Adopted by Luke Hemmings

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I woke up on the couch to Emma softly dragging her small index finger on the bandage on my arm.

"Daddy, what'd you do?" She asked as if she knew I had woke up.

"Uncle Calum scared me. I'm okay though sweetheart, the doctors can fix anything," I assured her as I kissed her cheek.

"Are you feeling better?" I asked her.

"Yeah, Uncle Niall cuddled with me while you were gone. Uncle Harry made him leave and I got upset. He's my cuddle buddy," she explains.

I smile, "I thought I was your cuddle buddy."

"You're my daddy, Uncle Niall needs to be something," she spoke as I laughed quietly to myself and agreed.

"Luke," Michael spoke from the kitchen, "come take your pills. We've got to go."

Emma got up and skipped over to Michael, whispering something in his ear.

"Yeah sure babe, he is the first door on the left over there," he spoke as he pointed out Calum's room.

"What'd she ask you?" I asked as I took my medicine and washed it down with water.

"If she could scold to Calum for hurting you," he spoke.

I smiled and nodded, "God, I love her. I can't believe she'll go to kindergarten next year."

"Shut up Luke, we aren't ready for that yet," he spoke as we laughed.

"Here, take your bandage off. We've got to put this stuff on it," Michael spoke as he grabbed the cream.

He helped me unwrap it and Ashton walked in.

"Oh my god, this is disgusting," Michael spoke grossed out.

Ashton came and took a look, "It looks better. The surgery worked." After he spoke that he gave me a high five.

"Here, the doctor said to take it easy at first," Ashton spoke as he got a little and rubbed it on a small portion of my arm.

"Ow Ashton stop," I hissed.

"What?" He asked.

"That fucking hurts!" I exclaimed while laughing.

Michael did the rest and we waited for it to dry before we wrap it again.

"What fucking hurts?" Calum asked as he came in, Emma walking in behind him.

"Ashton touched it too hard," I spoke as Calum came to look at it.

We wrap it back up and go get ready for the rehearsal. When we reach California, we've got more time there for me rehearsal. Since it's our last show in the states, we're making it one huge, 4 hour performance. It's not going to be like we perform and then One Direction performs. We're doing it together.

"Ready?" I asked as she nodded.

We leave the room, me having the key to return it. These other idiots would loose it. We go to the elevator and get on, pressing the button that will take us to the parking area under the hotel. We've got our luggage in our hands, so we can put it on the bus as we're leaving.

Once we reach the bus, we load our stuff and Emma runs to Niall. He picked her up and started to smother her in kisses. She was laughing and it made me smile. I'm so not ready for her to start school next year.

Emma comes back and gets on the bus with us so we could leave for rehearsal. I've got a surprise for her.

"Emma, who do you miss?" I asked as I started to video it.