Adopted by One Direction

Complicated Love

The next morning, Lily was still a bit freaked out about my brothers being One Direction. But just as Niall said, she got used to it pretty quickly. The first time, she ran into my house and bumped straight into Harry. "Whoa there, Lily, slow down a bit. Are you alright?" He asked concernedly. "Yeah, I'm fine Wait A SECOND ARE YOU HARRY STYLES? Oh wait, I know you." Two weeks later, it had already developed into complete casualness.

Lily would walk into the kitchen to get some juice, and if the boys were sitting there, this is what would happen. "Hey there, is there juice in the fridge?" Lily would ask, peering into the fridge. "Yup, I think its apple juice." "What're you and Pash doing?" "Homework. What are you guys doing?" "Talking to you, duh." "Oh very funny, haha."

They acted completely normal around each other now, which is a good thing. But I still hadn't forgotten my encounter with my uncle. I saw a glimpse of him the other day, and it crept me out. I ran as fast as I could to Louis' car and only felt safe when I was in the car with the lock on.

"What're you running away from?" Louis asked me when I rushed inside the car and slammed the door. "Nothing." I still haven't told the boys yet. They'd worry too much. When we got home, there was an unusual silence. "Hello?" I called out. It seemed like there was no life in the house. "Ahem." I heard a female voice call out. I looked at Louis.

"Tanya." He mouthed at me. So that was Zayn's girlfriend. I started to go over to the direction of her voice but Louis stopped me. He pointed up the stairs. I shrugged and did as he said, going up the stairs quietly. I was almost at the top when Tanya saw me. "So you're the girl Zayn and his band members adopted aren't you? Come down, I want to look at you."

I obeyed her, even though Louis was miming dying behind her. I thought that she couldn't be that bad. I mean, if Zayn likes her, then how mean could she be? I followed her into the living room. Tanya took a long look at me and scrunched up her nose. "They certainly didn't pick you for your looks, did they?" Of all the things I thought she would say, this was not it.

"Just look at you! Tangled up hair. Did you even brush it? And don't let me start on your eyes! The colour is like dog poop. You're so...." "Hey, Tanya, stop it right this instance." Zayn came up from behind me and put his hand on my shoulder protectively. We both glared at her. "She is beautiful, don't insult our sister. Please."

Tanya stopped talking but she looked at me like I was not good enough for her. "Are you ready to go out for dinner now, Zayn?" She said, "I'll go freshen up then we can go." She walked away towards the bathroom. After she left, I felt tears spring into my eyes, and I sat down on the sofa. Zayn and Louis came to sit down on either side of me.

"Hey baby, don't cry," Zayn said softly, wiping my tears from my eyes. "Don't listen to her. She's just ... not tactful. You're beautiful. Don't let anyone make you think that you aren't." I sniffed. I wasn't too bothered about her saying I was ugly, but it just hurt me that she didn't even get to know me before insulting me.

"You say that to everyone, don't you Zayn?" "But I mean it this time. Don't mind Tanya, OK?" "She's just stup..." Louis started, but Zayn shot a look at him. "I mean, just don't even listen to her, Pash. You're beautiful just the way you are." They gave me a hug, then Zayn went on his date with Tanya, so it was only me and Louis left. I really thought that we were the only two left in the house, but once the door slammed, I could hear Harry upstairs.

"Are they gone now?" He yelled down. "Yes!" Louis replied, "Come down, you guys!" Liam, Niall and Harry came down the stairs. "Are you sure she's gone?" Niall asked, looking out the windows to check. "Good." "She insulted Pash this time. She said she was ugly and blah, blah, blah." Louis told them. "You didn't listen to her, did you?" Liam immediately asked me. I half nodded, half shook my head. "She's always like that, even to us, That's why we all hide up in our rooms when she comes."