Life Happens

Chapter Four

Chapter Four

Louis wakes up just as he’s being pulled into the ambulance, the faint sound of Harry yelling for him filling his ears, but before he can groggily try to respond, his head suddenly feels like it’s going to explode, and the doors to ambulance has been closed, a paramedic starting to work on stopping the bleeding coming from his head. Louis lets out a groan and the paramedic glances at Louis’ face as he blinks furiously, wanting to stay awake.

“Hey mate, my name’s Johnny. Can you hear me?” The guy asks and Louis forces himself to answer, as well as the other questions the paramedic asks him, such as his name, how old he is, when’s his birthday until abruptly, Louis stiffens, just as Johnny the paramedic asks “Are there any medical issues that we should know about?”

“Oh shit” Louis suddenly whispers and Johnny suddenly stiffens.

“Mate, if there are any other medical issues you have we need to know, just in case of-” Johnny starts but Louis cuts him off.

“I-I’m pregnant.” Louis hardly realises that this is one of the first times he’s said it out loud, his panic too much to really think about anything else other than if he’s lost the baby because of his fall…

Louis’ heart rate speeds up as Johnny yells to the driver to put the sirens on, his breaths starting to come in as short gasps as Johnny starts to bandage up Louis’ head just as the ambulance speeds up. Louis feels faint as Johnny starts firing more questions at Louis, asking how far along he is, if he feels any pain other than his head, if he can feel any blood besides the one from his head. But Louis can’t answer, his eyes slowly sliding close again, everything abruptly getting too much, his head pounding too painfully, his heart feeling like it’s going to jump out of his chest, the panicking and worrying thoughts that won’t stop swirling around in his brain… he never even got to tell Harry, he thinks before suddenly, everything goes black again…

The second time Louis wakes up, he’s in the hospital on a hospital bed, his head feeling slightly better, but as soon as he opens his eyes, he has to shut them again quickly as an almost blinding light shines into them. It takes a minute for Louis to adjust to the light and be actually able to see, but when he does, he almost jumps out of his skin when he sees a familiar looking lady standing at the end of his bed, scratching something down on a clipboard.

Louis coughs nervously, causing who he assumes is a doctor to look over to him. The doctor smiles gently before moving around to the side of the bed.

“Mr. Tomlinson, you’re awake.” She smiles before Louis suddenly realises who she is, and where he’s seen her before; she’s the doctor who deemed him pregnant three days previous.

“Ah, hello Dr. S.” Louis says his voice small and weak as he stares up at the kind woman.

“Mr. Tomlinson, how are you feeling?” Dr. Seas asks, her greyish green eyes staring down at Louis, causing him to swallow roughly.

“Um, okay, I suppose, my head hurts a little bit but… um, is the baby okay?” Louis finds himself adding at the end of the sentence, worry flooding into him. Dr. Seas smiles a small smile but it fades as she sighs.

“The baby is fine, luckily. If you hadn’t told the paramedic as soon as you did you may have been sent into his x-rays which may have hurt it, or if the ambulance hadn’t arrived as soon as it did, well… let’s just say you got lucky.” Dr. Seas says before looking at Louis scrutinising. “Do you remember what happened?” Louis frowns, starting to remember what happened.

“Um… I was carrying my little sister and then Harry accidently ran into me and… and I fell and I didn’t want Daisy to get hurt so I took most of the fall and, and then everything went black.” Louis finishes, his cheeks heating up as he avoids the doctors eyes.

“Alright.” Dr. Seas says, scribbling down something on the board quickly before asking a few questions which Louis faintly remembers are the same as the ones Johnny the paramedic had asked him before he had passed out again. Louis answers them before Dr. Seas finishes her scribbling then looks back to Louis. “Okay, I’m going to have you have something to eat then have a nurse check you over before I allow any visitors come in. Your mother and your boyfriend are waiting outside, they’ll be happy to know you’re awake.” Dr. Seas hesitates as Louis’ body stiffens, wondering if someone had told Harry and his Mum about he being pregnant. “No one from the staff has said a word about your pregnancy, doctor patient confidentiality. But if you don’t mind me asking, do they know?” Dr. Seas asks and Louis swallows thickly, lowering his eyes to the thin sheet that has been thrown over him.

“N-no, I haven’t told them yet.” Louis stutters, his hands shaking as the fiddle with the bottom his dirtied, crinkled uniform that he’s still in from yesterday.

“Mr. Tomlinson, I know this is hard and I know that you haven’t made your decision yet on what you’re going to do, but I must strongly advise you that you tell the people closest to you about this. If people do not know about your condition, then no one will be able to look after you properly if something like this were to happen again.” Dr. Seas says gently, placing her hand on Louis’ shoulder as the boy shivers, his arms wrapping around himself tightly, like he’ll fall apart unless he holds himself. “And I know you may not want to worry them, but you will need the support, whether you decide to keep the baby, put it up for adoption, or abort it.” Dr. Seas finishes softly. Louis blinks furiously, willing himself not to cry and holding himself even more tightly. The doctor sighs softly before squeezing Louis’ shoulder once more before stepping back, saying something about needing to attend to other patients but will be back to see Louis later that day.

When the doctor closes the door softly behind the doctor, Louis can’t stop the tears the spill from his eyes and he doesn’t bother to wipe them away, his only thought is ‘What the fuck have I gotten myself into?’

A/N: Hey guys, yeah, I know, this chapter isn’t very good. Next chapter I think Louis might tell Harry. I’m not really sure. Because I was making this chapter longer until I realise I was just going on and on so yeah. I’ll try to upload next chapter quickly. Please comment on what you think about this and if you have any suggestions or something. So yeah… J