The Joke

Chapter 31

Chapter 31

Niall's POV

I opened the door just to find her laying down face up, a pen between her small fingers and a piece of paper next to where her pale, bare and motionless hand was.

And that's when I lost my shit.

"Annie!" I screamed and ran to her, terrified, worried, feeling my heart popping in and out of me.

I put my hands by her shoulders and started shaking her, slightly slapping her cheeks so that I could somehow wake her up, if possible. Then, I realized that...

"Babe," my voice was not loud anymore, while I couldn't contain what had happened or had just happened.

Her head was shaved, she had no hair and her face seemed exhausted. She was thinner than the last time I saw her and pale, a combination I had never everimagined on her.

That's when I realized that this wasn't just a ridiculous joke, it was all true.

Her eyes blinked and then she closed them again. I snaked my one arm around her waist and the other around her feet and laid her on the bed; our bed.

"What happened?" Melissa suddenly wishpered and yawned but I avoided her.

I was trying to collect my mind and think clearly about what to do. Was Annie okay? Did she need to be transfered to the hospital? What happened before? Why?

"Call an ambulance," I ordered Melissa, who was leaning to the wall and staring at us.

"I don't wanna lose her," she suddenly expressed, biting her lips while tears escaped her big, brown eyes.

"Neither do I." I said sternly and decided to drive her to hospital on my own. The girl was unconscious and we were still sitting there without doing anything!

I took Annie on my arms and carried her to the car that was parked in my garage. I soflty yet hastly placed her on the passenger seat, fastening on her seat belt and rushed to start the vehicle.

"Wait!" Melissa shouted and opened the back door, getting in. She had changed into some random casual clothes.

I didn't talk to her, I hadn't the mood to. I was focused on the road, trying my best to arrive at the hospital. Annie was the only one that mattered for me that time. The only one.