Nick P.O.V
I hadn't seen Demi in a week, I couldn't see her. I didn't even know that I loved her, I didn't even mean for it to come out, I guess now it doesn't matter anyway, she showed me a reason why I shouldn't love her. But I can't not, this is Demi, and when you fall for Demi Lovato there's no way you can stand back up on your own. My basketball had suffered majorly, I hadn't been going to practice or the games, and as I've already been told by every single person in the school the teams nothing without me, and that we stand no chance of going to state if I'm not their leader. I don't understand how it got like this? At the start of school I promised myself too not get involved with girls, there was me thinking that Demi and I hooking up wouldn't affect my basketball, I was completely wrong. Never commit to a no strings attached relationship because feelings are always involved and somebody always ends up getting hurt.
"Nick!" I turned, Lacey was behind me, had she been crying.
"What?" Even my voice had turned hoarse, I was slowly losing it.
"It's Demi."
"Look, Lacey, I don't care about Demi anymore-"
"She's in the hospital Nick." Those five words made my heart stop for seconds.
"Where...what hospital?"
"St Andrews, look I'll drive you."
"No, I need to be on my own." I ran as fast as I could to my car much to the teacher's dismay and drove, definitely breaking the speed limit to the hospital. I was glad that the hospital was only a five minute drive. I parked my car as close to the hospital and jumped out running into the hospital.
"Can I help you?"
"Demi."
"Sorry what sir?"
"Demi Lovato, where is she?"
"She's in room 13 sir, you have to wait in the family waiting room." I turned down the hallway, in search of room 13, I ran, I kept on running until I saw the two numbers on the door. There were two men sitting outside of the door, one was Danny and the other I suspected was her father. Danny leapt up at the sound of my arrival.
"You said you'd look after her!" He grabbed my collar, pushing me up against the wall.
"I did, I am!"
"Clearly you're not, she could have died!" My body slumped against the back wall.
"What?"
"She tried to commit suicide, if Lacey hadn't of gone round there before school she would have been dead, I trusted you to look after her-"
"Yeah well Danny I tried my best I really did, I love her and she doesn't love me back, she made me leave, she told me she never wanted to see me again, how could I possibly stick around if she didn't want me anywhere near her!" My heart thumped in my chest as the realisation hit that Demi didn't want me here, she told me she didn't want me anywhere near her and here I am, at her side.
"You love her?"
"Yeah, I do, I love her so fucking much and she doesn't love me, sorry if I committed a crime!"
"Look Nick, I didn't realise that's how you felt."
"Well it doesn't matter anymore, will she be alright?"
"Yeah, Lacey got there just in time."
"Well I'm going to go; her wish was for me to leave her alone, I can't argue with that." I turned, ready to leave.
"Is there a Nick out here?"
"Yeah, that's me." I looked sideways to the nurse in blue.
"She wants to see you."
"What, why?"
"I don't know, ask her yourself, come on." She beckoned me in and closed the door behind us so it was just the two of us and that annoying machine that bleeps every fricking second.
"Nick?"
"Yeah."
"I thought I could hear you out there."
"Yeah, that would have been me." A silence fell over us.
"I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what?"
"Really, you're going to ask me that?" She chuckled; her voice was hoarse from how long she had been unconscious for.
"Yeah, I should apologize-"
"No, I'm sorry for lying to you."
"About what?"
"My true feelings and how I feel about you."
"What are you talking about?"
"You were right Nick, I do love you, I'm in love with you and I was just too stupid to not realise it until you were gone."
"You love me?"
"You seem shocked for someone who told me last week that you knew that I loved you." I stepped towards the bed, closer to her, that's when I saw the several new, fresh scars.
"Was it because of me?" Tears clouded my vision; I could just make out the twenty or so irritated, red scars that had formed on her wrists. That's all I could see and they wouldn't get out of my mind.
"No, Nick it wasn't."
"Then why, why did you try and kill yourself Demi?"
"Because I fell in love with you Nick, and I'm not allowed to fall in love, I'm not meant to, not after Harry. You deserve someone so much better than me, someone who's not troubled with their past, someone who doesn't harm themselves someone who isn't afraid of falling in love."
"Demi, you know you can't choose who you fall in love with, I fell in love with you because of all those things, it's what makes you, you. And I wouldn't change anything about you, you're perfect and soon, real soon you'll see it too."
"Nick, I don't know what's going to happen to me when I get out of here, but all I know is that I've fallen for you hard and I'd love for us to try this relationship thing out, if you wanted too?"
"You're joking, right?"
"No, why would I?"
"Because this is Demi Lovato, the one who promised to never have a relationship ever again."
"Nick just shut up and kiss me please." I stepped the final bit forward and lent in towards Demi, our lips connecting, it sent a bolt of electricity around my body. It's almost as if my body had forgotten what it was like to kiss Demi. I needed to pull away, she was in pain and this wasn't helping. I pulled my lips off hers and turned to sit in the chair.
