Falling In Love

Chapter 33 • 2007

Aleasha

They took Lily to the hospital and made me go in the ambulance with her but I was terrified about Danny. The police had arrived too and one came with me to ask me questions. I told her everything I could but there wasn't much. All I knew is Lily was dying and Dani was missing. Now Danny was too. When we got to the hospital they took Lily straight to intensive care and I realised no one had told Cody, or anyone at all actually. I pulled my phone out and called him, taking deep breaths and trying to make it through the whole thing without breaking down.

"Cody, Lily's, um, in hospital. Me and Danny found her in an alleyway and she's been stabbed. They took Dani too. The police are out looking for her." I said quietly. There was silence at the other end of the phone.

"Cody?" I whispered as tears rolled down my face. I'd already bitten my nails raw but I kept nibbling as I held the phone to my ear and waited for a response.

"Y-yeah um, okay." He whispered. Then he said in a squeaky voice, "I'll um, be right there..." Then the line went dead. I kept the phone to my ear as my face screwed up in tears and I bit down on my fingers, standing in the middle of the hospital, sobbing away with my shoulders shaking.

Not long later Cody arrived, followed shortly by some policemen. I gave him a hug and we held each other for ages, glad of family support. The policemen stood quietly by the side, respecting our want for privacy and comfort at the moment. He asked about Dani and I told him what I knew then I told him where Lily was and he went off to find her. She was having an operation at the moment but would be kept in room 363 when she came out so Cody went to sit outside for her. The police me asked if I would mind answering some questions so I took a deep breath before walking off with them.

We sat in the cafeteria and I made a statement over a cup of coffee. They asked me questions like when had we found Lily, which direction Danny had gone to look for Dani in, so on and so on. I broke down in tears when I subconsciously realised both my boyfriend and my niece were missing which turned a few heads, but mostly people just gave me sympathetic looks. After all, this was a hospital - everyone else was probably hoping for good news that wasn't coming too. I gave all the information I had before going off to join Cody outside room 363.

It was hours before Lily came out of surgery and when she did she was unconscious and pale with dozens of tubes and an oxygen mask attached to her. The nurses took Cody aside for a moment and he looked completely shocked when they were finished.

"Cody, what's up?" I asked, placing a hand on his.

"She - she was pregnant..." He stuttered, eyes wide and full of tears. I'd forgotten about that. Then I realised he said was. Past tense. She'd lost the baby.

"I'm sorry Cody." I said.

"Why didn't she tell me? Did she know?" He asked with a confused face.

"She didn't know for sure. She was going to take a test today." I explained. It was half nine in the morning. We'd found Lily six hours ago now and there was still no sign of the other two. I was worried sick.

To try and take my mind off things I took a walk outside to try and get some fresh air. I was constantly checking my phone for any sign of Danny but there was nothing. He was still missing. Then I walked into the cafeteria to get us some coffees and looked up at the TV screen, on which the news was showing. I didn't concentrate on what it was - some fire in a bank - until I heard the words "McFly's lead singer" and I dropped the coffees. I spun round to look at the screen and saw an image of Danny being pulled out a burning building. I turned and ran out the hospital faster than I'd ever ran before.