I See Red - 1d/5sos Medical

Maeve laid down on her bed making her homework. The 11 year old daughter of Zayn and Niall wasn't feeling her usually happy self.

Niall had to pick her up from school early because she complained of a headache.

Niall and Zayn knew that their daughter suffered from migraine sometimes so Niall didn't think much of it once the school called.

Once Maeve reached her home she immediately crashed into her bed and slept throughout the rest of the day.

Niall had checked a few times on his daughter who was sound asleep.

Now Maeve was making her homework and heard her dad walking up the stairs.

Niall reached the door and flicked the light on.

"Ahh," Maeve yelled as Niall did that, "turn it off please." She had hid her face into her own arms because she just couldn't bare the lights.

Niall immediately flicked the lights back off.

"You got it pretty bad hun haven't you?" Niall said as he sat down on the edge of her bed. Maeve nodded and hid her face into her papa's chest.

"I asked dad to stop by the pharmacy to get some pain reliefs," Niall hussed his girl, "he'll be here within a few minutes."

Maeve nodded and cried into Niall his chest. Niall sighed as he couldn't handle his daughter seeing sick. He closed her laptop and cuddled her closer.

"It hurts papa," Maeve said. Niall hugged her tighter and cuddled her more.

"Hey how ab-," Niall started but couldn't finish. Maeve pulled away and immediately ran towards the bathroom. Niall followed his daughter close. As Niall entered the room he saw his baby girl dry heaving above the toilet. God he hoped Zayn would be pulling up their driveway anytime soon because he definitely handled puke better than Niall.

Maeve hung above the toilet and was dry heaving. Niall couldn't bare the sight and felt he was about to throw up his guts as well. Still Niall stayed strong for his daughter.

"Let it all out," Niall reassured Maeve. Just as the words had left his mouth, Maeve began throwing up heavily. Niall turned his head and heard the front door open.

"Ni! Maeve!" Zayn yelled from downstairs with the grocerys in his hand.

"Bathroom," Niall replied back. Zayn closed the door with his feet, laid the grocerys on the floor and took two steps at the time.

Zayn opened the door and nodded to Niall. Niall gladly stood up and ran towards the bathroom downstairs. Zayn sighed and sat down next to Maeve was still throwing up and Zayn rubbed her back. He could basically feel the heat coming off her back already.

"Shhh Maeve," Zayn said rubbing her back and adjusting his glasses. Downstairs he could hear Niall throwing up as well.

After a few minutes Maeve was dry heaving again above the toilet.

"You all done?" Zayn wondered.aeve nodded and was shivering. Zayn found it out because he was down right sweating in his jacket. He grabbed Maeve and covered her into his jacket.

Together they walked towards Maeve her bed.

Zayn laid her down and got the thermometer from the cabinet.

Maeve had snuggled into her covers.

Zayn just put it under her arm and waited for the thermometer to give him the signal that it finished.

He stroke his daughters hair who was shivering under her covers.

"You'll be fine love," Zayn told, "Harry and Louis are joining dinner tonight and they're bringing Alfie, Fabian and Jerome (gotta love house of anubis here). Isn't that fun?"

Maeve sighed knowing where she was up to. Fabian would just be talking about homework, Jerome would pull up in some way too over the top outfit and Alfie, yeah Maeve couldn't lay a finger on that boy. He was always cheery and into jokes, Maeve and Alfie were inseparable.

"Can Alfie sleep over?" Maeve asked as Zayn took the thermometer from under her arm.

Zayn sighed and saw that Maeve had a fever. "We'll see," he responded, "how about you just sleep for a bit while your papa and I will be finishing up the BBQ for tonight."

Maeve smiled, hugged Zayn and fell asleep.

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The doorbell rang and Niall opened the door in order to reveal Harry and Louis with their three sons. Jerome, the oldest with 14 and Niall didn't like quite like his additude, Fabian who was 12 and one of the smartest kids in town. All in the back stood Alfie who was jumping on his feet to see Maeve.

"Hi Niall," Harry spoke as he entered the building. Alfie had managed to run past and into the living room where he found Zayn but didn't find Maeve.

