Rock Me(A One Direction Love Story)

Chapter 7 Memory Loss and Memories Gained

You hear beeping and you try to open your eyes. “Lads, I think she’s coming too.” You slowly start to flutter your eyes and you see bright light all around you. “Where am I,” you ask to whoever is with you. “_____?!” You look up and see a face you don’t recognize. “Uh, hello?” You see four other faces pop up over you. “Oh thank God you’re alright.” You look around confused, “Why wouldn’t I be alright?” You look at a guy with really curly hair as he says, “Give me a minute alone with _____, please?” The room becomes silent as you and him are left alone. “Harry?” He smiles and grabs your hand, “Yeah that’s me, do you remember anything else?” You close your eyes, but it’s all fuzzy. “No not really, I just know you cause your my best friend,” you say happily. Harry looks at you with a big smile, “We can be best friends again?” “Again,” you ask confused, “when were we not best friends?” He laughs awkwardly, “I know I was just kidding, now scooch over,” he says as he piles into the bed with you. You look into his eyes and sigh. “Do you love me, _____,” Harry asks. You laugh and nod. “I’ll love you to the end, Hazza,” you say as you close your eyes. Harry runs his hand over your cheek and kisses your forehead, then he turns you over and pulls you close, so that he can put his arms around you while you sleep. *1 hour later* “What happened to her,” you hear a deep voice say. “We-we were karting and I accidently bumped her over the guardrail,” you hear someone stutter. You turn over and see someone who looks so familiar. “What are you looking at,” they ask. You blink and a smile spreads across your face. “Oh my God, Zayn?! What are you doing here!!” He looks at you confused, “One of the boys called me.” You are practically screaming. “You came all this way for me!” “It’s like a mile away from where we live,” Zayn says confused. “Oh my god, after you moved I thought I’d never see you again, but you’re here and Oh my God! What are you doing here?” “Wait, you remember me,” Zayn asks taking a step towards you. You laugh, “I could never forget you Zaynie! We were like best friends before you ditched me and went to Bradford.” A smile starts to spread across his face. “So, you know who I am,” he asks. You nod, “Of course I do. I mean I never stopped thinking about you. Harry tried to take your place, but—“ you stop and look over to Harry watching you intently. Zayn sees you’re uncomfortable, “Give us a sec, mate,” he says quietly. Harry gets up and shuts the door behind him. “You can continue now, love,” Zayn says softly. “Zayn, I missed you so much. I mean Harry’s a great best friend, but he could never replace you. You’re my everything. Or you were, until you moved,” you say starting to choke up at the memories. Zayn gets up and crawls into the hospital bed with you. “I missed you too, _____.” You look over at him and run your fingers through his hair. “God, Zayn, you’ve turned out pretty hot,” you say with a giggle. He laughs, “You’re not so bad yourself, love.” The nurse comes in and says that she wants to speak with Zayn and the others outside. “What others,” you ask curiously. Zayn looks at you confused, “You don’t remember?” The nurse calls him again and they both go outside your room. “I’ve got some bad news,” you hear the nurse say as she closes the door.

