The Aftershock
1
-JOEYS POV-
“Auntie Joey!” Tiny footsteps come running into the kitchen.
“Hi baby!” I put the spoon that I was holding down and picked up the cute tiny child. I kissed her cheek as my best friend walked in carrying bags of groceries.
“I fucking hate Walmart.” She sighs slamming the brown bags on the counter.
“Well there go our eggs.” I chuckle at the cracking sound coming from the bottom of one of our bags. She huffs and rolls her eyes and starts to put some of the groceries away.
“I need to call Dani, so will you watch my food on the stove?” I ask her pulling out my phone from my back pocket.
“Yeah yeah.” She mumbles and grabs a jar of Nutella from the bag. Unscrewing the cap, she gets a spoon and crouches down to Lulu’s level.
“Here baby, try some of this yummy stuff!”She coos feeding her daughter spoonfuls of Nutella. I can’t believe she still hasn’t told Niall that Lulu is his. She doesn’t have the courage to tell him because she is afraid that he will push her away anyway.
Stepping outside on the balcony of apartment/penthouse, I dial Dani’s number.
“Hey babe! What’s up?” She answers on the second ring.
“Hey I am coming up to London next week for a photo shoot but my sisters have the flu so I was wondering if I could stay at your house for the two days I will be there?” I plead.
“Yeah sure Joey! You know you can stay here whenever! Jacob and I are lonely!”She laughs. Jacob is her son if you couldn’t remember.
“Great! I will see you next week okay?” we say our goodbyes and hang up.
I head back inside to see Brie stirring my pasta I was making and Lulu has her whole hand in the Nutella jar cleaning it out. Her face was covered in the hazelnut spread and she was smiling like she was just awarded with a brand new toy.
“Hey you little buger! You are eating all my Nutella!” Brie bends down to pick up the jar but Lulu screeches and guards the jar. I chuckle. She really is her mother’s daughter.
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After dinner I helped bathe Lulu and put her in her crib. Brie came up behind me smiling. I let her be with her baby so I got up and started to walk to my room.
Stripping from my clothes and changing into a large baggy top, I climbed into my comfy bed and drifted off as soon as my head hit the pillow.
-HARRYS POV-
“Harold! Get up! We have an interview to be at in an hour!” I hear Louis yell from the other side of my door.
I push my face off of the comfy bed and pad into the bathroom. We are in LA for a couple of days while we are doing interviews. Not looking forward to being here. Ever since……..that……..I haven’t had the heart to do anything, let alone perform. I climb into the shower and replay the worst day of my life.
The day I broke my first love’s fragile heart.
-ZAYNS POV-
“Morning lads!” I walk into the mini kitchen of the large hotel room we are currently taking residence in.
“I need Starbucks; will you come with me Zayniebear?” Louis asks hopefully. I sigh. Louis and his Starbucks.
“Fine but only because I am craving a delicious muffin.” My stomach growls loudly.
“Yippee!” Louis jumps from the couch. If you couldn’t tell, Louis has not changed since we were 17.
I miss Joey.
I grab my keys and Lou and I head down the stairs. There were hordes of girls surrounding the entrance of the hotel. Great. I grab my phone and dial our big security guard.
“Yes Zayn.” I put it on speaker.
“Ech um!” Louis sasses.
“and Louis.” Paul sighs.
“We need some assistance to get to our car.” I say.
“Where are you lads going? You know you aren’t supposed to be leaving the building.”
“But I want Starbucks!” Louis whines and stomps his foot. Such a child.
“Fine! But know telling Simon I said you could go okay?” Paul sighs once more.
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After sneaking through the back of the hotel, with Paul’s help, we finally made it to Starbucks. We had hats, scarves, and sunglasses on so fans couldn’t recognize us. We got into the small corner building and got in line.
While Louis was ordering, I felt a small tug on my trousers. I look down and see a cute, young girl probably the age of 4.
“Am I losing my mind or does this little girl look a lot like Brie?”Louis whispers.
I bend down to her level.
“Hi love, what’s your name?” I ask.
“Mary Lou Delilah Keel.”
“Holy Fuck.”
“That’s a naughty word mister.” She wiggles her small finger at me.
-JOEYS POV-
I wake up to giggling and the bouncing of my bed.
“Auntie Joey! Wakey wakey!” A small finger pokes my face.
“Yeah Joey get your ass up.” A large hand slaps the back of my head.
“Well good morning to you too.” I say sitting up.
“I have to go to a meeting, can you watch her till I get back? Please?” Brie pleads.
“Wow. It must be an important meeting because Briannah Keel just used the word please!” I giggle and place Lulu on my lap.