Alfie frantically looked around to find Maeve.

"Hey Alf," Zayn smiled knowing the boy was looking for his partner in crime, "Maeve is upstairs but please be quite because she's not feeling well."

"Oww that's sorry to hear Zayn," Alfie spoke, "but can I see her?"

Zayn nodded and Alfie took two steps at the time. Fabian and Jerome saw their little brother running up the stairs and they decided to follow him to Maeve her room.

Alfie threw the door open and saw how Maeve shivered under her blanked.

" Maevy Peavy," Alfie softly spoke. He felt bad for the girl under the covers. Maeve looked up with glassy eyes and managed to crack a smile to Alfie.

To be fair, Maeve was feeling like she was dying any time soon.

"Hey," Maeve croucked out. Alfie jumped on the bed and gave Maeve a hug. When he wanted to pull out of it, he was faced with his older brothers. "Ehhh Okey," Fabian spoke feeling quite socially awkward about it. Jerome just smirked and hopped down into a chair.

"So Maeve," Jerome said, "how about we'll leave you two to it."

He smirked towards his youngest brother and his best friend.

**

"How about you Faab?" Maeve asksed. She was feeling slightly better but still like crap. She had thrown up twice and Alfie would just get his papa because he could handle puke the best out of the four.

"Well I finally got some history about Egypt and I tr-"

Maeve already regretted asking. Luckily Jerome stepped in.

"Faab," he started as he laid his hand on his back, "I think we'll find it rather amusing you telling about Egypt but just leave it for the barbeque tonight yeah?"

Fabian looked down in guilt but Maeve reassured him that she would listen to him.

As he wanted to continue, Niall stood in the doorframe.

"Dinner's ready," he spoke. He watched Jerome and Fabian leave the room quick while Maeve and Alfie were taking their time. Well Maeve was taking her time until she felt the urge again to throw up.

She ran into the bathroom closely followed by Alfie. Once she reached the toilet she violently threw up. Alfie rubbed her back as she continued to empty her stomach.

Niall couldn't bear the sight anymore and took a run downstairs where he was met with Louis.

"Not again," he sighed. Niall sadly nodded and before he knew it, Louis had ran passed him towards the bathroom.

Louis was faced with a tremendous sight. The daughter of his best friend looked like she was dying under his watch.

Maeve was shivering and kept throwing up violently. Louis knew there was something wrong but he couldn't lay his finger on it.

As he came closer to Maeve he noticed that her skin was kind off blueish tint.

When he comforted the 11 year old, he heard heavy footsteps running up the stairs. Within moments Zayns worried face was revealed.

"I think she needs to go to the doctor Z," Louis sighed.

Zayn shook his head and adjusted his glasses. "She has this more often," Zayn replied as he saw his baby girl almost falling asleep on the toiletfloor, "props just a really bad migraine."

Louis sighed and nodded knowing about Maeve her health problems.

"I think we have to tell Alfie he can't sleep over," Louis offered.

This made Maeve look up. "No I'm fine," she protested as she snuggled deeper into her dad's arms, "I'm just a bit tired and have migraine nothing major."

Zayn smiled at his girl, who always tried to look at everything from the positive. Zayn ruffled through her hair.

"We'll see yeah," Zayn spoke, "how about Louis goes down to the BBQ while the two of us are going to lay down for a bit and join them later."

Maeve and Louis nodded to Zayn his proposal. "See you down," Louis smiled but from deep down he felt miserable.

Zayn and Niall had lost a boy 2 years ago because of an accident. They've been through so much and now this with Maeve.

Zayn laid down and cuddled with Maeve. Tobias had been on his mind as well and he couldn't bare losing another child.

"I miss Tobi," Maeve spoke as she cried. Zayn had to swallow his tears as well and just stroke his daughters hair until she fell asleep.

**

"No way," Alfie laughed as he turned towards Maeve. She was still under the weather but she felt fine enough for Alfie to sleep over. Maybe that's just what she needed, someone to take her mind of her death brother.

Someone knocked on the door and Niall made his entrance to the room.

