The Hitchhiker

Tyra’s POV

“Welcome to me casa,” Luke spreads his hands to us, as the car enters the front gate of his house.
Harry parks the car, and Calum and I get out. Luke and Liam shift over to greet us, while Harry shuts off the engine and gets out himself.
“Dude- this place is insane,” Calum sings, bumping fists with Luke.
“My mom likes things to be big and extravagant,” Luke shrugs, spreading one arm open while the other beckons me to come to him. I let out a soft giggle and reach out to hug him.
“Thanks for having us Luke, this really means loads,” I sigh.
“My pleasure sugar,” He winks pacing over to Harry to shake his hand.
“Did you geeks get any leads on Niall?” Liam questions as we get our bags from the car.
“Yes, we have,” Calum responds, throwing a bag at Luke, who catches it.
“Let’s talk about it once we are all settled shall we?” Luke offers.
We follow him into the pool house, which isn’t much smaller than the house itself. The place is amazing. It has a summery feel to it, with its sandy shades and big windows.
There is fruit and cold drinks waiting for us at the table and the boys soon gather around it.
I put down the bag I was holding and pace after them.
“There you go,” Harry murmurs to me, offering me some cold lemonade.
“Thanks,” I beam at him as I take the cup from his hands.
“How was the ride down?” Luke asks.
“Long, but nice,” Harry laughs. I know he is tired, since he has done loads of driving these past few days, and I feel bad we didn’t help out more than we did.
“Yeah Harry worked hard being our chauffeur,” Calum chuckles.
“You guys need some rest, you look beat,” Liam agrees.
“Not before we all are on the same page with what is going on,” I speak up.
“How’s your mom?” Liam remembers to ask.
“She seemed better.. didn’t she?” I turn to Harry. Harry had answered her call before, since I was in the bathroom.
“Definitely,” He nods, laying his palm on my knee. I smile down at it, linking my own hand on top of his, fingers intertwined.
“So this one place we stopped, the daughter of the owner recognized Ni’s picture, said he is friends with this Mike guy, and that they are headed down here for the festival,” I tell the boys.
“El Porto beach- There is a party there? That’s what that Tessa said,” Calum remembers.
“El Porto Beach… yeah.. that place has the sickest parties,” Luke replies, lost in thought.
“Do you know when and where?” Harry frowns in question.
“I do, it’s this Saturday, but it’s a big beach..” Luke’s voice trails off.
“We’ll find him though- don’t worry Tyra- this time we won’t miss him,” Liam assures me.
“Luke- maybe we can find this Mike guy? On line or something- The woman at the Dinner said his full name is Michael Clif- something,” Harry glances at me.
“Michael Clifferd,” Calum remembers.
“How would we know it’s him? There must be a million of guys with that name,” I whisper, afraid this is too good to be true, it can’t be this easy, it never is.
“Let’s try, it doesn’t hurt,” Liam says, getting up and getting his laptop from the coffee table.
He and Luke hover over the computer while the rest of us sit quietly before them, waiting for some news.
“You said the girl who knew him- her name was Tessa?” Luke looks up at us from the screen.
“Yes!” The three of us jump up.
“Is this her?” Liam turns the laptop around so we can see the screen.
“Yes!” I exclaim, shocked it was so fast.
“Well, good news is we found him, bad news is he’s profile is blocked, but there is a profile picture,” Luke shares with us.
The boy in the photo has blue hair which is stood up in all directions. He is wearing a sleeveless top and ripped jeans. However the photo is small, and he has sunglasses on, so we can’t really see his face.
“This is good Ty, it’s enough to spot him in a crowd,” Harry tries to assure me.
“I just don’t want to get my hopes up.. I don’t want to crash and burn again,” I sigh.
“He looks like bad news this dude,” Liam states, pressing his lips together. He is right, this guy looks like someone we should stay away from. What is Niall doing with him?
I excuse myself to find the bathroom, deciding this is a good time for a shower.
I take my backpack and head over to where Luke pointed.
The bathroom is big and white, and I am happy to find a big bath and not one of those standing showers. I fill it up with water and soap and step in, letting myself sink down and the water cover me, working its way to my bones and through my muscles.
I shut the voices from the other room out, knowing Harry will fill me in later on the plan. I need to find Niall and get him home, to mom. I promised I will do it and I will, but right now I just need a time out. I need just a moment for myself, and once I get that moment- I promise to put all my energy back to finding Niall. I’ll put him before anything and everything and do whatever it will take to get him back.

