Lullabies (An All Time Low fanfic)

Chapter 9..?

Emma's POV

After the party, we went home.

"Thank you again for tonight, Alex." I smiled at him. He smiled back.

"You're welcome, kiddo." Baz jumped on my lap. I petted the top of his head and yawned.

"Take Baz and go to bed." Alex smiled and kissed the top of my head.

"Okay. G'night, Dad." I got up and picked Baz and went up stairs.

Baz went to the foot of the bed while I brushed my teeth and put on one of Alex's old Blink-182 tee shirts and a pair of sweat pants, tying my hair into a messy bun and laid down in the bed.

"And without you is how I disappear and live my life alon-" I answered my phone without looking at the caller ID.

"Hello?" I asked, half annoyed, half concerned.

"Is this Emma Gaskarth?" The person on the other end of the phone asked. I sat up in bed.

"Yes, it is. May I ask who's speaking?" I started biting my finger nails.

"Really? You forgot about your best friend?" I hear Maggie's voice on the other end of the phone.

"My God Maggie, you had me scared. Why are you calling me this late?" I asked, glancing at the clock.

"I forgot that we're in different time zones. I wanted to see how everything was." I smiled.

"Everything is fine. I like it here, Mags. I never thought I'd have a family and now here I am, with a family."

"I'm happy for you, Em. I kinda had a feeling that he would adopt you. I mean, I don't know. You guys seem to make a connection as soon as he sat down." I smiled at my friends words. I then felt a pang of guilt. Guilt because she's back at The Home and I'm here. With Alex. And adopted. I sighed.

"What's wrong, Emma?" Maggie asked.

"It's nothing." I lied. "How are things with you?"

"They're okay. Same old, same old." She sighed. "Jade got adopted." I smiled.

"That's good." Another pang of guilt hit me. She's there by herself.

"Yeah, I have some meetings tomorrow so I'm going to go. Good night, Em."

"Good night, Maggie." I hung up the phone and sat there.

I decided to go down stairs and go to the kitchen. I looked in the cabinets and found peanut butter and bread.

I made the sandwich and grabbed some chips and sat at the island. I looked around the kitchen.

The table was like any other table. There was a sliding glass window that lead to the backyard. The moon light flooded the kitchen, giving it a peaceful look.

When I was done with my sandwich, I walked to the sliding glass window and sighed. A familiar tune came to me.

"For as much as she stumbled she's runnin'

For as much as she runs she's still here

Always hoping to find something

Quicker than heaven

To make the damage of her days disappear

Just like Guinevere" I softly sang.

I didn't know Alex had walked into the room until I heard him clear his throat. I spun around.

"I-I'm sorry. I didn't meant to wake you up." I stuttered.

"It's fine. That was beautiful, Em." I didn't know what to say.

"Thank you. I remember being in a country phase and the song stuck to me." I admitted shyly. He chuckled.

"I think we've all been there. Why are you up?" I sighed and sat back at the island.

"Remember my friend Maggie?" He nodded. "Well, she called. I just felt so guilty that I'm here and she's there. Guilty because I have a family and she doesn't. Guilty because I have a home and everything." I let my head fall in my hands. I didn't realize that I was crying until I felt my throat swell up.

"Hey, hey. It's okay." I heard Alex say, wrapping his arms around me and tried to get me to calm down.

"Let's go watch a movie." Alex said, a little cheerful. I looked up and nodded.

We walked to the living room and sat down on the couch.

"What'll be?" He asked. I thought for awhile.

"The Dark Knight" It was my favorite movie. I don't really care for the second one. Alex smiled as he put the DVD in the player.

About halfway through the movie I could feel my eyes get heavy nad I could hear soft snores coming from Alex. I sighed and turned everything off, kissed Alex on the cheek and went upstairs to my lovely bed.

I grabbed my phone and sent Alex's phone a text.

"You fell asleep and I didn't want to bother you. Night dad." I hit send and, seconds later, I heard his phone softly go off in the next room.

I let the dark waters of sleep wash over me.

"Emma I'm sorry but I made the wrong decision. I'm taking you back to California tomorrow. I'm adopting Maggie. I just felt sorry for you when Teresa told me your story." Alex looked at me with a straight face. My throat felt dry and I couldn't get rid of the lump in my throat that was choking me.

I shook my head and blinked back the tears. I went to hug Alex but he just pushed me away. I couldn't hold the tears anymore. And once one tear falls; the whole dam breaks.

"EMMA!!!!" I heard someone yell. I shot up and looked around. I noticed Alex's worried face.

"W-What's wrong?" I asked, wiping the sleep from my eyes and noticed that they were wet from crying.

"You tell me. I woke up to you screaming and crying. You scared the living hell out of me." I looked down.

"I'm sorry." I heard him sigh.

"Don't be. Just tell me what happened ." And so I told him. By the end of it, I was in his lap crying all over again.

"Emma, You're not going to lose me. No matter what. You're my daughter and I wouldn't trade you for the world. I didn't know what it was like to have something of my own that I could take care of. I didn't know what it was like to actually have a family of my own. I love you and that's not going to change." I didn't know what to say to that. I just hugged him.

"I love you, too. But you have the boys and Pey and Baz." I joked, causing him to chuckle.

"Okay, let's rephrase that. I didn't know what it was like having a kid to take care of that I could call my own and take care of." I smiled at his words.

"I'm so glad your my dad." He kissed my forehead.

"Me too, kiddo. Me too."

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Who was glad that was a dream? Sorry for the wait. I was under some stress and some writer's block. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Don't forget to vote/comment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvbzd5688l4 <------------- The song Emma sang. Her outfit in the external link c;

ox Kota