"HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMILY!!"
Harry was face timing them through iPad whereas Louis brought the cake into the room.
Emily groggily woke up. It was 12 am and 12th of January 2016. Her 13th birthday.
"Thank you Dad, Papa!! How's things in L.A.?"
"Goin good. Writing some new songs..."
"C'mon now. Lets cut your cake"
She nodded as she sat in bed and cut her chocolate cake along with her dad. She was about to grab herself a piece when her cellphone rang.
"DAISY!"
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY EM!! Gonna give you your gift at school tomorrow"
"Sure.. I'll talk to you tomorrow, my Uncle is calling" she hung up as she pressed the green button and answered her Uncle Zayn's call.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE ZAYN!! Also, you remembered" she said putting a hand on her chest.
"Em, I left the band, I didn't leave you. You'll always be my favorite niece. Happy birthday. Your gift will reach your doorstep by 10 am. Its the book you had been searching for"
"OH MY GOD!! WHERE'D YOU FIND IT?"
"I have a few friends in the writing field. Its a signed copy by the way"
"A SIGNED COPY!? I'M FREAKING OUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH UNCLE ZAYN"
"Your welcome. Sleep now. You have school in the morning"
"Good night uncle Zayn"
"Good night Em" Zayn hung up and she looked at her Dad.
"Papa hung up?"
"Yeah. He's still angry with me."
"What happened Dad? That night? What happened that Papa is so angry yet sad at the same time"
Louis remained silent. He sighed before getting up and giving Emily a kiss on her cheeks.
"Don't you worry about it. Its nothing. Now sleep. You have school in the morning. If you don't go, Daisy will murder you" he smiled at his daughter before leaving the room and going to his own empty one.
Things were very different now. Her uncle Zayn left the band and that meant that meeting him was on rare occasions. But they made sure to check up on each other and see each other whenever the other one was free.
Soon after her Uncle Z leaving, the band announced its hiatus. The former was hard enough and now the latter hit harder. She had got quieter in person. Though she pretended to be her old bubbly and chirpy self, she felt emptier.
Once the band announced its hiatus, things between Louis and Harry got tensed. Almost every week they picked up a fight. The media portrayal of Harry and Louis got to their nerves now. They couldn't bear to see the other one with someone else but they had absolutely no choice.
Emily was sleeping one night when her papa came into her room, gave her kiss on the forehead and left. He went to L.A and called her the next day. Even though he told her that it was so that the media wouldn't suspect them and that he had to work on his solo album, she knew that something big had happened between her dad and papa.
Ever since her Nana Jo died, her dad had been distant from her and her papa. Her papa tried to call her every chance he got. But the family was falling apart.
She was broken when her Nana Jo died. She knew it was going to happen but not so soon. She tried her best to cheer up her dad but he had isolated himself.
For now, the only person who was there for her physically and mentally was her bestfriend Daisy. Daisy knew everything about her parents, the management, and her adoption. She didn't mind though. She thought it was cute that she had two dads. Just like Emily was excited when she first got to know she was going to have two dads.
That morning when she woke up, she felt extra tired and her back hurt. She scrunched her eyebrows to the sun that peeked through her windows. She pushed away her blankets and got up. She turned around to look for her phone when her eyes widened at the scene.
"Fuck fuck fuck. DAD!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
"WHAT! EMILY! WHAT HAPPENED!? IS THERE SOMEONE IN YOUR ROOM!?" Louis came in holding a spatula in defensive position.
"I got my first periods" she whined.
"What?... oh" Louis looked at the red stain on the white sheets. "You made a Japanese flag. Hehehehe" he giggled.
"My favorite sweatpants are ruined" she cried as she turned her neck to look at her grey sweatpants completely ruined.
"We'll get you another pair. BUT THIS IS AMAZING. YOU ARE A WOMAN NOW. WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THIS"
"DAD! NO. NO CELEBRATION. Plus I don't wanna become a woman because my back hurts, I feel tired and I feel nauseous"
"Well thank God its your periods. I would have thought you got pregnant"
She rolled her eyes, as she saw Louis fish out his phone and call Harry.
