Payback. Sequel To TMHJ

Chapter ten

Hey guys. Sorry it has been a while. Stuff has happened in my real life. Here is chapter 10. I am loving writing it. It is so easy to just let the characters take control. Here we get some good news, then end with some bad. I am sorry.

A few weeks later, Louis was still in the waiting room. Since he was adamant he wasn't leaving, Harry went home and packed some stuff for him and Niall. The hospital staff let Louis use their shower. Every night before he went to bed, Louis would go into Niall's room and talk to him, and every day, Niall would just lie there, unresponsive. Louis swears he saw one of Niall's fingers move at one point, but Liam told him he was probably imagining it.

Niall's parents went back to Louis' and Harry's place to sleep in their spare room. They weren't leaving until Niall either woke up or died. Every day they would be in Niall's room, just praying for him to wake up. Every day, he never did.

'I think I want to come home tonight,' Louis said to Harry while they were sitting in their usual seat in the waiting room. 'I need to try and get a good nights sleep. Niall would hate it if I wasn't looking after myself.

Harry nodded. 'I'm glad to hear that. Do you want to go see Niall before you go?' he asked when he saw Maura and Bobby coming out.

Louis nodded. 'Yeah, I'll go see him now.' Louis stood up and walked towards his second lot of parents. 'I'm coming home tonight. I'm just going to see him first,' Louis told them.

Maura nodded. 'You need to have a good nights sleep. The bags under your eyes are really dark.'

'Thanks for that, mum,' Louis joked, actually cracking a smile.

He continued walking and went the familiar way to Niall's room. The room he was in every day.

'Hey, Niall,' Lou said as he closed the door behind him. Niall didn't respond, just lying on his back. They'd been able to put Niall in some of his pyjamas so he wasn't in an ugly hospital robe. Louis took a seat in his usual place, grabbing Niall's hand. 'I love you and I will never give up hope. I know you'll wake up soon and we can get back to normal. Or at least as normal as possible. I hate Simon for doing this to you. To us. I wish I could kill him, but I'm not a murderer.'

He sighed, sitting in silence for a while.

'Please wake up soon, Niall. I miss you,' he said after 10 minutes of silence. He gave his hand a gentle squeeze before he stood up, kissed his forehead and then walked to the door. He turned back around when he reached the door. 'I love you. I'll see you tomorrow.' He left the room, not seeing when Niall's hand definitely moved.

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When Niall's eyes fluttered open, he looked around the dark room. Where was he? Why was he here? He had a weird dream. He was in hospital and Louis and his parents kept coming to see him. Wait, that wasn't a dream. He is in hospital!

Just then a nurse opened Niall's door, expecting to just do obs, but noticed the blond irish lad was awake. 'Doctor!' she called. Then a man walked into the room and smiled brightly when he saw Niall was awake.

'Hello Niall. It's nice to see you up.'

'Water,' Niall croaked out, his throat too dry.

'Of course. Nurse Suzie here will get you a glass of water and I'll ask our receptionist to give your family a call to come see you. You have a very loving boyfriend, young man. He's always here.'

Niall got excited then when he heard that. He drank the water so fast. 'Louis' here?' he asked. He coughed after, his voice croaky from the lack of use.

'How about you let your voice recover a bit. Unfortunately he went home tonight. It was the first night since you got here he left. I'll be right back to check you over.'

The doctor left the room, leaving Niall with the nurse who kept giving him more water.

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Louis was sleeping very peacefully. Maura, Bobby and Harry almost didn't want to wake him when they received the news Niall had awoken, but they knew Louis would want to know.

'Louis?' Maura asked, sitting down on his bed, shaking him a little.

'What?' Louis asked, groggily. He rubbed his eyes, extremely tired. 'How long have I been asleep?' He was expecting it to be the next day and they were going to get ready to go back to the hospital.

'Only an hour, I'm afraid, but we got a call from the hospital.'

Louis sat bolt upright. 'Is it Niall? What happened?' He was panicking.

'He's awake, Louis. He woke up!' Maura said, crying tears of joy. She embraced Louis in a hug and the pair were crying happy tears.

'We need to go now!' Louis exclaimed. 'Fuck! I knew I shouldn't have come home tonight! The one night I do leave, he wakes up. He's all alone.' Louis was up already, putting pants on over his boxers and then a shirt. He didn't even care if they were dirty clothes. He was going to see Niall. Niall was awake. This is the best news they've had since Niall's parents got here.

'Lets go!' Harry said from the doorway. He just gotten back from calling Liam, who was still at Zayn's.

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The 7 of them all got to the hospital at the same time. The four boys and Perrie all stood together while Niall's parents went to the desk. The doctor came out then, walking to his parents. They spoke for a little before they turned to Louis. 'Come on Louis, come with us,' Bobby said waving Louis over. 'We're going to see him!'

'Oh,' Louis said, walking towards them. 'I thought you'd want to go in by yourselves.'

'Lou, you have been here the most, just for him. You deserve to come see him as soon as you can,' Maura said, grabbing Louis' hand.

'You love our son with all of your heart, so we love you with all of ours,' Bobby said. The three of them followed the doctor.

'Just wait here quickly,' the doctor said when they got to Niall's door. He went inside. 'Niall, you have three people waiting to see you. Can I let them in?'

Niall nodded, still unable to use his voice properly.

The doctor opened the door. 'His voice is a little croaky from the lack of use, so if he doesn't speak, that is probably why.'

The three heads nod and the doctor steps aside for them to walk through.

'Oh Niall!' Maura exclaimed, rushing to his bedside. Niall smiled up at her. Bobby moved around the other side of Niall's bed and the small family shared a hug.

'Where's Greg?' Niall croaked out.

'He's still in Ireland with his wife and son. They've been calling us daily for updates. They'll be happy to hear todays update,' Maura said, not wanting to let her son go.

Niall still hadn't spotted Louis, having been engulfed by his parents as soon as they came in. 'Louis?' Niall croaked again.

'I'm right here,' Louis said, raising his hand. Maura let go of Niall and let Niall see his boyfriend. Niall's smile faltered.

'Simon!' he whispered.

'Cannot get a hold of you, Ni. Don't worry.'

'No! He'll punish me again. I'm being a naughty boy having you in my room. Get out!'

'Niall...' Maura said as Bobby tried to grab Niall, trying to get him to calm down.

'Get out!' Niall yelled again. His voice seemed to be better. 'Simon will beat me with the belt.' Niall was genuinely frightened. He was thrashing in his bed, tears rolling down his face. The heart rate monitor was beeping very quickly.

Louis took the hint and left the room. Before he closed the door, he muttered, 'I'm sorry, Niall,' which wasn't heard over the boys crying.

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