Adopted by One Direction

Liam's POV: Ch. 6

➡Liam's POV:
I couldn't wait to show LiLi the clothes I got her! They are so adorable and I hope she likes them.

Oh god, I'm turning into Louis.

I carry her up to her room and set her on her bed. "Are you ready?" I ask in a dramatic voice.

She nods excitedly and I pull out a jean skirt, a pink 1D shirt and a purple One Direction sweatshirt. To top it all off, I show her the cute pair of shoes that are pink with purple bottoms. On the bottom on one it says one and on the other shoe it says direction. I saw this stuff and had to buy it. I mean, it's our band merchandise.

Lily smiles and says, "Thank you LiLi," in a shy voice.

"Do you like it?" I ask nervously.

She smiles real big and nods her head really fast. I sigh in relief and help her get dressed. When I see the scars everywhere, I hold it all in. I don't want to worry her.

Once she's done she twirls and she looks so adorable. We walk downstairs and Lily slowly goes down in that cute way of hers. Everyone aww's at her. She looks up from the stairs and offers a small smile.
"Ta-da," she says quietly spreading her arms wide.

Everyone laughs and Niall picks her up. "Hey princess. We're going to go to the park then Liam, Harry, and Zayn are going to take you shopping for clothing and whatever else you want."

Lily shyly nods then looks at me. "Can we get a stuffed animal? I always wanted one."She frowns then adds, "I mean, I always would have liked one."

I smile at her politeness. I guess she's not allowed to say want. "Of course LiLi. No little kid will go without a stuffed animal on my watch," I declare in a superman-like voice. She giggles. "What kind?" I then ask.

"A penguin," she answers right away.

"Someone knows what your favorite animal is," Louis pipes up.

Lily smiles and asks, "Who?"

Louis fake pouts as we all ooh. "Me, of course."

She smiles. "Guess."

Louis pretends to think then goes,"Ah ha! A penguin!"

Lily shakes her head. "Nope. It's a Louis," she tells us with a straight face.

Niall is the first to burst out laughing and we all do the same. Lily is standing there with a big proud smile on her face.

"Told you she has sass," Harry brings up. That sets us off into a laughing fit again and Louis and Niall run off.

I uh-oh in my head. They're planning something. They come rushing back into the the hallway with water guns.
I shield Lily since that's the only nice pair of clothing she has and run out the front door. I jump into the car, lock the doors, buckle, make sure Lily's buckled, and drive to the park.
Lily bursts into a fit of giggles. "What?" I ask innocently.

"H-how will they g-get t-to the park?" She gasps.

I shrug. "They either run or walk."

Lily grins and we pull into the parking lot. She jumps out of the car excitedly and sprints towards the swings. Some idiot swing them around the top bar so they're up higher, and now Lily can't reach them. She keeps jumping, her tiny hands trying to grasp the seat. I laugh and pick her up and place her on.
She turns around and gives me the most innocent smile. "Thank you." Red flushes to her cheeks. "Can you push me?" She asks quietly.

I kiss her forehead. "Of course."

I pull her back and push her when she swings to me. She laughs and it echoes around us. After a while, I just watch her laugh and swing. She is so adorable and I hear the lads stand beside me.

I look at Louis' red face. "Took you long enough," I smirk.

He shoulder bumps me roughly and I bump into Niall who hits Harry who smacks into Zayn and we all fall on him. He groans and rolls over. We all fall off of him with a grunt. All five of us spread out and lay on the mulch.

"You do know that the other cars were in the garage," I mention.

"Jerk," Niall says under his breath and I grin. There's a pause as we just sort of lay there, enjoying each other's company.

"Lily has scars everywhere," Harry and I blurt together.

"She needed permission to eat," Zayn says.

"Lily got freaked out when we talked about hide-and-seek," Louis brings up.

"Sorry," Niall apologizes.

"That's okay. It's just that I would hide from my old daddy and when he would find me he would beat me. It reminded me of hide-and-seek," Lily says softly. We all lift our heads and see her sitting in the mulch with a piece in her hand.

I get up and place her on my lap. "LiLi, why don't you tell us about you?" I suggest.

She smiles. "Okay. I like penguins, my favorite color is orange, I'm six, I have asthma," she pauses and blushes. She mumbles something and I bounce her.

"What was that?" Louis asks with his hand cupped around his ear.

"And I love you," she says a little louder.

Louis taps her on her leg. "Again please."

"I love you!" She shouts. It echoes and Louis smiles.

"I just wanted to here you shout it to the world," he says wickedly.
Lily pouts. "That's not nice," she lectures.

Louis picks her up and swings her in circles. He stops and engulfs her in a huge hug. "I know, but I wanted to hear it," he mumbles.

Harry, Zayn, and Niall hold up their phones. "Got it recorded," they say at the same time.

Lily pales and reaches for the phones. "No! Let me have it!" She demands in a panic.

Louis holds her back with a surprised look on his face. He cradles Lily to his chest as she tries to struggle out of his grip. "Baby girl, what's wrong?" Tears run down Lily's face and worry is written all over Lou's.

"My old daddy is going to kill me," Lily cries into his shirt.

I feel my face drain of color like the other lads'. "LiLi, nothing will happen to you," I try to reassure.

"That's not true! He said that if I loved someone other than him he would kill me. He promised he would find me, and torture me, and let me die because I can't love anyone else since no one will love me back!" Lily sobs.

Louis hugs her close. "Lily, I love you. Harry loves you. Niall loves you. Liam loves you. Zayn loves you. We all love you, and if you really love us like we love you then you should believe us and trust us."
Wow. Louis has never talked that serious before. Lily brings out the mature in everyone.

Lily looks up at Louis. "What if you're lying?" She asks innocently. Man, she was just beginning to trust us!

Louis frowns sadly. "I wouldn't lie to you like that!" He protests.

Lily smiles sadly with tears in her eyes. "That's okay if you are. I'm used to it." Jeez, she is sometimes really mature.

Lily drops out of Louis' arms and gets into the car. Louis looks at us, shocked. "We were just getting along so well," he mutters.