The Tree 》l.s *boyxboy* ✅

Chapter 56 ~ Next Days

 I awoke to someone tapping me on the shoulder. I woke up to lying down across an arm chair that was placed in the hospital. I rubbed my eyes and looked up, Jade was standing above me looking at me softly. 

"Hi" she said quietly and pushed hair out of my face. 

"Hi" I said slightly confused. "How'd you know we were here?" 

"Mikayla called from the hospital. She told me what happened and that you were alseep. I think she needed comfort" Jade explained. "How are you?" 

"Is he awake?" she shook her head. "I'll be happy when he's awake" 

"They said he's sleeping off the medication they gave him. He should be awake soon" she took a seat on my lap and wrapped her arms around me. "I'm sorry" she said softly into my hair. 

"Where's the girls?" I asked changing the topic. 

"Connor took all the kids out for some breakfast. Liam and Niall went to your place to get some things for you all" I nodded. "He's going to be right? The doctors said he'll be okay?" I sighed. 

"They still don't know how long he has" 

She wrapped her arms around me, and we didn't speak. Not until movement came from the bed. We looked over and saw Harry stirring, I gently moved Jade off my lap and moved to the bed and took his hand. He gripped it and slowly opened his eyes.

"Louis?" he asked.

"I'm here, I'm right here Harry" I lightly squeezed it.

"Where am I?" my heart tugged. "Louis why am I in a hospital?" I heard Jade try and hide her sobs as Harry spoke to me. 

"You had trouble breathing. But you're okay, you're fine" I forced a smile. 

"Why don't I believe you? You're forcing a smile" he stated. I really needed to work on that. 

"But you are okay. Okay? They still don't know anything about how long you have left" 

This whole situation was making me upset again. "Come here, please?" I climbed onto the bed, being careful of the tubes coming out of him, and laid on my side facing him. "Where's the girls?" 

"Connor took them for food. Liam and Niall went to get things for us" Harry nodded and moved his face into mine. 

"I've never liked these things" he told me, adjusting the oxygen nubs in his nose. 

"Keep them in for me though. I don't want the same thing to happen again" he kissed me softly, agreeing with me. 

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Connor came back an hour later with the girls, Kane and Ryan. He had a bag of food for the rest of us. I noticed Mikayla and Lexi had teary eyes, and I hoped they ate while they were out. 

Jade walked over and greeted Connor with a kiss and took the bag from him, finding what she asked him to get her. 

"Hey Lou, hey Harry" Connor smiled. "Want some food?" 

"I'm fine thanks" I told him. Harry hit my arm.

"No, eat" I shook my head. 

"I want to lie with you for a while" 

"Eat, I would like to see my kids" I pouted and he kissed it away. "I'm not going anywhere" I whispered an okay and climbed off the bed, Mikayla and Lexi ran to him in an instant and climbed on the bed, finding it difficult. 

I let them be and looked in the bag for food. I pulled out a sandwhich with chicken and salad in it and begun to eat it. 

"Did they eat?" I asked Connor, from where he sat with Jade and Ryan.

"Yeah. I made sure they did" I smiled and thanked him. 

As soon as he can come home everything will be fine again. 

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Harry didn't leave the hospital for a week, I did go to work, but came straight to the hospital afterwards. The girls were at Jade's for the week and they finally came back on the weekend, when Harry came home. 

He had the oxygen tank again, and carried around with him like last time. The girls were aware of how sick he was now, and they came back and told me stories of the kids from school picking on them. 

"Kids are picking on me, they're saying they're happy my dad's dying" Lexi cried into my arms. I scowled.

"Who is it? I think I need to make a phone call"

"That will make it worse!" 

"Leave it dad. Talking to the parents will always make them bully us more. We can handle it" Mikayla told me.

"When did you get so mature?" she shrugged. "Alright, I won't call them. Do you have homework?" 

"Do we have to? I want to spend time with Harry" I couldn't say no to that. They had the right to spend time with Harry, especially with the cancer flooding through his body I wouldn't know how much longer they had with him.

"Let's all go sit in our room, yeah?" they nodded and we walked into Harry's and I's room. He sat on the bed, his oxygen tank next to the bed. 

We all walked to the bed and sat down with each other. I sat next to Harry arms wrapped tightly around him while the girls sat between us. I wanted this moment to freeze. Just so I could have this moment forever. 

A/N I know this is short! But I couldn't think of what to write! I'm sad :(

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