Chapter One

Harry's POV
My mum called me on the phone while I was in london, our conversation went like this,
"Hello?" I asked into the phone.
"Hey honey it's mum" she replied back to me.
"Hey mom I miss you SO much."
"I miss you too I have some news..."
"What?" I asked.
"I am adopting another teenager."
"YOUR WHAT?" I exclaimed.
"Well my nest is empty and I thought a teen would occupy my mind and nest and it will be my last one I want her to be a girl because I've always wanted 3 kids,
2 girls and a boy and adopting would give me that."
"Oh, erm, ok mum, uhm I have to go get ready for the studeo so, erm, you... have fun with that..." I told her realising what time it was, only a half-hour till it was time to go.
"OK honey, talk to you later, love you, bye."
"Love you, bye" with that I hung up. After telling the boys about my mums idea they too thought it was a bit rediculous.

Alexus's POV
Ever since my mom, my sister, my step-dad, and I moved to Holmes Chappel Cheshire to be closer to my dad, everything went down hill, my mom, dad, and step dad all went out to dinner
and got into a car accident I was watching Kaylee, my eight year old little sister at home. The police came to our door and told us everything. They told us to gather our
belongings and that they couldn't get ahold of any of our family that lived in Oregon. So we went to live in an orphanage. Kaylee was adopted quickly because she was so
cute. I was a teen so nobody wanted me. I couldn't see Kaylee because the orphanage 'offered shelter, not rides' so in 5 years once I'm 18 I will be able to see her. I can't
Wait for that day to come.

As I sat alone in a room I shared with 6 other girls around my age, I began to think about 'what if someone adopted me?' but quickly thought no one would adopt a teenager, no one would ever want me when there were better choices. Very rarely is anyone in this room adopted, and if they are they are gorgeous. I'm just me. Brown hair with hazel eyes. Not quite sknny enough, but not fat either. My hair falls just past my shoulders, but i normally wear it up. I love music, it's my life now that my family is gone. I babysit for money. I earned enough for a crapy phone, and a cheap mp3 player. My mom let me have her laptop before she died so I have that too. I also have her perfume. Sometimes I spray a little on my wrist before bed and let her scent lul me to sleep. My thoughts always seem to wander back to my family.

As I lay in bed a soft knock comes on our door. I am the only one awake so I get up to answer it. There standing in front of me was a woman who was small andd seemed nice, but she was far from nice. She was mean, hateful, and completely abusive. I was Ms. Nice (sorry if you happen to be named Ms. Nice it was just off the top of my head).

"Yes Ms. Nice?" I asked as nicely as I could tapping my foot rhythmicly on the ground.
"Alexus," she replied too sweetly, the only time I have heard her use that voice is whenever we have visitors, "sweety, you are going to be adopted."
"W-what?" I studdered not quite believing her.
"Come on you brat, cooperate or your going to kitchen duty for the next month!" she hissed in my ear whilst grabbing my arm, and most likely leaving a bruise.
"Okay miss," I said quickly trying to loosen her hold. Just then a nice looking woman came and introduced herself as Anne, my new mother.
"Hello darling," she started, "I'm your new mother."
"Hi," I whispered shyly looking at my muddy, torn, used-to-be-white-but-is-now-an-unknown-color shoes. I had on a hand-me-down outfit that was torn and ratted.
"Well, go get the rest of your stuff," she said politely.
"The bra- I mead little angel," Ms. Nice corrected herself quickly pinching my cheek, "doesn't have anything else."
"Oh... erm... well then I guess we can go," Anne anounced.
"We truly will miss you Lexi," Ms. Nice said knowing I hated being called that. I made a face and walked out the door.


Harry's POV
As we were leaving the studio, I got a phone call from my mother.
"Hello mum!" I greeted as cheerily as I could.
"Hello darling I just picked up your new sister," she said excitedly. I was truly glad she was happy, but another kid? That may just be too far.
"That's great!"
"I can't wait for you to meet her!"
"Me neither," I lied.
"So when do you get your next break honey?" she questioned.
"Next week actually."
"Are you coming home?"
"Absolutely!" I wasn't going to miss an oppertunity to see my mum.
"Great! Can't wait! Well I got to go make a special dinner for Alexus to get to know her a little more. I love you bye!"
"Love you too mum. Bye" I hung up and saw the boys looking at me expectantly.
"What's her name? How old is she?" Niall asked. I opened my mouth to answer, but was interupted by more questions.
"What does she look like? Is she as funny as me?" Louis asked. I opened my mouth, but was interupted again.
"How-"
"BOYS!" Liam shouted.
"I didn't finish my question," Zayn pouted.
"Niall: her name is Alexus and she is a teenager. I'm not sure what specific age. Louis: I don't know and I don't know." I answered.


