The Accident (One Direction Fanfic)

Chapter 8: Edge of the Unknown

“I’m always here for you okay? Anything you need…” His deep brown eyes looked down at me and the concern I saw in them made me feel truly loved and with that we fell asleep again and I slept comfortably in the arms of my hero.

(LIAM’S POV)

I woke up first out of all the boys and was grateful to see that she was still sleeping peacefully in my arms. As much as I loved spending time with her I still dreaded the moment that she would wake up because that would mean two things. Firstly that the only reason she would have woken up would be because of morning sickness, and secondly that today is the day that she’s going to find out about it and none of us were looking forward to having to face up to the facts.

“Liam… Liam… Liam are you awake?” Niall whispered over from the end of the bed his little blonde head peaking over the edge of bed frame.

“Yeah I’m awake, what’s wrong Nialler?”

“Oh nothing, I just don’t like being the only one up, and also I was wondering, what were you two talking about last night?” He got up off the couch and wrapped his blanket around himself tightly while clambering up to face me sitting on the bed.

“Sorry I didn’t think you could hear us, oh wait that reminds me, you still have that baby name book right? The one you got for when she finally finds out?”

“Yeah, but why? She doesn’t know yet…”

“It’s just she’s having trouble with the whole, not having a name thing, so I told her that we’d find her one or give her one this morning.”

“Oh cool well while we wait for everyone to get up should we start looking?” And so Niall and I spent the next hour and a half ruling out name after name until suddenly I felt her moving around and Niall and I jumped up in a split second and carried her swiftly to the bathroom. We followed the usual routine of Niall getting cool cloths and a toothbrush ready while I sat behind her trying to soothe her and holding her hair back from her face.

“I’d say sorry but I don’t want to upset Harry if he can hear me, but I am sorry.” She whispered the last bit and Niall came over, helped her up and began wiping her face and the back of her neck with the cloth. After that I held her steady while Niall helped her to brush her teeth and rinse her mouth from the taste.

“Thanks guys.” Her voice was hoarse and she slowly made her way back to the bed with Niall and I gripping her tightly on either side. When we got to the bed I wrapped my arms around her and lifted her into the bed to save her the struggle of climbing in, it was always hard for us to watch her put in such an effort just to get back in that damn bed so we always did what we could to make it easier for her.

“Oh hey, you guys are up early, how’re you feeling Blondie?” Louis, who had chosen to sleep on Harry instead of next to Zayn because he snored, had woken up because of our foraging around in the bathroom.

“Better now that my stomach has decided to empty itself for the day.” She was in high spirits today and that made me smile to myself quickly and she looked over at that exact moment and her smile beamed back, lighting up the room. Harry turned over then and groaned pulling the pillow from under his head up to cover his face instead.

“Why is everyone up so early today?” He mumbled out from underneath the pillow and Louis just laid down on top of it resting his head on Harry and his feet on Zayn. Zayn however sleeps through everything so this slight disturbance made no difference to his peaceful slumber and his loud snoring continued to fill the room. While we waited for the doctors to arrive we decided to continue going through the name book and get everyone’s input on trying to find a good name that would suit her.