Starting Over (Being Edited)

Chapter 17 - The Silence

Kayleigh's P.O.V

            I glance over at an anxious Louis, trying to make our way through the early morning crowd of people at the station. I study his usual stress free, ageless face, now riddled with worry and fear. I squeeze his hand tighter, pulling myself closer to him. I see the determination in his eyes, the focus on the upcoming task never straying. We continue to walk in silence, manoeuvring our way to the nearest taxi. Louis manages to hail one down, allowing us to get in as quickly as possible.

            "Have you heard any news?" I ask hesitantly. I don't want to set him on the edge, but I don't want to seem completely uncaring.

            "No...just a few texts from a completely worried Emma." Lou sighs, "The girl's insane." I only nod in response, unsure of what to do next. Instinctively I reach for his hand, but pull my hand back.

            "What are you doing?" Louis asks cheekily, grabbing my stray hand, sliding his finger across my knuckles. "We'll be there in good time; it'll be alright, I'm sure."

Harry's P.O.V

            "You going to get some sleep, Harry?" Kath questions, poking her head out the window. I get up from the lawn chair and make my way inside the house.

            "I guess it would be a good idea." I sigh, wrapping my arms around her waist, leaning in for a kiss.

            "Harry." Kath whispers after our lips meet.

            "Mmmh."

            "Let's go to sleep." She smiles, pulling me up the stairs into her room.

Niall's P.O.V

            I can't help it. My eyes are caught once again staring upon her tear stained faced. I think I love her.

*AN HOUR OR SO LATER*

Louis' P.O.V

            "So this is where you live then, I guess?" Kayleigh smiles uneasily, obviously nervous about the events about to come.

            "Yup, just me and Harry. Well it used to be. Now it's me, Hazza, Sofia and Kath. And I'm pretty sure  Niall, Emma and Zayn are over. We're just one big family...and don't worry Kayls. They'll love you, I'm sure of it."

            "Positive?"

            "Positive." I smile, grasping her hand, and holding her tight.

            "Let's go in then!" She says, leading the way to my front door.

            "Hello!" I call into the empty echoing house.

            "Lou?" I hear Emma's voice call back. "Oh, Louis! It's good to see you." Emma whispers, pulling me in for a hug. Tears start to form in her eyes.

            "How is he?" I ask, expecting for the worst.

            "None of us know much, but something's wrong with his kidney, and an emergency surgery has to be performed. Today." Emma's head droops, and I know how hard this is for her, to see someone so close to her, in so much pain.

            "But enough of that...You must be Kayleigh, I presume?" Emma half laughs, reaching over and giving Kayleigh a hug.

            "Yeah, I am!" Kayleigh laughs, "And you're Emma?"

            "Yes...I'm the annoying one they all love."

            "ALL love? That's being fairly confident. Hi, I'm Zayn." Zayn introduces himself, with Niall quickly coming from behind him.

            "And I'm Niall."

            "Where's uh...Harry and Kath?" I ask, wondering where the two love birds have got to.

            "Well they kind of went to sleep awhile ago and we haven't seen them since." Zayn shrugs sheepishly.

            "Should we go see Liam?" I question.

            'We can in a little while." Harry speaks up, "Visiting hours are from 7-9 tonight, so we were planning on going then." I glance over at the clock which reads 4:05pm.

            "I'm going home for a bit, need to check up on a few things. I'll be back for dinner, if that's ok." Emma  muffles, pulling her coat on and giving each of us a quick hug before walking out the door.

Sofia's P.O.V

            "Have you heard anything?" Craig asks, putting my tea on the table.

            "No, not much." I mumble.

            "How are you?" He asks, wrapping my stray hair around my ear. I could tell him the truth, that I was far beyond fine. That I felt horrible that I didn't go back with Louis when I should have. That I wish I hadn't hurt Zayn. That my heart was breaking bit by bit every moment. That I could go back to that night, and stop him from coming and killing my parents. But I won't.

            "I'm alright." I sigh.

Harry's P.O.V

            Dinner was tense. Everyone was worried, trying to ease fears, but nothing was working. We hadn't heard anything from Danielle in ages, and I knew everyone was on the brink of a major freak out.

            "Hello, Harry!" Zayn shakes me from my daze. I snap out of it, to see six pairs of eyes on me.

            "You ok there, Harry?" Louis asks, waving his hand in front of my face.

            "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." I mumble, reaching for the tall glass in front of me. The table goes quiet again, and the eeriness of silence creeps in. I don't know how much time goes by before Emma's phone vibrates, erupting and echoing throughout the house. Everyone immediately sits up, looking intensely towards Emma.

            "So, what does it say?" Zayn asks intently.

            "He's woken up." Emma gulps.