Falling for you.

Chapter 6

We sat in the waiting room for a long time before the nurse came out.

"He had a bad case of strep throat, scarlet fever, among a few other things, but we've given him medicine and he's going to be just fine after he gets some rest. the nurse informs us.

"Oh good. Thank you." Harry says smiling at the nurse.

"It's nothing." The nurse blushes and smiles at her clipboard. Louis scowls and I laugh into my hand.

"He can take some visitors now. I'll bring you all to the door but only one or two at a time."

We all nod and follow her. I distinctly hear harry say:

"What? I was just being friendly." I smile and shake my head.

Louis and Harry go in first as Zayn, Liam, and I take a seat on the floor in the hall. I wait my heart pounding. What is wrong with me? Harry and Louis come out and Zayn goes in. Then Liam, and finally me. I open the door and Niall turns his head and smiles at me.

"Hello Dru." He says.

"Hi Niall. How you feeling." I smile at him and walk across the room to the hospital bed.

"Better now that your here." He replied. "And you know because of the medicine and stuff." He adds. I laugh.

"Seriously though." He says softly. He takes my hand, and I don't pull away. It doesn't bother me anymore.

"I was nervous." I tell him. "You looked bad."

"I know." He agreed. "I felt bad. I don't know what I was saying when I was awake." I nodded and looked down at are intertwined hands.

"I really like you Dru." Niall mutters. His eyes are half closed.

"I think that's the drugs talking." I joke.

"Nope." Niall smile, damn his smile. "It's all me." I smile.

"Well maybe I like you a lot to." I whisper.

"Will you stay here for a while?" Niall asks me.

I look towards the door. "Um yeah." I answer.

Another smile. "Good." Niall moves over in the hospital bed. Cautiously I climb in next to him and lay down. He pulls me in and I wrap my arms around him on instinct. Where did THAT instinct come from?

"I realized I don't know anything about your family." Niall whispers.

"Family is a bit of a sore subject for me." I murmur into his hospital gown.

"Mhm?" He says.

I take a deep breath. Tell him. Say it.

"Well my dad left a while ago." I shake my head slightly. "Technically I don't blame him."

Don't say that." Niall says sharply.

"I don't" I reply. "My mother. She's tough to deal with. Especially now that my dad's gone." I choke a little and realize that I was about to cry. "Be normal," I think to myself. "Because you are. Or because you can be. Don't cry. " I take a deep breath.

"You don't have to talk about it." Niall says gently.

"Thank you." I whisper. He holds me a little tighter as I feel myself begin to drift off. Just before I finally fall asleep, I feel Niall press a kiss to my forehead.

I smile as I fall asleep.