✔️STRONG [L.S]

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{NIALL'S POV}

   *December 25th, 2015*

   "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN YOU HAD TO AMPUTATE?!!" I screamed, sitting up quickly in my bed, fear pooling in the pit's of my stomach. The doctor opened his mouth to speak but I cut him off in a rage.

"HOW DO YOU NOT SEE A FUCKING BONE TUMOUR?!!!" My hand flew to my head, my finger's digging roughly into my scalp. The beeping from beside me increased rapidly, and I realized that it was heart monitor. My head was pounding and I felt sick, and I was so so so tired which I guessed all of which were happening from the drugs they had given me.

"Mr. Horan please calm down, it was your previous doctor, Dr. Nero who missed the tumour. He was fired immediately."

"I WANT TO SUE HIM FOR EVERYTHING HE'S GOT!!!!" I screamed, ripping the blanket from my lower body. I froze, and the sheet slipped from my finger's. The only thing that could be heard in the room was my heavy breathing as I stared down at where my lower leg should be. From the knee down, there was nothing but air.White gauze was wrapped tightly around the stump of my thigh, and my stomach churned at the though of what was underneath. I busted into tear's, digging the heels of my hands into my eyelid's.

"Mr. Hor-"

"Where's my Mum..." I whispered, trembling finger's lightly running over the bandage's.

"Lili, I'm going to go get his parent's, you stay here."

"Oh my god...oh my god...oh my god..." I just kept chanting the same thing over and over, staring into space as my body trembled violently.

Silent tear's trailed down my face as I squeezed my eye's shut. I reopened them as I pinched my arm, as if this all was just a bad dream.

"Everything's going to be alright..." I heard a voice soothe from beside me. I whipped my head to the right, glaring at the nurse.

"I'M MISSING A LEG!!!" I exasperated, throwing my hand's over my face as I began to sob.

"Mr. Horan, we really need you to calm down, it's not healthy for you to be-" I cut her off as I started to pull cord's from my body.

"DON'T YOU DARE TELL ME TO STAY CALM!!!"

"MR.HORAN!!!!" Lili immediately press the emergency button beside my bed, and tried to restrain me from pulling out any more wire's. My heart monitor was going off the chart's, and I felt as though I was going to pass out any moment. My head was pounding furiously at this point, causing my vision to blur from the intense pain. I can't remember much of what happened next. More nurse's, and the doctor with my parent's rushed into the room as they tried to stabilize me...calm me...But how would you act if you woke up with just one leg? But anyway...the next thing I knew, everything was black.

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"Nnn..." I groaned, slowly blinking my eye's open as they adjusted to the light. I felt finger's running softly through my hair, and when my vision focused, I saw it was my mum.

"Mum..." I rasped out, turning my head slowly toward's her on the pillow.

"Hi baby..." she whispered with a sad smile. My dad was beside her, and he leaned forward on his chair to rest his elbows on the mattress.

"How're you feeling?"

"Sore...and tired...and dizzy..." I chucked weakly, licking my chapped lip's. Silence covered the room, and I knew no one wanted to bring up the pending problem of my missing leg. I didn't either. So, I brought up something else that was on my mind.

"Did they ever find Louis?" My parent's both looked at each other in confusion before turning to me.

"Niall honey? Are you alright?" My mum asked, hand resting against my forehead.

"Yea? Louis ran from the plane remember? Jay and Mark came back asking for help..." My mum shook her head slowly.

"No Niall...Louis and his parent's are back in Doncaster...You must have been dreaming from all the drugs they've given you." I furrowed my eyebrow's. It was all a dream? I knew the fight with Louis was definitely real...but what actually happened after that?

"How did I end up here?" My dad frowned, resting an arm over mum's shoulder's.

"Well after Louis and his parent's left, you just collapsed in pain all of a sudden...screaming...a- and..." Tear's pooled in his eye's, and I knew he didn't want to continue.

"Then you blacked out, so we called the ambulance. When we got here, they told us that they had to amputate immediately." Mum finished, busting into tear's at the end. I reached a trembling hand out to grab her's, and squeezed it tightly.

"It'll be alright Mum..." Even though I knew it wouldn't be.

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BECAUSE ANY WORLD WHERE I DON'T LOVE YOU IS A WORLD THAT DOESN'T EXIST.