Adopted by.... 1D?

Chapter 6

After dinner that night, Liam and MG went up to her room and Liam brought a photo album. Niall was feeling better, so Liam left him with the others. MG sat on her bed in Liam’s oversize sweatshirt and pajama pants. He sat next to her and they both got under the comforter. MG snuggled up to her dad and he looped his arm around her shoulders.

“Baby, ready to see your mom and me?”

“Uh huh.” Liam flipped open the book onto their laps and MG gasped. The first picture was of Liam, her mother, and… her. She had just been born and he was holding her. She was so small in his muscular arms. He was smiling and her mother was sitting next to him, a raw beauty. No make-up, hair falling out of her bun, smiling that beautiful smile MG remembered so well, and looking blissfully perfect.

“Dad, that’s… our family?”

“Yeah baby. It was.”

“Mom is so beautiful.”

“I know. I miss her,” Liam said. He kissed his daughter on the cheek.

“Me too.”

They flipped to the next page and MG smiled again. Her mom and Liam were on a date. They were both smiling at each other, looking lovingly at one another.

“Is that…?”

“Us when we were 17? Yeah.” They looked at the rest of the pictures in silence, only the sounds of pages turning.

“Dad, I’m gonna go to sleep. Will you sleep with me tonight?”

“I’ll stay here as long as you need.” Liam and MG lay down next to each other and Liam pulled his daughter into his chest. “And now that I have found you, I am NEVER going to let you go,” he whispered to her, his cold lips brushing her ear.

“I won’t let go either. I love you too much.” With that, MG drifted off.

“Liam I…” Niall barged in to MG’s room, not aware that they were both asleep. MG looked up, blinking as the light from the hallway flooded in.

“I’m sorry hon. I didn’t know you were asleep.”

“What do you need?” Liam asked. He propped himself up with his elbow and looked at Niall.

“I was just trying to find you and ask you if everything was Ok.”

“Yeah. I am going to sleep with her tonight, is that Ok?”

“Yeah, totally.”

“Wait, Daddy. Can you sleep here too?” MG had a queen bed so they could all fit.

“You sure?”

“Yep. I just don’t want to be alone. If Dad is in here, can you be too?”

“Sure thing babe. Let me go change.” Niall slipped out and went to go change. MG shuddered from being cold and Liam tightened his arms around her.

“What time?” MG asked.

“11:57. Go back to sleep babe. Its Ok.”

“What if you leave?”

“I wont. Niall and I will keep you safe.”

MG fell asleep again, only feeling the dip of the mattress as Niall got into the bed. She felt the coldness of someone’s lips on her forehead and smiled. She was loved. No mother, no siblings, but she had her real dad, her dad’s boyfriend, their 3 friends, and a wonderful “aunt” who loved her.

Life wasn’t perfect, but it was getting there.