Sooner or Later ~n.h (slow updates)

Chapter 10: Big News

Aprils POV:

*Next Day*

"Making my way down town, walkin fast, faces pass and I'm home bound.."

"April, could you please do all of us a favor and shut the fuck up." My brother Danny yelled from the couch.

"Hey Danny, why don't you take the honor and bake all of the desserts for tonight's family dinner? No? Didn't think so. Besides, you love my Texas sheet cake, so the only way you can have some is if you let me flow through the process, which is letting me sing my heart out while baking." I preached out from the kitchen.

"Fine, just hurry up. I want the first bite before everyone gets here."

It's 1:30 and I still have to bake 3 cakes, 40 cupcakes, and a bunch of cookies for my parents "big news" party tonight. Apparently they have something huge to tell our family tonight, and the best way to say it is to have a party. My whole family is flying in today, including my older brother, Daniel Parker. Well, he landed a couple hours ago, to my displeasure. Don't get me wrong, I love him to death, but he can be a huge pain in the ass and get in your way.

"Hey April, mind bringing me a couple beers and some potato chips?"

"Danny you have two legs you can use them you know."

"Damn woman I just got off an 18 hour flight cut me some slack."

"Yeah well both know that you wouldn't be here if mom didn't force you." I yelled at him.

He just chuckled and got off the couch.

That's what I love about our relationship. We can yell or hate on each other and we won't take any offense to it. Even though he's 3 years older and a hell of a lot bigger than I am, he wouldn't hurt a single bone on me.

"So, what's been going on in my little sisters life since I've been gone?" He jumped up and sat on our island.

"Not much. I mean, I'm in the middle of making some new music, hanging out with friends, just living the life of a 20 year old celebrity." I answered honestly.

"Any boys I have to protect you from?" He smiled and winked at me.

That sentence made me freeze.

He doesn't know anything about Niall being in town.

When Niall and I dated, Danny was always overprotective, leading up to him not particularly liking Niall. He always told me that Niall was the kind of guy who will lead me on and then just dump me, ya da ya da ya da that kind of stuff, but I never believed him. After we ended things, Danny and I became so much closer.

Should I tell him?

Nah.

"I just recently ended things with someone, so no. No one you have to worry about, Danny." I gave him a reassuring smile.

"Aww, April, I'm sorry. Was everything okay? Did he hurt you?"

"No, he was very nice."

Another big fat lie.

If I told him about Alex hurting me, I'll never see the end of it. I'll just keep it to myself, besides, it's over with, in the past, it doesn't matter anymore.

"Okay, I believe you. One more thing, I think your cake is done."

"Shit!" I cursed and whipped my head around to see the oven burning.

I ran over to it and opened it only to have black smoke enter my nose and mouth.

I couldn't stop panicking, what do I do? But Danny on the other hand was laughing his ass off. I guess it kind of rubbed off on me, for I began to chuckle myself.

"Dumbass."

"I hate you, Danny," I laughed.

"No, you love me."

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*5 hours later*

After I was all done cooking the desserts, it was about 4:45, only giving me an hour and 15 minutes to get ready. I showered, blew dry my hair, curled it, and picked out my outfit for the night. I wore a white lace top with high wasted floral shorts, some black pumps, and a bow to go in my hair. I added some accessories to go with it and I was done! I looked in the mirror once before heading down stairs to greet my relatives.

For about an hour, the whole family sat in our living room and chatted about random things, Grampas past, Jimmy's baseball team winning their championship, my album dropping soon. Around 6:30 we were sitting around the table eating, when my parents stood up to catch everyone's attention.

"Hello, everyone. We would like to share some amazing news with all of you." My mom said.

"As you know, April's career has grown tremendously over the years. Also, our son, Daniel, has opened up his own music shop in America. Because of this, we have decided to move all the way to Los Angeles! " my Dad explained to everyone. All of a sudden everyone was cheering, exclaiming how proud they were of us. To be honest, I was very confused why they would invite everyone down just to tell them that.

"Now now, settle down. That's only the beginning. The big news, is that... April has been chosen to be on the cover of Rolling Stone!"

Now that's some big news.

EVERYONE was now cheering, screaming, crying, and congratulating me. I just stood there in shock.

Rolling Sone cover??? This is huge!

"Well?? April?? What do you think honey?" My mom asked me.

"I'm- I- I don't know what to say!" I was speechless.

"I'm so proud of you honey. You've come so far. Cheers to April!" My father exclaimed.

The rest of the night was spent thanking my family and eating. Around 11, everyone was gone from our house. My father and I were the only ones downstairs, eating the last of the cookies.

"So April, are you excited?" My father asked.

"Of course dad! Why wouldn't I be?"

"Well you seemed so lost for words, we didn't know if it was a good thing."

"Of course it was, dad. This is amazing. I couldn't thank you enough." I smiled and gave him a hug. "Nothing could ruin this opportunity dad. Thank you."

"Anything for you, sweetie. You'll do great. And you'll love who your shooting with."

"What?" I asked.

Shooting with who?

"You're going to be shooting with another band." He explained.

"Sounds cool, who?" I asked again.

"Some band by the name One Direction? They're pretty big so this will get you a lot of publication."

No.

Nononononononono.

He's kidding.

"Are you kidding?" I screamed.

"Are you excited!?" He yelled back.

I was at a loss for words for the second time tonight. I would have to confront him and his friends again, after that rude walkout! I couldn't say no, though. This was a HUGE opportunity.

The only thing I could say though was,

"Stoked."

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Oh my god hi

It's been SO long.

I'm sososososososososososososo sorry I haven't updated in forever, I really have no excuse but I didn't know what to write. That's not completely true, I mean I has basketball and indoor soccer and lots of things going on, but I absolutely had the time to write something. I'm sorry. Anyways, here you go!

-Kenzie :))