A Duck Dynasty Story: Love Sparks ON HOLD

Chapter Eleven

Cole’s P.O.V

I tried my best to give Reed a determined look in my eyes, but soon quickly faltered after I felt a deep, searing pain shot through me. I began to scream alarming everyone surrounding me.

Within moments, nurses were beginning to swarm around me. My head spun in all different directions trying to absorb what was going on, but of course as usual, I was still totally clueless. Next thing I know, one of the nurses rushed to my side and poked something very sharp into my upper arm.

I felt myself become lost into a complete daze. I found myself drifting off into my own imaginary world where I made up things as time went along. I was literally floating on cloud nine, and no one would be able to stop me.

Well, with the exception of my pain medication warring off. But that wasn’t going to happen anytime soon; for now.  

What felt like only a few short minutes were in actuality several long hours. I could hear voices talking in the background, but was unable to pick up on their conversation due to how far away they were.

Besides not being able to hear a damn word anyones saying, I felt like I had a really bad hangover. Not that I would know something like that firsthand, but let me tell you, The Hangover taught me about a thing or two.

My head kept continuously pounding and I felt extremely light headed thanks to the lack of oxygen I was receiving. Maybe it was just one of those times where I was over exaggerating. I tend to do that sometimes, but something told me that I wasn’t over exaggerating, it was real.

But I wasn’t one for underage drinking, so why was I here? At this point all I felt was confusion. I wish I didn’t, but I couldn’t help myself. My mind was just…blank.

As I began to open my eyes, realization hit me that I didn’t know who any of these people were. Not a single person.I began glancing around the room to see if I felt a sense of familiarity. Still, there was nothing.I sighed, and it was apparently loud enough for everyone in the room to notice that I was awake.

A nurse I didn’t recognize stood by my bedside and began to run tests on me as if I was some sort of experiment. When she was finally done I began to question her. “Why am I here? Who are the people in the corner who look as if they don’t belong in a hospital? And why the hell were you running tests on me?”

The nurse looked taken aback as it was now her turn to question me. “You don’t remember?”, she said. I looked around the room once more and knew exactly what my answer would be. “No?”, I said.

I heard a sob start to erupt from somewhere as I turned to see the woman in the corner began to uncontrollably cry. What was her deal? Why would she start to randomly begin to break out into tears? All I knew was that I felt bad about it, no one deserved to cry, to become vulnerable.

The nurse who had attended to me earlier pulled the woman aside and began to usher her outside to the hallway.

Now it was just me, two other nurses, and the rest of the unknown people huddled in the corner. I still didn’t know why they stayed, they don’t know me and I don’t know them. If I did know them, how could I simply just forget about them?

Besides the fact that I was oblivious to the truth, I still wanted answers. Answers that I possibly would never get.

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Missy’s P.O.V

I stared at my son for what seemed like hours, yet, he still wasn’t awake. Jase told me that I should try to distract myself by keeping busy with Mia. Apparently his plan worked because I hadn’t noticed that Cole had awakened until I heard a loud sigh.

I stared at the bed to see a figure laying down, scanning the room. My Cole was awake, he was going to be okay. That’s when I started crying all over again, only this time, I was crying out of happiness.

We were going to be a whole again, a family.

But then I heard Cole questioning the nurse that was on call. He didn’t know who he was or why he was here. He didn’t know us.

Only a few hours before he was complaining about a raging headache he was having, which is totally understandable, but now he just forgot it all? Something was definitely not right here.

I now began to cry louder, only this time Cole had noticed. One of the nurses came to my side and led me towards the hallway to have a discussion.

“Ma’am, I am sorry to inform you that your son has amnesia, a term for memory loss. Cole had been given a large overdose of the incorrect medication. Due to how the medication he was given is now on recall and has been for quite some time, we can only expect the worst. We would like to keep him for several more days to heal and then to run a few tests on him. Hopefully, by the end of the week we will have better results than we do now. In the mean time I would like you and the rest of your family to try to help him remember things. Sometimes just by talking to him, he has the possibility of regaining a memory of someone or something. I am truly sorry for what has happened and we hope that you will cooperate with us.”

I stood there numb trying to take in all of the overwhelming information I had just been given. All I could do was give a slight nod before quietly shuffling back into Cole’s hospital room.

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Elle’s P.O.V

I finally broke away from John Luke arms feeling the warmth quickly vanish thus making me wrap my own arms around myself.

I stood there not knowing what to say next. After I finally gathered enough courage, I said, “How much of it did you see?” “All of it”, he said. I closed my eyes letting tears flow down my face. “Please don’t tell anyone”, I said with my pleading eyes fixated on him. He quickly rebottled with protests until he finally gave up promising to keep what happened a secret. I mumbled a thank you and let him drive me back to my house to help fix me up.

The entire car ride was enveloped with silence until he parked his car in my driveway and came to my side to open the passenger car door. I stepped out and fled to my room with John Luke trailing after me.

“Elle please!”, he yelled as I slammed the door to my room in his face. I slowly opened the door to see John Luke storming into my restroom looking for first aid supplies.

After a few minutes, he came back with a wet cloth, bandages, disinfectant alcohol, and antibiotics. He pressed the cool cloth against my forehead as he cautiously restored me to my former state. Other than having several scratches and bruises, I looked as if nothing had happened.

When he finished, he stood up softly caressing the side of my check. I blushed as he did so and began to pull himself towards me. He leaned in and gently kissed me on my forehead and then left.

What an eventful day so far. Cole was in the hospital, a blast from my past came to haunt me, and John Luke now seemed to be Cole’s competition for my affection.

Only time will tell what happens next. 

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