"Uh, Nick what are you doing?"
"Going to sit on the chair?"
"That was hardly a kiss." She pouted, crossing her arms.
"Dems, you're in the hospital, you're hurting and plus your dads outside."
"What, my dad's here?"
"Yeah didn't you know?"
"Nick, you need to get rid of him, he's the last person I want to see."
"Demi, he doesn't even know who I am?"
"And that will make it better please?"
"Demi-"
"If you loved me you would?" She raised her eyebrows.
"Pulling that card out are we?"
"Yes, can you do it?"
"Only because it's you." I sighed, turning and heading out of the door.
"Nick, is she okay?"
"Yeah, she's fine, err sir?"
"Are you talking to me?"
"Yes, I'm Nick Jonas, Demi's boyfriend."
"Nice to meet you son." He shook my hand, with a very tight grip. I yanked my hand out of his grasp and shook it a little, just to get the feeling back. I could see Danny's confused face out of the corner of my eye, before he slumped back down into the uncomfortable, hospital chair.
"Err, I don't want to sound rude but Demi asked me to tell you to leave."
"Excuse me?"
"She told me to tell you to leave."
"How dare you, I'm her father!" He raised his voice at me, standing up, getting in my face.
"Exactly you're her father."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"She's told me everything you know? You're meant to be her dad, but yet you blame her for her mothers and your wife's death, she was seven years old and you stopped paying attention to her, do you know how hard that's been on her? No the answer is no, you wouldn't because you haven't seen her in two years because apparently seeing your daughter isn't important to you." I growled, this man had a nerve.
"You don't know anything kid." He pointed his index finger at me before shoving it into my chest, making me stumble back slightly. No way was I giving up, I loved Demi and this man here had no idea on how much his actions and his way of life was hurting Demi.
"Oh but I do, I know a lot more than you do and I've been in her life for a year, maybe if you ever came home and saw your daughter you would know why she wanted to end her life, because sir if I had a father like you who didn't give a shit about me, I would want to end my life too. If you sat down with her and asked her how she's been you'll see just how much hurt and pain you've caused your own daughter and to be honest I don't think you should be able to call her that, because Mr Lovato, you don't deserve it, the slightest bit. You think your wife would be disappointed in Demi? Why don't you take a look in the mirror and think again, because if there's anyone she would be disappointed in, it would be you. For the last time, I think you should leave." I stepped back, giving him a leeway to leave.
"Okay, I respect her wishes." He turned and walked down the hallway and out of sight. I don't even know where that came from, well I do actually, it came from my heart, the heart that Demi has complete control over.
"Nick, I'm going to go, don't tell Demi I was here, she doesn't need to know that I was."
"You're going; you haven't even seen her yet?"
"I know she'll be alright, plus she's got you now and she loves you back, I'm not needed."
"Danny, she'll want to see you."
"I know she will, but it's hard for me knowing that I love her and she doesn't love me, but yet she's in love with you, so I'm going to go, I'm going to try and forget about her." I felt sorry for the man, he'd been there with her all along, I admire how he helped Demi, but he never fixed Demi, he just pushed all of the shit under the mat, so it was hidden, but the problems never went away. "Anyway congratulations, you got the girl who promised to never fall in love again, fall in love." His smile was forced; I could see the hurt behind his eyes. "Bye Nick."
"Bye Danny." He followed in the footsteps of Demi's father, down the hallway and out of the exit from the hospital. I opened the door and went back into Demi's room, she was smiling awfully big.
"What's wrong with you?"
"You really do love me don't you?"
"Yes, but what are you on about?" I shook my head, very confused.
"I heard your little speech."
"Look Dems, I don't know what came over me-"
"No, you said everything I've been wanting to say for the past nine years."
"So you're not mad?"
"Why would I be mad?"
"Because I just went all mad at your dad?"
"And he deserved it, thank you Nick."
"I still can't believe we're doing this." I smiled widely at her.
"Will you wait for me Nick?"
"Wait for you?"
"I need to get fixed first; I don't know how long that will take. The only way I'll get through it is knowing that you'll be on the other side of the door, waiting for me when I get out."
"Of course I'll be there baby, every step of the way." I pecked her lips, she deepened the kiss grabbing onto the back of my neck, I pulled away breathless. "I love you Demetria."
"I love you too Nick, but stop calling me that please?"
"I'll stop when loving you is no longer an option."
"And when will that be?"
"Never." I smirked.
I don't know how I had got lucky with such an amazing girl. So what if she was a little broken on the inside, everybody is. I knew it will take time for her to be completely fixed, but I will wait for her no matter what, I love this girl with all my heart and I've promised her I'll wait, and nothing could stop me. She's my world, and without her I'd be nothing.
