Forever Mine

Chapter 1

Carrie sat at her desk, reading the latest news during her lunch break when an article about him came up. She rolled her eyes upon seeing the headline. 'Harrison Ford discusses rehab, future plans,' it read.

For some reason, she decided to read it. Most of the entire article was about him getting off the drugs. But the very end of it caught her attention when he mentioned her.

"Why did you check yourself into the rehab facility?" The interviewer asked.

"After a party, some friends of mine got me into some drugs. I was dumb to try them of course. But then they took over. They made me think and do things that I wouldn't do. Now my fiancée at the time didn't know about the drugs because I thought I could get myself off them. But I couldn't and I cheated on her. She forgave me and I cheated again. It was the stupidest thing I could've done because I didn't know what I was doing. Really didn't know what I was doing. I snapped out of the drug trance as soon as I heard her leave. By then it was too late to explain everything and ask her for help. So I checked myself into a rehab program to get my life back in order and to figure out a way to win her back. Because she did not deserve what happened."

Carrie finished eating and went back into the waiting room to check her list of this afternoons patients. After the breakup she took her job back. Carrie still wasn't sure what she was going to do about her job as the Cowboys head trainer, but she would figure it out.

Heading back to her office, she pulled up a few patients charts on her laptop and printed them out for their visit. A few minutes later her first patient of the afternoon was lead back.

He hobbled in on one knee, but then started to walk normally once the attendant closed her office door. Her eyes met with his.

"Harrison."

"Carrie."

He sat on her examination table. "We need to talk."

She didn't answer right away, which made him think he could continue. "Carrie, I'm so sorry."

"Where did I hear that before?" She asked. "Oh, the first time you cheated on me."

Harrison lowered his head. "Please let me explain."

"Sure go right ahead. Tell me you still love me and are so sorry for what you did because it was only an accident and you didn't mean to."

"What we have is gone," she continued. "It was gone when you made out with her in the backseat of your truck."

"Carrie please."

"I'm over you Harrison. I've figured out that I made a mistake loving you. You turned out like the rest of them. Go ahead and hurt me then come crying back to me."

He looked like he was about to cry. Harrison pulled an envelope out of his coat pocket and handed it to her.

"What the hell am I going to do with this?"

"Read it. Please."

She read it. It was a diagnosis from his rehab. All the drugs he'd used were listed as well as how they got him off of it. 'Significant depression' was listed next to it. 'Classified as loss of a loved one.'

Carrie studied the effects of the drugs. 'Cause hallucinations. May cause user to act without thinking. Cause user to slip into trances. Make user unaware of what is right and wrong.' She continued reading. 'Users often do abnormal things. Cause user to develop quick physical attractions.'

There was another letter that was labeled, 'To Carrie Fisher.'

She opened that one. It was a write up of what the drugs had caused him to do. "Miss Fisher, Harrison's behavior was on account of several misused drugs. After a dosage, he would fall into a trace where he'd forget things and do things he normally wouldn't do. I've seen this many times before as I've treated several men and women suffering from these drugs and a hard breakup." It was signed by a doctor.

"What'd you do, bring me an excuse?"

"I know you wouldn't believe me, so I thought this might help."

"Why'd you take the drugs?"

"Because everyone else was doing them," he answered honestly. "I'm being totally honest with you. That's why. And I know it was stupid. But we all make mistakes."

"When you were making out with that other girl, did you even think of me?"

Harrison shook his head. "No, because I couldn't remember you at the time. One of the side effects of the drugs is that the user can snap out of the trance anytime. Once I heard you leaving, I snapped out of it and realized what I'd done."

"Have you had any other relationships since our breakup?"

"No. And you?"

Carrie shook her head. "No."

Then he asked a question she wasn't expecting. "Do you still have our child?"

"Yes. I wear baggy clothes to hide it."

Slowly, Harrison reached his hand out and placed it on her belly, feeling her slight baby bump.

"How far are you?"

"Three months. And is Rawlings doing okay?"

"He misses you and B a lot."

Carrie sat down in her office chair. "Is it true you checked yourself into the rehab facility so you could get me back?"

"Yes."

Harrison paused for a second. "I owe you an apology. I'm sorry for everything I ever did to you. If you don't want to give me another chance, I totally understand. But I'm going to ask for another chance because I can't let you go. I didn't treat you the way you should be treated. I did drugs, I cheated on you, but I'm never going to stop loving you. You helped me through my knee, my PED's and now I'm begging you to help me through this because I need you."

"Please Carrie. Come back to me."