Live While We're Young

Chapter 9

I wake up and hear voices calling to me. 

"NICOLE COME BACK!" Harry screams. 

"IT WAS JUST A LITTLE HATE, DON'T WORRY!" Zayn screams. 

"NICOLE PLEASE COME BACK!" Niall blurts out. 

They must think I haven't left this general area, and they're right. I hear someone start sobbing. Who is it? And why are they all looking for me in the pouring rain? I'm not that important. They'd actually be better off without me to worry about. 

Someone starts walking down the alley, or at least I think someone is. It's hard to tell with how hard it is raining. And also I just woke up.. 

"Nicole?" I hear a voice say. 

"Guys, GUYS I FOUND HER!" He screams. 

Then a pair of arms pick me up and the man is running. I try seeing who is holding me, but I can't tell. I think it's either Liam or Niall.. 

"GUYS I HAVE HER!" He screams again. 

Then the figures start surrounding me. Someone else takes me from this man's arms and starts running to the hotel, and I can tell from the chatter that the others aren't far behind. 

"Why would you do that?" The husky voice asks as we enter the lobby. It's warm in the lobby but I'm shivering. The cold, wet state I am in overpowers the warmth of the hotel. My eyes get heavy and start closing. 

"Babe stay with me," he says. 

But I can't stay awake. It's too hard, I'm so tired and stressed. The only thing keeping me awake is the coldness. 

"Come on, hurry up!" He says.  

He starts pounding on the elevator buttons trying to get it to go faster, but then the elevator goes black. 

"No, no, NO!" He screams. 

"HELP, SOMEONE HELP!" He says, pounding the elevator doors. 

I can see him half-clearly now. I'm trying so hard to stay awake. He pulls out his phone, still holding me. 

"Liam, help, I'm stuck in the elevator!" He yells in the phone. 

"Yes, I still have her!" 

Silence. 

"I think she is," he looks me in the eyes. 

"Yeah she is, barely but she's awake." 

More silence. 

"I-" he puts me on the ground, then putting his ear near my mouth. 

"Yes she is, but she's shivering!" 

Silence. 

"Okay," he says. 

Then he puts speaker phone on, setting the phone next to him. 

"Try asking her how cold she is," Liam says. 

"Nicole, can you tell me how cold you are?" 

I try responding but I can't. Some force in my body won't let me. 

"She won't respond Liam! What am I going to do now?!" Harry says. 

I see tears running down his face. I never realised how much drama I could cause, just by running into that alley way. 

"Strip her into her tank top and pants," Liam says. 

He made it sound that much more sexual by saying 'strip'. 

Harry takes my soaked sweatshirt off, then he takes my over shirt off. 

"Okay what now?" Harry asks, scared. 

"Well what I'm doing is trying to get her as warm as you can, and having cold clothes on won't produce much heat so-"  

"JUST TELL ME WHAT TO DO NEXT, LIAM!" Harry interrupts. 

"Okay, okay! Now you just get into as little clothing as possible, but please don't show and nudity. I don't want to have the elevator come down and see you and her nude," Liam says quickly.  

Harry strips down into his underwear without questioning. 

"What now Liam?!" He asks urgently. 

"Now just hold her! Just try as hard as you can to keep her warm!" Liam says, like it is obvious. 

Harry pulls me up into his lap and starts rubbing my arms, trying to produce heat. I weakly wrap my arms around him. 

"She's moving slightly, is that good?" Harry asks. 

"Yes, just keep her warm. We don't want her to get frostbite or something." Liam says, sounding a bit less tense. 

A while passes, my guess is two hours, when the doors open.the boys rush into the elevator and grab me, Harry getting up immediately. 

"Where are you going with her?!" He asks, grabbing our clothes. 

"To the hospital, Mr. Nudist!" Louis yells back to him. It rained so hard the I am still rather damp. 

Harry starts chasing after us, still in just his underwear. 

They put me in the car and tell Harry to go get dressed, but he refuses to leave me. Louis drives Harry and I to the hospital while Zayn, Niall, and Liam wait at the hotel. 

"Harry are you just going in without your trousers?" Louis asks. 

"Yeah, I'll ask if I can have a pair of those hospital pants 0, whatever they're called." He responds. 

"There will be fangirls attacking you, and probably ripping off your underwear!" Louis says, laughing. 

"I don't care, as long as I know she's safe!" Harry says strictly. 

We arrive and I'm rushed into this big room, Harry and Louis are told to stay in the waiting room. Great, my half naked boyfrie- I mean the half naked HARRY is going to get mobbed. 

The room is bright, so I close my eyes. I look at my hands, purple. I look at my feet, purple. My whole body is probably purple, or most of it. 

I really hope I don't have to get amputation.