CHAPTER SEVENTY.
THIRD PERSON'S POINT OF VIEW
With arms wrapped tightly around her knees, Laura stares at the blue wall of the hospital in front of her. She can hear people talking in hushed voice all around the waiting room, probably talking about their loved ones admitted at the hospital. Laura on the other hand is just content that she was able to bring Harry to the hospital.
She's upset that the doctors aren't telling her anything. They just took Harry's unconscious body away, without paying much attention to her questions related to his health.
Millions of thoughts run through her mind. Every single one of them related to Harry. She remembers how much she hated him and wanted nothing more than to see him dead but now it's changed. Laura doesn't want him to die, she wants him to live. There's so much he needs to know, he's living in the dark and Laura doesn't want him to die in the dark too.
She wants to tell him about his sorry ass brother and his coward lover.
"Hey, you need something to drink?" Slowly, her gaze flickers from the wall towards the source of the voice.
Zayn stands there, looking down at her with a small frown on his face.
"Water or coffee, anything?" He asks again when he gets no reply from her. Eyebrows raised as he hopefully wait for her to reply.
Normally, Zayn wouldn't really bother to see if anyone needed anything, but seeing Laura sitting there without occurring a single word ever since he made her sit in the waiting room is worrying Zayn a little bit. He's not as heartless as he poses to be after all.
"Water will be fine." She says quietly and Zayn nods, walking away to grab a bottle of water for the girl.
In the past hour, Laura has realized that Zayn isn't really so bad. She remembers calling him and crying over the phone. Zayn had immediately told him that he's on his way, no more questions asked. He didn't insult her like the last time when she had called him.
"Here." She hears Zayn's voice and she looks up to see him holding a bottle of water.
Without uttering another word, Laura takes the bottle from his hand and hungrily downs the cold liquid before letting out a small sigh and putting back the lid on it.
"He'll be okay. He's tough." Zayn says from the seat beside her, placing his hand on her knee and squeezing it gently, in a soothing manner.
"You think?" She asks him quietly, looking at him with hopeful eyes and Zayn gives her a tight smile.
"I know that for sure, hon." Zayn tells her though she can sense the hesitancy in his voice.
Zayn was there right beside her when the doctors had said that it might be something very serious and judging from how long it has been since they took Harry inside a room, it's possible that it really is something serious.
Laura feels the tears forming in her eyes again and and hates it. She doesn't want to cry anymore. Doesn't want to give the God any satisfaction that He must get from seeing her so upset. She feels like that's all God really wants. To make her cry and she hates Him for it.
You're not going to win, I won't cry again. She thinks, taking in a deep breath and closing her eyes to stop the tears from flowing.
"It's.. it's because of the medicines he's been taking." She says, eyes again fixed on the wall in front of her but she knows that Zayn's listening.
"What?" Zayn asks, not really understanding what she's trying to say.
"The medicines. The pills he was taking for stress and stuff. They weren't right for him, they just made him worse." She explaining, her bottom lip quivering as she tries to hold back her tears.
She wants to tell Zayn about Josh and all his evil plans. She wants to rip Josh's heart out of his chest and then stab it for a billion times but even that wouldn't be enough punishment for that satan. He deserves worse, a lot worse.
"How can you say that?" Zayn's voice rings through her ears and she blinks a couple of times before answering the question.
"He.. Harry used to get so angry, every time he consumed those pills, his anger used to heighten and then he'd hit me and stuff." She murmur, her mind involuntarily drifting to the horrifying day he had cut her skin, to mark her as his own. "But later on he always apologized, he used to cry even and the day after his birthday party he had told me that he won't take those medicines anymore but there were going to be side effects." Her voice cracks in the end and she feels her cheeks becoming wet with tears.
"And here we are, sitting in a hospital." She sobs, sniffing loudly as more tears fall from her eyes.
Zayn rubs her back as she cries, not really caring about the stares she's getting from other people around.
She's not really sure what's the real reason behind her tears. Maybe she's just scared for a human being's life. Or maybe she doesn't want the only constant in her life to die or maybe it's the third one, maybe she's falling for her kidnapper.
"Selvia and Niall are here." Zayn says in a quite tone, giving her a pat on her back as if telling her to be strong.
