the day i lost you | ronance

NINE

i pieced it all together late that night....
and i know you don't remember calling me...

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ROBIN AND AIDAN were sitting on robin's bed across from each other in silence for a about a minute after they got in the room. robin was trying to gather the courage to finally tell the full story of what happened to her.

"so...." robin started, picking at her thumbnails.
"are you ready for the story?"

"i think so," aidan nodded.

"okay...i'm not sure how long this is gonna take because i haven't ever told anyone the story from start to end without them already knowing what happened. i've only told steve and the doctors, and steve was the first person the doctors called so... they already knew"

"take your time," he reassured her, putting his hand on top of hers.

"i was leaving here to go out. i don't remember where i was going. i was driving on the highway...i was in the right lane i think..the very far right lane. i was talking to steve on the phone.
right after we hung up, out of nowhere, this car crashed into me through the drivers side. they hit me completely. witnesses say they weren't paying attention and slid into me- it was raining that day. anyways, i got crushed under their car, airbags, the steering wheel....i was in so much pain and i was bleeding. i have never found another way to describe the fear i felt in that moment. i called 911 as quickly as i could and they had me answer questions to keep me awake while they sent an ambulance. i passed out on the ride to the hospital. when i woke up, steve was there. he looked so....scared....and worried. and i felt so guilty- even though it wasn't my fault. then in walks nancy, she's so worried and she's running over to me and hugging me. but i don't know who she is"

"you don't know who she is?" he asked, an eyebrow cocked in confusion.

"no. i literally had never seen that woman's face. so i told her that. i told her i had no idea who she was. she thought i was joking at first, but she realized i genuinely didn't know her. she then told me we had been friends for 8 whole years, and we had been...um...dating for 7 months. but i told her that's impossible because i don't like girls. the doctors said it's the weirdest case they've ever seen. nancy was the only thing i forgot. i remembered everything about myself, i remembered steve and eddie, i remembered everyone else in my life. it was like my life, but without nancy. she's been devastated ever since. but i just hate how she expects us to go right back to dating especially when i don't know her"

"yeah that's weird.."

"everyone's always trying to get me to remember her. and she's always trying to talk to me and be protective over me but i don't want her to be. honestly, i find her annoying. i wish she would just leave me alone," robin sighed, relieved to get that all off her chest.

what robin didn't know, however, is that nancy and steve were right outside her room, listening to everything. when nancy heard everything robin was saying, she tried her best to not sobbing on the spot. she forced her tears back and listened all the way through. steve looked down at nancy, watching her reaction. he was frozen, he didn't know what to do to help nancy feel better.

he could tell she was holding back tears. it's not hard to tell, especially since he knew her so well. he knew that when she's upset, she slightly sways on her feet. when she's upset, she blinks more often to try to hide her watery eyes. when she's upset, she angles her head slightly downward so you can see her eyes less.

he put a hand on her shoulder and gently guided her to her room. he closed the door behind them and sat down on the bed, motioning for her to join him. when nancy sat down, all her the tears started pouring out of her eyes. steve pulled her in for a hug to comfort her, and she cried into his shoulder. they remained like this for a few minutes until nancy slowly stopped crying.

"i know she isn't going to love me again right away, but i didn't want to lose her completely," nancy told him, causing her to cry once again.

"robin isn't like herself, okay? she's still trying to handle with what happened to her. it messed her up, nance. she will come around, i promise. she needs more time," steve tried telling her, but she didn't want to listen.

"she isn't going to fucking come around steve. she made it very clear that she doesn't want me around her," nancy snapped, causing her to cry even more.

"nance-"

"i just need some space, steve. please"

"okay.." steve said, sighing to himself. he stood up and began walking away before looking at nancy. "if you need to talk, you know where my room is"

steve left the room and went into his own room.

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nancy was downstairs when she heard the door to robin's room open, followed by the footsteps of aidan and robin coming down the stairs.

"i had fun," aidan told her as they reached the front door.

robin smiled at him. "me too. you should come over more often"

"i will," he smiled. nancy peered around the corner of the kitchen as aidan pecked robin's cheek. jealousy ran through nancy's veins, but she cooled down once she remembered that robin was not and would never be her girl.

robin entered the kitchen after aidan left, locking eyes with nancy. nancy held the eye contact for a few seconds before turning on her heel and leaving the kitchen in silence.

robin wanted to be left alone? well, nancy was definitely going to leave her alone now.

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had to give y'all robin's version of her story ofc <33