One Direction's Daughter

Chapter 8

~Niall’s POV~

The lads, Danielle, Eleanor, Perrie and I were sitting in the living room, watching T.V. I was on my laptop on Twitter.

I heard the piano sound from upstairs, and I smiled as I thought of Savannah in the music room. She was really amazing, and I couldn’t be happier that she was our adopted daughter.

I clicked on the Twitter homepage, and I saw that Savannah had posted something for the first time. I clicked on the TwitLonger link and as I read it, my eyes went wide. Had the haters really been that harsh to her?

I searched Savannah’s Twitter name, and a bunch of tweets came up. I saw a few people had retweeted her tweet, but the number of tweets that were giving her hate outweighed it by too much.

“Guys, read this,” I said, and handed Liam the laptop. Everyone gathered around the laptop and they read the tweets. They’re eyes went wide, and the girls and Liam’s look like they had tears in them.

“I can’t believe there are so many people hating her,” Danielle said, her eyes also filled with tears. “She’s done nothing to them whatsoever.”

“And she cuts?” Zayn asked. We heard the piano start to play again, and we all got up and walked upstairs. We walked to the door of the music room and opened it quietly. We watched her at work, writing down lyrics and notes in the notebook of hers, playing the piano again and again to find the key she wanted. Once she finished, she sat back on the stool and took a deep breath, letting it out.

“Mind if we hear it?” Harry asked, scaring her. She turned to look at us standing at the door.

“Oh, hey,” she said. “You mean my songs?”

“You wrote more than one?” Louis asked. She nodded.

“I wrote 2,” she said. “One came to me instantly. The second one I had to work on a bit longer.”

“I’d like to hear both,” I said, and the lads and girls agreed with me. She turned to the piano and flipped to one of them before she started playing.

(Originally by Demi Lovato)

This is a story that I have never told
I gotta get this off my chest to let it go
I need to take back the light inside you stole
You're a criminal
And you steal like you're a pro

All the pain and the truth
I wear like a battle wound
So ashamed, so confused, I was broken and bruised

Now I'm a warrior
Now I've got thicker skin
I'm a warrior
I'm stronger than I’ve ever been
And my armor is made of steel, you can’t get in
I'm a warrior
And you can never hurt me again

Out of the ashes, I'm burning like a fire
You can save your apologies, you're nothing but a liar
I've got shame, I've got scars
That I will never show
I'm a survivor
In more ways than you know

’cause all the pain and the truth
I wear like a battle wound
So ashamed, so confused, I'm not broken or bruised

‘cause now I'm a warrior
Now I've got thicker skin
I'm a warrior
I'm stronger than I've ever been
And my armor is made of steel, you can't get in
I’m a warrior
And you can never hurt me

There's a part of me I can't get back
A little girl grew up too fast
All it took was once, I'll never be the same
Now I'm taking back my life today
Nothing left that you can say
’cause you were never gonna take the blame anyway

Now I'm a warrior
Now I've got thicker skin
I'm a warrior
I'm stronger than I've ever been
And my armor is made of steel, you can't get in
I'm a warrior
And you can never hurt me again

Nooo oooh yeaaah yeaah
You can never hurt me again

~Zayn’s POV~

I felt tears roll down my cheeks as I listened to the song. It was true, Savannah was a warrior. She had been through so much; it was unbelievable and unfair that a 15 year old, almost 16, had been through as much as she had in so little time.

I felt arms wrap around my waist. I looked down and saw Perrie with tears in her eyes as well. The girls had grown really close to Savannah these past few weeks, it was crazy. They were like sisters to her, and Savannah was constantly hanging out with them. She was starting to trust us a lot more, as well. She wouldn’t mind if we held her or kissed her forehead or cheek, and she would do the same to us. We loved her so much, and it seemed as if she loved us too.

“This is my other song,” she said. She started playing a different tune.

(Originally by: Sixx A.M)

Paint yourself a picture
Of what you wish you looked like
Maybe then they just might
Feel an ounce of your pain

Come into focus
Step out of the shadows
It's a losing battle
There's no need to be ashamed

Cause they don't even know you
All they see is scars
They don't see the angel
Living in your heart
Let them find the real you
Buried deep within
Let them know with all you've got
That you are not your skin
Oh, oh

When they start to judge you
Show them your true colors
And do onto others
As you'd have done to you

Just rise above this
Kill them with your kindness
Ignorance is blindness
They're the ones that stand to lose

'cause they don't even know you
All they see is scars
They don't see the angel
Living in your heart
Let them find the real you
Buried deep within
Let them know with all you got
That you are not your skin

OHHHHHHHHHH

Well they don't even know you
All they see is scars
They don't see the angels
Living in your heart
So let them find the real you
Buried deep within
Let them know with all you've got
That you are not
That you are not your skin
Oh, oh

I felt my shirt get wet as Savannah sang and I looked down to see Perrie’s eyes filled with tears and dripping onto my shirt. I pulled her into a hug and rubbed her back, letting my own tears fall as well. Savannah’s songs had such meaning to them, and her voice was so powerful, it made you just want to keep listening to it. She had a voice that stirred emotions.

When she finished, she looked at us and saw we were crying.

“Are you guys ok?” she asked, her voice filled with concern as her eyebrows pulled together. I motioned her over, and she walked over to me, confused. I pulled her into a hug and rested my head on her shoulder.

“We love you,” I whispered in her ear. “No matter what. We love you so, so much.” Perrie joined the hug, and then Eleanor and Danielle, and then the boys. And we just stood there, hugging.

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Hey! So, sorry I haven't updated in a while. I don't really have an excuse....I'm kind of just lazy. I know, it's crap. but if you like this story, then hope you like it!! :) and everyone that had read this, thank you for taking some time out of your day and reading it! It's not the best story, but I wrote this a while ago and decided to post it on here :P love you guys! mwah! xx