Oh Brother

Free to go

Harper Payne

The doctors and nurses ran a few more scans and tests to make sure I was ok to go and it turns out everything was fine - apart from the obvious. They prescribed some medication that I had to take, once in the morning and once at night to relieve the pain a little bit. It was painful, but not as much as it was yesterday. They gave me my does of my medication right then and after about five minutes, I was feeling better. "Where are the boys?" I asked as it had dawned on me that I hadn't seen any of them since I fell asleep next to Harry. "They're waiting outside. If you want, you could walk out to them. Surprise them or something. You shouldn't be able to feel your rib at all so you should be able to give them hugs." One of the nurses said.

I swung my legs over the side of the hospital bed and opened my door. Louis came running towards me, arms open but stopped last second. I finished his job and ran into his open arms. "They gave me this medication. I can't feel it at all." I whispered, when he heard that, he hugged me super, super tight but around my waist, just to be safe. "I was so scared!" He whispered. "I'm ok!" I whispered back. I kissed his cheek lightly and then pulled away. Liam practically threw himself at me. "Wow, Liam, calm down!" I exclaimed as he squeezed me so tight (around the waist) I couldn't breathe. He pulled away and kissed my hair. Harry hugged me around my waist. "As soon as the boys aren't around, I'll give you a kiss." He whispered in my ear. I nodded and hugged him back. He pulled away and smiled brightly. Zayn wrapped his arms around my ribs, I winced. "Waist please." I muttered. His arms fell further down my body to make sure he didn't cause any extra pain (a/n, Payne hahaha). "It's nice to know you're good babes." Zayn whispered. I nodded.

It got to Niall and his hug felt the most... real. Like... he cared the most. Obviously, all the boys cared equally, it's just what I felt. "I was so scared, you looked so..." He shuddered at the thought. "We'll talk later ok? When we haven't got anybody eavesdropping." I assured. He nodded and left a lingering kiss on my cheek. I stepped back. I'm going to go and change into my normal clothes and then we're free to go." I said. They all nodded and I headed back to my room as all the nurses and doctors and all that jazz left. I put my clothes and trainers back on. As I got out to the waiting room, I saw Liam being given two packets of tablets. I groaned. Great, tablets twice a day for ages. "We can go now lads." I said. They all nodded and then surrounded me as if they were security. "Uh, what are you doing?" I asked as Harry stood to my left, Louis to my right, Liam behind me and Niall in front of me with Zayn in front of him.

It all felt a bit topsy-turvy that I was the one being protected by the biggest boy band in the world. "There are fans outside." Louis said. "A lot of fans outside." Niall warned. Louis took out some black Raybans and put them on my face before putting his arm around my shoulder protectively. Harry discretely locked his fingers with mine, making me smile. Paul was walking in front of the boys while some other security I hadn't met yet surrounded us. "Everyone stay together. No sudden running or any funny business. You've got an injured friend and she needs protecting so please, for once, follow the rules." Paul said. All they boys smiled at me and I blushed as I took a breath and we began to walk out of the hospital. 

As soon as we got outside, there were screams and shouts coming from everywhere. Some of the girls were being polite, others were ignoring me and some were being extremely hurtful. I heard shouts like 'Who is she?' or 'isn't that one of their sisters?' or 'is it just another fling Harry?' or 'oh my god she's so ugly' I'm pretty sure I even heard an 'I wish she'd have died while being in there'. I must not have made it up because all the boys heads snapped towards the direction it came from. "That's my sister you're talking about!" Liam shouted at the girl who'd wished me death. "And my best friend!" Louis added. Harry just tightened his grip on my hand. "Boys, please. It's fine." I mumbled. I let go of Harry's hands and pushed the two boys back. At this point, we were being mobbed. Fans kept bumping into me. Into my rib which I was quickly regaining feeling to. "SHUT UP ALL OF YOU! IF I HAD'VE DIED IN THERE THE BOYS WOULD'VE MISSED TODAY'S CONCERT AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'D'VE ALL BEEN DISTRAUGHT. NOW THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK!" I shouted over everyone, literally silencing about three hundred girls. All the boys smiled proudly.

I blushed a deep red colour as all eyes were on me. All of a sudden, things went back into motion. Girls kept screaming, shouting, pushing. Harry quickly grabbed my hand again as Louis wrapped his arm around my shoulders again. "Boys! Can I get a photo?" A girl shouted, pushing me in the ribs to get to the boys. I doubled over and grabbed my rib as my knees hit the floor and tears of pain sprang to my eyes. "Harper!" Both boys shouted. "Everyone listen! That's Harper Payne! Liam's sister!" The same girl shouted. The squeals got louder as everyone crowded around me. Louis stole a girls megaphone and got on Paul's shoulder. "This indeed is Harper Payne. My best friend and Liam's little sister," Louis began as Harry crouched by my side and put his hand on my back as Liam rushed over with a bottle of water. Liam crouched besides me and put a pill into my hand. 

"What is this? I'm supposed to take one in the morning and one in the night." I recalled. "Yeah but they gave me different ones for if the painkillers wear off too early and the pain comes back. Which, as I can see, it has." He explained as he handed me a bottle of water. I gulped the pill down with my water and Harry pulled me to my feet. We waited for Louis to finish speaking before continuing to our car. "The reason she was in the hospital was because - Harper do you mind if I tell them?" Louis asked as I shook my head, my hand gripped onto Harry's shoulder until I regained the strength to stand without pain (a/n, Payne hahaha). "Ok basically, we went back to our hotel and she was waiting in the hallway for us. Long story short, a fan kicked her in the ribs. She passed out from loss of breath due to stress and then we had to rush her here. We didn't know if she was going to make it. She's only just got out and all she can here is you telling her you wished she'd died or just pushing her right in her broken rib. If you guys really loved us, you'd respect our loved ones.

"If - and I know we don't want to think about it right now, lads but - if she hadn't have made it, we probably would've cancelled the rest of the tour. We love this girl with our whole hearts and - I'm not saying you guys have to love everyone we love because you don't - but what I'm saying is, if you loved us, you wouldn't hate on who we loved. Because we love them and that should be enough for you. If you don't like her, don't hate on her, just continue with your lives and if you take pride in putting somebody else down then you should maybe get a life." Louis ranted. I wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes and began to clap. Soon, everyone had joined the clapping. I was stable enough to continue walking to the car but before I got the chance, somebody pulled on my arm. "Yes?" I asked. "I'm really sorry for hurting you." The girl who had pushed my rib said softly. I smiled. "Don't worry about it kiddo, just be careful next time please?" I asked sweetly. She nodded and then ran back into the crowd. 

A/N, EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE GOING ALIRGHT HM? MAYBE NOT... 

SORRY FOR NOT UPLOADING IN A WHILE, I'VE BEEN CONCENTRATING ON MY OTHER BOOKS, IF YOU WANTED TO CHECK THEM OUT, THEY'RE CALLED: The boy across the street AND My Brother's Best Friend. OK, HAVE A NICE DAY/NIGHT/EARLY MORNING IF YOU'RE LIKE ME. LOVE YOU ALL. 

-la