Chapter 3: Wake up!
3 days. 3 days of watching his sleeping beauty lay there without making a single move. 3 days without any sleep –excluding the minutes he fainted- or eatable food. 3 days of agonizing pain and guilt. Those three days, where he figured his love for her, where his friends that bullied her and tormented her, realised how much she meant to them. They all loved her, some like she was their little sister and some, well let’s just say they took a sudden urge to kiss her and tell her how sorry they were –especially Niall and Harry-. But neither of them said something. Three days where her parents didn’t come once to visit her or see if she woke up. The boys were now sleeping, well most of them, while Niall stroked and kissed Lex’s hand.
He has been praying for her to wake up and hug him while he whispered how terrified he was and that everything will be okay. But everything was far from being ok. She should’ve waked up by now and even the doctors didn’t know why she was still sleeping. Harry came and sat on the chair that was on the opposite part of the bed. He looked at her and wished he never had done all those awful things, he wished he was lying there instead of her. But it was already too late. There was no turning back now and sure as hell no way he could make her forgive him and maybe, just maybe, give him a chance. He looked at the pale woman in front of him, those green eyes never fluttering open or her pale lips moving while she talked. Those fingers never caressing his face, telling him everything was okay. He never really knew why he started making fun of her. He just remembers seeing this beautiful girl walk down the street, making him speechless, but the asshole he is, didn’t knew how to manage his feelings and started bulling her. The regular romance between the depressed girl and the guy who made her like that, right? Hah, far from it. He didn’t want a relationship with her, he wanted to get in her pants, make her love him and the dump her, breaking her little heart, just like she did to his brother. Now you may hate him but he will make you love every single inch of him. In the end, everyone loves the badass asshole. But not her. She was special and he didn’t know how to start his game. For once, Harry had to actually think of a plan to seduce her and break her. Never ever in his entire life had he been in this position. He didn’t want to lose her but he also wanted revenge. Sweet revenge for his little brother.
Niall was slowly drifting to sleep but when something softly squeezed his hand his eyes shot open and looked at the not so pale girl anymore. Was she finally going to wake up? He sat up and walked closer until he was able to look down at her face. Softly his hand went to caress her forehead and see if she was really going to open her eyes, after three days of pure pain and guilt; it was time for a good thing. The boys didn’t notice because they were all fast asleep and he didn’t want to wake them up, after all they needed it. None of them had been sleeping and the only thing they drank was some cheap coffee from the nurses. The hospital allowed them to stay here after seeing that her parents weren’t going to come and see her. He couldn’t quite understand how the people that created her, could be so cruel and not come at least once to see their injured daughter.
How could they be such twats and just let her here alone when she almost died. Never in his life had he hated 2 people so much. He could’ve actually punch the both of them and not have a little bit of guilt, the day he heard her parents refused to come and pay for the medication their own flesh and blood needed, he punched a wall leaving a big hole in the white immaculate wall. The nurses were just as shocked as them and he didn’t even think twice when he said he was going to pay for all her medication. Her eyes fluttered open and a little smile crept on his face. She was finally awake. No more need of watching her lying there without moving or doing anything. He was finally happy to see her green eyes again.
‘Hey there’ She said softly and looked at him, just as she saw him smiling her lips twitched into a small smile. His eyes were the most comforting thing she had ever seen. After looking at him for only just a second, realisation hit her, and it hit her hard. She was falling for him. But that will be only for her to know since she couldn’t tell him that. And who could’ve blamed her? How wanted a girl with scars and a past that could give you nightmares for a life time. Her smile dropped and she looked around the white room. There were four boys sprawled over the couches and the stoles in the room. She immediately recognised them and gasped, as she looked back at Niall her throat felled soar as if she hadn’t drank for a week.
‘Water’ she muttered, her voice coming out soft. She didn’t think Niall heard her until he reached for a glass place behind him. She thankfully drank all the water in the glass and while she placed it down she heard Niall chuckle softly.
‘What’s so funny?’ She frowned and looked at him
‘And what the flying fuck are they doing here?’ He chuckled once more and caressed her hair.
‘Nice way with the words love’. She smiled and moved a little bit so he could climb in with her.
‘It’s a gift’ She placed her head on his shoulder that felt incredibly comfortable. He smiled and kissed her forehead.
‘Don’t ever scare me like that, I thought I lost you’ He whispered and kissed her nose this time. Her breath picked up as she realised just how close they were and her cheeks slowly started burning up.
‘I’m sorry Ni’ she whispered closing her eyes and taking in his scent.
‘When was the last time you showered?’ She asked laughing softly into his chest. Slowly they both started drifting to sleep and he put an arm around her waist pulling her into him. She smiled at how close they were and pushed every little worry out of her mind. Just as they both fell asleep. Harry woke up looking around the room. His anger rising up as he saw the two of them on the bed cuddling and sleeping together. Did she woke up and Niall didn’t wake them up? He tough clenching his fist and jaw.
‘That little prick...’ He muttered under his breath and stormed out of the room without looking back once. After he was out of the hospital he ran to his motorbike and climbed on it without putting his helm on and took off speeding through the town until he was in front of a pub. He parked his bike and walked in looking around, as he spotted the bar he took out his wallet and ordered a beer. The barman looked at him curiously but said nothing and gave him his bier. After 5 beers and a hot blonde, he decided it was time to go home and rest. He went and got on his bike this time putting his helm on and drove to his house. The next morning will sure come with a headache, he thought while struggling to open the front door. No one was home, as usually. He walked to his room on the second floor without falling over or throwing up on the stairs. Harry gladly climbed on his bed and fell asleep just as fast as he hit the pillow.
The boys at the hospital began to wake up and look around noticing that Harry was gone and Niall and Lex were cuddled up and asleep. They decided to let them sleep because each one of them knew Niall was up all this days waiting for her to wake up. They all smiled, but it wasn’t a just smile, it was the smile they had when they were about to do something they were going to regret later. Louis, who always had a marker with him, took it out and passed it to Zayn who began drawing on their faces. After a good 10 minutes, he was finished and proud of his art work. Niall’s face was decorated with flowers and a heart with Lex’s name inside and a big ‘L’ on his forehead. Where Lex had the same heart but with Niall’s name on it, she also had a bird on her right cheek and a big ‘N’ on her forehead. The boys waited half an hour for them to wake up and while they waited they went and grabbed some coffee. They also called to see if Harry was home and if he was okay, his mother Anne told them when she came home he was sleeping –probably drunk-. They looked at the two love birds looking at them with a questioning look. The boys just kept smirking and looking at them, finally when the two lovers faced themselves, they let out a pierced scream. Just a few seconds later a nurse came in looking all alerted and scared. After she saw the two of them her face changed into a look of pure annoyance and then she turned at the three boys.
‘I take it as that was your fault?’ She raised an eyebrow and looked at each and one of them. Louis being the leader, he answered nodding and muttering a yes under his breath. After the nurse left, Niall looked at them and smirked while he shared another look with Lex his eyes twinkling, he turned back at the boys.
‘It’s on.’
