Why Me?

Annie's POV

"So, Kate. Do you play any sports?" I asked.

"Erm, does cheerleading count?"

"I guess!" I smiled. "Where have I heard the name Styles before? Or do you know?" I asked, irritated that I hadn't been able to figure it out.

"My uncle is Harry Styles. He is from the band One Direction."

"Oh!" I gasped. I wasn't really a fan of them, but I knew how popular they were.

"Yeah, I am staying with him this month. But then I have to go to America." She slightly frowned.

I furrowed my eyebrows. "Why?"

"My mom got a job in New York. Honestly, I don't want to move, I want to stay here with Harry." Kate replied. "But he will be going on tour soon..."

"You'll get to come back and visit, right?" Luke piped in. Kate's head hung.

"No." Kate looked sad.

"You can stay with Harry until he tours, than you can come live with us!' Luke looked at me with pleading eyes.

"Lu-" Kate started, but I cut her off.

"Luke, it just doesn't work that way. Besides her mom would probably never let her live with someone she has never met." I explained to him. A sudden knock at the door stopped our conversation.

When I opened the door, a tall, curly haired man stood before me. "Kate!" I believe it's for you!" The man nodded, confirming my thoughts. He looked irritated at the time it took Kate to get to the door.

"I told you you couldn't go! After you not showing up to the dinner table when I called for you, I realized you snuck out!" The curly haired man shouted. He was obviously angry at the girl. I understand why. If Luke snuck out, I would be angry too. However, I think he should wait until they returned to their home.

"You must be Harry." I said, attempting to calm him. I looked to me. I had gotten his attention. His eyes suddenly widened at the realization of my presence.

"Yes. I am very sorry for my out burst." He said regaining his composure. "I will be taking Kate home with me. I told her she was not to come over this evening, and yet she completely disobeyed me. I do not want her hanging around your boy, she is not yet old enough to date." His sparkling, green eyes darkened. "Come on, Kate you're grounded." The small girl turned to Luke. She placed a small kiss in his cheek and walked out the door.

"Why are you so overprotective?! I can take care of myself!" I heard Kate yell. She was clearly upset about his intruding.

"I told you! It isn't safe at this house!" The boys words poked at my brain.

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It had been two hours sense Harry had left, and yet I still could get his words out my head. Could he have been my mystery person? Probably not, but then why doesn't he think my home is safe? "It's because of Mom, isn't it?" Luke's voice startled me. He sounded sad, depressed. I was confused, he must of seen that because he explained further. "Why she can't stay with us. Because Mom wanted to give you away."

"They put me in a foster home. None of them wanted me." I continued. "Then when I turned fourteen, she found me, I lived with her and you. You were only Eight. I didn't even know I had a brother until then. I stayed with her for a year before we BOTH got kicked out of her life! A year!" My voice was raising. "She only wanted me so that I could take if you while she went and partied! I couldn't bare go back to another foster home, let alone see you go. I hated her for leaving me again!" My voice cracked. "I will never take a child from a mother who wants it! A loving mother is something I never had." My voice a dropped back down to a whisper and I was sobbing. I still don't understand why she didn't want me.