Saving the Hero (a One Direction fanfic)

Trust

Chapter 3-Trust

Erin's point of view 

They were all in my hospital room, the boys, Paul, Harry’s mom, and, believe it or not, Simon. My mom had come by earlier but she had to work so she left. It was me and all these famous people.

“So how are we going about this?” Simon starts the topic.

All we were able to tell Harry so far was that he was in a band called One Direction and they were on tour. We haven’t told him how big they were and all that. We haven’t told him about the X Factor bit either, just that Simon is a big part of their career. We were taking our time in telling him all this so as not to overwhelm him but we also didn’t have any time to spare. The concert dates have been pushed back, interviews rescheduled or cancelled all together. Everyone was waiting for One Direction to make a move. The only thing they’ve done so far since the accident was tweet the fans that they were sorry about the changes and that Harry was okay. It’s been 4 days since. Time was ticking and people were waiting.

“We can’t tell anyone about his amnesia,” Paul says.

“Why not? Isn’t it best we be honest with them? The fans can be understanding about it,” Liam argues and Simon shakes his head.

“We can’t, Liam. This just isn’t about the fans. There are paparazzi people too, reporters and journalists who are waiting for dirt on Harry or any of you. If we tell them, what happens if Harry is pulled to the side and fooled? Someone might make him believe the wrong things, tell him the wrong things. He can be abused. This whole amnesia deal is to be kept quiet, is this clear?” Simon says in a professional tone and everyone nods.

“I won’t believe anything anyone says unless it Erin or one of my family members. Or the friends I remember,” Harry puts in and I look at him in shock. Seriously, the whole ‘trusting me only’ thing was so strange. I made a mental note to myself to talk to him about that, ask him why. But now wasn’t a good time so later. 

Oh, and by the way, everyone in this room was calling me Erin it felt so weird. But I did have to say, Erin in an English accent sound extremely nice. Especially when Harry said it…or when Niall says it with that Irish accent of his but no-I have to put this out of my head. I have to focus.

“Here we go,” Louis mumbles. He was still mad at me.

“We bring Erin with us on tour or whatever it is,” Harry says. My mouth drops open at his words.

“What?!” I gasp.

“Harry…,” Simon begins in a lecturing tone but Harry raises his hand to silence him. Amnesia Harry had some sass.

“No. I won’t let you take me anywhere unless we bring Erin. You say she’s a massive fan right? Then she should know just about everything the public knows about me,” he says then faces me. “Do you?”

“Yeah…,” I reply and nod.

“There, she can tell me about my life in…One Direction. She can tell me everything I need to know. Since neither of my parents can come or Gemma, bring Erin along. I’ll just have her with me at all times so I can answer the right things when it’s needed,” Harry finishes with a final note but not everyone in the room agrees with it.

“It’s going to be hard, Harry. It’s not as simple as that. If Erin is with you at all times then the fans will notice. People will notice. How will we explain that?” 
Paul asks.

“Not necessarily just with Harry. We can stay with Harry at most times as well…with Erin around. So that they won’t think that she’s for Harry alone. We can make up some excuse that she needs to be with the rest of us all the time, like it’s her job,” Zayn suggests.

“What job?” Niall asks.

“I’m not quite sure this is the right thing to do,” Paul interrupts. “It’s not safe for Erin. She could get mobbed by fans if they get jealous.”

“Not if it’s work related or something,” Zayn argues.

“I say not bring her,” Louis puts in.

“Can I have a say in this?” I ask.

“No,” Louis shoots at me and Anne, Harry’s mom, gives Louis a look.

“Vocal coach,” Simon suggests and everyone directs their attention at him. Wait what? Vocal coach?!

“We already have one,” Liam says and Simon shakes his head. 

“No, you have one for the STUDIO. She could be your vocal coach for your tour, for live performances. Also someone that will help control what you take in like sweets and soft drinks so as not to damage your voices. Besides, Harry’s recently had throat pains the last few shows. He needs to be monitored. If anyone asks, tell them I hired her. We’ll tell them Harry’s recent had a sore throat has gotten worse and is on vocal rest, that will give him time to learn it all again. I’ll let you bring James along with Erin so that it actually counts as something,” Simon explains.

“Who’s James?” I whisper to Niall who’s standing by my bed.

“Savan Kotecha’s assistant,” he replies and I nod in understanding. Savan was the guy that helped them record their songs. So I guess this James guy was going to come along to make things seem legit.

“Can she even sing?” Louis asks.

“I don’t know. Maybe. Does it matter?” Zayn returns.

“She can,” I answer. Goodness, Louis had issues with me. Can’t blame him though. I made his best friend forget him. “Kind of.”

“Perfect,” Harry says and smiles contentedly.

“Wait-hold on, I’m going on tour with all of you?” I ask.

“It would be a massive help if you can, sweetheart. Harry trusts you and there’s a reason for that so I trust you too. I hope you don’t mind if you do come,” Anne says kindly to me.

“Do we need to pay you?” Louis asks me.

“No!” I shake my head furiously. “I mean, this is like a dream come true!”

They all raise an eyebrow at me. That came out wrong.

“No!! I mean, not the part that Harry doesn’t remember anything! Just the part that I get to go with all of you. I’d be happy to come. I did cause all of this so…I have to fix what I broke,” I say and glance at Harry who is just looking at me with an unreadable expression on his face.

“What about your parents? Will they allow you?” Paul asks me.

My parents..pft. I could be shipped off to Nebraska and they wouldn’t care.

“Yeah, they would,” I answer with a small smile.