The pain in harry's stomach starts out with nothing out of the ordinary, he just believes it to be normal, just a simple bad stomach, but when he starts to throw up blood, curled into a ball on the floor because of the pain, Lottie puts her foot down and calls an ambulance.
She rides with him to the hospital, Ellory bundles up in her bear suit in her arms, and when they take him up to get a scan, she waits in the waiting room, trying to entertain the 3 month old baby. Since Ellory was born early though her growth was set back slightly, she was holding her head up by herself but she still couldn't roll over and hasn't yet slept through the night.
When the doctor come back out to speak with Lottie, she leads him to a room where harry is waiting in a bed, and extends his hands for his baby, who Lottie hands over quickly.
"Well harry...." Dr Bailey says "You have a tumour in your abdomen, which has eroded throught the lining of your small bowel, we need to go in and remove it immediately" she says and Lottie squeaks in fear
"H-Harry has cancer?" she asks and she shakes her head
"Were not sure yet, we need to remove the mass and biopsy it first, to know for sure" she says and harry nods, but he's worried, more then worried and scared
Harry doesn't even have louis to try and comfort him.
So when harry is taken into surgery Lottie and Ellory walk with him, Ellory lying on his chest, playing with his hair rather then walking, but still there non-the-less. When they go to enter the surgical wing harry gives Ellory a gentle kiss
"So with Aunt Lottie for tummy time okay darling, ill see you soon" he says and she babbles at him as Lottie picks her up off of harry's chest
"This is the first time I've really been away from her..." harry say then he's wheeled away, his head turned back, arm reaching back his finger waving at his little girl
"Bye-Bye baby" harry says blowing her a kiss and she waves both her arms at him babbling confusedly as her papa was wheeled away from her. Then she begins to scream, crying and bawling, kicking her little legs and feet and slapping at Lottie.
"oh wow" she says "your a real papa's girl aren't you?" Lottie asks chuckling and walking back to harrys room with the baby in her arms totally melting down.
When she gets back to the room she places the baby on her stomach on the bed, placing bed horizontally, putting a pillow on either side before pulling the chair up to Ellory's little face. Then she begins to try and roll and its nothing out of the ordinary, she's been trying to roll for the past few weeks, but now was different and when Ellory pushed herself up and flopped over onto her back, her head falling backwards off the side of the bed so her little smiling face was looking at a very stunned Lottie upside down.
She stands and pulls the baby up, lifting her into the air and talking baby talk to her
"Your such a big girl! Rolling over all by yourself!" she babbles at the baby, lifting her high again making her smile at Lottie sleepily.
"All tired out from your accomplishments today are you darling?" She asks and Ellory closes her eyes and leans her head on Lotties shoulder, and that confirms her suspicions.
She places the baby back on the bed, pulling the rails up and tucking the sheet in tightly before sitting cross legged on the end of the bed, so she could keep a close eye on her.
Hours go by and when harry is finally wheeled into the room, he's out and Dr. Bailey walks in with him.
"Im confident we've got clean margins, the whole thing is out" she says and Lottie smiles gratefully "Is this little Ellory?" She asks walking over to the bed and leaning down
"Yeah, she's doing well" Lottie says smiling
"Your what to the baby?" She asks
"She's my niece, I'm louis sister Lottie, I'm assuming you know Louis?" She asks chuckling and the doctor nods
"Yeah, i do, where is he today anyways?" She asks "I would assume he would be here worrying over his boyfriend" She says
"They kind of had a falling out, i think louis was was overtired and he kind of had a melt down, walked out, its kind of a sore subject for harry at the moment" Lottie says and Dr. Bailey nods
"I would say it is, hopefully that boy comes to his senses soon" She says shaking her head "But either way, we should have the results from the biopsy back in a few hours, ill drop back by when he's awake" She says motioning to harry and Lottie nods
"Thanks so much" She adds before Dr. Baileys out of the room and walking down the hall. Lottie move back and pulls herself up onto the bed with Ellory again.
When harry does wake up the first thing he wants is Louis. He asks for Louis over and over, begging, crying and pleading. It takes him a few minutes and a mention of his sleeping daughter to calm him down enough to talk to.
"Harry, they got the whole tumour out, clean margins, isn't that great, and they've sent the biopsy to the lab so they should have it back within a few hours" Lottie says and harry nods sadly, his eyes drifting to his baby.
Lottie gets up and gently lifts Ellory into her arms, moving back to harry and placing her in the crook of harrys elbow, against his side so he wouldn't hurt his incision site. He holds her there, watching her sleep fondly.
From there its a waiting game. They sit on the bed, Lottie sitting in the couch near the window since they look the second bed out of the room once Ellory was off of it.
When Dr. Bailey comes back her face is unreadable. "Harry, the tumour was in fact malignant, so well have to bring you for a PET scan" She says and tears begin to steam down harry's face.
"w-what?" he asks "I-i have cancer?"
"We might have gotten it all today but we have to run the scan to be sure" Dr. Bailey says and Lottie nods tearily
"When do you need to bring him for the scan?" She asks and she smiles
"Im going to take him up now" She says and Harry grimaces, unsure is he's ready to know the truth yet, but never the less he kisses Ellory on the cheek and hands her up to Lottie
"Be good for Aunt Lottie okay?" He asks and she sticks her hand in her mouth making harry chuckle.
He's wheeled out of the room and down the hall leaving Lottie to wait once again. So she takes this opportunity to call Harry's mum.
"Hey Anne, do you have a minute, its kind of important" she asks
"I do, what is it Lottie?" She asks and Lottie takes a breath before answering
"Its harry, please come down to the hospital, Bring Gemma, just come down now" She says and Anne agrees before handing up the phone
Less then 10 minutes later Anne is walking into the room, Gemma hot on her heels and when they spot Lottie with the baby sitting on the couch, Gemma takes Ellory from her and sits down, Anne sitting down as well, right next to Lottie.
"Whats wrong with harry?" She asks and Lottie gulps, dreading having to answer
"He was vomiting blood earlier, so i called an ambulance" Lottie states and Annes hand goes to cover her mouth. "They found a tumour in his abdomen, it was malignant Anne, I'm so sorry" Lottie says and Anne begins to cry,
"My baby brother has cancer?" She asks and Lottie nods
"He's gone for a PET scan now, they got the whole thing out but they need to see if its spread" Lottie says and Gemma breaks down in tears.
Moments later Harrys wheeled back into the room and breaks down when seeing him mom and sister. They rush him, Lottie taking Ellory from Gemma on her way to harry.
Doctor Bailey walks back in and when she speaks its like all the air was sucked from the room
"Harry the cancer has spread, your PET scan showed that that its in your brain, liver and lungs"
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Color Outside The Lines (l.s)
FanfictionEveryone loses the ability to see colour when they turn five, some kids freak out and some are relieved to be like everyone else, and sometimes a kid never loses the ability to lose colour, because when you begin to fall in love with your soulmate...
