This is my first NCIS chapter fic.
"When I read to her, she remembers. It may take a miracle, but she remembers my love for her…" When Kate gets amnesia after being shot by Ari, can Tony help her remember? Tate, post Twilight
I don't own anything from NCIS or The Notebook.
Prologue
'Bright lights? What the hell? Where am I?' Kate groaned and tried to open her eyes, but the white lights blinded her. Slowly, she drifted off again…
"Kate! Kate, stay with us…" the doctor called.
Beep. Beep. Beeeeeeeeeeeep…
"Damn it! We're losing her!" the doctor took a tube and guided it down Kate's throat. "Bag." He stopped, then looked at the others. "Bag!"
"Doctor Pitt, call it. There's no use." The doctor grabbed a bag angrily and started pushing on it, helping get air into her lungs. One of the nurses stopped Dr. Pitt as he started to push on the bag again.
"Dr. Pitt."
He paused, then closed the notebook. Running fingers through his salt-and-pepper hair, he glanced up.
"Oh, go on! What happens next?" the woman sitting across from him leaned forward excitedly. Her dark hair, streaked with gray, fell in her eyes, but she didn't bother to push it back. "Does Kate survive or not?" He opened his mouth to answer, but before he could, a small girl, about 5 years old came up to them.
"Grandpa, Mommy wanted me to tell you that lunch is ready. She said your friend can stay too." The woman smiled at the little girl.
"Hi, sweetie. What's your name?"
"Caitlin," she replied shyly.
"That's a beautiful name." A sad look washed over the man's features, but it passed shortly.
"Thank you. What's your name?" The woman looked over at the man, confused.
"Her name is Sasha," the man replied. Standing up, he stretched slowly. "Why don't you run inside and tell your mother that we'll be in soon, okay?" Caitlin nodded, then scampered off.
"Sasha…" the woman echoed. "It's a beautiful name."
"It fits you perfectly." The man replied, smiling sadly.
She stared at him curiously.
"Tell you what," he said, smiling. "Why don't we go inside and eat, and later we can come back outside and read some more? I'll start from the beginning." The woman smiled back.
"Okay."
"Okay." The man stood up and offered his arm to her. He escorted her inside the house like the gentleman that he was.
During lunch, Sasha was quiet. Caitlin chattered on to her mother, Anna, laughing.
"Excuse me," Sasha said quietly. She got up and left the table. The others stared after her, until she was out of sight.
"She doesn't remember. She doesn't remember us. Or you." Anna said suddenly, tears shining in her eyes. "Why don't you come back and live with us again, Daddy? We miss you."
"Annie, I have to do this. Your mother is my home." Anna sighed.
"All right, but I don't think reading to her helps."
"Yes, it does," he insisted. "It's some sort of miracle, but she remembers when I read to her." Anna cleared her throat as Sasha came back in the room.
"Excuse me sir, but I never did get your name." Sasha said as she sat back down in her chair.
"My name is Anthony," he replied.
He pushed back his chair and helped her out of hers. "Why don't we go back outside and read some more?"
When she nodded, he helped her out of her chair, and escorted her outside. Once she was settled in, he opened the notebook, flipping to the right page, and started to read.
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