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Niall pov
"Niall buddy? Come on. Breakfast" I'm woken by my dad gently stroking my hair until I come around.
"Hey daddy" I mumble rubbing my fist against my eye.
"Hey babe. Sleep well?" I nod a little as he plays with my hair and feel myself being lulled back to sleep. He scratches his nails softly into my hair to wake me back up and chuckles as I grin lazily at him.
"Breakfast babe"
"M kay da"
I stumble to the bathroom for a quick wee, sitting down because I'm too tired to stand, before wiping and going down stairs.
Theres a bacon sandwich with ketchup and a cup of tea on the table. I grin and sit across from my dad to took in as he reads the paper.
"Tanks da" I grin, I feel a bit of ketchup dribble down my chin but I figure there's no point moving it. I'm bound to dribble more before I've finished, I'm a bit of a messy eater.
"Ni how do you feel about not going to school today?"
"Dvd and duvet day?" I grin. One of the things I love about my dad is that he has random days like this (it doesn't happen often) where we cuddle up of the sofa and watch dvds and eat pizza. He calls it a mental health relaxation day, and they're bloody brilliant.
He also let's me have the odd day off when I'm under the weather or feeling extra emotional. I don't take mick with it though as I know he doesn't have to and he could quite easily stop letting me.
"Yeah buddy. Dvd and duvet day this morning. Couple of bits to sort later"
"Okay" I smile, already thinking of what to watch first.
I settle on brave. Then tangled. Then finding dory. All the while me and my best friend cuddled under the duvet recharging our batteries. I have a nap somewhere near the beginning of finding dory, but wake up when it gets to the bit with the octopus.
"I didn't know octopus' have three hearts" I mutter.
"Well shit. Neither did i"
"Bad word da"I giggle. He doest swear much so when he does its funny and I feel like he's such a rebel.
His phone rings near the end and he rubs his hand over my back as he talks to he person on the other end.
"Yeah- all set- yeah this afternoon. He's fine. Yeah. Yeah. I know. Alright I'll see you soon. Yeah. Me too. By Li"
"Who's that" I mumble though a mouth full of pizza.
"Liam. Liam payne" I give his a look as if to say 'am I supposed to know who that is. Well I don't. Please elaborate'.
"He's my husband"
I look in his eyes for some sort of indication this is a joke. I find none. Husband!? I didn't even know he was dating anyone, never mind married.
"I- erm- what?" I stumble.
"We got married last week. We met in school and dated. He left for college so we broke up. We met at the school reunion I went to last week and hit it off straight away. We clicked. Like we did back then. We wanted to make a proper go of things and we got married. That night. I'm so sorry i didn't tell you, I was scared I guess. I know how attached you were to josh"
Hearing his name makes me flinch. Josh was my other dad, he walked out on us when I was ten and I've sort of, had trust issues, since.
"He wants to meet you. We're also moving in with him and his kids. Bit older than you, you'll get on great" he offers me a nervous smile.
"You like him" I mutter.
"I love him niall. It would mean the world to me for you two to be friends"
"Well i -better- I'll er, change me shirt" I say. I don't really have a choice I'm aware of that. So I don't see the point in fighting him. It's done and that's that. I also don't see why he could tell me. Why spring this all on me in one go? It doesn't feel very fair. I change in to some blue skinny jeans and a white polo shirt with my white Supras.
"You're handling this very maturely" he says as he meets me at the door.
"You're happy. You deserve that" I say honestly, accent slightly thicker due to my nerves.
"So the removal van is outside for our stuff. Need a hand packing?"
'Sure. Get it done quicker" I sigh.
"I've done all the other rooms for the stuff were taking. Renting this house out so I'm leaving the bigger stuff, sofa, beds etc. Liam has all that at his"
"TV?"
"Leaving it, he has a bigger one"
Of course he does.
I take my photos and personal items which consists of 3 boxes of trinkets and 3 bags of clothes. My dad puts them in the van and I get in the car. In all fairness the van isn't very big, he knew he was leaving most of it.
"You'll love liam" he grins
"Yeah" I sigh putting my belt on.
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Liam pov
"Today is the day! I grin at breakfast. I've been on about this for the past month. "Zayn and niall are moving in"
"Why does he have to share our room?" James moans
"We all share dip shit" Louis sasses.
"Louis langu-"
"How old is he again?" Harry drags out.
"12"
"Baby" William mutters
"Too right. I hate kids" Edward sighs, flopping his head on the table in defeat.
The others chuckle and so do I.
"He isn't a kid, he's a bit younger than you though, so look after him yeah?" They all grunt and grumble as a response but I don't have time to scold them for it as the door bell goes.
"Hey babe" I smile at the same time zayn says hello and I peck his lips a few times. "Hmm never get tired of that" I groan as he pulls away.
"Niall this is liam, liam this is niall" I frown but then cover it up with a smile. I'm still gutted the kiss was cut short but, oh yeah the kid.
"Hey niall"
"Hi" he offers nervously.
"Come in guys, come meet my boys"
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Niall pov
Its weird seeing my dad and liam kiss. Especially since liam poked his tongue in my dad's mouth, that looked a bit gross. I never saw josh and dad do that. I go through to meet 'the boys' expecting 2. Theres 5 of them. They're all sat around th table staring at me. I feel like an animal at the zoo.
"Boys you know zee. Zee you know my boys. Kids this is niall, why don't you introduce yourselves"
"Hi I'm harry" a curly haired lad with dimples smiles half heartedly.
"Edward" another one says coldly, looking at his phone, not even acknowledging me.
"I'm William" the boy next to him says.
"I'm James, us three a triplets" he offers, guesturing to himself, Edward and William.
"I'm louis. I'm late for footy dad" boy with brown fluffy hair says, his voice is higher than the others. More feminine.
"Shit yeah. Shoes and coats lads. In the car ASAP" liam says before Turing to my dad " you two coming?"
"Sure babe" my dad says with out even asking me. Liam smiles like he's just won the lottery and maybe I get why he said yes. Because its worth it just to see liam smile.
Liams car is an 8 seater, meaning I'm in the very back with louis and harry having a foot battle. It's only a ten minute drive and I've been kicked 6 times. Each time i mutter a quiet Ow. They don't care. I know they've heard me because the giggle a bit more each time I speak.
"Da can I get a drink?"I ask once we get there. My mouth is really dry and we're literally sat on the grass waiting for louis team to warm up for the game. Match. What ever it's called.
"Sure, can you manage us all one?" He asks. I look at how far the drinks station is and try to figure out if I can carry 8 cans that far.
"Baby" I hear William mutter.
"Yeah course" I half lie.
He hands me a ten pound note and I set off for 2 fantas. Three sprites. One Dr pepper. One coke and a water. I might struggle to carry it but first off I'm struggling to remember everything. That's my first priority.
"Can I have a bag please" I ask as I hand the money over. The lady behind the counter smiles and puts the drinks in a bag, hands it over then the change with a 'there you go doll'. I give her a brace grins and head off.
I can't remember who wanted what so I set the drinks out one by one so people can help themselves. I take a coke before one of them changes their mind and their both gone.
I sit by myself during the game. The triplets and cheering louis on and booing at everyone else. They're all huddled together. My dad and liam are sharing little kisses like their teenagers again. Being all cute and lovey Dovey. Harry is sat talking to a girl called Perrie? Her name is irrelevant, he's preoccupied.
I just sit off to the side and for the first time in my life, I don't see where I fit in this dynamic. I don't see where I fit into this family.