Back For You | Alternate Ending

Anything

Madi's pov

I wake up, leaving my eyes close. They feel heavy. I hear murmurs as I move my hand around. Only one voice though. I open my right eye; bright sunlight pierces my eye, causing me to cringe. "I'm sorry Madi. I'll close the blinds..." Niall says softly. I open my eyes again, a few moments later. It was just Niall on my right. My left, no one. "How you feeling?" He asks and sets his arm on my leg.

"Sore, what's wrong with me?" I ask. I remember the accident. It's just, everything hurts. Everything. Then I remember other part of the accident. "Where's Cora!?" I sit up quickly, causing my shoulder to ache. "Where's my baby Niall!?" He settles me back in the bed.

"She's in the ICU...calm down. They moved you to acute care last night after you stabilized, but they want to keep her there longer." Niall rubs my forehead. "Harry is up there checking on her right now. He'll be down in a bit. The rest of the boys want to come. Are you up for eating?" He says and scoots closer.

"Yeah...actually. But, when can I see Cora?" I say, still completely worried.

"That's the thing. She's still a closed room. Nobody can go in there. She needs lots of rest. you can still go see her and all. Just not go in her room. She just has some head injuries and a few teeny fractures in two ribs. She's getting better. They think this might be the day they wake her up." He sits my bed up for me as Harry walks in.

"Madi you're awake!" He says quietly. "Thank God." He sits down on my left side, holding the hand that's not in a sling. "Are you feeling okay? Do you need me to get you anything?" He asks and I shake my head.

"Are you okay Harry?" I ask him.

"What do you mean..? Of course." He says and brushes my hair away.

"You're just being so nice..." I look away from him to Niall. Niall just smiles and looks down at his phone.

"I just want you to be comfortable. And don't worry about Cora. She's doing better." He says and scoots closer.

A few hours later, I start to feel much better. My headache diminishes finally. A nurse walks in with a clip board and sets it in front of me. "You'll just have to sign some insurance things for Cora." She smiles.

"Why couldn't Harry have signed it earlier?" I ask.

"We couldn't find record of him being her legal father." She says and our mouths drop open.

"That's crazy..." He says. "She looks just like me. I'm her father. Why am I not on the birth certificate?"

"You two are unmarried correct? Or were when she was born." The nurse asks again.

"Yes...I wasn't there."

"You had to sign the birth certificate. Now you have to get a fraternity test done." She says and Harry gets huffy.

"That's shit." He looks over at me. "I'll get it done eventually." He says to me. Once the lady walks out he stands up. "First I can't see her, now I'm not even her father."

"It's not complicated. All they do is take your blood. It doesn't take that long." Niall says. "Then she's all yours, legally." We sit quietly in the room, waiting for the other boys to come. Soon enough, Liam walks in with a bag of styrofoam containers and sets one in front of me, then hands one to Niall and Harry.

"Since we couldn't have Christmas dinner, I thought we could bring Christmas dinner here." He says and smiles. The rest of the boys walk in and take a box of food as I open mine. Ham, potatoes, stuffing, and corn. I thank Liam as we begin to eat. All the guys talk softly about their day. I watch Harry chew his food, with a slight smile on his face. They laugh all at once, over something Louis says. Harry's bright smile looks over at me and I shake my head. He grabs my hand and continues his meal. I liked Harry being nice to me. It would probably stop once I'm out of the hospital. Obviously.

"Would you like to go see Cora?" He says and I nod. "I'll grab you a wheelchair." He walks out and down the hall. Soon he returns and Niall's helping me up. "There you go love..." He sits me into the chair and pushes me out the door. "She's just on the next floor." We stand quietly in the elevator, Harry, Niall and I. "There she is..." He stops at a large glass. She lay there quietly, breathing softly. One little IV hung from her arm.

"Her brain swelling went back down to normal this morning. So, we took the monitors of her head. We disconnected other medicine. She will probably wake up in the next fifteen hours. We will be keeping her here till she wakes up." The nurse says behind us. "I understand you're being discharged Madi." I look up at Harry.

"Yeah, I wasn't going to tell her that yet. I was just going to surprise her." He says and the nurse has a sorry look on her face. "It's alright. Well Madison, we're going home for tonight." We stand by the glass and look at Cora for another twenty minutes, before they end visiting hours. I blow a kiss towards her and Harry pulls my chair away. The nurses are in my room when we get back, cleaning up a bit.

"Here are your discharge instructions and sign here and you're good to go." I sign a paper quickly and they hand me a bag of stuff. I stand up stiffly and Harry pulls me into his grip.

"You alright?" He asks and I nod. "I'd like you to come back to my house tonight okay?" He says. I smile softly and we walk towards the elevator. "I'm so glad you're okay. I don't think I'd manage without you." He helps me into the car and we sit quietly for a few minutes. "And Cora will be okay, she'll be just fine." He holds my hand as he drives. He plus into the driveway and helps me out again. He was being so gentle with me now.

We lay in bed together that night. I lay on my back, Harry looking at me, resting his head on his hand. "So tell me something Harry..." I start. "The pills, antidepressants..." He sighs deeply and puts his face on the pillow.

"Just...well, after I found out about Zayn and you I needed an escape. I couldn't do it myself. I got drunk when I could, after shows. Louis said I needed therapy. I went and she gave me antidepressants. She said I shouldn't go back with you. That's why I turned you away everytime. I'm sorry." I take his hand, with my free hand. "....I...I love you Madison. And I promise that I'll be there for you again. You, Cora, and I will be a family. Okay?"

"I love you too..." He kisses me softly and I close my eyes.