Life as Niall's Daughter

Angel gets a boyfriend

Angel's POV (One year later)
After Kaitlyn turned 2, and I turned 12, my parents had decided to move Kaitlyn into a bunk, and have alone time with each other at night. I had given up on trying to get more attention from my parents. Especially when it never really seemed to happen.

Then, two months later, I heard the words, I never wanted to hear again. My mom was pregnant, again! I got angry, but didn't show it. I kept it to myself. When I turned 12, I asked my parents for a journal, so I could start writing how I was feeling. So, when I found out my mom was pregnant, again. I started to write how I felt about it, and about other things, as well.

Honestly, I didn't take the news very well. I hardly spoke to my parents, and would go to Liam's bus, most of the time, just to avoid the whole lack of attention thing, all over again.

That evening, I got ready for one of the concerts that Liam and the boys had. They had a meet and greet, before the concert. I just walked around back stage, to avoid Niall.

When I was walking around, I ran into a boy, literally. He was really cute.

"Are you ok?" He asked me, as he helped me up.

"Yeah, sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going." I said, a bit embarrassed.

"It's ok. My name is Joe. What's your name? If you don't mind me asking."

"Angel." I said, in a shy way.

"Wow, that's a nice name. Are you by yourself?" He asked, a little worried.

"No, my dad is one of the one direction guys. He's currently doing meet and greets right now." I said a bit annoyed. Not towards the boy, but the thought of who my dad was. Which is so funny. I thought I would love being his daughter, but I don't.

"Oh, well. Can I have your number? I would love to be friends with you." He said, catching me off guard.

"Oh, uh, sure." I said. Then I gave him my number, and we said bye to each other. I'm not sure why, but, I couldn't stop thinking about him, after he left, and I had a big grin on my face.

I went to the room, where One Direction was having their meet and greet, and sat down on the couch. The meet and greet lasted for at least an hour, before they had met every fan that had a meet and greet.

I didn't mind though. I was texting Joe the whole time. When the meet and greet was over, I went to Niall's dressing room, and continued to message Joe. He would let me know how he liked the concert, but was wishing I was with him. I just giggled, and told him, I could let him watch backstage.

He liked that idea. So, I went to meet up with him, so he could watch backstage.

"Thanks for letting me watch from back here. I've never seen a concert, from backstage." He said, when he got to the backstage area.

"You're welcome, Joe." I said, with a smile. We watched the rest of the concert, in silence. I could tell he liked listening to them.

When the concert was over, we said goodbye to each other. Then he left. I was sad, to see him leave. But, I knew he had to go. I will still try to stay in contact with him.

The boys walked off stage, and Niall walked up to me.

"Who was that?" Niall asked.

"A friend. I just met him a little while ago. I ran into him, cause I wasn't looking, where I was going." I said, slightly blushing at the memory.

"Uh-huh, I see. So, just a friend?" He asked, as if he knew I was lying.

"Yeah, just a friend." I said, then I walked away from him.

When I got to the bus, I went to my bunk, and texted Joe goodnight. He replied back a couple minutes later, saying goodnight.

I was happy to have a friend. But, I kind of wanted to be more than friends with him. I just want to be loved, and have someone give me attention. Since my parents are too busy with Kaitlyn, and soon to be, another baby.

Just that thought upset me, and made me want to go to my uncle Liam. I really don't like the idea of another baby being around. I just groaned to myself, and tried to go to sleep.

But, I couldn't. No matter how hard I tried. I texted my uncle Liam, and said, that I couldn't sleep. He called me after he got my message.

"What's going on? Why can't you sleep?" He asked me, as soon as I answered.

"I don't like the idea, of Niall and my mom having another baby. It really upsets me. Especially since they hardly paid attention to me, after Kaitlyn was born. I want to be with you." I said, starting to cry.

"You can come over in the morning, when we stop. How about I sing to you, so you can fall asleep?" He asked.

"Ok." I said. Then I laid the phone down next to me, and Liam sang to me, until I fell asleep.

The next day, I got up, before anyone else, and went to Liam's bus. He was already up, and waiting for me in the front room. He gave me a hug, when I walked in, and we sat down on the couch together.

"So, tell me what's going on with you. Why are you upset about your mom and Niall having another baby?" Liam asked, in a curious way.

"I'm really upset about this, because I really want my parents to start paying more attention to me, but with another baby on the way, I know they won't." I said, crying. It really hurt me, that my parents won't be paying attention to me, again.

Liam sighed. "I'm sorry, Angel. Have you tried talking to your parents?"

"No. What's the point, anyway? It's not going to make a difference." I said mainly to myself.

"Well, that might partly be true, but you should talk to your parents. They can at least try to be there for you more often." He said.

"Yeah, we'll see. For now, I'm going to be alone." I said. Then I got up, and went to my bunk. I texted Joe, hoping that he would text me back.

At first, it didn't seem like he was going to. But ten minutes later, I got a text from him.

'Hey Angel, how are you?' He said, in his text.

'I'm ok, I wish you were here. I could really use a friend right now.' I replied, with a sad face at the end of the sentence.

'What's going on?' He asked. I could tell he was worried, just by how fast he replied.

'It's my parents. They are having another kid, after they just had one, two years ago, and it caused them to stop paying attention to me. I know this second baby, is only going to make it worse, and it makes me feel really sad.' I replied, while crying to myself.

'I'm sorry, Angel. But, I'm here for you, whenever you need me, ok?'

'Thanks, Joe. I appreciate this. I know we just met. But, do you mind if I ask you to be more than a friend to me?' I replied, a bit nervous.

'You mean, be your boyfriend?' He asked.

I got scared with his question.

'Yeah.' I hesited a minute, before I sent him the text. It took him a while to reply, and I thought he wasn't going to. That, I scared him off with my message.

But, then he replied.

'Sure. I'd love to be with you, as long as we don't tell anyone for a while.' I was happy, when I saw his message.

'Yay! Thanks Joe.'

'You're welcome, Angel. I have to go, but I'll text you later.'

'Ok, bye.' He didn't reply after that, but I'm happy I have a boyfriend now.