Safe heaven

Erica's P.O.V.

"How bad is it daddy?" I ask breaking the silence in the car as we drive back to our home.

"It's pretty serious sweetheart. They are already talking about surgery to try and remove in from her lungs." He says stopping at a red light.

"Can it spread?"

"There is a chance that it already has they don't know yet honey." He says looking over at me. A hot tear trickles down my face.

"I know it's hard right now but we have the best doctors working with us." He says trying to comfort me.

We walk into our house instantly greeted by my mother. She doesn't look any different. Yes she looks tired and worn out. But she doesn't look like she is battling any type of cancer.

"Honey! What are you doing here?!" She asked embracing me in a hug.

"Mom I think you know why..." I say and she pulls away.

"So you've heard?" She says biting her bottom lip nervously. She's the one who had introduced me to that habit.

"Yea daddy called me two days ago." I answer.

We sit down at the dining table talking for a bit. She told me to go get some rest because I nearly slept on the flight here.

I lay in my old bed and decide to call Harry. I don't expect him to answer because I have no idea what time it is over there.

The phone rings once before he answers.

"Hello" he says.

"Hi" I smile at his voice.

"How is she?" He ask with worry in his voice.

"It's pretty serious Harry." I say not wanting to continue because I don't trust my voice.

"She is a very strong women love she get through this." He tries to reassure me.

"We are going to a doctors visit later this afternoon. I haven't slept since yesterday." I say yawning.

"Well love you need to get some sleep. Plus I have to go to an interview so I will try and call you tonight okay?"

"Okay"

"I love you."

"Love you too." I say back before hanging up.

I roll over to the other side of my bed and fall asleep.

I fell a vibration from under me. I must of fallen asleep on top of my phone. I quickly find it and see that it's a text from Louis.

Louis: Love if only you could see Harry right now. He is a mess. All he is doing is mopping around like half is heart is missing.

I chuckle at the text and start typing my response.

Me: Well tell him to stop! Or I'm never coming back!

I quickly send the message and roll out of bed. I look at the time and see that it's already half pass one. I quickly change into a fresh pair of jeans and a shirt.

As I walk down the step to see my parents my phone goes off again.

Louis: Literally regret telling him that! He threw a banana at me!

I laugh a little to hard at that one.

Me: Well then tell him that he doesn't get the privilege to eat bananas anymore!

I join my parents outside in the garden, we talk for a bit about our days and tour.

"Well we should get going if we want to make it to the city on time" my father says.

We all pile into the car and head to the city.

I nervously wait for my parents in the waiting area of the office. They didn't want me going back there with them.

I scroll through my twitter to try and calm my nerves. I stop on one of Harry's.

@Harry_Styles: Tonight's fans were amazing! But it didn't feel the same with out the lovely Erica by our sides.

A smile grows in my face and I simply favorite it before my parents walk back in to the room. I shove my phone back in my pocket and stand to greet them. They are trying to smile but I can tell it's fake. I decide not to ask any questions until we get out of the building.

"Hey how about we go to that little pizza shop that Erica loves so much!" My mom says as we make our way back to the car. We all agree.

As soon as my father starts the car Kiss you plays across the radio.

"Turn it up!" My mother and father laugh at my actions.

I serenade them all the way to the pizza shop. It was nice to see them actually smiling and laughing together.

The night goes even better than I expected after we ate our pizza my father treated us to a stop at Carlo's bakery. He knows we love their pies.

As we sit down in the dinning room to eat our pie, my mother has a coughing fit. It was pretty bad, she literally couldn't stop coughing. It lasted a good ten minutes before she was back to normal.

"We have to go to another doctor tomorrow morning." My father says handing me a plate of pie.

"What this one for?" I ask taking a bite.

"He's the surgeon." My mother adds taking her plate.

"Oh" I say.

After our dessert I call Harry and we talk for a good two hours before he has to go. I decide that I should probably go to bed soon seeing that I need to get a decent nights sleep before heading back to the tour.

As I step out of my bathroom freshly showered I see my mother sitting on my bed waiting for me in her pajamas.

"Hey" I say smiling.

"Come cuddle with me." She begs laying down in my bed. I happily crawl in next to her.

I really do miss her. After high school we drifted apart. We have always had a great relationship don't get me wrong. But when Jake came in the picture we grew further apart.
We wrap our arms around each other and have a serious heart to heart.

"You know Erica I am so proud to have the privilege to call you my daughter. It's not everyday someone gets to say 'my daughter is dating the charming young guy from the lovely band One direction and she gets to travel the world and learn about all the different cultures' you should see people reaction." She says smiling.

"I just want you to know that if anything happens to me... Never stop what your doing to come see me. I want you to live your life to the fullest honey..... I love you so much." She says as a few tears fall from her eyes and she places a kiss to my forehead.

"Mom nothings going to happen, we have the best doctors around you. You're the best mother a girl could ask for and I'm so thankful that god put you in my life. Your the reason that I am the way I am." I say pulling her closer to me.

After awhile we both fall asleep just holding each other.

Harry's P.O.V.

It's rather lonely here without Erica. All the boys decided it would be a good night to go to the club. I joined them but I wasn't really in the drinking mood. Not going to lie I am literally just sitting here on my phone. On Instagram creeping on Erica's profile. Liking every single photo from the past. I don't really care if it looks creepy, I just really miss her.

Around two in the morning the boys are very intoxicated and I decide it would be best to get them back to the hotel.

I laugh at their attempts to walk down the hallway. Niall fell a couple on times pulling Louis down with him. Zayn and Liam both leaned against the walls for support. After everyone got into their rooms safety I finally get to mine.

I walk past Erica's bags that she left her and into the bathroom. I take a quick shower and throw on a pair of joggers. I grab my jack wills pull over Erica always has and lay down with it in my bed.

"One more day" I say to myself smiling at the thought of her back in my arms.

That nights sleep was bloody awful. I kept tossing and turning. I wake up rather early in the morning and decide to head to the gym and get a good workout in. I start on the treadmill. Running always gives me the escape of reality. I run a good three miles before I decide to lift some weights. After that I call it a day and head back to shower before we head out for sound check.

Erica's P.O.V.

Well if today only went like yesterday I would be perfectly happy. After my mother's meeting with the surgeon we were sent to the hospital. He found fluid building up in one of her lungs. My heart broke a little bit. Never would I have thought that my 38 year old mother would be battling cancer. Yes she is quite young, she couldn't wait to have children you see. But she only wanted one which was me.
It's about one in the morning on May third.Which mean my flight leaves in about five hours. We spent all of yesterday here and they are keeping her here until further notice. I really don't want to leave her bit she
I forcing me to go back home and clean up before my flight.

"Honey you really should go." She says half awake.

"Mom, you need me here I'm sure I can stay a couple more days." I say rubbing her hand. I haven't left her side this whole time.

"No I told you that I don't want you missing anything because of me. Now I will see you soon honey. I'll call you everyday. But you really need to go." She says sternly. I nod and say my goodbyes as my father calls me a taxi.

As I climb into the cab tears fall from my face as it pulls away from the hospital. I know something is going to go wrong. I just know it.

Notes

Here's a double!

-Haley