Alexus's POV *a week later*
I'm really nervous about meeting my new brother. I know he doesn't aprove of the adoption, but it's a blessing to not have to stay in the orphanage for the next 5 years. I decided to wear http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=60254221 . When Harry got here I was called down for dinner. As I walked down, I kept telling myself that he doesn't know me, so he wont hate me. http://weheartit.com/entry/39148294/via/smartcookie122798 this is what the dining room looked like.
"Hello sweety," Anne said brightly. She was always so cheery and happy and nice to be around. She reminded me of my mother.
"Hello," I quietly replied.
"This is Harry, and Harry this is Alexus," she said gesturing to us.
"It's nice to meet you," I smiled gently suddenly missing Kaylee.
"You too," he smiled politely. Well I don't think he hates me. I'm not sure weather he likes me or not though.
"Well, lets eat!" Anne smiled. We ate in silence for a moment untill Harry broke the silence.
"So where are you from Alexus? That's an American accent right?" I nodded in reply, "Where about in America?"
"Oregon," I blushed, "I grew up there, untill we moved here."
"We?"
"Me, my little sister Kaylee, my step dad and my mom," my voice broke on the last word. Thinking about my mother always made my heart feel like there was a giant hole in it.
"I'm sorry, do you want to tell me what happened, you don't have to if you don't want to," Harry replied, I hadn't even told Anne what had happened, but I figured if I say it now I wouldn't have to say it twice.
"Well, I was watching my little sister while my parents went out to dinner, including my dad. I didn't see him too much anyway. They were on their way home, and a drunk driver came and smashed into their car. I was waiting for them after I tucked my sister into bed. I waited all night, but in the morning the only person that came was a police officer and some of the workers from the orphanage. They told me what had happened, but the worst part was explaining to Kaylee that they weren't coming home. That they were gone. That we were probably going to be seperated, but I gave her my most precious necklace and told her that I would always be near to her heart. Then soon she was adopted. The orphanage said I couldn't visit because I didn't have anyway to go back to America where she was. She was torn away from me. She lost all her family," I was crying by then.
"But so did you," Harry said softly.
"But I waasn't supposed to let that happen... I was supposed to comfort her and tell her everything was going to be alright... not hug her goodbye at an airport," I sobbed.
"It's going to be ok," Harry chided. I then realized that I probably looked like a complete cry baby, so I quickly wiped my tears and weakly gave him a smile.
"You're right I'm just a cry baby today."
"No, you have every right to cry, you lost your entire family." I got up and hugged him.
"Thanks Harry," I whispered.
He hugged me back and said, "No problem."
"Well I guess I won't have to worry about you two getting along!" Anne said laughing. I sat back down and smiled. I was glad Harry liked me and that they knew my story now.

Chapter Two

Harry's POV
"So... erm... how old are you?" I asked remembering the boy's questions.
"13," she replied.
"That's cool. What do you like to do?" I questioned.
"Um I guess listen to music, draw, eat, call my friends, and run around like a maniac." Well that answers all the questions I think... Alexus gets up and grabs our dishes giving me a chance to call the Louis and the boys.
"Hello?" Lou answers.
"Hey Lou is Niall with you?" I ask knowing that Niall couldn't go home during his break. It's too far.
"Yeah. Why?"
"Do you guys have anymore questions for me to ask Alexus?"
"Did she answer ours?"
"Yeah to Niall's questions she is 13. And for Lou, she has wavy-ish brown hair that goes a little past her shoulders and she has hazel eyes that are a mixture between green brown and blue. Also she is pretty wild."
"Great! We will get along then!" Louis said. "Niall wants to talk to you."
"Hey mate!" Niall exclaimed.
"Hey Ni!"
"So do you like her?"
"Yeah she's cool."
"Cool," Niall started, "when are we going to meet her?"
"I can ask if she wants to come with us next week to Paris?"
"Cool, well I'm hungry, so goodbye!"
"Bye Niall," I ended the call and walked to the livingroom seeing Alexus watching Looney Toons. Strange choice of show, but ok.
"So... Alexus... you got any nicknames?" I asked hesitantly.
"Anything but Lexi," she replied.
"Why not Lexi?" I asked. Don't most people with her name prefer to be called Lexi?
"Just don't like it."
"Ok so what do you like being called?"
"Alexus, Lex, or Alex," she said smiling.
"Alright I will call you Lex then."
"Ok," she grinned.
"Me and the boys were wondering..." I began.
"Yeah?"
"Would you like to come with us next week for a vacation in Paris?"
"Absolutaposimently!" she shouted hugging me tightly. I wrapped my arms tightly around her in a brotherly way. She is already my little sister. No questions asked.
"Cool it will be for about two weeks and we leave in a week." She began jumping around the room happily. Our mum walked in and announced that it was time for Lex to go to bed becausen it was her first day of school tomorrow. I said goodnight walked to my room and went to bed.
sorry this chapter was so short I will update soon

