Ashton's P.O.V.
"So you just take in two girls off the street without permission?!?!" our managment yelled at us while I and the other 3 boys slumped in our seats
"Do you even realize how much controversy this will cause?!?!"
"Well, technically they were in a creek but..." Micheal said
"Shut up..." the man hissed
"You are a world-wide famous band! You can not make such stupid and spontaneous decisions like that!!!"
"What else were we supposed to do? Leave them to starve to death or freeze to death?" I ask, just losing it and bolting straight up from my chair
"We would NEVER do that! And I sure hope you wouldn't either!" Oh if looks could kill...he fumes, at a loss for words. My point was spot-on, but he would never admit that
"Just go..." he finally says
"We'll let you know when we've found an orphanage to take them..."
"NO!" we all shout in unison. They can't do that. They just can't.
Luke jumps out of his seat as well
"You will never take them from us. We-we're..." Luke stuttered
"You're what?" the man retorted
"Gonna fire us? You can't! You have a contract!" He said smirking
"But the contract states that you can't take any children that are legally ours!" Callum jumps up
"So?" the man says
"They aren't!" I could see were Callum was going with this and said
"We'll adopt them!"
"Oh will you now?" the man raises his eyebrows
"Well, if you can do it fast enough..." he says and begins to walk toward the door
"What is that supposed to mean?" Micheal asks standing from his chair as we turn the face the man all of us now standing
"If we can take them before you adopt them, then... Poof! They're gone!" he laughs evilly
"Good luck!"
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Harry's P.O.V.
Later, we were at the adoption centre, trying to adopt Star and Alex
"Well, there are a lot of processes we have to go through to do this" the elderly lady helping us said
"It won't be a speedy process!"
"But we really really need it to happen as fast as possible!" Liam said to her
"If not, they may be taken from us!" Liam and I were the only two who came in here. We decided that a huge crowd would draw attention. The rest of the boys took the girls to the park across the street
"Ohhh..." the woman said
"I'll list it as urgent, and I'll try to rush it, but there isn't alot I can do!" We nod thanking her
"And you say the girls are already in your custody?"
"Yes ma'am," I say. She types on her computer
"Ok, you'll need a minimum of one person and a maximum of two to sign for the girls." My heart sank. I knew, somewhere, that we couldn't put all our names on there, I knew who it should be, but, naturally I wanted it to be me
"The fewer the names, the less time it'll take to run the background checks, It's just to make sure that you're ok to adopt them. The soonest you can submit the names would be.... a couple hours from now?" she says, looking at her watch. We soon wrapped up the meeting and walked out to the park. When we got there, Star was the first one to spot us. She ran up to Liam holding out her arms signaling for him to pick her up
"Wiaaaam!!" she shouted
"Hey, sugar booger!" Liam said, using the silly nickname he had come up with for her and kissing her cheek. Alex was right behind Star, but stopped when she got close to us. She still stands just out of reach of everyone
"Hi..." is all she says very quietly. She still doesn't fully trust us
"Are you having fun?" I ask, crouching down to her level
"Yeah," she smiles holding her hands behing her back and turning back and forth. I stand back up and approach the boys, Liam close behind me holding a giggling Star
"Why don't you, Star, and I go play for a bit?" Liam asks Alex. He already knows what I'm explaining to the boys, so he doesn't need to be around for it again. And someone has to watch after the girls.
I explain the whole situation. They both wear a wide range of expression: wooried and scared, to midly confused. I think we are all just terrified of losing the girls. Without them, there would be a huge hole in all of our hearts.
After I finish talking, we all just sit in silence. That is until Starlin comes running towards us. As she gets close to us, she trips and faceplants into the maulch. She begins to cry and Ashton jumps up and runs to her, picking her and sitting her in his lap. He brushes a few small pieces of maulch from her small, plump face.
"Hey, it's ok..." he says examining the small scratches on her face. She calms down as she curls into him, and he carries her over to the picnic table we were all sitting at under the shade.
Niall's P.O.V.
We stare sympathetically at Starlin for a moment as she sniffles into Ashton's chest. Soon, Alex runs over, with a look of terror on her face.
"D-d-daddy...." she screams and runs behind me, hiding behind my legs. Wow, she calls me da- oh crap...
She points across the park to a man sitting alone on a park bench.
'No...' I thought as I caught him glancing over at us. There's only one person that could be
"Guys, we gotta go." I say, turning to pick up Alex, but she had backed under the picnic table, and was curled into a ball. There was a look of pure terror on her face.
"Alex..." I say, getting on my elbows (and may I add, in the mulch.... the very.... spiky... mulch) and moving towards Alex.
"Hey, we need to get you out of here..."
"But I'm s-scawed-d..." She said, not taking her eyes off of the man across the park. I looked towards him as well.
Realizing we were watching him, he stood up and began casually walking towards us, trying to blend in.
"A-alex..... we gotta go... now..."
Alex and I climbed out from under the table.
He walked faster.
I picked up Alex.
He walked faster.
I ran.
He ran too...
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Sorry it took me so long to post this, guys! I've been busy and this is a two-parter! Part Two will be up tomorrow!
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أدب الهواةWhat will happen when Calum Hood, Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, and Ashton Irwin from a hot new Aussie band called 5 Seconds of Summer happen to go to the park with some good friends of theirs, the boys from One Direction and stumble upon two sma...
