1D) Adopted by Niall Horan *Under Major Editing

Ch. 33 Hospital Again

Niall's POV

The doctor finally came out of the emergency room three days later with the status on my little girl's health. He looked exhausted.

"Niall," he said. I ran over to him and prepared to listen. "Ellie has survived surgery," he said. I smiled. There was my fighter. "Thank you so much, doc," I said. "Can I talk to her?" I asked. "That's the tricky part," he said. "W-What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well, it seems that Ellie went into a coma while she was being rushed here," the doctor replied, "We don't know how long it will last. Possibly forever. Until she wakes up, we won't know what damage that the bullet to her head caused. She has about a sixty percent chance of living and a ten percent chance to make it out with any permanent conditions." My mouth and heart dropped.

"It will be okay, lad," Harry said. Zayn put a hand on my shoulder. The other two boys stayed behind me and cried. "We aren't going anywhere," Zayn said to me. "You guys are great," I whispered. Tears fell down my face.

"You have permission to see Ellie Horan now," the nurse said. I smiled lightly and led the boys in. I was not excited to see what she would look like.

"Oh boy," I whispered as I looked at her. I could see pain written all over her face. She had a wrap around her head. "Where did the other bullet hit her at," I asked. "Let's just say that you will never have to worry about her having her period, daddy Horan," Zayn said. Oh. No pregnacies either. This just made my job about ten times easier.

"That makes a happy daddy Horan," I said. That was the first time that I had cracked a joke all week. "Niall is coming back," Liam said. "Well, Ellie came back," I said, "My heart was with her, and now she is here." Louis smiled. "Hallelujah to that!" he said. I laughed. "No kidding, crappy-tempered Niall was bothering the shit out of me," Liam mumbled. We all laughed, Ellie brought out the best in all of us.

"So love, what's it like being in a coma?" I asked. "I would imagine that it is beautiful because she doesn't have to see our ugly faces," Harry said. I smiled. "How about it, love?" I asked. I could imagine her answer. She would smirk and say, "Oh fricking course! You guys are so ugly!" Then, we would all laugh.

"Who wants to go to Nando's and pick up some food?" I asked, "Not it!" "Not it!" Louis shouted. "Not it!" Liam yelled. "Hell no," Zayn said. Harry frowned. "What the heck," he said as he walked out of the room.

"Hello lads," a doctor said as he came in. We all waved. He sat down on the extra chair that we had. "Well, I'll tell you what we do know," he said, "She will not have her period or be able to have babies. Also, she doesn't need oxygen, which gives us hope that not to much went wrong when the bullet went through her brain." I smiled. "That's good, we'll tell Harry," I said, "Thanm you guys so much, it really means a lot that you all would stay in that operating room for four days straight." He smiled. "No problem, Ellie is our favorite patient," he said. He walked out of the room.

"I suppose that all we can do is hope for the best," Zayn said. I nodded. "Not to much else we can do, its time to really test Ellie's strength," Liam agreed. I and knew that she had it in her. She just had to dig deep for it.

"Its alright to be upset," Louis whispered as Harry came in, obviously seeing what was really going on inside my head. I was just trying to convince them all that I was going to be okay. Harry handed us all our food.

"What did they say?" Harry asked. "That daddy Horan over here will never have to worry about the boys," Liam joked. "I still want her to have virginity until marriage as one of her values," I said. That was what I believed in and I wanted her to believe it too.

"How about we dig in?" I said. They all agreed. I didn't want anymore sympathy from any one of them. It only made things worse.

I ate my Peri-Peri chicken slowly, savoring every bite. Every bite brought back memories, it was much too bittersweet. I wanted to stop, but I couldn't force myself to do it.

"Well, I guess that we should ask for rooms if we are going to be staying overnight," I said. They all smiled as we walked out.

"We would like to stay here tonight," I told the lady at the hotel half of the hospital," A room with three beds, please." "Room 529c three queen beds, floor seven," she said, smiling. I smiled back at her. "Thank you," I said.

"Niall, do you want to sleep alone?" Zayn asked. I nodded. One perk about this whole mess, first dibs on everything without even trying. I unlocked the door as soon as we got there and collaspsed on my bed. I hadn't spept in four days. I was exhausted.

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