The part in italics is Greg's flashback in case that isn't clear, this I am afraid to say it the final chapter but I hope you have all really enjoyed reading this and I would just like to say thank you to everyone who has reviewed this story it has really helped me want to finish this for you guys xXxJessexXx
"Ok as soon as you sign these form Mr Sanders you are free to go" the doctor smiled at me and left me with the forms Nick had gone to his apartment for something not sure what he was up to, I had said to him earlier that I didn't want to go straight home so he said he would take me out somewhere but what he had planned was still unknown to me. Making me slightly nervous if I am going to be honest, although I am more nervous about talking to him about…well asking him if we are an item. I am nervous because I am still unsure as to whether or not he really is the person I have been seeing what if we are just good friends and I end up making a complete fool of myself.
All I really know at this point in time is that I trust this man and out of everyone I have met he is the one person that I know I can trust and feel like I know who they are…I just haven't been able to remember who he is or how I know him… and now it seems like he is the only person out of a handful that could possibly be the love of my life, wow that sounds nice "love of my life" yeah sounds good out loud too. I smiled at the thought that crossed my mind, maybe Nick was the love of my life I mean he's cute that's something I know for sure, and he seems to really care about me. He's been super protective of me since the attack he was one of the first people to come visit me in hospital…all these points are giving me some hope that he is the one but I still don't know him why cant I remember! Before I realised what was happening I threw my bad across the room with such a force that it knocked the bed side table back and the vase that was sitting on top came crashing down.
"What on earth was that…sir are you ok?" a nurse came running in at the noise.
"yes I'm sorry I dropped the bag, guess I'm still not quite strong enough to start heavy lifting" she laughed slightly at my comment
"ok well as long as your ok sir, I will send someone down to clean that up for you" she smiled once more before leaving, I looked back down at the mess of glass and flowers laying at my feet this lack of memory was starting to get to me.
"So where are we going Nick? You never actually said" I was sitting in the passenger seat of Nick's car watching the sun slowly set over the strip.
"That I am afraid G is a surprise" He looked over at me probably to see my reaction to what he just said, I smiled at him and laughed slightly, spending time with Nick was helping me put together pieces of his personality that had been stuck in my mind trying to claw their way out, it started with little things like the way he had this half a smile thing going when I watched him talking to Catherine or Sarah, to a full beam of a smile whenever I was around him this was reassuring on my part.
I kept looking over at Nick while he drove to see if there was anything about the way he squinted slightly as what remained of the bright Nevada sun shone threw the window into his face. He is a very beautiful man if we are an item then I know I am a lucky guy to have someone like him…but I have to find out if he's actually mine first before I start fantasizing about out future together.
"Ok here we are" Nick proclaimed and I managed to pull my gaze away from him for a moment to survey my surroundings. I looked out the windscreen and found myself starring into the vast cavern leading up to the "Hoover dam" I shouted. Nick was already out the car and was leaning against the barrier looking out at the view. I jumped out the car and moved over to join him.
"This is my favourite place in the world" Nick said without looking at me "when I first came to Vegas someone told me to come visit this place, I drove for miles out of Vegas trying to find it until I came across this place, the view point or as I like to call it now my own private heaven. This spot was the one place I knew I could run to if ever I felt like I needed to get out of the city just get away from society for a while. From up here you can watch all the people driving along without a care in the world" I listened to Nick describing the place he loved most in the world his voice has captured me "I came here the first day I met you, I couldn't understand the way I was feeling I was so confused…until I came up here everything was clear once I reached this spot…it sounds silly really I mean its just a viewpoint for tourists nothing special"
"It's special to you Nick".
"Yeah I guess, it let me down though, this place"
"What do you mean Nick?"
"well…ok when I heard you had lost your memory, you had no memory of who I was I ran, I jumped in my car and I drove I didn't plan on coming here but somehow I ended up in this spot as I have always done…and the usual clarity that I would get from being here never came. I didn't know what to do where I should go next what I should say to you everything was so messed up…it still is" I watched as Nick turned to face me for the first time since we got out of the car.
"You don't remember me do you?" it was the question he had been wanting to ask me since the first visit in the hospital over a week ago, the concern in his eyes were evident and the bluntness in his voice made me answer without thinking.
"No I don't" the look on his face turned into complete heartbreak, I had broken him in two with just one word. "Nick? I may not know who you are but what I do know is that you are the only thing in my life that makes sense right now, I don't know who I am where I'm from or what the hell I am going to do next…" he wasn't listening he was hearing me that was clear enough but he wasn't listening all he could hear from me was heartbreak that was clear to me by the look in his eyes and the solitary tear that escaped.
"I'm scared Nick! I need you!" I shouted this time grabbing his attention, something inside me snapped I didn't mean to shout but I needed him to know what was happening to me.
"I'm so scared...scared of loosing the one thing that makes any real sense…You!" he moved towards me I didn't know what he was going to do next. Nick reached into his pocket and pulled out a photo he handed it to me without saying a word. The photo was of him and me standing in this very same place where we stand now. "Do you remember what I told you that day?" Nick asked, something in my mind clicked at that moment as if someone had turned on a tap in my mind and the memories were falling freely as if they had never been away.
Nick's laughter echoed against the rock, I was leaning over the protective barrier looking down into the deep cavern I could feel Nick's arms wrapped around my waist holding me back making sure I don't fall. "Don't fall Greggo, cause I'm not climbing down to get you" he laughed he had a sick sense of humour sometimes.
"Don't worry I wont fall…Nick would you catch me if I fell forward?" I stood back up and spun around still wrapped in Nick's embrace.
"Always" he simply replied, the kiss that followed was the most passionate kiss I had ever received, It was the moment I knew I was going to be with him for the rest of my life the moment I fell in love with Nicholas Stokes.
"I will always protect you Greg, I love you"
The memory of Nick's words echoed in my mind as I looked from the picture back to Nick he was waiting for an answer to his question.
"I remember Nick! I remember" I was now the one crying and something about Nick changed suddenly he was no longer the face I once knew he was the man I had fallen in love with three years before on this very spot.
"I love you Nick, I always have it just took me some time to realise it" Nick came towards me and kissed me and suddenly everything became clear all the lost memories came flooding back…someone had opened the dam letting the water fall freely.
"I love you so much Greggo" Nick was crying I ran my hand over his cheek letting the tears fall between my fingers.
"Oh yeah I almost forgot…" I stopped realising what I had just said; Nick just looked at me and smiled. "Bad choice of words?" Nick just nodded in reply to my question.
"Anyway, I still have this" I pulled out the small green box from my pocket and opened it to reveal the engraved ring that Catherine had given to me earlier that week.
"I figured I don't really have much use for it myself so maybe I dunno if you wanted to maybe wear it for me?" Nick laughed at my remarks; I had forgotten how sweet sounding that laugh was.
"Yes Greg of course I will" His smiled was the most amazing sight; he grabbed the ring out of the box and slid it onto his finger. "I will wear it proudly…and I have something for you actually" I watched as Nick pulled out a similar box to my own and opened it to reveal a similar ring to the one I had just given Nick, the only difference was the inscription on the inside 'A love never to be forgotten' I had to laugh.
"I know what you mean" I simply said taking the ring and placing it onto my finger running my other hand over the top of it admiring its beauty.
"This feels good, feels right" Nick said and kissed me one final time on the top of the world, out declaration being lit up by the light of the Hoover dam glowing in the distance.
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