Moments of Happiness

12

Louis

"JUST SHUT UP WILL YA!" I yell at the 4 people kneeled next to my couch. I just threw my arm back over my eyes and tried to think of what to do next. And of course, nothing that came up was even remotely helpful. "Liam." I whisper and I feel him move up to my head. "Liam. They took him to the hospital. By himself." I whisper and Liam tenses.

"We have to go." He says to the others and puts a hand on my arm. I just nod. "We have to go now." I nod again and then quickly get up. I stumble, a little dizzy from the post concert crash. Niall steadies me and we quickly make our way to the door.

Harry

I was scared. Alone, all these doctors, yet nobody would talk directly to me, and nothing any of them were saying even sounded like english. I was there in the cold small room, in a thin open gown, by myself for about hour. By then I had begun to imagine all different horrible things that could be happening to my throat.

I'd never sing again.

I'd damaged it too much to even swallow solid food.

I'd never even talk again,

Or even worse, I'd have to have surgery.

So I sat there, terrified, and alone.

I have no idea how long I sat there, letting my fears take over my mind when the door to the room flew open and Louis came storming in. He had to look around the room twice before he saw me curled into as much of a ball shape as my tall body allowed. Louis rushes over and kneels in front of the chair I am in. He looks me over quickly and in the back of my brain I feel the need to blush, but I hold it and just sit and shake. He doesn't say anything, just sits in the chair next to mine and wraps an arm around my shoulders. I lean into the warmth and try to stop shaking. Not long after Louis joins me the door opens once again and I see a doctor. He looks confused when he sees Louis but just nods.

"I'm Dr.Aaron Kenner." He says as he sits down in his chair. I just nod and I feel Louis doing the same next to me. "I see by the sheet that you were in the middle of a concert when your voice started to go out." He states and I nod again. "Why don't you hop up here and I'll check for swelling and take a look at your throat." He says and motions to the examination table. I get up and plant myself on the table.

Dr.Winners hands are freezing as he prods and feels down the sides of my neck. He doesn't talk as he goes, but he makes a few notes. "Open wide." He instructs. He shines a light down my throat and looks around. He makes a few more notes and then tells me he is going to take a swab. When that's over he turns to Louis. "It's most likely just vocal strain. You boys work hard and sing even harder, that takes a lot out of the vocal cords. They need rest. You are free to take him home, but make sure that he is silent. Complete vocal rest for two days." Louis nods and I start to panic. We have a concert not tomorrow but the next night. Dr.Kenner gives us the sign out forms and leaves. When the door shuts Louis pulls out his phone and makes a call. The door opens again and Paddy comes in. Louis hands him the forms and turns to me.

I go to ask him where the others are but he stops me. "Vocal rest, remember?" He says and pulls his phone back out. He opens the notepad app and hands it to me. I type out my question and give it back to him. He nods and replies, "Liam and Niall took Lauren and Joanne to the tour bus, they couldn't all come with me. They wanted to but Paddy wouldn't let them." I nod.

He puts his phone away before I can grab it again so I pull mine out and open my Message app.
To Louis
What are we going to tell the fans?

His phone buzzes and he grabs it. He reads it and shrugs. "We will think of something. I'm sure they will understand. They did the last time you lost your voice. Don't worry." Louis says and I nod. Before I can type out my next question Paddy is telling us it's time to go. He gives the paperwork to someone and comes back and leads us out the back to the waiting van.

It was silent as we drove to wherever they had put the buses. It was a decently long drive and I was happy to see the three buses as we pulled into the lot. The three buses look exactly alike, that way fans would have a harder time finding us. We pulled up next to the second one and I followed Louis out of the van and onto the bus.

Immediately we were bombarded by questions and worry. Louis gets them to stop, seeing as I cant talk still. He answers the questions to the best of his ability. Anything he couldn't answer I would text him the answer if I knew it. I could slowly feel the exhaustion taking over me, so I typed out a goodnight to the others and then excused myself to go pass out in my bunk.

Liam

Not long after Harry had left to go to sleep I excused myself and slipped into my own bunk. I laid there on my back thinking over what Louis had told us. Harry is scared that the fans will be mad at him. He is on complete vocal rest for two or more days. He needs a distraction. That's when it came to me. I rolled over and grabbed my phone and started texting people, working out flight plans and everything necessary. This is gonna do the trick. He won't even think about his voice.

N/ A
Who do you guys think Liam is texting?
Sorry this is a short chapter, but I wanted to get the base for what's coming up.