Save Me Tonight

Could Have Been Worse

Chapter 25

A/N:::: Kinda stupid… sorry. Hopefully  this one will be better. For the second time I would like to welcome you  to HARRY’S POINT OF VIEW. Challenge for you Hannah J.

Chapter 25

“That’s not so bad Callie.” I state awkwardly.

“I guess not.” She admits. I pat her back soothingly. Or that’s what I hope it feels like. I squeeze her hand as the doctor appears to take her away. He takes the handles of the wheelchair.

“I want to come with. As long as I can.” I say to him.

“You can’t do that, I’m sorry.” He says. I really don’t want to fight with anyone right now. I lean down next to Callie.

“You’re strong Cal, there’s nothing to worry about.” I whisper only to her. She nods quietly. “I’ll be right here waiting for you. We all will.” She nods again. I kiss her on the cheek gently as the guys pat her on the back. She disappears around the corner.

“Well boys, we’re free.” Says Zayn. We nod gloomily.

“Let’s get food.” I suggest because I know nobody else will. We walk out the doors into the hallway as we turn the corner; I hear the colliding of bodies and look to see Louis on the floor.

“Jarrod.” I say nervously. He has a very pretty girl with him.

“Harry.” He nods. “Where’s Callie?”

“She just went in for surgery.” I reply as calmly as I possibly can. Louis gets up and throws a dirty glare at Jarrod. Liam bursts out laughing.

“Oh, well okay. Come on Talia.” He says as he walks away. Zayn looks at her longingly.

“I need a girlfriend.” He mutters. We make our way to the food court and sit down.

“I don’t want food from here.” Whines Louis.

“Really, let’s go somewhere else.” Says Liam. We get up and walk away from the table.

“Where shall we go boys?” I ask in the parking lot.

“I want pizza.” Says Zayn. We hop in the car and start to drive.

“Not it!” I yell, because I hate driving.

“Not it!” Zayn is the last to call not it, so he hops in the driver’s seat and starts up the car.

“Look at the mountains.” Says Louis.

“I bet Callie likes to hike.” I say.

“I like to hike.” Says Liam randomly. We pass the mountains without saying anything else. Suddenly I’m not hungry anymore. We stop briefly to eat at a pizza king and we head back to the hospital without saying anything more.

We walk in through the double doors and make our way to Callie’s room. We wait. And wait. And wait. We wait until what seems an eternity until the door creaks open. Our heads all turn to the noise.

“Callie!” We all cheer. The mood is quickly changed when another nurse walks in.

“You’re the family of Niall Horan?” She asks.

“Pretty much, yes.” Liam replies. “Why?”

“There have been a few complications in the surgery, and we’d like you to be there when the drugs ware off. We don’t know how long exactly, but it will hopefully be soon. The nurse pushes Callie over to me and I take her and push her down the hall after the boys. When we walk into the room the nurse leads us to, the mood changes yet again. The lights aren’t as bright as in the rest of the hospital. It’s weird watching Niall, just there, his hand bandaged tightly. Sure I’ve seen him sleep, but this would be as if he was 1,000 miles away. He just wasn’t here. Everyone else in the room looked uncomfortable too, sitting down in the row of chairs along the wall. It was just… awkward. Uncomfortable.

“So what kind of complications are we talking about here?” Liam’s voice breaks the silence that’s fallen over the room.

“The nerves.” The nurse starts. “in the two fingers.” She points to her pinky and ring finger. “Are destroyed. He can’t use them anymore. they’ll have to be physically adjusted, but he won’t be able to feel it.” The quiet falls over the room once more. Niall stirs and turns over on his side and he groans.  Louis stands up.

“Hey Niall.” He says a few moments later.

“Wha? Where is everyone?” He asks, rubbing his eyes, thankfully with his left hand. He doesn’t need to find out by himself what completely happened. Louis moves aside to reveal us all standing there.

“How ya feelin?” Asks Liam.

“I feel fine. Why? Should I not?” He asks hurriedly.

“No no, that’s good. Liam assures him.

“So it was a success then?” He asks hopefully.

“Well.” I start. “You basically lost two fingers.” The moment I sat this his hand shoots up in front of his face.

“Oh haha Harry very funny.” He says.

“No, really. You won’t be able to move them on your own anymore. You have to move them manually.” I say slowly. He looks at me with disbelief.

“Sorry.” I mumble. He stares at his hand for a while.

“Could’ve been worse.” He mutters.