From the Beginning (One Direction Fanfiction)

Chapter 19

Chapter 19:

Zayn's POV

We were all in the waiting room waiting for Sara to get out of surgery. Nobody spoke a single word; especially not Louis. Everyone had this nauseous feeling in their stomach because there was about a 25% chance that Sara was going to live. I looked at Erica and Beth and saw that they were holding hands staring at the ground. Beside Beth was Niall who was holding her left hand and beside Erica was Liam who was holding her right hand. I decided to call Taylor to see if she wanted to come to the hospital. I don't think she knows where we are. I got up and quietly walked outside where I could make the phone call. I looked at the pack of cigarettes that I am craving so badly but decided to throw it all in the garbage. I need to quit for the safety of everyone else.

"Taylor?"

"What the hell do you want, Zayn?"

'"Calm down Taylor! I'm not in the fricken mood." 

"Take it easy there," Taylor hissed. It took so much strength to not just hang up on her right there.

"Listen, Sara got this major headache after you punched her in the face and she woke up this morning with a high temperature so we rushed her to the hospital. When we got there, we found out she has a tumor in her brain and she's in surgery right now. It's not your fault but it would be nice if you came." 

"Holy shit. I'm on my way." Her voice was less harsh. She hung up the phone and I walked back inside quietly. As soon as I walked into the waiting room, I came face to face with one of the nurses. 

"Beth?" Beth sprung up and wiped her hands on her pant legs. 

"Yes?" She sounded flustered. 

"Sara is in recovery now. You and two other people can go see her for now." The lady said

"Louis and Erica, I guess..." Beth said. Louis and Erica stood up joined me in following the nurse to the recovery room. 

Beth's POV

I walked in first and looked down at Sara. Her eyes were black and she had a tube in her nose that was feeding her. There were bandages around her head where they opened it up for the surgery. Tears immediately sprang to my eyes and a sense of fear washed over me. I could feel the pain she was in, even though I probably had no idea.

"She had some really bad bleeding in her brain, but the surgery went well and she is expected to live. The tumor was safely removed," the nurse said.

Relief washed over me and it felt like 300 pounds had been taken off my shoulders. I looked over at Louis and his face was bright red. He reached up to wipe the never-ending tears off of his face. Erica was standing back with a look of horror on her face and tears streaming down her face. I was still crying and seeing those two cry made it worse. I walked out of the room and into the waiting room where Taylor was waiting with Zayn and Liam and Niall were playing cards. Louis looked like he was about to attack her but instead he raised his voice and yelled, 

"WHY THE HELL IS SHE HERE?" 

Zayn quickly stood up and rushed over to Louis. "Calm down. I made her come because it would have looked really bad if she just stayed home." Louis quickly calmed down as he realized that what Zayn said is very true. 

"Listen everyone," Taylor started and tears immediately threatened to spill. "I know what I did was stupid; all of it. Getting drunk, beating Sara, trying to sneak out, it was ALL wrong. Please forgive me." We all rushed over and gave her a hug and decided to forgive her because we could all tell she meant it. Even though it was a pretty crappy apology, we could hear the sincerity in her voice.