Laura wipes at her eyes, her gaze first travel towards Zayn whose looking down at the phone in his hand before she runs her eyes around the room for the similar faces and that's when she notices Niall, searching the room with Selvia standing right next to him.
After a moment, Niall's eyes make contact with hers and he places a hand on Selvia's back, whispering something in her ear before they make their way towards Zayn and Laura.
Laura stands up as the two approach them at fast and immediately Selvia envelopes her into a tight hug, burying her head into the crook of her neck.
"How's he's doing?" Laura hears Niall's hushed voice as he sits down in her spot next to Zayn.
"No news yet, mate." Zayn sighs, hoping for his friend to be okay. He can't think of losing a guy like Harry, not many people are as kind and caring as that boy.
"Selvia." Niall calls out and she reluctantly unwrap her arms from Laura's waist, looking back at Niall whose now standing next to her.
"C'mon, sit down." He says, gently taking hold of her wrist and tugging her towards the uncomfortable looking plastic chairs. "Do you want me to bring you something, a pack of chips and juice perhaps?" Niall asks her but she just shakes her head no, she's lost her appetite ever since Zayn called her and told her about Harry.
Before Niall could argue with her, a voice grabs attention of all four of them.
"Anyone here with Mr. Styles." The doctor asks and immediately Laura takes a step towards the doctor.
"I'm his girlfriend." She's surprised by what she has just said but it's not like she can take her words back so she just stands there, desperately waiting for the doctor to tell her that Harry's gonna be okay.
"Very well, miss. I need you to come with me please." The doctor nods politely at Laura before turning around and walking away.
"Let's go." She hears Zayn sigh from beside him, placing his hand on the small of her back.
Once they reach a small room that smells like medicines, the doctor asks Zayn to close the door and he does before the two of them sit down.
"How's he doing?" Zayn asks eagerly, placing his hand on the wooden table in front of him.
"We've run many tests on Mr. Styles and luckily all of them came out clear except a few." The doctor says, going through the stack of sheets in front of him. "There's a problem with his lungs."
Laura feels her heart dropping at the doctor's words and she inhale sharply, closing her eyes momentarily to stop the tears from flowing out.
"Doctor, is it very serious?" Zayn asks him, his voice laced with worry and fear.
"It's treatable." The doctor answers professionally, " It can take two weeks or more but Mr.Styles' case isn't a hopeless one. Probably because he stopped taking the drugs before they could do any more severe damage."
"He.. he never used drugs. He didn't even smoke." Zayn states, a frown taking over his face at doctor's words.
Laura on the other hand, clamps her hands into fists. Anger bubbling within her, knowing exactly what doctor's talking about. It's all because of Josh and she wants nothing more than to kill that ruthless bastard.
"Then I'm afraid it is a side effect of some medicine." The doctor says shaking his head before he stands up. "Now lastly, the reason he fainted was shock and loss of blood but he's okay now. We gave him some medicine to keep him out for sometime. Once he wakes up, you can meet him." The doctor smiles at Laura and then nods his head at Zayn.
"Please excuse me now." With that said, the doctor exists the room, Zayn and Laura following behind.
"What happened?" Selvia asks anxiously when the two reach the waiting room, her eyes darting from Laura to Zayn as she hopes for a positive answer, holding her breath.
"He's gonna be okay. It's something to do with Harry's lungs." Zayn explains briefly while Laura just stands there, watching as Selvia relaxes and lets out a breath after hearing Zayn.
"Can I go see him?" Is her next question and Zayn shakes her head at her, a small smile tugging on his lips.
"Always been an eager one, haven't you love." Zayn says with a chuckle in response to which he gets a playful slap on his arm. "Ow, not yet. He's not conscious."
"You and Laura should go home, I think. Get some rest and we'll call when he's up." Niall suggests, looking from Selvia to Laura and realizing how tired the two girls look.
"No. I don't wanna." Laura says almost immediately, walking towards the chairs and sitting down. "I want to meet Harry first." She says in a determined voice leaving no room for anyone to argue.
She see Selvia smile at her words, looking at Niall and raising her eyebrows as if silently telling him something and Niall just shrugs.
"Alright, I can bring something to eat." Zayn says, fishing out the keys of his car from the back pocket of his jeans. "Niall, you coming?"
Niall nods his head in response and the two boys leave the waiting room.
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