Chapter Three

Alexus's POV
I woke up to an annoying beeping sound. I grabbed my clothes and ran to the shower. I used my favorite coconut scented shampoo and conditioner. I finished up and hopped out. I changed into this: http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=60782877 . I went downstairs to see Anne making a breakfast of eggs baken and pancakes. I've only been here a week and she already knows it's my favorite.
"Yum!" I exclaimed. She beamed at me giggling. Harry came down smelling food.
"Mornin' everyone," he mumbled still tired pecking his mothers cheek. The kitchen looked lik this http://weheartit.com/entry/39770050/via/smartcookie122798 . Me and Harry sat down at the island. I looked at Harry's messy hair and laughed.
"What?" he asked.
"Your hair is so messy," I explained.
"Oh haha," he laughed sarcastically fixing his hair, or at least trying too. "so Alexus, do you want to meet the boys?"
"Sure!" I smiled.
"Ok we'll pick you up after school?"
"Ok," I grinned from ear to ear. I finished eating, grabbed my bag, hugged Anne and Harry, and headed out the door to the bus stop. There were alot of kids there. They were all already in groups. I just stood to the side awkwardly until a group of girls caked in make-up came over to me and smile. The fake blonde, clearly their leader, came up and asked me if I was Harry's sister. I told her I was and she asked if I wanted to hang out with them.
"I'm fin, thanks for the offer though," I said trying to be nice. The blode stared at me like I was missing an eye.
"You don't want to hang with us?" she asked not seeming to believe me.
"Nope,"
"Why not?" luckily the bus pulled up saving me from answering her pointless questions. I just could tell that she was bad news. I knew if I had to answer her question it would come out rude and sarcastic. I sat down by myself and the bus drove to my school. It was HUGE! Well to me anyways. It was three stories high. I am in eighth grade this year. I went to the office and got my schedual. It went Social Studies with Mr. Halls, Language arts with Mr. Lensen, PE with Mr. Del, Choir with Mr. Lloyd, Math with Mr. Could, Lunch, Advisor with Mr. Could again, Science with Mr. Jeamer, then Literature with Mrs. Mouffy. My locker was number 251. I quickly did my combo grabbed my stuff and headed to class. I was one of the first people their so I sat in the back corner. People began piling in and a girl with curly red hair sat next to me.
"Hi I'm Addie," she said grinning.
"I'm Alexus," I smiled back. The teacher walked in and started his talk on something boring. I got a note.
Hey it's Addie, do you want to go to the mall on friday?
Sure!
Great! My sister can give us a ride. We'll pick you up after school ok?
ok :)
Just then the bell rung and I went to my locker and grabbed my stuff for the next class. I went in and sat down next to a boy with his head buried in a book. I realised it was Touch of Frost my favorite book!
"Hi! I'm Alexus. I love that book by the way," I told him.
"I'm Jason and my sister is making me read it it's pretty dumb."
"Then why were you buried in it?"
"Because I was trying not to laugh at it. It's so stupid."
I frowned and looked away. The teacher walked in and I was trying to pay attention, but he was too boring, so I got out my phone and put it under the table and started texting Jessica.

To:Jess
Class is sooo boring :(

From: Jess
Haha you turtle.

To: Jess
Bro turtles are awesome gtg to PE now :(

From: Jess
Have fun hurting yourself little potato.

To: Jess
Will do :D
I walked to the locker room and quickly changed. I walked out and the teacher person told us to walk/ run the track the whole time. I had Addie in this class so we walked and talked about pointless topics. Mostly boys.
"So I heard you talked to Jason," she said with a wink.
"Yeah he's a jerk," I told her.
"Yeah... he's my brother..."
"Oh sorry it's just he said my favorite book was stupid," I told her frowning.
"That's ok. Is it Touch of Frost? 'Cuz I made him read it because I loved it so much," she questioned.
"Yeah I love that book!"
"Me too he is in big trouble! We are fraternal twins," she explained, "I came out first."
"Cool," I smiled. It was time for choir. I walkked in and we started doing solfeige excersises. Once that was over, I went to math. I had advanced math. Mr. Could assigned us each an algebra textbook.
SKIP TO AFTER SCHOOL (I don't feel like describing EVERY class.)
I walked to the front of the school and saw all five guys waiting for me.
"Hi I'm Zayn!"
"I'm Liam."
"Hi there! I'm Louis!"
"And I'm Niall! You must be Alexus. I like your shirt!"
"Hi! And thanks," I said blushing because I noticed Niall staring at me.

Chapter Four

Liam coughed and pulled Niall to the side. I couldn't hear what they were saying though. My phone buzzed in my pocket but I ignored it. We all walked to a van and sat down with Louis and Harry in the front, Niall and Liam in the middle section, and me and Zayn in the very back. We ended up driving to a roller skating rink. We went in and I was instantly reminded of all those times me and my family went skating. I put on a fake smile and got my skates. I slowly started skating, then went faster, quickly passing everyone in there. I skated like that for a while until I decided to take a break. The boys then came up to me panting.
"Wow your fast!" Zayn exclaimed.
"Thanks," I grinned, "me and my family would skate alot and we would race each other," I explained. The looked at me sadly, but I just smiled thinking about all of our laughs and birthday parties. It just felt good to skate again.
"We should head home guys," Harry said.
"Ok let's go!" Louis yelled loudly earning a glare from an elderly woman. Why is there an elderly woman at a roller rink? Wont she break a hip? When we got in the car I asked these things.
"Good point! I like her! She is my new buddy!" Louis exclaimed.
"Why are you buddies with an old woman who just glared at you? You know she could wack you with her walking stick in your sleep," I told him seriously.
"And then she'll come after you," he told me just as seriously.
"Nope I'm too ninja to let her get me!" at this point I karate chopped the air. We burst out laughing at my failed attempt at karate. When we got to mine and Harry's house we all went in to watch movies. I was just hoping it wasn't horror. I get too scared. I remembered my text message. I looked down at my phone, it was jess.
From: Jess
cjsncklsnkln

To: Jess
hola taco!

