Forgotten

chapter 15

I open my eyes and I see a cream coloured ceiling and wierd smells. Then I hear some voice from beside me.

I look to my side and see a gorgeous teen boy sitting right beside me. But what is he doing in my room?

Wait, its not my room!

"Oh my freaking God Ash! You are finally up!" He says. Some more tears fall from his eyes onto his already tear stained cheeks. "How are you cuddles?! I was soo so so damn scared, you couldn't imagine!" He says and takes my hand in his and rubs it with his thumb.

"Why are you here? You don't even know me." I say, confused.

"What do you mean Ashley?" He says.

I give him another confused look, but we both are interupted by the nurse walking over to me.

The nurse grins widely and bright.

Why am I surrounded with so many people and a nurse?!

I look around for some clue where I am.

Oh! The hospital!

The nurse comes next to me. "Dear! You are at last conscious. The whole staff and our doctor were so scared that we were not sure you would even live!" She says. "I''ll call the doctor for you. He can check up on you." She adds and leaves the room.

I stop her in her tracks and say, "Wait! What the hell happened to me?"

"You were in an accident." She says just that much and leaves.

The doctor walks in after a moment. "Oh dear! You woke up, really!" He says.

He motions for the gorgeous new guy beside me to leave the room. He hesitantly leaves the room, giving me one last glance.

"Girl, tell me how you feel." The doctor says.

"My head hurts. My leg and hands are numb." I say.

"Okay. Tell me where your head hurts." The doctor says.

I show him the spot with my right because my left is actually plastered.

The doctor gasps audibly and jots something down on his notepad.

"You should rest. I'll leave you now. If you need anything, just press this buzzer." The doctor says and leaves the room.

*****

●BRYAN COLTON●

My head is in my hands. I can't believe this happening to me.

Who could imagine, that you are sleeping and some stranger just calls you saying your girlfriend is dying?

I sit there, waiting for the doctor.

I stand up as soon as I see him in front of me.

"What's wrong doc? I was inside and you asked me to leave." I say in concern.

"The car accident she experienced was not some cake walk. Thankfully she has had only minor head injury." The doctor says, placing his hand on my shoulder comfortingly. "The only problem being that this head injury was directly at the side of her forehead. And that's why Bryan, I'm afraid she has had a concussion, resulting a two year temporary loss of her memory." The doctor says with a mild frown.

"What do you mean temporary?" I ask.

"It means that she has gone four years back. She won't remember a single thing that happened in these four years. But don't worry, she will remember all of it after overcoming the dreaded concussion." The doctor says.

My world is shattered. My heart is just smashed to smithereens and my whole thinking is now a mess. She completely forgot me.

No boyfriend can see his life just walk away from you. Not just walk away, walk away with an expression saying, 'who the hell are you?'. You definitely can't.

I fall to my knees. I feel like I'm fighting an internal war. One part of me says hope the other despair.

I think the battle will last throughout the period that she remembers me again. I just don't know who to believe. I lost my love, my life. What else?

At last I see Megan and Tyler running towards me desperately. Megan's face is tear stained like mine and Tyler is looking devastated, yeah again, like me.

"What the holy cheesecake happened?" Tyler says expectantly.

"That's what I'm thinking about. Nobody in this world knows how that freaking accident took place. The one who knocked her over was one of our high school mates and that's why he had my number and called me." I answer the both of them.

Megan sobs harder and harder by the second. I too can't bear it. Can't stop it.

A single tear rolls down my cheek. Yes, boys do cry. This emotion bottling inside me is too heavy to contain anymore.

Even Tyler can't hold it. He holds me in a tight hug and starts crying, giving me his shoulder to cry.

I wet his shirt with my tears.

"She has forgotten her latest two years. Its her concussion." I say in between sobs.

"That..That.. Means... Ash...She You-" Meg asks with utter surprise. Its a surprise no one likes to be bombarded with.

"Yeah" I cut her mid-sentence.

"Oh my fricken God!" Megan audibly whispers as another couple tears fall.

A nurse comes walking in our direction.

"Yeah?" I say getting up from my position.

"Are you here for Ashley Everdeen?" She asks gently.

"Yes?" I answer.

"Only one visitor can go and see her now." She says and waits patiently for us to decide. Both Tyler and Megan look at me.

I walk to the nurse. "I'm coming."

"Have you met her in these latest two years?" She asks.

"Yeah." I say with a nod.

"Then I'm sorry, you can't see her yet." She says, feeling really bad for me.

I nod in understanding but breaking from the inside.

Megan hears the conversation and goes to see Ashley herself.

I return back to Tyler. He has that typical sad look on his face. "I feel terrible for you, man." He says as he hugs me and guides me to his car, ready to leave me home.