sweet as sugar, cold as ice

Chapter 23

Alex's pov

I turned around and checked my phone, oh god! It was already half twelve in the afternoon.
I noticed I had a ton of missed calls from Molly.
Ring..
Ring...
"At last!" She shouted "uh yeah?" I said groggily "Nicole's in hospital, you need to come quick" she squeaked "w-what?" Why the hell would Nicole be in hospital? "Just hurry up, she's in ward 27" and with that she hung up, I turned over to find that Harry wasn't in bed.
I climbed out and limped my way down stairs. My leg was still in agony from the... Incident.
"Harry?" "In here!" He called from the kitchen "how's your leg, beautiful?" "Still a bit sore" I smiled "I've made pancakes for you" he smiled "why thankyou" I laughed taking a seat and biting into my pancake, he did the same "Harry? Can you take me to the hospital please?" I asked "why?" "Because Nicole's in there, I need to see that she's alright" "of course"

*at the hospital*

Molly ran up to me "thank god your here" she hugged me "why? What's happened? Is she okay?" "Yeah she's just, uh, fallen down the stairs" "right I've gotta go, please look after her" she quickly walked away "ugh, I'm just going to get a coffee, do you want any?" Harry asked "yes please"

Harry's pov

There was something weird about all of this. Why would Molly ever leave her best friend whilst she was in hospital?.
I decided to follow Molly and find out what's really going on. Because if she or any of them hurt Alex again I swear, I'll kill them.
I followed her down the road and she went into a small ally way I waited just around the corner but I could hear everything she was saying. A voice then spoke which appeared to be Louis' "did you tell?" Louis asked "no! I wouldn't do that, even if what you did do was wrong" Molly replied "is she dead?" "No! She's in a coma, thank god she's not dead" Molly sighed "shit! Mol, when she wakes up she's going to tell, I should've finished the job..."
I decided I had heard enough and began to walk quickly back to the hospital.
It was Louis.

Alex's pov

I stood in the waiting room. Alone. Waiting in my best friend waking up from her coma, that is if she will.
I felt a light hand on my shoulder spinning me around "Alex! Where the fuck have you been!?" Aston shouted but his face softened as he studied my face "what happened to you" he asked "take a wild guess" I said sarcastically whilst limping over to a seat he slowly followed and took the seat next to me "w- why are you limping?" He questioned nervously "ast... He stabbed me in the leg. He almost killed me" his eyes glazed over "how could he? I'm going to kill him" he growled
Just then Harry walked over and handed me my coffee, Aston growled even more "have you been with him?" He clenched his jaw "Aston..." "Answer me" Aston said quietly "she doesn't need to answer anything to you" Harry defended me "yes she does. She's my sister" "just you remember that next time dad tries to kill me" I snapped at Aston.
Harry was about to speak but a nurse came over.
"Hello, are you Nicole's friends and family?" She asked "em, yes" I smiled "okay, miss uh" "Merrygold. Miss Merrygold" I told her
"Okay, would you like to come quickly" she asked "why? What's happened" I asked panicking
"Your friend. She's, woken up"