A College Romance: Reunion Chapter 3 Can We Be Salvaged?, a magical girl lyrical nanoha fanfic

Authors Notes: Well everyone here is the long awaited next chapter to A College Romance: Reunion. My apologies that this has taken me so long to get this out, it seems that my new girlfriend has been keeping me quite busy lately and I've actually put my stories aside, so that I could concentrate on her, especially in getting to know her. I'm not making her an excuse, as I know my own procrastination is the true culprit behind why this hasn't been written and posted. I almost feel like I'm coming out of the mothballs with this. LOL

This story is a girl loving girl if this type of story bothers you; then why are you still reading?

This chapter is not Beta Read, as soon as I get it Beta Read I will re-post.

Warning: There is some anguish in this chapter. It's not too severe, but for those that are sensitive to anguish type situations I wanted to put this warning in.

Disclaimer: I do not own Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, although I wish I really did. I do not make any money from my stories, I write them in accordance to fair use.

Now without delay, I present to you the next chapter of ACR: Reunion. I hope you enjoy the read.

ZR };-

A College Romance: Reunion

Zona Rose

Chapter 3-Can We Be Salvaged?

Fate's POV

Beep…

'Where am I? What is that annoying sound? Why can't I open my eyes?'

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Testarossa, it's now all up to your wife. We've done everything that we possibly can for her. She's made it past the 48-hour mark, so any medications that were still in her that we didn't pump out have gone through her system. Now it's just up to her whether she lives or not; the decision is out of our hands. I'm sorry."

*Crying Sound*

'What are they talking about? Whom are they talking about? Why is she crying? I am so tired I just want to… sleep…'

Beep…

'There's that annoying sound again. How is anybody supposed to sleep with a noise like that?'

"Hey sis Christmas is around the corner, it would be an awesome Christmas gift. If you would just wake up, it's been a week since you were put in the hospital, and I know everybody wants to see your beautiful eyes again. So please wake up soon, I know, Nanoha and the kids really want you to wake up. We're all really worried about you. So please just open your eyes and let us know you're okay."

'Alicia is that you? I've been trying to wake up, but for some reason, my body just wants to sleep. It's just so tired and exhausted as if it's giving up the will to return. I'll try harder for you, sis…'

Beep…

"Fate, the kids are starting to get really scared that you're never going to wake up. I'm trying my best to be strong for them and tell them not to worry, but it is so difficult. I cry myself to sleep at night, just knowing that I'm the reason that you're like this. If only *Crying* I had trusted you more *Crying* then none of this would've happened. *Crying* I promise, Fate that from this day forward, I will always trust you. I will never doubt your love for me ever again. *Crying* So please just come back to us. I'll do whatever I have to, but please don't leave us. *Crying* I love you so much, Fate that if you leave me a part of my soul will die with you, and more than likely I'll follow after you. So please Fate come back to me come back to us. *Crying* I love you so much that it hurts, seeing you like this. *Sobbing*

'Why? Why are you crying for me? Your words make my heart ache, but also at the same time, they bring me such joy. Why do I want to wake up at your words more then when Alicia was here? Please stop crying you're going to make me cry, and that's something I don't do.'

I felt the moisture in my eyes and then I felt the trail of the tears that leaked from my eyes, as I could no longer hold them back. I felt like a prisoner inside my own body, as it wouldn't do what I commanded it to do. No matter how hard I tried to open my eyes, to speak, but no words. Nothing. My body refused all of my commands. It was like it had betrayed me when I need it the most, so I let myself drift back off to sleep hoping the next time that I woke up I would actually be able to open my eyes and see the woman with the beautiful voice that was crying her heart out.

Beep…

"Hey sis, its Christmas Eve and I know you're gonna keep the big surprise for tomorrow, when everybody's here, but I would really love to see your beautiful eyes right now. I've talked with the nurses, and they've said that your eyes move under your eyelids. So I know that you're awake, you just need to open your eyes. I know I'd be one of the happiest women in the world next to Nanoha that is."

'It's Christmas Eve already? I've been trying Alicia I really have, but it looks like it's going to take a miracle for my body to do what I tell it to do.'

