Troublemaker(Louis Tomlinson Fanfic)

Chapter 49

Ariel's POV:

"Where is she?"

My eyes opened at the sound of the familiar voice, my eyes traveling over to the door where I saw the doorknob begin to jiggle, signaling someone was about to come in. That voice...it's definitely Louis' voice. I can tell. He sounds a little angry, but I could be wrong.

When the door opened, my heart swelled within my chest as Louis came in, smiling as soon as he caught my gaze. My mother followed behind him, happy tears in her eyes as she saw me awake.

"Ariel..." Louis breathed out, almost as if he couldn't believe I was there. My mother smiled brightly at me, her body shaking with happiness an excitement. I'm so glad I survived for them. I made it through.

"Hi." I croak, my voice scratchy but still audible. Louis came to my side, kneeling on the ground as he gingerly grabbed my hand, smiling at me broadly. I don't think I've seen him happier in the past week or so, so this is definitely a good sign.

"I didn't get a chance to tell you earlier before your surgery, but I love you too." He says to me before kissing my forehead, a small blush appearing on my face. At least I didn't say that I loved him for nothing. He loves me back, even more so than I give him credit for.

"This is so amazing, Ariel." My mother cries, coming up to me and squeezing my other hand. I gently smile up at her, nodding my head slightly. I agreed with her that it was amazing, because in all honesty it was.

"What happened yesterday? We were told that you were safely out of surgery, but the next thing we knew we were being told to leave because of a setback." Louis says with a frown and I furrow my eyebrows, tilting my head to the side confused.

"Setback?" I ask and Louis and my mother nod their heads. "Yes, the doctor said that in twenty-four hours we could come back, but they wouldn't tell us what was wrong with you. It made us worry so much, Ariel." she says and I frown.

"Louis couldn't even sleep last night because of it, he was so worried." my mom says with a playful smile and I see a blush come to his face and he looks away embarrassed. I giggle, squeezing his hand in mine and he turns back to me, a frown on his face while his cheeks were a bit red.

"Don't be embarrassed. I think it's cute." I say and he groans, putting his free hand to his head. "That's what's so embarrassing about it." he whines and I laugh along with my mother, watching as Louis' pout turns into a smile and he shakes his head at us.

"You women are going to be the death of me." he grumbles and I gently nod my head. "That's the point." I whisper and he rolls his eyes with a playful smile. This exchange makes it seem like I wasn't sitting in a hospital,  I didn't have a surgery, I wasn't hurt and nothing bad ever happened between us.

A knock at the door makes all of us turn our heads, seeing Dr. Chase standing in the doorway. Louis stands up quickly, dropping my hand and storming over to Dr. Chase, who just lets out a sigh. "Why the hell did we have to leave yesterday?! Ariel is just fine today!" Louis rages and Dr. Chase gives me a wary look, and I giggle at him.

I did feel a bit sorry for the guy, having to deal with Louis' rage, even though it wasn't his fault, it's mine. I understand now what they meant whenever they said a 'setback'. It was me needing to stay still or else the spine I just recieved wouldn't work out very well.

That went even more wrong whenever I forced myself to wake up...

Good times, aren't they?

"She couldn't even move yesterday, and if she tried to move the spine she had replaced would've been offset and caused her a lot of pain. That's why we made you leave. If she would've seen you two, Ariel would've wanted to talk to you, gesture and do all sorts of things, and that would've been negative results." Dr. Chase says and Louis' eyes widen, turning to me for confirmation.

I give him a weak smile and he sighs, knowing that Dr. Chase was right. "Fine, okay. That does make sense, I guess." Louis grumbles, leaving Dr. Chase and coming back over to me, sitting beside me and grabbing my hand again, rubbing circles over my palm.

"Ariel, I have some good news for you." Dr. Chase says and I look up at him, my eyes wide and hopeful. "What is it?" I ask and Dr. Chase gives me a big smile.

"From your test results yesterday, we've all determined that you aren't going to be paralyzed. It's not official, it's just the signs we've gotten from your results." he says and I smile happily. "That's incredible." my mother says and she squeezes my hand.

Louis has a doubtful look on his face, his eyes burning into the doctor's. "Louis, isn't that good news?" I ask him and he snaps his head over to me, a smile coming to his face.

"That's wonderful news." he tells me, kissing my forehead before standing up again, slowly walking over to the doctor and giving him a look. "Doc, you mind if I talk to you for a minute?" Louis asks and Dr. Chase nods his head, following Louis out of the room and they shut the door, making it impossible for us to hear what they were talking about.

Louis' POV:

"I don't like the way you said her test results. Something isn't right." I say as soon as the door is closed and Dr. Chase sighs, looking at the ground before returning my gaze. "I wish you wouldn't be so perceptive sometimes. You're right, that wasn't the full truth." he admits and I close my eyes.

"What is the truth then?" I ask, opening my eyes back up to look at him. Dr. Chase gives me a sad smile and shows me his clipboard, my eyes widening as I saw the writing on the paper.

Ariel Valentine- Surgery procedure #287

Results from Test: Compatibility match of spine 64%. Recovery rate 44%. Paralysis probability 89%.

Spine has been set into place, although the body hasn't fully accepted it. May take years until the patient is able to walk again. Possibility that she may never walk again is 55%. Looking for medicine to help, none found so far.

I push the clipboard away from me, looking at Dr. Chase with wide eyes. "You're joking right. That's a joke, please tell me that's a joke." I say, pointing at the clipboard with unbelieving eyes. Dr. Chase gives me a sad, sympathetic look before shaking his head.

"It's not a joke, Louis. Those are her true test results." he says and I feel tears form in my eyes before I blink them away. "Why? Why are you lying to her?" I ask and he sighs.

"I didn't want to, but I can't stand to see her so sad all the time. I figured that she needed to hear something positive, even if it was a lie. She needs to rest more before she finds out that she won't be walking anymore." he says and I look down at the ground, sadness filling me.

"Ariel..." I whisper before shaking my head, looking back up at Dr. Chase. "If you don't tell her in the next two days, I am." I say and Dr. Chase nods. "That's fair enough. Please, don't say anything about this until those two days are up." he begs me and I nod my head to him.

"I won't. It kills me to do it, but I won't." I say and he smiles at me. "Thank you Louis. I'm sorry you had to find out this way." he whispers before opening up the door, walking back inside Ariel's room, leaving me outside looking in at the three of them.

I began to think about Ariel, and I saw her bright gaze, false hope in her eyes as she talks to Dr. Chase and her mother. She's being told a lie, but she doesn't know it.

"Yeah, I'm sorry too." I mutter, walking back into the room with a heavy heart.

So so so so sorry for not updating! But I really hope you like this chapter and that it makes up for it. Poor Ariel, don't you think?? :( Please continue to Comment and Vote!!! xx