Adopted by.... 1D?

Chapter 24

The door burst open and Louis’s head snapped up. A doctor ran in and motioned for Louis to follow him.

“He’s Ok. He’s Ok,” the doctor said as they were running.

“He…What?”

“Mr. Horan is Ok. He is asking for you.” The doctor stopped and looked at him. “You are Louis, right?”

“Yes sir.” They continued running. The hall was long and Niall was at the end of it. “Excuse me sir, but how is he Ok? I was in the room when he stopped breathing.”

“No. The machine said his pulse stopped, but when his body got cold, he jerked around and the thing we had on his finger came off. It should not have come off.” They ran into a room where Niall was laying in a white bed.

“Lou,” Niall whispered. Louis went over to him and hugged him. “I’m so glad you’re Ok.”

“Me too. They are gonna move me back to Li’s room!” He was so excited over something so simple.

“I’m glad baby.”

“Sing again?”

“Ok,” Louis said, smiling. He started singing Little Things and Niall sang along at parts.

“You sound great Louis.”

“Same to you snowflake.”

“We are ready to move him back to the previous room,” a nurse said.

“You ready?”

“Yes. I want to see Liam.”

They moved him back and Liam woke up at the noise.

“What the…” Liam said.

“Hey baby,” Niall whispered.

“Can I get out of bed?” Liam asked the doctor.

“Sure, let me unhook you from all these machines.” He unhooked Liam and Liam got up, careful not to wake his sleeping daughter. He walked with crutches because of a boot that was on his left foot. Louis just noticed it.

“Niall, I thought you…” Liam said.

“Well I didn’t,” Niall whispered. He still seemed sad, distant even.

“What’s wrong then babe?”

“I want to cuddle.”

“Well then, let’s cuddle.” Liam climbed in bed with Niall and wrapped his arms around the little leprechaun. “I’m never letting you go,” Liam said. His lips brushed Niall’s ear as he whispered to him and Niall smiled. He had longed for the feeling of Liam’s lips on him. He carefully turned and kissed Liam on the lips. Liam kissed back and leaned into it. Louis smiled and unlocked his phone. He texted Harry and told him what happened.

Liam and Niall were lying together in the hospital bed and Madeline-Grace was asleep on Liam’s bed. Louis moved toward her and flipped some of her hair away from her face. He took a picture of her and then looked to Liam and Niall. He never even was told what was wrong with them.

The doctor had left for a while to go do some paperwork. Niall was asleep and Liam was spooning him protectively.

“Liam?”

“Hmm?”

“What exactly is wrong with you guys?”

“That’s a very generalized question,” Liam smirked.

“No no, I mean… Why are you in the hospital?”

“Well, I dunno if you realized, but I have a boot on my left foot and Niall broke his ribs and collapsed one of his lungs. He barely made it to the hospital in time. I thought he was going to die in the plane,” Liam whispered, threading his fingers through Niall’s hair.

“Wait, what did you do to your foot?” Louis asked.

“I was near the window and we crashed on the side I was on and the windows shattered and the plane’s side collapsed on my feet and arms and everything. It was horrible. But I was just worried about Nialler. He was on the floor of the plane from the impact and his head was bleeding pretty bad. I was so scared. The EMTs ran in and his hair was red with blood. I was out of my seat by then and I was trying to help Niall’s head, but all the blood turned his hair red and I didn’t know where it was coming from. He had passed out and I was near to it myself.”

“So they got you to the hospital…” Louis prompted.

“Yeah, right. They put us in separate rooms and stitched up Niall’s head and set my foot. Then they realized Niall’s ribs were cracked and they fixed him up. We were finally put in the same room, but Niall was so close to dying, I was so scared. It was really hard to not be able to cuddle him or help him in any way.”

“It’s going to be Ok, Liam.” Louis reached out and rubbed his arm. Liam smiled and looked at Madeline-Grace. His smiled faltered for a second and Louis noticed. “What’s wrong?”

“I uh, well I… I haven’t been a very good father to Madeline-Grace. I feel really bad.”

“What do you mean?”

“She grew up without a dad because I left, now I am in a hospital and she thought I was going to die. I am not there for her when she needs me and I feel bad.”

“Hey, hey. Look at me yeah? You are a great dad. Madeline-Grace knows that. She loves you. Sure, she needed you when you weren’t there, but now you are here and you can be there for her.”

“Louis?” Madeline-Grace whispered.

“Hmm?”

“Can I cuddle with you on the couch?”

“Yeah, sure.” Louis got up and went over to the couch. Madeline-Grace followed him there and lay down in front of him. Louis kissed her and she smiled. Everyone was Ok. It was going to be fine.