From: Jess
You take too loooooooong!

To: Jess
LIES!

From: Jess
Nien!

To: Jess
I'm about to watch some movies, so I'll talk to you later k?

From: Jess
Wait! We haven't called in a loooong time so we must call now!
I dialed her number and she picked up instantly. I went to my room and within minutes I was on the floor laughing. The boys heard and came in.
"Uhm, are you ok there?" Harry asked.
"Y-Y-YES!" I said still laughing.
"Ok well come downstairs when you are ready to watch the movie, we wont start without you," he told me.
"O-ok!" I sobered up and said goodbye to Jessica. We agreed to skype later. I walked down and saw the boys sitting on the couch with a movie in each of their hands.
"Alexus gets to choose!" Liam said. Liam was holding Toy Story, Zayn was holding Scarface, Louis was holding Forest Gump, Harry was holding Titanic, and Niall was holding Grease.
"I choose Toy Story!" I yelled. Hey you can't blame me I love cartoons!
"That's not fair though! She loves cartoons! So she would pick the only cartoon in there!" Harry pouted.
"Titanic was my next choice Harry."
"Good because we are watching that after."
We watched Toy Story while eating candies that we all picked out. I got gummy worms. I don't really care what everyone else got. I sat in between Harry and Niall. After that movie was over they put in Titanic. I cried and Harry comfortingly put his arm around my shoulders. Niall looked... jealous? No... it can't be I must be seeing things. Once the movie was over the guys all decided to play truth or dare. I told them I didn't want to, but they made me anyway.
"Alexus, truth or dare?" Louis asked.
"Truth," I answered instantly.
"Aww! Thats lame! Ok ok who is the funniest person you know?" he smiled thinking it was him.
"Jessica." Everyone gasped. "What?"
"I'm wounded!" Louis told me.
"Sorry," I smiled, "you wanted to know.
"Ok, Liam, truth or dare?" I asked.
"Truth."
"Oh poo!" I scowled. "Ok! If you could pick one girl singer in the whole world to switch lives with for a day, who would it be?"
"Hmm... good one, I think... Taylor Swift."
"GOOD CHOICE!!!" I screamed. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy, so I laughed. Really hard. For a long time. They just looked more concerned. So I laughed harder. I laughed until I had tears streaming down my face. Niall laughed because of how stupid I looked, so we were both holding our sides laughing on the ground with tears pouring out of our eyes. We looked at each other and laughed again. When we finally sobered up, the other guys had left the room. Niall got up and held out his hand. I took it and he pulled me up effortlessly. I smiled at him and he smiled back. I found myself getting lost in his deep blue orbs. Did I like him? No! He's like 19! I'm almost 14! Thats about a five year difference! Although, what does age matter? And he probably doesn't like me anyway, so nothing to worry about right? I snapped myself back to reality and we walked into the kitchen to see the guys rummaging for food. I walked to the cupboard and reached for the cookies. Niall came up from behind and gave them to me.
"Thanks!" I smiled.
"No problem," he smiled back. He picked up a cookie and shoved it into his mouth. I did the same but with two. He grabbed three. We went on like that for a while until we ran out of cookies. The other guys were standing around us watching.
"Who won then?" Zayn asked.
"I did," I said.
"Nu uh! I did!" Niall exclaimed.
"Psssh! I did!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"Enough!" Liam shouted. Me and Niall looked at each other and laughed at our silly argument.
TIE!" we both yelled at the same time. I yawned and Harry of coarse noticed.
"Time for bed!" he exclaimed.
"Noooo!" I whined.
"Do you want to watch another movie?" he asked.
"Ya," I said, "let's watch The Smurfs."
"Ok, let's go put it in."
We walked into the livingroom and sat in the same spots. Before I knew it I woke up in the middle of the night with my head on Niall's shoulder. Oopsie. Everyone else was asleep too. I didn't want to move, so I just went back to sleep. In the morning, everyone Harry, Niall, and Louis were still asleep, so I went to the kitchen. Anne was in there cooking breakfast as usual.
"Goodmorning hun."
"Mornin'," I said, my voice still scratchy from sleep. She looked at me with a weird look.
"So, how did you sleep?" she asked trying not to smile.
"Fine, I guess. Why?"
"I saw how cozy you were getting with Niall," she told me smiling from ear to ear.
"We're just friends," I said blushing.
"Uh-huh, sure..."
"I'm serious!" I told her laughing.
"Ok! Ok!" she paused for a second, "But, do you like him?"
"We are just friends," I told her sternly. She looked dissapointed with my answer. I shook my head laughing.

