Amber’s P.O.V.
I must’ve fallen asleep somehow, because when I woke up, I was in a chair. Michael was next to me, playing some game on his phone and Ashton was there too. “What the hell…” I mumbled. Ashton’s and Michael’s head shot up and they looked at me. “Ah you’re awake” Ashton said and smiled. “Wh-where are we?” I asked, my throat hurt from all the crying and my eyes were burning. “Uhm…” “Tell her Ashton” Michael said sadly and I looked confused. „We’re at the hospital, “ Ashton said and I felt my mind being flooded with thoughts. I almost couldn’t hear Ashton when he explained. “Luke is okay, he has a black eye and his lip is cut. But Calum…” “What happened to Calum Ashton?” I asked, my eyes wide and I could feel the tears in my eyes again. “He passed out after the fight. We don’t know if he’s awake now” Ashton said and I shook my head slowly, in disbelief. I covered my mouth with my hands and bit my lip, trying to keep myself from sobbing. “Oh my god” I cried. “This is all my fault” I panicked and screamed, and soon enough, Ashton got a nurse to give me something to calm down. I felt how I slowly calmed down, my head on Mike’s lap. He was stroking my hair while I was crying quietly. Calum Calum Calum Calum Calum Calum. Everything I thought was Calum.
After a while, I woke up. Mike was talking to me and Ashton was talking to a nurse. “Wake up sleepyhead” Mike said and smiled when he realized I was awake. Ashton smiled as he went back to us. “Calum woke up” he said and cheered, and with that, I was immediately wide awake. “Oh my god, is he okay? Can we see him?” Ashton nodded “Yeah, two of us can go there” Michael smiled. “Get your ass out of here, I’ll be okay” he said and I stood up and went with Ashton. I was so scared of what might have happened to him. I’m scared of seeing him hurt. When we got to the room, Ashton knocked and soon it was opened by Luke’s mum, I think her name is Liz. The first one I saw was Luke. He had a cut lip and a black eye, but he was smiling as soon as he saw me. I ran up to his bed and threw my arms around the boy. “Luke” I cried out and felt tears in my eyes, again. “This is all my fault Luke I’m so sorry” I said. “That’s not your fault okay? It’s Joshua’s fault. Hey, don’t cry. I’m okay” he said and wiped the tears on my cheeks away with his fingers. I just nodded. And then, I felt a hand on my back. I turned around to see Liz, smiling at me, tears brimming in her eyes. “You might want to see Calum” she said and sniffled “you were the first person he asked about when he woke up” she added quietly and I felt my heart skip a beat. “I-is he still awake?” I asked, and I was afraid to hear the answer. Liz shook her head and my heart dropped again. “He just passed out again, they gave him medication because of the pain” I nodded and bit my lip and then I walked over to the other bed, holding on to Ashton’s arm, who was walking in front of me. As soon as I saw Calum’s face, I held a hand in front of my mouth and let out a choked sob. He looked so lifeless, pale. He had a black eye, his lip was cut, there was dried blood around his nose, bruises on his arms, scratches over his upper arms, and his knuckles were covered in dried blood. I sat down on the corner of the bed and looked at him. Ashton and I talked a bit, mostly to calm me down and after a while, he left the room with Liz, to give me some time. Luke fell asleep and I was sitting on Calum’s bed, looking at the needles in his arm. “oh god Calum” I whispered “this is all my fault”. Luke was quietly snoring and I could hear the people from the other room talking. “I’m so sorry Calum” I whispered again. And then I carefully took his hand, which is not that easy because his hands are way bigger than mine. I looked at his cut knuckles and began to play with his fingers like I always did when my sister was crying. What if I’m going to lose him? Shit why did I just think of that? After a while, Ashton came into the room again. “Hey, we just talked to your mum, she said it would be okay if you’re going to stay here… Michael and I are staying here too” he smiled at me and I nodded slowly. Calum had been sleeping for over 7 hours now, but the nurses told me that he was just asleep and not in a coma.
Calum’s P.O.V.
I don’t know how long I’ve slept, but it must’ve been a long time, because the room was completely dark. On the couch in front of the window were two people, Ashton and Mike. Both of them were obviously asleep. Next to Luke’s bed was Liz, in a chair, asleep as well. And then I felt that someone was holding my hand. Next to my bed, leaned against the wall was Amber, her hand in mine. She was asleep too, her head was on her knees which were pulled close to her chest. Her phone was next to her, and I grabbed it to check the time. Her wallpaper was a picture of the day when I brought her to band practice, we were all smiling into the camera, Ashton sat on his drum thing, Michael had his guitar in his hand and Luke was smiling, I was next to Amber and I’m not going to lie here, I was looking at her in that moment. Shit, what a perfect tie to wake up, 4 am. And then, someone groaned. “Calum? Are you awake?” It was Michael. “Yeah” I said and Michael stood up and walked over to e. He looked exhausted and sat down on my bed. Then he ran a hand through his blue hair. “We’ve been pretty worried. You’ve been knocked out for another 12 hours.” He said. “Holy shit” I said to myself. Michael gestured towards Amber. “She wouldn’t leave your side, you know” he said quietly “since you’ve been asleep again, she sat here and waited for you to wake up, she was talking something about losing people in her sleep…” “Oh god” I whispered, thinking of what she told me the night we talked about her sister and she broke down. “I’m gonna get some water now… you should probably wake her up, she’s been worried sick” With that, Michael left the room. I slowly sat up in my bed, not letting go of her hand and then I tapped her shoulder with my free hand. She woke up immediately, looked around the room for a second, confused. Then he looked up to me and jumped up. “Calum!” she squealed quietly and threw her arms around my neck. I wrapped my arms around her as well. “Oh god I’m so sorry Calum, this is all my fault” she said and I could hear her voice starting to shake. “No it’s not. It’s okay” I said quietly. We just sat there for a while. “You know that you’re not going to lose me, okay?” I asked. She nodded, biting her lip.
The next day, the nurses told me I could go home. Mali picked Amber and me up and we drove home. My head still hurt a little but it was much better now. When we pulled into our driveway and got out of the car, Amber hugged me once again and then went towards her house. Mali dragged me into the house by my wrist and forced me to sit down on the couch. “Calum Thomas Hood” she said seriously “when the hell are you going to make a move towards this girl?” I shrugged my shoulders. “I don’t know. Maybe never” Mali looked at me, disappointed. “I don’t even know if she likes me back Mali” I snapped and then went up to my room. Most girls in school run after me, but they’re uninteresting. They’re plain, normal. Boring. And I think I like her more than I expected.
A/N:
This is not as emotional as I wanted it to be naw :(
Still, can I please get my own Calum Hood? Btw, a friend of mine asked me why Calum becomes so aggresive against the boy who barged into Amber, that's because that happened a lot lately and he's sick of that. Idk if that was clear enough.
ALSO WHAT THE HELL 155 READS?! THANK YOU SO MUCH OH MY GOD I CAN'T EVEN FIND WORDS FOR THAT
Thank you sooo much for reading and voting you beautiful people!! <3
xxAmber
