My Hero (A Liam Payne Fanfic)

Chapter 17

Natalie's POV

It felt weird going back to our house with Mom but now I didn't fear going back there this time. She and Thomas were shocked at the conditions and the smell of alcohol and cigarettes which only made Mom feel more guilty. I gave her back all her possessions from the night Dad made her leave and she was so thankful and thought she lost these forever. She also felt so guilty for not getting us sooner and leaving us to suffer our abusive father. She had no idea he continued abusing us and started crying when she saw the marks he had left on our backs. It wasn't her fault at all because Dad pretty much cut off all our ways to contact Mom and all her ways to contact us. And if she did Dad forced us to act like we were a happy family without her, threatening to hurt us if we didn't or tried to tell Mom the truth. She and Thomas promised that they would get me and Jack professional help after all the abuse we had to endure.

After our week at the hotel me, Mom, Jack, and Thomas moved into our old house. We began to do major improvements. We fixed up all the rooms and got rid of all the broken things in the house. We bought some new stuff to replace the old, cheap things in the house my Dad had bought and kept the windows open all day to get rid of the alcohol and cigarette smell. Mom also sold her house in Pennsylvania and found a good job back here. Since she and Thomas had a serious relationship and planned on going somewhere with it, Thomas moved in with us and also found a good job to help my Mom pay for things. Me and Jack also began seeing a therapist once a week to help us with our mental health from being abused.

Since Thomas had some money he payed for a lawyer to help us win in court and we told the lawyer everything while showing him the evidence like the bruises and illegal drugs we found in his room. My friends had to appear in court too since they saw some of the abuse and were considered witnesses. On the day we went, I hated having to see my sorry excuse of a father's face again in that courtroom.  Our lawyer did a phenomenal job presenting the evidence and fighting our side. He definitely took down my father's lawyer. My friends also gave their statements to the judge. It took them 2 hours to look over everything and come to a verdict. The verdict was that my father was guilty of physical and emotional child abuse, child neglect, drinking and driving, possession of some illegal drugs, he would be sentenced to 60 years in prison without parole, and my mother had full custody of me and Jack. All of us cheered and were super happy when we got out of that courtroom. We had a little party afterwards to celebrate and invited our lawyer to come, since he did amazing fighting our side. At first he didn't want to, cause he didn't want to "impose" but after convincing from my Mom and adorable pleads from Jack, he came.

My friends and Liam were so happy for me and I was excited because my birthday was coming up and I was going to be 17. Me and Jack also got to know Thomas and I thought he was perfect for my mother. He was kind, really cared about her, me, and Jack, was very protective of us, funny, sassy, made my Mom feel happy and loved, and I just knew he would never lay a finger on or hurt her or us in any way. When me and Mom asked Jack how he felt about Thomas he said "I like him. Can he be my new Daddy?" It was adorable and I agreed. I would love it if Mom and him got married and Thomas became my stepdad.

Me, Rose, Victoria, Lisa, and Carly were also super excited because Liam, Harry, Niall, Louis, and Zayn had asked all of us out on dates. They were all separate dates since the boys wanted our first ones to be as romantic as possible. They told us they would come to my house at 7 and told me and my friends to dress in cute but simple dresses or skirts. Rose, Lisa, Victoria, and Carly were all at my house still in excitement about it. "I'M GOING ON A DATE WITH HARRY EDWARD STYLES!" Rose screamed. "Calm down Rose. I'm sure the whole neighborhood heard you" Victoria said. "I can't help it. Imagining Harry being all romantic and dressed up makes me scream!" Rose said. "Me too but with Zayn!" Carly joined in. "Sometime after this we should all go on a quad date" Lisa suggested. "Good idea" I told her.

(A few hours later)

Me, Rose, Victoria, Carly, and Lisa were helping eachother get ready. We all had our outfits on and were helping eachother with our hair and makeup. We all wanted to look our best for our boys so we made sure everything was perfect. My friends all looked amazing. Lisa was wearing a pretty short sleeve pink floral shirt, a black high-waisted skirt, black lace flats, a silver necklace with a little silver charm, and a charm bracelet with her birthstone. Her curly black hair was straightened and looked amazing and she was wearing foundation, concealer, pink eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara, and lip balm. Victoria was wearing a comfy pretty blue and purple tank top dress that was short in the front and long in the back, black sandals with wraparound straps, small black and silver gem earrings, and her pretty chocolate brown hair was curled and put in a messy, but professional looking bun. She had applied foundation, concealer, a skin colored eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara, and lip gloss. Carly was wearing a strapless turquoise dress, tan sparkly sandals with wraparound straps, a gold necklace with a turquoise gem, and charm bracelets. Her dark brown hair was curled and put in a cute low, thin ponytail and she was wearing foundation, concealer, a lightly tinted turquoise eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara, and red lipstick. Rose was wearing a pretty red lace tank top with an identical tank top underneath, a white high-waisted skirt, rose patterned flats, gold bow earrings, and a pink necklace with with an owl charm. Her strawberry blonde hair was curled perfectly and looked pretty. She had applied foundation, concealer, blue eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara, and lip balm. And finally there was me. I was dressed in a strapless light pink dress (picture of it above), small silver heels, my silver necklace with a heart charm, small black gem earrings, and 2 charm bracelets. I curled my blonde hair and put some sparkly hairspray in it to make it look prettier and I was wearing foundation, concealer, silver eyeshadow that was the same as my heels, eyeliner, mascara, and a tiny bit of red lipstick.

As me and my friends were complimenting eachother on our outfits, we heard the doorbell ring. We were as happy as we would ever be because we knew that 5 certain guys were at the door. "Girls your boyfriends are here!" Thomas yelled to us. We all went downstairs and once I saw Liam, I literally couldn't breathe and I felt my heart skip a beat. He looked that BEAUTIFUL!

A/N
I tried to make this a nice chapter and it took me a while to write this cause I've been working on my other fanfics. The next chapter will be even better and have more POVS
~ LiamPaynelover1