Chapter Five

I realized that I forgot to skype jess and went upstairs to my laptop. I saw that she was online and called her.
" I ish playing Amnesia!" she yelled.
"Oh boy!" I knew what that meant. Screaming, and lots of it. I fought off a smile. It was hilarious to watch her play. She shared her screen and I watched intently. A monster thing came and she screeched. Like a man. I laughed really hard.
"You are a noodle," I told her.
"Yup!" she screamed. The guys came up and jess yelled, "AAAAAAAAAAH SOCIAL INTERACTION!!!" and I pretended to faint. Everyone laughed at us. We got back up and another monster thing came again and jess screeched like a man again. I laughed again.
"IMA LADY!" I screamed. Like a man. We laughed at our inside joke thing.
"No 10- 5!" she said making us laugh again.
"Shhhh I'm peeing!" I whispered. I then realized that the boys were still at my door looking at me weirdly. I just laughed some more.
"Ok, but seriously, you need to call meh more often!" she told me sternly.
"Otay."
"GAAAAAAH!" she screeched. I laughed. Again.
"I am hungry, so I'm going to go now."
"Otay. Bye!"
"Bye!" I cut the call and turned around to see the guys looking at me weirdly. "Yeah, yeah, we're weird. Sue us." They started laughing.
"That was THE strangest conversation I have EVER heard!" Zayn told me.
"Well that was one of our normal conversations so..." I trailed off.
"Normal? That was normal?" Liam asked.
"Yurp." They all just shook their heads and walked off, but Louis stayed behind.
"Was that Jessica? How is she funnier then me? I think I'm funnier!"
"Nope. Sorry Lou. Jessica is just amazing like that."
"I will get you," he threatened.
"For what? Telling the truth? Not a very good thing to do," I told him.
"No. I will get you for insulting me," he said matter-of-factly.
"Good luck with that!" I said walking downstairs and to the kitchen. Anne had out my plate and gave it to me. I thanked her and went to the dining room and sat down next to Harry, and ate. My plate was filled with food. Niall looked at me and smiled. I grinned when I realized that his plate looked identical to mine. We finished up and I went to the living room. http://weheartit.com/entry/40228803/via/smartcookie122798 this is what the living room looks like. Niall came in and took a seat next to me. I smiled and turned on Looney Toons. He chuckled shaking his head. Why does no one love cartoons like me? Grrr. I love cartoons. Niall looked at me and grinned.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing," he said shaking his head still smiling.
"Please tell me," I begged.
"It's just that we have so many common likes and dislikes, I think it's funny."
"Oh," I said. There was suddenly an awkward silence. Suddenly he snatches the remote out of my hand and laughs at my shocked expression. I get reach to try to grab it and he tikles my sides. I laughed. I hated my laugh. It just didn't sound like me. He suddenly stopped.
"Sorry!" I exclaimed thinking he stopped because of my laugh.
"Why are you apologising?" he asked looking confused.
"Because my laugh is so embarrasing," I then noticed I was on his lap. I tried to get off, but he just held me there. I felt him leaning in and I was leaning in too. Our lips were centimeters apart. I felt his warm breath on my face and then our lips collided. It was a sweet kiss. Nothing too heated, but full of passion. After a few minutes we pulled back gasping for air.
"No, your laugh is beautiful," he whispered. I blushed and looked down so he wouldn't see. He lifted my face up and stared into my eyes making my cheeks cherry red. He pecked my lips and got up.
"Come on," he said sticking out his hand to help me up. I took it and he pulled me up effortlessly. I blushed again for no reason.
"Where are we going?"
"To your room to talk," he told me. He must be telling me that he was just in the moment when he kissed me. That he doesn't like me and never wants to see my ugly face again. Do I like him? Well of coarse I do! I guess I've known that for a while now. We went to my room andsat down on my bed for a minute. http://weheartit.com/entry/20333617/via/smartcookie122798 this is what my room looked like. We sat in an awkward silence and I was about to ask what Niall wanted to talk about but he started talking first.
"Listen Alexus, I really like you. Like REALLY like you and I know there's an age difference and all, and that the boys wont be happy about it, but," he paused staring right into my eyes, "will you be mine?" I nodded and pressed my lips against his and then took his hand entertwining our fingers.
"Of coarse. I REALLY like you too," I giggled.
"Let's go tell the boys," he said smiling from ear to ear. I grinned and nodded and we walked downstairs and to the game room where everyone was playing. http://weheartit.com/entry/40379478/via/smartcookie122798 this is what the game room looked like. We walked in and saw all the guys doing different things. I didn't come in here very often because I didn't have anyone in there to play with, so it was too quiet.
"Hey guys? We have something to tell you," Niall yelled grinning. I blushed and looked down.
"What is it Niall?" Liam asked looking suspiciously at our hands that were still stuck together.
"Well, me and Alexus... well... we're... erm... together now..."
"What!!!" Liam yelled. I flinched at his tone and stepped closer to Niall. He let go of my hand to put his arm around me and pull me closer. "I told you she was too young for you!"
"I don't care! We like eachother! Age doesn't matter!" Niall yelled back. I smiled at what he said then quickly frowned again when I saw how angry everyone looked.
"Your dating my sister?!" Harry screamed. I flinched angain and Niall gave my a reassuring squeeze.
"Niall... I don't know if you-" Zayn started but Niall cut him off.
"You guys! It's going to be ok! You guys have always said 'age doesn't matter, if you like someone, you like someone'. Well I like someone, and she likes me, so we're dating," Niall said calmly.
"Ok, ok. Maybe we are overeacting a little bit," Liam said.
"No we are reacting just enough! That's my little sister!" Harry yelled. I didn't say anything. I just wanted them to stop fighting. I got out of Niall's hold and walked into the kitchen. I got out some orange juice and poured myself a glass. I slowly sipped it, still hearing the boys screaming at eachother. Then everything got quiet and I heard footsteps. They all came into the kitchen except for Niall.
"Where's Niall?" I asked wearily. Was he ok? If he was then why didn't he come out of the game room? I set my glass down, suddenly not thirsty.
"He's fine, we just wanted to talk to you alone," Louis told me seriously.
"Oh, uhm, ok..." I said.
"We need you to know that Niall isn't always going to be around and that he wont be the best boyfriend because of that. There will be girls everywhere he goes. He wont cheat on you, but we get a lot of female attention," Zayn told me honestly, "and you guys have a big age difference."
"My mom and step dad had a nine year age difference and when the police found them they were in eachothers arms. Age should never hold anyone back from being with somebody or else my mom would have been a single mother the rest of her life. My aunt was like that. She was in love with a guy 11 years older then her and she turned him down because of it. She killed herself when he got married," I told them truthfully. They looked speechless for once. I had tears in my eyes. The guys came in and gave me a group hug and I held on tightly.
"We just want you to be happy," Harry said, and for the first time I noticed the tears running down their cheeks.
"I am happy," I told them willing myself not to cry.

