Partners In Crime

Chapter 16: Where'd she go?

- Styles Household, Holmes Chapel

Harry’s P.O.V.

“By the way, where did Lanna go?” Liam asked all of a sudden. We were playing Go Fish when he asked about her.

Shit.

All of us looked at each other and bolted out of the room together. Of course, it resulted in all of us stuck at the door, unable to get out. Liam back up and all of us fell flat on the floor.

“Look, all of us going together in a group isn’t going to work. Harry and Louis, you go towards the direction of the church. Zayn will be with Niall towards the city centre and I’ll go search for her at the rest of the places. If we see her, we call each other, you got me? Zayn, call her. If all of us call together, it’ll once again result in nothing. You all got it?” We merely nodded.

“Liam is being the daddy of the group again!” Louis said while walking towards the door.

“Louis get back here! I haven’t finished talking yet!”

“Maybe we should all just go in one direction.” I said. Everyone just looked at me with wide eyes.

“Let’s just pretend he didn’t say that.” Zayn said. They all nodded accept me. I know I probably shouldn’t have said that.

“If you still can’t find her after an hour, call us and get back here, alright?” Liam said. We nod again and this time, ran out the door. Niall began to scream out her name, jeez, this guy sure has a loud voice.

“Lanna!” Louis began to scream out beside me. I rubbed my ears while he continued to look for her. Don’t they get it? If she doesn’t answer back, why scream every 5 seconds? What a waste of sound.

“Lanna! Come on, wherever you are!” Great, now he sounds like a creep. I hit him lightly by the shoulder. Louis looked at me and rubbed his shoulder.

“Ow, what was that for?”

“We have neighbors around here, you know that, right?”

“Yeah, so?”

“So, they probably need their family time and family time is supposed to be utter silence time which means…?”

“Oh, right. Sorry, I got worried.” Louis said sheepishly.

“’S okay, Lou. Say, have you known Lanna for a very long time?”

“No, not really. But she’s really nice and well, yeah, her social skills are horrible. I mean, once I asked her of her friends, and she said she didn’t have any! How can someone live without friends?”

“She’s really pretty though.” I thought back of her blue eyes and her silky blonde hair that smelled like raspberries when she ran past me. With those features she does remind me of Niall but that’s not the point right now. Can’t believe my first impression to her was ruined so horribly like that. If Nicole hadn’t come…

“You’re not hitting on her, are you? Man, what happened to all eyes on Lou?” Louis placed two fingers in front of my eyes towards his. I laughed lightly.

“Doubt I kept to that word when I left.”

“But Haz, seriously, another girl?”

“Don’t worry, I won’t go after her. She isn’t my type.” She’s Nicole’s stepdaughter. She’s the daughter of the woman I used to love. She’s…everything I can’t have.

“That’s a relief-Hey, isn’t that Lanna? Lanna!” I looked at the direction Louis was pointing at, sure enough, there was a blonde standing right under the streetlight. What in the world was she doing? Talk about literally standing under the light.