Twist // Harry Styles

Chapter 29.

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Maddie's POV

I can't move at all, and that's what makes it scary. I can't open my eyes as much as I try, my eyelids are way too heavy. I'm awake, I just can't let anyone in here know it. I want to, I just can't.

"When do ya think she'll wake up?"

"Niall, you have to stop crying."

"I'm tryin', ya twat."

Why is Niall crying? I'm fine. I'm not dead, I'm right here, listening to his sniffs and choked breaths. Who else is in the room apart from Niall and Louis? I don't want to see Harry, I hope he isn't here.

This is all his fault.

"Why isn't she wakin' up?!" Niall cries. Stop crying, I am fine.

"How many times will you ask the same que-"

"Until ya answer me!"

"We don't know..." I think that's Demi. Demi is here, that makes me happy.

"This is all his fault." Selena, she's here too. "If he would just keep his dick in his skinny jeans she would be okay."

I'm fine.

"You don't know what really happened." That's Louis. Why is he defending Harry? He doesn't know a thing.

"If he didn't do anything wrong he would be here, with her."

"He's at the police station." Liam sniffs. Stop crying.

"He probably ran over her!" Selena screams.

"No, he didn't." But he did. "Taylor threw various barrels at her, and now she's being charged for it, thanks to Harry."

Silence, no one speaks up. I open my eyes and try to adjust to the light on the ceiling illuminating my probably pale skin. After what seems like a decade, I look around. No one is here, I'm alone.

Did I fall asleep? Or was it just a dream? Where's Niall? Where's Louis and Demi? Everyone else?

"You're awake!" I'm a little scared at Niall's realization but it quickly vanishes when I see a happy smile on his lips.

"Hi." I try to smile, but I can't. I want to cry too, but I can't.

"I'm s'happy! I missed ya so much." He chuckles, literally laying on the bed with me.

"How long have I been gone for?" I know I should be showing some relief or at least return a smile but I don't think about that until I see the disappointed frown on his face.

"Two days, almost three." He shoots me a hopeful smile and this time I don't have to think before I smile back.

"Did I get hit by a yellow school bus?" I laugh dryly. I can't wait until I laugh again, a real laugh.

"No, ya didn't." He frowns.

"Then what happened?"

"I don't think we should talk about anythin' that happened right now, I'm just happy you're awake." He smiles again.

"Never stop smiling, Nialler." I wave a finger on his face. Why am I so light headed?

"I won't." He laughs and then I feel my eyes slowly closing, until all I see is blackness once again.

-Niall's POV-

"I won't." I whisper, repeating myself. I can't believe how so much joy can be stolen from such a happy person in less than an hour, a minute even.