The Accident (One Direction Fanfic)

Chapter 9: Before We Turn to Stone

“Xavier? Xavier what’s wrong?” I leant forward in my chair and gripped his shoulders to try and shake him out of it but I was met with a sudden shock when without warning his legs gave way beneath him and he fell to the floor, his body seizing and his arms reaching out for me in his last attempts to save himself. 

(NORA’S POV)

I let out a blood-curdling scream and jumped out of my chair to help him. Niall knelt down with me and we then needed Louis’s help to turn Xavier on his side and hold him down. Harry rushed out of the room for help and soon I was lifted out of the way and held back by Liam, I thrashed around and called out his name trying to get back to help Xavier. Zayn went through next to help the boys and within minutes nurses and doctors filed into the room and cleared out the other patients so that they could openly work on Xavier. They had to wait for his seizure to stop before they moved him and I hid my face in Liam’s chest while he held me tightly, sheltering me from the scene unfolding on the floor before us. Soon though the hospital staff took Xavier out of the room and the boys took a minute to readjust before I was put back into my chair and the squeaky wheel was the only sound that could be heard as we made our way back to our room.

I now had some feeling of the awful amount of waiting the boys had to sit through during my recovery. A scrub nurse would come through every half hour or so and tell us that they were still working on him in surgery but other than that we were left alone waiting. The boys picked up on their usual medical reading material and I looked over Harry’s shoulder while he sat next to me on the bed. After what seemed like 3 or more hours of waiting Dr Harvey came in and I jumped up hoping for some news on Xavier but instead he had just brought in Dr Winston to run some tests on me. I seemed to detest her even more right now but nonetheless I still had to sit through being poked and prodded to make sure I wasn’t going to drop dead any time soon. She stayed a little longer than I would have liked but I think the boys needed the guarantee that I was getting better so I patiently waited for her to leave so they could be reassured that I was on the mend.

(ZAYN’S POV)

“Okay she’s all set for now but I want to keep a close eye on her for any more surgical side effects so if she seems to experience any discomfort at all let me know.”

All us boys thanked her while Nora sat there with a sour expression on her face, we had all tried our best to cheer her up and distract her but this day wasn’t exactly going very well for any of us so I guess we can at least be thankful that she’s talking again.

“Hey Zayn, could you pass me one of those books over there.” Nora’s melodic voice drew me back to reality and I absentmindedly picked up the stack of books that were lying next to me and carefully placed them down on her lap.

“Thanks bubs, oh and have any of you guys…” Nora playfully used the nickname she had come up for all of us and this meant that she was feeling at least a little bit better, however that all took a turn for the worst when she let out a gasp of dismay. Oh crap, I think I know what that’s about…

“What the actual fuck is this?” All the other guys jumped up to see and Niall quickly grabbed it and shoved it under his shirt. “Niall give me that magazine…”

“Uh what magazine Nora?” Niall backed away from her and accidentally bumped into me, flinching involuntarily and then whipping back around to see Nora trying to get out of the bed. “Niall James Horan you give me that magazine right now or else…” Niall suddenly paused and grinned a cheeky half smile, “Or else what?” He grabbed out the magazine and quickly hid it behind his back, “Or else what Nora Styles?” The room was frozen and her face was blank for a minute before a cunning grin split open her face and she giggled before jumping off the bed and pushing aside our futile attempts to help her down, “Or else Niall, I think I might just, tickle you…” It took Niall no more than a split second to drop the magazine, apologize to Nora and quickly scuttle to hide behind Liam. It seemed as if Nora had finally caught onto Niall’s weak spot and she looked quite pleased with herself before she knelt down to pick up the fallen crumpled magazine.