Her head hurt and all she could see was black.

Wrenching her eyes open, Serena slowly sat up and moaned, holding a hand up to her head. Her head throbbed and she could feel something sticking out of her arm. She looked at it. It was an IV.

Wait...an IV?!

Before she had time to ask why there was an IV in her arm, she heard the voice of her mother. "Serena! She's awake!"

"Mom? What happened?" Serena asked, voice groggy.

"You were in a cab accident with Dan." Lily said, looking at her daughter anxiously.

"Dan?" Before Serena could continue, a doctor rushed in and started to examine her. He pressed a stethoscope to her chest and started speaking rapidly to Lily. "She might have amnesia. But if she recognizes you, that might be a good sign."

Lily nodded once and said, "I'm going to call Dan." Then she left the room.

Serena looked at the doctor. "Who's Dan?" The doctor removed the stethoscope from his ears and said, "You don't recognize the name Dan Humphrey?"

Serena shook her head and the doctor immediately called a nurse in. "Find Lily van der Woodsen. Now."

Serena watched as the nurse rushed out of the room. "Should I know a guy named Dan?" Serena asked the doctor.

"Let's wait for your mom. Now tell me what you know about your life." The doctor demanded.

"Why?" Serena gave the doctor a wary look.

"I need to know if you still have your memory. Now tell me." The doctor said, making notes on a clipboard.

"Okay? Well my best friends are Blair, Chuck and Nate. Chuck is my step-brother. I have another brother named Eric. I graduated from Brown. Anything else you need to know?"

"No. Now your mother should be up in a few seconds. Talk to her. She'll explain who Dan is." The doctor said before leaving the white hospital room.

Serena looked around the bright room. On her bedside table was a bright blue envelope. She opened it and took out the piece of paper and pictures inside. The letter read:

Serena,

I hope you're feeling better. I know you can't read this, but it helps me to write one each week. If you look at the pictures you'll see that Nate, Caden and I went to the zoo. He can't wait for you to come back. It's been a little over a month. He misses you. Well I've got to go, sorry for the short letter but Blair's trying to convince Caden to go shopping with her and the last thing I need is a mini-Nate. Get better soon. Caden and I need you.

Love Dan.

Serena set the letter down and shuffled through the pictures. A brown haired man was waving at the camera with a little blonde haired boy. How did she know them?

Just then, Lily entered the room to see her daughter looking at the recent pictures in confusion. "Mom, who's Caden and Dan?"

"You don't remember Dan?" Lily asked, her brow furrowed.

Serena shook her head. She pressed her left hand to her forehead and groaned. As she brought it down again, something on her hand caught the light. They were rings. A diamond Tiffany's engagement ring and a matching wedding ring. "Mom, am I married?"

Lily sighed and sat on the edge of her daughter's hospital bed. "Yes sweetie, you are. Dan is your husband."

As if to punctuate Lily's statement, the same brown haired man from the pictures came rushing in. "Serena, you woke up!"

"Are you Dan?" Serena asked. The guy slowly nodded and his shoulders sagged as he looked at Lily.

"What's going on?" Dan asked Lily. "She doesn't know who I am. Lily, what's going on?"

Lily sighed and looked at her son in law. "The doctor said that she has amnesia. She doesn't remember you or Caden. I'm sorry."

Dan's eyes widened and he cast a look at Serena before directing his attention back at Lily. "She will remember though, right?"

"There might be a chance she won't. Certain things will trigger her memory. You have to find those things."

Dan looked as though he was going to cry. "Okay. Is she going home tonight?"

"I don't know, its up to her."

Dan looked at Serena and walked over to her. "I know you don't remember me or know who I am, but would you like to come home tonight?"

"Home?" Serena asked.

"If you want to, I could sleep in the guest room until you remember me. And you could have Blair stay over, too. That is, if you want to." Dan muttered.

"Okay. Mom, could you call Blair for me?"

Lily nodded and got ready to walk out when Dan put a hand out. "I'll call Blair to come and she can take Serena home. Caden and my dad are in the cafeteria. I'll just take them and go home." Dan said, his voice cracking.

Lily nodded at the sad young man and watched as he left the room, a visible tear sliding down his right cheek.

Dan walked to the elevator briskly, hoping no one would stop him and see the tears dripping down his face. His wife didn't remember him or their son. And it was because of the damn car accident they had gotten into five weeks ago.

He managed not to erupt in tears when he reached the cafeteria. Rufus and Caden waved at him and he made his way over.

"So how did it go?" Questioned Rufus, having not seen the tears on Dan's face yet.

Dan looked up at his dad, tears shining in his eyes. "She doesn't..doesn't remember me or Caden." He choked out, tears flowing freely.

Rufus looked at his crying son and did the only thing he could do. He pulled Dan into his arms and held him as he cried. "It's gonna be alright." Rufus whispered.

Caden looked as his dad cried. "Why is daddy sad?" This made Dan stop crying. He had to be strong for Caden.

"It's nothing. Let's go home, okay buddy?" Dan said, wiping his tears on the back of his sleeve.

Caden nodded and jumped off his chair. "Is mommy gonna be there?"

Dan looked at his adorable son and took a deep breath to restrain the tears. "Yeah, auntie Blair's gonna bring mommy home. Let's go so we can beat her there!"