DON'T HURT ME DADDY (Harry Styles)

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Today was going to be special.

The boys knew nothing of the day ahead, to them it was just another summer's day.

"Wakey wakey...rise and shine!" Liam said as he pulled open the curtains in Niall and Zayn's room. They both groaned.

"No Dad... it's still night!" Niall replied, pulling his sheet over his head.

"Niall... it's 9am, you need to get up now please?" Liam pulled the sheet off his sons head and Niall sat up, rubbing sleep from his eyes.

"Urgh ok!" He got out of bed to use the toilet.

He found Louis in there already, washing his hands.

"Why'd Dad wake us up so early? It's the holidays. I wanna go back to sleep." Niall moaned.

"It's not that early Ni! Maybe we're doing something today?"

Louis left the bathroom and went back to his room.

"Hi Harry. Want help getting dressed?" He asked Harry, who was just getting out of bed.

"Need a wee first." He replied, sleepily.

Louis let him go, while he got himself dressed. Two minutes later Harry was back.

"Right mister, what would you like to wear today?" Louis asked.

Harry went to his wardrobe and opened the doors, looking through his clothes.

It was still weird having a choice of clothing. At his old house, he only had two vests, two pairs of shorts and two pairs of underpants. When they got dirty, he had to wash them himself in the bathroom, with whatever he could find to clean them.

"This....and this." Harry said pointing to a yellow t shirt and blue jeans.

"Good choice. Don't forget clean pants!" He pulled out a pair from a drawer. Harry removed his old pants, pulling up the clean ones.

"Sit on the bed" Louis instructed, Harry did as Louis asked.

"You wanna put the t shirt on?"

Harry nodded and took the item, poking his head through the big hole, he struggled with the arms, so Louis helped him.

He then helped him get his jeans on. They were a little big for him, as he'd lost a little weight when he was ill.

"There...all done. You look very nice Harry. You want Mumma to brush your hair?" Harry nodded.

*****

After everyone had got dressed and brushed their teeth, they all congregated in the living room.

"What's going on Mum?" Zayn asked.

"Nothing love." She started brushing through Harry's hair, smiling at Liam.

"I thought we could have a day in the garden" Lucy smiled. "It's going to be a lovely day!"

"But...then we need our trunks on, to go in the pool." Niall wondered.

"Later love, it's still early. Let's have breakfast out there...come on everyone." Liam picked Harry up and they all walked outside.

"SURPRISE!" Liam and Lucy's families and friends were in the garden, all smiling and laughing at the boys reactions.

Harry had hidden his face in the crook of Liam's neck, he was scared at seeing so many people and also very shy. He held on tight.

"It's ok love... they're our friends and family. They're all lovely people. Come and say hello." Liam whispered. Harry nodded.

"Why are they here Mum?" Niall asked his Mum, confused.

"Thought we needed a family get together. It'll be fun yeah?" Lucy replied.

The boys went over to play with their cousins.

*****

At midday, Lucy, her Mum Jane, and Karen brought out the food.

They'd made a picnic type meal.

The usual sandwiches, sausage rolls, pizza, salad, as well as barbecued chicken, hotdogs and burgers were placed on the table.

Everyone took a seat, either at the table or on the grass. Altogether there were around thirty people all eating, drinking and chatting.

After half an hour, Liam stood up and asked for silence.

"Hi everyone. Thanks for coming to share this special day..." He started.

The boys looked at each other. "Special day?" Zayn whispered.

"As you know..." Liam continued, "Harry has been with us for around six months now. Our boys love him as much as we do, he's fitted into our family so well, despite everything. So....we decided to officially make him part of the family and adopt him"

"Oh my god!" Niall jumped up off the ground and ran around the garden, making everyone laugh.

"Sorry about him!" Liam laughed. "As I was saying... we've made it official, Harry is now Harry Edward Payne. Please would you join us in a toast to welcome him to the family?" Liam asked.

Everyone stood up, raised their glasses "to Harry Payne! Cheers!" They all cheered. Some were in tears, others were smiling widely.

As for Harry...he was sat on the ground, looking confused.

Lucy picked him up and they hugged. They both started crying.

"Do you understand what's happening darling?" She whispered. "You're our son now. Niall, Zayn and Louis... they're your brother's." Harry looked at her and smiled.

"Th-Thank you Mumma." He snuggled into her neck, and sucked his thumb. He was overwhelmed, and tired.

Everyone stayed until the evening. The kids had fun in the pool, the adults chatted and caught up with their news.

It was the best day any of them had had in years.

They decided to make it an annual event, to all get together, as it had been such a success.

*****

The family were all cosied up on the sofas.

"Are you all happy?" Lucy asked.

The boys sat up, except for Harry who was asleep, and smiled.

"I'm very happy. I'm not the youngest anymore. I'm a big boy now!" Niall said, making the others laugh.

"Yeah. Harry's lovely. I'm glad he's staying with us forever." Zayn replied.

"It's better than all my birthdays and christmasses put together. I'm gonna take care of him so much. Thank you Mum, Dad. I love you all." Louis said. They all had tears in their eyes now.

They all looked at the sleeping little curly haired boy, and were so happy he was going to be with them from now on.

"Love you Harry Payne."

Awww....I loved this. Harry adopted into such a loving family.

All the love. Xxx