Zalien Invazion

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Zayn sits alone in total silence, just listening to the ticking clock on the wall. Without realizing he was even doing it, Zayn passed the time by counting each tick  of the second hand to try and distract himself from his thoughts.
     It worked for a little bit, but he eventually got distracted when his mind starts to wander.
      He wondered if they would have to take down the shelf that Liam broke the corner off of when he fell. It probably wasn't that expensive and not made out of the strongest material, but it still had to hurt on the way down.
       Minutes turned into an hour, still without any word of Liam. The longer He waited, the more nervous Zayn became. What if Liam lost a lot of blood or something bad happened to him? What if he cracked his skull or hit a certain part of his brain that paralyzed him or made him unable to breathe or eat on his own.
      Zayn sniffles sadly. He knew he never should have left Liam's side. He needed to be there right next to him through it all; stay with him no matter what. And now he was never going to see him ever again.
     'It should have been me,' Zayn realizes suddenly. It was his fault Liam fell because he knocked over all the stuff on the shelf and Liam tripped over it. He should have fallen and been hurt. Not Liam.
     "Excuse me, sir," a nurse asked, suddenly snapping Zayn out of his head.
     He looks up at her with a questioning face.
"I asked you if you were here on Mr. Payne's  behalf," she repeats.
     "Oh. Yeah! Is he okay? Can I see him?"Zayn asks as he suddenly jumps up to his feet.
      "He's fine. I cant share his information, but if you'd follow me, I can take you to the doctor who can." She offers.
Zayn just smiles and nods and he follows her down a long white hallway. He suddenly felt at ease. Just knowing that Liam was safe and okay was enough for him. He walks down the hallway now with a brighter outlook.
Finally, they get to another desk and a tall man wearing a white coat greats them.
"Hello. I'm Doctor Marcillo," he says as he politely holds his hand out.
"Hi," Zayn smiles  back as he awkwardly shakes his hand. "Is Liam okay?"
"He's alright now. He took quite a nasty fall though, but we numbed him, put a line of stitches and a few staples in his head, and gave him some painkillers. We ordered a CAT scan to make sure there was no internal bleeding and found him to be just fine," he says assuredly. Zayn had no clue what that meant so he just smiles and nods. It all sounded good to him.
"And He's got a mild concussion so we'd like to keep him for a few more hours just to be sure he's okay. but he's very lucky. Will you be taking care of him when he goes home?"
"Yeah," Zayn nods.
"Perfect. Well, it'd be best if he could stay awake all night, but if he must sleep, you're going to have to wake him up a few times throughout the night and ask how he's feeling. If he experiences memory loss, dizziness, vomiting, or anything that's unusual, just bring him back here and we'll take another look at him," Doctor Marcillo  smiles at Zayn once more.
"Okay. Thank you, doctor."Zayn smiles as the man walks away to see his next patient.
Zayn wanders down the hallway until he finally finds Liam's room. He pauses and takes a deep breath before gently knocking on the door and pokes his head into the shadowed room.
He sees Liam laying in a hospital bed with a white bandage wrapped around his head and an IV tube stuck into his arm and in his hand.
"Liam?" Zayn asks hesitantly.
"Hey Zaynie," Liam's voice replies, sounding raspy and tired as his eyes slowly open and look up at Zayn.
"Liam!!" Zayn cries as he runs over to his bed and throws his arms around Liam's chest again and hugs him tightly, slamming his head against Liam's chest.
"Ooff. Hey there baby boy," Liam says with a pained chuckle. "I was starting to think you had forgotten about me and gone home," He adds with a thin smile as he rests his hand weakly on Zayn's messy hair.
"No! Never! They wouldn't let me see you!" Zayn tells him frustratedly.
"Aw that's rude," Liam states as he pouts with a smile.
"How're you feeling?" Zayn asks as he rests his hand carefully on Liam's shoulder.
     "Oh I've been better," Liam replies with a tired smile.
"Well..... I really like this cute little dress you're wearing Liam," Zayn says with a smirk as he plays with the sleeve of Liam's light blue hospital gown.
"Shut up Zayn!!" Liam says as he playfully pushes Zayn away from him. "At least I can pull it off!" Liam replies with a giggle.
     "Yeah. You got the legs for it," Zayn agrees, making Liam smile his wide, dimply grin.
"Bet you didn't know your boyfriend was this stylish huh?" Liam says with a grin as he laughs at himself and rests his finger under Zayn chin before leaning in for a kiss.
     "I'm sorry about this morning," Zayn apologizes sadly as he gently brushes Liam's loose hair away from his face.
     "I mean.... It was pretty fun.... before I fell on my clumsy ass and split my head open," Liam comments with a grin as he rests his hands on Zayn's hips.
Zayn laughs and bites his lip as he rests his hands on Liam's face to pull it close to his own to kiss him again.
     "What do you say we give it another try then," Liam suggests with a devilish smirk as he wraps his arms around Zayn, pulling him down onto the bed. Zayn yelps in surprise but curls up next to Liam and kisses him longingly.
     Suddenly, the door opens and Liam lifts his head to see 3 figures walk into the room.
"Oh I see how it is. Catchin a snog with Zaynie when you thought no one was lookin, eh?" Louis says with a Sly grin as him and his friends crowd around the bed.
