Adopted by One Direction

Chapter 17

Harry's POV:

The lads and I are in the studio recording some songs but I have a hard time concentrating. We left Sophie in the room that Simon had prepared for her so we'll go and check on her soon.

"Harry, what are you doing?" Simon asks me from the other room.

"Sorry, I'll get it right this time" I say and start from the top.

To be honest, the reason I keep messing this up is that I can't stop thinking about my baby girl. When Zayn told us this morning about Sophie calling him 'daddy' and that she said 'I love you', it hurt a bit. I love my daughter so much and I've tried to be a good dad, so why won't she say that to me?

I keep thinking it's because I scared her when I got mad and screamed at her. What if that affected her more than she will admit to us? We have all noticed the tension between her and Niall right now and I'm guessing that's because he became angry with her yesterday. We need to talk to her about that because this won't work if we can't be mad at her. I mean, every family fight about stuff and gets angry with each other. It's going to be hard raising a daughter if we can never get angry... Yeah, we definitely have to talk to her about that.

"Harry, do you need a break?" Simon asks.

"Yeah, thanks" I answer with a nod.

"Are you okay mate?" Louis asks while I take off the headphones.

"I just don't seem to be able to shut off my thoughts today" I chuckle.

"Sophie?" he asks with a smile.

"Yes, I think about her all the time" I sigh.

"We do too, it's a part of being a parent" he says.

"I guess..." I mumble and walks out of the studio to go and see my girl.

"Harry, where are you going?" Liam asks behind me.

"I'm just going to check on Sophie" I answer.

"I'll come with you" Louis says and leaves the others with Simon.

We've only taken a few steps when Louis stops me and looks at me with a serious face.

"Harry, what's the matter? I can tell there's something more" he says.

"It's just... No, you'll just think I'm being silly" I say and turns to keep walking.

Louis immediately grabs my arm and stops me.

"Come on mate, you can tell me" he says.

"Alright... I'm just a little sad about what Zayn told us this morning" I mumble.

"But that's-" Louis starts but I quickly interrupt him.

"I know it's great that she's opening up but I wish she would do that with me" I say, "I mean, why does she call Zayn 'daddy' and not us?"

"She trusts him" Louis shrugs.

"He has spent more time alone with her than we have" he continues.

"Then maybe we should all do that?" I say, suddenly getting a great idea.

"What do you mean?" he asks, looking confused.

"We should all spend a day with her. You know, one day we get to hang out with her alone, get to know her better" I say enthusiastically.

"That's a great idea, Harry" Louis says and smiles.

"Come on, let's go and ask Sophie" I say and starts walking again.