Forever My Father

Chapter Fourteen

The ambulance was quick to arrive at the hospital where Zayn was immediately escorted into the back to receive the stitches he will need. Luckily since Liam is a paramedic he was allowed to join the medical staff into the back, unfortunately, the same couldn't be said for Harry who simply pushed Liam to go check on the boy. So now Zayn was laying flat on his stomach as two doctors stood above him, preparing him for the stitches.

"Relax, Zee, you've gotten stitches before nothing to be nervous over," Liam coos as crouches down to be eye level with the boy who still has tears pooled in his eyes, however, not one has managed to fall.

"I let them down, I- I let them down and I couldn't even stay to watch and see if we would win," Zayn whimpers with wide eyes that Liam couldn't help but coo at.

"You didn't let anyone down, baby. You played amazing out there, just that team was playing dirty and hitting you far too many times and far too rough," Liam says softly but Zayn doesn't reply.

From there the doctors began to put the stitches through the back of the boy's head. Now even with the numbing cream and anesthesia shot, no matter how many times any of the boys get stitches it still hurts like hell and Liam just wishes he could take their spots for them. After twenty minutes full of wincing and whimpering, the doctors finally finished and Zayn was once again being ushered off to the MRI room where Harry was patiently waiting.

"Oh Zaynie, baby, it's okay. We're gonna be out of here as soon as possible, don't worry," Harry coos as he sees the scared boy be escorted into the room. Zayn's not scared of the hospital, he can handle the needles and the blood and the pain, what he was scared of was the memory of this place. It was the last place he saw his mother. And it was the last place he saw her smile.

"Sir we're gonna need you to move into the other room because we are about to start the MRI and we cannot have other people in it while the radiation is occurring," one of the nurses who was helping with the MRI spoke as he guided the two men out of the room.

From there, Zayn had to experience one of the worst forty five minute periods ever. Now this isn't Zayn's first MRI or anything, but no matter how many times you get one they're still always as bad as the first. It's forty five minutes of sitting still while listening to one of the loudest (and most annoying) noises ever. The first five minutes are fine but after that you begin to daydream, and it is in those moments that your mind drifts to thoughts you always choose to ignore.

People don't know if it's because you're trapped in the same position for so long while being conscious, or what, but MRI's always trigger unwanted thoughts. Whether they be thoughts about the MRI itself (like the possibility of there being something extremely wrong) or even thoughts about something you may have regretted saying earlier in the day. Whatever it may be, no matter how many times Zayn got an MRI he always came out crying and calling for Harry.

Today was no different.

As the machine is finally shut off and Zayn is pulled out, immediately the curly headed uncle is rushing into the room to grab ahold of the boy whose tears finally began to fall down his face. The doctors allow the two to stay in the embrace for a couple more moments before they are obligated to escort them out.

"Sir, if you don't mind we would like to keep Zayn overnight in order to monitor him," the head doctor asks Harry and Liam who automatically agree. From there Zayn is taken on the gurney to a room with one bed and three single-seated couches as well as a small TV at the foot of Zayn's bed. After lifting the boy up and off the gurney and onto the new bed, the nurse who had following the group around quickly attaches the heart monitor as well as IV before walking out and leaving the three alone.

"I'm gonna go get Louis and Niall, you just sit tight, Zaynie," Liam states as he kisses the boy's forehead. And as Liam walks out of the room, that leaves only Harry and Zayn to sit in their comfortable silence. Well that is until Harry begins to talk.