Choices | calum hood & luke hemmings ✔️

four

madison

The doctor arrives in the waiting room and most of us stand up immediately. Everyone seemed really tired so I was the one to walk to the doctor to receive the news. The scariest thing to hear is the bad news. I'm doubting that we are going to get good news. What kind of good news will it be if it's including a hospital anyways?

I shakily walk to the doctor. He holds a clipboard and a pen in his hand. His glasses hang rather low on his nose.

"Any news?" I barely make out. My voice was in a whisper but at least I could talk. All of us are kind of speechless by this point. There's nothing to talk about with each other except to hope for the best.

The doctor nods reassuringly. He probably deals with these type of things everyday. Such as having to deliver news to frightened family members of patients.

"Luke is alright." He says softly. I know he notices the relief in is so he continues as the tension . "He has a few fractured ribs and a broken collarbone on his left side. Also a broken arm, which is on his left side too." The doctor stops waiting for any responses while I thoughts run endlessly in my head.

If that's what he described as alright, then what is Alex?

"What about Alex?" I ask with my stomach in knots in the presence of saying her nickname. My mind imagines the sight of her smiling at the sound of the usual name.

"Alexandra," The doctor takes his glasses off and peeks at his clipboard. "She's in a coma." I can feel my whole world crumble in pieces underneath me.

Well that explains the comparison.

She doesn't deserve this and I know that even though Luke is recovering in that hospital bed, he's probably thinking the same.

I become a little dizzy and feel as if I'm about to fall down. I think I'm about to hit the ground when Calum is right by me. He guides me to the nearest chair and sits next to me in another chair. Calum holds my hand and he squeezes mine harder than I do, which tells me he's more scared than I am.

"Her left leg is broken and her spine has..." He pauses and I hold Calum's hand tighter. "..a minor fracture, but luckily it didn't hit any nerves so I believe she'll be able to heal."

Her spine injury is probably due to the bunk piece covering her when Calum found her, as I was told.

"We are," I'm probably cutting off Calum's blood circulation by now. Cal rubs his thumb over my knuckles and I could feel myself relax a little. "working to stabilize Alexandra in her coma."

"Is she.." Calum trails off not wanting to say but we all know what he's talking about. Is she going to live? That's the main part we're mostly worrying about.

"I believe so." The doctor replies getting the message of Cal not wanting to say certain things. "Her heart rates are doing wonderful and she's breathing at a steady rate." He gives us a little smile with reassurance.

"How long until we get to see them?" I ask and my voice finally cracked. I know it'll break my heart to see them hurt but I want to feel they're presence. We haven't for hours.

"Most likely, when we have Alexandra stabilized," He answers my question and I nod. He walks off and I peer to the others. Mikey is hugging Natalie because she's crying.

Ashton is sleeping currently. He says he wanted to watch over us so he had to get some sleep. Andy, she's eating granola bars. She's one to eat her feelings.

"You okay?" Cal whispers while wrapping an arm around me. I feel so cold, like a part of me is gone. He soothingly rubs my back and I lay my head on his shoulder.

"No. Our family is in there hurt, which they don't deserve, and Alex is in risk of-" I get cut of by the force of tears pouring out of my eyes. Calum pulls me towards him and I soak his sweater with my tears.

"Everything's gonna be all right. We're going to be able to see them." Cal reassures and I look up to meet his eyes.

"Yeah, until they're able to stable Alex! What if they aren't able to?!" The tears come out more furiously as I'm starting to freak out.

"Madison," He says in a soft voice and doesn't break eye contact with me. I'm hiccuping by this time but most of the tears have ceased. I wipe the area under my eyes with my jacket sleeves. "We are all worrying. Look, you just have to trust them that they're are able to stable Alex. That they will stable her. We will be see them awake soon. It might be days until we see them but it will all be worth it, alright?" His voice is cracking and now I'm the one to pull him into a hug.

"Luke and Alex are okay. Everything's okay." Cal says to remind me but I think he's reminding himself too.

This is the first time he's talked since we got here. It's all hard for us but I know it's extremely hard for him. His best friend, more like brother, and friend, meaning the world to him, are in the hospital. It hurts to know someone you love is hurt and you wish that you can be in their place instead of them.

We love Luke and Alex.

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This might be short. Im not sure according to you guys but I didn't want to overdue the meaning.

Expect an update soon!
Love yall,
H <3

*Edited 6/7/18 yay lukey is alright*