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Louis ~ Paralysed

Louis's POV
I couldn't move. My body was weak and exhausted. I had collapsed onto floor of our dressing room and I needed help. I mustered all of the energy I had to shout:
"Paul!"

"Louis, I need you to... Louis?" Paul asked, before I heard him coming over to me. "Are you alright?" He asked as he knelt beside me and put his hand onto my side.
I tired to speak, but my body refused to. I moved my head a little, but no words came out.
"Talk to me Louis. Are you in pain?" Paul asked me.
"Urh," Was all I could manage to say before I moved my head and my hand slightly.
"If this is a joke, I need you to stop it now. You're on stage in 5 minutes," Paul said, but this really wasn't a joke.
"Louis!" Niall called before he came into the room. I moved my head and swallowed, as it was all that I was able to do. "What's he doing?"
"I don't know. But he's not talking to me."
"Louis, get up," Niall said as he kicked me. "We've got a show to do."
I moved as much as I could and I tried to speak. But something was badly wrong.
"Louis?" Niall asked again.
"Mark! Can you find the medic?" Paul called before he put his fingers onto my neck.
"This is serious?" Niall asked as they started taking me seriously.
"It seems to be."
"Louis, can you hear me?" Niall asked as he took my hand. I tried to squeeze his hand, but I unable to.
"Louis, talk to us."
"Paul, how's his pulse?"
"It's a little slow. Can you find the other boys Niall, and tell Jonas to hold on starting the show."
"Ok," Niall said, and I heard him leave.
"I'm here Paul. What's happened?" Adian, our medic, asked as he arrived.
"Louis's struggling to respond. He's hardly moving and he hasn't spoken."
"He's not unconscious?"
"He doesn't appear to be."
"Ok. Louis, can you hear me?" Adian asked as he shone a light into my eyes. "His pupil reactions are good," Adian said before I felt him put a blood pressure cut around my arm and an oxygen monitor onto my finger. The cuff tightened as more voices arrived.
"Niall told us what's going on."
"Is Louis ok?"
"We don't know boys," Paul told them.
"Is he awake?"
"He seems to be."
"We're here Louis. We're with you," Liam told me before he took my hand.
"Is Louis alright? We need to be on stage."
"The show will wait. We might need to cancel it if Louis doesn't come round."
"Shit. Is he unconscious?" Zayn asked before a monitor beeped.
"His blood pressure is a little high, which could be a sign of infection."
"His breathing's strained," Liam said as drawing breath started to become hard for me.
"Someone call for an ambulance," Aidan said seriously.
"I'll do it," Harry said, and very quickly I found myself being soothed by Liam and Zayn, monitored by Adian, and Paul was managing the situation.
"The ambulance will be in 2 minutes."
"Guide them in Harry."
"Louis's really struggling to breathe now," Zayn said as my body was taking strained breaths through a high-flow oxygen mask.
"Shit. Hold on Louis."
"Stay with us mate."
"His name's Louis..." Harry explained as the paramedics arrived and everything went black.

~
In The Hospital

"He's doing well."
"Is the infection improving?"
"It is," A voice said, and I moved my head.
"Hey."
"Boys, he's waking up," They said softly.
"Louis," Harry said gently, and I raised my hand.
"You're in hospital Louis. You have an infection," Zayn said as he took my hand.
"Breathe."
"Can you breathe ok?"
"Yeah."
"Are you in pain?"
"No," I said softly, and Harry moved some hair out of my face. "Infec... infection?"
"It was slowly paralysing you Louis."
"The infection affected your muscles, shutting them off one by one," Niall explained to me.
"Be... ok?"
"Yeah. You're on strong antibiotics, and you're improving Louis," Liam told me.
"Good. Con... concert?"
"It was cancelled."
"Ok," I said and I let my head fall to the side, sleep starting to overtake me.
"Get some rest Louis. You're going to be ok," Harry said and he moved my head back onto the pillow. The boys were calm now and I was glad that they had all been allowed to stay with me. I had been awake during my medical emergency and I knew how scared all the boys had been. I had been unable to breathe and they'd called for an ambulance. It had been a scary time for all of us, but I was really proud of how they had reacted and how they had got me the help that I needed ❤️.
"I'll stay with him if you all want to get some rest."
"Are you sure Liam?"
"Yeah. He's woken up and he can breathe, talk and respond. You guys get some sleep."
"Look after yourself too Liam."
"I will. Go and find Paul."
"See you soon Louis," Niall said, and I heard the three of them leave. Liam was holding my hand in his own and I soon fell asleep.