Those Angel Eyes

Part 7 - The Hospital

As we walked into the reception of the hospital, I became dizzy,  my head was spinning so much. It was almost as if I was drunk. I'm clearly overthinking. Nicole is a strong person, she'll be fine. Right? I'm still not able to say much.
A small lady wearing glasses larger than her face behind the desk chirps in.
"Can I help you guys out at all?"
"Yeah, we're here to see....her friend...erm I don't know her name." Pete stutters.
This is where I'm supposed to speak. But I can't. Dammit. Why can't I just reply back? Why can't I do anything right? 

"Thank the Lord you're finally here Courtney!" shouts Josh from the other side of reception. He runs towards us to greet us all.

I'm finally able to break my silence.
"How is she?" I trembled. My words came out but they were quiet. But still loud enough to be heard.

"Nicole regained consciousness. Come on, we'll all go and see her." Josh replied.
The corridor in the hospital was the longest corridor I've ever been down. Seriously, it was never-ending. I had The Strypes and Niall all walking within close range, Josh taking the lead. This was still really unusual. I felt better now though knowing that Nicole was alive.

Ross paced up a little bit until he was walking right by my side.
"I'm sorry you know. About what happened tonight." he began.

I sighed. "It's not your fault." I said, flashing him a smile.
"No but, I looked down at you both during the gig and saw you having such a blast and now this is probably a day you'll want to forget. That makes me sad." he explained.

"Trust me, it's fine. We still like you. Even more now actually." I insisted.
He flashed a smile back at me.

I knew it. Even with the fact he was wearing sunglasses, I knew he was making eye contact in our direction.

We finally arrived at the bed where Nicole was resting. Just a few moments ago, we were giggling together being crazy fangirls. The next thing I know, I'm emotional at the side of her hospital bed. She looks absolutely exhausted. To be honest, I feel the same.

"Wow, I can't believe you're here...and with all the members and Pete too." Nicole utters.
"How are you feeling Nic?" I asked, stroking her blonde curls that cascaded down past her shoulders.
"I just hit my head really hard on the concrete, I'm fine...but they want to keep me overnight. Probably in case I have concussion or something." she groaned.

She was still like herself even in this state. I stop feeling nervous and my head stops spinning. Now I know she's okay, I'm feeling more like myself.

"I'm staying with you. I can't leave you on your own." I cry.
"I'm staying too." Ross blurted.
Me and Nicole both gave him the same confused look. Was he insane? The lead singer of The Strypes staying overnight in a hospital for a fan. No, he must be joking.

Evan also got involved.
"Ross, we can't stay. We have to go back tonight. We're performing in Dublin tomorrow." he stated.

"I'm staying. I want to make sure she's okay." Ross argued.
"Ross, don't make this even more difficult for fuck's sake." Josh snapped back. His eyes had this evil look to them. It was like he was staring straight though Ross. That lasted for a few seconds until he stormed off angrily.
Niall looked worried when he looked at the rest of us.
"I'll go check up on him." he said as he scurried away, following Josh.

It was a little bit more quiet after the tiny spat between Ross and Josh. I don't want to be known as the fan who caused The Strypes to argue. I hope that was the end of it. After all, I never asked them to do this anyway.

"I'll go and grab us all a cup of coffee." Pete murmured.
"I'll help with that." Evan said.
They both hurried out of the room too, getting out of the situation. Probably feeling embarrassed by it all.

It was now just me, Nicole and Ross. Everyone just seemed to leave one at a time. But not Ross. He seemed keen to stay.
Nicole yawned.
"Thank you guys, you mean the world to me." she said trying to give us a smile but instead, she began to drift off into a deep sleep.

It was now just me and Ross.