I feel lucky every day when I'm with you.

I woke up the next morning to someone's lips pressed against mine. I smiled as I opened my eyes to find Niall. I kissed him back before he pulled away. 

"Well that was a nice way to be woken up," I say, getting out of bed. He smirked. 

"I enjoyed it too."

I smile.

"Today you meet my brother," I remind him. He tenses up again. I wrap my arms around his waist and rest my head on his shoulder in a hug. "Calm down. Don't be so afraid."

"I'm not afraid."

"You tense up whenever I mention it." 

"Do not."

"Do too." 

He looks down at me. 

"I'm sure he's a cool guy."

"He is. Just don't get on his bad side," I say with a wink as I peck his cheek and go to shower. 

I get dressed in a light pink top with a black jacket over top. I was wearing my dark skinny jeans and my black boots. My necklace hung around my neck and my hair was curly like always. 

When everyone is ready we get on the bus to head to Los Angeles. I was still tired so when we all sat down I rest my head on Niall's chest. Something I usually do when I feel like getting rest. I rarely use the beds in the back. I preferred to be in Niall's arms.

"You're a comfy pillow," I say, smiling. He chuckles. He puts his arm around me, hugging me closer as he plays with my hair. I see the other boys staring at us.

"What are you staring at?" I ask them. 

"You guys have been acting really strange for weeks now. What's going on?" Louis asks. I look at Niall. He smiles at me. 

"Niall and I are dating," I admit. 

"Since when?" Harry asks, shocked. They all looked surprised. 

"Last night," Niall says. The only one who didn't look surprised was Liam who just rolled his eyes.

"Seriously? You're surprised? They've been drooling over each other for weeks now. I assumed this," he says, chuckling. The others think about it and agree with him. 

"Wait, so Lexi and Niall are boyfriend and girlfriend now?" Claire asks confused, scrunching up her nose. I smile at her. 

"Yup," Niall says. 

"Are they gonna get married?" she asks Louis who was sitting right next to her. 

"Probably," he answers. I smile and roll my eyes. 

"So...Niall is like prince charming and...and Lexi is like a princess?" she says, trying to connect it to her story books. I can't help but giggle at her question. 

"She's a princess in my eyes," Niall says, holding me closer and smiling at me. I peck his lips. 

"Get a room," Zayn murmurs as the other boys pretend to gag. I roll my eyes at them. 

I couldn't help but think of her question a bit longer. I had thought my fairy tale ended long ago and my happily ever after disappeared when that man stepped into my life, but now I'm having second thoughts. My knight in shining armor came to rescue me and things turned out a hell of a lot better than I expected. Maybe there is a happily ever after waiting for me some day. At least now I have my prince which is one step closer to a happy ending. 

The rest of the ride I just slept using Niall as my pillow. He didn't seem to mind. In fact, when I woke up I discovered he was sleeping too. I smiled at him. He was cute when he slept. I pulled out my phone and saw that Louis tweeted. 

@Louis_Tomlinson: Aww Look at these two love birds ;) Aren't they cute? @NiallOfficial @Lexiboo2

Attached was a picture of Niall and I sleeping all cuddled up next to each other. I smiled. 

@Lexiboo2: @Louis_Tomlinson @NiallOfficial he's way cuter though ;) 

I press send and moments later hear Louis pretending to gag. I roll my eyes. 

"Grow up."

"NEVER!" 

I laugh at his weirdness. 

Soon enough the driver announces that we have arrived. I smile, excited to see my brother after so long. 

"Ready to see Austin?" I ask Claire, taking her hand as we get off the bus. She smiles and nods. 

"Where are we meeting him?" Zayn asks. 

"He said to call him when we got to the hotel and he would meet us here," I answer. "Speaking of which, I need to call him." I pull out my phone and let it ring as we walk to the front desk. 

"Sista!"

"Brotha!" 

We both laugh. 

"We're here in LA. You can meet us at the hotel whenever," I say.

"I'm off work today. I'll be there soon."

"Okay. Can't wait. Don't give up. Love ya. Bye."

"Don't give up. Love you too. Bye." 

I press end and put my phone in my bag as Liam hands me a room key. We go upstairs to our rooms and relax for a bit. I decide to text Austin the room number so he knows where to go. It wouldn't be very good if he didn't. 

"My brother said he will be here soon. Just to let you know," I tell Niall as he sits next to me on the couch. He doesn't say anything, just stares at the ground. I take his hand and squeeze it. "Don't be nervous." 

"I'm not," he mumbles. I tilt his head up so he would look at me. I peck his lips, making him smile. "Maybe I am nervous. You know, I think I need another kiss...." I smile and roll my eyes, kissing him again. He pulls me onto his lap. "I love you."