"Everybody's going to be here tomorrow, mom, dad, Nanoha, and the kids even Nanoha's parents said that they would be here tomorrow. I know that that will be the best Christmas present you could ever give anybody. It's just to wake up. I think that's all any of us really want at this point, sis."

'I'll try Alicia. I'll try really hard to wake up tomorrow.'

Beep…

"Merry Christmas!" Shouted several different voices at once.

It's time to see if my hard work is going to pay off. I've been able to move my fingers a little bit. Now I can only hope that I'll be able to open my eyes and make my family happy. Everybody was talking and laughing so I thought I would try out my voice first and see what kind of reaction I would get.

"How is anybody supposed to sleep with all this racket?"

The room went deadly silent, so I cracked my eyes open just a hair to see what their reaction was. Everyone was staring at me, my family, as well as some people I didn't recognize. Two people came rushing to my side as the room exploded into noise and cheers my sister Alicia and a woman, I didn't recognize. They both grabbed my hands and held them in unison they said.

"Sis, you were able to do it, this is just awesome!"

"Fate you're awake, I'm so happy!"

I pulled my hand away from the woman that I didn't know, and half the room went silent than everybody noticed and stop talking. I looked at my mother, father, and sister, but then there were several other people as well as some children. I didn't know who these people were. However, the look in those beautiful blue eyes for some reason; the pain I see in them hurts my heart.

The older couple I didn't recognize gathered up the children and escorted them out of the room. I looked between my sister and a young woman that was slowly stepping away from me. I looked at my sister and with questions in my eyes. She must've known what I was thinking. Before she was able to answer my silent questions, an older man came walking in, in a rush.

"Mrs. Testarossa I'm glad to see that you're finally awake. Your family has been very worried about you and someone has been by your bedside since you were brought in several weeks ago. I guess my first question's going to be; how do you feel?"

I noticed he added, Mrs. in front of my name. For some reason that nagged at me as feeling right, even though I know I'm not married. I haven't found Miss right, well at least not that I know of, Hayate has hired on some new girls to work at the Café, and one of them that she described sounds like a knockout.

"Well Doc, for starters, it's Miss Testarossa not Mrs. I haven't found Miss right yet, and as for how I feel extremely tired and very lost at why I'm here."

"I see, then I guess my second question will be, what's the last thing you remember?"

I closed my eyes and tried to think back to the last thing that I remember. But there was a lot of gray and haziness and I had a hard time getting through it. The last clear thing I remembered I was on the way to the Café to get my first look at the new employees that Hayate hired.

"The last thing I remember I was on my way to the Cosplay Café to see the new employees that Hayate hired. The way she described one of the employees, she sounds like a real knockout. But my head feels really funny and cloudy."

"Sis, that was like 17 years ago. You mean you don't remember anything that happened over the past 17 years?"

I must've had the look of fright on my face as I looked between the doctor and my sister as the doctor jumped in. "Now don't panic. This is probably just a short-term amnesia that was brought on by a stressful situation. I'm quite sure it won't last very long. The sooner we can get you into familiar surroundings, the faster you'll get your memories back."

I nodded my head yes, but then my eyes slid to the woman that was now hiding in the corner. I could see that she had tears streaming down her face and she was trying to hold in the sobs as her shoulders were shaking. I smiled at her and motioned her over as best I could, as my hand would work right.

She slowly made her way over and I held my hand out to her. "I'm sorry if I don't remember who you are, but please stop crying. If you don't you'll start me crying and I don't want that. I'm not the type of person who likes to cry. I much prefer to be happy. You probably know who I am, but could you tell me who you are."

"My name is… I don't know how to say this, but I'm your wife Nanoha, Testarossa, Nanoha. We've been married for almost 15 years and we have four beautiful children together. Our oldest one we adopted and her name is Vivio, and then we have the triplets Sakura, Clyde, and Honoka, they are our biological children."

All of this information was making my head spin and so I put my head back and closed my eyes, softly, I said. "So those kids that were just in here, those are my kids... our kids."

The rest of the day went by very fast; especially after meeting my children, and in-laws. After a week of being in the hospital, it was time to go home but it was a home, I didn't remember. The doctor continues to assure me that I will get my memories back. I know that he is right, because I have been getting bits and pieces but it seems the most important piece is still eluding me… and that is my wife.

