Let's Pretend [Niall Horan]

Chapter 40

"Excuse me?" I blurted out. I must have heard that wrong. I mean, the noise was so loud, I couldn't be sure. Plus, Harry was just here only a few minutes ago, it was impossible to have gotten hurt so quickly... Right?

"Harry is injured and we are going to head our way to the hospital," Liam stated louder and more firmly. My eyes widened, as I quickly made my way to the counter, grabbing my keys. I was no longer confused on what was being told to me.

I couldn't help but let my mind quickly wonder to the fact that this had to have been my fault.

It was all my fault.

I let out a shaky breath as I made my way to the front door.

"Please Liam, tell me which hospital!"

-Faith-
••Feb 8, 2013••

As soon as I walked down the stairs, I knew something bad had happened. When Liam came to the door, I didn't expect it to be a big issue, I mean these boys constantly joked about things and I had gotten quite used to being pranked. I had simply assumed that they were upset that I had taken up so much of Niall's time that they just wanted us out of Niall's room. But this clearly wasn't the case.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck," Zayn kept on mumbling to himself, walking around in circles in the kitchen. He had his phone pressed into his ear, not noticing at all that Niall and I had walked downstairs.

"How do you do, Faith,"

Could it be?

I quickly spun around only to face Uncle James standing right behind me, his arms open, waiting for my embrace, which I quickly took. It had been a while since I had seen my uncle, and I was glad he was here. He was always so calm and smart. I didn't know yet what had happened, but I knew things would be better with Uncle James here.

"What happened?" Niall, who walked out of the kitchen and in the living room, which was a room over, exclaimed.

"You should go help your friend," Uncle James said as he let go of our embrace, giving me a slight nod of encouragement. Still, I didn't understand what was happening — but the look Uncle James gave me made me uneasy. As if I was about to walk into the living room to see a dead body.

Taking in a sharp breath, I pressed on the swinging door and into the living room, only to find Harry sitting on the couch with his eyes shut.

Oh my god, he was dead!

I could feel my heart thump faster, and with every beat, my head would ache more and more.

Crowded around Harry was Liam, Niall, Louis, and Dr.Blank. Although I'm not quite sure why Dr.Blank was here, I couldn't help but feel a wave of relief, knowing there was a doctor in the room.

As I approached Harry's body, I noticed the headrest of the couch was drenched in blood. His forehead, where Dr. Blank had a piece of clothing wrapped around seemed to not stop bleeding.

"Harry, open your eyes. You need to keep consciousness." Dr.Blank directed, her hand was pressed on Harry's forehead.

"Harry..." My voice was only a whisper but Harry must have heard me since his eyes fluttered open only to meet mine. Although externally he looked pale and in pain, his eyes still were bright as he looked at me.

"Faith," he said slowly before shutting his eyes again.

"Are you okay?" I asked, I took a few more steps forward so I was now only a foot or so away from the couch where he sat.

"Fine," he simply replied, although his voice was shaky and unstable.

"Bull shit," Louis cried out, "Harry, Zayn is ordering an ambulance. We need you to stay alive. — I need you to stay alive!"

"Just try to keep your eyes open Harry," Dr. Blank said again.

"Yea," Harry said under his breath as his eyes opened for only a second before they shut again.

Was Harry dying?! — Where was the ambulance?! — Why is everything taking so long?!

I could feel my body ache as I watched Harry lay there. He must have been in so much pain. Yet, I couldn't do anything about it. I felt completely helpless. I wanted to make all his pain go away, but it wasn't possible.

"Harry," Liam said firmly, but this time there was no reply.

Oh my God,

"Harold!" Louis repeated much louder, but Harry still didn't move a muscle.

"They're on their way!" Zayn said as he walked into the living room.

"Hopefully they get here sooner than later," Dr. Blank said softly. But it was loud enough for everyone to hear, as no one made a single noise. I felt tears rushing down my cheeks as I turned and jolted into Niall's arms, nuzzling my face into his chest.

This wasn't real. None of it was real. It can't be.

I felt my head throbbing more than usual, as everything started to spin and suddenly everything went black.

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