Returning... sequel to Meant to be Luke Hemmings, 5SOS fan fiction

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"Are you all ready to go bud?" I ask Brady. We are leaving Australia and going back to LA. We decided to get a flight at night that way we won't be affected by the time change. Brady nodded and picked up his backpack with all of his few belongings. We will have to go shopping when we get back. I put some last minute papers in my bag about Brady and his diet. He is pretty small for an 11 year old. He looks like he's 8 because he's so small. He also acts younger because he was neglected. I triple checked to make sure I was already and Luke came out of a room with mom. They both had smirks on their face making me confused.

"Okay, what's going on, you did the same thing with Lauren and Harry the other day?" I joke to Luke.

"Nothing you need to worry about." He smirks and turns to Brady.
"Here I'll hold that for you." He says and grabs the small backpack. Brady says thank you and we begin our goodbyes. Luke and Louis give everyone a quick hug before loading the car. Ashton and I each hug Lauren, Harry and mom before letting Brady say goodbye as well.

"We will see you for Christmas right?" Harry asks as he hugs Ashton tight. We tell him yes and say goodbye one more time before joining Luke and Louis in the car and driving to the airport.
I held Luke and Brady's hands as we made our way through the security line and onto the plane. We all found our seats and waited for take off. About five hours in Of coloring and watching movies, Brady turns to me.

"I'm a little scared." He admits.

"Why?"

"What if your friends don't like me?"

"Oh buddy, they will love you so much. All they have been talking about is seeing you. I bet Michael is going to be so excited to have another gaming buddy." I joke making Brady laugh.

"Okay, I'm still excited though." He smiles.

"That's good." I yawn making Brady repeat my actions and Luke laugh.

"Come here you two." He laughs and lifts up the armrest so I can nuzzle into his side. I do the same to the one in between me and Brady and Brady scoots close to me. I pull him up so he is sitting on both me and Luke's legs. I rest my head on Luke's shoulder and hold Brady tight as I let sleep overcome me for the rest of the flight back home.

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"Okay so where are we going?" Ashton asks as he pulls out of the airport parking lot.

"Drop off Louis then we can pick up Mel from Coles and go to our place." Luke explains. Ashton nods and goes in the direction of our street. We pull up to Louis house and say goodbye before driving down the road to Cole and Harry's place. We all hop out of the car and I hold Brady's hand as we walk up to the front door. I knock gently because it's late here and I don't want to wake anyone up, before stepping in. As soon as I open the door, I see Calum, Michael, Cole and Harry all staring at us form the couch. They immediately run over and hug us all.  They each bend down to Brady's level and hug him as well. I can tell he was nervous but already is warming up to them. After we were all greeted I was ready to see Mel.

"Alright, I'm going to go see my child." I laugh and begin walking towards Wes's bedroom where both kids were sleeping. Luke followed and I opened the door to the dark room quietly. I saw both kids curled up in the bed sound asleep. We close the door behind us and tip toe over to the bed and bend down to eye level. I gently rub Mel's back.
"Mel, we're home." I whisper making her stir. She slowly sits up and rubs her eyes.

"Momma?" She asks groggily. I smile. 

"Hi baby." I say and hug her tight. She hugs Luke as well.

"I missed you guys."

"We did too sweetie. But guess what, Brady's here," I watch as her face lights up into a big smile.

"Yay." She cheers as she sits on my hip and I carry her out of the bedroom and to the living room where everyone else was. I place her back on her feet and she immediately runs to Brady who gladly gives her a hug. She kisses his cheek and sits on his lap while we all talk. Everything was going smoothly until Melody said something that made me widen my eyes.

"Lucy!"She cheers as I small puppy runs into the room and I watch Cal and Mikey's face flush.

"Who's Lucy?" Luke asks confused.

"My puppy." She says innocently. Luke and I both look at Calum and Michale who are trying to hide themselves behind Ashton.

"Booooys," I scold.
"You have some explaining to do.