."
"Oh that's so sweet of you babe,"Camryn coos, cupping Darcy's cheek with her hand. "You're just the sweetest, but Lennie's too little to have sweets, he can only have milk, but thank you for offering. You're such a good big sister."
"Oh hey now, why are you fussy,"Camryn coos with a frown, rubbing her finger tip across Lennon's forehead. "It's okay, you can eat. Give me one second."
"Here, lemme help,"Harry offers, going behind Camryn and unbuckling all of the straps of the baby pack, letting it fall down against her thighs as he reaches to pull up her oversized green t-shirt while she switches her grip on Lennon to be cradled.
"Oh hi, mister,"Camryn coos, slipping her boob out of her bra and offering it to Lennon who immediately latches on, his big green eyes blinking up at her. "There we are. You're okay now."
"Next 'ouseee,"Darcy sings, grabbing onto Harry's hand and pulling him towards the next house while Camryn trails a bit behind them, soothingly swaying her hips as she walks along the sidewalk.
"Where's da door?"Darcy asks, looking at the house that's in front of her with a little curved walkway that leads to the side of the house.
"It's right there, do you see where the light is,"Harry says, squatting down next to Darcy and pointing towards the light. "Just follow the path. Do you want daddy to go with you for this one?"
"No, I do it,"Darcy says confidently, running up the path of the house with her sweets jiggling in her bucket and her pigtails bouncing up and down.
She's too focused on the candy that she doesn't notice the figure in the dark that's hiding in the bushes before it's too late.
"Oh sh*t,"Harry whispers as a mechanical motion censored vampire pops out with an evil laugh making Darcy practically jump out of her shoes before it goes back into the bushes.
Darcy's fearful wails are the next noise that erupts from the house as she stands scared in her place, looking right at the vampire that's now returned to the bushes and sobbing loudly.
"DD, it's okay, honey,"Harry calls, running straight through the lawn towards Darcy so that he doesn't set off the motion censor again. "It's okay. It's just pretend!"
"Dada..."Darcy sobs, turning towards him and running over to him, discarding her bucket of sweets behind her as a few spill out.
"I'm here, I'm right here,"Harry whispers, kneeling down in front of Darcy as she latches onto him, burying her face into his neck and trying to wrap her legs around his middle, wanting to be held. "Honey, you're okay. I've gotcha."
"It scary!"Darcy sobs, her chest heaving with panicked breaths as Harry stands up from kneeling and sways his hips soothingly to try and calm Darcy.
"I'm sorry you got scared, I'm sorry honey,"Harry murmurs, pressing gently kisses to her head. "But it's just pretend. It's not a real vampire. It's just pretend."
"I didn' wike it!"Darcy exclaims tearfully, her voice catching in her throat.
"I know you didn't, daddy's sorry, you're okay,"Harry comforts, resting his cheek down on top of Darcy's head. "Should we go get your bucket? You spilled some sweets."
Darcy tearfully sniffles and nods, knuckling at her eyes as she lays her cheek on Harry's shoulder while he kneels down in the grass and uses one hand to collect all of her discarded sweets, putting them back into her basket.
"I wanna go home,"Darcy sobs, nuzzling her face in closer against Harry's neck.
"You wanna go home?"Harry frowns sympathetically, resting his cheek down against her head again. "You don't want to get anymore sweets? Or go to Auntie Jay's house?"
"I wanna go home, dada,"Darcy insists with a loud sob.
"What about we do one more house and bring Lennie with us?"Harry suggests, raising his eyebrows up at Darcy as she sniffles and remains quiet. "I think he's almost done eating and you could show him how to trick or treat! Does that sound fun?"
"Otay,"Darcy sniffles, her nose bouncing up and down a bit as she nods against Harry's shoulder.
"Do you want to go up and get a sweet from this house? Daddy will go with you,"Harry offers, nuzzling a kiss to her forehead. "I'll hold you."
"Otay,"Darcy agrees with another sniffle, watching as Harry uses his hand to wipe off the tears coursing down her face.
"Here, you hold your basket and we'll go get a sweet, okay?"Harry soothes, handing the basket to Darcy as he begins walking towards the front door where a middle aged woman is standing on the porch with her husband behind her, handing out pieces of candy to the kids in front of her.
"Hi sweetheart,"the woman greets, waving as Darcy as she keeps her cheek on Harry's shoulder and shies away from the woman, a little scared about every new stranger considering the fright she just had with the vampire.
