Untamed Love

Chapter 32 - Niall

Chapter 32 - Niall

Everyone went home except for me. The steady beeps of the monitor show that Tess is alive. I don't understand what happened. I've been staring at Tess hand with no emotion on my face. Tess finger twitched. Or did it? I must be going crazy. I took Tess' hand in mine and rubbed the back of her hadn with my thumb. The door opened letting in a slit of light that was growing. 

"Harry?"

"Hey Niall". He held out a cup of coffee. I greatfully took it and drank. I gulped down the warm coffee. Coffee was definitely what I needed. Harry rubbed my back. "Mate, you look terrible. Go have a shower. I brough over some clothes for you and Tess when she wakes up"

"Thanks Harry" I said sincerely. 

I locked the door and looked at myself in the mirror. I had dark circles under my eyes, my face was pale and dead looking and my eyes were a grey blue. I stripped down and turned on the water waiting for it to get warm. So many questions were flying through my head. I stepped under the water and let my worries wash away. I scrubbed myself with the amazingly delicious smelling soap. 

I dried myself and got changed into the clean clothes that Harry brought. I looked at myself again. Come colour had returned to my face. The dark circles were lighter but they were still there. 

"Hahaha!"

Wait! Was that Tess? I pressed my ear against the bathroom door. It was silent. I unlocked it and walked out to find Hary and Tess talking. 

"Niall!" Tess exclaimed. She was about to get up and jump at me but I got to her first. 

"Woah there. Take it easy" she giggled. She started to play with her hair pretending her fingers were scissors. I looked at harry questioningly and pointed to Tess. 

"The doctors said that she would be high on the anaesthetic for a while" I nodded in response. I kissed Tess' forehead.

"You need to sleep it off Tess. Harry and I will be here in the morning for you"

"Chop! Why isn't my hair chopping?"

Harry turned off the lights and closed the door behind us. I sighed. "Don't Worry Niall. She'll be fine"

"Yeah. If you say so" I sighed as we walked out of the hospital. During the ride back to the hotel there was an awful silence in the car. There were so many questions floating around. When we arrived, we gave the keys to a man to park our car. We got into the elevator. The same scene replayed in my head. 

NO! AHHHHH! DON'T T-TOUCH M-ME! I DIDN'T D-DO ANYTHING!

My eyes started to sting and a tear fell onto the elevator floor. Harry turned his head in my direction. "Hey Ni? It's alright. Tess is fine. You just saw her" he pulled me into a hug. I buried my face in my mates chest. I cried and cried until I couldn't remember what I was crying about. 

When the elevator doors opened I walked out like a zombie. I felt dead and emotionless. I walked into my bedroom and flooped face down on my bed. I flipped, turned and tried singing to myself but nothing could bring sleep. The same scene played over and over in my head. 

NO! AHHHHH! DON'T T-TOUCH M-ME! I DIDN'T D-DO ANYTHING!

I grabbed my pillow and threw it at the wall. 

NO! AHHHHH! DON'T T-TOUCH M-ME! I DIDN'T D-DO ANYTHING!

"STOP! I'M SORRY!"

NO! AHHHHH! DON'T T-TOUCH M-ME! I DIDN'T D-DO ANYTHING!

I grabbed my hair in frustration and squeezed my eyes shut. "STOP IT! I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY!"

"Niall!" I felt myself being hugged by several people. I opened my eyes and saw all my friends with concern written on their faces. "Niall! It was all a dream! Stop it! Your hallucinating" they all yelled at me. 

I looked up at them wide eyed and scared. "What's happening to me?"

"You're probably just worried about Tess. We all are. But you have it the hardest. You were actually with her when it happened. Do the doctors know whats wrong yet?"

"No, no I don't think so"

"Do you remember anything bad happening at the aquarium?"

"No. I just saw Tess laughing, swimming in the tank and sleeping"

"Wait... swimming in the tank? With all the marine life?"

"Yeah why? Do you think it might have something to do with the state she is in now?"

"What? No! It's just such a great sounding date. I don't understand what happened..." Cara's voice dropped and so did her expression. She looked at Iz. 

"SHIT! Her condition. That must be it. It has to be"

"But she has been fine for so long. How Cara? How Iz?" I asked in distress. 

"I remember a few years ago when she used to scream, yell and kick out randomly. As she got older..."

"She grew out of it being random and grew into having a trigger" Iz finished off.

I furrowed my eyebrows. "Happiness is the trigger now?"

"We think so. But overwhelming happiness. When she saw all the fish..." started Iz. 

"She must have gotten overwhelmed with happiness" I finished. "IT'S ALL MY FAULT!"

"No! It's not. You didn't know and we don't know for sure" said Zayn

"The only thing we can do is wait till morning and talk to Tess and the doctors" said Liam. He pushed everyone out of the room. "I'll take care of you tonight Niall"

"Thanks Liam"

"Good night Niall"

- Liam -

I'm really worried about Niall. It seems that the more Tess breaks or hurts, the more Niall unwinds. He's losing it. If the doctors don't find something to help Tess, Niall is going to go nuts. I grabbed my laptop and typed into Google, trigger for hallucinations. A couple of websites came up and some videos. I watched one video and the exact same thing happened to Tess. 

I stayed up all night drinking coffees and researching different ways to help Tess. I want to put her condition behind her and Niall once and for all. 

1. Don't overwhelm. Keep them in a calm state

"Yeah maybe" I thought to myself. 

2. Rehab. There are professionals there that can help very effectively. 

"No! Definitely not. Well... maybe as a last resort" I thought

I really hope we can help Tess...