Christmas With Niall Horan

What in the world has happened to her? I mean I know she has been crying but her eyes are really red and she had bruises all over her face and her lips are blue and shivering. Has she been here all that time? God she is not even wearing a coat! "How are you feeling?" she asked and you could hear that she was really cold. I wanted to tell her that I was in pain but I couldn't get it out of my mouth so I just stared at her, she understand it though. Her look was a mix between worried and sad. "Do you think you could stand up?" she asked again and I really didn't know. I was immediately focussing on moving my legs, which seemed really difficult.

After a few minutes I could finally move them so I nodded my head but to be honest I really just nodded so she could go back inside because my legs were really hurting as they began to warm up, it also made me worry about my knee and I began to worry a lot because if I had damaged that I wouldn't be able to walk and I really didn't want to risk that. She helped me sit up a bit, when I sat she got up herself so she could put her hands under my arms to pull me up with all her strength, which was running out fast. I could just tell by the way she was straining herself, she needed to rest and fast. We carefully walked towards the house when she suddenly stopped but only to catch her breath and I was mentally cursing myself for going outside in the first place.

We started walking again and stopped in front of the stairs and I could tell she was mentally preparing herself for the climb and the guilt was fiercely by now but she did it and we didn't stop until we reached the bathroom, where she sat me down on the toilet. I watched her prepare the bath and she put in some bubbles and when I smelt the scent I knew it was her relaxing bath salt. I was going to smell like her, which I didn't mind as she smelt lovely all the time. When she was done she turned around with a questioned face and she was looking at me with worry. "Let's get you undresses" she said out of the blue and if this was a different situation I would have definitely teased her about it but this was not the right timing because I did need her help. I was just wondering how far she would go as she started to pull me sweater over my head. My remaining clothes followed really fast and I know I was blushing because this wasn't my best moment.

She didn't mind though as she wasn't probably thinking of me in that way at the moment. She did stop when I was only left in my boxers. She did a step back and I saw the doubt on her face and determination, as she didn't want to pull those down, I could tell that she thought that was one step[ too far. She helped me towards the bathtub and I know that she would help me bathe but it was just one step to far and she really had to get some rest. I'm aware that I hadn't spoken one word to her since I woke up and it must be really worrying her but I know I was going to hurt her with my first words.

"Wait Emily" and she stopped doing what she was doing and turned to face me with surprise "I need to do that for myself" I told her and I saw her mouth fall open and the hurt that met me in her eyes made me wish I could take it back but she immediately turned around and walked towards the door, she didn't even look back. I stepped into the hot water and I felt my muscles relax instantly. It was really hot and it really hurt a lot but I need to get warm and I don't want to catch pneumonia. I was already missing Emily's presence but it was for the best. She really was exhausted and she just needed to get her rest and it's nice to lay here in the warmth of the hot water.

When the water was getting colder I got out and I noticed that my muscles felt much better so whatever she had put in the water really worked. I got dressed and walked out of the room slowly. I didn't hear any sounds so I went to her bedroom to find her fast asleep. She just crashed on her bed with all her clothes on, she didn't even bothered to crawl under the covers. It was actually a really sweet sight but she had to get out of those clothes, as they were wet from the snow. I walked back to my room and grabbed a sweater, which would reach just above her knees and walked back. I turned her around slightly and was shocked to see her face from even closer and I quickly checked her breathing, which was normal but the bruises did make me worry, what had happened to her while she was saving me?

I started with her shoes and the rest followed really fast but when I saw how she looked it actually worried me because she was indeed bruised all over her body and there were red spots everywhere. I know the red spots were my fault for worrying her but those bruises were really bad. I quickly pulled the sweater over her head and tucked her in.
I kissed her on her forehead and decided that I should stay in my own room for tonight so I tiptoed back to my own room and crashed there.

Notes

Isn't it sweet how they take care of each other no matter how hurt they both are.
xx