Niall's POV:

I stood there, staring down at the desk lady.

"I have her file here," the woman said, still blushing and glancing at me flirtatiously.

"Do you have her mothers contact information?" I asked, my heart beginning to pound.

"Yes, yes, the numbers right here," the desk lady said, staring now at the computer screen. "We have all the contacts of all the biological parents incase the children ever want to contact them."

"Well, can I call Espy's mother?" I said. I wanted to leap over the desk shove that woman out of the way, grab the phone and call the number.

But that seemed like sort of a bad idea.

"Well... no," the desk lady answered awkwardly.

"Why the hell not?" I demanded.

"Well... don't you read the news..." She began awkwardly. "Espy Horan's mother, Essence Mell-"

Oh that sweet name, I hadn't heard it in years.



Flashback: (Niall's POV)

"Essence!" I said, laughing as we ran down the street. "We're gonna be late for school!"

It was second grade. I'd just met this girl over the summer, she said she'd just moved here.

"Will you walk with me to school? Just the first day? I don't want to walk alone Ni," she had said.

Of course, I'd agreed.

"I don't wanna be late Essy! It's the first day!"

She caught up to me, laughing and gasping for breath.

"Piggyback ride!" She begged. I crouched down and she jumped on my back. I ran down the street, her red hair flying behind us. We were both laughing. It felt like summer had just begun. How could school be here already?

I set her down a few blocks from the school yard.

"Are you nervous?" She asked, her green eyes wide.

"A little," I admitted. She held her hand out and I took it.

"I'm not," she said simply. She just barely came up to my shoulder. I was tall for my age, and she was short.

"How come?" I asked, surprised.

"I already have a best friend," she said smiling. "And I don't care if you leave me during the day to play football with your mates. Just as long as we can race home everyday, so I can beat you."

I laughed. "You can't beat me. Anyways, I don't like to play football, I just like to sing. So nobody at school likes me much."

She looked at me, her beautiful eyes wide with delight. "I love to sing!" She said excitedly.

I smiled down at her. "Really?"

"Can you imagine us being famous one day? Niall Horan and Essence Mell, performing at Madison Square Garden."

I laughed. "Essence Mell," I said. "You have a very pretty name."

"Just keep calling me Essy though," she said. "I don't like my name."

"Alright," I said. "Essy it is."


Niall's POV:

"Niall!" Perrie had hit me on the arm. "Did you hear her?"

"What? Oh no... What did you say?"

"I said," said the desk lady, looking extremely miffed, "that Essence Mell went missing just over five years ago."

Notes

AND WE DANCED ALL NIGHT TO THE BEST SONG EVERRR

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