My Guitar Buddy (A One Direction & Emblem3 Fan Fiction)

Chapter 17

Skylar's POV

I pushed the door open and saw Ashlyn sitting up in the bed, her eyes wide open. They grew wider as I approached her.

"What am I doing here?" she whispered.

My heart stopped.

"What do you mean, Ash?" I asked, nervous.

"I don't remember anything," she mumbled. 

"Do you know who I am?" I asked, bracing myself for her response.

"You..." Ashlyn took me in. "You're Skylar. My best friend. Of course I know you!"

I smiled. "Do you know who they are?" I pointed to the guys at the door.

Her eyes grew ginormous. "ONE DIRECTION!" she squealed like a fan-girl.

Uh-oh.

"How much do you remember?" Liam asked urgently.

"How do you know me?" Ashlyn asked, confused.

Hurt flashed in Liam's eyes as he squeezed his eyes shut and started muttering, "I'm dreaming. I'm dreaming. I'm dreaming."

"Is he all right?" Ashlyn questioned to me.

"Ash," I said rather desperately. "Don't you remember? That night at the concert, you going on a date with Liam, going on tour with them, leaving for California, becoming Drew's girlfriend?"

"What are you going on about?" she asked. "The concert is tonight."

"That so-called concert was a month and a half ago," Harry said quietly.

Liam let out a sob.

I felt awful.

Ashlyn looked confused. "What's the date today?"

"October  13, 2012," the nurse said.

Ashlyn's face went pale. "That's not possible. It's August 27th, 2 days from Liam's birthday!" 

"Unfortunately, she seems to have suffered memory loss," the doctor told us. "But the good thing is that she's alive."

Ashlyn's POV

I was extremely confused. "What's the date today?" I asked no one in particular.

"October 13, 2012," the nurse replied.

I felt my face go pale with shock. "That's not possible. It's August 27th, 2 days from Liam's birthday!" 

The doctor said quietly to Skylar and the boys, "Unfortunately, she seems to have suffered memory loss. But the good thing is that she's alive."

"How is that a good thing when she doesn't remember the most important part of her life?" Skylar demanded. "Is there anything that we can do to help bring her memory back?"

"What happened?" I asked weakly. 

No one answered me.

"How did she even forget anything?" Louis asked. "She didn't hit her head. All you did was the stomach pumping and then..."

"She fell into a coma," Niall finished. "That might've done it."

"But it's highly unlikely," Skylar countered.

I was so lost. "What happened?"

No one answered, they just turned to me and looked at me like I was a dead dog.

I guess, if what they were saying was true, I kind of was like a dead dog that came back to life.

"She was only out for a few hours!" Liam cried.