"HARRY!! OUR DAUGHTER GOT HER FIRST PERIODS!" He was too excited
"Daaad!"
"Shut up! Its good. And you got it on your birthday. Ah! Wait, let me ask Lottie how to get the stain off."
She huffed as her dad called everyone in their near family to tell that Emily got her first periods.
By the time she got ready for her school, her inbox was filled with Happy birthday's and Congratulations. She shook off her head as she saw herself in the mirror.
She wore a pair of black skinny jeans, with a white spaghetti top and her Uncle Z's old leather jacket that he gave her when she told she absolutely loved it. The sleeves were folded and it was a little too big for her.
While she was trying to wash off the stains in the bathroom, Miss Catherine picked up a box of tampons for her on the way.
All her aunts had called her to explain her how to put on the tampon. It was veryyyy weird.
"What's for breakfast dad?" She asked as she ran down the stairs.
"Pancakes with maple syrup off course"
She smiled wide and rubbed her hands as she got into her breakfast.
"You have your lunch money?"
"Yip"
"Extra tampons?"
"Erm yes"
"Okay, good. I'll drop you off to school then I have to go to the studio for some work. Miss Catherine will pick you up"
"Yea. Okay."
"Sweetie, will you be alright?" Louis asked with A LOT of concern.
"Yeah. Why?" She was confused as to why all of a sudden Louis asking this.
"Its your first day of periods. Lottie told me the bleeding is very heavy and the cramps are very bad."
"NOT THIS AGAIN. I'll be fine dad. If I will have a problem, I'll call you or Miss Catherine" she said assuring her worried dad.
"Promise?"
"I don't know dad. Did you mean the 'Promise' tweet you made to your fans?"
"Not this again. Just fucking promise me you will call if situations get bad"
"Yeah yeah. I promise. Lets go, or I'll get late"
Louis dropped Emily in front of her school and she waved back at him from outside as he drove off.
"Happy birthday!"
"Thanks"
"Happy birthday Emily"
"Thank you"
"Happy Birthday Tomlinson. Maybe you'll get a mother this birthday"
"Fuck off David" she rolled her eyes.
"Happy birthday Miss Tomlinson" the middle- aged teacher said as he looked at her up and down
"Thank you Mr. Warren" she said quickening her pace.
She reached her locker and opened it to see balloons flying out of it with polaroids hanging off it. She giggled and looked around to see Daisy standing with a big box
"DAISY! Hiya"
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! OH MY GOD. YOU ARE THIRTEEN"
"Guess what?"
"What?"
"I got my first periods today"
"What!? Oh my God. Bruh. How'd your dad react?"
"As usual. He freaked out and called everyone we know and within and hour my inbox was filled with Congratulations along with Happy birthday messages. Dad was too excited. Papa was telling me how I became a woman and blah blah blah. Anyways, I have cramps.. my aunts were telling me they can get bad, but I haven't had bad one's yet... also Mr. Warren was eyeing me again"
"You gotta complain about that man. I don't like his intentions. Anyways OPEN YOUR GIFT"
She pulled out a picture frame of her memories. It was with her uncles and her dads and Daisy was squeezed somewhere in the corners.
"Daisy! You got my heart. I love you baby" she hugged her bestfriend.
She was going to say something more when a girl named Rebecca asked Emily to report to the office.
Emily shrugged as she got her books for the first half and moved to the office.
A brown haired boy stood with his back to her.
"Ah, Miss Tomlinson. Mr. Mason Milburn. He's a new student and I want you to show him around."
The hunky man turned around to face her. His brown hair falling on his face and his light brown eyes piercing into hers.
"Mason? Oh my God. MASON?"
"Emily? EMILY MAY?"
"Correction, Emily May Tomlinson"
"Oh off course"
"You two know each other?" The principal Intervened.
"Yes sir. We grew up in the same Orphanage"
"Oh. Good then. You two are dismissed"
They nodded and moved out of the office. The first thing she did was to turn around and give him a hug.