Harry’s POV

I listen to the lads come up with different ways to track down this Mike, but none of them really sound any good. Furthermore, we know nothing about him- what if he’s dangerous? What if he’s crazy? I don’t want Tyra going anywhere near him- I don’t care if her brother is friends with this bloke and chilling with him.
“Is there a way to find them without Tyra?” I speak up, making the boys go quiet.
“Are you serious?” Luke raises a brow.
“Yes- well no.. I know it will be hard.. But what do we know about this Mike? He might be mental- I don’t think I want Tyra in contact with him,” I state my fear out loud.
“Listen man- nothing will happen to her- we are all going to be there- and if Niall is with him- the minute he sees his sister- he won’t let anything happen to her,” Calum tries to assure me.
“But you don’t know that- when was the last time you’ve seen Niall? He could have changed- he could not put his sister first anymore.”
Here, I’ve said it. This was eating up inside me for a while, and I was afraid to state it out in the open, but things are getting too real to keep it to myself.
What if Niall has changed? Hanging out with the wrong people? What if he won’t put his family first? He hasn’t seen his family in god knows how long- who can guarantee what he might do or how he might act?
“You won’t be able to keep her out of this- no matter how hard you try and you know it,” Liam tells me, the truth ringing loud and clear.
“I want her safe,” I demand of them.
“Well, in that case, you won’t like my new idea,” Luke cuts in, making us all go quiet.
I take a deep breath and exhale hard, not wanting to hear his idea, not wanting him to say it loud, having a bad feeling about it.
“Spill bro,” Liam nudges. Luke flashes his gaze to me, then he looks at the other two lads before speaking his mind.
“What if we contact him? Via facebook? Try to get him to meet up with us at the party?” He finally says.
“When you say us.. you don’t mean us… do you?” Calum murmurs, thinking the same as I am.
“Well…” Luke’s voice trails off.
“Not happening- not Tyra,” I raise my voice.
“Chill man, it doesn’t have to be Tyra, it can be a random photo of someone from the internet,” Luke hurries to say.
“I have a feeling this dude won’t buy it, we need it to be as real as it could,” Liam shakes his head.
“No! Find a different way- I don’t care if I’ll need to go through every face at that party to find him- Tyra stays out of it!” I am shouting now. How stupid and reckless can they be? She is too young, too pure, we can’t bring her into that kind of world.
“She will never meet him- it will be one of us- “ Luke tries.
“No!” I cut in, rising from my seat and banging my fists on the table loosing it.
“What if I want to?”
I wipe my head back to find Tyra standing bare foot with dripping hair behind us, her arms wrapped around her as if she was cold. She seems so small, innocent.
“Tyra- don’t,” I beg of her. She doesn’t look at me, she walks passed me to the computer sitting down and pulling it over to her. I watch as the boys gravitate over to her, watching her moves.
“I’ll need to block all my photos with Niall.. make them private..” She says clicking away on the keyboards.
“Tyra- please- there is a better way,” I try pulling the compute away from her.
“How?! How can you guarantee that?? We are looking for him for too long- keep missing him- if it means I need to stop playing safe then I’m willing to try it!” She snaps, her gaze cold.
I recoil not used to her snapping, or such a cold stare.
The boys watch us but are smart enough to keep quiet.
“Ok.. He’s not friends with Ni on facebook which is good- right?” She looks up at Luke.
“Right,” He replies, glancing over at me. They also noticed the change in Tyra.
“SO what now? Just add him as a friend? Or send him a message or what?”
“Write to him- Say- word about the big party got to you and rumor has it that if you want real fun he’s the guy to hang with,” Luke gets all business.
I watch Tyra type and then watch the screen waiting.
“He might not be on line right now.. It might take him time to see this,” Calum remarks.
“Everyone has a facebook app on their phone- he’ll see it,” Liam comments.
Then there is a popping sound and all eyes turn to me, but Tyra’s.
“It’s him, he answered.”
I don’t wait to see what they’re about to do, what he answered or what they’re about to right. I leave the pool house and walk away, refusing to take part in this, in this stupid mistake, not wanting to see them sink into this hell.
But more than anything not wanting to see Tyra sinking in this quicksand with them.

Notes

Oh no... Did Tyra mean whatever it takes?
What do you think is going to happen? Will Harry have enough and leave?
Will Tyra be able to find Niall? And if so- will he go back home?
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