Liam Payne's Step Sister

14: Niall's Birthday

Ellie's P.O.V

"Hey! Do you smell that?" I shake Niall awake. "Well now I do." He groans in his morning voice. I rip the covers off of him but he fell asleep again, before I did. "Sleeping Beauty?" I whisper. "You'll have to kiss me awake!" He smirks with his eyes still closed. "You don't deserve it." I giggle.

I walk out of the room. "I can't even have my blanket back?" Niall pouts. "No." I wrap it around myself and smirk. "I have a birthday present for you!" I smile and run into my closet. "Here." I toss him a small box. He opens it and his face practically glows. "2 round trip tickets to Ireland!? Thank you so much!" He hugs me. Whoever thinks people aren't as strong as usual when they wake up, are dead wrong. "So who am I gonna take?" He jokes. "Maybe my mom..." I play along. "I guess I should just surprise who I take huh?" He chuckles. He gets down on one knee and holds my hand. "Will you go to Ireland with me?" He tries to keep from laughing. "Niall... I don't know. Things are moving too fast." I pretend to tear up. I snatch the ticket from his hand and run into the kitchen, dropping the blanket at the top of the stairs.

"At least I have my blanket back!" He smirks. "Niall! Get down here!" Louis yells. "No way! Birthday Pancakes?" Niall jumps around the kitchen. There's a pile of pancakes about 3 feet tall sitting on a plate for him. They're covered in frosting and sprinkles. "For once we might actually make him full enough to wait until lunch to eat again." I joke as Liam puts candles on the pancakes. "Yeah probably not." Niall says, getting ready to shove all the pancakes into his mouth. "I need to go wake up Zayn." I realize. "Let me help." Harry follows me upstairs.

"Do you know where any scissors are?" I say, dead serious. "Erm... Yeah. There's some in the office." "Can you go grab them?" I ask as Harry walks down to grab the scissors.

"Zayn... Time to wake up." I whisper. "Here." Harry hands me the scissors from the office. I start to open and close them. "I'll cut your hair if you don't wake up." I smirk. "I'm up! I'm up!" Zayn throws the covers off and stands up. Harry starts to snort from all the laughs. "You're next Styles." I chase him.

"Um... What?" Liam gives Harry and I a questioning glance. "No running with scissors!" He flips into Daddy Direction mode. I screech to a halt. "Fine." I huff. Zayn appears at the top of the stairs, fully dressed already. "Ellie and I are going to Ireland today." Niall proudly smiles. "I know." Liam says, still working on the final touches of the pancakes. "No way! Why can't I go with you Niall?" Louis pouts. "You didn't get me the tickets." Niall laughs. "But I love you." He frowns. I stick my tongue out at Louis. He does the same back to me. "Too bad." He sticks his tongue out to Louis, who changed and is now sticking his tongue out at Niall. "I'm so excited to see Theo again." He smiles, with his eyes closed.

                           ~*~

"Bye!" I yell, putting my shoes on. I closed the door. "I miss you!" Louis screamed from out the window. "Loui... I was only putting my suitcase in the car." I laugh, walking back inside.

"Come here." Liam hugged me. "Be careful ok?" He warned. "I will." I giggle. "And call me everyday?" He said. Still serious. "Whatever you say." I hug him again. "We're only leaving for a week." I say to his back.

"Niall? Can you Skype us for the concert later today?" Liam remembers. "Uh... Sure." Niall tries to pry Louis off of him. "I'm still here, Louis." He gives him a final push.

"Bye everyone!" I wave once I get into the car. "We'll miss you!" Harry yells. "I miss you guys!" Louis screams out the window.

Liam drives Niall and I to the airport. We turn the radio up and sing to all the songs. Once we get there, Niall and I get out of the car and go to the trunk to get our stuff. Liam opens the door and gets out to help me carry my bags.

"Promise to take care of her?" Liam asks Niall. "Of course! It's not like anything bad ever happens when I'm around anyways." He grins. "Liam... We have to go now." I notice we still have to go through everything and board the plane.

                            ~*~

"So. I've always wondered... Why is your last name Payne?" Niall asks as we sit down. "My mom didn't want to keep the same last name as my dad. So she changed both our names when she remarried." I grab a blanket just before the "seatbelt on" sign appears. "Oh." He looks out the window.