In Hiding // Ricky 'Horror' Olson

Here, in the forest, dark and deep, I offer you eternal sleep

"Where're you going?" Ricky asked as he stood behind me, watching me pack my things.

"Out." I didn't give him a second look before I walked away. I couldn't even get passed the bunks before he pinned me against the wall. "You know what I meant, Harley."

"I just need to get away for awhile, Ricky. Please don't make this harder than it has to be." I sighed, finally looking up at him. I couldn't help but notice his tired eyes and distressed face, making me feel 10x worse for leaving him like this.

I had gotten a call from the hospital back in Scranton earlier saying Jesse was issued into the ICU earlier this morning. They said he had been hit head on by a drunk driver while on his way back home last night and as soon as they said that there's an 80% chance he might not live I knew I had to see him again one more time. I felt as if I was betraying Ricky the more I thought about it, but at the same time, I felt like he had betrayed me by not telling me about Jessica being pregnant.

I shook off his hurt look before ducking underneath his arm, making my way to the front of the bus. I cleared my throat, catching the attention of the rest of the guys, deciding to tell them what's about to go down.

"I'm leaving for the next few days, I'll be back-" I couldn't even continue to make up some bullshit excuse on why I possibly might not be coming back before Ryan spoke up.

"Will you be coming back?" He asked, seeming to be able to read me better than anyone else. "Or are you just gonna say that to help us feel at ease? To make us think you'll be coming back?"

I sighed, shaking my head lightly. "I honestly don't know when I'll be back, I just know that it'll be more than a few days," I admitted, feeling Ricky's presence behind me. I turned around, giving him a slight smile before wrapping my arms around him. "I love you." I heard him whisper, feeling him kiss the top of my head before letting me go. I gave him a kiss on the lips, mumbling a small 'I love you too,' in his ear. Turning around I began to give everyone else hugs goodbye and kisses on the cheek, telling them I love them, that was until I finally got to Ryan.

I felt as his arms wrap around my waist, his chin on the top of my head as we stood there. I finally pulled back, his arms still around me as I looked up at him. "Thanks for looking after me, big bro." I playfully winked, offering him a small smile. He chuckled lightly, bringing me in for another tight hug. "No problem, lil sis."

Seeing as I should probably go, I pulled away from Ryan, quickly giving him a kiss on the cheek before grabbing my bags.

Right before I made my way out the door and prone to the chilling weather, I turned around, making eye contact with Chris, gaining a crooked smile as I silently walked out the door with a slight frown upon my face, getting into a recently called cab. "Take me to the nearest airport, please."

* * * * *

"Jesse Fletcher, please."

"Room 108, down the hall and to the right."

"Thank you."

As I made my way to Jesse's room, I couldn't help but notice the damaged people around me.

People crying upon others' shoulder's, some being rolled down halls as fast as possible, others being carried out of their rooms with a sheet over their lifeless bodies.

It smelt of death.

I felt sick to my stomach watching a doctor rush into Jesse's room. I couldn't help but rush inside myself, trying to see what's going on.

I couldn't see anything before someone stepped in front of me, blocking my view of Jesse's body. Trying to push them away, I caught a quick glimpse of doctors and nurses surrounding the hospital bed that held my ex-fiance as his heart monitor sped up, causing mine to do the same.

I felt as if everything we had ever done together came back to me faster than anything I've ever felt.

That time we had first made eye contact in Science class right before the glass tube broke open from too much pressure.

The time he had asked me out to our first time.

To the engagement and now.

I couldn't help but feel broken for the first time in awhile.

"Ma'am, I'm gonna need to ask you to leave." I couldn't even say anything back to the careless sounding asshole before he pushed me out of the room, causing me to bump into someone, knocking their tray of needles to the floor, the shiny objects covering the marble flooring.

"I'm so sorry, I- I couldn't stop myself and-,"

"Mad'm, it's no problem, really."

I bent down, hurriedly picking up the sharp material before I could embarrass myself more.

"Hey," I looked up, meeting the most beautiful green eyes I've ever seen. It seemed cliche as fuck, but when our eyes met, I felt as if nothing else mattered. I couldn't believe myself as I realized what I was thinking. I don't even know the guy's name and I already feel like we've known each other.

I managed to pick up every needle and place them back on the metal tray as he watched me carefully.

"I'm sorry, I just-,"

"It's fine, I wasn't watching myself.." He drifted off.

"Harley, Harley Olson."

Oh, fuck.

Did I just?

I did.

I didn't even notice him grab my hand and kiss my knuckles, making eye contact with me the whole time as I internally freaked out.

"Harry. Harry Styles," he mocked, giving me a heart-wrenching smile.

* * * * *

I patiently sat in the waiting room, quietly talking with Harry even though I'm pretty sure he's supposed to be helping others right now. I didn't dare to bring it up seeing as I needed the company.

"So, why's a pretty girl like you here?" Corny. I love it.

I then realized why I'm actually sitting here, waiting on my ex.

I contemplated telling him the real reason or make up some stupid lie on the spot. Seeing as it'd probably make problems in the future, I just decided to tell him the real reason.

"Um, my uh, my ex-fiance is in the ICU. He got in a car accident the other day."

I looked down at my shoes, having a sudden interest in the charm wrapped around my ankle Ryan-Ashley gave me a couple years ago for my birthday. I've never taken it off since.

"I'm so sorry," he mumbled, giving me a side hug.

"It's fine."

"Do you still love him?"

"No."

"You seem so sure of that, why?"

"Because when we were together he was never really around, he was always working and at the time it was like we both fell out of love with each other and we were both already seeing someone behind each other's backs, so we just ended it." I didn't really know why I was telling him all this stuff, I just knew that I trusted him for some unknown reason. Maybe it was the way he looked at me from the corner of his eye, thinking I didn't notice. Maybe it's the way he listens or the way he seemed to understand what I was going through.

"Yeah, my ex-girlfriend cheated on me when I was in college and I haven't been with anyone since." I subtly nodded, feeling the need to lean my head on his shoulder. I looked up at him through my thick eyelashes, "how old are you?" He glanced down at me, a genuine smile playing at his lips. "23, you?"

"20." I felt him nod as I gently closed my eyes, waiting for the news on how Jesse's doing.

|A/N: oKay yOU GUYS IM SO SORRY I TOOK FOREVER TO UPDATE AND THIS IS SO SHITTY, BUT IM GETTING BETTER I PROMISE :))) WHAT DO YA'LL THINK ABOUT HARRY??|