Chapter Six

"Are you sure?" Harry asked.
"positive," I told him smiling. That earned me another group hug. They sent me off back towards Niall. I went up to him and hugged him letting the tears fall freely.
"What's wrong princess?" he asked with concern in his voice.
"I miss them," I told him. He instantly understood and pulled me in just hugging me while I cried into his chest. I stopped crying after a while and he brought me to the living room where he set me on the couch.
"Do you want to talk about it?" he asked still concerned. I nodded.
"My family never had much money. We always were ok with it though, it gave me and my siblings a sense of pride when we earned things. My dad was never there, but he was still a good dad I guess. When ever we could we had family time. We were as close as could be. My mom would cook the most amazing pancakes in the mornings. They were really thick and filled an entire plate! I always ate all of it and my mom would give the rest of hers to my step dad. I had my own dog too. He was a chihuahua named Teeny. When we left America, I gave him to my grandma. She was ALWAYS there for me. No matter what! We always talked in the basement or bathroom," I laughed getting lost in the past, "I don't even know why, we just did. On my dad's side my grandma would always take me school clothes shopping and me and my sister MaKayla, would go in her closet and put on her heels."
"I didn't know you had another sister," he said surprised.
"I had three, Kaylee, MaKayla, and Corie. I had two brothers too, David and Rodger. David had a daughter named Aspen and Rodger had a son named Rider. I didn't see Rider much, but I saw Aspen at least once a week. She was the only one in the world alowed to call me Lexi. I hate being called that, but the way she said it was just too cute. The only one I still have contact with from down there is my best friend Jessica. Without her I probably would've killed myself after Kaylee left..." I trailed off seeing Niall's face light up. "What?" I asked cautiously.
"She should come down here!" he yelled for the boys to come in.
"What?" the guys asked all at once. They laughed and then brought their attention back to us.
"Don't you guys think it would be a good idea if Alexus' only person she has contact with from America comes to live down here to cheer Lex up?" I smiled when he called me Lex.
"That's brilliant Niall!" Liam said. Niall grinned. Anne came in clearly hearing the conversation.
"We have an extra room, why don't you give her a call and set everything up?" she said. I raced upstairs and to my phone the boys all piled into my room. I dialled her number and she picked up instantly.
"Helloooooo?" she asked.
"Helloooooo?" I copied.
"Helloooooo?" she said back we went on like this for a few minutes until the boys all gave me a look that told me I needed to hurry up.
"So, Jess, I gotsa question," I started, "how would you likes to move down here?"
"Is you pulling on my knee?"
"Nope," I said popping the 'p'.
"Can I bring Snowy and Saturn?" she asked. Snowy and Saturn were her two adorable cats.
"I don't know I'll ask," I took the phone away from my face and asked, "hey guys? Can she bring her cats?"
"SHE HAS KITTYS??? SHE HAS TO BRING THEM!!!" Harry yelled.
"Harry said 'SHE HAS KITTYS??? SHE HAS TO BRING THEM!!!' so I think that's a yes."
"YAY! WE SHALL LIVE TOGETHER AND CAUSE CHAOS!"
"YES THE TERRIBLE TWO IS BACK TOGETHER!!!"
"WOOOOO!"
We made the rest of the arrangements and decided she would come the day before we went on vacation which was only in four days! In the morning I told the boys I was going to the mall with Addie after school, ate breakfast, and left. I wore this http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=61290739 .
*SKIP TO AFTER SCHOOL*
Addie was waiting for me outside the school like she said. I got in the car and we went off towards the mall. We went to some stores, but all I could think about was that me and my best friend would reunite in a few days. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going and I ran into a girl with brown hair and brown eyes spilling her drink on both of us.
"Oh my gosh! I am SO sorry!" I exclaimed.
"No no no! It's ok, but uhm do you think you could maybe help me clean up?" she asked, "By the way, my name's Vicky."
"Of coarse. I am so so so sorry. I'm Alexus," I told her feeling super guilty. We walked to the restrooms with me apolagising the whole way and her telling me that it was fine. When we were done cleaning up I bought her a new drink.
"Do you want to go to lunch with us?" I asked.
"Sure," she replied. While we ate I learned she was 18 and loved food like me and Niall, she was loud and funny, but was also pretty sensible. She was also cheeky and vain. She reminded me of the boys. I invited her over and she agreed. Addie's sister dropped us off and I introduced her to everyone and she seemed to be getting pretty close to them. Especially Harry. I went up to Niall and gave him a hug and a quick peck on the lips, but he held my head there. We kissed for what felt like forever until someone cleared their throught. We pulled back and I realized that Louis was in the room with us.
"No PDA!" he shouted running away. I laughed and pecked Niall's lips again. The boys came in the room and Harry said he had an announcement.
"Vicky is coming with us on vacation. Is that ok with you guys?" he asked. I jumped up and hugged everyone.
"WE HAVE ENOUGH GIRLS NOW!" I yelled
"How? There's only three of you," Liam explained.
"Hello! For hide and seek in the dark!" I told them.
"Awww! I wanna play!" Louis whined.
"Nope, girls only," I said. Louis pouted and I smiled.
"I'm going to drive Vicky home so that she can pack and stuff," Harry said. We all nodded our heads and they left. The rest of the guys were sitting in a circle on the game room floor. I went and sat on Niall's lap and started texting Jessica.
To:Jess
broooo, you need to come here nooooow.

