Harry's POV
I woke up and realized two things. One I really needed to go to the bathroom and two Louis wasn't next to me. I looked over at the couch and saw Louis laying down, playing on his phone. I unhooked myself from the heart monitor, which I was allowed to do in order to go the bathroom, and Louis glanced up at me.
"What are you doing Haz?"
"I have to go to the bathroom," I said.
Louis nodded and I got up, shakily, to go to the bathroom. Closing the door behind me I sat down on the toilet. I could hear Louis talking to someone. I wasn't sure who, but I was slightly preoccupied right now. Let's just say being constipated sucks, but I'm sure you already knew that. I must have been in there for 10 minutes when I heard a knock on the door.
"Harry," a voice said, "I'm Jenny. I'm going to be your nurse today. Is everything okay?"
"I, um, can't seem to go to the bathroom," I blushed, glad she couldn't see.
"Okay," she said, "how about I go get you something to help with your constipation. Until then come back and lay down. You don't have to hook yourself back up to the heart monitor yet."
"Thanks," I said. I got up and, after taking a quick whiz and washing my hands, went back to my bed.
"Louis?" I asked, after sitting down.
"Yes love?"
"Erm, I have a kind of weird question," I mumbled.
Louis just laughed, "you want to know why you're constipated, huh?"
"Yes," I looked down at my hands.
"It's another symptom of the anorexia," he told me.
"Oh," I muttered, "this sucks!"
Just then Jenny came back in holding a tray of food, bleh, and a clear cup with several pills. She set the tray on one of the bedside tables. Louis excused himself to go and get breakfast for himself. Jenny and I waited in silence until Louis returned with a paper plate with eggs and bacon on it and a cup of tea. Once he sat down I looked at Jenny and told her I was ready to eat now.
"Alright," Jenny smiled, "here's your breakfast. And these are your pills. This one is a multi-vitamin. This one is a calcium supplement, this is a zinc supplement, and this one is an anti depressant. And, of course, this one will help you use the bathroom. It takes a couple hours to work."
"Thank you," I said, swallowing the pills, "but I'm not depressed."
"Harry," Louis said, "you've been cutting for months. I would say you'd have to be depressed to cut as much as you have been."
"I guess you're right," I sighed.
"Well, I'll leave you two alone," Jenny smiled, going back to the nurses station.
"So," I said, picking at my oatmeal, "did you call Simon last night?"
"Yeah," Louis sighed, "I did. He arranged an interview for us tomorrow at noon."
"Us?" I asked, surprised.
"Yes, the hospital agreed to let you out for a few hours," Louis explained, "but you have to stop and eat lunch with us somewhere."
"In public?"
"Yes."
"Where people can see how much of a pig I am?" I asked.
"Harry Edward Styles you are not a pig. You are an anorexic who is attempting to recover and if anyone calls you a pig for that I swear I will beat the absolute shit out of them," Louis frowned.
I just smiled and gave him a soft peck on the lips which quickly became something a little more passionate. Let's just say Jenny had to come in to see why my heart rate was so high. After we got caught in out little make out session Louis reminded me I had to eat my breakfast. I just sighed and took a bite.
***The Next Day***
"It's cold!" I exclaimed.
"Harry, you're always cold," Niall laughed.
"That's because it's almost December," I muttered.
"No," Liam countered, "it's because you have no fat on you."
"Well," I frowned, "I'd like to keep it that way."
"Harry," Zayn sighed, "everyone needs some fat in order to survive."
"Hmph," I stuck my tongue out at the group, just as Paul walked in.
"Show time boys," Paul smiled.
We walked on stage and Kelly smiled and greeted us. Sitting down on the couch next to Louis I began shaking for a completely different reason than the cold. Kelly began the show and I could hear the boys talking and laughing about something stupid Niall said. Of course soon it had to turn serious. Kelly turned to me her expression serious, but curious.
"So Harry," she began, "yesterday you were rushed to the hospital. We had a source tell us it was because you suffered a heart attack, due to your anorexia, neither of which have been confirmed. Would you care to confirm or deny these rumors?"
"Yes I would," I said, "I, um, one moment..."
I took a few deep breaths and Louis grabbed my hand, squeezing it for support. I was so nervous. How would the world take it? I mean, I guess they already knew, but how would they take it when they found out it was the truth? Would they hate me? What if the fans thought I was just doing it for attention? Suddenly, I felt something nudge me in the ribs and I looked up to see Louis' eyes telling me to go on.
"I would like to confirm the rumors," I sighed, "well, I suppose I wouldn't really like to confirm them, but I'm going to anyway."
Kelly looked shocked, obviously she had not expected this.
"Well, um, I must say you look pretty good for a person who just had a heart attack," she composed herself.
"Thank you," I smiled, "I suppose I have been very blessed. The odds were against me, but here I am."
"And I'm sure everyone would agree with me when I say it's wonderful that you're still here," Kelly said, "I have to ask, though, are you confirming the rumors that the reason you had a heart attack is because you are suffering from anorexia?"
"Um, yes that's true also," I looked down at the ground.
"And how are you all dealing with this?" She asked.
"Well," Louis spoke up, "I think we are just trying to encourage Harry. It's not about us, it's about him. I would do anything for him and I'm just glad he's finally letting us help."
"And are you currently staying in the hospital?" Kelly asked.
"Yes," I answered, "I'm staying until my vitals are stable and my heart is stronger, but I was released for a few hours to do this interview."
"Well, I'm sure we all wish you an easy and quick recovery," Kelly smiled, "thank you for being with us today. Bye guys."
We all said our goodbyes and left the stage. We dressed quickly and soon we were on our way to Nandos. Once we got there we were seated and ordered our food. When our food arrived I was so nervous, but I grabbed my fork and took the biggest bite of food I've taken in months. That made me feel that maybe, just maybe, there was hope.
THE END
