"Well what are we suppose to do!?" I ask terrified pacing the break room Dr. Charles let us be in
"We have to call his family he's..." Louis pauses unable to say the words
"Dying Louis! You can say it!" I shout at him
"No he's not!" Harry shouts back defending an offended Louis "Nialls not dying! Now would you stop acting like you already gave up on him!" He yells at me
"I'm sorry" I sigh "but how are we suppose to make this decision?" I ask rhetorically
"If he has the surgery now he could die before his family gets here but if we wait he dies" Louis says verbally weighing our options
"Not just that. How are we suppose to agree on his behalf to a life threatening surgery when he's not even conscious or aware of what's going on!?" I add another element to this all
"That's why we have to decide Liam. He's not conscious so we have to decide on his behalf." Harry points out
"It's not like he's brain dead. He's sedated they could wake him up and just ask him!"
"Oh yeah, ask the sick potentially dying lad if he would rather wait to see his family and die or have heart surgery and maybe die" Louis remarks sassily
"Well I can't make this decision." I shake my head sitting down
Harry nods "We know. That's why we're doing this together"
"There really is no decision to make lads." Daniel says walking into the room
"What?" I ask confused
"Nialls sick. Extremely. Extremely sick. And the only way to even have a shot at saving his life we have is with this operation. Yes it'll be horrible and painful if he doesn't make it and his families not here but we have to try. If we don't try and just wait for his family to come he Will die." He tells us kindly but the words hurt like hell
The boys and I share teary eyed looks but nod all agreeing "okay" I wipe a lose tear from my cheek "do the operation" I say quietly
"I know this is hard boys. Trust me I know. I love Niall too and this feels wrong all of it feels just wrong but this way we're giving him his best chance" Daniel says choking up a bit also as he leaves to probably go tell Dr. Charles our decision.
We all sit in silence for god knows how long just asking the same question I've and over again. How the hell did we end up like this?
"Come on let's go be with Ni while we can" Harry says standing up
"I'll be there in a second I'm going to call his family" I say not looking forward to this call at all
"'Kay...Here's Nialls phone" he places the iPhone in my hand "nurse gave it to me when they admitted him"
"Thanks" I say quietly making my way outside
I slide open Nialls phone, smiling at his background picture of all five of us boys from a few years ago, going through his contacts until I find one titled 'Mum' I click it sighing wishing I was calling on better terms.
"Hello Niall love! How are you? I wasn't expecting your call!" Maura answers sounding so happy. Niall is so much like her
"Maura its Liam" I sigh sitting down on a bench outside of the hospital
"Liam? Is everything alright? why do you have Nialls phone?" I hear the panic suddenly riddled in her voice
"Nialls not well Maura. He's in the hospital in Los Angeles" I tell her slowly
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Just Breathe
FanfictionI'll never forget that day. That day the doctor told me, I, Niall Horan, had cancer. Cancer. That awful, deadly disease that we all pray we never have to live with. I had it. It was there. Living, growing inside me like a weed. Tearing me apart, suc...
