Chapter 15: Limited

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*** Nadya's POV***

It hurts.

"NADYA!" Jezzie screams from somewhere far away. My eyelids flutter when I hear her voice.

"Jezzibear." I breathe out the name from our childhood. I breathe out again slowly as my eyes drift shut again.
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*** Jezebel's POV ***

I run towards her room.

"NADYA!" I scream. I run down and try to push past the crowd of people who are standing in front of the door but Harry catches me around the waist before I can get there.

"Harry, let me go!" I yell, hitting his arm as he pulls me back to him.

"No can do, babe." He whispers.

He picks me up and throws me over his shoulder as I try to wiggle out of his grasp. He carries me back to the room as I continue to pound on his back for him to put me down but he doesn't even break a sweat. Damn you, Mark Jarvis.

We get into the room and he puts me down. My feet have barley even hit the floor before I'm running for the door again.

"Not so fast." Louis says as he catches me the same way Harry had. I notice Liam has moved to stand in front of the door in case I try for another break.

I notice Zayn out of the corner of my eye, sitting on one of the couches with tears silently streaming down his face. This immediately sobers me. I deflate against Louis as all of my anger and adrenaline leaves my body. I shake Louis off and go and sit next to Zayn.

"What is going on?" I ask softly.

"We don't know." Liam says. "She had apparently woken up and then she started coughing. That's all we know."

Worry creases Liam's face. He rubs his hands over his face. I notice the dark bags and stubble that has taken residence on his face. I look around and notice all of the boys look similar.

"There is nothing I can do." I say, feeling lost. I lean back in my chair.

"I remember the first time we had a hospital scare like this." I say. All of the boys look over at me. I close my eyes and sigh. "Her doctor at the time had told this poem. It had made me feel better." They all sit down, still not saying anything, waiting for me to continue.

"Cancer is so limited.
It can not,
Cripple love,
Shatter hope,
Corrode faith,
Destroy peace,
Kill friendship-"

I have to stop and take a shuddering breath at that line but I continue.

"Suppress memories,
Silence courage,
Invade the soul.

It cannot steal the eternal life.
It cannot conquer the spirit."

I finish and open my eyes. I look around and notice every single one of the boys have tears flowing freely down their faces. My face is as dry as a bone.

A knock sounded at the door. Dr. Rivers stepped in with a solemn expression on her face.

"I'm sorry."

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