“You wanna hang with Auntie Joey today?” I ask in a baby voice. She nods eagerly.
“Okay well I am off then. Goodbye sweetie, be good for Joey okay?” Brie kisses Lulu’s head then walks out.
“Bye bye mama!” Lulu squeals and jumps off of my lap.
“First we are going to go to Starbucks and get me vanilla bean frappichino okay?” I ask and she nods.
I change into a simple sweater and jeans while I put Lulu in a cute tutu and converse.
(Joeys Outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/untitled_111/set?id=105569045 )
(Lulu’s Outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=105819064 )
I am one cool fucking aunt. Just wait until Brie sees this! She will die. I grab my phone and snap a picture of it before sending it to Brie.
Me: (PICTURE HERE) Look how cute! I should dress her more often!
Brie: Omigod she looks like you when you were in elementary school! XD
Me: Bitches be tripin! <3
We have the funnest conversations over text message. I grab my book and grab Lulu’s hand before walking out of the apartment and onto the streets of Los Angeles.
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We finally make it to Starbucks after walking in the LA streets for 10 minutes.
“I will have a Vanilla bean frappichino and a chocolate muffin please.” I ask the guy at the counter.
“Yeah whatever. That will be $5.35.” He says bluntly. His stringy orange hair poked out on all sides and had a bad case of acne on his forehead. Normal teenager. I hand him the money and Lulu and I take a seat at the back booth. I give her the chocolate muffin and I start to read my book hoping that the sugary treat will keep the four year old occupied.
I wasn’t finished reading 3 pages when I realized that my ADHD four year old had wondered. I am an awful aunt. Let’s just get that straight.
I look up and see none other than one of the people that I have been avoiding for 4 years.
Zayn Malik was holding Lulu and Louis Tomlinson was looking around the shop.
“Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, SHIT!” I whisper, frantically trying to find a way out of this problem. I was about to go up and just casually ask for her back and hope that they wouldn’t notice me, but when I lookedup they were gone.
Then I felt a tap on my shoulder. I squeeze my eyes shut and turn around slowly.
“Missing something?” I hear a british, Doncaster-ish chuckle. I open one eye and see Louis and Zayn, my old best friends, standing there.
Oh. Fuck.
“Auntie Joey!” Tiny footsteps come running into the kitchen.
“Hi baby!” I put the spoon that I was holding down and picked up the cute tiny child. I kissed her cheek as my best friend walked in carrying bags of groceries.
“I fucking hate Walmart.” She sighs slamming the brown bags on the counter.
“Well there go our eggs.” I chuckle at the cracking sound coming from the bottom of one of our bags. She huffs and rolls her eyes and starts to put some of the groceries away.
“I need to call Dani, so will you watch my food on the stove?” I ask her pulling out my phone from my back pocket.
“Yeah yeah.” She mumbles and grabs a jar of Nutella from the bag. Unscrewing the cap, she gets a spoon and crouches down to Lulu’s level.
“Here baby, try some of this yummy stuff!”She coos feeding her daughter spoonfuls of Nutella. I can’t believe she still hasn’t told Niall that Lulu is his. She doesn’t have the courage to tell him because she is afraid that he will push her away anyway.
Stepping outside on the balcony of apartment/penthouse, I dial Dani’s number.
“Hey babe! What’s up?” She answers on the second ring.
“Hey I am coming up to London next week for a photo shoot but my sisters have the flu so I was wondering if I could stay at your house for the two days I will be there?” I plead.
“Yeah sure Joey! You know you can stay here whenever! Jacob and I are lonely!”She laughs. Jacob is her son if you couldn’t remember.
“Great! I will see you next week okay?” we say our goodbyes and hang up.
I head back inside to see Brie stirring my pasta I was making and Lulu has her whole hand in the Nutella jar cleaning it out. Her face was covered in the hazelnut spread and she was smiling like she was just awarded with a brand new toy.
“Hey you little buger! You are eating all my Nutella!” Brie bends down to pick up the jar but Lulu screeches and guards the jar. I chuckle. She really is her mother’s daughter.
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After dinner I helped bathe Lulu and put her in her crib. Brie came up behind me smiling. I let her be with her baby so I got up and started to walk to my room.
Stripping from my clothes and changing into a large baggy top, I climbed into my comfy bed and drifted off as soon as my head hit the pillow.
-HARRYS POV-
“Harold! Get up! We have an interview to be at in an hour!” I hear Louis yell from the other side of my door.
I push my face off of the comfy bed and pad into the bathroom. We are in LA for a couple of days while we are doing interviews. Not looking forward to being here. Ever since……..that……..I haven’t had the heart to do anything, let alone perform. I climb into the shower and replay the worst day of my life.
