Wild

Matt’s POV
I watched from the doorway as Emily tried to teach Harry sign language. We got her a dry-erase board so she could write things down for those who didn’t know how and she was using that to show him the letters she was making with her hand. He would try to make a sign, but couldn’t get his fingers positioned correctly so she’d smile and fix it for him. It surprised me that he was catching on so quickly. Emily and I had to learn it in order to speak to our deaf grandfather, and it took us nearly a month to get the alphabet down. Harry already knew how to sign his name and small phrases.
Harry is completely in love with her. I can tell just by the way he looks at her. He has such love in his eyes when they’re together, and Emily always seems so happy when he’s with her. It surprised me that Harry actually stuck around to help her through it. Most guys would run at a stressful situation like this, but he didn’t. He put his whole career on hold to stay by her side. I was glad that she finally found someone like him.


"Matthew” A familiar voice called.
I turned towards the voice and smiled when I saw who it was. He looked just the same as I remembered him. Same bald head and stubble on his face. He grinned at me.
“You’re hair is getting a little long.” he commented.
“Yeah, and yours is still gone. Nice to see you, too, Dad” I said with a laugh.
I gave him a quick hug, then pulled back to find his face serious.
“Who’s the kid?” he asked, pointing to Harry.
“Her boyfriend” I answered.
“Oh, so that’s Harry. What do you think? Is he right for my little girl?” he asked.
“Yeah. He really loves her. He’s only left once since she got here two days ago” He nodded and turned back to the window to watch them for a few minutes before deciding to interrupt them.
“Look at you. You’re even more beautiful than the day you left.” he said.
Emily looked over at him and her face lit up. If it weren’t for her IV she would have leapt off the bed and into his arms. Instead, he walked over to her and gave her a hug. She wrapped her arms around him, tears falling from her eyes. He pulled back to kiss her forehead and wipe her cheeks, then turned to Harry who was smiling at them.
“So, you’re the one who saved my daughter?” he asked.
Harry stood up straighter, and nodded. My father looked at him for a moment before pulling him into a hug. Harry’s eyes widened and he awkwardly hugged him back. Emily had a goofy grin on her face and looked like she was trying to hold back a laugh.
“Thank you for saving her” My dad told Harry once they pulled back.
“You don’t have to thank me. She’s the one who saved me” Harry looked at Emily and the two of them smiled at each other.
“I’ll let you two catch up. I’ve got an meeting before concert.” Harry gave Emily a kiss on the cheek, telling her that he would be back in a few hours, then walked out the door.
“How did it go?” I asked him.
“Well...pretty good. I just didn’t expect him to hug me” Harry said with a chuckle.
“Yeah. He may look all big and scary, but he’s really just a big teddy bear. Don’t worry, he likes you.” I smiled at him.
“Good. I wouldn’t want to have him coming after me.” Harry admitted.
I laughed and gave him a pat on the shoulder.
“No you wouldn’t. You heading out?”
“Yeah. I have a meeting in a few minutes that I have to get to, then the concert. I’ll be back afterwards though”
“Alright. See you later” I waved to him, then walked into the room to talk with Emily and our father.
Harry’s POV
“Look who’s back from the dead!” Zayn cried as I got in the car.
“Shut up” I said shoving him playfully.
“Good to see you out of that hospital. Hows Emily doing?” Liam asked.
“She’s doing great. Her dad is there now so I decided to give them some time alone." I answered.
“Her dad was there? I bet you were crapping your pants!” Louis said.
“No. I was just weirded out. He’s like this mean looking buff guy, and he comes in and hugs me”
“He hugged you? Weird...” Niall said.
“Yeah, well. I’m glad he likes me. Anyway, let’s get this over with." I sigh.
*At the meeting*
“What?” I stared at them, wondering if I heard them correctly. Did they really just say that?
“She is causing you to be reckless. You’re late for meetings and concerts. Hell, you even risk your life AND career for this girl” One of the managers said.
“AND I WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN IF I HAD TO!” I yelled.
“She’s a liability, whose career is going down the drain. There’s no use keeping her around anymore now that she can’t sing” That did it. I stood up and slammed my fists on the table.
“Don’t you dare talk about her like that! I didn’t keep her around just for the added publicity. I love her more than life itself and I would do anything for her! I’m not going to give up on her just because you think it’ll make me look bad. This is my personal life and you have no right to tell me who I can and cannot date! I’m not breaking up with Emily! And if you even think about messing with her career or anything else there will be hell to pay!” I stormed out of the room, slamming the door shut on my way out.
Emily’s POV
It was great seeing my dad again. I missed him so much, and I was glad that he got to come back and see me, even if it’s just for a few days. After Harry left we just sat around and caught up on everything that was happening. It was weird not being able to talk to him though. Sometimes I would forget and try to speak. It was so frustrating not being able to tell people what I felt. The only people who understood me were Matt and my dad, who both knew sign language because of Grandpa Joe. I’ve been teaching Harry how to do it though. It surprised me how fast he caught on, and I’ll admit that I was a little jealous of it. It took me FOREVER to get it down and he’s taking it on like it’s nothing.
“Emily, Harry is back. I just saw him walk in” Matt said from the window.
‘That’s odd. He’s got the sound check in an hour. He should be at the new venue getting ready’ I thought.
A few minutes later Harry appeared in the doorway. He looked angry and stressed out.
‘What’s wrong?’ I wrote to him.
“Could I speak to Emily alone please?” he asked my dad and brother.
They looked at me and I nodded to them. They both left, shutting the door behind them. Harry walked over to me and silently crawled into the small bed with me. I scooted over to give him more room. He wrapped his arms around my waist, laying his head on my shoulder as a deep sigh escaped his lips. I wrapped my arms back around him and played with his hair, letting him calm down. After a while he lifted his head up to look at me.
“I love you” he said softly. “I’ll always love you, no matter what happens”
I stared at him. The look on his face terrified me. It was almost like this was the last time I was going to see him. I grabbed my dry-erase board from the table again and quickly wrote something down, then showed it to him.
‘You’re scaring me. What’s going on?’
“Nothing. Don’t worry about it” I rolled my eyes and wrote something else.
‘It’s a little late for that’ He smiled and kissed my temple.
“I’ll tell you about it later ok? Right now I just want to cuddle” I smiled as he gave me his puppy dog eyes. I decided to let it go for the time being and snuggled up next to Harry on the bed. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, relaxing into the mattress. It’s the little moments like these that I cherish the most...Because you’ll never know what would happen next.

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