A Different Life!

Chapter 47!

My stomach drops as I feel someone lift me up. I open my eyes and see Niall concentrated on not dropping me. I close my eyes. Niall sets me down on the bed and pulls the blankets over me. He's the best really. I open my eyes just soon enough for Niall to see. "Hey princess" He whispers and crouches down beside the bed. "Hi" I mumble. "I'm sorry about earlier....I kinda feel bad about that" Niall says. "Don't feel bad" I whisper. He gives me a weak smile and kisses my forehead as he gets up. He changes and crawls in next to me. "So tomorrow you can work on the nursery if you want"Niall says as he wraps his arms around me. "If you insist" I mumble into his chest. I'm out like a light.

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Cold air. Who opened a window? Where's Niall? "Ary wake up, wake up!" Someone yells and bounces on the bed. That's not Niall that's.....Louis. Great! I open my eyes and look at him. "What!" I groan. "Come downstairs! We made you breakfast!" Louis says. "Louis first your 21 you sound like some sort of litle kid and second I'm not hungry. Where's Niall?" I ask. "Downstairs now get up!" He yells. I grown and throw blankets in Louis's face. I get up and stare at him. "What?" He asks. "Get out so I can get dressed!" I yell and point to the door. He holds his hands up in surrender and walks out of the room. I quickly change and walk downstairs. I see everyone sitting around the table. I sit down on Niall's lap and wrap my arms around his neck. "I can't believe you left me this morning" I whisper so just he can hear. "Sorry" He says. I giggle and give him a quick squeeze. "You want something to eat?" Niall asks. I shake my head. He wraps his arms around my waist. "Ary! Ary! Ary!" Louis yells. "Shut up!" I groan. "But I have to ask you something." Louis says. "What?" I ask. He slides a paper in front of me. "Some people called and they asked if I wanted to play in a co-ed charity football game....it sounds like a lot of fun....and I want you to do it with me." Louis explains. I haven't played since I dislocated my knee. I haven't really even thought about it. Am I ready? I rub my hands together and look at my knee. I can stil see the scar from surgery. It will always be there. I'm scared. What if it happens again? I grab the paper and look at it closely. "You don't have to answer right now just think about it but it would be so cool"Louis says. I hop of Niall's lap and walk away still looking at the paper. Could I do this? I climb up the stairs and into our room. I could do it again. I step into the closet and grab my box of football stuff. I open it and look at my cleats. When I was little I would walk around in my cleats just because I loved them so much. Liam and I had matching cleats. I would sleep with my dirty football in my bed no matter what my mom would say. I would wake Liam up early every morning so we could practice. "Hey" I look up and see Liam. "Hey big brother" I whisper. He sits down next to me and smiles. "You know I still have our matching cleats" He says. "You don't!" I laugh. "Yes I do they're in my closet" He laughs. "We're such hoarders" I laugh. "Yea" He says and wraps an arm around me. "You know that we all think you should play again." Liam says. "Yea I'm just scared that something will happen to my knee" I tell him. I rest my head on his shoulder. "Hopefully it doesn't"He says. "You know that since I was little I wanted to play proffesional football" I tell him. "Yea I know" He says. "I don't want to anymore and you know why?" I ask. "Why?" He asks with a hint of laughter in his voice. "Because I'm happy here." I tell him. He looks down at me and smiles. "I knew you would" He says and kisses my forehead. "You should play though." He says. "Li...have mom and dad asked about me?" I ask. "Of course they have...why wouldn't they?" He says. "Because I haven't talked to them. I didn't try...I had my chance and I didn't take it. Because of all those years I wanted nothing to do with them." I say quietly. "They'll always love you, Ary. Whether or not they show it the way that you hope they will or you want them to or even the way that they show it they will." He says. I wrap my arm around his torso. "Your the best big brother ever you know that?" I ask. "Yea" He says and kisses my head. "One more thing..."Liam starts. "You were never one to sit back and let some little thing take away everything you've loved..so get out there and show them that this won't hold you back." He says. "You and me together...promise?" I ask. "I promise" He whispers to me. I smile and hug him. Liam helps me put away my stuff. "I've got some home renovation to start before Ryleigh comes home" I tell him. "Ok you go Ary Payne" Liam says. "Yea...uh...can you take me to the store to pick up a couple things?" I ask. "Yea sure...meet me downstairs?" He agrees. "Yea" I mumble. He kisses my temple and walks out of the room. I grab the list of stuff and my box. Yea, I take boxes shopping for art supplies. Especially for projects like this. I just like throwing it all in a box so I can have it ready to use. I quickly run downstairs over to Liam. "C'mon I've got work to do!" I tell him and start dragging him across the room. "Bye, Ary I love you!" Niall yells from the kitchen. I shove the box towards Liam who laughs and takes it from me. I run into the kitchen and give Niall a kiss. "I love you too" I whisper. He smirks and kisses me again. I walk back out of the kitchen. Liam hands me back my box and we head out.

