Those damn eyes. I'm drowning into the blue oceans of his eyes.

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Louis' POV

THE NEXT DAY.

The past two days have been crazy.

We've been stuck in this hospital for more than 48 hours and it's absolutely annoying.

Niall's been pretty critical and hasn't regained his consciousness as yet, which isn't a good sign.

And Carina passed out last afternoon after the doctor told her about Niall's condition and she hasn't regained consciousness either.

Harry, Liam, Carina's ex and I are going insane.

The doctor's clearly not doing anything to help Carina. He said that she was shocked to hear and might take sometime to regain her consciousness.

I thought that life wasn't dramatic, but then here we are.

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Carina's POV

I slowly opened my eyes and shut them almost immediately as the light was too bright.

My head pounded really badly and I felt like there was a thunderous game being played in my head.

I turned to my side and felt like I was tied up.

I opened my eyes to see that I was on a bed which clearly wasn't my bed and I had wires around my wrists.

I then realised, I was at a hospital.

What about Niall?

I ripped the several wires around my wrist and got up from the bed.

I gulped the glass of water which was on my bed side table.

I turned around when I heard the door of my hospital room open and was glad to see Liam.

"Liam", I said as I rushed to him and gave him a hug.

"Carina? Are you alright now?", Liam asked as he wrapped his arms around me.

"I'm fine, how's Niall? Is he okay? Has he woken up yet? Please tell me he's alright", I spoke in one breath.

"First of all, calm down. Let's get out of here", he said as he held my hand and pulled me out of the room.

We walked down a corridor and towards the elevator.

"What happened? How did I end up in this room? Did I pass out or something like that?", I asked Liam as we stepped into the elevator.

"Yes. The doctor said that Niall's news shocked you and that was why you passed out", he replied.

"How long? A few hours?", I asked him.

"Two days".

My eyes widened in shock.

"What? I passed out for two days?", I asked in disbelief.

"Yes", he said as we stepped out of the elevator.

We walked onto the familiar floor but turned around another corridor.

"Um, where are we heading to?", I asked Liam.

"We're heading to see Niall. He's shifted to the Intensive Care Unit until he regains his consciousness".

"You mean the ICU?", I asked him.

"Uh yeah. I just tried to expand it and sound professional", Liam said and we chuckled.

We walked down another corridor and were in front of the waiting room.

I followed Liam as he entered it

Harry and Louis were sat in one of the many chairs as a few more people were sat around the waiting room.

Harry's eyes widened when he saw me and Louis smiled.

"I went to visit our girl and turned out that she was already up", Liam said as Louis hugged me.

"Did you bother informing the doctor?", Louis asked Liam as Harry hugged me.

"Nope, I don't think it would matter to him because he looks like a dead man himself", Liam snorted as he sat on one of the chairs.

"Can I see Niall?", I blurted out.

"Alright, let's go", Harry said.

"That nurse is a bitch and she wouldn't let you'll in until it's visiting hours", Liam said with a hint of annoyance.

"Well, at least she's gorgeous and I can flirt while Carina tries to sneak in", Harry winked and motioned for me to follow him.

"You're unbelievable", Louis chuckled.

"Carina, here's you phone. It ran out of battery after you passed out yesterday, so I managed to charge it up", Louis said and he handed my phone back to me.

"Thanks", I mumbled as I checked for it.

23 missed calls. 12 text messages.

"I should probably inform my staff", I said to the boys and I headed out of the waiting room.

I dailed the telephone in my cafe and Katie answered, "Hello, The Finch Cafe".

"Katie, it's me", I whispered.

"Good Lord, where have you been Carina? You haven't been to the cafe for the past 3 days and we've been trying to contact you. Are you alright?", she panicked on the other end.

I told her about Niall's accident and my condition too. She listened in silence without interrupting me even once.

"Well, I'm glad that you're alright and hope that Niall will be alright sooner than we know", she tried to comfort.

"Alright, I need you'll to make sure everything is alright. I don't know when I'll visit the cafe", I said as I thought about my cafe.

"Leave that to us, Carina. Please take of yourself. We wouldn't want our boss to be stressed out, I know it's not easy. But, you really need to take care", she spoke and I felt better.

"Alright, I'll call you whenever I can", I said as I hung up.

I walked back into the waiting room and looked at the boys who were lazily plonked over the chairs.

"Harry, let's go see Niall?", I asked and he nodded as he stood up from his chair.

I followed Harry as we walked down two corridors where there was no one in sight.

"How do you manage to remember the way? It's so confusing", I said as I rubbed my eyes.

"It's something called talent, love", he said and we both laughed.

