When Louis Tomlinson blows out his birthday candles this year, can we make a wish?
After starting this year not really caring what the members of One Direction were up to on any substantial level, we're ending 2015 feeling rather bummed that the pop heartthrobs are going their separate ways for an indefinite period of time.
Hiatus, they're calling it. And while we cynically didn't believe that for a second when they first announced their intention to take a break, what with the luck-of-the-draw way the insanely successful boy band started out in the first place, we're now vehemently hoping that Louis, Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Niall Horan find their way back to each other sooner rather than later.
First of all, happy birthday to Louis today as he turns 24. The lad from Doncaster with the David Beckham voice and devil-may-care shag is wrapping up one of his more life-changing years, to be followed by a most momentous 2016 as he becomes a first-time dad.
Barely more than a boy himself, Louis offered on Good Morning America this past summer that he was "buzzing" with excitement, but otherwise we're guessing we won't be hearing too much more from him about fatherhood until he's actually walked a few miles in those shoes—or, better yet, changed a few nappies.