Tongue Tied [H.S]

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Luna Afia

Bright light. The first thing when I open my eyes. Why is it so bright? And why do I feel like I could sleep for a thousand years?

What the fuck happened?

My eyes take a little while to adjust to the light. When they do I see a bunch of people surrounding me. I can't make out their faces as my vision is still blurry from waking up.

I've never been more confused in my life.

All I hear is muffled voices and beeps.

I blink hard a few times until my vision goes clear.

Niall, Louis, Zayn, Paisley, Freya and Faye are all surrounding me, each of them with worried looks on their faces, Freya is crying into Faye's shoulder and Paisley is holding my hand, softly stroking her thumb along the back of it.

I turn to look at Niall when I see him put his phone to his ear and walk away from me in a hurry.

Where the hell am I?

Zayn and Louis step away from the foot of my bed and I see the door of the room I'm in open. What looks like a doctor and a bunch of nurse's hurries to the side of my bed and begin talking to me. I'm still struggling to understand them as all I can hear is muffled voices. I try talking back but can't as there's something in my throat. I let go of Paisley's hand and weakly raise it to my mouth and feel a tube coming from it.

I look up at the doctors with a confused and worried look, tears filling my eyes.

Where is Harry?

He turns to one of the nurses and points to me, causing her to come around to the other side of the bed, she says something to me, and I try to read her lips.

I think she's going to take this tube out.

Before I know it, the tube is out of my throat and I feel fresh air flow down my throat, causing a chill to run down my back.

My hearing is still not the best, but I can hear a little clearer now, I can make out the words and little things like that, but It's still kind of muffled. It's like when you're underwater and there's people yelling at you from the surface, you can't hear them the best, but you can make out what they're saying.

I try to speak, but my throat is so dry that it hurts. The doctor realises that I'm trying to speak and reassures me to take it easy.

I'm so fucking confused. Did I miss something?

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The doctors stay in the room for another half an hour or so, doing various tests and shit like that. I honestly couldn't tell you a single thing that they did, I was too busy running laps in my memory, trying to figure out why the hell I'm here. The last thing I remember was Harry driving me to see Stella but taking me on a picnic instead. I swear that was like an hour ago. Why can't I remember anything between now and then?

My hearing is pretty much back completely now, aside from the constant, but quiet, ringing in the background.

I haven't even attempted to talk yet; it hurts to swallow so I'm not going to try.

I still have no idea on why I'm here though. Nobody has said anything to me. Which is weird, right? I mean, wouldn't you think that the first thing they say to me is why I'm here?

If I'm being honest, they probably did tell me when I woke up, I was just too deaf to hear anything.

Literally.

The doctors and nurses eventually leave the room, and everybody crowds around my bed, once again. I look around at everyone and still no sign of Harry.