Never Look Away
Chapter 10: What the hell were you thinking?!
Harry’s POV
“What the hell were you thinking?!” Liam was yelling as we paced the emergency waiting room.
“I told you guys to be careful!” I was mad too.
Louis was laying down with his swollen ankle propped up on the arm rest while Carly held her ribs in pain. Zayn was sitting on the next set of seats over with his hands on his ribs and Niall was there too holding his knee. I looked over when Paul walked in with a few police officers.
“Are you okay?” The woman police officer asked as they all nodded slowly. “Why aren’t they being helped?” She asked a passing nurse.
“I just got on my shift. Let me go check the papers real quick.” She hurried to the counter and returned a few minutes later. “We can take all of you back to a room.”
They all stood up and headed to the door; they helped each other into the room. Why the hell would they do that? I told them to be careful and this happened! I guess I should just be happy nothing too bad happened… I followed them in the room and took a deep breath. Paul didn't look mad but he looked worried until the doctor came in with a few nurses.
The doctor checked out Niall’s knee while all the nurses helped everyone else. I watched them lift up the bottom of Carly’s shirt before touching her ribs lightly. She winced as they touched her skin.
“We need to do a few X-rays, but I’m pretty sure you have at least 3 broken ribs.” The nurse helping her frowned and then looked at Paul. “I need to take her to the X-ray room, would anyone like to go with her?”
“I’ll go.” I offered helping Carly off of her bed.
Carly’s POV
“A total of 7 broken ribs, a broken ankle and a dislocated knee. How did you manage to do this?!” Harry and Liam were taking turns yelling at us while we sat on the couches at home but Harry seemed less mad.
“We were riding across the street when a cab came out of nowhere and hit us. We were close enough so it hit all of us.” Niall explained for the fifth time. “You know that we were paying attention, we always do but that cab was speeding and not paying attention.” I hadn’t ever really seen Niall mad but I’d have to say that he was pretty close.
“Guys, just chill. They'll be okay and at least it wasn’t a huge thing.” Danielle was actually standing up for us.
“Fine.” Liam sighed and walked out of the room.
“He’ll get over being mad, he’s just worried about you guys.” Danielle talked to us politely as she stood up. “I’m going to make dinner, what do you guys want?”
“Anything is fine.” Louis said quietly.
She nodded and walked away to the kitchen while we looked at each other. I glanced at Louis’s ankle that was up on the coffee table. I should call my mom before she hears about any of this. It’s not like the fans didn't see us get hurt. I pulled out my phone and looked on twitter. All I saw was hate toward the cab driver and hate about how stupid we were for riding around New York and people actually caring about us. I rolled my eyes and decided to tweet.
“@no_regrets_3713: Guys, we’re okay, nothing too bad. Please stop hating on the cab driver because it was all an accident. Love you!”
I scrolled down at saw tweets from the rest of the band, Dani and Paul.
“@Harry_Styles: They're all ok just a little dinged up. Thanks for caring. We love you xx”
“NiallOfficial: Reinjured my knee today :( but we’re all okay. Definitely going to look both ways next time.”
“@zaynmalik: Broken ribs and a bunch of bruises but I’m alive. I’ll never forget to look around next time :)”
“@Louis_Tomlinson: I sprained my ankle while skating and broke my board :( but I’m okay! Thanks for worrying about us guys!”
“@Real_Liam_Payne: Everyone’s okay besides broken boards and bruises. Please don’t hate on the driver, it was an accident and nobody’s hurt too bad. Love you all!”
Seeing all the tweets made me smile because no matter how mad they were, Harry and Liam stood up for us. Harry was sitting next to me so I leaned over and rested my head on his shoulder while he draped his arm around my shoulders.
“Do your ribs hurt?” He asked quietly.
“Not too much, I just want to sleep.” I kissed his cheek and looked into his bright green eyes. “Please.”
“I’ll help you into the room. I wouldn’t turn down a nap next to you for anything.” He smiled standing up before reaching down to help me up while I held my ribs with one hand.
