Adopted by Luke Hemmings

45

(time skip to California)

When I woke up, I was super nervous and sad. Tonight is our last concert in the United States. Then we have a month off, then we go to Ireland to be reunited with One Direction for the last time for this tour. That's depressing.

I look over and Emma is asleep curled into my side. I smiled, kissing her cheek. I realized yesterday she turns 5 in four months. Dear god, I'm getting old. We're all getting old.

I get up and leave Em in bed while I showered. I dressed in sweatpants and a t-shirt to rehearse in. They'll dress us before the concert.

I slipped on my VANS and went to wake Emma up. Once she awoke, I gave her a quick shower and dressed her in leggings and a dress with her sandals Lou got for her. She always gets Emma shoes.

We gathered our things and met the boys at the tour bus. I'll miss your in the US. It's always a pleasure touring with such amazing people. And I'm not just talking about the One Direction guys. Touring with Ashton, Michael, and Calum is one of the best things about my life. I don't know what I would do without them.

"Hey," I spoke as I got onto the bus, seeing everyone else.

"Hey," Ashton spoke as Emma went and sat with him.

"Are we ready?" The bus driver asked.

We nodded and he shut the door. Emma went to the back to color once we got stuck into traffic.

"Oh, I found something out," I spoke as the boys looked at me.

"What?" Cal asked.

"The guy that shot me and tried taking Emma was found. He got put into a mental institution. He went crazy," I spoke.

"That's good then, you two won't be in any danger anymore," Michael spoke.

"Yeah," I sighed.

We arrived at the arena and Emma skipped inside as the boys and I smiled at her.

"Uncle Liam!" Emma exclaimed as she spotted Liam inside.

"What's up sweet pea? You look so pretty!" He exclaimed as he picked her up and spun her around.

"Guys, you have to rehearse now," Paul spoke as he came in with a box, holding our earpieces and microphones.

We grabbed our things and went to the stage.

"Okay, so you guys have decided to join together and sing each other's songs together, right?" Paul asked.

"Yeah," Zayn spoke.

"Alright, Harry when Luke sings, you sing with him. Luke you do the same for Harry," a voice manager spoke as he continued.

Zayn is partners with Ashton. Liam has Michael and Louis has Calum. Niall is with Harry and I, which to me is amazing. It'll sound great.

We rehearsed our songs for about three hours, then we decided to do two covers; Teenage Dirtbag and Teenage Dream. Two amazing songs.

We eventually got done and rested our voice for tonight.

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"To end this amazing leg of the tour, we have a surprise," Zayn spoke.

"Yes, care to explain Michael?" Niall asked.

"Okay, our surprise is that we are singing a song of your choice," Michael spoke.

"So right now get out your phones and tweet us songs that you want us to sing. We will pick our favorite when we return in ten minutes. Go!" Harry exclaimed as we ran offstage.

We all grabbed a water bottle and a towel. I drank my water and wiped sweat from my forehead and changed my shirt to a tank top with NIRVANA on it. Its pretty fucking awesome.

We all got onto Twitter and looked through our mentions.

"What are you guys seeing?" Louis asked.

"Demons by Imagine Dragons."

"Love Me Harder by Ariana Grande."

"Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran."

"Daylight by Maroon 5."

"Wait, I really like that one," Niall spoke.

"Daylight? I'm cool with that," I spoke as Ashton agreed.

"So is Daylight our song?" Harry asked as we nodded.

We decided to make it acoustic, so we grabbed stools and our microphones.

"Daddy, I go?" Emma asked me.

"Of course sweetie, c'mon," Zayn spoke as she followed us out.

We set our stools down in a curve as the fans went loud. Paul ran out a smaller stool for Emma to sit on. She sat it in the middle and the fans started to see and wave at her.

"So, we've decided Daylight by Maroon 5," Liam spoke .

"But, we're making it acoustic," I spoke.

"Enjoy," Harry spoke as Michael, Niall, and I started playing our guitars.

We sang the song and all smiled at each other every once in a while. When we were done, we all stood up.

"So, we've got some things to say. Sit down," Louis spoke as they made us, including Emma, sit down.

Em sat in my lap and cuddled her back into my chest as she looked up at her other uncles.

"We had the honor of touring with you this year, but you've brought someone so special and dear to our hearts into our lives," Niall spoke, "that person is Emma."

"We've been through a lot this leg. Luke getting shot and Emma almost getting taken," Zayn spoke.

"Luke having to go to the hospital thanks to Calum," Liam spoke.

"Emma getting injured and going to the hospital," Harry spoke.

"And all of us and you eventually either feeling ill or actually getting ill," Louis spoke.

"All of those situations we're special to us because we were together or close by. This year is the last year we tour with you. And damn, we've made memories haven't we?" Harry spoke.

Emma jumped from my lap and went to Harry, hugging his legs. She did that to everyone and then we made them sit down.

"When we first met, we personally thought you guys hated our guts. But you showed that you didn't. You gave us a friendship that will never die," I spoke.

"And that was amazing to us. And you guys accepted our weirdness and crazy last minute decisions that get us in emergency rooms," Michael spoke.

"You guys either did that stuff with us, made fun of us, or were sitting in the waiting room at the hospital. You guys didn't get angry and leave," Calum spoke.

"And c'mon, you love us," Ashton spoke.

"And the way you guys accepted Emma was amazing to me. So thank you," I spoke as I rubbed Emma's shoulder.

She tapped my knee and I bent down and she whispered something in my ear.

I have her the microphone and she put it towards her mouth.

"Hi. I just wanted to say that I love you guys. You are some of the best uncles ever! I'll miss you so so much! I'll miss you this much," she spoke as she spread her arms out as wide as they could go.

I smiled as she continued, "You took care of me and gave me candy and gave me piggy back rides. I loved them. And Uncle Zayn I still want a drawing on my arm like you!" She exclaimed as they laughed and he nodded.

"Anything for you baby girl. C'mere," he spoke as she ran and hugged him tightly.

"Group hug!" Harry exclaimed as we all huddled together.

The fans went wild and waved as we broke the hug and walked offstage. Goodbye America, hello home.