"We had a little fright with the vampire,"Harry chuckles breathily, watching as the woman and the man pull sympathetic faces, her hand going to cover her heart.
"Oh no! I always tell Robert that we need to stop putting that thing up,"the woman responds, looking over her shoulder at her husband with a narrowed glance. "I'm so sorry, sweetheart. You can pick out two sweets since you were so brave."
"Ooo what do you say Darce?"Harry asks, watching with a smile as Darcy's face lights up and she immediately raises her cheek from Harry's shoulder to pick out her two sweets.
"Dank oo,"Darcy hums in a little voice as she takes her two sweets and puts them in her bucket.
"You're more than welcome, sweet girl. Sorry about our vampire, he's just pretend, I promise,"the woman smiles, waving at Darcy and Harry.
"Thank you!"Harry calls, turning around on the porch and waving to the couple as him and Darcy make their way over to Camryn who's still standing on the cement with Lennon attached to her boob. "Mama, we got two sweets!"
"Two sweets?"Camryn exaggerates with a huge smile to make Darcy feel better. "Oh my goodness, DD, you're so lucky! You've gotten so many sweets tonight!"
"Is he almost done?"Harry asks, motioning his head towards Lennon. "I promised Darcy that he'd come and do a house with us."
"Ooo, that would be fun,"Camryn agrees, looking down at the chubby baby attached to her breast as he sucks ferociously at her chest. "He should be done by the end of this block."
*
"Alright, here's this bubby,"Camryn hums, handing over a freshly full Lennon to Harry who smiles and coos at him.
"Hi chunky monkey,"Harry grins, pressing a kiss to his chubby cheek and using one of his fingers to brush a bit of the leftover milk off of Lennon's lips. "Should we go trick or treating with DD?"
"C'mon Lennie, I show you,"Darcy grins, motioning for Harry and Lennon to follow her as she runs up to the little house in front of them with a rickety old lady sitting in a rocking chair with the most inviting smile plastered on her face as she looks at all of the kids in their costumes.
"Hi!"Darcy bubbles, running up to the old lady who breaks out into an even bigger smile.
"Hello darling! You look so beautiful!"the old lady greets, her slippered feet brushing against the floor of her porch as she continues to rock gently, holding the bowl out towards Darcy.
"Lennie is wiff me,"Darcy informs the lady, pointing behind her at her dad who has her baby brother in his arms, facing outwards so that his blearily big green eyes can take in all of his surroundings as his chubby cheeks rest against his chest with his hood falling a bit in his face, a mighty yawn escaping his mouth.
"Oh is that your baby brother?"the old woman asks, smiling warmly at Darcy who nods quickly.
"Yeah, he's a baby. He's only two monffs old,"Darcy informs the lady, making wide eyes to dramatically demonstrate how young he is and holding up 4 fingers to disprove her previous statement of being 2 months old.
"Oh wow, he's just a new baby, huh?"the old lady giggles, waving sweetly at Harry and Lennon. "Hello you two."
"Hi love, how're you doing tonight?"Harry politely greets, waving towards the old lady as he continues to rock his hips soothingly.
"Very well, very well,"the old lady grins, nodding down at Darcy who sticks her hand in the bowl to pick out a sweet. "They're gorgeous."
"Oh thank you,"Harry grins, pressing a kiss to the top of Lennon's hood. "I think we'll keep them. They're pretty good lil monsters."
"Why don't you take one for your baby brother as well, sweetheart,"the old lady says, holding the bowl out towards Darcy as well.
"He too little to eat sweets,"Darcy informs the old lady in front of her of the lesson her mum just taught her a few minutes previous.
"Oh well, then you just eat it for him, okay?"the old lady winks, smiling as Darcy quickly nods and sticks her hand back into the bowl.
"Dank oo!"Darcy exclaims, waving at the lady who waves back sweetly to her before waving at Harry.
"Thank you,"Harry repeats, waving at the lady before taking Lennon's little wrist in his hand and making him wave towards the old lady as well. "You have a good night, love."
He follows Darcy down the walkway to the house as he runs towards Camryn, holding her bucket up with a big grin. "Mama, mama, she told me to take a sweet for me and Lennie!"
"Oh she did?"Camryn giggles, squatting down in front of Darcy and pressing a kiss to her cheek. "Well you just found your way to get more candy, huh? You should've started bringing Lennon even sooner!"
"Hey DD, do you recognize that house down there?"Harry asks, pointing towards a lit up house at the end of the block. "Who's house is that?"
"Auntie Jay!"Darcy exclaims, beginning to run down the sidewalk towards the house.
