Paul Higgins Is My Adopted Father?

A surprise phone call and an order

Emma's POV

We were all sitting down in the cinema room deciding what to watch. "I think we should watch Carl Barron's stand up comedy" Louis suggested. Everyone but me groaned. "Most stand up comedy is planned!! It isn't stand up comedy anyway!" Niall complained. "Carl's jokes are always the same! The American joke, the koala joke and the one about the policeman! I could recite the whole script!" Liam says. I stood up for Louis and said "I would like to watch it. I have never heard of Carl Barron" Louis gasped in shock. "ARE YOU OUTTA YA MIND WOMAN?!? AS IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF CARL BARRON!" He shouts. I roll my eyes and say. "Well let's watch it then!"

Halfway through Carl's American joke when my phone vibrated announcing a call. Remembering my ring tone I jump up and try to get my phone out and answer it before the ring tone started. But it was too late, randomly "HI! WE'RE ONE DIRECTION!" Started screaming through the room. The boys started roaring with laughter and I quickly answer the phone. "Hello?" I ask and put a finger to my lips to shut the boys up. "Emma Higgins?" A male voice asked. I wasn't used to being called a Higgins so I jumped when he said my last name. "This is she" I said curiously. The male voice replied. "Hello Emma, this is Simon Cowell from Synco industries, how are you?" SIMON COWELL IS CALLING ME! How do I reply to him? Formal? Non formal? casual like a mofo? >.< "I'm great sir, how are you?" I ask nervously. Why is he calling me? Is there something wrong? Does he hate me? do I call him sir?

He answered my question for me by laughing and replying. "I'm great as well thank you. Just call me Simon." Well at least he is being casual so he must like me, or something. "Can I ask you though are you alone?" He asks mysteriously. Um, I stand up and walk out of the room and say "Do you want me to?" He replies with an even more confusing reply "If that is at all possible" I walk out the back door and stand by the pool. "I'm alone, is everything okay?" I ask worried. There must be if me wants me to talk to him privately on the phone. "Everything is fine, I'm just doing some press control that's all, so I just need to clear some things up." Of course he would want to know about Niall and me.

"Sure ask anything you need to know" I said. He replied almost instantly. "Are you and Niall dating?" How did I know you were going to ask that? Hmm? "No we're not, I don't think Paul would like that" I joke. "No, I doubt he wouldn't" Simon agrees. Then he adds, "Hmm okay the fans will be disappointed to hear that. They like you two." No shit Sherlock, the fandom only made a ship name for us two, and had the name trending number 1 for 3 days. No, they'd hate us together. "It is" I said dully but I felt a little traitorous bit of disappointment. Simon clearly was looking for some sort of answer and that clearly wasn't it. "Well, I think Niall likes you more than a friend." I look around wildly. UNLESS NIALL TOLD HIM SIMON MUST HAVE THIS PLACE WIRED!! I jump behind the chair and hide. "I wouldn't know" I choke, on my reply. "Okay, well that seems to be all of my questions so thank you Emma." Then he hangs up. I walk back into the cinema room to continue watching the movie with the others.

Niall's POV

I could tell there was something up when Emma walked out of the room. I look at the boys and say "Let's follow her. Something is wrong" They all roll there eyes but I don't wait for them I follow Emma out of the room and see the back door shut. I sneak to the door and see the boys following me. I quietly open the door and hurry to the pool where Emma was pacing. She is so cute when she is talking on the phone. "I'm alone is everything alright?" She asks worried. What kind of freaky psychopath would want to talk to her alone? (A/N hahaha Niall called Simon a psychopath!) "No we're not I don't think Paul would like that" She says trying to crack a joke. So they must be talking about me.

"Someone is clearly trying to get all of the goss" Louis whispers. I ignore him and Emma says in a blunt tone. "It is" Then something completely changes her mood. She gets a scared look and looks frantically around the backyard looking for something. Then she ninja jumps behind a chair. She quickly calms herself down before saying. "I wouldn't know" An obvious lie. Zayn sniggers and I hit him on the back of the head. Then she hangs up the phone and heads in our direction. I turn around frantically and push the guys trying to get them to run. We sprint back and manage to somehow not make any noise. We hurry into the cinema room and jump on the couch and just land as Emma walks in.