Treacherous

Chapter Four

xx But all I can get out as my knees hit the floor is, "Oh God." xx

Her pale, immobilized form lays there as my eyes continue to look at the damage that's been done.

Countless tubes have been stuck into her body and a clear one has been taped under her nose, giving her a good supply of clean oxygen. Her chest moves up and down painfully slow and a monitor to the left of her shows that even though it doesn't look like it, she's still here.

Wrapped around her head is a thick, white bandage, and spotting the back of it is a few blotches of blood.

Where her hair should be, there is nothing. Those long blond strands that are almost the same shade as my dyed ones are no longer there.

"Yeah..." Zayn speaks up behind me, "About her hair, they had to uh, cut it so they could remove the bullet before it did any further damage."

"Further damage?" I question.

"Um, I'm going to go and get the doctor so he can explain. You'll be okay for a few minutes?"

All I do is nod my head as I lean back and my bottom hits the floor. My legs splay out in front of me and my hands land in my lap as Zayn leaves the room, closing the door softly behind him.

I don't make a move towards her the short amount of time I'm alone. Why?

Because it's my fault.

Me and my stupid fame caused this.

Sobs start up in my chest just as the door opens. My hands find their way to my hair and they pull at the strands as tears fall down my cheeks.

"Hey, come on bud," Zayn helps me off of the floor before dumping me into a uncomfortable plastic chair.

I peer around him to find a stout man standing there with circular glasses and a large nose. He looks down at his clipboard and rereads the information he's probably seen before, refreshing his memory on her specific condition.

When he's finally finished reading he steps around Zayn and holds his hand out to me, "Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Dr. Von Schniefell, Amie's doctor."

"Niall Horan," I shake his outstretched hand and then pull back, wiping the tears from earlier away.

He only nods, doesn't say anything about how he already knows who I am, and for that I'm thankful. My fame is not something I'd like to discuss right this second.

"Now, about Amie's condition..." he starts, "I'm sure you already know this but I'll start at the beginning. She was shot in the head by an unknown person and the bullet did penetrate her skull. We conducted a surgery while you were out to remove the bullet before it did any further damage."

"Further damage?" I question again as I turn to look at Amie, who obviously hasn't moved.

"Ah, yes. Let's get to that. Her Occipital Lobe, or the part of her brain that controls eyesight, has been severely damaged, obliterated even."

My eyes snap back to him, "So how much does that affect her?"

"Well, with all of this, unless there's some sort of miracle, she'll be blind for the rest of her life. Even with developed technology we're not far enough to completely reconstruct a portion of her brain. I'm sorry."

All I do is nod my head as I take in the news. Blind for the rest of her life.

"Oh, and there's something else." Oh joy, "She may experience some other dysfunctional problems considering we can't tell yet if anything else was damaged. In other words she might encounter some amnesia or hearing problems. The parts of her brain that control these simple things may have been nicked by the bullet, but we can't know for sure until she wakes up."

Tears reside near my bottom eyelashes as I think of how she'll have to adjust to a completely different lifestyle because someone tried to go after me. She's blind, maybe even deaf. There's even a small possibility that she won't remember me.

"You okay, mate?" Zayn pats my shoulder.

"No," I whisper softly, "Not at all."

His eyes turn downcast at my words and he nods before pulling his hand away, "I'm sorry."

"So am I," I say, "So am I."

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Ugh. Short chapter... Again... :P

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