ZERO [ L.T. Fanfiction ]

Chapter 12

I hug her while leaving and whisper 'thank you' in her ears.

Etalie has a pure soul. Let the whole world be against you, she will always be with you. She is very supportive and bold. I am happy for Liam.

Etalie's parents died when she was just 5. She was looked after by her grandma. She raised her with all the possible qualities. And now we have a close-to-perfect Etalie.

We go home and as usual, cuddle and sleep. I still have a mere fear of the unknown boy who haunts me. He never harms me, not yet at least. But I feel like running somewhere when I see him, feel like I am lost. I don't know the reason or an explanation behind this. It's just happening and I am letting it happen. I am missing my blank, long and black sleeps.

Earlier some numbers were not letting me sleep. And now the fear of waking up and seeing that boy again is not letting me sleep. I just close my eyes and go to sleep.

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A light buzz of Zayn's phone wakes me up. Zayn has already picked the call up and I hear someone talk on the phone at the other end. It's dark outside. It's still night. I glance at the clock, it's 3:45 am.

"I'll be right there. No, I said I'm coming. Everything will be alright." he says and rushes towards the wardrobe to grab a t-shirt.

"Zayn, where are you going? It's 3:45." I ask curiously.

"To the hospital. It was Liam's phone. Etalie met with an accident." he says.

All my sleepiness flew away. My brain busted. My heart is weighing pounds now. My jaw drops. I didn't expect this. Of course, no one would expect this. How did this even happen? Is her condition serious? No. No. It shouldn't be. I love her so much.

"Wait, what? I'm coming too. Let me just-just wear something." I said and quickly got up from the bed.

'We all belong to you and you belong to us'

Her words are on repeat in my mind. I just want to go and see her.

"No. You can't come. Stay here. You need rest, baby." Zayn says.

"Are you out of your mind? How can you even think, I will be able to rest. I am coming and that's final. I need to be there with her and confront Liam." I yell.

"Okay. Okay. I never win against you. You are stubborn enough." he raises his hand and says.

"Shut up, Zayn. This is not the matter of stubbornness." I tell.

He nods and we leave for the hospital. Throughout the ride, I am just praying for her. I just want to assure that she's okay.

We reach to the London Bridge Hospital. I let Zayn park the car and rush towards the reception.

"uhmm. Etalie Cowell? She may be in the emergency ward." I say frantically.

"Yes ma'am. You're right. It's emergency ward number 6, floor number 10." the receptionist says.

I see Zayn following me. I wait for him, take his hands and run towards the elevator. Both the elevators are not available. We have to wait till it gets down to the ground floor.

"Let's take the stairs." I say.

"What? Kaira, it's 10th floor. Stay here. Elevators will take us." he says and holds my hand tighter.

The elevator arrives after few seconds. Few people walk out of it, we are left alone. Zayn presses the number 10 in the elevator. I feel awkward after seeing those numbers.

I am tapping my feet in nervousness.

"I know, Kaira that you are nervous. But it's okay. Everything will be alright." he says rubbing my back.

We reach 10th floor. We walk out of the elevator. As we take few steps further, I see Liam sitting with his head buried in his hands. Niall is rubbing his back and Etalie's grandma is sitting beside him.

After seeing this scenario, I felt weak in my knees. Liam is a tough man. He is funny as hell but, when he's serious, he's more of a man. I have never seen him crying. He didn't cry even when his father was diagnosed with cancer and died one year later. It proves he loves Etalie with all his heart, not that he didn't love his father.

Author's note

This one is a long chapter compared to earlier ones. Hope y'all like it.

The italic font in the story means flashback or something that has happened before. See you don't get confused.

Question 5: Is this Kaira's dream?

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