"I love you too," I say, smiling up at him. He leans down to kiss me again but is interrupted by a knock on the door. He rolls his eyes. I giggle. "Be right back," I tell him, getting up from his lap to answer the door.

I open it and see my brother in front of me. I smile huge and jump into his arms. 

"Austin! You're here already!" I squeal. He chuckles. 

"Yeah! The hotel was closer to my apartment than I thought. Right down the street. I grin as I let go of him. 

"Come in," I tell him, moving out of the way. He walks to the center of the hotel room. I see Niall standing by the couch so I motion for him to come over. He hesitantly joins us. I take his hand and interlock our fingers. "Austin, this is Niall." 

Austin looks him up and down. His eyes land on our hands which were clasped together. "Uh huh..."

"My boyfriend," I add on. He doesn't say anything for a while. 

"If he makes you happy, I'm okay with him," he says finally. I smile. 

"He does make me happy." 

"Then that's good. But don't hurt her. Or that pop star face won't be so pretty anymore," he says, looking at Niall. He tenses up again. I lightly kick Austin's leg. 

"Shut up. You're not gonna lay a finger on my boyfriend," I tell him. He smiles and rolls his eyes. 

"Whatever you say, sis." 

Niall relaxes a bit. 

"I'll be right back. Don't kill him," I tell my brother. He rolls his eyes. I leave and go to the other boys’ rooms, telling them to join us. They all follow me back to our room and when I return I see Niall and Austin having a pleasant conversation, laughing with each other. I smiled. At least Austin liked him. 

"Austin!" Claire yells, running up to him. He picks her up and swings her around. She was laughing her head off. 

"I missed you Claire Bear," he says, smiling at her. 

"I missed you too!" They talk for a bit before I introduce him to the rest of the boys. He didn't seem to have a problem with any of them, which was good. 

We all hung out and talked for a while. By the end Austin seemed to be friends with all the boys. 

"Are you coming to tonight’s show?" I ask him before he leaves. 

"Definitely. I wanna see my baby sister perform," he says, ruffling my hair. I swat him away, smiling.

I tell him how to get backstage. The boys give him an extra pass and he gives me and Claire a kiss on the cheek. He shakes each of the boys’ hands and leaves. I sigh and plop onto the couch. 

"That went well," Niall says, smiling. 

"Wait! I forgot something!" I get up and run down the hall. "Austin!" he stops and turns around. I hug him again. "Don't give up." He smiles and hugs me back. 

