My Dad Is Liam Payne

Chapter One

I just finished the first day of school and I'm just waiting for Dad to pick me up. My brother Kyle and I stand in the rain with our hoods up. My Dad finally pulled up after twelve minutes.

"Why weren't you inside the school?" He asks while we get in the car.

I throw my backpack into the car and sit in the back with it.

"They wouldn't let us back in." Kyle says.

"That'll be the last time." He says.

"So, dad where are we going?" I ask.

"I'm meeting up with my old-" He says searching for the right words, "Pals."

"Oh, what are we supposed to do?" I ask.

"Homework." He says as we pull out of the school driveway.

It's been really awkward between all of us. It seems like Dad has been hiding something for my whole life.

Maybe he's trying to protect Kyle and I. Sophia is nice and all but I know she's not my real mother. She looks nothing like me or Kyle. I mean Kyle looks a lot like Dad but, I look like both of my parents.... And I know it's not Sophia.

"Dad, where's Sophia?" I ask.

"Sophia?" He asks.

"Oh sorry, where's mum?" I ask.

"Out." He says.

"Dad, are you hiding something?" I ask.

"No, why?" He asks.

"Because things are different." I say.

"Dad do we have to go?" Kyle asks.

"Yes." He says.

"Dad! I have plans tonight!" Kyle begs.

"Fine, Libby do you want to go home! too?" He asks, "Its best if you do."

"Okay, I guess I will." I say.

He nods and drives home for us. The car stops in the driveway and we get out.

"Bye dad." I say.

"Bye, honey." He says as I close the door.

I trail behind Kyle and walk into the house. I close the door behind me and walk into the kitchen as does Kyle.

"And that is how you get out of things you don't want to do." He says.

"Wow, Kyle." I say as I grab a banana and eat it.

"So any relationships in your class yet?" he asks.

"Ugh, don't get me started." I say between swallows.

"So who got together?" He asks.

"People!" I say.

"No dip." He says while jumping up on the counter.

I hear a turn of a knob and my head immediately turns to the front door.

Sophia walks in and hangs up her jacket.

"Oh, hi guys." She says as she notices us, "Kyle get your bum off the counter"

Kyle doesn't hesitate a bit and he gets off.

"So, where's your dad?" She asks.

"Out." I say.

"Oh. Okay." She says.

Kyle goes upstairs to do who knows what.

It's bugging the heck out of me that I don't know what Dad is hiding. I hate to be rude and ask Sophia, but she's my only hope.

I walk over to the couch she's sitting on and she looks at me in concern.

"Are you okay?" She asks.

"No." I say.

"What's bothering you?" She asks.

"Dad." I say, "He's not telling me something and i need to know what."

"I'm sorry, I can't help you with that." She says.

I look down, "Of course."

"Ask him." She says.

"Yeah, don't you think I've tried. He always cuts me off." I say.

"I'll talk to him, what's the question." She asks.

"Just say for him to talk to me." I say.

"Okay," She says.

I get up and go upstairs to my room. My room is full of Emblem 3 posters and then I forgot about the drawer full of photo albums.

I knew I had a picture with a woman I didn't know. I flipped though the pages of all the photo albums and I found nothing but pictures from when I was younger, not when I was an infant or toddler. Then I came across a picture at the bottom of the drawer. It was Dad, Kyle, some girl, and I.

I have a theory that, that woman in that picture is my mother. She's so beautiful, I swear I've seen her on a magazine before.