Glass Hearts

In that moment, I felt like I couldn't breathe. What Austin said couldn't be true. Ian can't be here, in this very hospital right now. Austin pulled away, alerted by the heart monitor going crazy.

"Faith, hey. It's okay. Calm down. It's going to be okay." He held my face between his hands and stared into my eyes. I didn't realize I was having a panic attack.

"B-but he's h-here." Tears streamed down my face and my breathing was coming in gasps. Austin gently picked me up off the bed and sat down on the bed with me in his lap.

"It's going to be okay. I'm not going to let him come near you. All of us, the guys and the girls, are always going to be around you all the time." His voice was so soothing. I finally felt like I was able to breathe as his hand rubbed circles on my back. "There you go, relax. Everything is going to be okay." The elderly nurse from earlier came rushing in the room.

"OH!" Her cheeks turned a bright pink when she stormed in the room. "Is everything okay? Your heart monitor was going crazy." She walked over to the bed and smiled down at me. My cheeks burned from embarassment.

"Yes, everything is fine. She just went into a small panic attack so I got up on the bed and comforted her. I hope that's okay." Austin spoke so calmly and flashed a gorgeous smile at the nurse.

"Of course, that's fine. Just nothing more." She laughed, making me giggle a little before the pain in my side shot up my body. I whimpered and sunk into Austin's chest. "I'll put some pain medicine through your IV to help with the pain." I nodded and listened to Austin's heartbeat to ignore the pain.

I still couldn't believe that Ian was in this hospital. He could be in the room next to me. I shuddered at the thought.

Austin won't let anything happen to you. Just calm down, Faith.

"Okay. You have more pain meds in you. They are going to make you very tired." The nurse informed me with a smile. Before she was even out of the room, I was already feeling drowsy. Austin politely thanked her for me.

"Faith, get some sleep." He was getting ready to lift me off of him but I stopped him.

"No. Don't leave the bed, please?" It sounded more like a question. My eyelids dropped a little as I laid my head on his chest.

"All you had to do was ask." I could hear him smiling through his words. Within minutes, I was drifting off to sleep.

*Three Days Later*

"Before you leave the hospital, a police officer would finally like to talk to you." A younger, bitchier nurse was standing before Austin and I. She kept giving Austin flirty glances but his gaze was focused on me, which made my self esteem rise.

"Go get him then. We have to go home and pack for tour today." Austin glared at the nurse, making her look down in embarassment and walk out of the room. "Damn. I had to get her out of here so she would stop glaring at you and trying to rape me with her mind." I started laughing at him. He smirked down at me. "What's so funny? It's true."

"I just think it's hilarious because she was definitely trying to seduce you." Another round of laughs erupted from my mouth. This time Austin joined in. It felt good to laugh after not being able to because of the pain. My cheek and stomach were still bandaged and I'm glad because I don't want people staring at my scar on my face just yet.

"There is only one woman I want to look at." Austin's voice brought me out of my thoughts, making me stare at him. He placed his hand on my right cheek and stared deeply into my eyes. "That woman is you, Faith." My eyes fluttered closed as he dipped his face down towards mine. His lips were inches from mine when there was a loud knock on the door. Austin sighed and sat back.

"Come in!" I yelled, louder than I intended to. The door swung open to reveal a police officer standing there.

"Miss Mason?" He wasn't the same cop that was in my room a few days ago. He seemed nicer, I guess. I nodded at his question. "I'm Officer Gray. I just wanted to ask a few questions." He eyed Austin and cocked an eyebrow.

"He stays." I didn't even recognize my own voice. Officer Gray curtly nodded and pulled out a notepad.

"Okay, how do you know your attacker?" Absentmindedly, I scooted closer to Austin.

"He's an ex of mine." I took deep breaths to keep calm.

"Has he done anything harmful to you before?" He didn't even look up at me while he asked the question.

"Yes. He stabbed me in the chest a few years ago. He was sent to jail for that."

"Okay. Now, what exactly happened this time?" Officer Gray finally looked up at me.

"Well I was at a get together at his house." I pointed to Austin, who gave me a reassuring smile. "That's where Ian came in an kidnapped me. He threw me into the trunk of his car and took off. I kicked out a tail light but nobody stopped him." Tears pricked my eyes but I continued. "He took me into an old warehouse and left me there for a few minutes before he came back in and started hitting me. After that, he took out a pocket knife and slashed my face." I stared down at my hands. The tears dropped down my face but I was quick to wipe them away. "A-after he cut my cheek, he stabbed me in the stomach. I don't remember anything after that."

"Alright. I have all that I need. We already have Mr. Carlile's statement so we don't need anymore. Thank you for your time, Miss Mason. Either I will be in touch with you or one of my fellow officers will let you know if he is going to prison or not." My heart stopped beating when he said or not.

"Wait, he might not go to prison for almost killing her?!" Austin shot off the bed and balled his fists up. I grabbed ahold of his arm and tugged him back on the bed.

"Stop or I'm going to have another panic attack." My voice was shaky as my heart started beating faster.

"Mr. Carlile, we don't know what his motives were. We haven't spoken to him yet. I am getting ready to go to his room to get his statement. There is a small chance he will not go to prison. That is just based on what the judge decides." He spoke softly, probably trying not to throw me into a full blown panic attack. "We will be in touch." With that, he walked out of the room.

"God truly fucking hates me." I groaned and laid back on the bed.

"Hey now. Don't say that." Austin pulled me to my feet and wrapped his arms around me. "He's going to prison. I'm sure of it."

Fuck, I hope he's right.

Notes

Should I continue with this story or not? D:

-Leah