Lethal Obsession

Memories

One Week Later...

My head is throbbing and I'm really confused at this point. I hear the sound of constant beeping not too far from where I lay. I finally open my eyes to an empty room that is unfamiliar to me. I look down at my body, noticing cords and an IV hooked up to me. What happened? How long have I been out and where is everyone? I'm surprised Kale isn't here or even Beck or Christian. I'm not in a hospital room, I am in someone's bedroom! Where in the hell am I? I pull the IV from my arm and the other EEG pads attached to my head. Sliding to the side of the bed, I place my feet on the ground and start to stand. Feeling a bit wobbly, I have to place my hand back down on the bed to brace myself. As I finally get the strength to stand on my own, I see myself in the mirror before me and notice a large gash that has been stitched shut on the left side of my forehead. I need to find someone so I can figure out what happened. As I hobble toward the open doorway using anything I can to brace myself, I hear voices coming from downstairs. Just as I get through the threshold, I have no more energy and I collapse to the floor. I hear footsteps coming up the flight of stairs in a sprint. 

"Halston! Babe, you're awake!" Nate rushes over to me and wraps his arms around me, scooping me up and laying me back down in the bed. I see tears in his eyes like he has been waiting for this moment for ages. "Fuck, I'm so happy you are okay."

I give him a sideways glance. "Nate? I don't understand. I don't remember anything after Bookie's. You know, the night we went out with my friends?"

Nate has a small smirk on his face like he is ecstatic about something I said. He pauses for a moment before responding to my inquiries. "Halston...I know this is going to be hard to take in but you and I are happy and engaged now." He takes my left had where my ring lies. "You are pregnant!" I see the beautiful glow on his skin and can see how elated he is on this revelation.

I have a blank stare on my face as I look down at my stomach. What have I missed? What happened for me to not remember anything and everything that happened before this. I have so many unanswered questions so I figure I might as well start asking. "What happened to me?"

Nate looks down. "You were at one of my fights and some guy pushed you to the ground and you hit your head pretty hard against a cement step. In your fall, you bumped the bitch in front of you and she began kicking the shit out of you after you hit the ground." He traces his fingers delicately along my incision. "I wanted to kill them after I found out!"

"Nate, how far along am I? How long have I been out? What is wrong with me? My head?" I have an ashamed look on my face that I can't remember any details.

"You went into the coma a week ago and had a grand mal seizure on our way to the hospital. You have some brain damage, a traumatic brain injury to your left front temporal lobe. You might have issues with your motor skills and concentration on top of the memory loss." He begins to rub my stomach delicately. "You are around five weeks pregnant and the doctor said the baby is healthy. Fuck, I am so happy you are awake babe." He comes down to give me a kiss on the lips. 

"So you have been taking care of me this whole time? What about Beck, Christian, and...Kale? They haven't come to see me? Why am I not in a hospital?" I have so many questions running through my head. 

I see a devastating look in his eyes. "No. I told them but they have kept their distance. I guess they were never really your friends. Not once did they try to see you or even ask how you were doing." He pauses before he continues as he knows that was a dagger to my heart. "About the hospital...we took you there and you were there for a couple of days but I was able to bring you to our home and have a doctor come check on you."

My face turns pale and I feel tears filling my eyes after hearing everything he said.

Nate see's how distraught I am and rests a reassuring hand on my cheek. "Don't worry babe, I will always be here for you and our baby."