"Okay, so here's the plan. I'm going to walk in and talk to that stupid nurse and get her out. You sneak in and visit Niall", he said and I nodded my head.

"Stay here", Harry mumbled as I tried to hide behind a high table which had a large vase with gigantic flowers in it.

I waited impatiently for Harry to distract the nurse as I strummed my fingers on the wooden table.

After a few minutes, Harry walked out with a nurse as his left arm was loosely wrapped around her waist.

He glanced in my direction as if telling me the coast was clear before walking down the corridor with the skinny nurse.

I took a few steps and walked towards the room where my Niall was in.

I took a deep breath as I placed my palm over the door knob.

This is it.

Swinging the door open, I shut it as soon as I entered the room.

I turned around and looked at my Niall who was laying on the bed.

He was surrounded by end number of wires and all sorts of machines which beeped.

It broke my heart to look at him like this.

I felt half a heart without him.

I took tiny steps towards him as I absorbed the view in front of me.

I reached out for his hand and kissed the back of his palm as tears slipped out of my eyes. I knelt down beside him and intertwined our fingers.

"I'm so sorry, babe. This is all because of me. I'm really very sorry", I sobbed as I felt my heart break.

I've done this to him. He's here because of me and if he doesn't recover, I will never forgive myself.

We barely had two days as a couple before the car crash took place and messed up our lives.

I closed my eyes and the machines around me beeped frantically.

What's happening?

I looked around and saw the emergency buzzer and hit it as soon as I could.

Niall's breaths suddenly turned deep and he seemed to stir.

My hands trembled as I dialed Louis.

"Yes, Love. Are you lost?", he asked from the other end.

"Louis, get here soon. There's something going on", I panicked.

"Just hit the emergent buzzer on the wall behind Niall. We'll be there", he yelled.

"I did that. Please get here", I said before I hung up.

The door swung open and I saw Dr Quinn rush inside.

"Miss Carina, I'm glad you're here", he said with surprise.

Oh right, I'm supposed to be passed out in some other room of this hospital right now.

I nodded not knowing how to reply to that.

"I'm sorry, but you're going to have to leave. You can't stay in", he said as two nurses rushed inside.

I reluctantly walked out as I glanced at Niall who was almost shaking.

I stumbled as I was outside the closed door of the room where Niall was in.

Louis, Liam and Mike rushed towards me.

"What's wrong?", Louis asked as he wrapped his arms around me.

"I don't know. I was holding his hand and the next minute the machines around him were beeping frantically", I said as I sobbed into his chest.

"Everything's going to be alright", Mike said and I pulled away from Louis' embrace.

"When did you come here?", I asked him.

"He's been with us for the past two days", Liam spoke even before Mike could.

Wow.

"Oh", was all I could manage.

Within a few minutes a very cheerful Harry and a skinny nurse appeared in the corridor.

His face dropped when he saw all of us crowed in front of Niall's room.

He abandoned the nurse in the middle of the corridor and rushed towards us.

"What's wrong?".

"There was something up with Niall. So, we're just waiting here to know what it is", Mike answered and Harry nodded.

"Jesus Christ, I should have been on duty", the nurse said in her thick accent as she swung the door open and ran inside, shutting the door behind her.

"Ugh, I had to sneak Carina in, so you had to be off duty", Harry spoke looking at the door.

We waited impatiently for the doctor to tell us what was wrong.

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After several minutes, the doctor came out of the ICU room where Niall was.

He looked at us with an unreadable expression.

He looked right at me and spoke, "I promised you that your boyfriend would be alright and I'm glad I could fulfil that". 

I couldn't help myself, but I just threw my arms around Dr Quinn who laughed and returned the hug.

"He was getting his consciousness back, although it looked pretty scary. You'll can go see him after sometime", he said as he walked away.

"Niall's alive", Harry yelled as he jumped up and down like a five year old.

His long curls bounced up and down as he enthusiastically bounced on his strong feet.

"Can you please calm the fuck down?", Liam shushed him.

"I'm glad he's alright", Mike said with a smile and that made me happy.

"Thanks, Mike", I said as I looked at him.

"Hey, don't thank me. I hurt you, so I owed you one. We're equal now", he said and I smiled.

After a few minutes of excitement, the nurses walked out of the room.

"Anyone one of you can see him now", said the skinny nurse who was with Harry earlier.

The boys turned to look at me and I mumbled a 'thanks' before I walked into the ICU room to finally talk to my Niall.

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A/N:

My baby is alright and I'm so happy. I mean, there's no way that I could write anything bad happening to my baby. So, here he is!!

See you'll in the next chapter.

Lots Of Love
-Carita D'Costa❤️