A Pleasant Surprise - Niall Horan fanfic

Chapter 42

Niall's P.O.V

The rain was pouring down on me as I ran through the streets of London. I didn't know what waited for me but I knew something had happened to Sophie and I had to get to her. Fast. I don't know if the boys are following me and I really don't care. They looked pretty confused though when I just stood up and ran out. They were yelling and asking me what had happened but I couldn't reply. I couldn't even think. My legs weren't moving fast enough, I felt like eveything was moving in slow motion and how my love was being pulled further and further away from me. As I approached Cara's apartment I heard the loud sirens. I saw people carrying her out of the apartment. I just stood there and stared until I realised that they were taking her away.

"NO YOU CAN'T TAKE HER!" I yelled and hurried to her side. She was barely awake but she managed to turn her head a bit to look at me. She was covered in bruises and her hands were lying protective on her stomach.

"Sir, I'm sorry but we need to get her to the hospital as soon as possible." One of the paramedics said. The tears streamed down my face as I carefully touched Sophie's hand. She looked so fragile and I felt how everything was coming back to me. That day outside our apartments, the fans, the ambulance. But this was worse. A thousand times worse.

"N-Niall. Don't let them take our baby away." She whispered with a weak and shaky voice. Then they took her away. I fell to the ground on my knees with my face in my hands. Arms were wrapped around me. I don't kow who it was or how may of them it was. But nothing could comfort me right now. I felt myself slipping away from reality and in the sound of all the crying and screaming I found myself wandering in darkness. My whole body and brain shut down. A couple of arms held me up, otherwise I would've fallen to the ground. I could hear their voices in a distant place.

"She fell down all those stairs!?"

"It's not your fault."

"She'll be okay. The baby is gonna be okay."

"I should've walked her out."

"I'm never gonna forgive myself for this."

I couldn't listen to them anymore, I had to get to her. Hold her, protect her. I pushed them all away and started walking. I'm not sure I really knew where I was heading, my feet moved automaatically. I felt a hand on my shoulder and stopped. I ran my hands through my hair and took a deep breath.

"Let go." I hissed. Liam  pulled me in for a hug. He didn't say anything, he was just there. "I have to go to her." I sobbed. Liam nodded and led me to the car with his arm around my shoulders.

"Harry, you drive." He stuttered. They were all pretty shaken up, they loved Sophie. I couldn't really tell if they were crying because of the rain but they all looked like mad men and Liam's hands were almost shaking more than mine. I couldn't look up at any of them, I'm sure that I would've given up if I would've done it. I couldn't bear seeing them like that. Zayn and Liam helped me to get into the car and sat on each side of me. I saw Lauren, Ellie and Cara rushing into a car but before they took off Louis jumped into their car, taking the driver's seat. The girls were pretty torn up and I knew there was no way that any of them could drive in that state.

Sophie's P.O.V

I woke up with a gasp. I tried to sit up but something held me back. I looked around the room. This wasn't Cara's apartment. Where was I? I noticed that someone was holding my hand. I looked over to see Niall asleep in a chair next to my bed. He looked exhausted. Suddenly a nurse rushed into the room.

"Good, you're up darling. How are you feeling?" She said with a warm smile. I furrowed my eyebrows.

"I-I don't know." I stuttered. "My head hurts." I glanced at Niall and bit my lip.

"He's been here the whole time. From the moment they brought you in." I smiled and gently squeezed Niall's hand. Niall flinched and quickly sat up in the chair, looking around the room.

"Soph!" He took my hand in both his and our eyes locked. His eyes were red and puffy.

"Why have you been crying?" I looked at him, confused and worried. His eyes started watering and he just stared at me.

"You fell." His voice cracked and a tear fell down his cheek. The nurse put her hand on his shoulder. I looked at them, I couldn't remember falling. All I remembered was that I was saying goodbye to the girls in Cara's apartment. I tried to move my legs, the pain was excruciating. I groaned and looked at my arms. Big blue marks covered my skin.

"Down the stairs." I breathed. Niall bit his lower lip and nodded. It all came back to me now. The girls, the door, when I slipped, all of the stairs, the ambulance, Niall's pain-filled face. Tears started streaming down my face as I realised what they were trying to tell me. My hands instantly flew to my belly. I looked at them with horrified eyes. The tears were falling down my cheeks and everything started spinning. Niall bent down and hid his face in my hand. He was crying.

"They did all they could." The nurse looked at me with sorrowful eyes. "They couldn't save her."

It was a girl. My baby girl. My baby girl had been taken away from me. Our little ball of love was gone. I waas just staring at the wall, I couldn't move a muscle. It hadn't sunk in yet. There was now nothing inside of me. Nothing. I couldn't accept it. It couldn't be true. They took my baby away from me. I started crying hysterically. I couldn't stop myself. For the past days that small bump on my stomach had been everything to me. I lived for that little bump. It was my everything. Our everything. It's not fair, she hasn't done anything. My little innocent sunshine hasn't done anything and yet she is pulled away from life. And it was all my fault.

"NOOOO!!" I yelled out. The nurse rushed to my side and hugged me. She wasn't prepared for that reaction, I wasn't prepared for that reaction. She just held me in her warm arms. Niall was a mess just like me, I'm not even sure if he's breathing any longer. The nurse rubbed my back, tried to comfort me, told me everything was alright, that I had Niall. But she didn't understand. No one did. Life wasn't worth living anymore. Not after this, not after I'd experienced true happiness and the feeling of a family only to have it all taken away from me.

Niall's P.O.V

Anything had been easier than this. I could've dealt with the crying, the screaming but not this. This was worse. A million times worse. Sophie had been crying for over 4 hours at the hospital. The nurses told me it was better for her, and for me, if I took some air and wasn't with her for a couple of minutes. I'd tried to stay strong with Sophie and not break down but as soon as I was outside of the room everything fell apart. Luckily the boys were there for me. They'd been there for me the whole day. Liam had sent Ellie, Cara and Lauren home. He thought it was better for them. When the doctor had told me that they couldn't save our little girl, everyone started crying. It was too much for me to handle, it took me a long time to understand what he was saying. All I heard was a bunch of words that had no meaning. 

"We did everything we could." They said. It wasn't enough, she was gone now. Our baby was gone. When I was allowed inside to Sophie again she'd changed. She wasn't screaming. She wasn't yelling. She wasn't even moving. She didn't look at me. She was just staring at the wall. Her eyes were empty and tired. Tears were streaming down her cheeks but she showed no signs of life. Her whole body was shaking but she was just sitting there. When the nurses talked to her she didn't respond. I couldn't talk to her, it was too much for me to handle. All I wanted to do was to make her happy again, to hold her and make her pain go away, to see her smile again.

The hours passed but she didn't eat, she didn't drink anything and she didn't sleep. We spent the night at the hospital. The doctors wanted to be on the safe side. Liam, Zayn, Harry and Louis all went home. They insisted on staying but I forced them to leave. But the hospital staff let me stay at the hospital. They even set up a bed for me in Sophie's room. But she didn't sleep. I didn't either but she was just sitting there staring at the wall for the whole night. Her hands were still on her stomach and the tears kept streaming down her cheeks. Not once did she move, not even a little bit. The love of my life was gone and I had no idea when she was coming back, if she even did come back.