End Up Here

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//Ashton's POV//

I'm welcomed by a punch from Luke once we check in the hospital lobby. As I fall backwards, he takes another good hit at me. Calum and Michael attempt to get Luke off of me but there's no use. Luke's stronger than both of them combined.

My face stings and the area close to my nose feels numb. I can already feel the blood fall from my nose.

Luke then picks me up and pulls my shirt to the wall, pinning me.

"What did you tell Sam?" he asks, through gritted teeth.

"Huh?"

"Before we went to ihop. You told her something outside of the car. What exactly did you say?" he asks once more.

Oh, lover boy wants to know about my heated argument I had with his girl. Just great.

"Luke, cut it out." Calum pleads along with Michael..

I smirk at the sight of Luke pissed off. His neck veins are bulging and his breathing has quickened.

"I only told her the truth, mate." I reply with a sly grin.

"Which was?"

"She's jealous of Isabella."

Luke's eyes grow bigger with anger and slight pity," In your dreams, Irwin. God, I can't believe you were dumb enough to bring a complete stranger with us. Look what happened, Sam fucking hates me because of it!"

"She's mad for something you did! I did nothing!" I yell back in his face.

"I'm not stupid. I know what I did. I had this plan of telling her after she trusted me enough! I just.. I just needed more time." Luke says, suddenly letting me go.

I fix my shirt after his grip is completely off of me and realize what he just said.

He was going to tell her? Tell her what? Everything? Every little fuck up he caused with Sam? No.. no that would ruin everything. Fuck wait.. it's already ruined because of me.

"You were going to tell her everything she lost memory of.. weren't you?" I ask, making eye contact with Luke.

Calum and Michael have backed up now and are sitting next to Blaire who's already half asleep. It's only me and Luke left standing in the middle of a busy hospital. One on one conversation about the girl we both love.

"Of course I was.." he answers," I was going to tell her everything since we first met at that party.."

I can hear his voice cracking up a little. When I look closely at his eyes, I can see tears forming.

".. I actually thought I had a second chance." he cries, falling to the ground.

My head starts to hurt and my legs start to feel like jello. I'm a terrible person.. I fucked up.. Letting my best friend down the worst way possible wasn't my intention.. I didn't want any of this to happen at all.

I sink to the floor next to Luke and whisper,"I'm sorry."

He looks up at me with a hurt expression.

Ignoring my apology, he says,"And now because of this, she's hurt. Don't you see, Ashton? I just hurt the only girl I really love."

...

//Sam's POV//

"You must be more careful, Guys. This can't be fixed with a snap of a finger, it takes time."

"I know, I know. I'm sorry doctor." a familiar, sweet voice says.

"Understand, that she can't handle certain situations in concerns of strong emotions. Which is what caused her head to bleed earlier. I'd be careful not to overwhelm her, if I were you. Worst case scenario... death.."

I hear a girl crying along with a banging noise against the wall.

"Ashton, cut it out. Stop punching the wall." someone whispers.

I hear grunting afterwards and a loud slam when a sudden door closes. Numerous sighs surround the room and my eyes flutter open. The first thing that comes to focus are a pair of blue eyes.

Just then, my mind goes blank and everything becomes dark. The blue eyes before me disappear into thin air and my heart beats out of my chest.

Then.. almost all at once, A sudden image comes to life. It's me and Luke in a dark alley talking.. another flash comes and suddenly the image changes again. Lightning strikes and I see my own self running down stairs and coming across.. Luke again? Another flash, and it's all of us... in red graduation gowns..

I scream myself awake and the memories fade into white. When I pick up my bearings, everyone's surrounding my bed.

"ARE YOY OKAY, SAM?" Luke asks holding tightly onto my hand.

"You fainted in bed, Sam. I thought you were dying.." Delilah whimpers, as Calum snakes his arms around her waist.

"You gave us quite a scare, kiddo.Your heart rate dropped quickly in seconds."the doctor chuckles while he checks my blood pressure.

I stare at Ashton, who's in the way back. His face is unreadable but something in his eyes tell me he's as worried as the others. My breathing slows down and I break our locked stare.

"I saw something when I fainted." I mumble.

The doctor's eyebrows grow with concern. He gets out a clipboard and pen and asks me what exactly I saw.

I try to get up in bed to be more comfortable, but my head starts to burn when I do so.

Luke notices me struggling and comes to assist me by holding onto me and being my support.

I thank him sheepishly and carry on with the weird images I saw when I fainted.

"I saw myself and Luke in a dark alley... then I don't know, the image changed and it was me running down some stairs only to see Luke again.. Then it changed once more, and I saw all of us in our graduation gowns..."

Everyone's eyes grow ten times bigger, especially Luke's...

"Sam.. all those things happened in real life.." he says in amazement.

Wait what? Those images really did happen? No.. this can't be.. That's impossible.

"Doctor.. do you think.. her memories are slowly getting back to her?" Delilah asks.

All our eyes blink towards him and he's left in astonishment too.

"It's hard to say.. Those images she saw were only flashes. We really can't tell if she'll remember all of them." he replies, beads of sweat slowly forming on his forehead.

We all sigh in response and the doctor leaves after a few more tests. Delilah and Calum tiredly fixes themselves on the couch close by and Michael cuddles with Blaire on an armchair next to the couch. Ashton settles on a normal chair next to me. As for Luke.. he's lying next to me on the bed.We all plan to sleep but still.. we remain wide awake.

"I can't believe we might get you back." Delilah squeals while Calum wraps an arm around her.

I smile in her direction and turn my gaze towards Luke.

"Maybe I'll finally remember who Astrid is.."