The Truth Hurts (One Direction Fanfic)

Chapter 8: The Truth

(Louis' P.O.V.)
I breathe heavily. I can't believe Harry had the guts to say that. I've never had the guts to say that I love her out loud. But I do. I wish I had said it first. Harry is going to get the girl, as usual. This is almost impossible. My breathing must get extremely out of control because I get a little light headed.

"Lou? You ok?" Someone says. I just ignore it and try to concentrate on my breathing.

"Lou! Answer me! Please!" It says again.

My head feels so heavy...

(Harry's P.O.V.)
I look at Louis' shaky hands. His heavy breathing gets me really worried.

"Liam, get Louis to lay down!" I say.

"Why?" Liam asks.

"JUST DO IT!" I snap.

"Ok ok fine!" He states in surrender. "Lou, please lay down."

Lou keeps staring at the door where the doctor had walk in with Kate. His hands shake and his breathing gets heavier.

The door slowly opens and Louis jumps to his feet.

(Liam's P.O.V.)
I jolt upright when I see a doctor exit the room.

"Mr. ...... Liam Payne?" The doctor asks.

"Yes, that's me." I state.

"You may come in with me." He says. "I'm doctor Lawrence."

I feel a cold shiver run down my spine as well as the other three boys.

"Am I the only one who thought of a creepy murderous puppet?" Niall asks.

I shake my head and shrug off the creepy feeling flowing through my veins.

"Wait... You live in Ireland?" Tiff asks.

"Um, yes." Dr. Replies. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO CALL HIM DOCTOR LAWRENCE! "Oh, I see what you're referring to, I get that a lot."

We all look up at him. "Don't worry I'm not the real one." We all sigh in relief. "Mr. Payne? Come with me."

I follow him into the room, where I see Kate still unconscious with an air tank covering her mouth and nose.

"Please take a seat." He says pointing to a chair. I sit down.

"Yes?" I ask.

"You're her older brother right?" He asks. I nod. "Well, Liam I'm sorry to inform you that your sister has a mix of Situational and Cardiac Syncope."

"What's that?" I ask.

"Well, it's something that causes her to faint. It will happen when she's stressed which is the Situational Syncope, but she will end up gasping for air very often, which is part of the Cardiac. Her lungs can't process the air at 100%, causing not enough oxygen to her brain." He states.

"So this is quite bad." I say.

"Yes. How many times has she fainted in the past week?" He asks me.

"I've been with her for about three or four days and she's passed out three times." I answer.

The doctor's eyes grow wide. "Three in three or four days? That's really bad."

I look up at him. "Make sure to keep her under surveillance at all times. This could be fatal! Especially in her sleep!" He states.

"What do you mean by fatal? Do you mean she could die!?" I ask. I'm so worried this is terrible!

The doctor nods. "The reason she needs to be watched is because if she starts gasping for air in the middle of the night, you need to wake her. Her body is more likely to react when she's awake and her brain isn't on break. If she were to pass out in her sleep her body wouldn't be able to react as quickly and efficiently."

"Ok...what do I need to do? Will she wake?" I ask.

"L-L-L......" I hear someone say. I turn around to face Kate. She has taken off the air tank and is staring at me with her deep hazel eyes. Her eyes are slightly open and she's trying to reach out for my hand. I grab her hand in mine and place a small kiss on her forehead. "You'll be ok. I promise." I say.

"Liam?" I turn around and see the other boys and Tiff walk in.

"Am....I........go-go-goi-going.....t-to......d-die?" Kate stutters with her eyes filled with tears.

"You won't. I promise." The next thing I know, she manages to sit up onto her bed. She raps her arms around me.

"I love you Liam." She whispers.

"I love you too." I whisper back.

(Kate's P.O.V.)
I hug Liam tightly. He lets go of me and I am rapped into someone else's arms.

"Glad to see you're ok." Niall whispers.

"Niall." I hug him back tightly.

"Kate, you ok?" Harry asks before pulling me into his arms.

I nod. He pulls me closer but I'm not sure I want to hug back.

"Kate! Oh my god you almost gave me a heart attack!" Tiff engulfs me into a hug which I happily return.

"I'm ok Tiff, thank you."

I feel her grip around me disappear before I am brought up into a strong set of arms. They hold me tighter than all the others.

"Can I talk to her alone?" He asks.

Liam hushes the others out of the room.

His grip around me loosens and I look up to see my blue eyed friend looking down at me.

"What did you want to talk about?" I ask.

He looks down at his feet and back up at me.

"Louis? What did you want to tell me?" I ask again.

Suddenly his lips crash into my own. It feels like the whole Pompeii incident is happening all over again but this time inside of me. With fireworks and the high pitch screaming coming from my thumping heart. I close my eyes and he pulls me closer to him. I put my hand on his cheek and the other behind his neck. After a few seconds we part. I look into his bright blue eyes and he looks down at me. We are both panting heavily and my cheeks turn bright red.

"That was.........um.......unexpected." Is all I can say.

"Unexpected. But in my opinion. The best choice I've ever made." Louis states causing me to blush even more. He places a small kiss on my cheek and walks out of the hospital room.