Louis, my brother (L.T)

Chapter 1:New Beginnings

#Lia POV#

My name is Animalia, Animalia Parker. Yes it is a weird name, so call me Lia for short. I used to have a wonderful family, just my mom, my dad and me. But now, everything's changed. Dad ran away with another woman leaving me and mom here.....alone. We both survived together, with my mom being a business woman and me in my second to final year of high school.

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*buzzz buzzzzz*

My eyes flicker open, and I look at my surroundings. "Where am I?" I think to myself. Oh yeah, my bedroom. I look around for the object that made that sound, the sound that woke me up at 7:00a.m. on a Saturday morning. My hand slaps the table side, searching for my iPhone. I press the home button and a message appears on the screen. THREE MONTH HOLIDAY! LETS LIVE WHILE WE'RE YOUNG!!!!!

Who the hell would send me something this early? Oh wait, Michelle would! Michelle is my best friend, and my fellow directioner. We've been friends since the beginning of high school, and we've survived it ever since. Also, we are gigantic fans of one direction, we listen to them all the time, talk about them and just do everything about them! But Michelle is in Brazil right now, tanning in her bikini on the beach. And I am here, in Doncaster England.

"COME DOWNSTAIRS LIA!" screams a familiar voice. That's mom, my idol. If she could survive what dad did, she can survive anything. Letting out a long sigh, I throw back the covers, get up and walk to my window. I throw back the curtains, letting the sun light fill up my bedroom. The street outside is quite, and is any normal street you would see in England. I unlatch the window, and let a cold breeze come into my room. I smile looking at the sky, "summer is finally here Lia" I say to myself. I turn around and head downstairs, getting ready for a free new day.....

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"Morning honey, how was your sleep?" asks my mom, in her pink apron, pouring herself a cup of coffee. My mom is a really nice lady, with long black exotic hair trailing down her back and the sweetest smile anyone could have ever seen.

"It was fine, thank god it's summer! But, you still have to work," I say, giving her my puppy dog face as I sit in one of the dining table chairs.

"Oh Lia, you know I don't have a choice!" she says, coming over to me and embracing me in a hug. She's right, after dad left she has been working 24/6 to keep this family going. And I can understand that it's not easy, but I just really want to spend more time with her.

"It's alright mom, you gonna be late today?" I ask her, as she pulls away from the hug.

"Sadly, my boss wants me to stay until 10 tonight, but I'll be free tomorrow night," she says reasuringly, suddenly her eyes sparkle. She has just remebered something.

"What?what is it?" I ask her determingly.

"Speaking of tomorrow night, a very special someone is coming" a huge smile blooms across her face.

"Special someone?mom, have you been seeing somebody?" I ask, a huge smile blooming across my face too.

"YES!" she squeels, and we both start jumping up and down shouting. This would be awkward behaviour for a mother and daughter, but we are pretty close, kinda like best friend close.

"OMG! WHO IS HE? WHATS HIS NAME? SPILL!" I ask her, making her sit on the table too.

She sits down beside me, trying to pull herself together."Well, his name is Mark, and he lives here in Doncaster. We've been seeing each other for the last 3 months, and we seem to have alot in common"

"Wow mom! Congrats!" I squeel.

"But there is more good news!" she says, smiling even bigger.

"What? tell me!" I squeel jumping up and down.

"He is coming tomorrow night for dinner, and he's bringing his step son!" she says, jumping up and down too.

"Wait, step son? What's his name?" I ask, curiosity filling my head. If this guy is cute, I guess I'll have a good summer.

"Oh, you'll see......you will definitely fancy him!" she says, skipping around the kitchen. "We'll I gtg honey, see you tonight!" giving me a quick hug, mom grabs her bag and walks out the door and heads to her car. Fancy him? Since when does she use British words like that? I mean we're American. Hmmmm, this guy must be interesting then. I jump off the chair and head back to the bedroom, closing the door behind me.

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"You don't know oh oh, you don't know your beautiful oh oh, that's what makes you beautiful!"

The television is on and I've plopped onto the couch, watching the X-Factor. I've taken a shower and changed into a t-shirt, some skinny blue jeans and my favorite black high tops. It's already 2:00p.m. and I'm as bored as ever. Then comes a vibrating sound from the phone, and I pick it up off the dining table.

Mom:so how's your day so far honey?

Huh, so I guess she does have 'some' time for me. I expect by now she'd be having her lunch break.

Me:not too bad, just really bored

Mom:great!

Me:what?

Mom:this is a great opportunity for mark's son to meet you honey!

"Wait what?!" I think aloud. I'm not properly dressed, if mom says that'd fancy him, then he would be freakin adorable! But most boys want to see a girl the way she is, so I guess I should be fine wearing this.

Me:right now mom? Are you sure?

Mom:yeah! Well he says that he's not doing anything either, so why not?

I sigh, me:okay, send him over

Mom:alright sweety, have fun!

Why is she soo excited about this guy? And so desperate? Well, I'll find out soon enough.......