Adopted by Harry Styles

fourteen

"Daddy?" Autumn coughed.

It's been two and a half weeks and the guys are coming to Los Angeles tonight. Instead of staying at a hotel, they're staying here. Except for 5 Seconds of Summer, they had to return home for some album promo.

"Yes baby?" I spoke as I sat at the edge of her bed.

Chemotherapy has taken a toll on Autumn. She gets body pains and a runny nose and she's lost all of her hair. She's lost a lot of weight, too much may I add.

"My head hurts, will you sleep with me?" She asked weakly as she held her hand out for me to take.

I smiled weakly and nodded, taking her pale hand into mine as I crawled into bed with her.

"Can I have the green bandana?" She asked quietly as she kept herself from falling asleep.

I nodded, grabbing the bandana I usually wear at concerts and wrap it on the top of her head. She doesn't like waking up and realizing she doesn't have hair.

"Thank you daddy," she mumbled as she drifted off.

"Anything for you sweetie."

//

"They're here, his car is in the driveway."

"Be quiet guys, they're probably resting."

"I'm gonna crash, night," I heard Louis speak as he opened the door next door.

The door to the room Autumn and I were sleeping in opened and Liam appeared in the doorway.

"How is she?" He whispered as he set his bag down and walked over, taking in my daughters features.

"She's lost half her body weight and gets body pains and fevers and small colds. It's normal, but it kills me to see her in her chemo session. It's like they're sucking the life right out of her," I spoke as he caressed her pale cheek.

"Cancer fucking sucks," Liam mumbled under his breath as he looked up at me, "are you okay?"

"I'm hanging in there Li, I'm hanging in there."

//

"They what?" I asked Paul as we sat in the arena, two hours before the show starts.

"They want to do an interview and small photo shoot with you and Autumn. It's totally up to you, they aren't pushing you in any way, just think about it," he spoke before patting my shoulder and walking off.

"Paul!" I called as I caught his attention, "tell them I'll do it. But I don't want her in that interview."

//

"So Harry," the interviewer spoke as I glanced up at her, "Autumn has cancer."

I nodded as she continued, "How has it taken a toll on the tour life? Are you going to have to stop touring?"

I shook my head, "I won't have to stop touring. A few doctors from back in Los Angeles and a few doctors here in London are doing a travel chemo plan, where everywhere we stop, Autumn will get her chemo session. And I don't really think it's taken a toll on the tour life as much as it's taken a toll on both of our lives. There's a lot more of slower movements and more sleeping, which I don't complain about, and more time me taking care of her, which I also don't mind doing."

She smiled as she spoke, "Has there been a moment when it really hit you that she's really sick?"

"Um, yeah and it didn't happen too long ago. We were in Indianapolis and I had just gotten out of the shower and was laying back down on the bed and she woke up. She told me she didn't feel good and in mid sentence she started getting really sick. I was freaking out and I called Liam and he called an ambulance and on the way to the hospital it truly hit me that she's got this awful disease and there isn't anything I can do but take her to get weekly treatment."

"I'm so sorry about that Harry," she spoke, "but how did the boys take it?"

"The boys took it hard. Niall went with me when we found out and when I talked to her about it in the car he figured it out and broke down himself. But they've been through this with me and I couldn't thank them enough. And especially the band 5 Seconds of Summer, they've been supportive and helping anyway they can."

//

'Harry Styles has interview about his daughters cancer and does a photo shoot with Autumn herself. Tune in here or find the interview in this weeks magazine'

I rolled my eyes and turned the television off, getting on Twitter. I guess it's time to tell the fans.

'@Harry_Styles ; It's true. Autumn has Leukemia. Please keep the lot of us in your thoughts. All the love. H'