Tell Me a Lie

Chapter Six

~Ashley's POV~

I wake up sharply to the sounds of sirens.

I glance over at my clock. 5:15 am. Crap, I think. I am meant to be at the bakery by now. It's dark still, but the sirens are still blaring. I get up quickly, and look out the window. There is a smashed up car on the side of the road. And I recognise it.

I run downstairs, pyjama's and all. I race out into the street, crying. There are people trying to hold me back and get me away from the crash site. I just run through anyway.

My heart beats fast. I climb into the rubble of the crashed car, looking for him. He has to be alright, I think to myself worriedly. My hand catches on a peice of glass and a long cut forms. There is blood seeping through it. I hear people yelling at me to get out quickly, but I ignore them. I am crying, and tears blur my eyes. A big sheet of metal hits me in the face. I am getting dizzy. Then a hand reaches in and grabs me by the shoulders. I try to get away, but the force is strong. I let the man drag me away, as I fall into unconsiousness.

The lights are bright. Screams blur my dreams and turn them into nightmares. I am falling, falling, falling down into a bright, white hole. The light is so vivid it is hurting my eyes. Suddenly I hit a hard surface and I hear a cry. Then I realise it came from my mouth. Suddenly everything disappears and I am searching for him again. In the car. I can't find him. I am searching, searching, trying to find him, but he is not here. He is not here.

~ Zayn's POV~

I am so scared for her. I don't even know what happened. I got a call from Niall saying Ash was in hospital. He got a call from the ambulance. They found her phone, and scrolled through the contacts and called Niall. It was the first name they recognised. All the boys came with me. They are all good friends of Ashley. But I was the one most traumatised.

We are here not only for Ash, but also for another friend of ours. Josh, our drummer, was in the car. He was coming back from a club, early in the morning. He hadn't even been drinking. The truck just didn't see him coming. I don't know how Ash got involved, all that I know is that the crash was just outside of her house.

I am sitting here, next to her. Tears are running down my face. I have never seen her more pale. Her face is stone cold. There is still a pulse, but very faint. They say she was trying to find Josh in the car, and a big peice of metal from the car wacked her in the face and knocked her out. There is a big bash on her forehead where the metal has hit. 

All of a sudden, her eyes flutter open. I talk to her, like the nurse said I should if she wakes up. 

"Ash? Ash! Ashley Barker, talk to me." I say frantically. She looks at me dazily.

"J... Josh?" she slurrs. 

"No, it's Zayn! You know... guy who tried to propose to you, and you rejected me...?" I say. Her face is blank.

"Um... who are you again?" she says. 

My heart sinks and I put my head in my hands. Tears well up inside my eyes but I won't let them fall. She doesn't remember me.

She looks down at her round stomach in surprise.

"It hurts," she says. I know why. There is a big a big gash on the left side of it. The baby couldn't have done well through that.

Holy crap, the baby! I wonder if it's OK! She has been under strong medication, and the baby must have been struggling in her tummy. Oh no, I hope it's alright. 

"Where is Josh?" she cries out suddenly. "I want my Joshie."

"Your 'Joshie'?" I ask in surprise. "Well... um no, he is unconsious. He had a car crash, and you... tried to get him out of the car..."

"Where is Joshie?" she asks again. "I want him to see me and our baby in my tummy!"

My heart stops at her words.

"Your baby? You and Josh are having that baby?! Oh my God, I can't believe it! And you didn't even tell me!" I cry. I forget she probably has amnsesia. She gets stressed.

"What? I don't even know you... who even are you... GET OUT! GO AWAY! I HATE YOU!" she screams out of knowhere. Tears sting my eyes. I stand up and back off. She keeps screaming.

"GET AWAY! GET AWAY FROM ME!"

Nurses come back in, ushering me out of the room, and trying to calm her. They end up having to tranquilize her. She falls back on the bed. I turn and run, run away from everything. Run away from her.