"That's right! After we trick or treat at all of these houses will end up at Auntie Jay's!"Harry grins, holding his hand out for Darcy as she runs back to him.
***
"Oh my goodness, it's my favorite trick or treaters!"Jay squeals as she opens up the front door to find Darcy, Lennon, Harry and Camryn all standing on her porch with huge smiles.
"What do you say?!"Camryn encourages Darcy, reaching down to squeeze her shoulder.
"Trick or treat!"Darcy exclaims with a wide smile, holding up her basket of sweets towards Jay who giggles and places a gummy bear package in Darcy's basket since she knows they're one of her favorite candies.
"Oh hello babe! Look at you! Are you Boo?"Jay asks, wiggling her eyebrows at Darcy who nods and giggles.
"Uh huh,"Darcy proudly nods, putting her little hand on her hip, "and Lennie's Sully."
"Oh and he's the cutest Sully ever, hi bubby,"Jay coos, leaning over to Harry to nuzzle a kiss to Lennon's chubby cheek.
"Look at you, you look so cute,"Camryn grins, giving Jay a big hug before pulling away and putting a hand on top of Jay's twin belly. "I love the little skeletons, that's so cute."
Jay smiles and rubs her hand against her bump, wearing a black t-shirt with two little skeletons drawn onto the belly. "Thank you, babe! You look adorable too. Best family costume ever!"
"My babies!"Liam exclaims, running down the hall and holding his arms out wide as Darcy squeals and squeezes past Jay to run into the house and crash into Liam's wide open arms.
"There's my girl! Hi Boo!"Liam greets, picking Darcy up and throwing her up into the air as she squeals and giggles before catching her and placing her on his hip. "I missed you! Hi honey."
"Hi,"Darcy grins, pressing her forehead against Liam's as he puckers her lips for her to place a little peck on his lips.
"Did you have so much fun trick or treating?"Liam asks, wiggling his eyebrows at Darcy who nods and pulls away from him so that she can point to the basket in her mum's hand.
"I got lots of sweets!"Darcy beams, watching as Liam's jaw drops dramatically.
"Oh my goodness you did! Look at that! It's almost all the way full!"Liam exclaims, nuzzling another kiss to Darcy's cheek.
"Is Gemma here yet?"Harry asks, looking at Jay who shakes her head.
"No, but she texted me about twenty minutes ago and said she was stuck in traffic, so she should be here anytime,"Jay explains, shutting the door behind Harry and Camryn.
Liam's head snaps up as he looks over at Camryn and Harry who are taking their shoes off. "Gemma's coming?"
"Yeah,"Harry casually responds, attempting to pull his shoes off with one hand considering Lennon's in the other. "What's up with you?"
"Nothing, nothing, I just haven't seen her in a while,"Liam casually responds, turning his attention back to Darcy to hopefully prevent Harry from seeing the way he's blushing.
"Okay..."Harry whispers, raising an eyebrow up towards Liam and not believing a thing he's saying, but he's far more interested in the food in the kitchen than hassling Liam about Gemma.
"Oooo, I want your bubby!"a fifteen year old Lottie squeaks, making grabby hands towards Lennon who's facing outwards in Harry's arm.
"Do you want to go to aunt Lottie? Go say hi,"Harry coos, smiling at Lottie who's dressed up as a witch with heavy black lipstick as she takes Lennon and snuggles him close to her chest.
"Hi bubby! You look so cute! I love your costume!"Lottie bubbles, snuggling her cheek into the top of Lennon's head as she rubs her hand up and down his back.
"Ugh you stole my buddy, Lot,"Niall fake frowns, walking over to Lottie with a cup in his hand as he reaches out to offer his finger to Lennon, bending down to be face to face with Lennon who's resting his head against Lottie's chest.
"Hi bubby! How's your first Halloween going, mate?"Niall asks, nudging his face closer to Lennon's. "Are you with Auntie Lottie?"
"I'm his favorite,"Lottie grins, her cheeks taking on a bit of a blush as she looks at Niall cooing down at the baby attached to her chest.
"It's a good thing Niall's oblivious because she could not be more obvious,"Louis grumbles as he walks past Harry and Camryn who are munching on some crisps in a bowl and watching as Lottie and Niall coo over Lennon.
"I hear wedding bells,"Harry jokes to get a rise in Louis, his arm slung around Camryn's shoulder as she giggles and watches as Louis' eyes narrow at Harry.
