"Hey mommy, why do you and daddy have to leave?" Mel asks as she sits in my lap. We are having a movie marathon today with Luke, Louis and Ashton who slept over last night.
"Well, we have to go visit grandma for a few days."
"Why? I want to see grandma."
"I know baby, but we have to go for something very important l, but I promise you can come next time."
"Christmas?" She asks hopefully. I nod.
"Yes baby, we will go back for Christmas I promise." She smiles and my phone rings. I ask Luke to grab it for me and he tells me it's a FaceTime call from my mom. He hands me the phone and everyone looks at me excitedly waiting to see if it's Brady. I answer the call and meet my moms face.
"Hi Skylar."
"Hi mo-"
"Hi mommy!" I roll my eyes as Ashton interrupts me.
"Hello Ashton." She rolls her eyes playfully as well. "I was asked by a a certain little boy if he could talk to you Sky." I smile and nod my head. She smiles back and hands the phone down and I am greeted by a short boy. He has light blonde hair and green eyes like me.
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He flashes me a wide smile showing off his missing teeth.
"You're Skylar!" He cheers.
"Hey Bud." I wave.
"You look just like the photos at my old house." He frowns a little bit before quickly smiling again. I take in his looks. Yep he's definitely my brother. His face is flushed and he is tiny for an eleven year old. What did those monsters do to him?
"How did you sleep last night?" I ask changing the subjects.
"I was a little scared so Harry let me stay with him." I smile. Harry is such a good kid.
"That's nice-"
"Brady, do you want to go to the park with me? Oh hi Sky!" Harry smiles when he notices me.
"Hey Harry What-"
"Hey Harry!" Ashton cuts me off again.
"Hello ashton. Now leave I want to talk to Sky." We all laugh.
"Is that Uncle Hawwy" I look down at Melody in my lap and nod. She smiles and hops up so she is looking at the phone. "Hi uncle hawwy!" She waves.
"Hiya Mel. I miss you."
"I miss you too. But I will see you for Christmas. Mommy promised." I laugh and nod.
"Harry, who is that." HArry hands the phone back to Brady.
"Sorry Brady. This is Ashton." I say and Ash waves.
"That our big brother." Harry points out and Brady tilits his head.
"I have a brother?"
"Well, Harry,Ashton and Lauren are not technically our real siblings but I like to say they are." I explain and Brady nods.
"Hi Ashton!" He waves to The phone.
"Hi I'm Melody what's your name." Mel asks as she pops in the camera.
"Mel, this is my little brother Brady. Brady, this is my daughter Melody."
"Hi melody." Brady smiles. I also introduce Louis and Luke and we talk for what feels like hours before hanging up the phone. Just a few more days.
—— Those days went by quick. We spent them on FaceTime with Brady and packing for our trip. We leave in a few hours and are currently dropping off Mel at Cole and Harry's. She ran straight into the house and gave everyone a hug. Luke, Ash, Louis and I all said goodbye to everyone and now I had to say goodbye to Mel. She gave me a tight hug.
"Okay sweetie. If you need anything at all or just want to talk, you can ask Cole or Harry to call me. Be on your best behaviour and I will see you in a week okay?" This is the first time I'm leaving her for this long since she was born.
"Okie dokie. Tell Brady I said hi." Her and Brady have been talking on FaceTime and she loves him so much.
"I will. I have to leave now. I love you"
" I love you too." Luke says goodbye too and we head to the airport. Security was somewhat quick and we got on the plane immediately. Once we were situated, Luke turns to me.
"So what's going to happen when we get there?" I shrug. I never really thought about it.
"I don't know. I'm not sure what HE will want. I know he trusts Harry and mom more but he acts like he's known me forever. I want him to trust them but I feel like he might be more comfortable if I'm with him." I explain.
"Has he met Lauren?"
"Yeah she came home from a sleepover two days ago. He said that she's very sweet."
"That's good." I nod and sigh.
"What do we do if he wants to come home with us?" I ask nervously. Luke looks at me in confusion.
"Then he will come with us."
"Really?" I ask surprised at his response. "You would be okay with that?"
"Of course I would. He is such a sweet kid, him and Mel already get along, and to be honest... I would feel safer with him with us. I mean he acts like you're his mom anyway, and you wouldn't want to leave your child." I nod. It's true. He has been acting like I'm his mom. I'm okay with it though. He needs a mom. And I need him.