Every time I look at her, my heart aches with pain, but then I see her smile and it sores with happiness. These confusing emotions are very nerve wrecking as I'm not sure why, my heart would ache with such pain, but yet be so happy at the same time.

My memories of my children seem to be coming back much easier than that of my wife. I remember birthdays and holidays with them, even some of the secrets that they told me that my wife doesn't know about. However, she still remains a blank to me. No matter how hard I try to remember her. Even little things I'm still drawing a foggy gray cloud of memory.

May be the doctor is right, if I'm in more familiar surroundings of my memories will come back much faster than being in the hospital, at least that is what I'm hoping for. As Nanoha drives us home, she's chattering away about different things that the kids have done, while I have been in the hospital. I try my best to listen to every word, but my eyes and my mind start wondering and I slowly phase out her voice.

Is this how a loving wife should treat her spouse by ignoring her by drowning her out with the sounds of passing traffic? What is preventing me from remembering her? Was our marriage so bad that I had to forget it to start over? Why does my heart and my head ache so badly when I try to remember?

Finally, the car slows down and we pull into the driveway of a two-story house with a cute front porch. This must be our home. This must be my family's home, but none of this seems or feels familiar. I have a feeling this is going to be a long recovery.

Nanoha's POV

Beep…

That's a sound that I would hear every day. It was my lifeline, knowing that you were alive, and I hoped that you were fighting for your life, fighting for us. Alicia and I would take our turns in shifts sitting by you holding your hand and talking to you. I have to admit most of the time I was by your side, I couldn't stop the river of tears as I knew it was because of me that you probably overdosed on your medications.

The doctor said that it was probably an accidental overdose, but the only one that knows that for sure is my sleeping beauty in the hospital bed next to me. Christmas is just a few days away, Alicia says that she has faith that my sleeping beauty will awake on Christmas day. I just hope and pray for a miracle that you open your eyes and look at me with the love that you once held for me, the same love I've always felt for you.

The days have trickled by and it's now Christmas morning. The kids are excited to go see you and mom and dad said they'd be with me for support. They've been a real lifesaver while you've been in the hospital. Your parents Precia and Souma have also shown up and are talking about how the Café is doing. Your mom and dad seem to be really proud of what you had started back when we were in college.

If only we could restart our lives and find the love that was young and new from those days of old. When we were just finding out about each other and exploring this new love that we have. Although I would just be happy to take back the pain that, I caused you that was so needless.

The kids are so happy to be able to spend Christmas with their grandparents, but I can see the worry in their eyes as they look at you. The cheers and talk have started to grow louder as the beeping is starting to be drowned out. Until a whisper of a sentence, stills us to silence.

"How is anybody supposed to sleep with all this racket?"

The room went deadly silent, you cracked your eyes open just a hair. Everyone was staring at you. I felt my heart swell as Alicia and I went rushing up to your side both of us grabbed your hands and held them, saying in unison.

"Sis, you were able to do it, this is just awesome!"

"Fate you're awake, I'm so happy!"

Then the most heart wrenching thing happened, you pulled your hand away from me. With that one motion half the room went silent, then I think everybody noticed and stop talking all at once. You looked at Precia, Souma, and Alicia then you looked at my parents, the children, and finally me. When you looked at us I saw an emptiness in your eyes, but then they became sad probably because the pain in my heart was showing.

Mom and dad must've realized something was wrong gathering up the children; they left probably went to look for the doctor to let him know you were awake. Your eyes looked between Alicia and me, but I knew something was wrong and so I slowly stepped back away from you. You looked over at Alicia and I think we all could read the questions in your eyes, and before she could answer them, the doctor came in, in a rush.

We could see the confusion growing in your eyes as you just stared at the doctor and said. "Well Doc, for starters, it's Miss Testarossa not Mrs. I haven't found Miss right yet, and as for how I feel extremely tired and very lost at why I'm here."

"I see, then I guess my second question will be, what's the last thing you remember?"

You closed your eyes as you concentrated on your memories, but then your eyebrows scrunched up as you try to concentrate.