"You going to sleep soon kids?" he asked. Alfie looked up and Maeve leaned half on her shoulder. Both nodded and Maeve suddenly noticed that her neck began to stiffen.

"Papa," Maeve spoke as Niall was about to leave, "can you get here for a sec?"

Niall looked sceptical but made his way towards his daughter.

"What's wrong baby girl?" Niall asked as he sat down. Alfie was brushing his teeth in the bathroom so he wasn't near the two. "I just have this weird feeling in my neck," Maeve exclaimed, "it's really really stiff and sour at the moment."

Tears were welling up again inside her eyes and Niall cuddled the girl promising her that he was going to get her seen by the end of the week.

Niall wasn't a doctor but a parttime preschool teacher while Zayn was a full time physical education teacher. Zayn knew the basics of first aid but that was all said and done.

Alfie his uncle, Louis brother Liam and best friend of the Horlik family, however was a great pediatrician. Niall had searched contact with him that same afternoon but Liam also came to the conclusion that it probably was a severe case of migraine but it couldn't hurt to let it get checked out, only he didn't have a spot until Friday and it was Tuesday at the moment.

"Go to sleep little one," Niall said as he stroke through her hair. He kissed her forehead and noticed how hot she had gotten. He pulled out his phone and texted Liam with the latest updates.

"Love you papa," Maeve spoke as she and Alfie, who had just returned, snuggled under the covers.

"Night kids," Niall smiles as he flicked the lights off.

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It was the middle of the night. Maeve began to feel worse than ever. She wanted to tell Alfie but she felt like she was trapped inside her own body. Before she knew it her whole body had gone stiff and began jerking with her muscles.

Alfie woke up by the inhuman sounds that escapes Maeve her mouth.

"Hey Maeve," Alfie said, "I'm trying to sleep."

Alfie hadn't turned around yet but once he got kicked by Maeve he knew something was wrong. He turned around and was faced with his best friend seizing. Alfie knew this was a seizure. His uncle had taught him that. When he was around 5, he and his uncle Li were walking to school when suddenly someone had a seizure. His uncle being a doctor, immediately jumped into action. It was a horrific experience for the boy he never wanted to face ever again.

"I'll get help," Alfie spoke. He looked ready to cry and was scared to death.

Alfie jumped out of the bed and ran straight towards Zayn and Niall their bathroom.

"Uncle Ni. Uncle Z," Alfie cried. Zayn, who wasn't a heavy sleeper, immediately shot up after hearing someone calling his name.

"Hey Alf what's wrong buddy," Zayn spoke as he grabbed his pair of glasses from the drawer next to him.

"Maeve," Alfie chocked out, "she's having a fit I think."

Those words set Zayn on his feet the moment they left Alfie his mouth. Niall, who woke up just in time to see his husband running away, followed behind his trail.

As Zayn entered his daughter's room he witnessed what he never wanted to witness again. His daughter was having a seizure.

Zayn knew how to handle with seizures because on of his students would have them during class, but he completely blacked out once he saw that it was his own daughter.

"Niall call 999," Zayn more yelled. He got onto the bed and turned Maeve on her side.

"Daddy is here Maeve. Just slow down girl yeah. I love you Maeve." The inhuman sounds were still coming from her mouth and Alfie really just stood there not knowing what on earth happened. He didn't feel to great either now.

Alfie was swaying on his spot while Niall was still on hold for 999.

"Uncle Ni," Alfie whispered as he leaned into the wall more for support, "I don-"

Alfie couldn't finish his sentence because his eyes were rolling back into his head. Niall was just in time to catch the boy.

"ZAYN," Niall yelled having a phone to his ear and an unconscious boy in his arms, "Alfie fainted."

Zayn looked up from a still seizing Maeve. He sighed and winked Niall over to keep their daughter on the bed so he could attend Alfie.

"You still not through?" Zayn asked as Niall came over having his phone on loudspeaker. Niall shook his head and switched places with Zayn.

"I'm calling Li," Zayn spoke as he walked towards Alfie. Once Niall positioned himself right he put pressure on Maeve her hip. He shove a little string of hair behind her ear and whispered that everything would be okay.