"I'd shut my mouth if I were you,"Louis grumbles, pointing his finger at Harry.
"Oh look at you little miss!"Zayn grins as Darcy walks into the kitchen with her hand in Liam's after they finished looking at all of the Halloween decorations in the Deakin house. "You're Boo!"
"Uh huh, but I not scary,"Darcy informs Zayn, smiling up at him cutely.
"Yeah, you're right, you're not scary,"Zayn laughs, squatting down in front of Darcy and leaning in to press a kiss against her cheek, "but you're really cute."
"Gemma!"Camryn grins, breaking free of Harry's arm as she runs towards her older sister and wraps her arms around her, rocking side to side to side on their feet.
"Hey, babe!"Gemma greets, squeezing Camryn tightly. "You look so cute!"
"So do you, look at you,"Camryn grins, pulling away to look at Gemma who's dressed as a dark fairy, her wings and entire costume black with her hair slicked back into a tight ponytail. "You look so hot."
"Married the wrong Styles, eh?"Gemma jokes, winking at Camryn as she squeezes her hand.
"With you lookin' like that, yes I did,"Camryn giggles, before she's quickly replaced with a little Boo.
"Auntie Gem!"Darcy squeals, bouncing up and down as she breaks free of Liam's hand and runs towards Gemma who immediately scoops her up and holds her tightly, twisting their bodies side to side. "It's my baby! Hi honey! Look at you, aren't you just the cutest thing ever."
"I Boo, Gemma,"Darcy informs Gemma with a big grin as she cups her aunt's cheeks in her little palms.
"You are Boo! You're the cutest Boo ever!"Gemma exclaims, nuzzling kisses to Darcy's cheeks.
"Uncle Liam's a boxer, Gemmy,"Darcy informs Gemma, turning her head behind her shoulder to point at Liam who's standing awkwardly a few feet away.
"Hi Gem! Long time no see,"Liam greets, daring to take a few steps closer as he rests a hand on Darcy's back. "How're you?"
"I'm great!"Gemma smiles widely, "I haven't seen this little monster in a few months, huh babe? I've missed you."
*
"And I got Jelly Babies,"Darcy lisps, sitting back against Liam's chest as she picks out another piece of candy from her bucket to show Liam and Gemma who's sitting right next to them.
"Oooo, I love those,"Gemma coos, smiling over at Darcy who's blinks are getting slower and slower as she yawns widely, smacking her lips and cuddling the back of her head in deeper to Liam's chest as he rubs his fingers up and down her little tummy.
"And buttons,"Darcy whispers, holding up the package of Cadbury Buttons that she got.
"Ooo are those ones for me? I love chocolate,"Liam hums with a big smile, resting his lips down on top of Darcy's head.
"Are you sure you don't mind with us leaving them for a bit,"Camryn asks, biting down on her lower lip as as leans back against Harry who's hugging her from behind, her arms wrapped on top of his.
"Of course! DD will just watch a movie with me and my girls,"Jay assures Camryn, waving her hand nonchalantly. "All of my girls are staying here."
"I can't go?"Lottie asks with a frown, looking over at her mum from where she was talking in a little group with Zayn and Niall. "I thought I was allowed to come? Louis said I could."
"If everyone's okay with you going then you can go,"Jay nods, smiling over at Lottie who looks at all of the older teenagers in front of her.
"Of course I want my buddy to go,"Camryn grins, holding her hand out for Lottie and giving her hand a squeeze. "It will be fun."
"You hate scary things though, Lot,"Louis calls from across the room where he's holding Lennon in his arms to show Phoebe and Daisy who are kneeling in front of him and playing with his tiny hands.
"It's fine, we'll all be with her,"Niall grins over at Lottie. "It will be fun! You should come."
*
"You be a good girl for Auntie Jay, okay?"Camryn whispers, leaning down to press a kiss to Darcy's cheek as she blearily blinks up at her mum from her place on Jay's lap, her little fingers fiddling Jay's as she lays back against Jay's bump.
"She's always a good girl,"Jay hums, pressing a kiss to the top of Darcy's head.
"See you, mate, don't cause too much trouble, okay?"Harry chuckles breathily, leaning down to press a kiss to a sleeping Lennon's forehead as Félicité continues to cradle him in her arms and grin up at Harry.
*
"Gosh I already hate this,"Camryn whimpers, snuggling closer into Harry's side as she tightens her grip on his hand.
"I'm not loving this either,"Gemma whispers, jumping a bit as a scream erupts from inside the house as they wait outside in the line to get in.
