Louis' POV

I had no idea how I was going to fix this, but I knew it was up to me.

Niall and I stood frozen in our tracks as we stared wide eyed at Kasey. If we didn't say something soon then it would become clear to her that it was indeed Harry on screen and we had to get that thought out of her head some how.

"Don't be silly sweetheart. Of course it wasn't." I managed to blurt out and put on my most reassuring smile hoping she would take the bait and drop it.

Niall scoffed in his spot next to me, seconds past and out of the corner of my eye I saw him roll his own eyes very obviously.

My blood began to boil instantly as I turned to glare at him.

He was so utterly obsessed with this little girl that he couldn't see how his behaviour was going to be the last straw for him and he eventually will throw away everything he worked for in this lifestyle.

With how he's been acting lately, I can't say I will be that sad if he suddenly disappears at the click of Harry's fingers but I can't let him drag Kasey down with him.

Harry would never forgive any of us if we let that happen.

"You're lying." Kasey stated bluntly as she knocked me out of my thoughts, I turned to face her just to be met with a very hard glare coming from the fragile girl.

I didn't know what else to do. She has never been this stubborn about anything before and with how scared she was of Harry right now, I knew getting him involved wasn't smart so I did the only thing I could think of.

"Time for bed." I declared ignoring her last sentence as I watched her whimper at my sudden loud voice.

"But we're not tired." Niall whined as he tried to included himself in the conversation.

"I don't give two shits about what you do right now Niall but Kasey is staying with me and El for the night."

Kasey whimpered again and looked down when Niall's eyes landed on her to show that she was not up for fighting me right now.

I held my hand out slowly but she shook her head and moved away from me slightly which caused me to let out a tired sigh.

"C'mon." I whispered softly to her and she followed me upstairs to my room.

As soon as we walked in, she saw Eleanor sitting in the bed and ran to her as she climbed up onto our large bed. A few stray tears fell down her cheeks as El hugged her close to her chest and rocked her softly.

"It's going to be okay little one." Eleanor whispered to her and she just continued to cry as she clung to El as if her life depended on it.

The fatherly instinct I have over Kasey suddenly took over as I grew angered just from seeing her in that state. I knew if I tried to comfort her she would move away from me or flinch like she has been all night but then why is it so easy for Eleanor to get close to her?

My eyes widened in disbelief as a horrible thought entered my head.

"Kasey sweetheart, can I ask you something?" I remained as calm as I could even with such thoughts in my head and she turned to look at me but didn't say anything.

"Did uh - Did Harry force you to do something you didn't want to do?" I cringed as I spoke because despite the fact that Harry had forced himself onto girls in the past, the thought of him doing such things to little Kasey really angered me.

"I w-wanted to because I thought Harry would be really happy if I did that but I got scared and it really hurt but he wouldn't stop and it was horrible... he didn't stop because he doesn't care about me." She bawled her way through her whole sentence making it slightly hard to understand but I got most of it making me turn and glare at the wall.

How the hell could he be so stupid?

I know he was horny most of the time but that doesn't give him the right to hurt a seventeen year old and probably traumatize her into never having sex again.

A heavy sigh escaped my lips as I finally pushed myself off the door frame I was standing in and walked slowly towards Kasey who was still wrapped in Eleanor's arms.

I sat down on the bed next to them, Kasey quickly turned so her back was facing me, damn she must be really scared if she won't even let me near her. She usually loves me.

I quietly held my arms open and Eleanor took the hint as she slowly pushed Kasey away from her and into my arms.

Of course it wouldn't be Kasey if she didn't struggle but I delicately rocked her back and forth while placing a soft kiss on the top of her head to show her I wasn't going to harm her.

"P-please stop touching me! I will be good just don't hurt me!" She pleaded with me but I didn't even attempt to remove my arms that were wrapped around her.

"You know I would never hurt you Kasey, you're my little girl." I spoke softly to her hoping she would understand what meaning my words had but deep down I knew she wouldn't.

Harry had El and I sign adoption papers for Kasey as soon as he realized how much she liked us. It was only for the fact that the orphanage would have no rights over Kasey any more and we would be listed as Kasey's adoptive parents if anyone ever went looking.

But of course in true Harry Styles thinking, he didn't want us to tell her.

A huge part of me wanted to tell her the day she was over here bawling about how Harry never told the truth about her parents being dead but somehow I managed to maintain this secret, but I don't know how much longer I can do this.

When I looked down again I saw Kasey's eyes slowly flutter closed and knew she was on the verge of sleep.

"Babe could you turn the light off please?" I whispered and El nodded switching on the bedside lamp before turning the main lights off so there was still a slight glow in the room.

Within a few short minutes, Kasey was out and had subconsciously clutched my shirt in her hand as a way of knowing I was still here.

"Louis what are we going to do? We keep letting her go back to Harry and every time she's here she seems more broken! I can't sit here and watch this any more." Eleanor whispered harshly, doing her best not to wake the sleeping girl between us.

"It's simple. We keep her here... and don't tell Harry."

She stared at her hands for a minute, taking a chance to think about what I had said and if it was a good idea or not.

"We both work for Harry, do you really think he won't figure it out and come looking for her?"

"We'll hide her if he does." I quickly responded already having thought about it all.

"This is cruel Louis." She sighed dramatically and I nodded in agreement.

But we're still going through with it.

"Sometimes El, you have to be cruel to be kind."

And this is kind on poor little Kasey.

Notes

I know this is probably not what you were expecting but just bare with me...