We start our very FIRST One Direction Fanfic around the trope of being adopted by One Direction:

‘Samantha was a normal girl. She had a really bad past but lived with her adoptive mother, Lucy. She loved Lucy more than anyone in the whole entire world, and Lucy loved her as her own, but what she didn't know was that her mom was One Direction's bodyguard. That was until she invited them to spend the summer over their house. Samantha hated One Direction but through time, she learned to love them. One day her mum dies in a car crash and that's when she gets adopted by One Direction. What happens when there are secrets between all of them? Heartbreaking news? Fights? She never wanted too much drama in her life.......there's a secret that the boys are keeping from her. She saved them from doing the biggest mistake of their lives which was…’

Well, you're gonna have to read to find out!

This story was written by samm_thats_me_ and sourced off Wattpad.

TW: Although we don’t talk about it in this episode, we do want to give a heads-up and let you know in this Fanfic there is mention of depression and self-harm if you choose to read in your own time.

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