"The last thing I remember I was on my way to the Cosplay Café to see the new employees that Hayate hired. The way she described one of the employees, she sounds like a real knockout, but my head feels really funny and cloudy."

"Sis, that was like 17 years ago. You mean you don't remember anything that happened over the past 17 years?"

You looked as panicked and frightened as I felt deep inside. The doctor jumped in. "Now don't panic. This is probably just a short-term amnesia that was brought on by a stressful situation. I'm quite sure it won't last very long. The sooner we can get you into familiar surroundings, the faster you'll get your memories back."

You nodded your head yes, but then your eyes slid over to where I was now standing. I was trying to hide in the corner and become unnoticed, as I didn't want anyone else to see the river of tears from my aching heart. When the doctor had mentioned amnesia I think that's when the sobs started, I was trying my best to hide it. You smiled over at me and motioned for me to move over to the bedside with your left hand that I could see you were struggling to move.

Slowly I made my way over to your bedside, you held your hand out to me, and softly, you said. "I'm sorry if I don't remember who you are, but please stop crying. If you don't you'll start me crying and I don't want that. I'm not the type of person who likes to cry. I much prefer to be happy. You probably know who I am, but could you tell me who you are."

In a shaky voice, "My name is… I don't know how to say this, but I'm your wife Nanoha, Testarossa, Nanoha. We've been married for almost 15 years and we have four beautiful children together. Our oldest one we adopted and her name is Vivio, and then we have the triplets Sakura, Clyde, and Honoka they are our biological children."

You had a strange look in your eyes, resting your head back on your pillow you closed them and softly said. "So those kids that were just in here, those are my kids... our kids."

The rest of the day went by very fast; especially after I introduced the children and my parents. After a week of being in the hospital, it was time for you to come home but it was a home, you didn't remember. The doctor continues to assure us that you will get your memories back. I can only hope that he is right, as I can see you struggling to try and bring back what you have lost.

I see you looking at me and I can see the pain in your eyes, but I put on a good front and smile my best for you, and I slowly see that pain fade from your eyes and it's replaced with happiness.

The children and I spend every moment, we can with you, and I have noticed that your memories of them are slowly coming back, but I am still a stranger to you. Why is it so much harder for you to remember me? Did I cause you so much pain that you really don't want to remember me and the good times that we've had?

Maybe the doctor is right, if you are in more familiar surroundings, your memories will come back much faster than being in the hospital at least that is what I'm hoping for. As I drive us home, I'm chattering away about different things that the kids have done, while you have been in the hospital. You seem to try your best to listen to every word, but your eyes start wondering.

As I continue with what I'm saying. I wonder if you're listening to me, or am I wasting my breath. Oh how my heart aches to know that I have caused you this pain, to know that I am the one that destroyed our marriage, all because of miscommunication. If only I had trusted you when you said, everything was fine.

I see our two-story house with its cute little porch that you loved. You are finally home, but will this be a home to you, or is this truly the end of us. As I pulled into the driveway I see you looking, but there is no recognition within those beautiful burgundy eyes. In my heart of hearts, I pray silently that you're able to recover everything, every moment of our lives together from our most joyous moments, to our most painful because without them we are not whole.

Authors Notes: Well everybody, here's the end of another chapter. I didn't leave you guys at a cliffhanger, this time. Although, the suspense hopefully will not be as long as the last one. I had actually wanted to finish the story before posting another chapter to any of my stories, but I've been leaving you guys hanging on this cliffhanger for too long. So I decided to get my butt in gear and get this chapter finished. I will be working on the next and final chapter to this story, and hopefully I'll get it out to you soon, but I make no promises on how soon that it's.

Reviews, I love to get my reviews. Actually, re-reading some of my reviews has helped inspire me to get my butt moving on writing and finishing my stories. So help cheer me on and tell me what you really think of my stories, as I always say; I cannot grow as a writer without knowing what you think of my writing. The best way to let me know is either through a review or PM.

As always I thank my readers for their patients and I do make this promise on my profile. I will never leave a story unfinished. So until the next chapter enjoy the read.

In Love & Light,

Zona Rose };-