•Niall’s POV•

The house was nothing but complete silence, not a peep, not a footstep, not a cough, nothing at all. I sighed gently as I shut the bedroom door and turned to see Jana already asleep with the covers over her and her head resting gently on the pillow. A soft smile crept onto my face as I got closer to the bed, realizing that there was someone extra laying in the middle, Tanner.

From day one he loved to sleep with us. However, he only does it a few nights out of every month now a days, and only because he would be scared or sick, the usual you would expect I guess.

The day was pretty crazy for us. Jana and I had been planning our trip to Los Angeles, a trip that we will be going alone on due to some personal things we have to do there. Major personal things, major. We’ll be leaving in three days, so we’re trying to make sure everything will be running smoothly while we are gone.

Also, we are trying to handle the madness of the holiday season, Christmas coming faster than we know it, just two weeks away. Tori’s album was released last Friday so things have been crazy with that part of our lives too. Plus, the constant struggle to take care of five children that can do everything for themselves, unlike our older ones.

But, who am I to complain?

I mean gosh, I have the best life I could imagine. I’ve got everything I’ve ever wanted, and everything that keeps me grounded. Of course everyone has ups and downs, twists and turns, but things have been going pretty good so far for us, for now at least.

At one point it was pretty insane with the drama and the issues. Just recently word got out about our past encounter with a certain person who goes by the name of Alex Ferguson. Turns out he was released from prison a few months ago and told everything that happened just for the publicity I’m sure.

So of course that has been too much for any of us to handle. The younger ones don’t know what it even means or what even happened and Tori had just gotten to where she wouldn’t think about it anymore, and so had me and Jana, but then he had to come and ruin our lives yet again.

Thankfully, he hasn’t tried to mess with us or do anything to ruin us again. I pray and hope that he will keep his distance, as far as possible, and just let us be happy for once. Completely happy without worrying.

But then there’s the addition of Harry and Selena’s problems that Jana and I will always have to deal with and be a part of. We love them both and they know that, but sometimes they both go too far, they say or do too much in public or even with each other. I understand Harry’s reasoning for telling that interviewer that information about Selena, but he shouldn’t have said it the way he did.

As always, though, we are going to make it through anything. We will stand tall and we will make it through this fire. We will get out of the dark, we will continue to succeed and to shrive because that’s just who we are. We are going do our best, we are going to make the best out of the possible worst.

Because this is us, and we can make it through anything.

I was snapped from my thoughts once I turned my lamp on and pulled some of the cover back so I could lay down. I heard a gentle whimper as Tanner stirred a little, rolling closer to my side.

As I watched him carefully, I sat my phone down on the nightstand and got out of my jeans. I took my shirt off and sat it on the floor with my pants and socks. Finally, after such a long ass day, I can lay down and just get some rest.

I lay down on the soft mattress with a smile, I was ready to go to sleep, I really was. As I lean over to turn the lamp off, I felt a soft touch on my bare side. I knew the hand was too small to be Jana’s, I knew exactly who it was.

‘’Daddy?’’ I heard the sweet voice say as I laid down and rolled over to face him. ‘’Hey buddy.’’ I whisper softly as he gets as close as he can to me, putting his small arm around my torso, the other tucked between us.

I smile lightly as I put my arms around him, holding my little man tight. He was possibly the sweetest little boy in the entire world. Taylor and Tristan weren’t this nice at all, they were mean once they past 3 years old, Tatum wasn’t as bad but still not this gentle.

‘’I love you.’’ I heard him mumble against my chest as he yawned loudly. ‘’I love you too buddy.’’ I whisper back as I kiss the top of his, making sure he got his goodnight kiss like everyone else did.

Yeah, sometimes I just stare off or close my eyes and just think of everything and everyone I have in my life. I don’t need this money, or this fame, or the riches. I don’t need this mansion in the beautiful city, I didn’t need those designer jeans and overly priced sun glasses.

All I needed was my beautiful girl, my kids, and my best friends. With them, all is possible. God has blessed me, and I think that’s amazing. Everyone has their own stories. But us, well, honestly, I think that our story is possibly the best out there, in my opinion. I might not be perfect, but I sure am going to make the best out my situation. Our story’s pretty damn good.

If anyone was wondering anything about me.. all I can say is that everything happens for a reason. To this day, I believe that God purposely made Harry ruin those pants he was wearing that day and he intentionally made me go to the store to get a new pair for Harry.. He encouraged me to go to that cookie stand and stand in line.

He purposely wanted Jana and Tori to be, he wanted me to be in the way so Tori could run into me. And most importantly.. he wanted me to get this far and realize how important life really is. Life is a movie, but they’ll never be a sequel. Life is a journey, every stop is just a new destination.

My story is wonderful. Have you heard of it yet? I think you need to. Because anything that involves us is pretty damn good, just like my life. Don’t be afraid to open your own book and just realize what you have. It’s pretty nice to see it actually. Before you say this is cheesy… read my story, actually understand it not just see the words.

This isn’t fiction, this isn’t a lie, this isn’t a hoax. This is..

The story of us.

Notes

||•Life is a movie, but they'll never be a sequel. - Nicki Minaj•||

•I think it's a great way to start off the story! Can't wait to continue this journey with you guys! It's been an honor to have you all, so i wanted to keep you a little longer!! Love you all so much!! Comment those beautiful thoughts ♥♥•

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