Sister Payne (n.h.)

Chapter Seventeen

Liam's P.O.V.

We decided that we were going to come home the night before Skyler's birthday. Of course, we didn't stay at home. We all stayed at my mum's house for a few reasons. Well, obviously the first was that this was a surprise, we couldn't go back without giving away her surprise. Secondly, it was easiest that way we could go ahead and get all the decorations and everything set up. And finally, I missed my mummy. Yeah, that was one of my big reasons for staying here. I didn't really get to see her as much as I'd like.

The letter idea was probably the hardest thing to do. It was Harry's idea because he thought it would be a different way to show Sky just how much she means to all of us. Lou tried to take the credit for the idea, that resulted in Harry and Louis wrestling on the floor. We called up the girls and told them all to come over to my mum's to stay and told them about the letters.

Getting the letters into the house was extremely difficult. We decided we would all go at about eight in the morning, because we all know Sky never wakes up before ten. Instead of being smart and having just one person go, we all went because everyone wanted to put their letter somewhere different. Even after all my protests for the group to be quiet, there was still chaos.

Niall, being the person he is, fell going into the kitchen, resulting in a huge thud to be heard throughout the house. What a flipping klutz.

I hurried over to his side to help him up, and asked him if he was okay. He nodded and I smacked him upside the head.

"Ouch. Liam. What was that for?" He asked whilst rubbing the spot I had just hit.

"Because you goof. If she would've woken up because you fell, that would've ruined the surprise. I would've quite literally killed you!" He just rolled his eyes and we both proceeded with the task at hand.

So after we got all the letters placed where we wanted around the house, we went back to my mum's and just awaited her arrival.

At about ten or so, I got a call from someone I haven't talked to in a while.

"Hi Dad. What's up?" Even though Skyler has completely cut off connection from him, I still keep in contact with him. Sure, it hurts that he left all of us, but that's all in the past. I forgave him, not that I'm expecting Sky to.

"Hey Li. Is Skyler there? I wanted to possibly tell her happy birthday."

"Um no she's not. But, uh, we're having a party for her at mum's. Are you in the area?"

"Actually, I am. Do you think she would want me there? I mean, she doesn't want anything to do with me, and I don't want to intrude." He sounded really nervous. He's been telling me lately how much he wants to be in Sky's life too. He hates what he did and just wants to be a part of his kid's lives.

"I think it'll show her you're trying. She's really different now. She is turning back into the old Sky. It's been good for her living with us. Not to mention her dating Niall. Everything's been amazing for her. So if you want to show up, I would get here before she does? So maybe be here in like twenty minutes if you can?"

"Yeah. I can be there. See you then. Love you Liam."

"Love you too dad. Bye." With that I hung up and braced myself to go and tell the rest of the gang.

"So, um, I hope it's okay, but I maybe kind of invited my dad because he really wants to see Skyler and wants to be with her on her birthday." No one but my mum and I really know everything about Sky and my dad. They just know that she doesn't talk to him. Everyone just nodded.

Twenty minutes later there was a knock on the door. Niall got up and answered it.

"Hello. I'm Liam and Skyler's Dad." I heard my dad say from the door.

"Hello, sir. I'm Niall. I'm in the band with Liam." Niall sounded nervous. And it seemed like he didn't know if he should say he's dating Sky or not.

"Ah, you're the young man that's dating my little girl?" My dad asked while Niall gulped and nodded. My dad just chuckled at Niall's nervousness and pulled him into a hug. "Thank you for making her happy. If I can't be the man to do it, I'm glad to let you do it. You seem like a nice lad."

"Thank you, sir-" Niall began but was cut off.

"Stop with all the formal stuff, Niall. Call me Geoff."

"Hey dad how are you?" I went up and gave my father a hug.

"I'm good son. How about you introduce me to your bandmates and everyone else." We passed by my mum on the way to the living room. "Hello Karen. Nice to see you." My parents gave a quick hug and then returned to what they were doing.

We got to the living room where all the boys and Sophia, Perrie, and Eleanor sat.

"Okay, so the one that looks like a serious model, that's Zayn." Zayn perked up at the mention of his name. "Zayn, this is my father, Geoff."

Zayn got up and shook hands with my dad. "Nice to meet you." Zayn said. All the other boys and girls decided to join all of us.

"Okay, the one with the curly hair is Harry. Beside him is Louis. You've already met Niall. Beside Louis is his girlfriend, Eleanor. That's Perrie, Zayn's fiancé. And you already know my girlfriend, Sophia." I introduced them all. One by one they all shook my dad's hand and exchanged "nice to meet yous". After the introduction, my mum frantically ran into the room telling everyone to hide because Skyler had arrived. I hope this all goes well.

When we heard the door open we all jumped out of our hiding places yelling "SURPRISE". Louis was definitely the loudest. Skyler looked extremely happy. She had the letters in her hand still and that made my heart melt. Niall quickly ran up to her and gave her a huge hug and a peck on the lips.

"GROUP HUG! GROUP HUG!" Louis exclaimed.

All of us, excluding my parents, ran up and joined Niall and Sky, minus the kissing bit, well, Louis gave her a huge wet kiss on the cheek. After we all pulled back, I grabbed her and pulled her into a hug.

"Happy birthday, sis! I love you so much!" I said while hugging her tight and pressing a kiss to her cheek, the one Lou didn't slobber all over.

"Thanks Li! I love you too! I can't believe you guys all did this and-" She just completely stopped speaking. I looked to where her eyes were, she had a death glare sent to our father.

"Babe." Niall tried to get her attention.

Skyler pulled herself away from me. She pushed me away and had such a look of rage in her eyes. She stepped towards Niall and he wrapped his arms around her waist. She smiled briefly, but went back to her scowl as she looked up.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" She spat at our dad.

"I wanted to be here on your big day and wanted to see if we could talk things out. I miss you, baby girl. I love you so much. I'm so sorry." My dad tried to explain to her. Skyler looked like she was about to rip his head off. The only reason she was keeping semi calm was because she had Niall's comforting arms around her. I shouldn't have invited dad. I probably just ruined her birthday.

"Save it, dad." She scowled at him. "Thank you everyone for doing this, can I just have a few minutes please? To process? I'm just going to go to my room for a little bit." We all nodded. It was completely silent.

"Do you want to be alone?" I asked.

"No, I'm taking Niall with me." And with that, the pair left all of us in this awkward silence.

"So..." Louis tried to break the silence.

"I'll just get going." My dad said.

"No, dad, stay. This is my fault. I'll go talk to her in a few minutes. We just need to give her some space." I said. This is truly all my fault and I felt absolutely terrible. The look on her face as she pulled Niall with her was absolutely awful. She looked so heartbroken and it was etched all over her face. She looked like she about to break down into sobs within seconds. I probably ruined my baby sister's eighteenth birthday. I feel so bad.