“What the hell were you thinking?!” Liam was yelling as we paced the emergency waiting room.
“I told you guys to be careful!” I was mad too.
Louis was laying down with his swollen ankle propped up on the arm rest while Carly held her ribs in pain. Zayn was sitting on the next set of seats over with his hands on his ribs and Niall was there too holding his knee. I looked over when Paul walked in with a few police officers.
“Are you okay?” The woman police officer asked as they all nodded slowly. “Why aren’t they being helped?” She asked a passing nurse.
“I just got on my shift. Let me go check the papers real quick.” She hurried to the counter and returned a few minutes later. “We can take all of you back to a room.”
They all stood up and headed to the door; they helped each other into the room. Why the hell would they do that? I told them to be careful and this happened! I guess I should just be happy nothing too bad happened… I followed them in the room and took a deep breath. Paul didn't look mad but he looked worried until the doctor came in with a few nurses.
The doctor checked out Niall’s knee while all the nurses helped everyone else. I watched them lift up the bottom of Carly’s shirt before touching her ribs lightly. She winced as they touched her skin.
“We need to do a few X-rays, but I’m pretty sure you have at least 3 broken ribs.” The nurse helping her frowned and then looked at Paul. “I need to take her to the X-ray room, would anyone like to go with her?”
“I’ll go.” I offered helping Carly off of her bed.
Carly’s POV
“A total of 7 broken ribs, a broken ankle and a dislocated knee. How did you manage to do this?!” Harry and Liam were taking turns yelling at us while we sat on the couches at home but Harry seemed less mad.
“We were riding across the street when a cab came out of nowhere and hit us. We were close enough so it hit all of us.” Niall explained for the fifth time. “You know that we were paying attention, we always do but that cab was speeding and not paying attention.” I hadn’t ever really seen Niall mad but I’d have to say that he was pretty close.
“Guys, just chill. They'll be okay and at least it wasn’t a huge thing.” Danielle was actually standing up for us.
“Fine.” Liam sighed and walked out of the room.
“He’ll get over being mad, he’s just worried about you guys.” Danielle talked to us politely as she stood up. “I’m going to make dinner, what do you guys want?”
“Anything is fine.” Louis said quietly.
She nodded and walked away to the kitchen while we looked at each other. I glanced at Louis’s ankle that was up on the coffee table. I should call my mom before she hears about any of this. It’s not like the fans didn't see us get hurt. I pulled out my phone and looked on twitter. All I saw was hate toward the cab driver and hate about how stupid we were for riding around New York and people actually caring about us. I rolled my eyes and decided to tweet.
“@no_regrets_3713: Guys, we’re okay, nothing too bad. Please stop hating on the cab driver because it was all an accident. Love you!”
I scrolled down at saw tweets from the rest of the band, Dani and Paul.
“@Harry_Styles: They're all ok just a little dinged up. Thanks for caring. We love you xx”
“NiallOfficial: Reinjured my knee today :( but we’re all okay. Definitely going to look both ways next time.”
“@zaynmalik: Broken ribs and a bunch of bruises but I’m alive. I’ll never forget to look around next time :)”
“@Louis_Tomlinson: I sprained my ankle while skating and broke my board :( but I’m okay! Thanks for worrying about us guys!”
“@Real_Liam_Payne: Everyone’s okay besides broken boards and bruises. Please don’t hate on the driver, it was an accident and nobody’s hurt too bad. Love you all!”
Seeing all the tweets made me smile because no matter how mad they were, Harry and Liam stood up for us. Harry was sitting next to me so I leaned over and rested my head on his shoulder while he draped his arm around my shoulders.
“Do your ribs hurt?” He asked quietly.
“Not too much, I just want to sleep.” I kissed his cheek and looked into his bright green eyes. “Please.”
“I’ll help you into the room. I wouldn’t turn down a nap next to you for anything.” He smiled standing up before reaching down to help me up while I held my ribs with one hand.
Thanks so much! Loved both stories! And yeah I've been writing but I had to stop because of school and all the work.
8/24/13