Fallen || n.h.

Chapter 2

I awoke to bright lights shining above my head and a pounding headache. " No it is my fault! " I heard a masculine voice come from outside the hallway with a thick accent I didn't exactly recognize. I tried to lift my head to look around but it made the pounding worse. " Ugh.. " I moaned and closed my eyes again and tried to remember how I got here and where " here " was.

" Jenna Black? " The voice stammered, as if the name was foreign to him.

I opened my eyes barely enough to see who it was. Stood before me was a blonde boy with the most amazing blue eyes in the entire world. Immediately I recognize him..

" Niall..? I.. I must be dreaming.. " I stuttered.

" No, beautiful. It's really me " he smiled. My heart skipped a beat at the way he called me " beautiful ". I thought I might

pass out but then the door opened and a doctor walks in.

" Excuse me sir, but you'll have to be leaving now. " He says. Niall gives me a quick wink and walks out of the room. The doctor then turns to me. " Hello Jenna, I'm Dr. James. I'll be your doctor over the period of time it takes you to recover. " he smiled and walked over to my bed and grabbed the clipboard off of the bottom. " You were in a car accident, in case you didn't remember. You had a severe concussion and you pulled a few muscles in your left leg. Other than that, you only had minor scratches and you'll be out of here in no time! " He sounded so cheerful he almost made me believe that I was fine. But I wasn't. He put the clip board back after scribbling something down and walked out of the room. I sighed and looked up at the ceiling. I don't know how long I just stared but it seemed like forever. I heard the door open so I closed my eyes and pretended that I was asleep. I didn't want to talk to anyone right now, not even Niall.

" She's asleep. " I heard him say to someone. " Then let's go " the second person replied.

" I don't want to leave her here alone " he replied. " you guys go ahead and leave, I'll be fine. " I heard I sigh and the door shut. I listened to Niall's footsteps as he quietly walked over to a chair and sat down. I rolled over onto my right shoulder and opened my eyes to look at him. He had his head in his hands and was bent over so I couldn't see his face. I heard what sounded like sobbing and I covered my mouth to keep myself from crying out. Why was he crying? Why was he here at all? All I remembered was me and Amanda heading to their concert... Amanda!!! Where was she?! Did she make it?? My head started spinning with all the questions I had and I saw little white spots as the room went black and I slipped into unconsciousness.

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" Come one lad, you can't keep blaming yourself. "

" Yes I can! I was the one who rammed the bus into their truck! "

" No, the driver did. You were just in the passenger seat. "

" But I told him to go when I shouldn't have! "

" So? He is supposed to be paying attention not you, it's not your job ! "

I listened silently as Niall bickered with who I thought was Harry. I woke up at least 20 minutes ago and I've been listening to them secretly. So far I've found out that the tour bus was the bus that crashed into Amanda's truck. That explains why Niall and Harry and possibly the other boys are here.. but I still want to know where Amanda is. Niall's voice brings me out of my thoughts.

" Just leave. " he said quietly. I heard the door slam and decided this was the perfect time to open my eyes. I looked up at Niall across the room in the chair. He was on his phone.

" Hey " I almost whispered.

" Goodmorning sleeping beauty " he chuckled.

" How long was I asleep? "

" Just a day or two "

" What? " I couldn't have slept for two days, that's impossible for me.

" Kidding " he smiled " Only for a couple of hours "

I laughed as I rolled onto my back. " That long, huh? " It felt so nice to finally talk to him and meet him. I don't have the energy to be nervous, but maybe that's a good thing.

" Yep, you slept like a rock " he replied.

" Can I ask you something? "

" Sure, go ahead. "

" Where's Amanda? " I asked, my eyes tearing up. He paused to think a second, then spoke.

" She's in ICU.. she hasn't woken up since the accident.. " he trailed off looking at the floor. He closed his eyes for a second, then got up and walked out of the room.