Adopted by the Sidemen

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this could possibly be triggering!!

1st December (wednesday)

"Merry christmas" I walk into the kitchen and stare at the cereals for a solid 3 minutes "You gonna eat?" I shake my head and walk past Josh, heading upstairs to get dressed and ready for school. Once i had put my uniform on I spotted my camera on my desk. "Hey everyone it's me again. So i know, it's been umm- quite a while but i'm here again! I'm going to attempt a day in my life, i'm not very interesting but oh well. As i'm sure you can see i have my uniform on and i have to go to school today! Woo. Not. Anyway, so I've not managed breakfast today but that's alright." I stand up and grab my bag "Soph! Time to go!!" I stretch my arms and go downstairs "Filming?" I nod and get into the car "Haven't posted in ages"

Lunch time

"Hey, sophie right?" I quietly looked up and nodded to the boy "I'm Tom," He smiled gently "You don't have to if it makes you too anxious but, do you want to come sit with me and my mates?" I hesitated but stood up and followed him out to the pitches "Do you have lunch?" I lied "Yeah i ate it already" He looked at me like i was the biggest idiot ever "But the bell just went like 10 minutes ago mate" I shook my head and stood at the side while he sat down.

"Come sit," He pats the grass beside him making me timidly sit down. "Hi im Scott, you alright mate? lookin a bit shaken up" He put his hand on my knee making me flinch and freeze "I'm fine, I'm sophie uhm- Nice to meet you all" They nodded and continued with they're conversation. Suddenly about 7 or 8 more boys started coming towards us making my breath quicken. I stood up and walked out the pitch, not caring that i left my bag and phone. "Oi oi, look who it is" I blinked my tears back and turned to face him "I'm not in the mood to talk to you" He chuckled and grabbed my wrist "Well you see, i'm in the mood to talk. and do other things" I swallowed a lump in my throat as he yanked me away from everyone. "Say a word and ill fucking ki-," "I suggest you let go of her immediately before i fucking kill you" A familiar, now low and gravely, voice says, forcing his hand off of my wrist.

"Are you okay? Sophie. Sophie can you hear me?" His gentle touch making me dart my eyes to meet his, his soft yet full of anger and mine full of tears. I opened my mouth to say something but all that came out was a sob. My hand flying up to cover my mouth as the tears plummet down my face. I feel myself being brought somewhere but the anxiety attack faulting my hearing and making everything fuzzy.

"Hey soph, it's gonna be okay, you're alright," I heard a gentle whisper as my shaking hands came in contact with the sharp cold water. The voice never leaving me, completely comforting me, no judgment. "He was going to hurt me. Tom he- I- he was going to hurt me," I mumble feeling myself calm down enough to speak. He shushed me "There's 2 more hours left of school, 25 mins left of lunch, Do you want me to take you to the admins or want to try the rest of today?" He asks me as i gently rub my wrist "I don't want the boys to hate me, or think i'm weird" I barely speak above a whisper as we walk out of the bathroom. "They won't hate you or think you're weird. Just- no i'll not tell you to just breathe, erm, try to calm your brain down. You want me to introduce you to all the lads?" I nodded as we made our way back to the group, sitting where we was before.

"Sorry about that," I mumble grabbing my bag "It's alright now this might confuse you but i'll introduce you to everyone. Obviously i'm Tom, This is Calum, just cal will do" I sheepishly wave and he returns it "That is also Thomas, Ruthy is his nickname. That's alex, Al. There's jake, that is John Paul, JP. Over there is Aaron and johnathan. Will, Richard who we call knoxxy, don't ask, JC and Kieran are all at the shops or something with their girlfriends." I nodded and made a mental note.

"Tom, Cal, Ruthy, Alex, Jake, JP, Aaron, Jonathon, and Will, Knoxxy, JC and kieran aren't here" I smiled managing to remember everyone. "Perfect!" I smiled at Tom and looked at the time "You want me to take you admins?" I nodded and stood up brushing the grass and dirt off my bum, I picked up my bag slinging it over my shoulder and walked towards the Admins office with Tom beside me. "Why was Adam bothering you?" I shook my head "ex-boyfriend if you will" He nodded and we continued walking.

"Hi, Could you call a parent of mine to come pick me up please?" She nodded "What's your name hun?" I smiled "Sophie Bradley-Nightingale," She typed it in "And you are in 11B correct?" I nodded, watching as she picked up the phone "Yes, hi, okay thank you" Was all I picked up from the phone call "15 minutes hunny bunny" I smiled and sat down on a chair beside Tom. "Bradley-Nightingale? Pretty name." i smiled and pulled out my phone "Uhm snapchat?" I asked opening the app to my snap code. He grabbed his phone and scanned the code immediately adding me and changing my name. 'Sophie💪🏼' I snorted "One of the lads, am i now?" He nodded and tapped about adding me to group chats left, right and centre. "Lads, lads, lads is our groupchat solely because we needed a name that bullied knoxxy so that's why it that, anyway it's got all 12 of us in it, well 13 now" I nodded "I made it the unlucky number" He laughed a little and messaged a few people while i waited for whoever was picking me up.