Niall Horan Child Preferences 3

#30 Your little girl is being bullied

"It's strange thinking Aaliyah's been in school a year now, it feels like yesterday I was giving birth to her" I said as Niall and I cuddled up on the sofa.
"I know,it's gone so quick" He added and I agreed.

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Niall's POV

Y/n had gone to pick Aaliyah up from school and they should be back any moment.

I heard the door open and y/n walked into the living room.

She smiled sadly.
"What's up?" I asked.
"I think Aaliyah's upset but she won't talk to me about it, you know how much f a daddy girl she is, do you think you could talk to her?" She asked and I nodded.

I walked upstairs and entered my 5 year old daughters bedroom.
I saw her sat on the edge of the bed crying.
The sight broke my heart.
I sat next to her and wrapped an arm around her and she instinctively leaned into my side.

"Princess? What's wrong? Why are you crying baby girl?" I asked.
She sniffles and let out a sob.

"T..the kids in my class, t..they say m..mean things and h..hit me" she sobbed.
Anger boiled in my veins.
Nobody hurts my precious little girl.
"We can sort it out, mummy and me will go into school tomorrow, you don't have to go , and if it doesn't get sorted we can switch school. Don't worry princess" I said.

"T..they always call me ugly and they say I'm annoying and look funny" she said.
"Well baby, they're just jealous of you because you're a beautiful , kind, little girl that is nice to anyone no matter what and you're certainly not annoying" I told her and she smiled slightly wiping her tears.

"Where did they hit you baby?" I asked.
"They p..push me over and kick me sometimes, when we were walking around school with the teachers, I was at the back and they pushed me on the stairs and I hit my head on the railing and went dizzy. I wanted to sleep but I didn't because of what mummy told me" she explained.
I felt even more anger, towards the little kids for doing this but to the school teachers for not noticing this behaviour.

"Baby, do you feel okay now?" I asked my 5 year old and pulled her onto my lap.
"Yeah but I don't wanna go to school!" She said.
"Don't make me go to school daddy" she cried.
"Do you want to change schools princess?" I asked.
"Yeah" she muttered.
I wiped her tears with my thumb.
"Me and mummy will find you a new school, okay? And you'll make lots of new friends, but what happened to you happened to mummy when she was little so you can go talk to mummy about it and I'll call school and tell them you're leaving to go to another school" I told her and she nodded.

I quickly went downstairs with her.
"Let me talk to mummy first" I told her and she nodded.

"What's up with her?" Y/n asked quietly.
"She's being bullied, the kids call her names and push her and things, I told her that it happened to you and she would talk to you so she probably will" I said and she nodded.

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Your POV

"C'mere baby" I said gesturing for Aaliyah to sit on my lap.
She sat down on my lap and hugged me.

"Tell mummy what happened" I said and she explained everything like she did with Niall.

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"I don't like it mummy, I don't wanna go to school, daddy said I can go to a different school, can I?" She said hopeful.
"Of course baby, me and daddy want you to be happy but when I was little the same thing happened to me" I said.

"Really? What did you do?" She asked.
"Well when I was younger my mummy and daddy didn't treat me very well so when I told them they said I need to be a 'big girl' and not cry about it and that I should deal with it. So nothing was done about it and I was bullied all the way through school. But I'm okay now, I have you, your daddy, your daddy's family and your uncles!" I explained reliving some of my past.
"But everyone cries? Even daddy and my uncles cry!" Aaliyah exclaimed and I nodded.
"I know love, but promise me that no matter what you can always talk to me and daddy about things . We are always here for you" I told her.
" I know mummy, but why do people bully me? And why are some people really mean to others?" She asked.
"I don't know, maybe because they have their own problems and decide to take their anger out on others" I said.

"Was daddy ever bullied?" She asked.
"I don't think so, not everyone gets bullied, some people do and some propel don't"I told her.
"Does it mean I'm weird?" She asked.
"Of course not! You are far from weird! You are a beautiful and clever little girl! Or in daddy's case little princess" I said and she giggled.
"Who does daddy call me princess?" She asked confused.
"It's because he loves you, all the people he loves lots and lots he calls princess, he calls me princess sometimes" I told her.
"But I'm not an actual princess" she said confused.
I shrugged.
"It doesn't matter, in daddy's eyes your the most beautiful little princess to ever live!" I told her and she smiled.

"That's true, you are my beautiful little princess who doesn't deserve anymore of this bullying" Niall said coming into the room and picking Aaliyah up swinging her around and hugging her.