I woke up with the sun already in the sky and blaring through the curtains. I sit up and stretch, trying to work the sleepiness out of my eyes. Grabbing my robe, I head into the kitchen, I see a note attached to the refrigerator.

Note- Good Morning sweetheart, sorry I had to leave early this morning. There is coffee, should still be warm and I set your breakfast in the microwave. You just have to warm it up for a minute or two. Have a great day, see you this evening.

That was so sweet of him to think of me. I can't help but smile. I can smell the coffee and I walk over to the pot and he has a mug sitting there waiting for me. I pour myself some coffee and walk over to the microwave and look inside to see eggs, bacon and potatoes. What time did he get up to make this? I take my plate and sit down. This man is too good to me. I had been sitting eating for a bit and my phone started to ring. I look down and smile. I open it and his face comes across the screen.

"Good morning, Lilly. How are you feeling this morning?"

"I'm feeling great, thank you, and thanks for breakfast too."
"You're welcome. I forgot to ask you yesterday. I know I told mom we would be over Sunday, but I never asked if you would like to go. I just answered for you."

"It's fine. I would like to go. I love your mom."
"The guys will be there too. It's a usual Sunday at mom's. She's got a pool and we usually grill out. I know you can't get in but eventually you will. She usually has the crew from her flower shop too. It's closed on Sundays."

"It sounds like fun, but I don't have a suit."
"We can get you one if you want?"

"That's okay. I can't get in, so I don't need it right now."
"Alright, I was just checking in on you and asking about Sunday. How about pizza tonight?"
"That sounds great."
"Okay, pizza it is then. I will see you tonight. Stay out of trouble."
"Haha, I'll try. See you tonight."
My day is quiet and boring. I decide to explore the house and find that he has a book collection in another spare room. I look through the vast array of genres and decide I am going to have fun in this room. It's strange, but it feels normal to want to read, like I have always had a love for reading. Am I getting a small blip of my life that I lost? I take the book and head back to the living room and sit down as I open the book. I don't know how long I have been engrossed in the book when I hear the front door open and his voice carry through the house.

"Lilly, I'm home! I got pizza!"

I smile as I set my book down and head into the kitchen where I find him wrestling with Rufus. My stomach begins to flutter and a smile crosses my lips as I watch the two together.

"Hey there, how was your day?"
He stands up and smiles at me as the butterflies start doing flips and he takes my breath away.

"It was busy, but we got a lot of work done. A lot of grading. I don't want to bore you with construction stuff. How was your day?"
"It was quiet. I found your book collection. I hope you don't mind I was reading them."

"No, I don't mind. You like to read?"
"I think so. It felt so natural for me. I feel like it was something I have always liked to do."
"That's good, maybe a memory coming back. That's great!"
"Yeah, I think so."
The rest of our night is spent as usual, playing scrabble. I am beginning to enjoy our evenings together. The rest of the week is pretty uneventful. He goes to work, and I sit and read. Maybe trying to do some cleaning. It takes longer than needed with only one hand but I get it done., and I even cooked a little. It's now Sunday and we are getting ready to head over to his mother's for their usual Sunday get together. Once we arrive there are already several people there and we head inside.

"There's my boy! Hello, Lilly, how are you feeling?" She exclaims as she hugs Nathan and then hugs me.
"I'm feeling great actually. Thank you, Mrs Thomas."

"Please call me Abby. No one that I consider family calls my Mrs Thomas."
"Thank you, Abby."
We head inside then out back and Nathan introduces me to his best friends.

"Lilly, this is Eric and Connor. We grew up together, and now they work for me."
"Nice to meet you." She greets them.

"Nice to meet you too." Connor returns.

"Wow, you never told us she was gorgeous. No wonder you stayed away from work for a while. I would too." Eric said as he smirked at Nathan.

"Knock it off, Eric. She needed help."
"Mmhmm, help, yeah that's what it was." he adds.

I blushed and walked away from them. He makes me feel nervous for some reason. I don't know what it is but he kinda gives me the creeps. I hear footsteps behind me and then I can smell him before I can see him. It fills my nostrils and I breathe him in. My skin tingles just knowing he is near.

"Hey, I'm sorry about him. He can be a little forward. I told him to rein it in."
"It's okay. I think he reminds me of someone. I just can't place it."
"Maybe another memory?"
"I don't know."
He takes me around and introduces me to everyone and they are all so nice. We are all having a great time. Everyone is making use of the pool as we sit on the side talking with everyone. I told Nathan he could get in, but he said since I couldn't he wasn't going to either. This guy is too good to be true. We had been enjoying ourselves for a couple hours when I looked over and saw Nathan looking off to the side of the house and his jaw was clenched, and he looked like he could shoot daggers from his eyes. I look over and see two women coming around the side of the house.

