The Set-Up (One Direction)

This Can't Be Real!

Louis' POV

I jumped into my car & sped off for the highway, trying to catch up to Zayn & Molly as quickly as possible. I need to apologise, to both of them, I was such a jerk to them. My train of thoughts drifted off thinking up impossible scenarios of how me apologising would go down, & I had to slam hard on the breaks to stop myself from hitting the car stopped infront of me.

I let out a string of curse words, getting out of my car about to go tell the person in front of me off but before I could I looked further down the road & saw that there had been a massive car crash, a truck had collided with a black jeep, smashing head first into the drivers side.

I glanced down at the number plate of the smashed jeep & felt bile rise in my throat before I puked on the road. That car... it's Molly's. "No, no, NO THIS CANT BE REAL!" I screamed before I ran towards the crash, falling over debris that had been spilt everywhere on the highway, but I didn't stop.

I reached the drivers door & glanced into it, I saw Zayn holding his arm grimacing with pain & only a few cuts & bruises, I then saw Molly, her arm bent at an impossible angle, a deep gash running from her collar bones down to her right hip, but worst of all was the blood rushing out from her nose & mouth, her forehead bruised & somewhat dented.

I heard a scream. I think that it had been mine. & I broke, I started sobbing & pounding on the window, frantically pulling on the door handle to try to open it, she can't die. Not like this, she's meant to be an old fat granny before she dies, & she can't die with out letting me say sorry. I felt a rough hand on my shoulder restraining me. "Lou." The voice wheezed, Zayn, I didn't even see him get out of the car. "Zayn! thank god your ok!" I yelled pulling him into an impossibly tight hug. "Yeah, I-I don't know wh-what's going to happen to Molly though, she can't die. Sh-She can't!" Zayn cried his voice croaky & breaking, tears pouring down his face, as the sound of multiple sirens could be heard.

The first to arrive we're the paramedics, getting to work immediately trying to cut open Molly's door, & then trying to safely pull her out, thousands of words & questions were being thrown at us about what happened, who we were, who Molly was etc. We answered as much as we could before Zayn was whisked away by a paramedic to check his vitals & his arm.

I watched as the paramedics talked to Zayn, I'm assuming about the condition Molly was in, so I decided to walk over & listen. "She's lost almost half of her blood, her arm is fractured in 3 different spots but that's easy fixed. She hit her head hard against the steering wheel, thus causing the dent you see on her left side of the brain, I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you but she might have amnesia. It is possible that she won't remember the last week, or it's possible she won't remember anything at all. Also the cut along her chest, will require stitches & will... permanently scar. That's all we can tell you so far. & we are praying she doesn't fall into a coma." The paramedic finished, we thanked him & he walked away & as soon as he did Zayn sobbed, head in his hands his palms pressing hard on his eyes. "She might not remember us lou." Zayn whispered not trusting his own voice.

"We are gonna have to pray she does mate." I said putting a supportive hand on his back. Zayn sighed before standing up, & walking over to the jeep again, reaching into the car & pulling out 3 things, his & Molly's phones, & although he was quick to hide it I saw the sleek black handle of a hand gun.

"Let's go home Lou, we will tell everyone together." Zayn said firmly his eyes hard & emotionless. I nodded numbly, following Zayn like a lost puppy, and hearing the sounds of the ambulance race away are what pushed me past my breaking point, and that was when the tears came. I sobbed, attempting to sniff away the tears as I walked, but Zayn heard me & wrapped his arms around me in a supportive bone crushing hug, kissing the top of my head as I tried to calm my breathing down.

"C'mon Lou" Zayn said gently tugging on my waist to get moving. We reached my car & Zayn helped me get into the passenger seat before he ran around the car into the drivers seat, & putting the car in reverse before slamming his foot on the gas making us shoot backwards, but before we could hit anyone Zayn spun the car around expertly & put the car in drive speeding & weaving through the cars at an amazingly fast speed. I glanced at Zayn my eyebrows raised extremely high. Since when ha he been such a good driver? I thought to my self still looking at Zayn, who then sighed & said to me "Molly was teaching me some moves a little while ago." He said heavily before sighing & I clipping his seatbelt. I hadn't realised it yet but we were back at our house.

Zayn & I trailed slowly up to the front door before pushing it open. We wondered through the house to find everyone in the lounge room watching 22 jump street. "Guys!" Zayn called catching their attention. "Yeah, what's up mate? where's Molly?" Harry said slowly trailing off when he noticed the lacking presence of a certain brown hair girl. "Sh-She uh, she's in the ho-hospital." I choked out tears threatening to fall again. "We were in a car crash & a truck slammed into the drivers side of Molly's car. She uh, If she wakes up she-she might not have any memory of us..." Zayn said sounding angry.

"WHAT!?" everyone else shouted before millions of questions were being thrown at us. "is she going to be ok?" "is she in a coma?" "what happens if she doesn't remember?" & many more until Zayn cut them off. "GUYS! we don't know what is going to happen to her the paramedics said she might fall into a coma which is the worst case situation, & she's lost half of her blood, also she has a cut from her collar bones to her right hip that will scar permanently. But that's as much as I know."

"Ok, can we see her?" Adele asked her voice eerily calm. "No, she's being operated on, her arm was broken into 3 pieces." I looked around reading everyone's reactions. Adele was crying into Niall's shirt, Niall was comforting her even though he had tears falling down his cheeks, Harry was grabbing his hair & yanking on it his eyes glossy, Georgia was completely frozen in shock a single tear falling besides the flood followed. Liam, well Liam was sitting on the couch head bent over in his hands, & he was mumbling under his breath, "I can't lose her, I can't lose her, I can't lose her..." over & over again. then I looked at Zayn.

His reaction was the most heartbreaking of them all, he was leaning against the door frame his body huddled into himself his arms wrapped around his body, his legs were shaking & his eyes were so painful to look at they held so many different emotions, pain, guilt, anger, regret, longing, & most of all love. I watched as he slowly slid down the wall before he landed on his bum putting his head on his knees & I watched as his shoulders shook as he started to cry. I watched as all oft friends broke down & then so did I.

we all cried & cried & cried. & then without warning Zayn jumped up from where he had been sitting and screamed "FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK! SHE CAN'T FORGET US, SHE CAN'T GO INTO A COMA & THEN NEVER WAKE UP! FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK" Zayn screamed punching the wall with every word he said. "Zayn, maybe we should go to the hospi-" "NO! I WILL NOT SEE HER LIKE THAT! She's meant to be right here, with all of us, I can't, I can't let her not be here." "Mate c'mon I'll drive you
to the hospital." Niall said, walking up to Zayn. "She needs you there zayn." Adele said gently, you've always been her favourite. Sorry boys." Georgia said trying to help lighten the mood. "Fine, I'll go. On the condition that no one else does, I know it sounds selfish but I-I need to see if she remembers anything first so please." We all nodded & Zayn have a tiny watery smile to us all before walking out of the door without another word.

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