Adopted by Them?!

Chapter 21: No Sleep

(Maggie's POV)

I stood there in silence, grounded, very unfortunate for me you could say. The tension between me and Louis is pretty bad, he just said I was grounded and I sighed, that's about it. You know what Tom said about them, that's why I tried to run. I'm not telling Louis about the letter either, I don't know how I'm going to deal with this yet but I will.

"Well, you should get back to bed." Louis said breaking the silence.

I looked back at Liam's microwave and it had a clock on It. I looked at the microwave confused, it said 5:30 yet it feels like it's much earlier. Oh well.

"Well, it's actually 5:30." I explained.

"I still think you should get back to bed, you haven't gotten much sleep." Louis replied.

I wonder why.

"Louis, can you blame me? You drugged me first of all and sec-"

"Maggie, you have said that I 'drugged' you but I didn't okay? It was a medicine, that's not as bad. Listen Maggie I'd never actually drug you. Ever." Louis cut me off.

I looked down and sighed.

"I don't just throw my trust away to random people." I said.

"I'm not a random person Maggie, I'm your legal guardian/ father." Louis told me.

"It's just hard to take all of that in." I explained.

I still don't want Louis to be my so called 'father', I mean I can't really trust him. I don't think I'll be able to either.

Louis placed his s hand on my shoulder and I flinched. He seemed surprised that I did so.

"Back to square one?" He asked.

I looked up at Louis, he smiled sadly at me.

"You know what, sleep actually sounds kind of good right about now. I'm gonna go back onto the couch." I said as I was about to turn around and walk onto the couch.

"Maggie wait."

I turned back around to face Louis again.

"I'm sorry you feel like you can't trust anyone." He said.

"I'll just have to get over it." I replied.

Louis them kneeled down to my height, even though let's be honest, he's pretty short. And I guess you could say I'm taller than most 12 year old girls.

At this point, I wasn't kidding when I said I was going back to the couch for some sleep. I'm tried, and growing, therefor I think I should get about 4 more hours of sleep.

I looks at Louis straight in the eye.

"Louis I-I'm sorry, I'm just such a stubborn person and-"

"Maggie... it's okay, your past is bad and sometimes it's hard to handle." Louis cut me off.

"I just, I can't do anything without falling back into anxiety or tears." I said covering my eyes.

"Maggie look at me." Louis told me.

I removed my hands from my eyes but still looked down.

"Hey, Maggie it's okay. We all have fears, it takes time. But Maggie it's gonna be okay." Louis said.

I looked up and Louis and he smiled sadly. He stood back up and I backed up a little.

"I'm going back to my flat, are you going to be alright?" Louis asked.

I nodded.

"Oh, Louis?" I said just before he walked out of Liam's flat.

"Yes?"

"Thanks." I replied as I gave him a faint smile.

He gave me a huge and surprisingly I hugged back.

"Night." Louis says.

"Night."

Then he walked out of Liam's flat, I stood there not knowing what to do.

*sigh*

I looked back at the clock, it was 5:45 now. Now the hard part, do I fall back asleep or stay awake? I thought about for a little bit then decided I'll take a quick rest for an hour or two then get back up.

So I walked back over to the couch, I'm not sleeping with Niall but he has my jacket.

But he also sleeps like a baby bunny.

Okay he wins.

But I hope he knows he can't keep my jacket.

I walked over and grabbed blanket then headed over to one of the empty couches. Once I sat down on the couch I pulled the blanket over my chest and laid there for awhile. I do admit I was pretty tired, but I don't really need to admit that, it's pretty clear. I thought about things for a little bit since I was having trouble falling asleep.

I thought about Tori, and I thought about my parents. I don't have many memories with them considering half my life was spent in an orphanage. I barely had any memories with my mom though. I was only five years old when she died, but the thing is they cops never found her body. That kinda give me the creeps. When my mom died they said they found her car in the woods. My mom was really young when she had me and I mean REALLY young, she was only about 16 or 17. I'm surprised she didn't put me up for adoption then. But my mom always seemed to surprise me, she was the best. I guess you could say that when I say "she was the best" after saying "I wonder why she didn't put me up for adoption" I'm looking on the brighter side of this.

Then I thought a bit more.

Tom.

Of course Tom would always find a way to ruin my life in any way possible. I don't know what I ever did to make him angry.

He just always did what he did, he never had a reason to do it. He didn't care what he did to me, or Tori.

I try not to think about this stuff too much because it's like refreshing your memory and I don't want to do that when it comes to Tom.

~half hour later~

Well I pretty much gave up on falling asleep. So I got up, man I must've really been zoned out when I was thinking about my family because apparently Niall isn't here anymore. I guess he left to go to his flat.

My throat was as dry as a bone so o decided to get up and grab a cup of water, I got up and walked into the kitchen.

Of course this is where Niall is.

"Oh." I whispered, "Hey Niall."

Niall turned around.

"Oh, hi." He said, "Wait, what are you doing up?"

"Niall it's like 6:30."

Niall looked at the microwave clock and nodded.

"I was just headed to my flat." Niall exclaimed.

"Okay. See ya." I replied.

Niall said a quick 'bye' then headed out. I'm not really sure what to do so I'll just get a glass of water, let's hope Liam doesn't mind.

So I filled my cup with water and then took a sip, once I was done I put my cup in the sink and decided to go to Louis's flat, maybe he'll be up. I opened the door and started walking out, all of a sudden someone cups my mouth quickly. I turn around and see the smirk on his face, his evil eyes, and his terrifying face;

Tom

// Hey guys, so I don't want to confuse any of you but I just decided to change this chapter. Maggie won't be going to the hospital or anything, wellllll I guess you'll have to stay tuned to see what happens!Sorry for the lack of updating, but I just wanted to let you know that I have actually been thinking a lot and I have some great plans. Make sure to stay tuned!

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