With the Lights Off...

(66): Lie Under You

*Right, I suck for being slower than Internet Explorer. Ugh. Anyway, I'm back. Here I am. We're reaching the end, by the way. Sorry, I've just been too busy watching a few movies lately. I'm sorta loving Ashby, Bravetown, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, We Are Your Friends, Magic Mike XXL, and Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List. Because, YAS. Also, I marathoned HSM, Cheetah Girls, Step Up, and Camp Rock. Been pretty great. Hope you read, love you all! Also, the other characters here do not exist in real life. Any resemblance to an actual person, living or deceased, is purely coincidental. Also, Nicky Hilton is married to a James IRL, but her James in this story is completely different. Lastly, this is just an IAN POV CHAPTER*

Ian's POV

Before I knew it, I was pushing past everyone and making my way to the person who mattered most in my life.

Only it wasn't the person I was supposed to be seen caring about anymore.

I pushed past all the people crowding around her and knelt down right next to her. I stared down at her and closed my eyes, breathing in and out slowly.

As soon as I opened my eyes, Clive, Maggie, Ashley, Evan, and Ben were right around us.

"What the fuck happened?" I sighed, looking up at them.

Before Clive said anything else, he snapped at all the security to come and carry Nina inside the theater. I waved them away and shook my head, taking Nina in my arms gingerly. I made sure she was safe and stable as I adjusted my hold on her. I rest her head on my chest and got up on my feet. 

"Get out of the way!" I snapped at the crowd, pushing a way past them.

Ben, Clive, and Evan took this as a sign to serve as human barriers, calling on the security to back up the crowd as I carried Nina inside with Ashley and Maggie trailing me. I looked around for a longer space where she could lie down, but the crew was already ahead of me, signaling me to carry her over to the main office of the theater.

As soon as we got there, they cleared a paper-ridden couch from all the knick-knacks covering it. I slowly laid Nina down on the couch and immediately pulled off my coat, folding it to prop her head up slightly. I sat down in front of her and massaged her hand. 

"What happened?"

"Well, we saw that she came out of a car on her own," Ashley said. "She was walking the red carpet, stopping for the paparazzi to take her photo, smiling and looking all happy. She even talked to Mario Lopez for a while, when you were talking to Tyler and Kevin. As soon as she began walking towards you, she stopped for a while and let the paparazzi take her photos. When Evan and I caught up to her, she was looking tired and dizzy."

"Before we knew it, she fainted and collapsed to the ground," Evan said.

"That's the only part I saw," Maggie said worriedly.

Ben bit his lip. "That's all I saw, too," he said. 

I buried my head deep in my hands and shake my head. "What the hell is happening," I muttered to myself. "Has anyone called a doctor?"

"I just did," Clive said. "They're five minutes away."

I held tightly onto Nina's hand and stared at her softly. I ran my thumbs over her skin and tried my best to not shake violently or punch a wall.

"Sweetie, we can cancel the premiere," Clive offered.

I shook my head. "She wouldn't want that," I said. "She'd say that we're all idiots for not wanting to show the world this masterpiece that we worked so hard on."

They all fell silent. "What do you think she'd want when she wakes up?"

"I'd want to see those first few episodes."