1D 1-Shots! (Closed)

Your Song (Sarah + Niall)

You said bring the sap, so I did! :) Enjoy.

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Life is all about moments of impact and how they change our lives forever. But what if one day, you could no longer remember any of them?

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Ok, ttyl. xx

I sent the text, throwing my phone on the seat next to me. The Irish air was foggy, clouds covering the city of Mullingar. 

I squinted to see out my window. This was perfect weather for an accident.

For the accident. 

I came upon the cutoff where the road from the highway merged into my lane. My massive Range Rover kept driving, forwards.

The last thing I remember was a loud horn and the car flipping through the air.

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Niall's POV

Sitting in the hospital waiting room was torture. "I'm sure she'll be just fine." my mom reassured me, but I didn't believe her. I couldn't believe her, not until I saw it. 

Sarah and I have been dating for almost three years now, in fact, I was planning on popping the question soon. She was on her way to her mother's home in Dublin when a freight truck came out of nowhere and clocked her car. The '97 Range Rover was nothing compared to the 2 ton truck. 

A doctor came out, red-haired, with a grimace on her face. "You all can go and see her, she's not responsive though. I'll have Dr. Holmes tell you the whole story." 

I stood immediately, finally, the moment I've been waiting for. I entered the bleach white hospital room and could have fainted. 

There was Sarah, lying on one of those dingy hospital beds, casts on her right arm and left leg, bandages everywhere, eyes closed. I forced myself to look, to remember her curly brown hair, which now hung limp around her face. 

"So as you know, the truck collided with her car, almost diagonally. She would be dead if it wasn't for the airbag. We don't know the neural damage yet, but sometime soon we should be able to take an MRI, if she doesn't wake up first. She dislocated her right shoulder and her left Tibia was shattered."  A different doctor told us. 

I stood there, in shock. Neural damage?

"We don't know when she will wake up, she seems to be in a coma-induced sleep. Could be anywhere from two minutes to two months. My name is Dr. Holmes if you need anything." I nodded at the doctor, who left us with Sarah.

I found a chair and sank into it. Coma-induced sleep? People die from those!

I buried my head in my hands, "It should have been me." I muttered. Nobody said a word. I spoke again, "It should have been me, not you." 

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Five days later she woke up.

My mom called in a nurse, who paged the doctor. All the while I sat by her bedside as she slowly started to move. Her eyes fluttered open, revealing the beautiful blue-grey orbs that I had fallen in love with. 

The doctor immediately started asking her questions, trying to figure out what damage there was, "Hi, do you know your name?" Sarah seemed dazed, but she answered, "No, I'm sorry, I… I can't remember. I don't know any of you people," she looked around. "What am I doing here?"

My heart sunk. Correction, my heart fell into a fiery pit of despair and broke into a thousand little pieces.

That's poetic… that's pathetic.

Sarah looked over at me. "Squid…" I started, using her pet name. "You have to remember. Please." She just gave me another weird look, "I'm sorry, do I know you?" 

***

Almost a month passed with Sarah in therapy. The doctor said the only way for her to regain all of her memory, which might not even be possible, would be for her to break through the wall her brain set up. In other words, she had to remember for herself.

She had begun to remember her family and loads of her history, but nothing about me. 

Nothing at all.

I was heading to the hospital right now to see her, guitar slung over my back. Music always made me feel better, so who's to say it won't make her feel better?

I have kind of given up on her remembering me, I feel like it would just be easier if we started over, re-wrote our story. 

As I entered the room that had become so familiar, I pulled my guitar around so I could play. Sarah smiled as she saw me sit down. 

Ever since she had woken up she knew me as that guy who always visited her, not that she knew why. I had decided not to tell her we had been together, she needed to figure out for herself, like the doctor said. 

"Thought I'd bring a little music today." I said, messing around with the tuning. 

"He's been waiting around for the weekend

Figuring which club to sneak in

Fancy drinks and fifty-dollar cover charge

Lately it's been a big hassle

Heineken and New Castle

To make sure he's fitting in and living large

Disregard the lies that he will tell

and what he's probably like 'cause

It's not hard his charm is gonna

Get him through the night-"

I was starting on the chorus when Sarah choked out, "Niall?"

 I dropped the guitar, looking at the love of my life. "Niall, oh my god, Niall." she said again. I was hugging her within a second. "Sarah…" I said, shaking with happiness, "Sarah, I didn't think you would ever remember me." 

 She started to cry, and I happily joined her, "Niall… I…" she tried to speak. I just hugged her tighter, not wanting to let go in fear she might forget me again. 

 I pulled away, looking into her eyes, "I vow to love you, and no matter what challenges might carry us apart, we will always find a way back to each other." 

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 Sappy enough?? :) So it was totally inspired by the movie The Vow, and the first and last lines are from The Vow! :D

 I hope you enjoyed it. 

-Kat