Long Way Home // 5sos

04

The next morning I woke up to a quiet apartment. 

The guys had stayed up till about three in the morning, so they were still asleep. It was about eight or so, which would be super early to them if they woke up. 

Eventually, the quietness was gone when everyone was awake. 

We were all sitting in the living room on our phones, being lame when Ashton spoke up. 

"So, what's there to do in Sterling?" he asked. 

"Umm," I thought for a second. "There's a park no one ever goes to like ten minutes away from here. We could go there? There's a lake nearby it so we could go swimming too or something." I suggested. 

"Sounds good to me." Ashton said, the other three agreed. 

We all decided to change into our swimsuits and stuff, then go. I grabbed five towels and threw them in a bag. 

Almost twenty minutes later, we were there. We had a delay because Michael wanted to sit in front, but Calum didn't want him to. 

We decided to hang out at the park for a little bit before we went to the lake. 

"You're so short." Calum teased. 

"No I'm not!" I defended. 

"Yes you are. You're so small." he kept teasing. 

I looked back to see a picnic table behind me. I climbed on top and smiled. 

"Now I'm taller than you." I crossed my arms, trying to be as sassy as possible. 

"Still short." he shrugged. 

"But you're looking up at me now." I smirked. 

Before I knew it, I heard the table make a weird noise and I felt it start to move. 

"Madelaine!" someone yelled. 

My eyes clenched shut out of fear. I suddenly felt by body hit the ground which after that, all I felt was pain. Almost as soon as I felt the hard ground, someone pulled me into their arms, which I automatically clung to them. 

I opened my eyes to see Michael. 

"Are you okay?" he asked as Luke and Ashton ran over. 

I shook my head. 

"What's wrong?" he asked. 

"Everything hurts." I whispered. 

"Shit, okay.." he trailed. "We're going to have to take her to the hospital." 

"I'll drive." Ashton said, grabbing the keys from the bag we had. 

Ashton and Luke ran to the car while Michael carefully stood up, still holding me. 

Calum followed as Michael walked to the car. Ashton drove, Luke sat passenger, meanwhile I was basically in Michael's lap and Calum sat next to us. 

~

I had been in the hospital for a few hours while I got x-rays, CT scans, and all that stuff done. I was being really clingy to Michael, but he didn't seem to mind. When I wasn't getting x-rays done, he was laying with me. 

Calum kept making smart ass comments, but I just assumed it's because we were in a hospital and he would rather not be in one because I was hurt. 

"She's nineteen, why are you babying her?" Calum rolled his eyes as Michael helped me get a drink of water. 

"Why are you being such an ass? She's hurt, Calum." Luke said. 

"Because he's babying her. She'll never get better if she's being babied." he said. 

"You try having a table break with you on it. You'd want to be babied then too." Ashton rolled his eyes. 

"I know you don't want to be sitting in a hospital right now. I'm sorry, Cal." I said, looking down. 

He didn't say anything, he just got his phone out and probably went to Twitter or Instagram. 

Eventually, the doctor came in to talk to me about everything. 

"Alright, good news is nothings broken. You have a few bruised bones, but those will heal with time. Unfortunately, you do have a concussion." he explained everything I would have to do, which sounded boring. 

Basically, I had to be in completely dark rooms and had to mostly sleep. What a way to ruin the two weeks I had with my best friend and his friends. 

When I was released, Ashton volunteered to drive again. We soon got home where I had to go straight to my room and lay down. 

Michael and Luke helped me get situated, meanwhile Ashton was on the phone and Calum was who knows where. 

"Want anything? Water? Food?" Luke asked. 

"No, I just want to lay down." I said. 

He nodded. "I'm going to go downstairs so you can rest." 

He walked out and Michael started to follow before I stopped him. 

"Since Calum's being a jerk, will you cuddle with me?" I asked. 

"Of course." he smiled and crawled in my bed next to me. 

He wrapped his arms around me and I cuddled into his side with my head on his chest. 

"Try to sleep, when you wake up I'll run and get you some food." he said. 

I smiled and lightly nodded. 

Before I knew it, I fell asleep. 

~

I woke up to two voices arguing in a whisper tone. I kept my eyes shut while I listened. 

"Why are you doing this? She's supposed to want me when she's hurt!" the voice sounded like Calum. 

"You were being a dick so she asked me to cuddle. She's hurt, dumb ass." Michael whispered. 

"Maybe I wouldn't be a dick if you weren't trying to take my place." Calum said, almost in his actual voice. 

I decided I didn't want to hear anymore and started to move as if I was just waking up. I eventually opened my eyes to see two sets of eyes looking at me. 

"Oh hi." I smiled. 

"How are you feeling?" Michael asked. 

"Tired." I said quietly. 

Calum didn't say anything, he just walked out of the room. 

I could tell something was up, but I didn't have the energy to figure it out.