Stand Up

Chapter 4

Niall's P.O.V

Finally the paramedics were here. I was doing my best to help Philippa. I've never seen someone in such a state like this, I didn't know what was happening, everything happened so fast but when I was Philippa's legs going weak, and then I saw her falling I knew something was happening.

I was trying to back the tears, and seeing Mollie so upset was making things so much worse, the poor thing seeing her in that state was horrible. I may have only known them both for less than an hour, but I knew i couldn't lose Philippa not like this.

They are attaching wires to her, for all sorts of different reasons, they also attached a mask to her face, one of the paramedics, went out and brought back a stretcher. They picked her up so carefully, so that they didn't knock any of the wires attached to her, and placed her on the stretcher. 

They wheeled her out of the flat towards the ambulance, with Mollie  her side not wanting to leave her.

I grabbed my phone and keys and ran out of the flat to my car. As I started to drive to the hospital as fast as the speed limit it would let me. As I was driving I searched my contacts to find the one person's number that I needed. Finally I found Harry's number and swiped the contact for it to ring. After a couple of rings Harry picked up.

"Hey mate what's up?" Harry asked seeming ever so cheerful, oh how I was going to ruin that for him.

"What you doing like now?" I ask feeling myself want to cry.

"Nothing why?" Harry replied seeming a little bit worried.

"I need you to meet me at King's hospital asap. Please just don't tell the others." I reply now with tearing rolling down my face.

"Yeah sure whats happened?" Harry replied now like seriously confused. 

"I will explain when you get there." I reply trying to stop crying.

"Mate don't get yourself upset I am on my way now." Harry replied with so much sympathy.

"Thanks Harry and its hard." I reply sniffling.

Niall I am on my way I'll see you in a few." Harry replied and ends the call before I could reply.

I pull up at the hospital, parking the car I literally ran from the car park to the desk in A&E department. 

"Hi, how may I help you today?" The young woman asked sat behind the desk.

"Yes, where has Philippa been taken?" I asked out of breath from running.

"Whats her name sir?" She asked.

"Oh shit I don't know her last name." I replied feeling so stupid not knowing that.

"Sir do you know anything else about her that I will be able to use to find where she is?" She asked with a small smile on her face.

"I think her friend said her date of birth is the 11th or 12th June." I reply.

"Thank you I will check them now." She replies, after a few minutes which felt like hours she looked up from her computer.

"There is a Philippa Bullock. She is in the resuscitation area, bay 5. They have just brought her back from X ray you can go ion." She replied with a smile on her face.

"Thank you so much." I replied and I headed towards the door that leads down the resus area where Philippa is probably lying half dead.

I walk down the corridor which is so plain and boring. All I see is people either lying on beds with cuts or broken arms. I finally reach the end of the corridor and see the door for bay five right in front of me I take a deep breath and open the door. To find Mollie slumped in the corner crying her eyes out with a nurse comforting her and trying to block the view of Philippa being surrounded by doctors and nurse around doing their best to save Philippa. I just couldn't take this. It broke me to see someone that I thought will be such a good friend, possibly a good girlfriend lie there so motionless.

I ran to Mollie and try to comfort her more but all I ended up doing was breaking down myself. With both of us slumped in the corner. All I could hear was the doctors saying what thy need to do to Philippa and the faint beeping of Philippa's heart beat on the monitor.

My phone started to ring, I looked at the caller id. It was Harry the person I needed.

"Mate where are you, I am at the hospital?" Harry asked sounding out of breath. I  didn't have the strength to speak let alone try and give directions to him to where I was. So I just passed the phone to the nurse that was with us to tell him where we were.

After about two minutes on the phone the nurse handed my phone back and told me Harry was on his way down right now. Then the sound of Philippa's heart monitor slowly reduced till there was nothing, all I could here was the sound of doctors shouting to all nurses and the other doctors for them to keep clear of Philippa's body.