Just a Moment... (One Direction)

Chapter Two

I hope y'all like this!!! :D Oh and for those of you who cringe at anything Eleanor, just give it some time. I promise ;)

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Boop...boop...boop...

A steady beeping noise greeted me when I woke up. I groggily opened my eyes but immediately flinched away from the bright fluorescent lights above me. Where the hell am I... I felt disoriented as I tried opening my eyes again and sitting up to survey my surroundings.

"Ow!" I gasped as a sharp pain from my midsection flared up. My hand flew to my abdomen as my mind flooded with obscenities. I lay back down and pushed all thoughts of getting up out of my head. I kept my eyes opened, though, and began to take in everything around me. A moment of panic struck me as I realized that I was lying in a hospital bed.

"Hannah?" I heard a voice and looked to my right. My mom was sitting in a chair beside my bed. Thank God for a familiar face!

"Mom?" I croaked. Ugh, my throat was so dry. I was waiting for her response, hoping to get a glass of water or something, but it never came. Once I looked closer, I realized that she was asleep. But then who-

"She's been there all night." There was that voice again! I recognized the voice, but couldn't quite put my finger on it. I looked around and at the foot of my bed I saw a figure standing there. But I could barely make them out... My glasses! I was blind without them... There they were on the side table. I reached out to grab them-

"Ah!" I gasped in pain as that sharp pain from my midsection surfaced again.

"Hannah! Are you ok?" The figure was suddenly at my side, leaning over me in concern. I looked up into their shining blue eyes, finally able to recognize them. "Do you remember me, Hannah?" he lilted.

"Niall, how could I forget?" I smiled, trying to make my heart stop racing. No, really, it was racing, I could see it on my heart monitor. Can you spell e-m-b-a-r-r-a-s-s-i-n-g.

His face brightened at my response, apparently oblivious to the increasing speed of the beeping behind him. "Ok, good. Do you need anything, then?"

"Well, could you hand me my glasses?" I nodded over to the side table.

"Oh, of course!" He swiftly handed them to me. Once I could see, I looked up at his sympathetic face. "So..." he trailed off.

"So..." I laughed, lightening the mood.

"Yeah, so, these are for you!" Niall held up a bouquet of gorgeous lilies towards me. How did I not notice those? My perception must be really off...

"Oh, gosh, lilies! Those are my favorite!" I took the bouquet and took a deep whiff of the white & pink flowers. "Aw, you really didn't have to!" I looked back up at Niall, who was grinning sheepishly and totally adorably.

"Oh, please, it was the least we could do!" I turned my head to see Liam entering the room, a bandage stuck onto his neck. It was that bandage that reminded me of last night's horrible events. My stomach dropped out and it suddenly got hard to breathe. I heard panicked beeping from all around me.

"Oh, my god, what's happening?" Niall said, sounding scared. Liam looked equally afraid.

All of a sudden, a swarm of nurses rushed into the room and began touching me, checking my pulse, pulling back Liam and Niall... and I fell back into darkness.

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Boop...boop...boop...

That damned beeping.

I opened my eyes to an unfamiliar face looming over me.

"Hannah? Hi, I'm Dr. Alvarez; I've been treating you while you've been with us. How are you feeling?" The woman speaking was tall, Hispanic, and very pretty and was wearing glasses, a white coat, and held a clipboard.