"What the hell are you doing here?"
"I came with my friend. She invited me. I was hoping I might see you." The brunette said with a grin.

"You saw me now leave, Jennifer." He says through gritted teeth.

"Come on, don't act like that. We used to have a good time. You wouldn't want to make a scene."
"Fine, just stay away from me."
She walks off with her friend in a huff and sits down across the pool after they have gotten a drink.

"Is that the one?" I ask.

"Yes, that is the bitch, Jennifer."
"I'm sorry. Do you want to go?"
"NO she is not going to chase me from my mother's house. I am better than she is."
"Good, be the better man."
He just smiled at me and squeezed my hand. I look over and Jennifer is shooting daggers at me. She looks like she wants to kill me. I need to stay away from her. The afternoon was great. I got to know a lot of people and his friends were great. Once I got to know Eric he wasn't as creepy as I first thought. The guys were great. Some of the girls that worked for Abby were sweet too. They gave me their numbers and said we should hang out sometime. Nathan and the guys started grilling and I went to help Abby get everything prepared and bring it all out to the tables. Once everything was ready Nathan fixed me a plate and brought it over to me.

"Thanks, Nathan."

"You're welcome, Lilly. Can I get you anything else?"
"No, I'm good. Come sit with me and eat."
"I'll be right back."
While he was gone Jennifer came stomping up to me.

"Just so you know that man is mine. Keep your filthy paws off of him or else."
"I don't think he is. I think he made it pretty clear. Besides, he is only helping me get back on my feet."
"Poor pathetic creature, his new project of the week."

"Just walk away, Jennifer. We have nothing to talk about."
"Just watch it. He is mine."
She quickly turned around and stomped off before Nathan came back out with his plate.

"Are you okay, Lilly?"

"Yeah, just swatting away a bug."
"Do you want to go inside?"
"No, it's a nice evening."
We finished eating and he took our trash inside. I get up and walk around and stop to talk to Eric, as I try to get to know more about everyone. I see Jennifer making her way around the pool talking to people as she walks by. She stops a few inches from me, talking with her friend and before I know it she fakes tripping and knocks me over and it feels like an eternity as I fall into the pool. I hear Eric yell as I hit the water and I struggle to reach the surface. Not soon after I feel strong arms wrap around my waist as they pull me up to the surface. Coughing and sputtering as I look over and see that Nathan has jumped in to save me. He swims with me over to the stairs and helps me climb out. I see his mom run from the house with towels for us.

"Are you okay, Lilly?" Nathan asks as he wraps the towel around me.

"Yes. *cough* *cough*"
"What happened?"

"Jennifer pushed her into the pool." Eric answers as he walks over to us.

"I did not! It was an accident." Jenner whines as she stomps her foot like a toddler.

"You know she can't be in the water with that cast. She could have drowned!" Nathan yells at her.

"It wasn't intentional. She shouldn't have been near the water if she couldn't be in it!"

"Why don't you go home! No one wants you here!"

"Ugh, fine. Maria, let's go! This is not over, Nathan!" She screams as she begins to drag her friend

"Yes, it is! Now get the hell out."
She leaves in a huff, and her friend tries to pull from her grasp. My teeth start chattering as I wrap the towel tighter around me. Nathan starts rubbing my arms with the towel trying to warm me up. I can feel the cast starting to chafe my arm as the water soaks in.

"We need to get you to the hospital to have them change that cast. We don't need you getting any sores. Come on, let's get going."
"Yeah, I think that's the best. I can't believe she did that."
"I can. Now let's get you to the hospital. We'll run home real quick and change first."

"Yeah, these clothes are kinda gross."

"Sorry about having to leave, mom."
"No, son, go take care of Lilly. She is more important."
"We'll see you later."
"Thanks again, Abby."

"You're welcome, sweetheart. So glad you could come. Next time she won't be here. I'll make sure of it."
We head back to the house and change before we head to the hospital. As we walk in we see the doctor that treated me the last time I was here.

"Hello Miss Smith, what do we have the pleasure of seeing you so soon?"

"She was pushed into the pool and her cast is now soaked." Nathan says.

"Oh, that's not good. Come with me and we will get this fixed."We head down the hall and into a room. He brings in the supplies and then wants to take me to get an x-ray to see how everything is healing. When he sees everything is okay, he takes the wet cast off and applies another. Once everything is done, we head back home and relax. It's been a long day and we decided to watch a movie and relax. I don't think I made it through the whole move as I felt him pick me up and carry me to my room and place me in my bed and pull the covers up over me. He places a soft kiss on my forehead and leaves the room as he switches off the light and quietly shuts the door as I drift back to sleep and tonight my dreams are filled with Nathan instead of the darkness I have been seeing.