My Baby Penguin ( One Direction )

The Day

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I woke up sitting in the faux leather seat of the car, which was running idle in the driveway.The sky had turned from a dull cloudy gray to a deep navy, stars dotting it like pinholes in the dark. The lights of the flat looked extremely friendly in my groggy state.  

I looked over to where Niall was sitting, only to see an empty seat. I sat up straighter, and looked around the car. Blondie rested in the open glove box, snoring lightly. My cellphone was laying in the driver's seat. I picked it up, looking at the screen. 2 missed calls from my mom. Another call from her had been answered, I assumed it was Niall. 

As I was analyzing the situation, the doors of the car open with a click, and soon the cacophony of the boys babbling was in my ears. I saw Blondie pick his head up in the glove box. Niall jumped in the drivers seat and started pulling away from the house again. I mentally said goodbye to the proposition of a nice nap. 

There was a tension in the air, good or bad I couldn't quite pick up on. I stared down Niall, question obvious in my eyes. He looked at me after we were on the road once again.

"Niall, where are we going?" Worry was etched in my voice. Niall's face softened and he smiled at me.

"To the hospital, love." He smiled, then focused on the road. He had one hand on the steering wheel, and behind him bulbs of light from passing buildings streaked across the window. Why would we be going to the hospital? Sara immediatly came to mind.. but she was across the Atlantic. My eyebrows scrunched together. But the calls from my mom...

 "Did you pick up the phone, then?"

"Yes, Love. Your mum is nice, huh?" 

"Yeah, Niall, stop avoiding the subject, why are we going?" I was half flustered half laughing. It makes me laugh when he calls me 'Love." 

"You never asked why, in my defense." He glanced at my annoyed face and he laughed. "Your mum wants you to meet sombody. She's there." She was? My mom was here? Sara? Was she here , too? Was she okay? 

My head began to hurt, and I pulled Blondie from the bed of crumpled car handbooks he had made for himself. With him resting lightly on my lap, my mind began to calm down. My headache remained, but I was starting to put pieces together for myself. No way would they be this happy if they knew it was something bad. Annnnd judging from the way they were acting, I was pretty damn sure they knew. My body reminded me it was tired, and my head slumped against the window again. 

I saw my reflection in the window, looking very blank. Why was I so exausted? I should be ecstatic.

Niall was my.. boyfriend. Using that word to describe him was unfamiliar, but it made my heart jump nonetheless.. it was nice. 

 I smiled to myself and looked out the window. The voices of the boys in the back floated forward, and their conversations about food and the new store across the street that just opened. Is Sara okay? Does that mean I don't have to worry anymore? Whoever saved her is going to be my new bestfriend, that is for sure. 

I became aware of cool air being blown on the back of my neck, and I sat up to every getting out of the car. Niall came over to my side and opened the door. Silently, he picked me up out of my seat and carried my in the hospital doors bridal style. I chuckled and buried my face in his shoulder, and I felt his laughter through his chest. Zayn was at the desk signing us in, and he came back with several visitors stickers, which Louis and Zayn stuck on their foreheads. Harry put his on the butt of his pants and waved it Louis, who burst into laughter. Oh myyy the people I associate with.

Niall set me down, and I put the white sticker on my shirt as we walked down the hall.

"She said this is the room actually." Zayn spoke up after 30 seonds of walking. I was surprised we didn't have to walk several miles through the building to get there... works for me. Zayn stuck his arm out, gesturing to the door and bowed. "Ladies first, Ma'm."

Suddenly I was nervous and I shakily opened the plastic "wood" door. The lights were off.

"Whats going on...?" I said to no one in particular. There was a small chuckle from a corner. I found the light switch on the wall, and I flicked it upwards.

"SURPRISE!!" There was several voices yelling and I was over whelmed, until I realised over half of those voices were the boys behind me. My eyes adjusted and I saw mom smiling over a cake. Balloons were everywhere. Everywhere. Confettii on the floor. 

"Where's Sara?" Was the first thing I said. The room went silent. A lady in a white coat stepped over to the side to reveal a bed filled with stuffed animals. Amung the teddy bears and bunny rabbits was  a little face, her freckled cheeks bright.  "Oh my god, Sara are you okay?" I rushed over to the bed.

She grinned. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just comfy." She snuggled into the plushies around her and closed her eyes. I couldn't contain myself.

"Say SAYYY!" I squealed and pushed the stuffed animals off the bed and picked her up in my arms. I swung her around and squeezed her tight. "You're getting big, girly."

"Jay, let's have cake nooooww." She whined, but hugged me back nonetheless. "I missed you sis!"

Tears were forming behind my eyes so I set her down and she ran to the cake. I looked at the boys who where giving me the 'Awwh, so touching' look again. "Stop that." I said half heartedly.

The lady who I assumed was a doctor stood in front of me, her hand towards me. I accepted it and shook her hand. "Did you.. save her?" She shrugged her shoulders.

"If you want to call it that." She said modestly. "She had the tiniest little tumor in her head, it was putting pressure on the medulla of her brain stem and this caused her to -- " I attacked her in a hug before she could even finish. I was babbling, something to the effect of 'thank you.' When I calmed my self, I looked at her, and her eyes were tearing up too.

"I knew this is what I wanted to do with my life.. saving people, and helping their families like this." She was whispering as to hold back tears. Suddenly I became aware of how young she looked. Her warm brown hair was pulled into a pony tail, it looked soft and wavy. Her eyes where a pretty almond shape, and the color was just as stunning. They were a blue-ish, and the center was a hazel yellow, looking like a galaxy speckled with greens.

I suppose the boys noticed her, too, because somewhere in the background you hear Louis voice say, "Hey guys, she's kinda hot." and the boys chuckled and slap him on the back, and I can't help grinning at their antics. 

"Thank you for saving my sister, really." I say it again just for good measure. "So, whats your name?"

"I'm Dr. Congelose." She grins, but I prompt her further. "Oh, you mean- yeah. I'm Emma. I'm 18, and I'm volunteering here. They offered to let me look at Sara's brain scan after they couldn't find anything.. and we'll, the rest is history." Her eyes lit up at the topic.

"She's 18?!" Louis squeals.

"Louis! Calm yourself!" I yell behind me. "So, Emma. Cake?"

I look over to see everyone with frosting on their faces, and Sara laughing on the shoulders of Niall. Niall is grinning, and he looks like he really cares. I think he does. My mom winked at me and held up a plate of cake and icecream, to which Emma ran and grabbed without protest. My mom laughed and started to cut another.

Then, everything is okay.

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IM SO SORRY FORGIVE ME FOR THE MONTHS THAT I DIDN'T UPDATE ILL BE BETTER TO YOU

Love yah, Jay Jay.

PS Emma, isnt this one your favorite? hahahaha