"Oh no.... What are you all doing here?" Liam asks with a slight grin as Zayn scrambles off of Liam to stand by his bedside.
"We came to make sure you weren't dyin on us yet," Louis says with a proud smirk.
"Zayn called us and told us you were in the hospital," Harry adds as they crowd around Liam's bed.
"We had to check it out and make sure for ourselves," Niall adds with a laugh.
"Well despite how hard Zayn tried to get rid of me, I'm still here. Barely," Liam's says dramatically.
"I didn't do it on purpose!!" Zayn insists and Liam laughs.
"I know Zaynie I know," Liam assures him.
"How long have you been in here?" Niall wonders.
"An hour or two. Not too long," Liam replies.
"How are you feeling?" Harry wonders.
"I feel like someone just did my head in with a hammer, but beside that I'm great," Liam shrugs.
"Im great to!" Zayn interjects. "I got to ride in an ambulance!" Zayn shares. "That was zo zick," he adds. "And did you know they have free coffee here. They just let you take it! However much you want! They don't even care!!" Zayn adds in awe.
"I know bro!! It's the coolest fucking thing ever!!" Niall agrees with equal enthusiasm.
"I had like 3 cups just on the way up here!" Harry adds with a pleased smile.
"And did you see that fucking fish tank out in the lobby??" Louis adds.
"Yeah!! Yeah!! Oh my fucking God!!" Zayn exclaims with an excited smile. "There's 47 fish in there," he adds.
     "What? How do you know that?" Louis wonders in confusion.
     "I counted them," Zayn shrugs. "What? I was waiting for an hour and a half! I got bored," he claims shyly.
"Oh no. Don't worry about Liam. He's fine," Liam mutters from the bed below them as they all keep talking over him. "Don't even.... Keep going on. Yeah. Cool. Just talk about fish all day. It's all great. He's good. Liam's fine. Just had to get 15 stitches and a bloody staple put in his head. But really.... Keep going. Everything's wonderful. Peachy keen," Liam adds. .
"Oh my god Liam!!!" Louis suddenly gasps as if he had just noticed Liam was even there. "Are you alright love??" He asks as he grabs on to Liam's arms dramatically, trying to hold back his laughter as he shakes Liam.
"Hey! Ztop! Ztop!! You're hurting him!" Zayn cuts in as he pulls Louis off of Liam protectively.
"Liam are you okay?" Zayn asks as he looks into Liam's eyes.
"Oh now you're gonna care about me? Why don't you go get another fucking cup of coffee and come back and laugh at me as I just lie on the floor dying!!!" Liam exclaims frustratedly.
"Damn somebody's cranky," Louis mutters with a huge smirk.
"Well you would be too if this happened to you!!" Liam insists.
"How did this even happen?" Niall wonders as he sits down on the edge of the hospital bed.
Liam sighs and shakes his head disappointedly.
"We were taking a shower this morning and I slipped and fell and I cracked my head open," Liam explains simply.
"We??" Louis repeats in deep interest and with the biggest smirk.
"Of course that's the part you hear..." Liam mutters under his breath. Louis glances over at Zayn with a raised eyebrow and Zayn just smiles back sweetly.
      "Damn. You two. Gettin a little rough are we? Breaking heads and all. Damn," Louis comments with his smirk.
"Way to go Payno," Harry comments sarcastically as he pats Liam's leg. "at least I got to leave work early to come visit you," Harry adds thankfully.
"Yeah well you're welcome," Liam says with a slight grin.
      "Hey Liam, you ever heard of safe sex before? Cuz this definitely isn't safe ending up in the hospital like this," Louis comments with a laugh. "And Zaynie. I know you're a fucking monster in the bedroom but Next time, don't fuck Liam so hard. He's a big guy, but he's a pussy. He can't take it. Go easy on the poor boy or else something like this is gonna happen again," Louis tells Zayn jokingly as he pats his shoulder.
     "Hey, Louis. Come here, mate. I got a little secret I want to tell you," Liam says and Louis looks at him in confusion.
     "C'mere! I got something I wanna tell you!" Liam says with a smile as he motions Louis closer. Louis bends down at Liam's bed side and Liam leans in as if he was going to share a secret for only to him to hear. But instead of a secret, he slaps Louis in the back of the head and he gasps in furious rage.
     Louis lifts his arm to strike back but Liam intervenes.
      "Uh! Can't hit me! I'm poorly!" He claims with a sly grin as he points to his bandaged head. Louis snarls unhappily and slowly lowers his arm.
      "the second you get out of that bed..." He threatens.
      "You'll have to go through Zayn first before you get to me," Liam says proudly as he glances up at Zayn who was staring Louis down with a vicious, over-protective stare.
    "Holy shit that's terrifying," louis admits as he takes a step back. "I wasn't gonna hit him. I swear it was just a joke!" he tells Zayn with a nervous smile.
     "Look at that! Liam's got his own little body guard," Harry comments with a laugh.
     "Nothing'll ever get past zee," Liam says as he pats Zayn's arm.
      "Yeah. Nothing except a shower shelf," Niall comments and all the boys laugh except Liam who glares unhappily at them all.