The day I finally got to see her broke my heart. I had been in the hospital for three days before anyone allowed me near her. I knew from my mom, and from the doctors, that she had not regained her memory yet. But, at the time, I thought that seeing her better and awake would make me feel better. I thought, maybe if I saw her breathing, that it would make me feel less guilty. I was wrong, though.

When they wheeled me into her room, the smile on my face was priceless. She was trying to do her hair with a nurse, and I watched her instruct her on how she liked her hair up in those high ponytails. At the time, I was thrilled. Reina remembered how she liked her hair, so her memory must be coming back.

"Reina." The nurse smiled, softly knocking on her door. "You have a visitor."

I was so happy when she finally looked at me. I was so happy to see those beautiful eyes, and her beautiful lips. But, when I saw the expression on her face, I wanted the nurse to wheel me back to my room. Actually, fuck that. I wanted to get right up out of this chair and run to the nearest bathroom so I could throw up. Reina looked so confused. Her eyebrows furrowed together when she looked at me, as if her brain was trying to piece together who I was.

"Hey." I said, immediately feeling stupid for that being the only word to come to mind at a time like this.

Reina continued to stare at me for what felt like hours, her eyes scanning every single inch of my face. I knew that she was trying to remember. I also knew that she could tell how hurt I was, because her expression softened. After a few more moments, she let out a huge sigh as tears began to form in her eyes. Mine couldn't help but do the same.

"I'm supposed to remember you, aren't I?" She asks.

I wiped away a tear that fell on my cheek, as the nurse tried to comfort me by rubbing my back. I didn't want to cry in front of her. I didn't want to scare her. But my heart was breaking. I'm looking at the love of my life. I'm trying to remember the past two years in ten minutes, and it's making me feel like my brain is going to explode. All of that effort. All of that time spent trying to win her over. It's all gone.... Just like that? So easily?

"It's okay." i choke out.

"No it's not." She whispers back, wiping away tears of her own. "I'm supposed to know you, aren't i? Isn't that why you're crying? You play football at my school, and your name is Justin. That's all i know. But you're crying. So we must have known each other."

The monitors by her bed begin to pick up speed, and my immediate instinct is to reach for her hand. She immediately takes it back, her eyes widening once she realizes who I'm technically supposed to be.

"Oh no..." She trails off. "Please, no."

My hand is left just sitting there on the edge of her bed. I'm in complete shock, my body and my mind seeming to be as frozen as a statue.

"I'm being told that i've forgotten things." She cries. "And now you're in here, the boy who literally sleeps with every girl he meets, and I'm supposed to believe that we were ever a thing? What is this? Some kind of joke? Or a prank?"

I want to laugh and die all at the same time. She forgot what she did to me. She forgot that she changed everything I thought i knew about dating someone. She changed everything, and now I have to start over. I have to somehow try and win her back all over again. I can't take this. I feel the bile rising up into my mouth, but I swallow it down and just let the anger take over my body. The trip to vegas, the wedding, the night I held her for the first time, our stupid trip to get a fucking hot dog. All of the little shit, the stuff that seemed meaningless, clouded my memory. I was pissed, I was broken, i was everything and nothing all at once.

"Take me back." I muttered to the nurse lowly. "Please."

"Were you my boyfriend?" Reina asked. "Did we date? Is that why you tried to grab my hand?"

"Please take me back." I said to the nurse again, wiping away more tears.

"Justin." She says,.

I look at her once more as tears spill onto her cheeks for the second time today. She looks like a lost puppy. For a moment I forget my anger, and I just look at her to try and figure out a way to help her. I'm trying to figure out a way to somehow get her to remember me. I'm lost, though. I have no idea where to even start.

"Why are you here?" She asks. "Who are you to me?"

The beeping gets more intense, and this time it causes her nurse to come into the room. Reina is practically sobbing in her bed, and I'm not far behind her from breaking down. I can't feel anything, I can't say anything, I can't do anything but just watch her cry.

"I hate this!" She screamed, my heart completely shattering into two. "Why are you here?!"

"Take me back!" I yell to the nurse, causing her to jump. "Take me fucking back!"

The nurse quickly grabbed onto the handles and as i buried my face into my hands to cry, the last thing I heard was Reina's sobbing all the way down the hallway.

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According to Casey, Reina remembered her. Over the past couple of days the doctors have determined that she thinks that she just started her freshman year of college, which would have been a couple of months prior to meeting me. I haven't been able to get up the courage to go and see her again. I've mostly been with my mom or Scott here at the hospital. Today was my last day here, and Scott was helping me pack up my things for me.

"We're going to get you a burger man." He chuckled. "Bet you haven't had that in awhile."

I wasn't in the mood to joke around or laugh. I haven't been in the mood to speak to anyone in days. He knew well enough why I was so upset, but he still kept trying to cheer me up. Before I could respond, Casey entered into the room with a huge smile on her face. The both of their happy attitudes were pissing me off.

"Hey!" She said to me. "How are you feeling?"

The look on my face must have said it all because she cleared her throat and looked at Scott for help.

"Justin." He sighed, putting a hand on my shoulder. "Her memory will come back. You just have to think positively."

"And if it doesn't?" I laughed in disbelief. "What then, Scott?"

"Then you fight for her." Casey interjects. "I've been trying to catch her up on everything she's missed out on the past two years. She's confused, but she's getting there. That's all that matters."

"And did she even ask about me?" I questioned. "Does she even want to know me? Because a couple of days ago when I saw her, I was the same player that i was two years ago to her. Does she think differently of me? Does she want to try to get to know me again? Tell me that, Casey."

She stayed silent, twirling her shirt with her fingertips.

"Exactly." I mutter.

"Ignoring her isn't going to solve anything man." Scott spoke up, slinging my bag over his shoulder. I was holding my discharge papers, dreading to even leave and go back to the apartment. I'm not sure where Reina was staying. I wanted her to be with me every second for her recovery. I wanted to hold her, take care of her, but I had so much anger. Not at her, but at the situation. It's not fair.

"I don't know what to say." I finally admit. "I love her, but it feels like I'm meeting the old Reina for the first time. The one who doesn't trust me. I don't want to be that person again. I don't."

Casey wrapped her arms around my neck so that she could give me an enormous hug, practically crushing my chest.

"Just talk to her how you normally would." She says calmly. "That's all you can really do at this point. I know it's a scary situation, Justin. But ignoring her and not trying to remind her of who you are isn't going to bring her memory back. You need to at least try, you know?"

Letting out a sigh, I hopped off of the hospital bed and rolled my eyes.

"I hate when you're right." I mutter.

A/N:

Quick chapter! Sorry for it being so short. I'm going to update shortly. 

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