"999 would you like to have an ambulance, police or firefighters," the dispatcher finally spoke. "Ambulance please," Niall answered.

"Alright sir what happened?"

"My daughter is having a seizure and her friend just fainted," Niall answered as he watched Maeve still seizing and not close stopping to the act.

"Alright sir I'll keep your phone number for a moment if the connection will get lost. So how long is the seizure going on?" Niall looked at the clock on the wall but to be fair he had no idea.

"Ehhh I'm calling you for three minutes already so I would say 5 tops," Niall spoke. He heard typing in the background and Zayn talking to Liam, who had picked up but couldn't come since he was having a shift, and trying to wake Alfie up.

On the other side of the room, Alfie was somewhat regaining consciousness.

" Hey buddy," Zayn spoke, "let's lay you down for a bit yeah. You just fainted. I called uncle Li and he'll check you over soon. Right now I want you to lay here for a bit and I'll let uncle Ni here with you. If you begin to feel off or something like that, just call him yeah."

Zayn sat crunched down at eyesight with Alfie, so he didn't know what still was happening with Maeve.

With Maeve things were going downhill quickly.

The dispatcher reassured Niall that the paramedics were showing up within 6 minutes.

Maeve her seizure wasn't slowing down and this scared Zayn. He knew there was something horribly wrong but couldn't lay his finger on it.

Suddenly another sound escaped from Maeve her mouth followed by a huge amount of vomit.

"Oww fuck," Zayn yelled as he basically shoved Niall out of the way, "hey Maeve you'll be fine yeah."

Maeve kept throwing up while Zayn was trying to get some out of her mouth. It was by far the grocest thing he ever had to do but if it would safe his daughters life he was willing to do it.

Suddenly she stopped vomiting and jerking. This gave Zayn the change to lay her into a correct recovery position.

As he did that he felt the heat coming from her hoodie. "Hey Maeve," Zayn started, "it's dad. You're going to be alright yeah. I'm going to take your hoodie off and than we'll see what we can do yeah. Just take it easy my love."

Zayn didn't like the unconscious state Maeve was in but knew he couldn't get her out because paramedics should be done soon as well.

Zayn pulled Maeve her hoodie over her head and immediately spotted something wrong. His daughter was covered with little red spots all over her arms and back.

"Holy fucking shit," Zayn said taken aback by the sight of Maeve. Know he knew for sure his daughter needed medical attention. "Niall give the the fucking phone."

Niall, who was sitting next to Alfie who was beginning to feel a bit better, stood up and threw the phone towards the other side of the room.

"Hello?" Zayn asked as he got the phone. The lady responded to Zayn that he could explain what was going on.

"Yeah I just pulled her sweater of her and I noticed all red spots over her body," Zayn spoke as he took a closer look.

"Alright sir what I want you to do is to get a piece of glass," the woman explained, "when you have it, press it against the rash."

Zayn ordered Niall to get it while he stayed with Maeve. "Okay someone is going to get it."

Niall returned with the glass and gave it to Zayn. "I have it," Zayn spoke to the dispatcher, "against the skin right?"

"Yes. If it doesn't fade, push a little bit harder. If it doesn't fade again, than tell me."

Zayn did as the woman asked. At his first attempt, the rash wasn't fading so he pressed harder as the dispatcher told him. "No it doesn't fade."

He heard typing in the background. "The ambulance will be with you within three minutes. Have she complained about nack pain?"

Zayn looked at Niall. "Ni did she complain about neck pain to Alfie or you?"

Niall nodded sadly nodded. "Yes," Zayn managed to choke out.

"Alright what I want you to do is open the door so the paramedics know where they need to be."

Zayn responded to the dispatcher and send Niall down towards the door.

"I also got a call from you about an unconscious friend?" the dispatcher wanted to varify. "Oww yes Alfie," Zayn said as he looked up to the youngest Stylinson, "he seems fine now. I think it was stress but he'll be checked out by his uncle."

Suddenly Zayn heard footsteps running up the stairs. "I hear the paramedics," Zayn said.

"I'm going to hang up now than. Best of luck."

