All Grown Up

Chapter 8

All Grown Up, Chapter 8

Luke's POV:

When we walked up stairs Louis was grabbing all the buns, (hun) condiments, and cups for drinks. Mia and I helped by grabbing the 2 liters of pop. When we walked outside we set all of the drinks on the bar next to the ice machine and the sharpies to write our name so we didn't get them mixed up.

"Luke, grab the plastic forks, spoons, and knives." Michael told me. I went back inside and grabbed them while Blake got napkins.

Liam was flipping chicken, burgers, and hotdogs on the grill. The mum's were getting the macaroni, fruit salad, and the salad together. My dad and Ashton were baking a cake and brownies. Ashton learned to bake through his mom and my dad worked in a bakery.

Once everything was brought out we starting eating. We had huge portions of the food because there was a total of 40 people but some of the real little ones don't eat what the parents and older kids do. Liam got the food off of the grill while Niall and Zayn got the food off of the other 2 grills.

We don't have a kids table, a teenagers table, and a parents table. We have a huge round table because we all want to eat as a big family and talk with each other. I sat down next to Zach and Cameron and Mia sat next to Charlotte and Aaliyah. We all held hands around the table as Liam led a prayer.

"Dear God, thank you for my wonderful family, not just the ones that are related to me by blood, but for my 8 brothers, their wives, and their beautiful children. Thank you for bringing us together as a band, I can't imagine what my life would be like without all if them. Thank you for all of the luxuries that we have and the food that we have to feed our children. We ask that you keep us all safe as we are here and that no one gets injured. Amen."

We all chorused an "Amen" and began to pass around the food. We start different platters going different ways and pass it family style.

We made small talk asking the younger kids what they were planning on being for Halloween. After dinner all the older kids were assigned to a thing to clean up like: utensils, cups, plates, platters, etc. We quickly cleaned up so that we could play our annual football game.

"Alright everyone needs shinguards, socks, cleats, and sweatshirts. It's a little cold out and if you get hot you can take it off but we don't want anyone getting sick. Help the younger kids get ready and be at the field by 8." Morgan said. We all agreed and went upstairs.

I put on my black Nike shorts, a white basketball shirt, and a black sweatshirt over it. I put on my white Adidas football socks over my shinguards and then my lime green cleats. I knocked on Mia's door to see if Darcy needed help getting ready.

"Come in!" She yelled. I twisted the knob and found her tying Charlotte's cleats. "Oh, hey, Luke. Wanna do me a favor and help your sister out?" She asked. I nodded and began putting Darcy's shinguards on.

Mia was dressed in almost the same outfit as me. She had short Nike shorts, a black sweatshirt from a football tournament, white Adidas socks, and we have the same cleats. Her hair was tied up into a high ponytail and her hair was pulled out right above her ears.

She always looked so beautiful no matter what she was wearing. She just looked so cute all the time and I was getting so eager to make her mine. When we finished helping the girls they ran right downstairs leaving Mia and I alone.

"Ready?" I asked her. She responded with a yeah and hopped on my back. She wrapped her legs around my waist and I held her up by the bottoms of her thighs. I walked down and we met everyone else out on our field. We have one large, turf 11v11 field on our property. We walked down the cobblestone path past the basketball court to the field. The first game that is the kids ages 9 and under. We let them go first to get them out of the way. After that game we play the teenagers, well age 10 to 15 because Blake is the oldest kid. After that game the parents play, but Shannon, Calum's wife, won't play because she is 6 months pregnant.