Light Me Up [HS AU]

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The hospital lawyers concurred with what Jones had told me. I was in charge, and even if dad wanted to make claims and deny Peyton access, it wasn't his call to make. I made sure everything was in order, so Peyton would be allowed to see Harry as soon as possible. 

I went down to the waiting area, where Niall was sitting with a sleeping Peyton, still in the same chair as she sat in when I saw her earlier. I waved at Niall and he nodded as a greeting. I sat down on a chair opposite them and studied the sleeping beauty. 

"Has she been asleep for long?" I whispered. 

"Mm-hmm," Niall said, obviously trying not to wake her. "She was awake for maybe fifteen minutes, but she's been out cold since. Did you get your things in order?" 

I nodded with a huge smile. "Yeah. Everything is settled." 

Niall smiled and winked at me. He looked down at Peyton as she started to stir in her sleep. She sat up and stretched her body, looking sleepily from Niall to me. 

"Hey, P, how are you feeling?" I asked carefully. 

She nodded with a meek smile, like she wasn't ready to speak yet. I handed her a cup of coffee I had brought for her and she happily sipped it, letting the lukewarm liquid coat the inside of her throat. For a moment her focus disappeared out the window, until she looked back at me with a quick movement. 

"How is he?" she said, suddenly remembering that I had seen Harry. 

I cleared my throat and leaned forward to hold her hands. "Would you like to come see for yourself?"

***

Morgan had to explain it to me three times before I understood why I was allowed to see him. I cried onto her shoulder as she assured me that I would see him as soon as the doctors said we could go in. 

"Does he look like himself?" I asked, suddenly realising he might have suffered terrible injuries. 

"Do you mean if he's still hot?" Niall joked, but he immediately held up his hands in self defense when both Morgan and I looked sternly at him.