The woman hung up and Niall was revealed with two young boys.

"Hello I'm Luke," Luke spoke as he reached Maeve and Zayn, "how long has she been like this?"

Zayn took a look at his phone. "I would say 20 minutes."

Luke nodded and lifted up her eye lids. Zayn noticed Luke his facial expression when he took a look at her rash.

"She complained of a headache or something like that?" Luke asked as he was busy connecting all sorts of wires on Maeve her body.

"Yes. But we thought it was a strong migraine because she has them more often. She complained about neck pain so we contacted her uncle Liam who is a doctor and she was having an appointment with him Friday. It wasn't until that boy - Zayn pointed towards Alfie - woke us up saying she was seizing."

Luke looked up by the name drop of Liam.

"You mean Liam Payne?" he wondered. Zayn nodded his head. "We'll take her to him since he's getting this case."

Michael, who was the other paramedic came running up the stairs as well with other essentials they needed for this case.

"Alright we're going to be direct with you," Luke sighed as he connected the last wire, "it looks like she's suffering from meningitis. We need to get her to the hospital quickly. You all need to come as well since you probably touched her unprotected and the meningitis might be a bacterial one which is highly infectable."

Zayn swallowed by this and watched Niall having a hard time swallowing his tears.

"Mikey take her temp please," Luke said as he got onto the bed, "I'll push a round of morphine and antibiotics into her system. How much does she weigh?" Luke asked the question towards Zayn and Niall.

"37," Niall spoke up. Luke nodded and pushed the right amount of medication into her system.

Luke had already insertid an IV and hung the bag of antibiotics into it. "Can you please take this and hold it up high?" Luke asked Zayn. He nodded and rushed towards his daughter's side.

"Alright Luke," Michael spoke as he read the numbers out loud from the thermometer, "she has a fever. 39.8 degrees."

This numbers weren't promising. Neither was the way Maeve was still unconscious and the positive outcome of the glass test.

"We're going to put her on breathing support for now. We'll transfer her to the hospital now. One of you can drive with us."

Zayn and Niall shared a look and decided that Niall was the one who could drive with them. Not because Zayn didn't want to, but if something happened with Alfie again on their way, Zayn was a better helper than Niall in that situation.

" Alright we're moving," Luke spoke. He picked Maeve up because the gruney couldn't get up the stairs and the girl didn't weigh much.

Niall followed together with Michael.

Now it was just Zayn and Alfie.

"Let's get there as well yeah. I'll call dad in a second for you."

Zayn didn't trust Alfie on walking down the stairs himself so he decided to carry the young lad.

**

"Zayn what the actual fuck," Louis responded as he just picked up. It was currently 3.40 pm. Louis got just woken up by his phone ringing.

"Lou something is wrong," Zayn managed to choke out. Alfie had fallen asleep in the car on their way to the hospital.

"What's wrong," Louis wondered, "it's like almost 4pm so this actually will be serious right?"

"Unfortunately yeah," Zayn sighed, "Maeve is on her way to hospital. Alfie found her seizing in her bed so he came to get me and Ni. We called the ambulance and they are almost sure that she's having meningitis."

"Okay," Louis said shaking Harry awake, "Harry and I will be on our way."

"Li will look after her," Zayn explained, "and he'll look after Alfie as well since the boy fainted."

"Oww God. We're coming."

Zayn hung up as he drove further towards the hospital. Niall still hadn't called and neither had Liam, so that meant either two things. 1) Maeve was okay and Niall still wasn't in the hospital or 2) things were horribly wrong and nobody wanted to call Zayn since he was still driving. Every scenario was racing through his mind. He wasn't ready to loose another kid.

Alfie was slowly waking up and Zayn noticed. He had to stop for a red light and took a closer look at the boy in his passenger seat.

"Hey bud," Zayn smiled, "how are you?"

Alfie nodded that he was okay. "How's Maeve," Alfie wondered. "I don't know buddy." Zayn got tears in his eyes and wiped them away furiously. "She'll be fine," Alfie said, "she'll always be. She was fine after Tobi dead, or at least she let me think that but deep down she wasn't."

