Chapter 21- Second Chances

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Liam's POV

James came out carrying a small baby girl wrapped in pink striped blankets. Her bright purple eyes glimmered in the sunlight seeping through the windows. Briella walked shortly behind him in pink nurse scrubs. Pretty soon, the girls showed up.

Karma ran and hugged her while little angel Kade tugged on James' pants, probably wanting to see the baby.

"Uncle James! I want to see the baby!" She pouted and stood on her tippy toes.

"Alright, but hush. She's sleeping." She nodded and James bent down enough for her to be at Kade's chin. She just stared with a glint in her eye.

"I thought it was a boy. I wanted to dress him up." She poked the baby's nose gently.

"Well now you two can be best friends!" Karma reassured her. "And you can both play dress up and have sleep overs." Kade smiled.

"I like her. What's my cousin's name?"

"Andiana." James smiled as Andiana stirred.

"An...Andy...Anna." She scrunched her nose up and James laughed.

"Just call her Andi."

"Andi." At the mention of her name, the baby's eyes fluttered open and Kade's grin grew. "Aw why don't I have purple eyes? Mummy I want pretty eyes!" She whisper-shouted.

"You don't like your eyes?" Karma frowned and Kade's eyes got big. "They're a really pretty aqua. You look like daddy."

"N-no mummy! I love my eyes!" She ran and hugged her leg. I laughed quietly and saw a colorful red head of hair coming our way.

"Hello, Tanya." Briella, James and I chorused. We looked at each other confused.

"Hey guys. So, Briella you are free to go and congrats on your heathy baby girl." Tanya smiled and turned to me with a hug before she left.

"*cough* get some *cough*" Louis tried covering up with a cough. I rolled my eyes.

"Wait! What about Zayn?" Karma whispered the last part just as we were about to leave.

"Leave that to me." Tanya reappeared with a genuine smile. She held up what looked to be a perfume bottle full of pink liquid. "Don't worry, it's scent cover-up." I looked at her questioningly. "I have my own recipe."

I let her spritz me and I instantly smelt cherries, the newborn werewolf pup scent. Everyone, including Andi, got sprayed and they sprinted for the direction we came from. "See you tonight." Tanya winked.

**

"Do I look ok? I mean, is the cologne too much? Do I need more deodorant?" I wiped my clammy hands on my skinny jeans as Karma fluffed my hair.

"Dude," she held my forearms, "calm the crap down." I laughed nervously. I wore dark blue skinny jeans, a red and navy blue plaid flannel, and chinos.

"Go knock em dead." She patted my shoulder, getting ready to walk out of my new bedroom.

"Um Karma?" She stopped and looked at me. "Are you sure that you're ok with this?" She sighed.

"I set you free a while ago, Lili. Go have an adventure without me."

"But I want you in my adventure." Her eyes widened. "Er not like that. But, as best friends."

"Sure Lili, best friends forever! You are my best friends, you are my fucking best friends!" She sang to the Janoskians as she walked away. My phone buzzed, signaling that I need to pick Tanya up. She said to pick her up at the retail store just across from Chipotle, where our date is held.

I picked Chipotle for two reasons. One, it's really good and two, I don't want to overwhelm her. I drove in my back Toyota and saw a flame of red hair. She wore a simple, elegant black dress and pearls. Her heels were neon yellow pumps for a hint of color.

"Evening, beautiful." I ran over to the passenger side to open her door.

"Such a gentleman, and I handsome one at that too." She blushed a little.

**

"So, you've never been to Paris before?!" I asked amazed. She lived so close to Paris and yet, never crossed the border between the two.

"No, I've always dreamed of going in a hot air balloon. I sound crazy right? Yeah I'm crazy." She laughed and took a sip of her cola. "So tell me about you, Mr. Payne."

"Well there's not much really. I'm in a boyband, One Direction, and I live with my best friends, as odd as it sounds. Because I also live with five werewolves and my 'niece'." I said, using air quotes.

"You have a niece?"

"Not biologically. She's my best friend's daughter and we're like brothers. So I consider her my niece."

"That's cute. Wait, so you live with werewolves? How come you're not in a pack with them?"

"Oh well simply because I'm not a werewolf." I laughed. She pursed her lips into a thin line.

"Then what are you? Human?"

"No, I'm a vampire." The second I finished my sentence, she bolted from the table and out of the restaurant.

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