Adopted by One Direction

Paulwee's POV: Ch. 36

"Paulwee?" Lily calls.

I look down at her and say, "Yeah?"

"Do you think my old daddy forgives me for being a bad kid?" She asks.

I'm silent for a second to regain my composure. Honestly, I'm shocked she would even ask that. "Lily, you were never and are never a bad kid," I tell her.

"But why did he always punish me then?"

I frown and think how I should put this. "Well... Um, sometimes people do bad things just because they are angry or upset."

"Why was my old daddy upset or angry?"

"Probably upset because he missed your old mum," I say hesitantly

"So does that mean Daddy's going to hurt me?" She asks and I immediately know the answer to this one.

"No," I firmly say. "He would never hurt you. That wouldn't happen in a million years. And Liam, Niall, Harry, or Zayn wouldn't allow it. Neither would I or your other...uncles that you're going to meet today."

She nods, satisfied. "I was just making sure that Daddy's promise was still good," she mumbles.

I smile at her. Just then, the door swings open and there stands the five lads of One Direction. Or should I better say; the pains in the ass. I laugh at their sheepish expressions and the panting, very tired security guards.

Louis tries to get away and I grab him. He squirms and I hold him tighter. "Okay Paul! I get it!" He squeaks out and I let him go. He straightens his shirt and smooths his hair, standing straight and throwing his nose in the air as if he were royalty and didn't just surrender to me.

Then, unexpectedly, he tries to bolt again and I grab his arm. "You know, I called Michael and told him to get everyone over so they could help us catch you guys."

That stops all the lads from moving. "Michael? Five Seconds of Summer Michael?" Liam asks.

"No, Liam, Michael the Cactus. Of course it's Michael from Five Seconds of Summer!" I say sarcastically. The lads cheer and all hug me.

"We haven't seen them in forever!" Niall exclaims excitedly.

I push them off of me and grin. In all honesty, I didn't call them up to help. I knew the lads were getting antsy with the tour and I think they needed something different. And Michael, Calum, Luke, and Ashton are definitely different.

Plus, we would've caught them anyways. They may be faster and younger, but we have the Tommo's daughter and that changes everything.

We just kinda sit in the tour bus, waiting for the very slow 5SOS. It's been about ten minutes and Lily is getting fidgety, so the lads go out and play football with her. Louis was showing off his moves to her and then he tries to get her to dribble the ball. They're using a ball that's really big for her small feet and she trips over the ball trying to dribble. Louis, being the "super" dad he is, swoops in and picks her up...while laughing.

I chuckle softly myself, but Lily isn't my daughter so I'm allowed to laugh.

Finally, 5 Seconds of Summer get here and Lily immediately hides behind Louis when she sees the unfamiliar car.

"Niall!" Ashton screams so loud I can hear it in the bus.

"Ashton!" Niall yells back. They bro hug and then it turns into this massive hug fest with everyone giving each other about two hugs. They're even hugging their own band mates as if they haven't seen them in forever.

Idiots, I think with a smile. Then I spot Lily in the midst of all this and my heart goes out to her. She must be scared out of her mind, surrounded by knees and legs because that's all she can see.