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<Harry’s POV> Well that was super weird. _____, and Zayn seemed to hate each other and now they’re talking to each other as if they known each other forever… “Alright boys, look, she’s gonna need your help. This is a very delicate situation.” I started paying attention. “When _____ was thrown out of the kart a nerve in her brain was hit. Because of that, she has lost all recent memory. She can only remember up to age 15, after that is a blur. She knows certain things, but this is one of the most severe cases of memory loss, because the patient tends to get confused easily on why things they’ve done as a child are no longer acceptable for their age. Her maturity levels have decreased quite a bit, nothing major though. I would like to see if she remembers anything about any of you, so we’re gonna have you all go in, one at a time and see how she reacts. If she doesn’t know you, don’t touch her, don’t even go near her. Let her be. Just pretend you two are meeting for the first time. Got it?” “Is there any way she can get her memory back,” Liam asked. “Yes, but it’s only happened a few times. In rare cases, a certain activity, word, touch, sight, or taste will awaken the senses in a way that sends positive rays into the nerve that will start to stimulate it and kick the memories back into place. Until that happens, she’s in the dark. Now, who wants to go first?” I raised my hand. “Alright go ahead.” <Your POV> The door opens and you look over. “Hi Harry,” you say with a smile. “Ello love,” he says warmly. He walks over to you and sits down on the edge of your bed. “You know Haz, I can’t remember where I’m staying.” “Oh, you’re staying…” Harry stops and looks over at the door. You see a guy smiling at you and you wave awkwardly. Harry stands up and walks out, and then the other guy walks in slowly. “Hi there,” he says awkwardly. “Uh, hi?” “I’m Louis. I’m a friend of Harry’s.” You half smile, “Well any friend of Haz is a friend of me. Good to meet you.” Louis lights up and smiles a big smile, “Yeah, it’s great to meet you too, love.” He then turns and walks out and another strange guy walks in. “Hi, I’m uh Liam.” You laugh, “I guess you’re another friend of Harry.” “Yeah pretty much,” Liam says with a chuckle. “Cool, you know you guys really didn’t have to come see about me. You know, I’m not even sure why I’m here. Is that weird?” Liam looks at you with a small smile, “No that’s fine. I’ll let you talk to her alright?” “Thanks,” you say politely. <Harry’s POV> “We need a plan. _____ is going to want answers so we all need a story,” I say thinking aloud. “Can’t we just tell her the truth? That band camp got cancelled and she’s staying with us,” Louis says. Zayn leans forward deciding he wanted to join in the conversation, “I think we should let her alone. Her memory will click eventually.” “Why are you so concerned with her now,” I say curiously. “I was always concerned with her,” Zayn answers defensively, “I just think there are certain things we shouldn’t tell her.” “Like how you were being a snotty little bi**h to her this whole time,” I retort, “What is with you two anyway? How does she know you?” Zayn sighs and scoots back. “We grew up together. We were inseparable. We were the best friends everyone wanted to be like. We did everything together. But all good things come to an end. My dad got a job offer. I moved when she was 13. I gave her my number. I thought she would call but there was nothing. Later I found out she hadn’t gotten into an accident. Her dad was killed instantly, and she couldn’t remember old names. Only people’s faces. That’s why whenever my name would come up, it never even phased her.  Then you Harry must’ve moved in her town around the same time, because you took my spot. At first I didn’t connect the dots. I mean you always talked so fondly of her, it never occurred to me it would be _____. But then she shows up out of nowhere and she doesn’t even recognize me. It was just like she was there purposely tormenting me. She’s the only girl I’ve ever truly cared about, and to have her standing in front of me and not know who I am. It rips your heart out.” Zayn starts tearing up so I look away and think. I replaced him? I see Liam walk out and I sigh of relief, she’s fine so far with meeting all the other guys. I wonder if Niall is done at the food court yet. He’s taking forever. Zayn’s turn. <Your POV> You see Zayn walk in and the whole room lights up. “Hey sunshine,” he says playfully. “Wow, I haven’t heard that in forever. I can’t believe you used to call me that.”  He smiles and walks toward you, “Yeah those were some pretty crazy times.” You laugh and sigh, “Zayn, why am I here?” You see him shift uncomfortably. “Well, you got into a bit of an accident karting today.” You look at him weirdly, “We went karting?” “You went with Haz and I.” “Oh that’s cool,” you say as you yawn. “I’ll let you sleep love,” Zayn says as he stands. “Don’t leave me,” you say pleadingly. He smiles and lays beside you. As you start to drift off you feel him give you a kiss on the cheek and you smile. You hear him get up. You are almost asleep when you start to hear yelling. <Zayn’s POV> “JUST LET ME SEE HER,” Harry shouts. “She’s asleep okay?! Just let her be,” I shout back. “She might need me, okay?” “Yes because she just can’t live without you,” I say sarcastically.  “I’m her best friend!” I starts to laugh as I say, “You may have been, but not anymore. I was her best friend first and that’s not gonna change. She’s mine.” “ONLY FRIENDS,” Harry shouts angrily. “We’ll see about that in the end won’t we,” I say with a smirk. “I bet I’ll get her before you,” Harry blurts out. Harry has no idea what he’s dealing with. If it’s a war he wants, then it’s a war he’ll get.