That's When I Saw You {Neth Fanfic}

40. Scare

Beth's POV

I watched in fear as the back doors of the ambulance closed, leaving only a worried crowd, and Niall desperately trying to comfort Harry as he rushed to get into his car to follow them back to the hospital. Zayn came rushing over to me, a worried look spread across his face even though was trying to hide his fear.

"You need to get inside." He said, as calmly as he could, "We need to calm down so we can think this out clearly."

I nodded speechlessly, hugging my arms around myself for any comfort I could get from it as he led me inside, Niall close behind. I had started hiccuping through my tears as the panic really set in, stepping into the lift as Niall rubbing my back to calm me down. As the doors closed I turned into him, hiding my face in his chest as I cried, and from the harsh movements his chest made as he breathed he was trying to keep calm himself.

Zayn walked out into the corridor first, followed by me and Niall who shuffled after him. Zayn knocked on the apartment door, which quickly swung open to reveal Louis, ushering us inside hastily. As Niall closed the door quietly behind us, I looked up to see Louis was getting drinks in the kitchen, whilst Liam had drawn back the curtain slightly to watch what was going on outside. He shut them again once he noticed that we had come in, waving us over as he sat down on the sofa.

"She's going to be fine." Louis started, bringing the drinks in a setting them on the table, "Harry went after her, he'll keep her safe."

"But what if it's really bad?" I panicked, "What if she's really hurt? What if she-"

"Sh sh sh sh, Beth. Calm down." Niall soothed, "Don't worry about it."

I took a deep breath, which came out shaky and uneven, my fear clearly showing through.

"Let's all just calm down, and wait for Harry to call." Zayn said, "He promised he'd call as soon as he knew what was going to happen."

I nodded, sniffling as Niall wiping the tears from my eyes with his sleeve.

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Louis had decided that it would be best if we put the TV on, thinking that if we watched something we'd all just calm down for long enough for Harry to call.

When we were halfway through the lastest episode of 'Game of Thrones' when Liam's phone started ringing, making us all turn around as he answered it and put it on speaker.

"Hello?" He spoke, making us all listen in for any answer.

"She's fine..." Harry's rough voice came through the speaker, "She's fine."

I breathed a deep sigh of relief to hear she was ok, but I was still worried about how she was feeling.

"She's broken her arm, but she can go home tomorrow after they've got a cast on it."

"How did you get her through to treatment so fast?" I asked, having finally calmed down enough to talk normally.

"I'm quite persuasive when it comes to things like this." He retorted.

"Are you staying with her overnight?" Zayn asked, "And do her family know what happened?"

"Yeah of course I am, and yeah I called them earlier on. They were surprised firstly that she had gotten hurt, but mainly that Harry Styles called their house."

"Can we talk to her?" I asked quietly, "To see if she's ok?"

"You can talk to her in a couple of hours maybe." He said unsurely, "Depends when she wants to talk."

"Well be sure to phone us when we can." Louis said, "Talk to you later."

"Bye guys."

"Bye." We all said, Liam reaching for his phone again and hanging up, putting it back on the table.

We all just looked at each other in a stunned silence, waiting for someone to say something.

"We still have pizza in the kitchen if you want it?" Louis said, trying to break the silence.

We all chuckled, however Niall must've been hungry since he leapt up and ran to the kitchen, grabbing the pizza box and sitting down next to me again to give me some. I laughed, taking the box off of him and putting it on the table, gesturing to the others to help themselves.

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After a while, we had all eaten a bit too much pizza, and were all lying around lethargically, watching 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'. Zayn had fallen asleep along with Louis, but Liam, Niall and I were all still watching it, occasionally having a chat whilst the boring bits dragged on.

"We better get going." Niall said, his voice croaky from where he hadn't used it in a while. "It's going on 11.00pm."

"Oh ok," Liam said, waving to us as Niall got up and brought me with him.

"I'll phone Harry later, talk to you tomorrow." Niall said, waving back to him as I did the same, opening the door and letting us out.

"Bye." Liam called quietly, carefully not to wake the others up.

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We opened the front door of our house, going straight upstairs to go to bed, since we were both shattered from the previous events of the day.

We both got changed with our backs facing one another, climbing into bed soon afterwards. We assumed our regular position, with him on his back and with my head in his lap. His fingers gently combed through my hair, lulling me to sleep.

"What happened?" I whispered,

"The driver came around the corner too fast, and hit her in the side as they were crossing the road." He spoke tiredly, sighing afterwards. "Harry keeps blaming himself for not watching after her properly, and he won't listen to me saying that it's not his fault. All I know now is that he's going to stay with her into she's completely better."

"That's just like him though." I chuckled,

"You know I would always look after you," He said, making me look up at him, "Not matter what happens, I'll always be with you, forever."

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