Let Me Help You (Zouis)

Chapter eleven

Louis took a deep breath and pressed accept as he held his phone up to his ear.

"Hello".

"Hi Lou". Zayn breathed out and Louis sighed in content. "How have you been?"

"Zayn, I'm so sorr-"

"Lou don't. It's okay I get it". Louis closed his eyes and let out a breath. "So how are you Lou? Are you doing okay?"

"Harry...he's...I don't even know Zayn. I feel like I've failed them. I just can't be a good father. I can't give them all they need".

"Hey don't say that. From what I've seen you're a great father. What has Harry done to make you think like that?" Louis held back the tears and took a trembling breath.

"It's really bad Zayn. His teacher had me go see her and she said if anything like it happens again that she'll have to call child services".

"Oh my god Lou I'm so so-" before Zayn could finish, a terror scream and "Niall!" Was heard with a bang. Louis jumped up and ran towards the stairs to witness Niall falling down the last few stairs, landing on the ground with a thud. "Lou!? Louis what was that?" Louis dropped his phone and fell to his knees beside Niall's unconscious body, his eyes filling with tears.

"H-hello?" Liam picked up the phone with a shaky breath as he just got down the stairs. "Zayn i-it's Niall he...he's hurt". Zayn told Liam to stay calm and call the ambulance and he would be there as soon as possible. Liam breathed out a shaky okay and hung up, dialling the number his mother and father always told him about whenever something bad happened. Louis just watched Niall's unmoving body, knowing not to touch him just incase he did any more damage. He hesitantly hugged Niall as he sobbed lightly, afraid of losing his baby boy.

"Sir can you please let go of him?" Louis shook his head and the paramedic frowned. "We can't help him if you don't sir. Please".

"C'mon Lou". Zayn pulled Louis away who thrashed around, trying to fight Zayn from pulling him away from his little boy but Zayn just held him and soon Louis turned and sobbed against his shoulder. "Shh he'll be okay".

"Do you know what happened?" Louis shook his head and watched as the other paramedic lifted Niall onto a small board carefully and put a spinal collar around his neck.

"I-I do". Liam took a shaky breath as he looked down to Niall. "Harry was yelling at Niall to go away and kept saying stuff to Niall so I walked to his room and Niall was crying saying he would tell on Harry and Harry had a panicked look as Niall ran to the stairs and he called Niall a stupid dibby dobber and shoved him and he..." Louis let out a sob. "He fell".

"I'm gonna kill him". Louis moved to walk up the stairs but Zayn pulled him back. Louis tried to pull away again but Zayn's firm grip stopped him and forced him to look up at Zayn.

"Hey, stop it. You're going to go with Niall to the hospital and I'll stay here with the boys okay? Go with Niall. He needs you right now". Zayn pressed a soft kiss to Louis' forehead. "He'll be okay". Louis could only nod and follow the paramedics to the ambulance. As soon as he was in the back, he held Niall's small hand in his and tried to hold tears back as he watched Niall unconscious.

"Is he going to be okay?"

"He's your baby boy huh?" Louis nodded. "I'm sure he will. He's breathing and we'll have to do X-rays and maybe a few stitches but he should be okay". Niall's eyes opened wide with a loud gasp of air as he froze for a second, the pain rising and he began to scream. Louis was quick to squeeze Niall's hand.