Trella: Battling Memories

The Hospital

It seemed as though everyone had arrived at the hospital at the same time. They all gave each other worried, heartbroken looks before charging to he front desk.

"Is Bella here-"

"How is she-"

"Do you know who Bella is-"

"Is she dead?!"

Everyone stopped and looked at Newt, who was turned around already in the middle of his catchphrase.

"Who said that?"

They all rolled their eyes, and the nurse looked incredibly confused. Mrs. Dawson walked to the front and introduced herself. "Hi, my name is Carrie Dawson. My daughter, Bella, was in a car accident earlier. Can you tell us where she is?"

The nurse looked at them with a face of deep sorrow. "Bella? As in Isabella?"

"Yes that's her!"

"I am so sorry," the nurse said. "Yes she is here. But, I have to warn you before you see her. She was in surgery, and things were not looking good. That was one of the nastiest accidents we've ever seen in this hospital."

Mrs. Dawson had a hand covering her mouth as tears made their way down her face. Troy saw this and stepped forward.

"But she's okay now, right?

The nurse looked at him with a sad smile. "It depends on what your definition of okay is."

The gang looked at each other, worry clear in each of their eyes.

"She's in room 227," the nurse said. "Go and see her. She's going to need all the help she can get."

They all got into the elevator and went up to the room, afraid of the Bella they would see.
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Troy led the pack to her room. No one said anything. What was there to say? Their friend was in the hospital, and the only information they knew was that the accident was horrible.

They arrived at the door, but they all hesitated. You could feel the tension in the air, the worry for Bella. Troy decided to break the silence.

"Mrs. Dawson? Are you gonna go in?"

"Troy, I think you should," she said. "She'd want to see you first."

"But your her mom. Really, it's-"

"Go, Troy."

He nodded and turned towards the door. He'd never been so terrified in his life. Remember. Be strong for Bella, he thought to himself. He took a step forward, and pushed the door open.
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Outside the room, the rest of the gang sat huddled up on the floor. There was only one chair, and they all let Mrs. Dawson have it.
Sophie sat on the other side of the hall with Newt, and was leaning her head on his shoulder. He sadly wrapped an arm around her shoulder and laid his head on top of hers.

"Newt?"

"Yeah Soph?"

"Bella's gonna be okay right?"

Newt smiled and glanced down at her.

"Of course she will be."

"How do you know?"

"Because she's Bella. She's strong, and she'd never give up on us, or herself."

Sophie smiled and wondered how she could've found Newt annoying all those years ago, when in fact, he was always there when she needed him. Now they were good friends, and that made her incredibly happy. "I guess your right," she said as she snuggled deeper into his shoulder.

Next to Mrs. Dawson's chair, sat Sawyer and Pepper holding hands and trying to reassure one another.

"But Sawyer, what if Bella's not okay? What if she's in there right now, taking her last dying breath? What if she explodes-"

"Pepper, breathe."

Pepper stopped her rant and took a breath. She looked at Sawyer and smiled in thanks.

"Thanks. I forget to do that sometimes."

Sawyer laughed and looked at her. "Yeah, I noticed."

After a little while the light-hearted mood was interrupted by the door to Bella's room slamming open and Troy running down the hallway, looking like he'd been crying. They all looked at each other and split up. Pepper and Sawyer running into Bella's room while Newt and Sophie chased after Troy.
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As Troy walked in to room, he couldn't hold in the gasp that tore through his mouth when he saw Bella. She was strapped up to too many machines to count, and for once in the time that Troy knew her, she looked fragile, like she could break at the smallest touch. He walked up to her bedside and held back the tears that were threatening to fall. She had a pink cast on her left leg, and he smiled. Of course, Bella would get a pink cast. It was her favorite color. After closer inspection, from what he could tell, she'd done something to her left wrist. It wasn't broken, but it had a brace on it. By the time he got to her face he didn't want to stop the tears. Her face was badly bruised, and she had a bad cut across her forehead. Be strong for her. He cursed that internal voice he couldn't ignore, and quickly wiped away the tears that almost fell. After pulling up a chair and sitting down, Troy took her hand and brushed some hair out of her face. "Please wake up Bella. We all need you. I need you."

He stayed like this for a little bit, until he was interrupted by her moving her head to look up at him. He perked up and held her gaze.

"Bella?"

She looked at him with a curious glance.

"Yeah?"

Troy smiled and quickly stood to wrap his arms around her small frame. He laughed and felt so overwhelmed that he didn't feel her tugging at his shirt to get his attention.

"Hey."

Troy pulled back and looked at her, grabbing her hand and grinning.

"Bella, you have no idea how happy I am to see that you're okay. I've been so worried-"

"Who are you?"

Troy pulled his hand back like he'd been burned.

"What did you say?"

"I mean, I'm happy that you're so excited to see me, but I have no idea who you are."

Troy's heart stopped. Bella was saying something, but he didn't hear any of it. He felt like he was underwater. Like he was falling into an abyss an there was no escape. This can't be happening. Not to Bella.

This time he didn't stop the tears from falling.
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Sorry, that chapter was actually longer than I planned, but hey.
Plot twist!!!
Jk everyone probably saw that coming. But yeah, Troy's heartbroken, and Bella's got amnesia. She still knows her name though.
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