Jack

I fell asleep about ten minutes later Layla last night, and I was just now waking up. I let my eyes open slowly so I could get used to the light that was shining in the room. Once my eyes were fully open, I looked around the room and saw everyone was here. Alex, Lisa, and Kaitlin were on the couch opposite from Layla and I. And Zack and Rian were sitting on the floor. I looked at the girl laying on my chest and saw she was still sleeping, and I couldn’t help but smile at how cute she looked when she was sleeping.

“Well look who’s finally awake.” Rian spoke. Once he spoke I saw everyone’s eyes look over to me.

“Morning” I said.

“You mean afternoon?” Alex asked.

“What time is it?” I asked confused.

“Fourteen passed two.” He replied.

“Shit. How can you didn’t wake us up?” I questioned.

“I told them about how Layla couldn’t sleep last night. She kept tossing and turning. Every time she did fall asleep upstairs, she would wake up a few minutes later freaked out. I think she kept having nightmares last night.” Kaitlin spoke.

“Huh? She didn’t wake up at all last night when she was down here with me.” I said. She was having nightmares? Did Zander really scare her that bad? Or were they about her family? I will have to ask her about it. I tightened my grip around the said girls waist and pulled her closer, if that was even possible. I rest my chin on her head, as her head was buried into my chest.

“I don’t like that fact that you guys act like this, when we spoke about it. You can’t be doing anything till she is eighteen years old.” Alex spoke. Lisa slapped his chest and glared at him.

“It’s fine in the house, just no kissing. And Alex, learn to trust your best friend.” Lisa spoke. Everyone let out small smiles and Alex just groaned. “Plus, from the sounds of it, Layla wasn’t getting any sleep without Jack. So get over it.”

“Don’t they have school today?” I questioned.

“Yes. But I called them both off for today and Friday. They will not be going back to that school while that kid is there.” Alex spoke this time.

“Understandable. When we going to take care of that kid?” Zack asked.

“I was thinking tomorrow. After school. But we will have to use Layla as bait for him.” Rian spoke. I let out a low growl sound and pulled her just a little bit closer to me.

“Chill Jack, he won’t touch her.” Rian said.

“Oh I know he won’t. You can bet on that.” I said. “Doesn’t mean I can’t be protective.”

“That’s my job.” Alex spoke.

“As well as Jack’s.” Lisa said, sending him another glare.

“And mine!” Zack spoke.

“Mine as well.” Rian said, as well.

“It is all of your duties, to make sure our children don’t get hurt.” Lisa said, as she put her arms around Kaitlin and pulled her closer, as Kaitlin was falling asleep on the couch. I felt movement under my arm and looked down to see the beautiful dark-brown eyes. I smiled.

“Hello.” I spoke, keeping the smile on my face.

“Mm..Hi...I’m going back to sleep.” Layla muttered as she pushed herself back into my chest. I let out a chuckle as well did everyone else.

“What if I told you everyone is watching you?” I asked her. I watched as her head shot up, turned around and looked around the room, to see everyone’s eyes looking at us.

“Well fuck.” She spoke as she sighed and covered her face with the blanket. “I’m tired. Can I sleep all day?”

“You cannot sleep all day.” I said with a small laugh. “But I don’t mind if you stay cuddled up to me all day.” I spoke with a smile. She removed the blanket from me and looked me in the eyes for a minute before pushing herself back into my chest. I put both my arms around her and held her. She was so cute. I heard Alex let out a groan, and I looked up in time to see Lisa hit his chest again.

“Is Father mode kicking in?” Rian asked, looking over to Alex.

“When is Father mode not kicked in?” Zack asked with a laugh.

“She’s my little girl! Of course Father mode is going to be kicked in!” Alex defended himself.

“She’s seventeen years old, Alex. Soon to be eighteen. She’s not little.” Lisa spoke. Making Alex groan again. After a few more minutes of talking, Layla finally woke up, fully this time.

“Can we sit up now?” She asked looking up at me. This time I noticed that her black eye and lip are getting a lot better.

“We sure can.” I said with a small smile as I removed my arms from around her. She rolled off the couch, literally rolled. “Was that necessary?” I asked, as I looked down at her.