"I know bud," Zayn reassured while the memories of Tobi kept playing through his head, "she'll always be brave and she isn't letting that mask fall down."

"Sometimes I really wished Tobi was still here," Alfie exclaimed softly, "if he hadn't got into that fight everything would be fine right?"

Tobi died in a massive fight. He was 15 back than and was on his way home. He saw a few boys messing around with some girls and that was something you didn't want to do when Tobi was around. Only being 15, he looked 19 and was very muscular and tall. Maeve always knew she was safe around him.

Tobi had stepped up for the girls but than things went downhill. The other boys began stabbing into his body and ran away leaving Tobi half death on the street.

Some peasants called the ambulance but it was too late. They did everything they could but couldn't safe the 15 year old.

He got stabbed on the middle of the day on a quite busy road, but once he got stabbed no one was there. He was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Zayn still remembers that he drove home that day and picked Maeve up from her school. Usually Tobi did but he didn't show up so Zayn knew something was wrong because he never forgot.

As he drove through a street he saw a body that much looked like his son. He had jumped out of the car and ran towards the scene. As he came closer he knew it for sure, that there was his son.

Zayn had screamed and cried his heart out. The police told him they were sorry for his loss but Zayn couldn't hear it. He just didn't want to hear it. It couldn't be his son, someone who had never hurt a fly, laid there death. Stabbed in the middle of the day.

Zayn still doesn't drive that road and takes a route that's 5 minutes longer once he comes back from his work.

"We'll be there soon mate," Zayn reassured him. Alfie nodded and waited anxiously on his chair.

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"Alright 11 year old Maeve Horlik," Luke started once he wheeled Maeve into a room with Liam and Ashton, "suspected meningitis. Had a seizure for 6 minutes and 39 seconds. History of migraine. 20cc of morphine and an iv of 148g of cefuroxine."

"Alright on my count," Liam said as he wanted to bed the girl, "1.2.3"

At three Liam and Ashton shove Maeve onto the next bed.

"I ordered a spinal tap so I suggest to do that now," Liam spoke. All the others nodded and helped Liam roll Maeve onto her side.

"Alright Ash I want you to clean and numb the area," Liam ordered, "I know she's unconscious but that doesn't mean she isn't feeling the pain of it."

Ashton nodded and cleaned Maeve her back. He did that while Michael was taking of her top to get her into a hospital gown.

Once Ashton numbed the area, Liam came back with a thin needle.

This needle needed to be inserted in between two bones of her lower part of her spine.

The procedure needed to be secure and before Liam knew it, 45 minutes had passed. He got the right amount of fluid he needed to send to the labe, as well as the blood withdrawal Ashton had done.

"I want those results asap yeah," Liam said as he gave them to the nurse. She nodded and went away.

"What do we do now?" Ashton asked. Liam sighed knowing there is nothing more he can do than just wait.

"Bring her to ICU," he decided, "I'm going to look for her parents."

Liam took off his mouthpiece, he worked with it since it still wasn't clear if the meningitis she had was a bacterial one. He remembered Zayn calling him to tell him his nephew had fainted as well.

Once Liam entered the family waiting room he saw everyone. His older brother, his three best mates and his youngest nephew.

"How is she," Niall frantically asked. Liam sighed knowing he had to bring the bad news.

"We transferred her to the ICU because there's nothing here we can do anymore. She has a severe case of meningitis. She's on breathing support right now as well. We don't know what the effects will be of this illness in her further life because we can only see that once she wakes up."

"So she's alive?" Louis asked. His younger brother nodded.

Zayn cried and thanked Liam for everything.

"Z and Ni you can follow a nurse soon," Liam told, "I'll be checking on Alf for a minute but he doesn't look really sick to be fair at this point and I think he fainted because of the stress and traumatic experience."

**

It turned out that the meningitis did leave some effects on Maeve. She got deaf on one ear and lost 50% of her hearing ability in the other.

Zayn and Niall didn't care tough about it. They were already happy Maeve was alive.

I'm so so sorry this took way to long to upload. I'm hoping to update more but as I said, research takes time.

Hope you like it

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