"We have to walk in pairs, the sign says,"Zayn reads, his hands bundled up in his coat pocket. "We can go as a group, but you have to walk side by side with someone since the hallways are too thin for a group of people."
"Okay, what are our pairs?"Louis asks, looking behind him at his group of friends. "Harry and Cam go together, me and Lot..."
"Wait, maybe Lot should go with Niall cuz I feel like you're gonna play a joke on her and scare her even more,"Camryn speaks up, glancing over at Lottie who grins over at her. She's well aware of Lottie's crush on Niall and tries to do everything in her power to find opportunities for Lottie to get to spend time with Niall.
"Yeah, I'll go through with Lot,"Niall nods, burying his hands deeper into his coat as he smiles over at Lottie who looks like she's about to piss her pants with excitement.
"I'll go with Gemma and you and Zayn can go together,"Liam offers to Louis, not about to lose his opportunity to talk to Gemma (and hopefully have her hold onto him when she's scared).
"How many are in your group?"the lady at the front door of the building asks, decked out in faceprint and freaky werewolf costume.
"8,"Louis responds, walking forward with Zayn as she nods and motions for them to begin walking through.
"M'lady,"Liam jokes, holding out his arm for Gemma to link hers through, which she does with a giggle before snuggling against Liam's side as they enter into the darkness of the haunted house.
"Do you want to hold onto me, babe?"Niall asks, holding his arm out for Lottie. "C'mere, you look really scared."
"Oop that's Gem,"Harry chuckles as a shrill scream comes out of the haunted house which just makes Lottie jump even further and shy away from the haunted house.
"I-I don't think I can,"Lottie shakes her head, stepping further away from the haunted house and Niall as she backs up towards Camryn.
"Hey, okay, you're okay,"Camryn soothes, hugging Lottie to her chest protectively as she combs her fingers through her blonde hair. "It's okay, babe. You don't have to go through. I don't really like scary things either, so I can stay out with you."
"I'm sorry,"Lottie sniffles, her chest beginning to hiccup with tears as Camryn clicks her tongue disapprovingly.
"Hey, no sorries, it's okay, babe,"Camryn promises, rubbing her hand up and down Lottie's back as Harry also places a comforting hand on Lottie's back.
"Here, I'll stay out with you Lot, I didn't even really want to come,"Niall whispers, placing his hand on Lottie's shoulder.
"You're sure?"Camryn asks, looking up at Niall. "I really don't mind not going through."
"Nah, you go through with Harry, I don't want him clutching onto me when he gets scared,"Niall jokes as Lottie wipes at a few lonely tears that were rolling down her cheeks as she pulls away from Camryn.
"Make him buy you some sweets from the stands out front, yeah?"Camryn teases, winking at Lottie and rubbing her shoulders comfortingly.
Lottie laughs tearfully and nods, pressing a kiss to Camryn's cheek before walking towards Niall who wraps his arm protectively around Lottie's shoulder as they begin to walk down the path towards the parking lot of the haunted house where all of the stands of food are placed.
"You ready bug?"Harry asks, raising his eyebrows at Camryn who whimpers and shakes her head, nuzzling closer to Harry as they begin to walk through the door of the haunted house.
"I pee when I get scared now, so I'm probably gonna piss my pants,"Camryn warns, her bladder definitely not what it once was after having two children (an almost 11 pound child at that).
"F*CKING SH*T!"Gemma exclaims from a few feet in front of them as a scarecrow jumps out at her, holding up a fake chain saw as she cuddles closer to Liam who tightens his grip on her as she buries her face into his chest.
"Baby, that's gonna jump out, something's gonna jump out,"Camryn whimpers, pointing to a bush a few feet away from Harry as they begin to get closer to it.
"It's fine, I've got you,"Harry chuckles breathily as he pulls his arm tighter around Camryn's shoulder.
"AHH!"Camryn screams as a man in a clown suit pops up from behind the push reaching towards her and Harry. Even though she had a gut feeling that something was going to jump out, it didn't make it any less terrifying.
"I've got you,"Harry laughs, pressing a kiss to Camryn's head as he cuddles her in tighter, "you're fine babe."
"Mmm, I literally pissed, babe,"Camryn whimpers, looking up at him with embarrassed eyes as she clenches her thighs together even harder.
"Hey, that's okay, you're wearing black pants, no one will notice, and I have a spare pair of sweats in the car,"Harry whispers down at Camryn, pressing a quick kiss to Camryn's lips as he helps her continue through the hall so that they don't keep up the line of people behind them.
