Recover

Chapter 3

-Harry's POV-

"What the fuck was that?!" I say a little too loudly before seating myself in a chair next to Liam. 

"Harry, calm down. I know you're upset, and I'm just as confused as you are, but let's just be happy that he's alive." Liam is almost too sensible at times. 

"I don't understand... How can he not remember me..." I'm quieter now.

Niall sighs, I know he's been quite hurt over all of this as well. "He must've had some bad brain damage and memory loss."

"It's alright lads, we can get through this. We just need to do all we can to help him recover," Zayn joins in. We all settle into a silence while waiting to see what comes next. 

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It felt like an eternity of mindlessly flipping through magazine pages and staring at a tv screen showing our own faces before the doctor emerged from Louis' room.

He sits down across from us before starting, "Boys... He's going to be alright health-wise, but he is suffering from a very strange case of amnesia. It seems that the only knowledge that he has of himself and others is very limited. It's as if he woke with the brain of his 14 year old self. Everything he has experienced and every one he has met after 2006 seems to be lost."

We all look at each other in shock. I am speechless, and Liam is the one to say, "Is he ever going to be able to fully regain his memory?"

"It's hard to say. In some cases I have seen a full recovery, so with encouragement he may be able to reach that as well." the doctor explains.

"What can we do to help him?" I finally am able to speak up. 

"He is very fragile right now, so the best thing to do is to be patient and try to see if he can make connections with old stories and pictures. Ask him questions and answer all of his. I imagine being a member of the biggest boy band in the world must be quite overwhelming in general, so keep in mind how hard it will be for Louis to become reacquainted with everything. There is going to be a lot of talk with your managers on how the future of the band is going to be planned out." 

We all just nod in understanding and remain silent while trying to register everything that is happening. This has turned all of our lives upside down. 

So Louis really doesn't remember me. What about the last 3 years of building our relationship with all that trust and love? It has been complicated enough for us with all of the conspiracies and hiding. He's going to have to relearn how we must act in public, and how to interact with Eleanor. She's only been here once to take one picture for Instagram so that the fans think that she has been by his side the whole time. Oh god, he doesn't even know he's gay yet! He's never been with another man but me, so I'm not even sure he knew he liked guys before meeting me. What if he doesn't want to be with me anymore? 

Nonsense. Our love is stronger than anything that life throws at us. I'm determined to help him regain his memory and rebuild our life together, to recover.

"Can I speak to him?" I ask the doctor. 

"Once he is moved into the recovery unit, you can be the first to speak to him." 

And so it begins.