Unexpected love | Lewis Hamilton

T H I R T Y E I G H T

Daniels pov:

I was on the dance floor with Lewis, Max, Mason ( Anastasia's brother ), Kelly and Charles when I got the dreaded call. I looked down to see it was Geri Christians wife who was calling me, I thought it was weird that she'd call me at this hour but I answered anyway.

As the call ended I put the phone down at a table that i sat at after the call, Lewis, Max, Mason all went to me after I sat down and looked at me concerned. Mason looked at me with a rather concerned and horrified look as if he had heard those words I'd just heard. Max spoke.

' what's wrong Daniel? ' Max asked.

' Anastasia.. ' I got out for a second.

' what's with Anastasia?? ' Lewis asked panicked.

' she- she- '

' take it cool Daniel, she what? ' Mason said.

In that moment I honestly think Mason was the coolest person while Lewis was panicked, Max seemed filled with regret and I was just shattered but he seemed rather calm.

' she got driven over, blood, a lot of blood ' I said.

They all looked at each other with horrified looks and this time Mason didn't look too calm, now he started to seem rather panicked like the rest of us were at this moment.

We all went to the car but we told Lewis to stay as it was his wedding night and it would look weird if the groom would leave when the night wasn't even over yet, I promised to update him on everything else later.

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As we got to the hospital we all saw a horrified Geri and Grace ( Anastasia's mom and step mom ) I asked where Christian was and they both told me he was with her in the emergency room.

' she lost a lot of blood apparently because her head was hit so badly ' Geri said.

I turned to Grace who was sitting there with her hands in her hair looking completely crushed, Mason sat besides his mother and comforted her while max and I also joined him. All of us praying she'd make it out of there alive, she needed to make it out alive. How was Ari gonna survive without her mother who she loved so much?? How was I gonna survive without my best friend. How was Grace gonna survive without her youngest daughter who stood her closest out of all her children.

Soon enough Christian came out to us all, he looked very tired & not the best he's ever looked but it was understandable because he'd just been in the emergency room with his daughter who might've died.

We all stood up the minute Christian came into the waiting area.

' how is she?? ' Grace immediately asked.

' she's alive.. ' Christian said.

I felt it was a ' but ' coming so I spoke.

' why do I feel there's a but coming '

' she has memory loss and she doesn't remember either of us, she won't be able to walk for a few weeks because of the bleedings ' Christian said.

' nooo ' Grace screamed as she fell on the floor on her knees crying.

We all broke down, Grace broke down crying and screaming while Christian held her in his arms and I was in shock mode and didn't know really what to say at all. Although I couldn't help but think this was maybe for the better, maybe she didn't have to remember what happened that day in this case.. but on the other side she wouldn't even remember me.

' maybe it's better that she lost her memory rather than she'd die ' I told Mason and he just nodded.

Throw back to that day..
Anastasia:

I got to the hospital and saw my brother with his girlfriend, both of them crying.

I could sense this was nothing good that was about to come out of this, I looked at my brother who signed for me to sit besides him. I did and he looked at me, at his girlfriend who nodded slightly at him and he turned to me again. He spoke.

' I have cancer '

I in that moment went into shock mode, I didn't know how to react. He looked at me as I stood up slowly and everything was spinning, I was getting dizzy and then everything went dark.

When I woke up I saw a doctor and a nurse standing over me, they both screamed the minute I woke up and another nurse came in the room. After they checked so everything was fine both the nurses left the room and the doctor was left with me completely alone, please don't be another bad thing I thought to myself.

' so your vitals are all good now but I'm sorry to say miss Horner, we couldn't save the baby '

My whole heart broke all over again, right when i started to heal. I felt like my body had failed me, I felt like a total failure. I hadn't even told anyone about the baby yet and it was already dead, it was my duty to bring him or her into the world and protect them and I'd failed, Ari wouldn't get a brother or sister now and I wouldn't.

I got discharged a little while later so I was waiting in the waiting area for Mason who was still with the doctor as I tired to process everything. Right then I saw Daniel walk in and I couldn't stay okay anymore, I broke down telling Daniel about Mason's cancer and the miscarriage.

He looked shocked as he didn't even know I was pregnant again, he just hugged me.

' I felt so much I started to feel nothing '

After that night my body completely shut off, so did my feelings. My body stopped working, it shut off and I did as well, I wanted nothing other than to sleep and to escape.

I didn't want to eat, I didn't want to speak to anyone, I didn't want to drink, I didn't want anything at all.

I wanted to stop hurting, I wanted to not feel like a failure, on top of my body shutting down I couldn't stop feeling like a fucking failure I just felt like a failure. It didn't matter how many times I tried to convince myself I wasn't a failure, I just felt like one. I couldn't stop it, I went into depression for those six months, I didn't see a way out, I didn't think I'd ever feel better.

Back to now with Daniel:

I walked into the room with Christian, Grace, Mason and Max and Anastasia laid there smiling weakly at us. Oh gosh she still pretended she was strong when she clearly wasn't, that hadn't changed in her at least.

I watched as Grace hugged Anastasia crying and thanking to the gods she at least survived and she sat there and seemed so confused. She still comforted Grace but it was as she didn't remember anything and didn't know why Grace was crying so badly. Everyone else had their little moment, I even cried and that said a lot. Me and max then went outside the room to give the family their little time, that was when I saw Miles.

He was one of Lewis best friends ever, I smiled at him as he walked up to us.

' Miles! What are you doing here man? ' I asked.

' I'm here to visit Anastasia, wishing her a speedy recovery '

' about that, sit down '

As I'd explained he seemed quite shocked as he'd been one of the people to be very close to Anastasia but he didn't break down crying which was good. Everyone else had, I still hadn't told Lewis but I didn't wanna ruin his wedding night so I decided to wait until the end of his honeymoon or at least until tomorrow.

The rest of the night I spent at the hospital with Grace and Anastasia, me and Grace kept telling her crazy stories about her life ( only good ones ) and we told her about Ari, her daughter and a little more. It was actually one of the best nights I've had in a while, one of the best nights Anastasia's probably had in quite the while.