His Princess, Without Him [Book 2]

#15 Operation Baby Girl

Harry's P.O.V.

I had to help her. Maybe with getting Lauren back. But maybe with seeing that Lauren really wasn't coming back.

"Gemma, can you please come and help me out with something?" Of course, Gemma being the amazing sister she always is, she agreed to meet me at Erika's place.

"Lads, I gotta go. Gemma needed me for something and I think it's really urgent. I'll be back tonight. Bye!" I really hated to lie to them about this. But I had to do this, for Lauren and for Niall...

*Twenty minutes later*

I was at Erika's sooner than Gemma, which I already had suspected.

"Harry! Thank god you are here." She hugged me tight and the smell of her parfume rang trough my nose. Wild roses.

"Always babe. Can I come in please? It's cold." she laughed and let me in.

"Tell me Haz. What's the plan?" I sat on the couch and explained my thoughts to her.

"What if I let Gemma take a look at her? She has to have her phone in her pocket." she gave me a curious and not understanding look.

"And so what! Like she will recognize her?" I shook my head and laughed.

"So won't. We will. Just let me speak.

If she facetimes me before she goes there and turns the camera to the outside...

That way we can see everything she sees. If it really is her we can think further. And probably seeing me near her will freak him out.

Gemma isn't really well known by non directioners and I guess, him being an adult man, that he won't dig that deep into our families." she nodded and gave me a hug.

"And that is for?" I asked surprised and she pulled back with red cheeks. "I- Sorry Harry. I am just thankful that you really want to believe me. I-I" blushing she took a step back, almost colapsed when she hit a table.

"Be careful darling. Am I really that scary?" I laughed when I grabbed her to prevent her from falling.

"I'm sorry Harry. It's not that..." an awkward silence created between us. I didn't knew what to say to her and neither did she.

*ding* the doorbel rang. Gemma was always around to safe me.

"I'll get that okay?" I nodded silently and Erika walked away.

"Hi... Are you Gemma?" they walked to the living room and Gemma hugged me.

"What is the important thing that only your amazing sister could do?" I laughed and she sat down next to me.

"We need your help for Lauren. Erika here is confinced she saw her but Louis doesn't wants to believe her. Maybe you can explain Erika. You know him better than I do."

Erika started to explain the things she explained to me before.

"So you think that Lauren lives here for almost five months? And why am I here instead of the police or at least Niall?" That was where I started explaining my plan.

"Because you will be our super spy." she rolled her eyes but lets me speak.

"You film everything you see. We get you in with a pertex and get as close to a girl..." Erika helped me with Lauren's fake name.

"Arianna. Arianna Rivers. We might can get you in the school and once there you have to get as close to her as possible. Let her speak and look right at you. It is her. I'm sure..." Gemma shook her head. Obviously not believing my masterplan.

"Harry, I don't know okay?" "But I do. You just have to talk to her and we'll do the rest. Be my amazing sister and friend and help Niall. He needs Lauren or he needs to know she isn't coming back." she sighed but I knew she just gave in.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you Gemma! You really are the best!" She rolled her eyes and Erika looked like she was about to faint.

"Come here. You are part of this team too." She blushed and Gemma pulled her in our hug.

"When does this stupid plan start? Because I promised mom to call if I would eat there. And because I don't think she'll go to school at 6 p.m." I laughed and face palmed myself.

"You seriously didn't thought of that? Loser." I pouted and Gemma laughed at me.

"So, what if we meet here tomorrow at 7.30 a.m.? So we prepare you for there and just try to set you up with the best pertext ever." Erika said to Gemma and me and we both nodded. 

"Are we seriously getting Lauren back!" I yelled and Gemma ánd Erika joined me, jumping and yelling in Erika's living room. 

"And the others? I mean, Niall needs to know what we know, or at least thing to know. She is his daughter and he misses her the most." Gemma said to get us back to serious. I know that I was a really bad friend to Niall by lying to him like this but I kind of had to. 

"I know, but what if it's not Lauren. What if it's just someone who looks like her a lot and Erika just mistaked? We can't give Niall hope and later on just crush it down again. He already has it hard enough and if we know it's her for sure we can get him into this and show Louis that Erika isn't going nuts."

"He seriously said that I was going nuts! I'll kill that kid when I see him. Really!" I laughed and patted Erika's back. 

"I didn't said a thing okay? And if you are right he'll kill himself for not believing and for saying the things he said to Niall this afternoon." Erika nodded and I watched the time on my phone. 

"But I think I need to go now... I told them that I'd be back before eight and I'm once back there it's almost 7.50. I'll see you two tomorrow right. Lets get our Lauren back!!!" I hugged both girls one last time and got to my car as quick as possible without getting seen by fans. 

*Back at the studio*

"So, what did your sister needed?" Liam asked me when I rushed in again, just in time. 7.55 p.m.  

"Nothing serious... Just some stuff for my mom and Robin. Nothing as important as I thought it would be. What did you do here while I was gone? Where are Niall and Emma?" I wanted to have the attention off of me as soon as possible before I could spill something of what was going on. 

"They left, Niall wanted some time alone so they went to his place. Do you wanna watch a movie with pizza? We already ordered some so you kind of don't have a choice." Zayn explained and I laughed. 

"I'm in for some fun after this morning. I don't know how much longer he'll be able to handle this. The questions about her, what happened and why he wasn't there to save her." they nodded sadly and like twenty seconds after a moment of total silence, the pizza's arrived and we didn't spoke about Niall or Lauren again. 

The day after, I would get her back, or have proof she wasn't coming back. I hoped it would work out the way everybody would want this to work out.