If I Can't Be With You (A Rydellington Love Story)

Chapter 45: Remember Me (LAST CHAPTER OF THIS BOOK)

Rydel POV

Memories come back in flashes after those last few hours. I don't remember very much of it. I just know I blacked out.

I sigh and open my eyes to see I'm in a hospital chair. I look over to see Rocky staring into space as if he had no other hope in life.

I look down to see my ankles wrapped in bandages and band aids on my arms. I get up and limp over and look at my reflection.

My hair's a mess and dirt is on my face. My brown eyes were shining brighter than ever because of my crying.

Alexa. I suddenly felt the urge to cry again. But I must not because of Rocky. I look around to see Rosie asleep on a mat. She's alright. Thank god.

I look for Ellington. There was no sign. I walk over and sit by Rocky and hold his hand with both of mine. "I'm sorry." I whisper. Rocky avoids eye contact with me.

"It's all my fault. I killed her. I killed our baby girl. It's all my fault!" Rocky says. I pull him close and hug him.

"It's not your fault. You didn't know. It's not." I say and I could Rocky sniffling. He leans up and locks eyes with mine. "Where's Ellington?" I ask worriedly.

With this, Rocky stays silent. Oh no. Oh no. Something couldn't have happened to him. Oh please god. I shake his shoulders and tears come to my eyes. "Rocky please tell me he's okay. Please. Please. He can't be hurt! He can't!" I plea. Rocky looks away. Suddenly I started bawling.

"Rydel... He had bleeding in his brain. They took him to operate. They finished and got the bleeding to stop. Now we just got to wait until he wakes up. This wait can last a few hours, days, or even weeks." Rocky mumbles. I stand up.

"Where's his room?" I ask. Rocky gestures towards one room. I walk to the room.

There he was. Ellington Lee Ratliff. He looked more worse than he looked at the accident. But at that time I was mostly in shock. I take his hand and squeeze it.

"It's me. You can wake up soon Ellington. It'll be okay." I whisper to him. Of course there was no response.

I sit and I put my head in my hands and take a deep breath. He has to be okay. I heard footsteps. "Rydel?" I hear someone whisper. I look up and widen my eyes.

Riker.

I stand up and I run as best as I can and I hug Riker so tightly and he holds me close. "I'm sorry I wasn't here. Oh my god. I'm so so sorry." Riker says as we stand there hugging so tightly. I look at him.

"Where the hell did you go? I needed you here." I whisper trying not to cry. I could feel as if I talked louder, I would start crying again.

"Rydel... You're going to be an aunt." Riker says and I look at him in shock. Suddenly, it all made sense. He was scared. That's why they both ran. I understood now.

"Wow... That's amazing. You're going to be an great dad." I say and Rocky walks in and his eyes land on Riker's.

"How did you know this happened?" Rocky says like he was annoyed. Riker sighs and bites his lip.

"Dad told me. I came back because I didn't want you guys to think you got to go through this-"

"Alone? Go through this alone? Now you care. Wow you left your family with your girlfriend that you just met and you think you can just come back and make things all good again? Wow Riker that's low. Don't you dare think for a second you're helping with this cause you're not. You are not helping. You're not the superhero. Not this time." Rocky says then walks away.

Riker follows him and puts a hand on his shoulder. Rocky shrugs it off and gives him a cold hearted glare and goes out of the hospital. Riker turned back to me and I turned away and started biting my nails.

"What's his problem?" Riker asks as he walks back to me. I suddenly had the same anger that he had. I took a deep breath.

"Riker," I turn to him, "Alexa's dead. Rocky was going to purpose to her and she died. He was in love with her and they were going to have a family. But she died. He lost someone. Just... Leave him alone." I whisper feeling the tears roll down my cheeks. Riker but his lip. I could tell he felt out of place.

"Let's go." I say to him and take his car keys. Together, we left (I carried Rosie) the hospital.

~

It's been three days and Ellington still hadn't woken up. Every morning that I've woken up, he was the first thing that came to my mind.

Rocky is still in his mood with Riker so Riker hasn't even looked at Rocky. Brothers. Ross and Ryland tried to take Rocky out and he rejected. He stays in his room. Every now and then I can hear his guitar strumming.

Today was different though.... Today is Alexa's funeral. I knew this was going to be a hard day. For all of us but especially Rocky.

"Get up." I say gently shaking Rocky. He sighs and looks at me. With that, he gets right up and puts on some nice clothes while I waited for him. Rosie was wearing a lace short dress. I wore a black long leather jacket.

As soon as everyone was ready, we all piled into one car. Rocky has not touched the front seat or the passenger seats, so he's been sitting in the back seats.

I get in the driver seat and turn the car on. Riker sat in the passenger side while Rosie Rocky and Ross were in the back. Ryland was with Savannah and they were coming together.

We drove there and got out at the cemetery. The cherry blossom trees were blowing and it looked beautiful. Perfect day for a funeral.

We all sat together as a group. I knew Rocky had a speech. I didn't really pay attention to anything until it was Rocky's turn. He stood up and walked to the stand and got out a notebook paper.

"I know this is a funeral. I understand this is to honor Alexa. But, in all matter of time, everything changes. I know with all my heart that the one person I'll always love will be Alexa. No one else in my eyes except hers. I'll always love how she would joke about the stupid things in life. She would brighten the room with her smile. I'm in love with her. Our child was going to be named Annabelle. After her great Grandmom." Rocky started crying then. We all waited for Rocky and he come and sat down.

Right after, my phone started ringing. I got up and answered it. Suddenly my heart started racing.

Ellington has woken up.

~

We all raced to the hospital in a hurry. When we pulled in, I got out and ran inside.

I walk by the room and checked in his room window. Ellington was awake alright. His eyes were observing the room around him.

I slowly walk in and his eyes landed on me. I smile and I attacked him with kisses. He pushed me back and I stared at him. His eyes were wide.

"Who are you?" Ellington asks. I giggle.

"Don't play that joke with me. You know who I am." I say. He stared.

"No... I don't. Why am I here? Who are you? Someone please tell me what's going on!" He started yelling and a nurse ran in.

"Can you please me your name sir?" The nurse asks and he shook his head.

This wasn't a joke. My heart started racing. My mouth was going dry. "You don't.... Remember me do you?" I ask. He sighs.

"I'm sorry but I don't know who the heck you are."

I ran out of the hospital and started crying. This can't be happening. He has to remember me.

He can't just not remember me.

The end of the second book.