The next day seemed like just an ordinary day. I brought Kayden to school, went to work, picked Kayden up from school, and went home. Harry came over like he said he was going to which made K happy. He brought the ingredients to bake cupcakes, so the three of us spent the evening in the kitchen baking and making a mess of things. It was all innocent fun.

After Kayden convinced me to let her eat three cupcakes after dinner, Harry and I put her to bed. We went downstairs and sat on the couch. I was just about to tell him about my business trip when my phone rang. I noticed it was my mom so I told Harry to hold on a minute while I took the call. He nodded and I answered the phone.

"Hey mom. What's up?" I asked.

"Lou." She sounded horrible. "Honey I'm so sorry to do this on such short notice, but I can't take Kayden tomorrow. The whole house is sick with the flu. I really don't want her to get it."

"No I agree completely." I told her, not wanting her to feel bad even though this put me in a bind. "It's fine mom, really. I will call Zayn and see if he can take her. I hope you all feel better."

She apologized again and I told her not to worry about it. I hung up the phone and saw Harry looking at me with a questioning look.

"Everything alright?" He asked.

"Yeah... Well, no." I said. "I have a business trip tomorrow and I won't be back until Friday. My mom was supposed to take Kayden but everyone there has the flu, so now she can't. But it should be fine, I'll just call Zayn and see if- "

"I can watch her." Harry interrupted. "I mean if you're okay with that. I'd love to have her overnight."

"Harry." I said unsure. "I don't know. You have never even been alone with her."

"No, I haven't. But we get along really well and you and I both know she would love it. I can watch her here if you want, or I could take her back to my place. We would just watch movies and play with her toys. We can even video chat with you at night." He pleaded.

I could tell how badly he wanted this, but I was still really uneasy about it. Although, I knew he was right. Kayden would be really excited about it. I thought about it for a minute and then let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.

"Okay fine." I said and he squealed. "But there are rules." I added quickly.

He nodded eagerly and I continued. "You need to stay here, because she has school on Friday. You'll have to pick her up from school tomorrow. She needs to be in bed by 8:00 pm the latest. No exceptions. And you'll have to bring her to school on Friday. And please don't let her eat too many sweets. It can make her sick and I hate when she is sick." I rambled.

Harry nodded again with a big smile across his face. "Of course. Thank you Lou!" He said happily, reaching over and hugging me. I patted his back lightly. "This means so much to me!"

"Just don't make me regret it." I told him.

"I promise you, I won't." He assured me.

Before he left, he told me about how he was just going to get a hotel room so that he was in the area incase Kayden got sick at school or needed something, since I was leaving in the morning. It made me happy to see that he is being so responsible about this. It shows how much he wants to be a parent in her life.

The next morning while I was driving Kayden to school, I told her the news.

"Hey Kayds, you know how daddy has to go on a trip for work today?" She nodded and I continued. "Well Nana was supposed to watch you since I won't be home until tomorrow but she's sick so she can't.

Kayden frowned. She really loved the time she got to spend with her Nana. "Oh. Okay." She said sadly.

"So instead," I continued. "Harry is going stay with you at our house."

When she heard this, her smile lit up. Anyone within a thousand-mile radius could see how happy that made her.

"Really Daddy?! Harry is going to watch me and have a sleep over?!" She asked excitedly.

"Yes baby. He has my number and will call me if you need anything at all." I explained. "He will be picking you up from school today and bringing you to school tomorrow morning."

She bounced in her seat and started to tell me all the things her and Harry were going to do during their sleep over. It was adorable to see how excited she was about it.

When we pulled up to her school, I brought her inside and went into the office. I let them know about Harry picking her up from school today and added him to her Emergency Contact card. I kissed Kayden goodbye and told her that I would miss her, but that I would be home shortly after she got home from school tomorrow. She hugged me and told me she would miss me too, then went into her classroom.

During the four-hour drive to London, I texted Harry almost everything I could think of about taking care of Kayden. I was so nervous to be leaving him alone with her, but deep down I knew everything would be just fine. Regardless though, I sent Harry Zayn's number and told him to call him if he needed help.

My business meetings were long and boring. I don't even know why I had to come. It isn't like I needed to put in any real input other than answering a couple questions they had for me. When I finally got back to my hotel room, it was 6:30 in the evening. I ordered room service and then decided to text Harry to see how things were going.

how is everything? is my princess okay?

His answer came instantly.

for the 50th time... everything is fine lou... OUR princess is perfectly happy.

I rolled my eyes at his correction and ignored the butterflies in my stomach that it caused. Another text came shortly after.

video chat?

yes, please!

A couple minutes later my phone started ringing, notifying me of a call coming through on Facetime. I hit accept and the screen opened immediately. I saw Kayden, with Harry right behind her. She was clearly sitting on his lap.

"HI DADDY!" She exclaimed happily.

"Hi baby! Are you having fun?" I asked her.

"So much fun daddy!" She told me. "Harry is the best baby sitter ever!"

I couldn't help but notice the pained look on his face when she referred to him as a baby sitter. Technically he was just being a parent, but she didn't know that. Luckily, her back was to him so she missed the expression.

I smiled softly at her. "I'm glad you're having fun princess. Are you being good?"

"Very good!" She said. "Right Harry?"

"Right, angel." He told her lovingly. "You're the best little girl there is."

She turned to me and gave me an 'I told you so' type of look. She told me about her day and talked about how much she misses me. After about an hour, she said she wanted to go because she had one more game she wanted to play before she had to go to bed. I told her that I love her and we blew kisses to each other. After thanking Harry again, we hung up.

I laid in the bed and went over my meeting schedule for tomorrow. It looks like my last meeting is at noon so if I leave immediately after, I could probably make it home just around four.

When I was about to get in the shower, I noticed my phone start to ring again. I went over and saw it was a another facetime call from Harry. I glanced at the clock and noticed that it was 9 pm. "Kayden should be asleep by now." I thought. I answered the call expecting to see Kayden telling me she couldn't sleep, but what I saw was definitely not that.

"Hi Lou." Harry said, shirtless. "Sorry to bother you but I can't figure out how to get your shower to work."

I couldn't help but stare. Harry was the epitome of a god. After a couple seconds, I snapped myself out of it.

"Y-you um..." I stuttered. "You had to facetime me for that? You couldn't have just called?" I asked.

"Oh." He said embarrassed. "I mean... I guess I could have. I just thought this would be easier for you to explain the controls." He explained.

I chuckled and tried to focus on the task at hand. I knew how tricky my shower was to figure out, but I couldn't help but think about the fact that he was naked while facetiming me. It was at one particular point where he turned the phone to thank me that my breath caught in my throat. He was standing in front of the mirror, so in the background I could see the entire backside of a naked Harry. It was glorious. He didn't notice though, and if he did, he didn't make it known.

He thanked me and we got off the phone. I looked down and realized I had a bit of a problem. I got in the shower and turned it to cold. The temperature was difficult to deal with, but it definitely helped get rid of my issue. When I got into bed however, thoughts of Harry's naked body pressed against me plagued my thoughts. I tossed and turned for an hour before I finally fell asleep.