“Yes.” She spoke. I shook my head and chuckled. I sat up on the couch, putting the blanket on Layla’s seat next to me, because she looked like she was pretty cold. She got off of the floor and it looked like she was debating for a minute. She shrugged her shoulders and instead of sitting next to me on the couch, she moved my hands from my lap and sat on my lap, moving my arms so I was holding her.

“I’m okay with this.” I said with a small laugh. Making Layla giggle.

“I’m not.” Alex spoke.

“But I am, so it’s okay.” Lisa spoke. Alex, yet again, let out a groan. Zack made a whooshing sound and acted like he was holding a whip.

“I am not whipped!” Alex spoke.

“Yes you are.” Lisa said with a smile.

“Am not!” Alex tried to defend himself.

“Go out and get lunch for everyone.” Lisa spoke.

“Okay.” Alex replied with a nod of his head as he got up from the couch and grabbed his keys on the table.

“Don’t forget Layla is vegan!” Lisa said. “Kaitlin, are you a vegan as well?”

“Nope. I like meat.” Kaitlin said with a laugh.

“Okay, I’ll be back soon.” Alex said.

“Wait! Alex!” Rian spoke, I knew what was coming next.

“What Ri?” Alex questioned.

“You do understand you just proved that you are whipped, right?” Rian asked with a smirk. Alex took a minute to catch on.

“Fuck.” He muttered and turned around to leave the house, as we all laughed. “I’m not going alone! Someone better make their way out this door to go with me in the next ten seconds!”

“I’m not going.” I spoke as I placed my chin on Layla’s shoulder.

“Fuck you guys, I’m not going.” Zack said.

“Me either.” Rian said.

“Nope.” Layla spoke.

“I’m not dressed. Therefore I’m not going.” Lisa.

“Ugh. Fine. I’ll go.” Kaitlin said as she got up off the couch and walked away to get her shoes. We watched as she grabbed her phone and left for the hallway, and out the front door. We heard the door open and shut, telling us that both Alex and Kaitlin have left the house.

“So, Layla, what do you want to do for your birthday?” Lisa asked with a smile.

“I don’t know. I never really did anything for my birthday. Normally I would just have a small family get-together, when my Dad was alive. Haven’t done anything for a few years.” Layla replied.

“Well that’s going to change. Now think of something to do.” Lisa said with a laugh.

“Uh...what is there to do in Baltimore?” Layla questioned.

“Not much here. But we could all go down to the beach or something.” I spoke.

“I haven’t went to a beach in like...ten-ish years.” Layla spoke, but more in a questioning tone.

“Then it’s settled! We will have a party for you at the beach! We will invite everyone! Oh, and lots of other cute band members.” Lisa said with a smile.

“I’m down with that.” Layla said as she shook her head with a smirk.

“Uh...hello, I’m right here.” I spoke, getting the attention of Layla. She looked at me for a minute, just giggling. She looked back at Lisa and spoke.

“What about Kellin Quinn?” Layla asked.

“If you like Mr. Quinn, then we can get Mr. Quinn here.” Lisa said with a smile.

“And Mr. Biersack?” Layla questioned with a hint of excitement in her eyes.

“And a Mr. Biersack as well.” Lisa replied, with her smile still on her face. Layla had a bit of a fangirl moment when Lisa said that. Getting all of us in the room, Zack, Rian, Lisa, and I, to laugh.

“As long as you don’t pick them over me.” I pouted.

“I could never.” Layla said with a smile on his face. I smiled back at her and placed a small kiss on her forehead.

“Quick question Lisa. So, the day she turns eighteen, is that the go ahead for me?” I asked, looking over at the brown-haired girl.

“Yep. Sure is.” Lisa replied. I nodded my head with a smile and thought about the day of her party. I was going to ask her to be my girlfriend in front of everyone. I don’t care who was watching. I wanted to be with her, and her only. We all talked for about ten more minutes till Alex and Kaitlin all walked back into the house with our food.

“Layla, Kaitlin said you like tofu. So I got you tofu.” Alex spoke.

“I love tofu.” Layla said with a smile as she got off my lap and sat next to me. We all sat down and ate our food, waiting another fifteen minutes till we heard a knock on the door. Alex put his food down and went to answer it. He came back in the living room with a cop following him.

“May we help you officer?” Lisa asked.

“I’m looking for Alexander Gaskarth and Lisa Ruocco” The officer spoke.

