Lacey

I sat in the waiting area of the hospital nervously tapping my fingers on the chair. No one would tell me how Skye was since I wasn’t family. I had called the boys after some difficulty of reaching them while they were in an interview. I finally got through to Liam and he informed me that they were on their way.

Sighing I glanced around the waiting room at the few other people sitting there looking just as nervous and scared as I was feeling.

I saw the blood as I helped Skye in the hospital. I saw it on the floor of the car and on her legs. I could also see the tear tracks on her face as the nurses sat her down in a wheelchair before wheeling her away. She didn’t even look at me as they took her away, her face remained emotionless.

A bad feeling resided in my stomach the moment I saw that blood. I knew enough to know that the news Skye was hearing right now, wasn’t good and I had no way to help her prepare for this news. She would have to take it by herself as she waited for Harry.

Sighing I glanced down at my phone checking the time just as a group of boys came running through to the waiting area. Harry barely shot me a glance before walking straight to the front desk and demanding to see her.

“Only her family can see her right now.” the nurse behind the desk explained.

“I’m her boyfriend. We live together. I am her family! That baby is our family!” Harry hissed back at the nurse. Her eyes widened slightly before nodding and leading Harry through the doors into another section.

Suddenly four pairs of eyes were trained on me before the boys all took seats around me.

“What happened?” Louis asked quietly, I noticed the shakiness in his voice though.

“She was bleeding,” I whispered out. “There was blood in the car.”

I heard Niall’s choked sob from beside me as he stuck his head in his hands.

“What does that mean? What have the doctors said? She could be okay right?” Louis started firing questions. My hands started to shake as I shook my head not sure what to answer.

“Louis mate, calm down. She doesn’t know anything okay. We just have to wait.” Zayn’s voice said from his perched position on the coffee table in front of me. I glanced up at him as his hands reached out and wrapped around my own. I couldn’t stop them from shaking though.

“Louis!” I heard a shriek, as we all turned to see Dani, El and Tate walking towards us. All looking frightened and scared.

“What happened?” Dani asked us glancing around. Liam took the time to explain softly. I watched as each girls face considerably whitened. Tate moved around the group to sit next to Niall. He immediately wrapped her up in his arms and kissed her cheek. I watched them as he whispered something into her ear as the tears fell.

“How was Harry?” El whispered out, as Louis took her hand in his tightly.

“I don’t know. He didn’t really talk or move on the way here. And he went in to see her straight away.” Zayn informed El who nodded.

“H-how did it happen?” Dani asked me softly. I glanced towards her, as she blurred slightly through the tears that entered my vision.

“We were just on the way to the shops. We were talking and everything was fine. Everything was fine.” I whispered softly as my hands gripped Zayn’s tighter, needing to know someone was there. He squeezed back comfortingly.

“Then she started to get sharp pains in her stomach and quickly pulled over. So...so I helped her into the back and drove here straight away. B-but when I helped her out of the car, I noticed all the blood. On the floor and on her legs.” I whispered out. I could feel my breaths getting shorter and harder as I kept picturing the blood and how much pain Skye must have been in.

“Lacey are you okay?” I heard Dani’s voice, as I pulled my hands away from Zayn and began to fumble through my bag in search of my puffer. I could hear my gasps as I tried to breath.

“She’s asthmatic,” I heard Tate say. Suddenly Zayn’s strong hands pushed my small shaking ones out of the way as they dived into the bag. He quickly pulled the puffer out which I took willingly as he helped me.

“Calm down, okay. Just breathe in,” He whispered to me. I stared into his eyes, noticing that he was suddenly crouched down in front of me.

My breathing slowly returned back to normal.

“Come on, let’s go for a walk outside and get some fresh air.” Zayn suggested. I tried to shake my head, but he ignored it and merely pulled me out of the hospital chair and held my hand as he led me outside. I followed behind him.

His hand left mine as we entered the garden next to the hospital and Zayn led me to a bench to sit down.

“She should have told me,” I whispered to the ground. I could feel Zayn’s eyes on me. “She should have told me she was bleeding, I would have driven faster or something.”

“There was nothing you could do Lace.” Zayn whispered softly from next to me as an arm wrapped around my shoulder, pulling me into his body. I let myself enjoy the warmth and feeing of his body against mine.

We sat together in silence for a while longer which comforted me more than any words could. Eventually I suggested to Zayn to head back to the others. I could see his jaw line sometimes hardened or his knee would bounce in nerves. He needed to be with his friends right now.

We walked back inside and sat back where we originally were, Zayn stretched his feet out gently leaning his legs against mine. I smiled at him softly for the small comfort they offered.

“Have you heard anything?” I asked softly. Liam shook his head. I sighed and lent my head back against the wall. I filled the rest of the time we were here watching everyone.

It still surprise me how close this groups friendship was. Of course I understood the boys would be close but the girl’s friendship was just as close. I watched as they each comforted each other whether it was by a whispered word and just a brush of an arm to feel comfort. They knew what each person needed and was more than willing to provide anything they could to make that person feel better.

Skye and Harry were in another room in the most unimaginable pain right now and I knew the moment that we could see them, they would be surrounded by love. Even though everyone looked exhausted and hurt, the moment that Skye and Harry were around us they would be the focus. I knew that no matter what everyone would work on making them feel better.

I couldn’t help but hope that one day I was as close with these people as they were to each other now. Who would not want a group of people being there for you, for your every need. But also understanding everything you need without uttering a single word or noise.

They were a true family, sure they fought but they loved each other so much. A stranger could see it. I had barely known the boys but I knew that I never wanted to lose the growing friendship I had with them. Nor did I want to lose the amazing friendships I had already made with the girls.

I glanced towards Zayn as his eyes stayed focus on our shoes. His hand was linked with Dani’s who sat on the coffee table in front of us between Zayn and Liam.

I continued to watch him until his eyes glanced up and into mine. In that moment I could feel my heart stop and slightly pick up pace, I could feel the butterflies in my stomach erupt. He continued to stare right at me and I had no other option but to keep looking back into his eyes.

Somewhere along the way of mine and Zayn’s rendezvous we had gotten to know each other. Sure there was still a lot we didn’t know but I found myself wanting to know more and more about this boy every day. And I knew that was a bad thing, because I was engaged and I knew for a fact that I could never have him. Not in the way I wanted.

Sighing, I eventually broke eye contact from Zayn and began to mentally prepare myself for when we finally got to see Harry and Skye.