Little Me [Zerrie]

30

"She needs to have this baby," I hear a doctor say and then adds, "Now."

I try not to look panicked but my poker-face has never been the best. Flower finally stops coughing but when she asks, "Zayn, what's going on?" her voice is slow and raspy as she speaks.

"Um..." I look around the room at all the doctors rushing around and then turn back to her. "You're gonna be alright, okay? Just try not to talk, alright? You're going to ruin your voice and make your throat hurt even more."

She nods meekly and lays her head back down on the pillow. I see her slowly reach her hand over and latch onto mine. Her eyes flutter closed and I use my free hand to stroke her golden hair.

God, she's beautiful.

"...down the hall..." I hear a doctor say to another and next thing I know, she's being taken away from me again. Our fingers detach as they take her away and I have to run to keep up with them.

"Flower!" I call out, hoping they'll stop going so fast but it's as if I'm not even here. No one sees me.

No one but her.

"Zayn," she tries to call as loud as her voice will allow but she goes into another coughing fit.

I need to get to her.

Once again, the door gets closed in my face and, once again, I'm fighting to get in and, once again, a man tries to pull me away from the barrier between Flower and I.

"Sir, I really need you to calm down-"

"I can't calm down! Let me in there!" I shout and squirm under his grip.

"Zayn?" a familiar voice says. The voice belongs to Jade and I see her, Harry, and my family running down the hallway to me.

"What's going on here?" Harry turns on his menacing, threatening voice which makes the male nurse holding me back nervous.

"M-Master Styles, I-I was just trying to control the situation. He's trying to break into a patient's room." the nurse stutters.

Harry looks into the room she's in and turns back to the man. "Let us in right now!" he loudly demands, making everyone in the hallway stop to see what's going on.

"I'm sorry but you can't go in there right now, they're-"

The door to the room opens and a doctor steps out to meet us. "I'm sorry but you can't go in there right now. She is having trouble breathing and we need to calm her down so we can prepare her for child birth."

"She's having trouble breathing because this woman let her nearly drown in a lake!" my mouth runs before my mind can think about what I've just said.

Immediately, Jade is in my face. "That's not true and you know it, Zayn!"

"Control your girlfriend, Styles." I growl at my friend. God, I'm a monster right now.

"Girlfriend?" the nurse and doctor say in unison.

"He means Slut." Harry assures them and the two men don't question him.

"She's my girlfriend and you better let me in there right now or I'll-"

"Zayn," Harry warns me, putting his hand on my shoulder to let me know that I've just exposed Flower as my girlfriend.

There will surely be consequences if I'm reported but screw it. Des already knows about us so what could he possibly do to top this moment right here? I'm being separated from her when she needs me most. Honestly, what could be worse?