Adopted by One Direction

Louis' POV: Ch. 16

➡Louis' POV:

I take Lily upstairs to her bed and gently cover her sleeping form. Then I realize that I forgot to give her her medicine.

Softly swearing, I quietly slip out of Lily's room and rush downstairs. "Liam!" I loudly whisper halfway down.

"What?" He hisses like me.

"We forgot to give Lily her medicine," I explain in a normal voice.

"Crap," Liam mutters. "No wonder she looked so drained."

I nod in agreement. "She is going to be so sick when she wakes up."

"I know mate," Liam says. I run a hand through my hair and walk into the living room where Zayn, Niall, and Harry are sitting around. Once they see me their faces immediately transform into worry.

"What's wrong?"

"Is my kitten alright?"

"Is all the food gone? I mean, how is my princess?"

Can you guess who said what?

"Everything is fine, it's just that I forgot to give Lily her medicine," I explain.

"Oh, mate, why don't you just wake her up now and give it to her?" Zayn suggests.

I shake my head. "I'll let her sleep since her sugar crash was all of a sudden and we have a busy and early schedule tomorrow."

Everyone groans in response. "Yeah, photo shoots, interviews, sound checks, rehearsals, my god can't they give us a break?!" Liam exclaims, walking into the room.

"Thanks to the tour," I add. (Any tour you would like to choose. I was going to do the Where We Are tour but it starts in April and it is August so...)

"But I'm excited," Niall puts in.

"True," Harry agrees.

"Can't wait to bring Lily to see the world," Zayn says.

"That is something we all can agree on," says Harry.

We all nod in agreement. I lazily slouch on the couch and just stare at the telly, my mind wandering. This is going to be a hectic few weeks up to the tour.

My thoughts are interrupted by crying coming from upstairs. I'm immediately upstairs, remembering what happened last time Lily was crying in her room.

"LILY! Everyone screams in unison.

Lily comes running out and jumps into my arms, crying hysterically. "D-daddy! D-daddy!" She sobs in a pathetically weak voice. She is so fragile.

"Shhh, baby girl. What's wrong? Tell me what happened?" I coo softly.

Lily cries harder into my shirt, soaking the fabric. "H-he c-came! And I was t-taken b-by him!"

I sway gently back and forth. "Calm down baby girl. Calm down. It was just a dream. He's not coming and he won't ever. You are perfectly safe here. I promise," I keep saying to her over and over. After about five minutes, she calms down to the occasional sniffle.

And right then I notice her wet bum. "Oh, baby," I say softly and sadly. "Did you wet yourself?" I ask gently.

"Y-yes," Lily hiccups and flinches away from me as if I would hit her for wetting herself.

"Baby girl, it's okay," I whisper. I motion for the lads to leave with my hand as I take Lily to her room to change. I keep saying little things to her, but I'm not really listening to them myself. I'm too worried about Lily.

I grab a new pair of underwear and take off her skirt and now soaked underwear and put on the fresh pair. I change her into her pjs and lay her other clothes on a pile at the end of her bed for later.

Then I change the sheets and put the old ones in the washer. Lily follows me closely and watches my every move with tear stains on her face.

Gently, I lay Lily down on her bed with clean sheets as she clutches August close to her body. Her eyes are slowly closing and her thumb is being sucked on in her mouth.

"Goodnight baby girl," I murmur. I don't get a response because Lily's eyes are shut tight. I smile because she is so adorable and I quietly slip out of her room.

"Is she okay?" Liam blurts immediately when I reach the living room downstairs.

"Yeah, I think," I respond. I plop down on the couch and watch the telly, not wanting to think about it for now. I just wanted to think about how I could help my baby girl.

*****TWO HOURS LATER*****

I hear Lily before I see her. The soft pitter-patter of her feet is the only sound in the house besides the soft murmuring of the telly on low.

"Hey kitten!" Harry breaks the silence.

"Hi Hazzy Bear," Lily says softly. She hits the last stair and runs up to me. "Hi Daddy." She turns to everyone else and grins cheerfully, her wake-up tiredness evaporating. "Hi NiNi, LiLi, and Zaynie."

They all wave and smile back at her.

"Ready to go to the fair?" Niall asks excitedly.

Lily's eyes light up and she nods her head quickly. "Yesyesyesyesyes!" She exclaims.

I laugh with the other lads and I carry Lily upstairs and change her back to her old clothing. With Lily in my arms, I sprint downstairs and outside. I buckle in Lily and jump in the driver's seat.

"I call driving!" I scream to the boys as they slowly make their way out of the front door.

"SHOTGUN!" Niall and Harry call in unison. They glare competitively at each other before running to the car.

"Whoa! Hold on!" Liam shouts. He walks up to the two lads who are frozen in mid stride and says,"Now let's do this fairly, whoever gets to the car first gets the seat, okay? I didn't want anyone to get hurt but..." He trails off and suddenly pushes Niall and Harry down on the grass and sprints towards the car.

Harry and Niall get up and run after him while Zayn strolls toward the car like a normal person. I'm laughing hard in my seat while Liam breathlessly climbs into the passenger seat.

"I win!" He yells through the window to a slightly angry Harry and Niall. They jump in the middle seats with Lily while Zayn is in the very back.

"Ready?" I ask. When I receive five nods I start the car and drive to the fair.

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