Comforting Hands (Larry Stylinson)

Chapter 4

Hello everyone! This is quite a short chapter, sorry... 

btw, as you'll find out soon, there's a driving scene in this chapter. I would like to inform you all that I do not have license - I don't drive and I don't know how to drive. Therefore if there are mistakes in that scene, I'm sorry about it :/ 

Have a wonderful day!!! Enjoy ;-) 

Chapter 4

(end of chapter 3): His lips tightened and stretched into a thin line. With blazing eyes he marched forward, Louis in his arms

While he was walking, the van came rushing down the road. It came to a full stop just a few meters behind Liam. Harry's eyes fixed on the van. Liam stared at Harry for a split of a second, before snapping out of whatever trance he found himself in. With a serious expression, he turned to face the van. In front of him, the door swung open, and Paul came rushing out, leaving the door open. He went past Liam, their shoulders bumping as the big man tried to push himself through the crowd of people. Liam followed him go with his eyes and stared at him as he stopped next to Harry and Louis and spoke quietly with Harry.  A second after, he left Harry and marched over to Niall. Harry renewed his walking. He glared at Liam. Without saying a word, Liam nodded curtly and turned to walk to the van. Zayn was sitting in the seat next to the driver's seat, one hand lifting him up from the seat, and the other giving him balance, as he was leaning at the top of the glove compartment. His head was poking outside. He was trying to see what was going on.

He seemed somehow relieved when he saw Liam's face. Liam shot a glance back, just to make sure Harry was following him, and turned back to Zayn. He stood in front of him, clenching the car's door.

Zayn wanted to ask "What happened?" "Where's Louis?" "Did you find him?" "What's going on?" but before he managed to make a sound, Liam already spoke.

"Drive to the hospital, now!" he said urgently and left, getting into the back of the vehicle. Zayn stared ahead at where Liam stood just a few seconds ago, his face blank with shock. "WHAT?" he hissed to himself. Before he could let Liam's words sink in, Harry showed up with Louis in his arms. Zayn stared at him, stunned. He swallowed heavily and blinked a few times.

Harry didn't care to calm him down. "Get us to the hospital, immediately." He ordered him stiffly.

Zayn ignored the request. "What happened?" he demanded, his eyes wide. Harry breathed impatiently. "I'll tell you later! Now drive!"

"But I can't! I don't know how to drive!!" Zayn shrieked hysterically, clapping his hands desperately on his thighs. Harry didn’t stay to listen. "Just drive!" he shouted back at him, shutting the driver's door in his face and stepping into the back seat.

"But I don't drive!" he shouted at Harry again, and got no response.

Next to the driver's seat, Zayn was staring back and forth at the wheel and the road, his eyes wide. "But I can't drive...!" he hissed again to himself.

"Zayn! What's taking you so long? Just drive, for the love of god! Bloody hell…" Liam shouted at him from the back seat. Zayn nodded to himself stiffly and shifted himself to the driver's seat. He laid his hands on the wheel uncertainly and brushed his fingers against the leather. His foot lay hesitantly on the pedal. "What… WHAT DO I DO?" he shouted to the back seat.

Liam cursed and his head showed up next to Zayn's. "Put the transmission shaft on D and step on the pedal! Seriously Zayn, it's not that hard! Just do it!" he said angrily, trying to keep his voice down.

Zayn nodded dumbly. "Yeah, yeah, of course!" he mumbled ironically, sounding hysterical. "Piece of cake, no prob."

Feeling a bit clumsy and stupid, he stepped on the pedal. The car shrieked and drove a few centimeters backwards before Zayn quickly pressed the brakes.

"I said, put the transmission shaft on D, for drive, not R for reverse." He preached, annoyed. Zayn quickly did what he was told, pressed the gas pedal once again, and just like that – they were gone.

He drove clumsily through parked cars, all his movements very sharp and sudden. He wasn't sure he was even driving the right way. When they came to a stop in front of a red traffic light, Zayn turned around.

"Liam, how do I get to the hospital? And can you please tell me now what happened?" he asked cautiously. It was very quiet in the back seat. Up till now, Zayn kept hearing murmurs from the back, but was too stressed out to pay attention. He was still quite stressed, and frankly, just wanted to get to the hospital already.

Liam turned to him and had an odd expression on his face. "I'll tell you what happened later, when we get there. You'll see." He murmured very quietly, sending a stressed look over Louis's body. Zayn raised his head to stare at Harry and Louis as well.

"For now, just keep driving forward. There should be a turn right soon, and just there there's a hospital. I think. Try putting it in the Navigator." He suggested.

"Green light." Liam warned before turning his back to Zayn. The boy quickly turned back to face the road and stepped on the gas pedal. "Yeah, thanks." He mumbled to himself.

Very slowly he turned on the Navigator while driving and wrote in the "search" box the name of the city and added "Hospital". It had a few results. Below each result it showed how long it'll take to reach the destination. Zayn chose the closest one.

"We'll be there in ten minutes." He announced to Harry and Liam. He thought he heard someone mumble "good" but wasn’t sure. He just kept driving, feeling a bit more reassured, knowing where to go. His heart was beating fast. He wanted answers, but knew he won't get them until they reached the Hospital. With more determination and courage, he stepped harder on the gas pedal. 

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