Let Me Love You | Toni Kroos

Chapter 25 - Lost

Amelie's POV

Toni was there, again, as I stepped into Gabi's room, holding her hand. I went to the opposite side of the bed and grabbed Gabi's other hand.

"Do you think today will be the day?" I asked him.

He smiled, his loving gaze never leaving Gabi's face. "I hope."

Gabi had been half-opening her eyes occasionally over the past two weeks, and she pulled all our hopes up time and time again, but she wouldn't respond to anything we said or did. Toni's season had gotten much more intensive and he had much less time to visit her. I could tell he was a little frustrated, but he knew he couldn't risk his career at Bayern, especially at this early stage.

He got up and gave her a kiss on the forehead, and then he pulled away and continued staring at her, sweeping her short, stray hair away from her face.

Suddenly, I saw Gabi's eyes open. It looked like all the previous times, but somehow, it was different. She opened them slowly, halfway, and then she opened them fully.

She stared back at Toni, and then I felt her tighten her grip on my hand. That never happened before. Never.

"Gabi," Toni said. "Can you see me?"

She continued staring at him, so I stood up as well, and put my face next to Toni's. "Hey, Gabi."

She glanced at me, and then she looked back at Toni, her eyes icy and confused.

"Who are you?" she barely whispered.

"Toni," he said, his voice trembling slightly. "I'm Toni."

"Where am I?"

"I'll get the doctor," Toni said, letting go of her and dashing out of the room, returning a few moments later with a doctor and my parents, who I supposed had been on their way here.

Gabi continued staring at Toni as he crossed the room and returned to his original position beside her, and then she startled as the doctor called out to her.

"Gabriele," the doctor said gently. "Do you know where you are?"

"In...hospital?"

"Do you remember what happened?"

"No," she paused and stared at him for a while with her brows furrowed, and then her eyes suddenly lit up. "I tripped on the stairs, right? I tripped, and broke my elbow." She looked down at her left arm, and then back at him, the look of confusion returning to her face. "Where's my cast?"

The doctor turned to my mother and asked in a low voice, "How long ago was that?"

"Five years," Toni whispered before she could reply. "That was five years ago."

"Five years?" Gabi asked, tears immediately forming in her eyes. "I've been sleeping for five years?"

"No, no you haven't," the doctor said. "Just about a month and a half, that's all."

"But what happened?" tears started rolling down her cheeks. "What happened to me? Why don't I remember anything? What year is it?"

"It's 2010," I said. How could this have happened? She lost five years. Five years ago, she hadn't even met Toni. Toni hadn't moved in yet, five years ago.

The doctor picked up her records and scribbled something in them. Retrograde amnesia, 5 years. He looked up at Gabi again. "Do you recognise these people?" he asked, gesturing at everyone in the room.

"Yeah, mum, dad, and Amelie" she said, looking around, her gaze landing on Toni. "No, I...who is he?"

"Toni," Toni said again. "I'm Toni."