The creaking door was what caught Dylan's attention. He was sitting beside Amber's bed, looking at her unconscious face and kept hoping that she will wake up soon.

His parents have left the hospital to go home for a shower, food and some rest as the chairs in the hospital room were very uncomfortable. Dylan has offered to stay with Amber in their absence, to keep her company in case she woke up.

It has been a day since her accident, and she still has not woken up. The doctors were unsure of the cause, but they were hopeful that she will wake up soon. They spoke about her state of shock and how that could have affected her still being asleep.

When Dylan looked up from Amber's face, he saw Cyrus coming towards him. He has been in touch with him as he knew that Cyrus has some connections around town and could possibly help him in finding out what happened yesterday.

The guilt was slowly eating away at him, and he didn't know how else he could help Amber. So the only way he could think of was to find the person who was driving the car and involved Amber in the accident.

"Hey how is she doing?" Cyrus asked as he walked towards Dylan. When he first heard about the accident from Dylan, he wanted to come to the hospital as quickly as possible. He was worried about the girl, even though he only saw her 2 times.

"Not great" Dylan replied to his friend with a sigh, "She was supposed to wake up hours ago but she still hasn't and even the doctors aren't sure of the cause".

"She's gonna be fine. From what you've told me, she's tough so I'm sure she'll power through this" Cyrus was now next to Dylan, looking at an unconscious Amber with sadness and another feeling that he didn't recognise. Whatever it was, there was now some pain rippling through his chest, almost as if he was being pricked with needles.

"Okay so look, I need to find out what happened. The police still don't know anything and I doubt that they will find something. The street is usually quiet and there's no cameras anywhere. Can you make some calls and see what you can find out please?" At this point, Dylan was desperate enough to beg his friend for help, not that he had to.

Cyrus was one of those people who just had a lot of connections. He knew people who knew other people, and so it might be easier for him to get some information about the accident than if Dylan tried to.

"Yeah, I'll make some calls and see what I can find. But Dylan, please don't get your hopes up okay? I'll try my best, but maybe it was just a pure accident okay?" Cyrus warned him, not wanting Dylan to blame him if he couldn't find anything.

"Yeah, thank you, honestly" Dylan nodded at Cyrus with a slight smile on his face, understanding what he was asking and why. "Hey before you go, can you stay with Amber for a bit while I go and talk to her doctor? They must know what's happening with her by now" his hand was now running through his hair; out of frustration and the feeling of helplessness.

"Yeah sure man, you go ahead" Cyrus moved towards Amber bed, and sat down in the chair next to it.

Walking towards the door, Dylan looked back at Amber to make sure she's okay, before exiting the room in search of her doctor.

As Cyrus was sitting by her bed, his phone went off indicating that someone was calling him. He took his phone out of his jeans pocket, and saw that it was Nathan, his brother, calling him.

"Hey little bro! You picked up!" said the voice on the other end of the phone. The voice was quite hoarse, sounding as if Nathan just woke up even though it was 6pm in the evening.

"Hey Nathan what's up, where have you been?" Cyrus kept looking over at Amber, checking if she was awake.

"I need a favour from you Cyrus, I really need you to go to..." before he could finish what he was saying, Cyrus interrupted him, already feeling the anger creeping up on him.

"Seriously? You can't even pretend for 2 minutes that you're calling to check up on me, mum or even Blake? We haven't heard from you in months, we've been worried but obviously the only thing you need from me is another favour!" his voice was getting louder with each word he was saying to Nathan, all the anger and worry from the past few months pouring out of him right then and there.

"No Cyrus, you don't understand I really need your help, look I've been..."

"Save it Nathan, I've heard enough! Just please call mum to let her know you're not dead" he seethed the last sentence out and hang up the phone, having heard enough from his older brother.

He looked over at Amber, who was still fast asleep, knowing that it was the only thing that would stop him from absolutely losing his mind right now.

This girl in front of him was like no other, and he knew it from the first time he saw her at the coffee shop where she was drinking her coffee and observing everything happening outside the big windows.

He remembered how beautiful she looked in the sunlight streaming through the windows, how she carefully blew into her cup to make sure her drink wasn't too hot, how her smile made her plump cheeks look so round and cute.

And no, he wasn't obsessed with her per se, just rather intrigued. He wanted to know everything about her, and he wanted her to want to know everything about him.

All she had to do now is wake up and he wouldn't waste another minute.

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"I'm sorry but I don't remember anything else! Can you please stop asking me the same questions over and over again?!" I was honestly tired of the police officers grilling me for information that I did not have.

I woke up a few hours ago, with no recollection of what happened exactly. I had a few flashes of memories but there was nothing specific that I could hang onto. All I remember is the colour black, making me think that the colour was significant in some way and that is exactly what I've been telling the police officers for the past hour.

"Miss I'm sorry. We understand that this is a very stressful and confusing time for you, however if there's anything at all, no matter how small, that you remember from that day it could be very helpful" the police officer on the right said to me, trying to act sympathetic but I could tell that he was just playing nice.

"She said no, okay?! Enough of the questioning, just leave her alone!" Casanova, I mean Cyrus, shouted from the other side of the room.

Ever since I woke up, he has been silent, not contributing to the conversation, not bombarding me with questions. I really appreciated that, especially that since I woke up I haven't had a quiet moment to myself.

Both my Auntie and Uncle were here along with Dylan. As soon as I woke up, Dylan rang them and they rushed over here from their nap. I told them to stay home and to come at a later time but they were having none of it. As soon as they arrived, Olive rushed to me with tears in her eyes and wouldn't stop apologising.

For what, I have no idea. Whatever happened, it wasn't her fault and that's exactly what I had to tell her nonstop for about 30 minutes before she managed to calm down.

Uncle James on the other hand was more calm, and just happy that I was awake and doing well.

What did worry me was Dylan, since he wouldn't even look me in the eyes. I have tried to talk to him, however he only gave me one word replies; no matter what I said to him.

"Yes we understand and we apologise Miss. If any memories come back, please contact us. Your Auntie and Uncle have our private numbers. Thank you and have a good day" the same officer spoke once again, bowing his head slightly and ushering his parter to leave the room. Dylan, Olive and James followed them out of the room, whether to be polite and walk them out or whether to ask more questions, I wasn't sure.

I was glad they left, I don't think I could've have taken much more of their questioning. I looked over at Cyrus who was still on the other side of the room and caught his eye. I smiled at him, gratefulness shining through. He returned my smile and started making his way towards me.

"How you doing there, cafe tease? Do you need anything?"

"Seems like I only need you"

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