The Stars Above Us

Should've Been Me

It was two weeks later and Bella was still pretty unwell. Harry walked in the house on his lunch break from work, and walked upstairs "Hey you." "Hey." She croaked out "How are you feeling?" "I feel like crap, Harry." "Do you want to go to hospital?" "Yeah. I think it's best." "Up you get." Bella got up slowly from the bed, "First, sit on the bed, let's put your shoes on." Harry walked downstairs, getting her black boots, walking upstairs to the bedroom, putting her boots on her feet "Let me quickly call your mum to take you to hospital, as I only came home to make my lunch." "Okay." Harry walked out of the bedroom.

Harry sat on the stairs and called Narcissa "Harry, is everything okay?" "I need you to take Bella up to Royal Sussex." "Why? What's going on?" "She's still unwell, the antibiotics the doctors gave her didn't really do much." "Alright, can you pass the phone over to her?" Harry walked in the bedroom "Your mum wants to speak to you." Bella took the phone from Harry's hand, "Hello?" "Hi sweetheart. How do you feel?" "I don't feel myself, Harry suggested we go to the hospital." "I think it's best too, are you being sick?" "I'm bringing stuff up, yeah." "Okay, darling. You're probably also dehydrated too so you may need to be put on a drip to help get your fluids up." "Can you take me?" "I'm leaving home now, darling. I'll take you to hospital," "Okay." Bella looked at Harry.

Harry placed a kiss to her forehead "I'll see you darling." "See you soon, mum." Bella handed the phone back to Harry "Narcissa?" "I'm on my way, Harry, and I'll be taking Bella to Royal Sussex, so you go and get your lunch and go back to work, I'll look after her." Bella looked at the window, and her eyes filled up into tears "What's wrong?" "I feel so sick, but I know you care and I know you want to look after me, but you've got work," "I know, lovely, I know. It probably feels pretty crap feeling like this, but you need to get checked out further to see what's really going on." "What if they say I'm dying?" "You won't be, sweetheart." "We never know." "True, darling." Bella nodded her head, standing up but felt dizzy and held onto Harry's shoulders.

It was less than 10 minutes later and Narcissa pulled outside of Bella and Harry's home and walked in through the front door. Harry came rushing downstairs and in the kitchen, getting a glass of water "What's wrong?" "She's turned for the worst, she's not doing well. I had to call an ambulance." "Harry, what do you mean?" "She said her stomach was hurting, and then she went to go to the toilet, and when she came back, she passed out on the floor." "Oh shit." Narcissa walked upstairs to her daughter's bedroom and she was sitting up against her pillows "Are you okay, sweetheart?" She nodded "Harry told me you passed out." "Yeah, it was only like 45 seconds." "Okay, darling. How do you feel right now?" "I feel sick." "I know you do, darling." Narcissa sat next to her daughter and slipped a hand through her hair and slowly massaged her head as she relaxed as Harry came upstairs again with his bag, putting his lunch in his bag "I hear sirens nearby, so they're probably on the way here." "Probably." Narcissa noticed her daughter's head on her shoulder.

Narcissa looked down, "Bella?" She shook her slowly "You alright?" "Huh? Sorry mum, I zoned out for a minute." "It's okay, sweetheart. Is your stomach still hurting?" "A little bit, but it's not that bad." "Okay, sweetheart." "If I didn't feel ill, I would've dyed my hair." "What colour?" "Lilac, but I've not been very well." "Lilac would look beautiful on you, since your hair's platinum blonde, it'll look beautiful." "That's what I'm thinking." Harry smiled at Bella and heard the doorbell.

It was later on, and Bella was in hospital but she was asleep as Narcissa heard her phone ringing. She got it out of her bag, and answered "Harry?" "How is she?" "She's dehydrated, but she's currently asleep." "Has she eaten?" "Yeah, they got her a tuna and sweetcorn sandwich, she ate that and kept it down." "That's good that she kept it down." "Yeah, she's currently sleeping." Narcissa looked at her daughter as she reached over and began to stroke her hair slowly as her eyes flickered open "Hey mum." "How are you feeling?" "A little bit better." "That's good, sweetheart. I've got Harry on the phone, do you want to speak to him?" "Sure." Narcissa handed the phone to her daughter "Harry?" "Hey gorgeous. How are you feeling?" "I feel a little better since I'm on a drip, and I've eaten." "That's good that you've eaten." "Yeah. I've just a little nap, so I feel a bit better." "That's good." Bella looked up at her mum and Narcissa got her the cup of water from the table "You okay, darling?" "Need some water." Bella drank some of the water, and put it back on the table.

Bella laid back down after handing the phone back to her mum, "I think she's going back to sleep, but she's still pretty pale." "Alright, do you need me to come or anything?" "Don't leave your shift or you'll need to make up the hours from your work." "True, but Bella's not very well, Narcissa. Yes I get it she's your daughter, but she's my wife, and I care about her." "Harry, calm down, I know. If you feel the need to, you can come and look after her as I need to go home to yours and get some clothes for her as she's staying in for a few days." "Alright." Narcissa looked back at her daughter but she had fallen back to sleep again. 

A doctor came in the room and looked at Bella who was asleep, "We got Bella's blood test results back, she is dehydrated, but from her chest x-ray we can see that she has also got Pneumonia, so she will be staying in for a few days to try and get her better until she is ready to go home." The doctor explained "Okay, thank you." Narcissa sat back down, taking her daughter's hand, letting her sleep.