Ready-Chapter 23

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~Chapter 23~

-SKYLARS P.O.V-

"She remembers." I manage to breathe out, tears forming as a smile appears on my face, and a weight is lifted from my heart. "She what?" Hunter says smiling looking up his eyes sparkling with hope. "She remembers. Thank you God, she remembers." I say smiling and I cry and Hunter picks me up and spins me around and he kisses me lightly before setting me back down. "Now if I remember correctly who didn't believe me when I said everything would be alright." Hunter says and I smile laughing. "Im not sure!" I say winking at him. "Now let's go!" I add happily and we go out to the car and begin to drive to the hospital. Everything seemed to be going in slow motion and we couldn't get to the hospital fast enough, Hunter held my hand the entire way there. Natalie giggled in the backseat as we passed other cars, it amazed me what fascinated her little mind. The way she appreciated the little things. After what seems like forever we pull into the parking lot and Hunter takes Natalie and we walk inside and the nurse, that I now knew all to well, directs us upstairs to the Hayley's room she had been staying for the past three weeks as they monitored her and ran tests on her brain damage. We get in the elevator and my heart is beating a million miles a minute as it travels upward, slowly. The door opens and I walk to Hayley's door, Hunter following behind me and I knock and Sam lets us in smiling. As soon as the door opened I saw Hayley, and she smiled at me. My heart skipped a beat as I saw her face light up, she remembered. "Sky." She said and I ran to her and she wrapped her arms around me. "Sky, I'm so sorry. How could I forget my best friend, my sister?" She says sadly and I hug her tightly. "Don't be sorry, its not your fault. You got in an accident three weeks ago, and since then I've been here everyday trying to talk to you, to get you to remember." I say and Hayley nods. "I know, I remember, everything." She says and I smile and cry looking at her and I lay my hand on her cheek. "I thought you'd never remember, never come back." I say backing away and she smiles. "How could I forget?" She says tearing up and I smile. "I'm glad your back Sky." She adds and I shake my head. "I never left." "Then I'm glad I remember you, I remember our business, our friendship. I also remember your hot hubby, and beautiful daughter." She says laughing and I smile and laugh. "She's back." I say taking her hand and she smiles. "I'm back." She echo's my words and I nod slowly. "I asked her about the business and she immediately looked up at me and asked for you." Sam says and I smile. "Now if I would've thought to talk about work with you three weeks ago this would've cleared up much faster!" I say slapping my forehead and Hayley laughs and shakes her head. "I'm supposed to get out of here in a week, they've been monitoring the baby, and my head, and we're getting better. You know what that means?" She says and I smile. "What?" ”It means that in a week and one day we will have a store open for business." She says and I smile. "To bad you'll be on medical leave for 2 months soon." I say laughing and she laughs with me and places her hand on her stomach. "Her names Taylor, or Tay for short." Hayley says and my heart skips a beat again at the thought of a little Ellis running around soon, I bet she'd have light brown hair like her moms and dark brown eyes like her dads. "Its a beautiful name." I say smiling and she nods. "We have alot planned, I mean we've had awhile to talk." She says and Sam laughs. "3 weeks." He says placing his hand on Hayley's stomach and she nods and puts her hand over his and he smiles. "Speaking of babies, Natty, I missed you!" Hayley says and Natalie laughs and hides her head in Hunters neck. "Missed you too." Natalie repeats and I smile. "Happy Birthday." Hayley says and Hunter sets Natalie on the bed and she crawls carefully up to Hayley. "Baby?" She says pointing to Hayley's stomach and Hayley laughs and nods. "Yep, are you excited to meet her?" Hayley says and Natalie nods quickly smiling. "Meet her?" Natalie says in her high pitched voice, she had learned much more words, and Hayley nods smiling and Natalie giggles. "She's beautiful Sky." Hayley says putting her hand on Natalie's back as Natalie plays with a bit of her gown on her stomach, bunching it up in her hand and I smile. "Reminds me of you." Hayley says and I look down. "Thanks Hals." I say and she nods. We spent the rest of the day in the hospital catching up with Hayley telling her recent news, as if shed been gone, but in reality a part of her had been gone. We all ate in Hayley's room and Natalie took a nap in Hunters arms as we all talked. Soon it got dark and I knew we had to go home.

-HUNTERS P.O.V-

Watching Skylar happy as she talked to Hayley as if the past three weeks never happened was relieving. Watching her smile come back, her real smile. Listening to that giggle, the giggle that made my heart melt. Hayley may have been the one that 'came back', but Skylar came back as well, the real Skylar. "Hayes we better head home." She said looking at me as I stared at her, breaking my trance. I had always been the one to tell her we had to go these past few weeks. "Okay, let's go." I say standing and I hold Natalie, who is sleeping, in my arms. "Bye Hals." "Bye Sky." She says and Sam nods at us as we walk out of the room and we go out to the car and I put Natalie in. "Today has been amazing, our girl is two, and Hayley remembers." She says and I puts my hand on her leg. "I told you it'd be better." "Your pretty smart." "I know." I say kissing her and she laughs lightly and I begin to drive. The car ride home seems shorter than the drive here, and the sadness that used to hang in the air was gone. Replaced by the sounds of Skylar humming along with the radio as she smiles and stares out the window. "I love you Hayes." She whispers and I smile. "I love you too Sky." I say and she smiles and leans her head on the window. By the time we get to the house Skylar is sleeping and I wake her gently. "We're home." I whisper and she nods and unbuckles. She was probably exhausted, she spent nights awake worried. I pick up Natalie and open the door and Skylar walks in still half asleep and she drops her bag and walks up the stairs and I follow behind her. I go in and change Natalie before laying her in her crib. "Happy Birthday princess." I whisper and she stirs slightly. I kiss her forehead before walking out of her room and down the hall into our room. I see the lights are on and I find Skylar still fully clothed in bed half asleep. I laugh quietly before taking off her jacket and she stirs and turns to her side. I lay her jacket on the floor and I take off her boots and set them at the end of the bed. I look at her, her blonde hair spread across her pillow. "I love you Sky, your so incredibly strong and amazing, and even if I seem like your hero, you're mine as well." I whisper and she moves slightly. I smile and take off my shoes and jacket before laying in bed next to her and she immediately cuddles into my chest. "Night Hayes." She mumbles and I smile and rub her back gently. "Night Sky." I say smiling as I turn off the lamp next to the bed and I begin to fall asleep slowly, listening to Skylar's heartbeat against my own.

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