“I’m Alex.”

“I’m Lisa.”

“Okay, and is there a Layla Carson?” He asked.

“I’m Layla.”

“Okay, so, your Mom and her boyfriend confessed to everything, even your brother confessed. I have the papers right now if Alex and Lisa would like to sign them, and you will become their daughter.” The guy spoke. “But firstly, may I ask what happened to your eye and lip?”

“This guy at school hit me. We are taking care of it.” Layla spoke.

“Are you going to the police about it?” The officer asked her.

“Yeah.” Layla said nodding her head.

“Okay. Good.” He replied. “If you two want to sign these couple of papers I have right here. Then she will officially be your daughter.” He said, turning to look at both Alex and Lisa.

“Good ahead and give me those papers!” Lisa said with a huge smile. Normally they would also have papers for Kaitlin, but the day that she got here, they signed papers that they mailed back to California for the state. Since her parents died, it didn’t take long at all for her to officially become their daughter. Alex signed his name on the papers first, handing them over to Lisa. Layla had a huge smile on her face the whole time. Once they finished signing the papers, they handed them back to the officer.

“We’ll be in touch with you. Layla, if you need anything, don’t hesitate to call me.” The guy spoke as he handed his card to Layla.

“Thank you, sir.” Layla replied with a smile.

“No problem. Well, I’ll leave and let you guys get back to your food. Have a good rest of the day.” He said with a smile as he walked down the hall, and we heard the door open and closer.

“I officially have two daughters!” Lisa said with a huge smile.

“We.” Alex spoke.

“Huh?” Lisa asked.

“We, we officially have two daughters.” He said with a smirk.

“Yeah, yeah. Whatever.” Lisa said as she shrugged him off. We all ate our food and continued to talk. About a hour later Alex spoke up.

“Girls, come take a picture with Lisa and I. That way I can post it on Twitter and officially welcome you to the family.” He said with a smile. Layla and Kaitlin got up from their seats and walked over to the couch Lisa and Alex were on. Lisa pulled Kaitlin onto her lap, and Alex pulled Layla onto his lap as he held the phone out in front of them, and they all smiled. “And I will be tagging you both in it.” Layla and Kaitlin both laughed and got up, walking back to their seats. Layla’s seat being next to me. And Kaitlin’s seat being next to Layla. Rian and Zack sleeping on the floor because they were tired as hell after they finished eating. I heard Layla’s phone go off, and she pulled it out of her pocket. I looked over and saw it was a Twitter notification. She pulled it up and saw it was Alex’s post.

@AlexAllTimeLow
Welcome @LisaNoelRuocco and my daughters! Yes, they are really our kids. No joke. @LaylaNicole and @AllTimeKaitlin

With the Tweet was the picture they just took together.

“Kaitlin and her fangirl handle.” Layla chuckled.

“Oh hush. I have had it for years, and I don’t plan on changing it anytime soon.” Kaitlin said as she was scrolling through Twitter as well. Everyone laughed when Layla, Kaitlin, Lisa, and Alex’s phone all started to get blown up by Twitter. Everyone, like, there was so many beeping sounds, that is woke both Zack and Rian up. “I just got 254 followers!” Kaitlin said with wide and excited eyes.

“That’s nice.’ Layla said with a smirk. Kaitlin let out a sigh.

“How many did you get?” Kaitlin asked, continuing her sigh.

“468.” Layla, continuing with her smirk.

“Ugh!” Kaitlin said.

“I have noticed that you two are very competitive.” Alex spoke.

“Oh yeah. Everything has to be a competition when it comes to us.” Layla spoke.

“Yep. But no matter who wins between us, we don’t care. We don’t fight over it, because it’s just a little competitive friendship thing.” Kaitlin said.

“But if we lose to someone else….pfft.” Layla said.

“Trust me, you don’t want to see us if we lose to someone else.” Kaitlin said as she shook her head.

“I’ll keep that in mind when we have family game night.” Zack said with a chuckle. Everyone else laughed as well.

Notes

Layla and Kaitlin's Twitter handles are made up! Sorry if they are real!

Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Sorry it was pretty boring, next chapter we will be having a little talk with Zander! Also, I want to say sorry for not updating this story yesterday, I wasn't really in the mood to write a long chapter.