The day I broke my first love’s fragile heart.
-ZAYNS POV-
“Morning lads!” I walk into the mini kitchen of the large hotel room we are currently taking residence in.
“I need Starbucks; will you come with me Zayniebear?” Louis asks hopefully. I sigh. Louis and his Starbucks.
“Fine but only because I am craving a delicious muffin.” My stomach growls loudly.
“Yippee!” Louis jumps from the couch. If you couldn’t tell, Louis has not changed since we were 17.
I miss Joey.
I grab my keys and Lou and I head down the stairs. There were hordes of girls surrounding the entrance of the hotel. Great. I grab my phone and dial our big security guard.
“Yes Zayn.” I put it on speaker.
“Ech um!” Louis sasses.
“and Louis.” Paul sighs.
“We need some assistance to get to our car.” I say.
“Where are you lads going? You know you aren’t supposed to be leaving the building.”
“But I want Starbucks!” Louis whines and stomps his foot. Such a child.
“Fine! But know telling Simon I said you could go okay?” Paul sighs once more.
--------------------
After sneaking through the back of the hotel, with Paul’s help, we finally made it to Starbucks. We had hats, scarves, and sunglasses on so fans couldn’t recognize us. We got into the small corner building and got in line.
While Louis was ordering, I felt a small tug on my trousers. I look down and see a cute, young girl probably the age of 4.
“Am I losing my mind or does this little girl look a lot like Brie?”Louis whispers.
I bend down to her level.
“Hi love, what’s your name?” I ask.
“Mary Lou Delilah Keel.”
“Holy Fuck.”
“That’s a naughty word mister.” She wiggles her small finger at me.
-JOEYS POV-
I wake up to giggling and the bouncing of my bed.
“Auntie Joey! Wakey wakey!” A small finger pokes my face.
“Yeah Joey get your ass up.” A large hand slaps the back of my head.
“Well good morning to you too.” I say sitting up.
“I have to go to a meeting, can you watch her till I get back? Please?” Brie pleads.
“Wow. It must be an important meeting because Briannah Keel just used the word please!” I giggle and place Lulu on my lap.
“You wanna hang with Auntie Joey today?” I ask in a baby voice. She nods eagerly.
“Okay well I am off then. Goodbye sweetie, be good for Joey okay?” Brie kisses Lulu’s head then walks out.
“Bye bye mama!” Lulu squeals and jumps off of my lap.
“First we are going to go to Starbucks and get me vanilla bean frappichino okay?” I ask and she nods.
I change into a simple sweater and jeans while I put Lulu in a cute tutu and converse.
(Joeys Outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/untitled_111/set?id=105569045 )
(Lulu’s Outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=105819064 )
I am one cool fucking aunt. Just wait until Brie sees this! She will die. I grab my phone and snap a picture of it before sending it to Brie.
Me: (PICTURE HERE) Look how cute! I should dress her more often!
Brie: Omigod she looks like you when you were in elementary school! XD
Me: Bitches be tripin! <3
We have the funnest conversations over text message. I grab my book and grab Lulu’s hand before walking out of the apartment and onto the streets of Los Angeles.
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We finally make it to Starbucks after walking in the LA streets for 10 minutes.
“I will have a Vanilla bean frappichino and a chocolate muffin please.” I ask the guy at the counter.
“Yeah whatever. That will be $5.35.” He says bluntly. His stringy orange hair poked out on all sides and had a bad case of acne on his forehead. Normal teenager. I hand him the money and Lulu and I take a seat at the back booth. I give her the chocolate muffin and I start to read my book hoping that the sugary treat will keep the four year old occupied.
I wasn’t finished reading 3 pages when I realized that my ADHD four year old had wondered. I am an awful aunt. Let’s just get that straight.
I look up and see none other than one of the people that I have been avoiding for 4 years.
Zayn Malik was holding Lulu and Louis Tomlinson was looking around the shop.
“Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, SHIT!” I whisper, frantically trying to find a way out of this problem. I was about to go up and just casually ask for her back and hope that they wouldn’t notice me, but when I lookedup they were gone.
Then I felt a tap on my shoulder. I squeeze my eyes shut and turn around slowly.
“Missing something?” I hear a british, Doncaster-ish chuckle. I open one eye and see Louis and Zayn, my old best friends, standing there.
Oh. Fuck.
Notes
MUWHAHAHA I tricked you! I updated early because I was to excited not too! Sorry if this sucked dicks but I am tired and its like 2 in the morning and I have to be up by 6:30 tomorrow. Yay me. Anyway, comment your opinions RATE SUBSRIBE AND VOTE!You will get the next update if you get me 5 votes!
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12/6/14