It's me Ari (1D and 5SOS fanfic)

hospital, jail time?, and decisions

Ariana's POV
I woke up to beeping and people talking. I squinted my eyes and blinked slowly. "Oh thank god you're ok", Ashton said. Him, Michael, and Calum rushed to my side. "Where am I", I asked in a small voice. Ashton was rubbing circles on my hand. They all looked like they had been crying. "You're in the hospital Ari, we thought you were dead", he said with his voice cracking. This really pained me to hear. "After the whole Luke incident, and Liam carrying you to the couch. You stopped breathing and weren't moving. We all thought we lost you and Liam took it pretty bad. There are police here restricting him from coming into contact with Luke. Ariana, he was literally gonna kill him for doing this to you. We called 911 and we waited. Luke is being held under content and they are waiting for your part of the situation to prosecute him and all that", Ashton said sadly. My eyes went wide. I tried sitting up and Michael helped me. "Are the paps here", I whispered. Michael shook his head. "They showed up once it was dispatched. They're are swarmed outside right now. This whole situation is making headlines at the moment", Michael said. I started crying, I couldn't handle all this. Calum rubbed soothing circles on my back. "The doctor said a lot of your ribs were broken and that there was internal bleeding from when he pushed you down the stairs. There is lots of lacerations on your chest and bruising on your neck and face. He actually did break your nose love", Calum said. I put my hands on my face and it was sore and swollen. "We kinda got Luke good. I wonder if he likes having a broken nose as well", Calum snorted. They always try to make me smile even in the worse of times. "I appreciate it you guys, I don't want to see him or hear from him", I said pulling my hair into a loose ponytail with a hair tie on my wrist. The door opened and my doctor walked in with a clipboard. "I'm glad you're awake Ms. Grande, you seem to have recovered well. We broke your nose back into place and fixed up you internal problems. The police would like to hear a statement. You can be released whenever you want ok", he said nicely. I nodded my head, "Thank you, I'll be out right now", I said removing the covers and all three boys helping me up. "We brought some clothes for you here", Ashton said handing me jeans, converse, and a purple shirt. I gladly took them and changed in the bathroom. I looked at my face in the mirror. I was bruised pretty badly and my lip was busted open a little. I had a cut above my eyebrow. My arms were scraped and bruised. I silently cried as I examined my body. I had cuts on my chest as I lifted my shirt. I had these big ugly black purple bruises where my ribs were. I let my purple shirt fall back down and checked my neck. You could see where he was choking me because it left bruise marks in the shape of his hands. I took my hair down and did it half up half down. I slipped on my shoes and exited the room. It hurt to walk and the nurses brought me a wheelchair. "Be careful ok love. You sprained your ankle bad. The doctor said it was swollen", Michael said wheeling me down the hall. We made it to the front desk where the entrance was and there was a swarm of paparazzi and fans outside. The police wanted to speak to me privately for my side of the whole thing and to press charges or not. The officer waiting and he had a smile on his face. "Ms. Grande it's good to see you well. Will you come with me for a statement", he asked. I reassured the boys and the officer rolled me down the hallway into a private room. There was a table and another officer. Then there was him. The guy I never wanted to see again. He wheeled me on the opposite side of the table. The officer placed a recording device on the table. "Ms. Grande, explain to me in detail what happened", he said orderly. I swallowed my breath and put my arms on the table. "Yesterday my friends and went to the mall, the one in LA. I was assaulted in the bathroom. He hit me in the nose and he broke it. That same night I was attacked by him, he pushed me and dragged me across my bedroom carpet and he repeatedly kicked me in the stomach and ribs. Then he proceeded to choke and strangle me. I was scared for my life so, in defense I kicked him in the private area and ran. He got me in the hallway and pushed me down the stairs nearly killing me", I said. The other officer was writing all of this down. "Now miss, who did this to you", the officer asked. I pointed at Luke, "Luke did, he attacked me and tried to kill me", I cried. There was an officer retaining Luke and Luke didn't bother to look at me. The officers stood up and processed him. They sternly grabbed him. "Lucas Hemmings, you are hereby arrested under the court of law. Anything you say or do can used and held against you in court. You have the right to an attorney or be granted one by state. Ms. Grande can press charges and try you in court for attempt of murder. You're coming with us to the station", he said loudly. They cuffed him and exited the room, the officer talking to me stayed behind to talk to me. "Ariana, you have the option of pressing charges. In this case I would, because he should be brought to justice. It's up to you now", he said. I thought about it, and if I did let him go free, he could possibly do this again. I made up my mind, "I want him prosecuted for attempt of murder and I will be pressing charges", I said boldly. The officer nodded and gathered his things. I sat in the wheelchair after he left and took a deep breath. I then rolled myself out of the room.