"Hey hey hey. Calm down. How are you? You completely vanished"
"I got two amazing dads. Sooo"
"I got adopted last month. Some American family lost their son in a car accident soo they adopted me. Its difficult to get used to having parents around after spending so many years in the orphanage. You still got adopted at a young age"
"Yeah. I know but its for the best you know. Also, we should get to class. What'd you have first?"
"Erm. History with Miss Savannah" he said squinting at his schedule
"Great, I have Geography. Our classrooms are next to each other"
Finally after 3 classes, they had break, Emily dragged Mason to her table where Daisy was waiting for them.
"Emily! Who's this handsome man. INTRODUCE ME"
"Mason Milburn" he offered his hand with a charming smile/smirk
"The principal wanted me to show him around"
"Ah lucky. Why don't I get to show handsome men around"
"I can't believe she's only 13" Emily rolled her eyes as she sat down.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMLINSON!"
Someone yelled from across the cafeteria and threw glass of milkshake on her.
"HEY!"
"OH MY GOD"
"DUDE!"
Emily quickly pulled away her dirty hair and looked down at her jacket. She removed it and turned it around to see it completely ruined.
"It was my favorite jacket. Uncle Z gave it to me" she said in a small voice. Mason heard her. He didn't exactly know what she meant but he knew thay the jacket meant a lot to her. So he picked up his food tray, walked up to David, who threw the milkshake and dumped it on him.
Murmers were heard around the cafeteria.
"Fuck! Stop Mason" Emily yelled at Daisy who nodded and ran after Mason, pulling him out of the cafeteria as Emily followed.
"Its your birthday Emily?" Mason asked
"Yupp. Ruined now" she sighed.
"I'll get you another jacket. A birthday gift from me" Mason shrugged
"My favorite uncle gave it to me. It was his. Maybe dry cleaning will help. For now I need a jacket so that I don't get dress coded"
"Here" Mason gave her his jacket like a true gentleman.
"Thank you so much Mason!"
After the day ended, Emily went home with Miss Catherine to be welcomed to a big lunch. She smiled at her and gave a big hug before getting into it.
She took a nap before getting ready for a dinner in the evening with her Dad. She was still getting used to something being inside her vagina for 24 hours. She had trouble walking, sitting or even sleeping in a comfortable position.
She got herself into loose fitting blue shirt and paired it up with pair of black loose pants to be comfortable.
"Emily, come on, We'll get late for our reservations" Louis called from the living room.
Emily put on her strappy sandals and grabbed her bag before quickening her pace towards her father's voice.
"Hey dad! Lets go" she breathed out.
"Who's jacket is that?" Louis raised an eyebrow at the blue jacket on the couch
"Oh, that's Mason's"
"Mason? Young lady, don't tell me you have a boyfriend. Nuh-uh, I ain't allowing a boyfriend" Louis shook his head.
"DAD! Why do you overreact always. He's just a friend. He joined our school today and I had to show him around. We were in the same Orphanage. In fact, when you found me when I tripped in front of you, I was running after him because he stold me favorite stuffed toy"
"Oh! Well thank him from your Papa and I for running away with your bear. Couldn't have found you without him, eh?"
"Yes. Now lets go, you were the one who said we were getting late"
They talked for hours that evening. Though she didn't tell her dad how exactly she felt with everything changing suddenly, she did tell him about school and Daisy and how her favorite jacket was ruined today. Louis felt like he was missing out on a lot with his daughter's life because he knew almost nothing about her. He didn't know that her favorite color changed to purple, he didn't know that she was going to try out for her school dance team. With everything changing he didn't exactly foresee the drastic change of his daughter coming. Even though Harry did a great job as her Papa and made sure to fill his duties, Louis felt lonely without Harry. It felt strange and weird raising Emily alone.
He wanted to be with Harry again. He wanted to sleep in his arms and groan when his little daughter would squeeze in between them because she had too many nightmares. He missed the little girl that would hug her papa and dad after every school day just because she missed them too much. He didn't know what their future was going to bring them but he hoped it would be better. He hoped that he would be back with Harry again and out to the world so that no more sneaking around was required.