"I'm staying with the kids next time,"Camryn jokes, hiding her face against Harry's chest so that he can blindly lead her through the haunted house.
*
"Do you want a doughnut?"Niall asks, his arm still protectively around Lottie's shoulders as she tries not to faint at the thought of his arm around her while he points towards one of the concession stands gathered in the parking lot.
"Sure, yeah, if you want one,"Lottie agrees with a little head nod as Niall leads them towards the stand.
"We can sit on the curb,"Niall suggests, walking him and Lottie over to the curb with their cup full of Doughnut bites in his hand that's not around Lottie.
They sit side by side on the curb with Niall holding the cup of doughnuts in between them as Lottie huddles into her self, bracing against the cold while she eats the steaming cinnamon bites.
"Do you want my coat? You look really cold,"Niall offers, shrugging off his coat as he hands it towards Lottie as he chew his mouthful of doughnut.
"No no, it's okay,"Lottie assures him, but it's no use because he lays it across her back despite her telling him that she really doesn't need it. "You're gonna be cold."
"I'm fine,"Niall assures Lottie, nonchalantly waving his hand. "I like your costume by the way."
"Thanks,"Lottie blushes, tucking her head down so that he won't notices even though it's dark. "I like yours too. The best Simon Cowell I've ever seen."
"I'm supposed to be a zombie,"Niall laughs, side glancing over at Lottie.
"Exactly,"Lottie grins, winking at Niall who bursts out into laughs and shakes his head.
"That was a good one, that was a really good one,"Niall laughs, looking over at Lottie with the biggest grin. "You're really funny, Lot."
"Thanks,"Lottie blushes, covering her mouth with her hand as she eats and trying to cover the rest of her face as well so that he can't see the blush.
"So, who've you got your eye on, hmm?"Niall asks, nudging his shoulder against Lottie as she blushes tremendously. "Who's the boy or girl that I need to interview."
"I don't like anyone,"Lottie lies because, well, the guy she likes is sitting right next to her. "All of the guys at my school are jerks."
"Yeah..."Niall agrees, raising his eyebrows at Lottie in a bit of sympathy. "Teenage guys can be arseholes. I would know."
"You were never an arsehole to me,"Lottie giggles, taking a bite of another doughnut hole.
"Nah, but just ask your brother, I was a b*tch to him,"Niall winks, smiling proudly to himself as Lottie laughs and covers her mouth with her hand shyly.
*
"I think I sh*t my pants,"Gemma huffs, still gripping onto Liam (which he is of course not mad about in the slightest) as they all gather right outside of the haunted house.
"Well, um, I actually pissed my pants, so I think I win this one,"Camryn jokes, her thighs still clenched tightly together as she holds onto Harry's hand that's wrapped around her shoulders.
"Did you really?"Louis chuckles, widening his eyes at Camryn.
"That's what happens when you have two children,"Camryn laughs, nodding her head at Louis. "Whenever I sneeze or get scared I piss."
"Did Niall and Lottie not go through?"Zayn asks, looking behind the group at the back door of the haunted house and realizing that the two still haven't come through.
"No, Lottie got really scared and Niall said he didn't even really want to come to this, so he stayed out with her,"Camryn explains, watching as Zayn snickers and pats Louis on the shoulder who groans and puts his face in his hands.
"Little b*stard,"Louis grumbles under his breath.
"What?"Harry asks, not catching onto the joke that's apparently very funny to Zayn.
"Niall wanted to come, he's literally the one who suggested this,"Zayn explains, smirking over at Louis who still has his face in his hands, "so Lottie's little unrequited crush may not be so unrequited anymore."
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HELLOOOO BABES!!!
I HOPE YOU ALL HAD/ARE HAVING AN AMAZING HALLOWEEN!🖤🧡
^^^What did y'all dress up as??!
UM ALSO THE FREAKIN DORTHY OUTFIT????!!!! I CANNOT IM SO FREAKIN IN LOVE WITH THIS MAN😍
Alsooooo we've got two future couples in this chapter...(Niall and Lottie and Gemma and Liam we see youuuu ;))
I freakin love Lottie and Niall and they give us Cole soooooooo (and little hint, he definitely reappears back into Bindi's novella ahahaha)
I will see you with Darcy's next novella chapter!!! 💜 (the wholeeeee Styles fam will be included in this one!!!)
I LOVE YOU ALL SO FREAKIN MUCH!!!! 🖤🧡
MWAH
-Mel❤️