From: Jess
pfft you just wanna see the kittys

To: Jess
true but... I MISS YOU MORE :'(

From: Jess
IKR brooooo we need to call so I can change the :'( to a XD

To: Jess
Otay.

I got up and walked out of the room dialing her number. I didn't realize Niall had followed until he snaked his arms around my waist and rested his head on my shoulder. Jess picked up and told me Snowy was yelling at her with her eyes. I laughed understanding that she was just staring at her.
"I'm hungry Jess," I told her, "can I hang up now? Or do you want me to keep listening while I eat?"
"KEEP LISTENING!"
"K."
"So watcha eating?" she asked.
"A baked Potato."
"YUM! Does it have CHEESE on it?" she asked as I sprinkled shredded cheese on it. She knew I loved cheese.
"YUP!" I yelled. I remembered Niall was behind me and asked if he wanted one and he nodded quickly.
"I'm going to go get pickles!" she exclaimed getting her beloved pickles. I laughed and realized it was 11:00pm.
"I'm tired Jess I'm going to bed," I told her.
"Awwww otay!" she whined. I hung up, finished my potato, kissed Niall goodnight, went upstairs, changed into this http://www.polyvore.com/pajamas/set?id=61317250, and went to sleep. My dreams were filled with Niall's face. His gorgeus blue eyes, his fluffy blonde hair, his musical laugh, he was just perfect.
In the morning I went downstairs to the smell of pancakes. I walked down and saw the boys making huge pancakes that were thick and filled the entire plate. Just like my mom's. Niall came up and hugged me.
"Morning princess. What do you think?" he asked.
"You did this for me?" I ask smiling.
"The boys helped, but ya. I thought you might miss your moms cooking," he told me earning a kiss.
"I love it," I said grabbing a plate. I ate letting memmories flood through my mind. I sighed happily thinking about how everything was almost perfect. I knew that nothing would be perfect again, but this was pretty darn close. If Jess were here, it would be even closer. Two more days.

