Lovin' Styles

New Friend - Chapter 65

Riley's POV:

I woke up, in my bed.

Harry wasn't by my side, which was wierd. No nurses were coming in and out of my room, and for once, there was complete silence.

The door opened and in walked Harry, balancing Logan and Noah in his long arms.

"You're awake," he commented.

"When did I fall asleep?"

"You sorta passed out when Dr. Kyte came in to talk to you."

My breath hitched in my throat.

A wheelchair? For the rest of my life?

"Harry, I-"

"I know. She told me," he said quietly. His mop of curls hung over his forehead, shielding his emerald eyes from looking at me.

"I'm sorry."

He left the room, and came back minutes later without the twins.

"Don't apologize. You didn't do this, I did."

"Harry, stop yo-"

"I did Riley." I saw his lips quiver.

"Hey, Har?"

He finally looked up at me.

"We'll be fine," I smoothed his curls down with my hand. "So I'll be in a wheelchair. It's not that bad! We still have Logan and Noah. We have a wonderful home. And we have each other." I reminded him, kissing his forehead. "We'll be alright."

He climbed onto the bed with me and curled into a ball, snuggling into my chest.

I giggled. It was usually the other way around. I was the worry-wart and he was comforting me. It felt good, though. To be in this position.

Dr. Kyte opened the door and walked in. "Hi guys. Riley, you're free to go. We just need to get your wheelchair. The twins are healthy, we have a few guidelines. Noah has asthma, but it's a tad too early to tell. Logan is big, and is growing by the minute," Dr. Kyte said cheerily.

I smiled. "Thank you for all that you've done for us. You really are the best."

She beamed back at me. "My pleasure. I wish you and your family the best of luck." And with that, she left.

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Liam's POV:

We all stood in complete darkness until the door opened.

"Surprise!" We all yelled.

'We', being Niall, Skye, Izzy, Zayn, Louis and I.

Riley sat in her wheelchair, her mouth in a perfect 'o'.

Harry laughed. "Guys!" He grinned and pushed Riley near us with one hand. In the other hand, he held the baby carrier containing Logan and Noah, both fast asleep.

He set down the carrier and carried the babies upstairs. I followed him, gently taking Noah out of his arms.

We set them down, admiring their peaceful faces. I looked over at Harry and saw tears streaming down his cheeks. "Hazza, what's wrong?"

He looked and me and smiled through his tears.

"I'm so lucky. Ri was right, it did work out."

We hugged and went downstairs together. Niall and Riley chatted happily together, Izzy occupying Riley's lap.

I chuckled. That little girl has a personality that's indescribable.

Someone put their hands over my eyes. "Lou?"

"Right!" He cheered and pecked me on the lips. We had been going strong for almost a month now.

"So?" I heard Skye ask excitedly. "When's the wedding?" The group had moved over to the lounge area, everyone snuggled on the couch.

"We don't exactly know now, but we plan on it right after the tour." Harry said.

I noticed Riley's face lose the happy look for a minute. She whispered something in Harry's ear which made the smile drop off his face too.

I walked over and pulled Riley away.

"What's wrong?"

She cocked her head to the side.

"I saw you say something to Harry," I told her.

She sighed. "Well, without Harry here, and the twins being newborns, being home alone - in a wheelchair, might I add - is gonna be a problem."

"Come on the tour!" I said.

She rolled her eyes. "We've already tried that. Simon thinks the twins and I are too much of a distraction."

"Have Skye come stay with you," Niall appeared behind Riley's shoulder.

"She'd do that?" Riley asked, swiveling her chair around to meet Niall's gaze.

"Yea, she had been wanting to ask you," he said quietly. "And Izzy loves you," he added.

I chuckled. "That's great then! Everything's settled!"

I pushed Riley's chair over to chat with everybody.

Skye squealed once Niall told her and rushed over to hug Riley. Riley beamed and pulled away to talk to her.

Riley's POV:

"So, Izzy and you would stay here. Do you have a job?" I asked.

Skye nodded. "Yea, I work at a coffee shop."

"What time?"

"Eight o'clock to ten o'clock on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday. And on Sundays I work from eleven o'clock to three o'clock."

"Perfect. So, weekdays we can go out to breakfast at the coffee shop, and there's a park across the street, right?"

Skye nodded. "I'll take them Sunday, and Saturday, do you want them? I'm kinda planning on going to some fashion designing classes at a near university," I said, blushing.

Skye was grinning ear-to-ear. "Now Niall doesn't have to worry about me! And I'm so glad that I have a new female friend!" She went on.

Yea. A new friend.