haunted || l.h.

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"Family of Paisley Blake?" A doctor said which made me jolt up from my chair and walk towards her.

"Is she okay?" We all asked at the same time with the same worried looks on our faces.

"She's okay. We fixed the bleeding in her head and abdomen, removed her spleen, and fixed all her breaks, fractures, or sprains. All of her gashes are stitched up and bandaged so she should be okay. We put her in a room and she should wake up within the next couple of hours." She said which lifted a huge weight off my shoulders and nearly made me burst into tears.

"Where is she?" I asked quickly.

"I'll take you guys to her. She might be a little groggy when she wakes up but that'll wear off after some time." She said and started walking us through the halls of the large hospital.

  The second we walked up to her room I bursted through the door and ran to her bedside. She had a bandage around her head where I can only assume was where they cut her open. She had a cast all the way up just below her knee and a brace on her wrist. Her bicep was wrapped up in gauze and her bruises were still present. It broke my heart to see her so beat up yet so peaceful as she slept.

We sat around her room waiting in silence for her to wake up. I held her hand that wasn't sprained and watched her carefully.

I felt her grip tighten on my hand the smallest bit before she quickly pulled away and jolted from the bed. I quickly sat up and looked at her with concern written all over my face. Her heart monitor started rapidly beating and I could tell she was struggling to breathe.

"Paisley... P it's okay. You're okay my love I'm here. It's okay Paisley, it's Luke, I'm here angel." I said softly and stood next to her bedside I watched her open her eyes and look at me with so much fear in her eyes. She looked horrified and that scared me.

"You're here." She said breathlessly and tried to calm herself down.

"Of course I'm here." I said and held her hand tightly in both of mine.

"Please don't leave." She begged with tears falling from her eyes.

"I won't leave you ever, I promise." I said reassuringly and looked into those beautiful brown eyes that I missed so much.

"I-is he gone?" She asked with fear in her voice.

"He's gone P, he's gone forever I promise." I said and stroked the skin on the back of her hand.

"Are you in any pain my love?" I asked softly and sat on the edge of her bed. She slowly nodded her head and began wiping her tears with her other hand.

"I'll go ask a nurse to give you something for the pain okay?" I said and stood up from her bed. I loosened my grip on her hand just so I could quickly leave the room but hers quickly tightened.

"No don't leave." She pleaded. I felt my heart shatter in my chest, and I almost felt like I could burst into tears for her. She is so broken and it's so hard to watch.

"Okay... okay I won't leave." I said and sat back down next to her and tightened my grip on her hand again.

"I'll go." Caroline said softly which made me remember that they were still here.

Everyone else talked to Paisley about random stuff just to keep her mind off of anything negative. I sat as close to her as I could without hurting her so she'd know I meant it when I said I won't ever leave.

I could tell she was trying to be happy and trying to laugh, but I could also tell she was dying inside. Something was going on inside of her head and I just wished I could see it so I knew how to help. I don't know how to help her but that's all I wanted to do. I just didn't want to accidentally say or do the wrong thing and make her hate me too.

"We'll see you tomorrow okay Paisley?" Calum said softly and gently squeezed her fingers on her other hand.

"Okay." She said quietly and gave them all a small smile as they either gently kissed her temple or squeezed her fingers.

"We love you Paisley." They all said as they made their way out of the room.

"I love you guys." She said and watched them all leave the room.

"You can talk to me about anything you need to okay? Whenever you're ready." I said and watched her eyes gloss over and felt her hand squeeze mine.

"Okay." She whispered with her voice trembling while she looked away from me.

"Look at me P." I said softly and gently turned her head towards me. "I love you. I love you so much angel." Her lip started trembling and I watched as her built up tears escaped her eyes.

"I love you too." She said through her sniffles and tried to wipe her tears with her hand.

"Can you lay with me?" She asked softly and sent me a pleading look.

"I don't want to hurt you sweetheart. When you're a bit better I will I promise." Even though it broke my heart to not be able to lay with her, I knew I shouldn't. I wanted to hold her so bad but I knew I would hurt her no matter what.

She gave me a sad but understanding look before she laid back down in her bed. I helped her try and get some sleep and rest but it took a while. I think she was scared to fall asleep, which was understandable but I didn't want her to have trouble falling asleep. She's always had nightmares and sometimes had trouble sleeping, at least since I've known her, but this was much much worse.