Chapter 7

It was Saturday and Vicky was coming over. Niall and I had decided to go out on the town for the day. I grabbed my Jacket and we left. We went to a small coffee shop on the edge of town. We went in, ordered our drinks, and sat by the window. People took our pictures, but I didn't care, I was just glad to spend some time with Niall. We drank our coffee and talked and laughed for what seemed like a long time until two girls came up to us.
"Ew! It's Niall from One Infection! You are so ugly, and you can't even sing! You don't eve deserve to be in the band!" they said. I was fuming. I stormed up to them while seeing red.
"Excuse me?! First off, who do you think you are?! He can sing way better then you can ever even dream of singing. Second, you have flaws too, so shut up! And third, if he doesn't deserve to be in the band, then how come he got chosen specially to be in it? He worked hard to get in, and he deserves respect!" I told them, "Buh-Bye!"
With that I grabbed Niall's hand and stormed off until I hit the park. Niall grabbed my arm and turned me around.
"Thanks."
"For what?" I asked. (BTW I was wearing this http://www.polyvore.com/morning_on_town_with_niall/set?id=62100981 )
"For sticking up for me, you didn't have to, we could have just left," he said blushing.
"I wasn't just going to let it go," I explained, "I just can't do that. Nobody deserves to be treated like that."
"Well thanks anyways," he said bumping into me. I laughed as my phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hey, um, whatcha doing?" I heard Jessica ask on the other side. She didn't sound like her usual weird, funny self.
"Are you OK? I'm with Niall walking through the park," I explained with worry seeping through my voice.
"Other than the fact that you are dating a popstar and didn't think to tell your best friend, I'm fine," she said. Ooopsies. I totally forgot she didn't know!
"Ooops? I'm sorry Jess I forgot to tell you! OMG I am such a bad best friend!" I told her.
"Well, you can make it up to me later, but right now I wanna know, DO YOU KNOW THAT UNICORNS EAT LUCKY CHARMS!" I was glad she was back to being amazing.
"WRONG! NO! THEY EAT FROSTED FLAKES!" I yelled back (A/N true story we actually did have this conversation, but I'm not putting all here [the convo was about what unicorns ate not me magically dating a famous person...] ). The conversation went on for a little while longer until I was proven right and I did a little victory dance, in public I might add, and Niall just sat there laughing. I hung up and ran to the swings.
“Come on!” I yelled excitedly. Niall laughed and joined me on the swings for about five minutes until I got bored. I then pulled Niall off the swings.
“I’m hungry,” I stated.
“Let’s go to Nando’s!” he yelled.
“What’s that?” I questioned. Niall gasped and grabbed my hand dragging me somewhere. “Niall, where are we going?” I asked. He didn’t say anything as he kept dragging me along behind him. We arrived at a restraint with a big Nando’s sign on it. We walked in and the food was really good. We each shared half of everything on the menu. After we were done we went to the movies. I was hoping it wouldn’t be scary because I get scared really easily. I soon realized the movie was a horror film. Luckily, Niall sat me on his lap. I buried my face in his chest instead of watching and fell asleep.
I woke up in my room the next morning and shot out of bed. Today was the day we would leave for Paris! I ran down stairs and grabbed some toast with yummy strawberry jam on it. The boys were all sitting on the couch and there were no more seats, so I jumped on them so I was laying with my feet on Harry and my head on Niall.
“Hey guys!” I smiled at them.
“Someone’s all happy today. I wonder why?” Liam said laughing.
“Hmmm… I don’t know!” I yelled excitedly. I snatched the remote out of Harry’s hands.
“Hey!” he complained.
“Welcome to the perks of knowing an Alexus!” I grinned.

*At the airport to pick up Jessica*

As I waited to see my best friend again, I began to tap my foot impatiently.
“Lex, she’ll be here soon. Don’t worry!”
Just as Niall said that I saw my best friend running towards me. I jumped up and gave her the biggest hug ever.
“BEST FREEEEEENS!!!!” she yelled in my ear.
“BEST FREEEEEENS!!!!” I repeated equally as loud.
*skip to plane ride*
I was wearing this http://www.polyvore.com/vacation_in_paris/set?id=62463389 . Me and Jess were sitting next to each other, then it went Niall and Zayn behind us, Harry and Vicky in front of us, and Louis and Paul in front of them. Me and Jess were talking/ yelling until a flight attendant came and told us to be quiet. We laughed really hard, but were a little quieter. The flight went by quickly because we were catching up. When we got to Paris it was late at night, so we went straight to the hotel and went to sleep. There was a room for boys and a room for girls.
In the morning I shot out of bed, grabbed some clothes, and hopped in the shower. I wore this http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=65237527 (A/N completely random outfit but… :p). I got dressed and ready and woke everyone up. We met in the lobby 20 minutes later. The lobby looked like this http://weheartit.com/entry/45625390/via/smartcookie122798. We all ran to the van that magically fit us all. We laughed all the way to the famous Eiffel Tower. Once we were at the top, I stared out at the gorgeous view. It really was breathtaking. Niall came up from behind me.
“I- um- I got you something,” he said. I turned around and saw him holding a necklace even prettier than the view. It was a four leaf clover necklace with two amethyst clovers, a silver clover, and a clover with little diamonds in it. I gasped at its beauty.
“It’s for when we leave,” he explained blushing.
“It’s beautiful!” I exclaimed. He smiled and put it on my neck.
“I’m glad you like it,” he smiled wider.
“I love it,” I said.
“How about later tonight, you and me go out to dinner?”
“That would be great!”
“Perfect,” he told me, and then he kissed my cheek leaving it feeling all tingly.

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Tag der Veröffentlichung: 11.10.2012

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