"Don't give up."

~~~~~~~~~~~

"Ready?" Harry asks, smiling. I nod. 

"Don't mess up," Austin says with a wink. I roll my eyes and hit his arm.

I was standing right by the stage entrance, ready to go on. I still had two minutes before it started so everyone was wishing me luck before I went on. Niall wasn't there. I hadn't seen him since we got to the venue. 

"Has anyone seen my boyfriend lately?" I ask, looking over people's heads for the blonde boy. 

"He got caught up with some fans on the way in. He should be here soon," Louis says. I sigh.

"Ms. Blake? You're on in thirty seconds," a crew member tells me. I nod and prepare to go on. I wished Niall was there. He always could boost me up before a show started and drown out my nerves. 

"Wait!" I hear an Irish accent ring through my ears. I turn to the sound of the voice just in time for his lips to crash into mine. He pulls back smirking. "Good luck babe." I smile. 

"Thanks."

A booming voice echoes around the arena, announcing my name. 

"That's your cue," Zayn says.

I take a deep breath and walk onstage just as I hear Claire's 4-year-old voice yell out, "Good Luck Lexi!"

I smile and sing Impossible by Shontelle. When I leave the stage smiling Austin wraps me in a hug. 

"You hear that?" he says, referring to the millions of screams coming from the audience. "The boys aren't even on stage yet. They're screaming for you." I smile and hug him again. "I told you that you were great."

"I know."

"Lexi!" Claire latches onto my leg. I laugh and pick her up, balancing her on my hip.

"I love you guys," I say, smiling at them. 

I guess life was pretty great right now. I'm doing what I love, my siblings are both here, I have an amazing boyfriend, and I made four other best friends who are like brothers to me now. It's amazing. All because I happened to be the photographer for One Direction's shoot. 

I sat with Claire and Austin in my dressing room. I was anxiously waiting for the concert to finish. 

"So what do you think of the boys?" I ask Austin curiously. I really wanted to know. 

"They seem like cool guys. I'm just hoping they don't screw anything up. For your sake and for theirs," he says. I roll my eyes. 

"They won't screw anything up. I trust them."

"Good. Well I don't."

"Austin-"

"You never know what people are going to do. Anything could happen." I decide not to say anything after that. He was right. I didn't know what was going to happen in the future. No one did. 

"Hey!" the boys all say as they come off stage. I hug each of them. 

"Good job," I say, smiling at them. 

"You too," Liam says. 

"You did great!" Harry adds. 

"It's like you're a natural," Zayn comments. 

"Born to do this," Louis agrees. Niall snakes his arm around my waist and kisses my cheek. 

"You did amazing babe." I smile. 

"Thanks guys." We all go back to the hotel. Austin heads back to his apartment. 

I shower and change into pajamas. I grab some extra blankets and fall asleep on the couch hugging my stuffed animals tightly. 

The next morning I'm up before anyone has the chance to wake me up. I didn't have a dream or a nightmare. I check the time and see that it's almost eight thirty. I guess we aren't leaving until later. 

I get dressed in a loose white top that said 'Love' in big black sparkly letters across the front. I wore a pair of tight fitted black pants and a pair of black heels. My hair was in its natural blonde curls and of course, my necklace was on.

As I walked out of the bathroom, sure that my outfit was complete, I discovered Niall was now awake.

 "Morning beautiful," he says to me, smiling. 

"Morning cutie," I say back. He leans down to kiss me but I push him back, a teasing smile on my lips. He pouts. 

"No kiss?" 

"Go brush your teeth first," I order, giggling. He rolls his eyes but goes to grab his toothbrush and heads to the bathroom. I hear a knock on the door. 

"I hope no one's naked cause I'm coming in," I hear Harry shout as the door opens. He had his eyes covered with his hands. I roll my eyes. 

"You can open your eyes, Harry." He slowly peeks out from his hands before uncovering them fully. 

"We have an interview before we go to Seattle. Be ready in...fifteen minutes?" 

"Okay. Bye," I say, pushing him out. 

"That was mean," I hear him say from the other side of the closed door. I laugh. Once Niall's ready we walk down to the lobby together holding hands. Tons of paparazzi and fans were there like always. Niall released my hand to sign some things for fans while we waited for Zayn to come down. I stood off to the side. 

"Alexis! Alexis can I have a picture?" a fan yells my way. I was shocked. 

"Um okay," I say, smiling as the girl snapped a selfie of us on her phone. 

"Thank you so much! I'm a big fan of you and One Direction! I saw the show last night and you were amazing!" I smile. 

"Thank you so much! That means a lot to me..." I smile at her one last time before Zayn came down and we had to leave.

That was so strange. 

We get to the interview and the host asks a bunch of questions about all the usual topics. The boys had to get frustrated answering the same questions over and over again. 

How did you guys form?

Are you enjoying America?

What do you miss most about your home town?

The same things every single day. Then there's always the girlfriend question too.

Are any of you dating anyone?

This question though I was waiting to hear. Niall would announce our official relationship. 

"So boys, we're all aware that Zayn and Perrie are a happy couple as well as Louis and Eleanor. From what I understand Harry and Liam, you both are definitely single?" They nod. "Now, Niall, you've claimed to be single for quite a while, but we've found some pictures of you and Alexis Blake..." Shots of us kissing before the concert last night popped up and some pictures of us holding hands at various places. Niall smiles. 

"Sorry ladies, but I am no longer single," he states proudly. I smile. A chorus of whispers erupts from the audience. 

"How did this relationship begin?" the interviewer asks. He was a man who looked to be in his late thirties. 

"Well we started out at friends. Alexis was a photographer for one of our photo shoots. I liked her from the start. I asked her to move in with me and the lads because of a situation she was going through at the time. After that we had our tour which she joined us on. We just got closer and closer until I finally admitted how I felt and now...here we are." He smiles at the interviewer. 

"Awww!" the crowd all coos. I can't help but smile. 

"That's a lovely story. We do understand she is the opening act for many of your shows."

"Yes. She has an incredible talent at singing as well as guitar so after we brought her up on stage randomly one night we sent in a video to our label and she got signed. For now she's just our opening act but I believe one day she'll be a star," Niall answers. 

"Is she here with you boys today?" They all nod.

"Her and her sister Claire," Louis confirms.

My eyes widen. No.

No no no.

Please, no.

"Why don't we bring her out then?" the interviewer says, smiling brightly. 

Shit. 

AUTHORS NOTE

so i got bored with this chapter. so its ending at a sort of random time. call it a cliff hanger i guess? :/ lol its a really bad cliff hanger but whatevs. thanks for all the smiley faces on my message baoard(: ill probs write the new story if I have some time between this and Adopted. vote/comment/fan and ily poptarts <33