I feel so bad that it took this long to update! I've had writing for English class too so I needed a little break haha. But now I'm on spring break so I have extra time to write! So here's chapter 14 :)
XX Hannah's POV XX
Help had gotten there just in time and were already prying the car door open. Once they got it open, they pulled Dougie out. Now, it was Danny's turn to be distraught.
"Dougs!" Danny yelled. He was about to run over to him, but police were right there to stop him. I saw the tears streaming down his face as he tried to fight them off.
"Danny stop it!" I said and pulled him back. "You need to give them their space; they're just trying to help him." I tried my best to calm him down while I was freaking out on the inside myself. The police came over to ask us a few questions, but Danny did most of the talking; he's the one who really saw what happened. That scarred him even more.
They told us we could go over and talk to Dougie while they were cleaning a bunch of his cuts. He was surprisingly very responsive. You wouldn't know anything happened if it weren't for all the cuts and bruises.
"Erica isn't out yet is she?" Dougie asked us.
Danny and I looked at each other, "No, not yet…" I said and felt tears stinging my eyes.
"Well, seeing as they're going to be taking me away here soon, I'm counting on you to keep an eye on her for me Hannah," he said to me. "Tell her I love her and I'll be there when she gets to the hospital."
"Got it," I kind of half smiled to reassure him. Then, they took him into the ambulance and I looked over at Danny. "You go with him, I'll stay here."
"You sure?" he looked at me worriedly.
"Yes I'm sure, I'll be fine. Dougie needs you anyways."
"Okay…you're sure you'll be fine?"
"Yes I'll be fine." I wrapped my arms around his neck and gave him a kiss. To be completely honest, I didn't want him to go. I think he picked up on that too. He gave me a really worried look as he went into the ambulance.
I turned around to find that they had gotten Erica out of the wreckage. They already had her by the other ambulance and were cleaning her up a little. It would have been nice if someone had notified me…so I rushed over there and unlike Dougie, she was unresponsive. I climbed into the back of the ambulance with her and we were speeding our way to the hospital.
Once at the hospital, they took her away in a flash. Everything seemed to be happening so fast. They didn't even give me a chance to fight to be with her. I took a breath before walking into the waiting room to find Danny. I figured now would be a good time to call Harry. I wasn't sure how he was going to take it, but I've known him long enough to know how to handle whatever was thrown at me.
I decided to dial the house phone since he was probably still there with Emily, Tom, and Zoey. It rang three times, yes I counted them. It felt like the longest seconds of my life. Luckily, Harry was the one that picked up.
"Hello?"
"Harry, it's Hannah. Now I'm just going to be blunt about this, you need to get to the hospital."
"Hospital? What? Hannah, what happened?"
"I'd really rather not tell you over the phone…"
"Fine well are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Well then who's this about?"
I sighed, "It's Dougie and Erica, they've been in a car accident…"
He was silent for what felt like hours. "Well are they okay?"
"I…I don't know anything. Just please get your arse over here. Oh, and I'd suggest you have someone else drive so you don't drive off the road or something. I can tell you're not stable."
"Yeah, okay, whatever…we'll be there in a few minutes." I'm not even sure if he actually hung up the phone, but he definitely wasn't there anymore.
I collected myself and walked into the waiting room to find Danny. I spotted him pacing between some chairs. He looked up and saw me and he pulled me into a hug.
"Do you know how Doug is doing?" I asked as I pulled away.
"They said he won't have to stay overnight. He's getting some stitches right now and he might have a mild concussion. They still have to run a couple of tests on him."
"Well that's…good I suppose?" I wasn't sure what to think of it all. "Do you know when we can see him?"
"No, I haven't gotten any information like that. I wish I did though…I've only been here for about 25 minutes but it feels like hours." He took me over to the chairs and we sat down together. I just laid my head on his shoulder and let my mind wander for a bit. I know this sounds bad, but I tried not to think about Erica. Every time I did, I thought of the worst and it was driving me crazy.
"I called Harry. I'm surprised he's not here yet," I said. Not that it was asked about, I just said it.
"Oh god…I didn't even think of him. He's going to kill poor Dougs…"
"No he won't, you and I are going to make sure of that. We just need to try to keep him calm."
"That's easier said than done. He may be able to calm other people, but when it comes to himself it's a whole other story."
"Trust me, I know. I've known him practically my whole life, I know how to handle him."
"Well I'm glad you do because I sure as hell don't."
"We need to be careful about what we say."
"And how do we do that?"
"Well, I kind of have a pl-" and I was cut off by Harry bursting through the doors with Emily chasing after him and Tom and Zoey not far behind.
