Shiver (A One Direction Adoption Story)

Chapter 10

Milestone!

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Emma's POV

The rest of the morning was uneventful. I stayed out of Niall's way as much as I could- not ready to confront another person probably unhappy about my being here, and stayed in the living room with Louis and Harry until about 11:00 AM, making idle chit chat about how we slept and plans for the day, twitter and management and a bunch of other things I didn't care to understand.

The doorbell rang, and I jumped. My stomach knotted itself at the thought of meeting more new people, and I shuffled closer to Harry. He smiled comfortingly down at me and tucked my hair behind my ear, before getting up to open the door.

"Morning, Perrie. Nice to see you," he asaid, opening the door for her.

She flashed him a smile and looked around the room. "Where's Zayn?"

"I'm here!" Zayn rushed down the stairs, pulling his arms through a T-shirt. "I'm here."

"Morning, babe," she laughed and kissed his cheek, and the smile slowly left my face. They reminded me of my parents before the suicide fights, and I liked to block out those memories so I didn't cry too much.

"And you," Perrie exclaimed. "Must be Emma!"

She was much taller than me, but couldn't have been more than 5' 4", and I suddenly realized how small I was compared to everyone else in the house- emotionally and physically. Still, I smiled shyly and said hello, despite my discomfort, and soon she was absorbed into the hustle and bustle of the house.

By noon Niall and Liam were off to an interview, shuffling out the door with quick smiles and a goodbye. Zayn and Perrie left to go to lunch with the rest of her band at some cafe on the outskirts of London, and then it was just Harry and Louis and I.

"Ok! Busy day ahead of us. Let's go!" Louis stood up and grabbed Harry's arm, pulling him over to the door. "Emma, love, you too. You're appointment's at 12:15 so we've got to hurry."

I jumped up. "12:15? It's already 12:02, Louis."

He paused, looked at his phone, then looked back up at me. "Shit. Then we'd better go. Go go go go go." He turned to Harry. "Why didn't you tell me? Never mind. Just open the door... OPEN THE DOOR, HARRY."

"Jesus, Louis. I'm hurrying. IT WON'T OPEN!" Harry jiggled the doorknob frantically.

Louis reached past Harry and opened the door. "PUSH not PULL, idiot."

"Oh. Oops."

"Never mind. Let's just hurry up. Harry go get the car."

"Why do I have to go get the car?"

"Because OUR DAUGHTER HAS A HOSPITAL APPOINTMENT IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES NOW, HARRY."

We all stopped moving as blush started to creep up Louis's cheeks, and it was silent for what seemed like forever. Harry smiled slightly. "Our daughter?"

If you've ever seen anime, whether it be a show or a movie or even just a drawing, you'll understand what I mean when I say that Louis looked like a very flustered anime character- pink cheeks and all.

"My...my daughter. My daughter."

Harry's shoulders seemed to sink a little, but the smile never left his face as he opened the door and slipped out of it.

"Oh Jesus." Louis covered his face with his hands. "Ok. Um, we should go outside and wait for him."

I looked at him, trying to suppress a smile. "I don't have any shoes."

He absentmindedly looked down at my feet. "Oh. Doesn't matter."

Louis held the door open for me, watching as a black car backed out of the driveway. "He's got the car. That's it over there. The black one. You go on ahead and I'll get you a pair of socks to wear. We'll buy you shoes after. Perrie and Sophia'll take you shopping." He seemed to be in a daze, but I just nodded and walked out the door- hearing him clear his throat and mumble something incoherent to himself.

Why was he so bothered? It was just a slip up, right?

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