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"Ok so what exactly do you need?" Liam asks. "Stuff, I need stuff now just shut up" I tell him and continue looking for what I needed. "So you know when you said I was the best big brother ever, what happened to that?" He asks. "I said shut up" I tell him jokingly. He laughs and follows me throughout the store. I finally get all the stuff that I need and pay for it. "Honestly I don't get how you know about this stuff or how you are so good at this stuff" Liam says. "I don't either LiLi I don't either"I tell him. He puts my stuff in the back of the car and gets in the driver's seat. He starts the car and drives away. "So do you know what your going to paint in the nursery?" Liam asks. "Yea....if I didn't I wouldn't know what supplies to buy brilliant" I laugh. Liam laughs and turns the corner. He soon pulls up into the driveway. I quickly get out and grab my stuff. Liam opens the door for me and I step inside. "Ary!" Zayn and Niall yell and come running up to me. "What?" I ask. "They're coming home in about an hour!" Niall says. "Wait, Harry and Ryleigh?" I ask. They nod. "Damn-it...just keep them out of the nursery" I tell them. They agree. Niall climbs up the stairs with me into the nursery. I set the box of supplies down and look around. Niall walks up next to me and slides his arm around my waist. "Do you want me to help you cover some stuff?" Niall asks. "Yea, would you?" I ask. He nods and kisses my cheek. We grab some tarps and throw them over the furniture and move furniture. "Thanks" I tell Niall when we finish. "You do realize that they're going to be home any minute now?" He asks. "Yea but I'll get started I guess...I have a couple hours before sundown" I tell him. "Ok...I'll leave you to it then" He says and gives me a kiss. "I love you" I yell to him as he walks towards the door. "I love you too" He yells back. I let out a deep breath and grab some paint.

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3 hours of painting and a whole lot of being annoyed by people who want to see later.

I had just started to put my paint brushes away when I hear someone walk in. I look up and see Niall holding a plate of pizza and looking strait at the painting. "Wow, Ary......that's amazing" He says. "It's not that amazing" I tell him and finish putting my stuff back in the box. "It is amazing" He says. "Ok sure whatever, just give me that pizza!" I groan and grab the plate from him. He smirks and walks over to the painting while I chow down on the pizza. "Do you want to watch a movie?" Niall asks. "Do you remember what happened last time we were going to watch a movie?" I ask. He laughs and turns around. "Yea but this time we'll just watch a movie" He says. "Or sleep" I say and yawn. "We just totally flip flopped" Niall says and wraps his arms around me. "Yea...I smell like a mix of pizza and paint" I complain. "Yea you reek you should really take a shower and maybe you should sleep in your room because I really don't think I can sleep with that" Niall says. I slap him playfully. "I am going to take a shower but for now I hate you" I laugh and grab my box of stuff. "By the way don't let Harry or Ryleigh in there" I say and walk to my room. I quickly put away my stuff and grab some stuff for a shower.

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"What the hell are you wearing?" Liam asks as I walk down the stairs. "My comfy clothes geez" I tell him. "Yea geez Liam I think they she looks sexy" Niall says. "Exactly" I say and hop off the last stair. Niall wraps his arms around me and lifts me up. He throws me over his shoulder and carries me into the living room. "Put her down Niall everyone can see her lady boxers" Liam says. I giggle against Niall's back. He sets me down on the couch. "Wait where is Ryleigh and Harry?" I ask. "Oh damn-it" Niall says. "Ary! Get your cute ass up here!" Ryleigh yells. "Niall 9 Horan....I'm going to beat the shit out of you" I yell at him through gritted teeth. I stand up and jog towards the stairs. I climb up them. Ryleigh immediatly tackles me in a hug. "I love the painting!" She says. "You weren't supposed to see it yet!" I complain. "Oh well! My baby's gotta sleep" She says. I groan and walk back downstairs. I grab Niall's hand and drag him upstairs. I walk into his room and close the door behind us. "Sorry..I totally forgot...I'm sorry" He says. "Shut up and kiss me" I tell him. He grabs my waist and slams his lips into mine. "You are really strange" He whispers. I smirk and grab the back of his neck. He kisses me again and places a hand on either side of my head and leans against the door. "You know that those pajamas look really good on you" He says in a husky voice. "Yea..I know...what about my lady boxers?" I ask jokingly and lift up my pajamas. Niall examines them pretending to be interested. "They look good" He says sarcastically. I smirk. "Playtimes over...I'm going to bed" I whisper. "Seriously" He groans as I walk over to the bed. I giggle and crawl in. Niall changes and crawls in next to me. I could really get used to all of this. I snuggle into Niall's chest and close my eyes. He's perfect. My brother is perfect. My friends are perfect. Niall kisses my head. His kisses are perfect. This is perfect.