His girl; Sequel to SNA

Chapter 23: Christmas Eve

A/N

OKAY I KIND OF LIED

this is the last update of 2013

Enjoy xxx

Ps: I had to rewrite this after wattpad messed up and deleted EVERYTHING

Ugh

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It was Christmas Eve.

There was no snow this year, but the air was crisp and the wind was vicious.

Evening time came and mulled wine was shared around in the hotel, and presents were stacked in and under the huge tree.

I checked the time on my watch and smiled at Cara.

In the past seven days since Rose was in hospital, not much had changed; I'd still phoned Niall, wrapped his presents, tweeted, participated in a Christmas photography class...and worried about Rose.

Zayn was going to stay overnight at the ward with Rose and travel home in the morning.

In the mean time, I'd had a plan - all of us but Zayn knew about it, and it was for us to go to the hospital ward and celebrate Christmas Eve with him.

It wouldn't heal Rose, but it would ease Zayn's sadness.

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We trooped into the ward singing Last Christmas.

On finding Zayn, he looked grey and miserable.

I didn't recognise him at first.

He looked at us in confusion; we were all dressed as Santa's and elves.

"Guys...what are you all doing here?"

"Well, we brought presents and food." Danielle said, smiling.

Zayn smiled back; the first emotion I'd seen from him since the accident.

Sophia glanced at Danielle with curiosity.

I smiled a little, as those two were beginning to form some kind of friendship.

"Zayn, how's she doing?" Harry asked.

He held Cara by his waist and she was looking sadly at Rose through her bright blue eyes.

"I don't know. She's in a better condition than the driver of the other car, and the others in the taxi with her are out of hospital." Zayn sighed, shaking his head.

I glanced over at her; she looked lifeless.

She was scratched and bruised and her dark hair was stripped of its life, or so it seemed.

Niall's grip on my waist tightened and I held onto him.

"Zayn, we know you love her...but your family haven't seen you in ages. You need to spend Christmas with them. Just the day." I said.

Zayn combed his hair with his fingers, "I can't leave her side." Zayn said slowly.

Collectively, we all grabbed Zayn in a hug.

"Zayn, you can't cry. It's Louis' birthday!" Eleanor smiled.

Zayn laughed, "Happy birthday, Lou. Sorry I didn't get you a...present. I can't even remember when I washed my hair."

"Gross!" Cara recoiled.

We all rolled our eyes but Zayn just smiled, although I could tell her was breaking inside.

We all fell into silence. The silence hung in the air like a damp cloth.

As I fixed my gaze on Rose's bedside, I swore I could see her chest rise.

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We were ushered out of the room.

The nurse allowed Zayn to stay, and I saw him keep glancing at the heart monitor.

She was breathing!

I slowly walked out of the room.

I knew how much Zayn had prayed to see her, how long he'd cried over her - and yet here she was, awake.

"I've missed you." Zayn spoke, even though he knew Rose couldn't reply.

He just wanted to confirm she was here, and a smile lit up his whole face as Rose weakly reached for his hand.

The last thing I heard before I left the room was Zayn tell Rose, "You...this is the greatest Christmas present ever."

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A/N

So there it is! The final chapter of HG for 2013!

Hope you enjoyed it, even though it was only short!

Sorry!

Wattpad didn't save my work:(

Anyway, writing is going to be tough as I enter the new year, but I'm going to try and update frequently.

Ily guys.

PS: NEXT YEAR my Disney fanfic series will be starting!

Head over to my other account @sweetnaivete and please fan me and tell me which story you're most excited for.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Xxxx