Wheelchair Girl (A Niall Horan Fan Fiction)

Chapter 20

(KRISTAL'S POV)

     "We have come to a decision..." The judge started, glancing down at me. I sat up straight, squeezing my father's hand. He may have kept his secret from me, but everyone has secrets. He's still a better father then Delilah could ever dream of, "Kristal Chiara Johan may continue living with Ron Johan," a squeak spilled over my lips as I hugged my father tightly, hearing a few people applaug and the clicks of cameras, "But..." continued the judge, what fucking now? "Mr. Johan, you only have partial custody, you need one other blood relative to share custody of Kristal. Please come to us in the next 10 minutes with a decision, if there is no one, then we will give the part custody to Ms. Austin."

       "I obje-" started Sydney, once again needing Harry to clamp his hand over her mouth. Niall, Zayn, and Liam shot me worried looks while Louis was bouncing excitedly in his seat. Still.

     What can I say, I panicked. My breathing turned into hyperventilation and my perfect posture transformed into fetal position, curled up in my chair.

     "No no no no not again, love you'll be okay, you have other relatives that will take you in, right Ron?" Niall reassured me. He always was by my side in the perfect times, coaxing me to not embarrass myself again and let my mental scars show. I looked up at him and shook my head, not finding the power to speak. By now Sydney and the other boys were gathered around me with worried expressions, only Sydney and Harry not 100% freaked out.

     "Sorry Niall, but I don't have any living blood relatives..."

     "YOU HAVE ME! I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!" shouted Louis, shooting his hand up. My Dad gave him a confused look, oh yeah, he didn't know about the whole 'I'm related to Louis too!' situation.

     "Louis, I'm sorry but we need a blood relative..."

     "That's why I'm volunteering!" Louis cut him off, "I did some research and found out yesterday that my Dad is Delilah's brother, but they didn't talk to each other so I never met Delilah and Purp- I mean Kristal never met my Dad! Hi Uncle Ron!" Louis exclaimed. My dad seemed a bit taken aback by Louis' overpowering personality, but we really didn't have time for this to sink in.

     "So Louis... get the papers I guess, they're in the bus yeah? Your about to adopt a sixteen year old." stated Liam, the only one who could process what was happening right now. Louis sprinted out of the court house with Zayn tagging along. Harry gave me a bone crushing hug then went to tell Anne the news, so all who was left was Dad, Sydney, Niall and I.

     "So how I see it is, Anne is your beard in a way, huh Mr. Johan?" mocked Sydney. I giggled, it was kind of funny... Louis was adopting me!

     "Very funny Syd kid," my dad said using his old pet name for her, "Kristal... is Lou right? he's your cousin? Are you sure with this?" He asked hesitantly I nodded,

     "Yes, Dad, he's telling the truth. I only found out yesterday. I guess this information came at the perfect time yeah?" He nodded, telling me he was going to talk to Anne. He has a lot of explaining to do, yikes.

     "So Kristal... do you think your Dad, new Dad/ cousin, and step brother with ever let me even touch you?" Niall joked. Sadly our situation was anything but normal. We're watched all the time, Harry and Louis were Niall's best friends and band mates, but I was okay with that. Without them, Niall and I wouldn't even be together. After all this though, we were going to have some serious quality time.

     "Ni... I really don't know." I giggled. He smiled, "I like your laugh." Bending down to kiss me. Just like a cliche movie though, right before our lips met, Louis and Zayn burst through the door to give the judge his papers. She shuffles through them slowly, looks down at Louis, and nods.

     "Final call: Kristal Johan is to be under custody of Ron Johan and Louis Tomlinson, adoption papers will be signed tomorrow, and Delilah Austin will be under watch by the law for the next 20 years, Delilah you are not aloud to contact or see Kristal, case dismissed." She spoke regally. Louis took a few long strides before wrapping me in a bone crushing hug.

     "I told you I would be the best freaking cousin the world has ever seen!" he yelped. My Dad walked over with Anne and Gemma, who wrapped me in a group hug. My dad patted Louis' back,

     "I'm going to need to take you out soon, the father of my daughter... Thank you." and the hugged, ah the cliches in life. We watched Delilah walk out, sending us death glares, yet her face looked defeated. I knew that was the last time I would ever see her.

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     "I-I-I, I wanna save you, wanna save your heart tonight!" Harmonized the boys. My boys. My cousin, Dad, step brother, boyfriend, and best friends. Sydney, Danielle, Eleanor, Perrie and I were all rocking out backstage at their last stop on tour, Denver, Colorado. They all flew in to surprise their boyfriends and we have gotten along quite well, especially Sydney and I of course. It was a month after the whole court reading and things have been pretty smooth.

     Louis has become a bit like Haz in the early stages of tour, over protective. But hey, it was kind of nice once in a while, i've grown to appreciate everyone who cared about me, since that number of people was scarce. The media blew up with the news of Louis' adoption but it soon blew over. I got quite a bit of hate but it rolled of my back. I don't let things like that bother me anymore. Harry and I were closer than ever, as were Niall and I. Our relationship has gotten quite serious and I couldn't be happier.

     "Thank you all for making our dreams come true, good night!" Shouted Liam before the boys exited one by one. The ran over to us and pecked their girlfriends on the lips. Niall picked me up and pressed his lips onto mine, I could feel his adrenaline running.

     "Go change sweaty." I nagged. He chuckled and ran after the rest of the boys. We were going out after this, just the two of us.

     It was obvious that I love life right now, my brain always running, my smile always growing, my heart always pounding. This was the first time in my life where The Wheelchair didn't stop me. I didn't think of myself as 'that girl in a wheelchair' or 'Harry Styles' handicapped charity case'... or should I say chair-ity case. Get it? haha.

       "Krisssssstal! Leggo!" Eleanor hollered. I giggled and went after the girls, we were going to give some fans a few pieces of free 1D merchandise.

     "Wait! Purple! El! Guys the-" shouted Lou before he catapulted into... the floor. El went to pick him up and we all laughed. Lou sat up pouting.

     "That was not funny girls, it isn't funny when it happens to Sydney!"

     "That's because I have one left foot!" she said, shaking her prosthetic. We all sat in the hall, laughing at Louis forever. I guess some things never change.

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okay sucky ending to the book, short ik, i'm going to do all the sappy stuff in the epilogue though!!!

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I LOVE YOU BABIES DONT EVER FORGET THAT!