Trust { Niall Horan }

Chapter 23

Nialls POV

I practically sped the whole way to the ER. When we finally got there I picked Riley up out the car and run inside asking for help. At this point she wasn't really paying that much attention to anything or anyone. By how it looks they'd probably keep her over night but they might not.

I catch a nurses attention and she shows me to a room. "If you could please fill this out. A doctor will be here quickly." She says to me after handing me some papers.

"Oh one more thing. What's her name?" The nurse asks before walking out.

"Riley Woods." I say not taking my eyes off the paper, filling everything out.

The wait for the doctor felt like ages but it was only a few minutes before he was in the room with us. "I'm Dr. James so what's the story here?" Dr. James asks while looking Riley over.

"There was a fight and the girl bashed my girlfriends head into the ground a few times." I say leaving out the rest of the story behind all of this. I just wanted them to tell me that Riley was going to be okay.

Dr. James just nods writing things down on the clipboard he had with him. He didn't seem too pleased with the situation really but I mean who would be? "Okay she's going to need a few scans done on her head to make sure everything's alright. If it's just a concussion then she'll be able to go home tonight." He says to me before a few nurses come in a roll Riley off to be examined.

I knew they needed a person a blood to release Riley out to so I did the one thing I hated doing. Text her cousin Zayn. He didn't like me and I didn't like him. It was never said but it was something that you could just pick up on.

To Zayn 😒: "I'm at the ER with Riley...she may or may not have a concussion. Could you meet me here?"

From Zayn 😒: "Niall what the hell did you do?! I'll be there in 10."

To Zayn 😒: "I didn't do anything. Riley got into a fight with the chick my mum set me up with. The others and I tried to break it up but the girl bashed Riles head into the ground..."

From Zayn 😒: "You better pray all she has is a concussion or you're dead."

To Zayn 😒: "I need to talk to you about all of this anyways."

From Zayn 😒: "What? What about?"

To Zayn 😒: "I'm sorry..."

To Zayn 😒: "Riley is gonna hate me for this.."

I had a feeling that all of this was far from over and I needed to figure out what the next move was. I didn't need Riley in the way, not after what happened to her today. I couldn't have her getting hurt. That's the last thing I ever wanted to happen. So this was something I had to do and I knew once I told Zayn he'd agree with me.

"Alright asshole where's my cousin?!" Zayns thick accent carries throughout the emergency room.

I take a deep breath before walking up to him. "She's getting a few scans done. She'll be fine." I say to him as calm as I can. He was already heated and I knew we didn't need two short tempered people here going off at the moment.

Zayn takes a small breath before turning to me. "What is it that you wanted to talk about?" He says walking over to a chair to sit in.

Alright this was it. I had to explain to Zayn what needed to happened. "I need to get Riley to break up with me." I say to him which clearly catches him off guard. I didn't want to do this but I had to.