Dreams- Narry AU

The Plan

You need to come over at 4! Uncle wants you to help lift something very heavy

Harry looks to the text and he sighs as he looks it over. He had so much chores piled onto him today that he didn't know if he had the time to even leave and go do what Liam is in need. But needless of the pile of chores he has he replies to him and told him he would be there.

He stands in his room with a sigh as he doesn't want to get out of his scratchy, but comfortable bed. He was exhausted because he couldn't fall asleep last night. He was having certain dreams that made him toss and turn throughout the night, and they were about Niall. He gets up anyway and begins to get ready with his mirror.

Suddenly he sees James behind him and he turns to him. "Morning..." He says with a look of shock on his face. He wasn't sure why the man was in his room, but it worried him.

"Louis told me something this morning..." He says as he keeps his gaze on him.

"What was that..." He asks eyeing him up and down.

James stares at him before he takes a hold of the door. "That you went to the ball..." He speaks. Harry gasps a little. Suddenly James exits his room, and Harry hears a little click. His eyes widen and he hurries to the door and he moves the door knob and gasps as it was locked.

"NO PLEASE! YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" He shouts as he bangs against the door and begins to cry. He slipped down to the floor as he continued to cry loudly as the others in the house didn't care.

Earlier that morning they had received a letter from the Prince that he was hosting a ball that would announce his engagement to the mystery boy. In the flyer it said that the boy had until midnight to show his face or he will choose someone else that he wouldn't mind spending the rest of his life with.

Louis was the one who had received the letter so he just had to tell his father, who actually started fuming from the possibility of his family not getting the money he needed, so he needed to make sure that Harry wouldn't make it to the ball.

At this point Lottie didn't really care what happened, she was just happy with what she had and didn't really want the Prince. She had her eyes on a very nice boy who worked at the stables, his name was Tommy.

She sighed as she heard her father yelling at Harry but she couldn't really do much with her father watching her every move, so she decided to slip away to find someone who can help her. She found one of the Prince's guards who actually didn't believe her story and just laughed in her face at the possibility of what was happening.

Lottie decided that now, she had to take matters into her own hands. When she walked in to her house she looked around and noticed her brother and father were busy. She goes to the door and hears Harry still crying and she sighs. "Harry..." She speaks.

"Lottie?" He asks.

Lottie grabbed the key that was next to his bedroom door and he unlocked the door. She looked both ways before she walked in. Harry looks to her with puffy red eyes. She crouches down and looks him in the eye. "You need to go. Before father comes back."

Harry takes a moment before he nods and sniffles. "I uh...thank you..." He spoke. Lottie looks to him and just rolls his eyes.

"Just get out of here." She speaks. Harry nods pulling on his boots and then he runs. He needs to see Liam, he didn't know what time it was though. Time went by too quickly that it was nearly 4. He gets to the bakery and he walks in the back. He hears talking and he stops just to see Niall. He gulps and hides himself just to watch the scene a little.

"You promise he'll be here?" Niall asks with a look to Liam.

"I told you he said he would be...he never breaks his promise." He stated. Niall nods and he sighs shakily as he paces a little.

Harry was debating whether he should go in or not, but at the last minute he couldn't go with it so he ran to Greg's house. The had gave him a key and he went inside hiding himself under the covers in the guest room.

He had no family.

He had barely had friends.

He barely even knew himself.

Once again he was all alone.

Liam sighed. "I'm sorry he said he would be here, I don't know why he didn't come." Liam looked at the time and it was almost 2 hours after Harry should have shown and he was a no show.

"It's okay, maybe he'll show up to the engagement ball tonight. Would you please make sure he comes this time?" Niall frowned, hoping that he wouldn't have had to show up to the ball empty handed, but at this point he will be.

"He's usually not like this and there may be a reason as to why he didn't come," Greg finally spoke, having been quiet the whole time, handing Niall a fresh baked cookie.

Niall munched on the cookie before he replied. "It's alright, just please find him or I might just have to choose that annoying boy."

Liam chuckled knowing who he was talking about, Harry having told him multiple stories about how annoying his step brother was. "I don't think you will have to do that, he'll be there."

Niall nods and he says goodbye to the two. "C'mon uncle...we have to get ready for tonight." He said. He pulls his phone out as he tries calling Harry but it goes straight to voicemail. He sighs and he leaves to the house that belongs to Greg.

Once they walk in they hear crying and they exchanged confused glances and when they walk into the kitchen there was Harry. "Harry..." Liam says as he hurries over and hugs the boy tightly, seeing how broke he was.

"I...I'm sorry..." He mutters as he cries into Liam's shoulder. "I came to the bakery but...I saw Niall and I couldn't bring myself to see him..." He speaks. That makes Liam look to Greg and they both are worried.

"Harry...he wants to see you..." Liam says. Harry shakes his head and pushes away.

"I'm just me though...I have no life and I am just a pathetic servant boy. He would be ashamed to see me..." He said with whimpering sobs.

"Harry you know that isn't true, he's been trying to find you and he knows who you are already he just doesn't know what you look like. He wants to fucking marry you! He's so far gone for you that he's willing to wait for you."

"Why should he wait? I'm nothing."

Liam groaned. "Harry he told us that if you didn't show up that he would settle for your step brother! Just imagine the amount of abuse you will get from him because he got the man of your dreams. How would you feel about that?"

Harry sighed. "I don't want him to get what he wants for being a dick about it."

"Then stand up for yourself for once!" Liam exclaimed, startling Harry from how forward he was being.

Harry nodded. "Okay, okay I'll go but I want to make everyone think that I'm not going to show up. I'll come running in like a minute until the deadline just as Louis is being brought up. That'll show him."

Liam couldn't help but laugh at Harry, he just hoped nothing would backfire.

"Liam help me get ready to face my future husband."

"Now we're talking."