My Life with O2L

Chapter 4

My eyes flutter open. For a moment, I panic. Where am I? Then I remember yesterday. One of the boys must of carried me up here. I reach over to my phone. It's 10 o'clock on the dot. I yawn and stretch. Then I go into the bathroom and look at myself in the mirror. I'm still wearing the same outfit I was yesterday. I take the hoodie off, and see the bandage from yesterday, covering my arm. I peel it off and examine the cuts. They're starting to scan over. I throw away the old bandage and clean up the cuts. Then I rewrap them in a new bandage.

I shower and change into a fresh pair of jeans and a sweatshirt. I put on my combat boots and straighten my hair. Just as I'm about to head downstairs, Jc pops his head in.

"You're up?" He says.

"Yeah." I say. "You can come in you know."

He enters and says, "I was thinking we could have like a daddy/daughter date today."

I look at him eyebrows raised. "Huh?"

He laughs. "I don't know. My dad used to have those with my sister. They would go to the movies then out to dinner. I guess it was their form of bonding."

I laugh. "So you want to continue the tradition?"

"I guess." He says.

I nod. "Sure."

"Alright. You go eat breakfast while I get ready and we'll go."

"Okay."

He leaves the room and I head downstairs. The guys are all downstairs on their phones and laptops. They all look over at me as soon as I was on sight.

"Good morning sleeping beauty!" Trevor yells.

"Morning," I say. " What are you guys doing today?"

"Well, since Jc is kidnapping you for the day, we are going to stay home."

I fix myself a bowl of cereal and join them in the living room.

"So what are you going to wear on your little 'daddy daughter date'?" Ricky asks, suddenly perking up.

"What I'm wearing now," I respond. That practically kills Ricky.

He gasps and says," That? Nope, not happening!"

"But Ricky, this is my best outfit!" I say, being slightly more over dramatic than necessary.

He gasps. I thought the last comment nearly killed him. This was clearly much worse.

"Girl, don't toy with my emotions like this! Are you serious?!" I nod and he fakes a "heart attack". Everyone laughs.

When he gets up he says," In all seriousness, I need to take you shopping!"

"Okay Ricky," I say grinning and getting up to put my bowl in the sink.

Trevor jumps up and says, "Ooh!! I have an idea! We can film a video tomorrow introducing her to the fans and then we can all spend our video day with her and vlog!!"

The guys agree excitedly. "I already know what I'm going to do!" Ricky says. "We are going shopping!"

I laugh and the guys join in. Jc comes down stair and looks left out.

"What's going on?" He asks.The guys explain while I run upstairs to grab my purse.

When I get back downstairs, Jc asks, "You ready?" I nod and we say a quick bye to the guys. Then we get in the car and start driving down the road.

"So what do you want to do?" Jc asks.

"I don't know," I say. "We could go see a movie and have an early dinner."

"Okay," he says nodding. "What movie do you want to see?"

I don't even have to think before I yell, "THE PURGE!"

We laugh. "A little excited are we?" Jc asks still laughing.

"Well duh! I absolutely LOVED the first purge!"

The rest of the ride to the theatre we play 21 questions. It was our way of getting to know each other I guess.

When we got there, we got our tickets and concessions. Then we went and got our seats in the very back. Nobody else was there so we just kinda goofed off until the movie started.

When it was over, we walked out and Jc asked, " Did you like it?"

"No, " I said, somehow managing to keep a straight face. He raised his eyebrows and I couldn't keep up my act. "I LOVED it!"

Jc laughs as we head back to the car.

"Where do you wanna go eat?" He asks as we climb in the car.

"I don't care." I reply. "Anywhere's fine by me."

"No you choose," he says glaring at me. "It's your day."

I laugh. "Technically it's our day, but whatever. Let's go to Taco Bell."

"You sure?"

"Yep." I say popping the p.

During the drive we finish up our 21 questions game from earlier. When we get there, we get a 12 pack of tacos to split. We eat in silence, both of us to occupied shoving food in our mouths to talk.

Jc finishes before me, but when I finally finish, he says," Oh my gosh you ate more than I did!"

We laugh. He was right; I had six tacos and he only had five.

Then my phone beeps.

From: Ricky Manaj

Gurlll where u guys @??? It's six o'clock!!

I look at the time. Sure enough, it's six o'clock.

"Oh my gosh Jc! It's six o'clock!"

"Really?" He says. Then he checks the time. "Oh wow. We should probably get going then."

I laugh. "Yeah, probably."

To: Ricky Manaj

Gurlll we on our way! Calm your tits!!😂

Jc and I get back in the car and ride in silence back home. We get out of the car, but before we get in the house, I grab Jc's arm and say, "Wait!"

"Yeah?" He asks turning to face me.

"Jc, I had fun today."

He grins. "I did too." He pulls me into a hug.

"I'm glad you adopted me," I murmur.

"Me too," he says.

We are still hugging when the front door opens and phone cameras start clicking.

"Awe!" Kian yells. "Jc and his new daughter. This is going on Twitter!"

Jc and I separate, laughing. Then we go inside. We say hi to the rest of the guys, and I go to the kitchen. I fix a glass of water and say, "Hey guys, I'm gonna turn in early."

"Okay," they say. Then they line up by the stairs.

"What?" I ask.

They all take off their snap backs and bandanas. I swear, it was like having five of the seven dwarfs. I hug each of them goodnight and kiss the tops of their heads. I laugh.

"Goodnight guys!" I yell.

"Goodnight!"

When I get to my room, I set my water down on my nightstand and change into a pair of sweats and a baggy T-shirt. Then I flop down on my bed and think about the day. It was nice to spend a day with my adoptive dad. After a while, I dozed off and let sleep take over me.