Chapter 9

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Michael's POV

There are 9 days left until our little trip to Kyla's lake house and I've already started packing. I never pack early, but I'm so excited that I'm going to get to spend more time with Zoë, that I can't help myself.

After packing everything I could have ever possibly needed, I head downstairs to find something to eat. Now that Ashton was back, the refrigerator would be full 24/7 and I would have an unlimited amount of frozen pizzas at my fingertips.

I open the freezer to pick out a pepperoni pizza but gasp at what I see.

Empty

"ASHTON!!!" I screech so loud that the entire city could hear me.

I don't receive a response but I hear giggles coming from upstairs.

My breath hisses out from between my teeth as I stalk upstairs, ready to kill the messy haired kid.

"Ashton, I thought you were going grocery shopping. I went to go get some pizza and there weren't an-" I am cut off out of surprise as I burst into Ashton's room and see him on top of Niall, holding his hands above his head.

"Ummm I guess this is a bad time? I'll come back." I say trying to escape the room.

"Nononononono Michael wait! This isn't what it looks like. Niall wouldn't stop bugging me, so I pinned him down and, well, that's when you walked in." Ashton explains getting off of Niall, who hopped up and jumped onto Ashton's bed.

Ashton throws his hands up in the air and groans as he tries to pull Niall off his bed. Niall had obviously been bugging him for a while now.

Niall just giggles up a storm and tries to resist him, but ultimately fails and flies off the bed. There is a loud thump and a horrible cry from Niall.

Ashton rushes over to the where the blonde boy is huddled on the ground holding his head.

"Ni, what's wrong? What hurts?" Ashton asks frantically trying to pry Niall's hands off his head.

"Ashton chill!" I yell pulling him away from Niall. "Don't yank him around, he might have a concussion or something."

Niall sits up and removes his hand from his head to look at it. It's covered in blood.

"I-I'm bleeding!" Niall says, looking a little woozy at the sight of the red liquid.

"Oh no you don't." I say rushing over to Niall to keep him from fainting.

I make sure he stays sitting up and move him away from the corner of the desk he had hit before. I can tell he's going to pass out soon if we don't do something about this blood.

"Ashton, take him. Make sure he stays sitting up." I say handing Niall off to Ashton who does as I say.

I run to the bathroom and grab some towels and a large bandaid.

When I return, Niall's eyes are beginning to slip closed. I hurry over to him and use the towels to wipe his hands clean of crimson substance.

"There Ni, all better see." I say, showing him his clean hands. He looks them over and relaxes when he doesn't find any blood.

Once I clean off the blood from the back of his head, I can see the damage that had been dealt.

"Sorry Ni, but we're going to have to go to the emergency room. The cut is quite deep and I think you need stitches." I break the news to him and Ashton.

I place the bandage on the back of Niall's head and get up to wash my hands clean of his blood.

"Aww, fuck! I'm so sorry Niall, I didn't mean to hurt you." Ashton says, cowering away from him in shame.

"Don't worry about it Ashton, you didn't hurt me, your desk did." Niall says, giving Ashton one of his shiny grins.

Ashton laughs then helps Niall up to get him to the car.

I yell down to them that I'll drive and that I'll meet them in the car. Ashton flashes me an 'ok' sign with his hand and takes Niall out to the car.

I run back to my room and grab my phone and my keys. I see that I have a notification but decide to ignore it because my friend had a bloody head and needed to be taken to the hospital.

I hurry back downstairs and head out the front door. I get halfway to the car before I turn around and rush back to the door to lock it.

"What was that all about?" I hear Ashton ask from the backseat. He was sitting in the middle seat with Niall to his right.

"Don't worry about it." I say as I pull out of the driveway to head to the hospital.

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We arrive at the hospital and Ashton helps Niall to the waiting area while I deal with the lady at the front desk.

This place is fucking insane. There are people being pushed around in wheelchairs and pregnant women screaming in pain from their children trying to kick their way free from their enlarged bellies.

"So what's the patients name?" The nurse asks me in a flirty voice, pulling her shirt down a little farther so I could see even more of her obviously fake cleavage.

"Niall Horan." I reply dryly to her.

"What's his injury?" She asks, 'accidentally' dropping her pen, meaning she had to bend over to pick it up again, revealing her bright pink thong to me from her baby blue scrubs.

"Deep cut on the back of his head. He's going to need stitches." I say, gritting my teeth so I don't snap at her.

"Ouch. What did the naughty boy do?" He asks biting her lip.

"Ok, listen up skank. You've got 3 seconds to actually do your job before I call your manager over here and have you fired for sexual assault." I whisper so only she can hear my threat.

She give me a dirty look, but gets back to work and doesn't flirt with me anymore.

After I finally finish up at the front desk, I head over to where Niall and Ashton had been patiently waiting.

"Fucking bitch at the front desk kept flirting with me." I scoff.

"I bet you wouldn't be calling Zoë a fucking bitch if she was flirting with you." Ashton says quietly but I still catch it.

"Fuck off Ashton." I say to him rolling my eyes.

All of a sudden bright red lights begin to flash at the emergency entrance. At least 10 doctors and 20 nurses flood to the doors.

I get up to see what all of the commotion is about but freeze when I see a head of bright purple hair being wheeled in on a stretcher.

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A/N: I love cliffhangers don't you? Do you hate me? Hehehe sorry about it.

Sorry for the shorter update, I've got finals tomorrow and I should probably be studying.

Hope you enjoyed! <3

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