I won't give up chap 1

This is going to be a fairly short chapter, with a long authors note at the end. Read to the end of the A/N please! Sorry this took forever, to write, but, here you go!

'If I don't remember you after all this is done, maybe you should try to forget me'

'…Maybe you should try to forget me.'

'…Forget me'

The words Riley wrote had been running through Lucas's mind since he read them over two hours ago.

'Forget me' She had said in the note. He shook his head again. He couldn't. He finally knew just what she was feeling, what she really thought about him. She had wanted to spend her life by his side! He had felt this since even before their first date, and he knew she liked him, but he never knew how serious she was. He couldn't just forget her and walk away after learning how she felt. He couldn't just leave, Riley was his everything!

For the past two hours, Lucas had been pacing around the hospital waiting room, reading and rereading the letter. Some of the time he was crying, sometimes he felt like he wanted to scream. All he really wanted was to know if Riley was ok.

Lucas's footsteps had practically worn a hole in the linoleum waiting room floor. He ran his fingers through his already disheveled hair. He felt like ripping it all out of his head as he sighed in frustration.

"When is she going to be out of there?!" Lucas's voice cracked as he tried to keep from crying.

"Honey, the surgery was supposed to take around 5 hours, but they have to keep her under for at least a day to make sure her brain is responding properly to treatment," Topanga looked at him sympathetically. She had cried just as much as Lucas had paced, and her eyes were red and puffy.

Lucas looked around at everyone in the room. Cory sat rubbing Topanga's back, seemingly calm, though as Lucas focused on his face, it was visible that tears had been shed. Maya was asleep on Josh's shoulder, because Shawn went outside for air over an hour ago and hadn't come back. Maya had tried to be strong, but after the first half hour, she snapped. She was screaming and sobbing and beating on Shawn's chest. Eventually Shawn couldn't handle much more, and Maya was handed off to Josh, and somehow he talked Maya into calming down, and she started to fall asleep. She had been asleep for about 45 minutes. Farkle was just kind of sitting, with his knees pulled up to his chest. He had been spewing obscure facts about absolutely nothing.

"The average human will eat approximately 8 spiders while sleeping. Crocodiles cannot stick their tongues out. Almonds are a member of the peach family…" Farkle had been quietly chanting like this for over an hour.

All of a sudden, it seemed to Lucas that the walls of the already confining hospital were suffocating him. Maybe it was the situation, or maybe it was the emotion. All Lucas knew was that he had to get out of that room and fast.

He left the room and started running through the halls of the hospital. He had no clue where he was going, but that didn't matter to him. He turned a corner, and collided with a massive security guard. The man was tall and as hard as a rock. So much so that the young football player fell backwards onto the ground.

The man offered a giant beefy hand to the boy. "Where you headed in such a hurry there kid?"

Lucas grabbed the mans hand and was hoisted up so fast it nearly gave him whiplash. "Anywhere but where I was." Tears sprung to the teen's emerald eyes. He planned to play tough, but he felt safer around this man than he probably should have.

"Something wrong back there? By the way, I'm Dennis." The man offered. His hand to Lucas again, this time aimed for a handshake.

"Lucas." The boy said. He then recapped everything that had gone on in the past week, even telling the man a few stories about his beloved girlfriend.

"Lucas, lemme tell you something. It sounds like you and Riley really like each other." Lucas nodded as Dennis spoke. "What you guys have is rare, a relationship like yours doesn't happen everyday. You can't give up on her just because a little something got in your way. You two have something special, and even if she asks, you can't ever leave her. Believe me, I was in a similar situation, and there isn't a day that I don't regret waking away. You can never walk away from something like that. You got me Lucas?"

"Yeah Dennis. Thanks." Lucas smiled a little bit at the man.

"No problem kid." Dennis walked around the corner, back to his job.

Lucas immediately turned around and slowly started to find his way back to the waiting room, feeling just little bit more optimistic.

Alright guys, there is your first chapter of I Won't Give Up! Tell me what you thought! This is going to be a super long authors note, so I need you to read this all! To the end! Cuz we have a lot of catching up to do.

First off, I WON THE STORY CONTEST! You know, the contest that Stay With me was entered in? Yeah, that one! Be sure to head over to cowgirlangel95's page and check out my one-shot prompt that she wrote. Thank all of you guys for helping me and supporting me through the wonderful journey I call my story, and now I want you guys to help me through this one. I would love y'all forever if we could make it to 100 for this story maybe...?

If there is anything you guys think should happen over the course of this fanfiction, don't be afraid to speak up. I love hearing your suggestions.

Also, I have a couple one shots half written. Do you think I should post them?! One is a Markle, and the other is a prank Riley shot. Tell me whether or not I should post them...

Finally, GIRL MEETS TEXAS! You don't have to read this part but if you want to go ahead. I'll repeat, GIRL MEETS TEXAS! Can't wait for that! I'm losing my mind over it and my friends all think I'm crazy... Lol oh well...

LittleBitNerdy out, peace!