Troublemaker(Louis Tomlinson Fanfic)

Chapter 45

Ariel's POV:

I was nervously shaking in my bed, scared out of my mind about the surgery that would be taking place in less than an hour. My whole life was on a thin line right now, about to be thrown into an ultimate battle of life or death.

I don't know if I'm more scared of dying, or more scared of what will happen to me if I will live through this. It's a scary thought to know that if I do make it through this fatal surgery, that my chances of recovery are just slightly over 50%.

Shaking my head, I tried to clear the devastating thoughts that were looming in my brain. That's the thing though, I tried. They wouldn't leave my mind, no matter how hard I tried to get them to leave.

Looking down at my hands, I took a deep breath and clenched the sheets on my bed, holding the fabric tightly in my shaking hands. "Calm down, Ariel. Just calm down." I whisper to myself, trying to ease the storm going on in my mind.

"It's just a surgery. You'll get through this just fine." I say to myself, trying to find my courage before my mother and Louis show up to the hospital. If they saw me nervous and scared for this, they would be a wreck. That wouldn't be good. My mother would probably call off the surgery.

No, no she wouldn't. She would be afraid for everything. If she calls off the surgery, she's sending me to my death, but if she doesn't, she still could be sending me to my death. She is taking a chance for my life with this surgery, even though she knows that nothing is certain.

My mother has to be one of the strongest people I've ever known. She can still smile even though her only daughter may be sent to her death with a surgery she signed off of.

An idea came to my mind, just in case I didn't pull through the surgery. I pressed the button beside me that calls for assistance, and almost immediately the doctor walks in, a concerned look on his face.

"What's wrong, Ariel?" he asks me and I give him a weak smile. "Can I have a piece of paper and a pen? I...I have something I'd like to write just in case I don't make it." I say and Doctor Chase gives me a sad look, nodding his head in understanding before disappearing from my sight.

Minutes later, he's back with a piece of paper and a pen in his hands. "Thank you so much." I say gratefully as I take them from his hands and he smiles at me. "Not a problem, Ariel." he says and I let out a sigh, nodding to him as he leaves me alone again, letting me write in peace.

I scribbled down a lot of things, mostly me just saying the words that I've never said. I needed them to know how much I cared for them, just in case they never saw me again after today. I HAD to have something to be remembered by.

After I finished my letter, I folded it neatly and set it on the table beside me, along with the pen. I'd tell Doctor Chase to give this to my mother and Louis if the results of the surgery were negative. Releasing a sigh of relief in knowing that in the worst case scenario, I had something for the two people I care about most.

I even wrote something for Kristi in there, too. Louis would have to tell her, of course, but at least I didn't forget my best friend.

I smile sadly, knowing that I may never see any of them ever again. I let out a laugh, thinking about how ironic everything was.

I've never imagined that I would ever be in a position that I would have to tell everyone the truth of how I felt, because I've hidden away all of my true emotions from everyone. But now, it's down to this. Where I'm here, on death's door basically, waiting to see if I get a second chance in life or not.

A knock on my door broke me from my thoughts and I looked up at the door anxiously, hoping that it was the doctor and not my mom or Louis right now. "Come in." I say and the door opens slowly.

"Ariel, it's almost time. Your mother and Louis are outside right now, waiting for you." Doctor Chase says as he comes in and I sigh, nodding my head.

"Doctor." I say, getting his attention as he looks at me with a questioning gaze. "What is it?" he asks me and I take a deep breath.

"If I don't come out of the surgery, I want you to give this to my mom and Louis, please." I say, gesturing to the letter on the table and he smiles at me, nodding his head.

"Of course." he says and I give him a small smile. A lady comes into my room, a smile on her face and I give her one back, ready to be strong for everyone that I need to.

"I'm just helping you into your wheelchair." she says sweetly and I nod my head, watching as she rolls the wheelchair up beside my bed, preparing it for me.

I slowly sit up, pain shooting all up my back and I wince. "Okay, I'm ready." I say pained and she nods. She removes the sheets from my legs and carefully pulls them over the edge of the bed, positioning them so that the move from my bed to the wheelchair would be smooth and easy.

I do what I did last time, carefully placing my feet on the ground so that I was at the very edge of the bed. The nurse helped me up, letting me lean on her. I was basically in her arms, but it looked as if I were actually doing something helpful in this situation.

As soon as we started to move, a large crack sounded from the bottom of my back and pain erupts in my body. I fall to the ground screaming, my hands holding my back in pain as more screams come from my mouth.

"Hurry! Pick her up now!" Doctor Chase's frantic voice could only mean one thing: my spine broke. I felt two arms pick me up and that brought even more pain to my body. My screams got louder and louder as the pain got unbearable, the feeling being like I was repeatedly hit by a train.

"Get a stretcher! We can't use the wheelchair!" Doctor Chase shouts and I hear people running around me. Were there more people here?

"Ariel, stay with us. Don't slip into unconsciousness yet." he urges me but I can't move, I feel completely numb from the pain. My screams are still loud and agonized, tears streaming down my face.

"Put her on the stretcher! We have the anesthesia." a voice calls and I feel my body being placed onto a stretcher before everything starts moving really fast.

"What's wrong with her?" Louis' voice makes my eyes open again, focusing on him running beside the stretcher, looking at me horrified.

"Her spine cracked as we were moving her. We have to get her into surgery now or else she has about ten minutes left to live." Doctor Chase says quickly and Louis' eyes widen.

"WHAT?" he yells and the doctor just sighs. "Louis." I say quietly and he looks at me with worried eyes. "Don't worry. Take care of my mom. Just take care of her." I say and he nods to me. Before I can't say the words anymore, I decide to tell him before it is too late.

"I love you, Louis. Don't forget that, please." I say and he freezes, his body stopping as the doctor and nurses continue to wheel me away. I see the tears in his eyes and I know that he loves me too, he was just too stunned to say it back.

Just take care of my mom. Please. I think, before a mask is pressed over my mouth, a gas filling it. Everything begins to get blurry as we burst into a room, the doctor and nurses hurrying to put me on a table that has a bright light.

They are screaming orders at one another, trying to hurry for my life. "Start the procedure now, she's about to faint. If we don't start now, it'll be too late, all her organs will collapse along with her spine." Doctor Chase says rushed and all the others nod their heads.

A door slamming and the bright lights shining on me made everything clear. I'm dying. I see the doctor get out some tools that I wasn't familiar with, before they turned me over and I felt something press into my back.

"Hurry with the replacement!" Doctor Chase yells, and the last thing I remember seeing before I pass out was people running all over the room, frantically trying to save me before it was too late.

Please, Louis. Take care of my mom...and of yourself.

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