Abused | Niall Horan

Chapter 26- 4 Days

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Niall's POV

I still can't believe that Alex doesn't remember me. I know the doctor said that there is a chance that she may be able to recover it over a period of time, but still, why me?

To be honest, I may sound a bit stupid, because I've only known her since Friday, which was what? 2 days ago?

I just thought that after all the things we did together-even in a short amount of time, she would never forget them, Im definitely never going to forget if I can help it.

Maybe I can remind her of all the things we did, hopefully she will recognise some of them and make connections or something?

I'll have to work on that later, because Zayn in snapping his fingers in front of my face, bringing me back to reality from my thoughts.

"You alright mate?" He asks.

I nod, even though I'm obviously not.

Dr Lawrence coughs and continues talking, "So as I was saying before, it may be months, even years, for her to recover the memory-if she ever does. I don't want to give you false hope, so for now, don't get your hopes up too high, incase she never does remember you."

I bite the insides of my cheeks to stop me from crying and nod.

"Now, I think it will be best for you all to go home and I will call you if there are any changes."

"Okay. When are visiting hours?"

"I think you should leave that for a while, maybe a few days? She didn't seem to enjoy your company, and her recovery will be faster if she is not worried about 4 boys- who she believes that she doesn't know- go to see her."

My throat becomes dry, I can't believe Im not even allowed to visit her. How is she supposed to remember me, if I don't have the chance to help her to?

"How many days?" I ask.

Dr Lawrence hesitates for a minute, thinking and then finally comes up with an answer, "About 4 or 5."

"I'll take the 4."

"Okay, but if you come and she isn't recovering at the rate that we had hoped, I will have to send you away again for a few more days."

I sigh, "But-"

"Do you want her to get better faster, or be in a hospital longer?" He cuts me off.

"Recover faster." I agree with him.

"Right, okay, I think you should be going now, get some sleep, and thank you for bringing her here."

"It's okay." Liam says.

"Okay, Goodnight." Dr Lawrence smiles and points us in the direction of the exit.

That may sound rude, but we had never been to the hospital and honestly, I couldn't remember where the exit was, so I found it as a kind gesture.

We all follow the direction his hand was pointing and walk down the corridor in near enough silence.

I look into the rooms as we walk past, a few people with patients, I think they're family. I bet they remember each other. I feel a pang on jealousy- which I know is ridiculous and stupid- and shake my head to get rid of the thoughts.

When we reach the end of the corridor, I see the doors and walk towards them, everyone else following closely behind.

The cold air hits me instantly,as I take a step outside, I begin to shiver, and hastily make my way to the car.

I practically run through the car park, holding my arms for warmth and walk in and out of cars, in the direction of our car.

When I finally reach it, only then do I realise that I don't have the keys, so I have to wait a few minutes for everyone to catch up, they're walking at a snails pace.

I see three head bobbing behind a car opposite and know its them. They walk out from behind the car and Liam pulls out his keys and unlocks the car.

I open the door quickly and jump in, grateful for the warmth- even though it's still cold, it's warmer than outside.

Everyone else gets in too and has the same reaction as me, Liam puts the keys into the ignition and when the car has started, he turns the heat fan on. I didn't think of that, but I'm glad that he did.

Alex must have been freezing in that shed with no coat or even a jacket on. We were there for about half an hour and were freezing after the short time. She was there hours. Poor Alex. I hate Josh so much, he's in jail now. Unable to hurt anyone every again. Especially my beautiful Alex.

I wonder if she remembers any of what happened.

I wonder if she remembers Josh- of course she will remember Josh, they were dating for years.

But the real question is how much does she remember about him?

Does she remember what he did?

Or does she remember the 'sweet' Josh that she was telling me about, from when they were 15?

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