Okay…thanks for the scoldings and quick reviews LOL. I hope this chapter clears some things up. More explanations will come in following chapters. I know my explanations and situation may not be very realistic, but I am trying to make my story a little different from the typical memory loss stories, you know? Anyway, I hope you enjoy this. I've been on a roll with this story since I've had some time to write. Enjoy!!! (and don't forget to review!!!)

Chapter Eight: Don't Lose Hope

"I don't understand this…" Lucas stands outside Brooke's hospital room with her doctor after the doctor examined Brooke after she woke. "When she opened her eyes, she said my name. And she called my sister-in-law by a name she hasn't called her since high school. Yet, she doesn't remember her own name or who she is. How is that possible?"

"The affects of such a prolonged coma on the brain are very difficult to understand. But it seems that Brooke has a case of amnesia where she can remember only some parts of her life. In this case, it seems she can only remember people from her past, or from the last time she can remember being awake."

"Well, is she ever going to remember now? Is she going to remember who she is and the life she has now?"

"I don't know," doctor Williams answers honestly. "But there is not much I know at all right now about her condition. I'll have to run some new tests, take another CAT scan and see what's going on. Then, maybe I can give you a better explanation. Until then, try talking to her, see what she remembers and answer her questions if she has any."

Lucas nods. The doctor taps his shoulder like a friend.

"Look, I know this is really tough for you, and really confusing. But you've had a positive outlook the entire time she was in that coma. You never gave up hope, even when others did. Don't lose that now, when she needs it the most. It's helped her so far. Don't lose hope."

Lucas nods again.

"I'll give you and your family some time with her before we take her upstairs."

"Thanks." Lucas watches as doctor Williams walks away.

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"It's going to be okay, baby."

Tyler holds Jenny close against him in her dorm room.

"How do you know that?" Jenny mumbles, her face buried in his chest.

"Because we're in it together." Tyler pulls away and holds her face in his hands. "No matter what happens ever, Jenny…I'll always be with you. I love you."

Jenny smiles. "I love you too."

They kiss.

"I'm so scared, Ty, "Jenny admits a few minutes later when they are cuddling next to each other on her bed.

"I know, but like I said…it's going to be okay."

"Aren't you scared?"

"Yes, but to be honest…I'm more afraid of your father. I mean he kind of freaked about us getting engaged. I'm kind of afraid of how he'll react when we tell him and your mom about this."

Jenny bites her lip, contemplating a solution. She sits up quickly on her bed.

"What?" Ty wonders when she bolts up on her bed. He sits up next to her.

"Let's not tell them."

Tyler stares at her confused. "You do realize they're going to find out eventually, right?"

"Yes, I know, but we don't have to tell them right now. We can wait to tell them until after we're married. I don't think they'll freak if they think we got pregnant on our honeymoon and not on the night we got engaged."

"So you want to lie to them?"

"It's not lying…it's just waiting."

Tyler smiles. "We'd have to move up the wedding."

Now Jenny smiles. "I'm okay with that. The sooner I get to marry you, the better."

She leans in and kisses him again.

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"I should probably get going," Haley says, standing up from a chair next to Brooke's hospital bed. I've got to get home and get dinner going for Nathan and the kids."

"Okay," Lucas says from the other side of Brooke's bed.

Brooke smiles a friendly smile as Haley says, "It's really great to have you awake finally. Nathan will be happy too. I'll see you soon."

Brooke watches as Haley heads for the door.

So that's Haley…so much older than I remember. Apparently, she and Nathan—who is Lucas's brother and like best friend now- are married and have kids. And Haley's a nurse, or at least I think she is. She was wearing scrubs. God…I am so confused.

I mean how can I remember these people, but not remember who I am? How can I remember their names and faces, but not my own? It doesn't make sense to me at all. I feel so strange and different. And also kind of sad because I can tell that me not remembering who I am now is hurting them, especially Lucas

"I'm sorry," Brooke says.

"For what?" Lucas returns, looking back at her.

"For not remembering anything."

"Oh, you don't have to be sorry, Brooke. It's not your fault. Your brain just isn't quite ready to remember this part of your life yet. But it will. I believe that."

He lays his hand on hers hesitantly, and he smiles. She returns the smile as she stares at him, glancing every few seconds at his hand on hers. This must be so hard for him, she thinks. He's inlove with me. That look in his eyes and that touch of his hand proves it. He loves me, but I feel so awful because I can't remember loving him. And I'm sure I must have before all of this if he is hurting this much. But I can't remember…I can't remember anything.

"Excuse me, Mr., Mrs. Scott," an orderly appears in the doorway. "The doctor is ready upstairs for the CAT scan."

"Okay," Lucas says. He looks back at Brooke. "Are you ready?"

Brooke nods. "Yeah, I guess so. Where am I going?"

"Just upstairs for a CAT scan and some other tests," the orderly answers as he rolls a wheel chair in to her bedside.

Both he and Lucas help Brooke climb out of bed and sit down in the wheel chair.

"I, um…I have to get home to the kids so my sister can get to work," Lucas tells her. "But I'll come back later tonight if you want."

Brooke nods. "Okay. I think I'll be okay on my own for awhile."

Lucas smiles. "Well, once news gets out that you're awake, you'll have a lot more visitors, I promise."

He follows Brooke and the orderly out of the room. While she waits in the elevator with the orderly, and then while undergoing the CAT scan and tests, Brooke keeps thinking about Lucas and where he said he was going.

Home to the kids…Lucas Scott has kids now. And he's in love with me.

Putting two and two together, she wonders…are they her kids too?