A New Family

Lily's POV:

Before I went to bed, I gave Louis and Eleanor a hug, they gave me a kiss on the forehead, then tucked me into bed. It reminded a lot of my Mom and Dad used to do and I started crying. My stomach turned and I ran to the bathroom, holding my mouth closed until I puked up the Smith's dinner into the toilet. What's wrong with me? I thought while getting into bed. This never happened before.

As I stared at the ceiling, my body weakened. I was so tired from not eating for what? Two weeks and two days? I couldn't think very well anymore, then I slid into a deep slumber.

(In Lily's Dream)

I was falling at a fast pace, there was darkness surrounding me, and my screams were the only sounds to be heard. I kept falling and screaming, my hair was tangled into knots and Harry's shirt didn't cover my body anymore. I started to cry because I didn't know where I was or if I would ever see Eleanor and Louis again. I can't lose another family! I started to wish that I could smash into the ground, at least I could see where I was. But when I saw a white dot in the distance, I grew terrified of the thought of dying.

As I neared the ground I squeezed my eyes shut, but then I heard someone shout my name.

"Lily!" I opened my eyes, which were blurry from all my tears and could make out a figure. Suddenly I landed in someone's arms. I breathed heavily and hugged my savior.

"Thank you, thank you so much." I whispered. I still couldn't see his face but he kissed me on the lips, so softly it could've been an angel. He set me down on the floor and my vision started to clear. As soon as I saw his face, he was pulled back, as if a strong wind blew him away. In a second he was gone. I cried again and feared that he left because of me. I called his name over and over again: Nick.

Louis's POV:

I woke up at ten o'clock, smiling because Eleanor was in my arms, sleeping peacefully. I carefully got out of bed and tip toed into Lily's floor, she was sound asleep as well. I texted all the boys to get dressed then come over, so when Eleanor and Lily go shopping, I can play video games with them. Eleanor came up behind me and started rubbing my shoulders.

"That feels sooooo good." I moaned, she laughed, kissed my cheek and sat beside me.

"Where's Lily?" She asked, resting her head on my shoulder.

"She's still sleeping," immediately, Eleanor lifted her head, with a frown on her face.

"Lily never sleeps in, she always wakes up early. Maybe I should go check up on her," I grabbed her wrist before she could get to the stairs.

"She probably got to bed late because she's not used to the times yet." Eleanor nodded her head reluctantly and we made our way to our room. I dressed in some red sweatpants a gray long sleeve shirt, and some toms. While Eleanor dressed in ballet flats, skinny jeans, a tank top, and a cardigan. We ate some cereal while waiting for the lads to come and Lily to wake up. At eleven thirty all the boys had arrived but Lily had still not come down. At twelve and Eleanor and I went to check on her.

She was in the exact same position and I suspected she was in that same position for the entire night. Eleanor tried shaking her awake, Lily didn't respond at all or move a muscle. She was breathing faintly, which was good. I touched her face, it was ice cold and her skin was so pale she could've been see-through. I screamed in her ear, but she still didn't move. Worriedly, I picked her up bridal style, she was so light, she could've been a feather.

"Eleanor, call 9-1-1, I don't think Lily's going to wake up." Eleanor and I ran downstairs as she called.

All the boys were worriedly looking at Lily and asking us questions, questions that neither of us had answers to. How did this happened? Why isn't she waking up? The wait for the ambulance was brutally long. When they did come, Eleanor and I got into the back of the truck and explained to the doctors what happened. At the hospital they whisked her away into the ER and promised that we would hear news soon. I sat with my head in my hands, every once in a while running my hands through my hair. Eleanor was crying silently, we both felt like terrible parents, what did we do wrong?

When a doctor called for us we nearly tripped over our own feet to hear his news.

"She's going to live, but she's greatly weakened. We think she hasn't eaten in two weeks. Her systems were on the brink of shutting down of starvation. We have injected the proper nutrients she needs to survive and when she wakes up she will need to eat a lot to gain back her normal weight. She lost twenty five pounds." Eleanor and I looked at each other in shock.

"That's impossible, we've seen her eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner."

"Then she vomited all of it up because she hasn't had any food in her system for a while."

"How long will it take for her to wake up?"

"Maybe one or two days."

"Can we see her?" The doctor nodded and led us into her room, she looked so fragile with all those tubes in her body. Eleanor cried as we gave her a hug and kissed her cheeks. She left because seeing Lily like that was too much for her, but I stayed, holding Lily's hand. I kissed it and rubbed it gently trying to warm it up. Her fingers twitched a bit but she didn't wake. A tear fell and landed on her delicate hand.

"I'm sorry Lily," I said, sniffing a bit, "this never should've happened to you."

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