A/N: Here's the next chapter! Thank you for all the feedback. I really appreciate it!!!
Thanks to MissZacEfron and RockstarJ for the help in this chapter!!!
Disclaimer: I own nothing except my own made up characters!
September 15th, 2031 8:00pm (Brandon's POV)
"You remember our song?" I asked my eyes wide in shock.
"I was just sitting here flipping through your photo album and it popped into my head. Then I remembered you and I talking and how you said it was our song." Mack said as I looked over at her.
"Do you remember anything else?" I asked her taking a seat next to her on the bed.
"That's the only thing I remember. I'm sorry." Mack said hanging her head.
I put my index finger under her chin and titled her head up so I could see it.
"Listen Mack, never be sorry for forgetting. It's the stupid asshole that ran into the car's fault." I said as she giggled.
"Did you use to make me laugh a lot?" Mack asked me as I nodded my head.
"Every time you were around me, you were laughing. You were the happiest person I've ever known." I said pushing her hair out of her face.
"I hate this." She said sighing loudly.
"I know you do but you've got to be patience." I said looking at her.
"But what if I don't want to be patient? I'm hurting all the people around me by not being able to remember." She said instantly as the tears rushed down her face.
"Baby listen to me; all those people are going to love you regardless if you remember them or not. Your siblings are coming by tomorrow morning to share stories with you. They're going to be there every step of the way just like I am." I said kissing her forehead softly.
"You are?" She asked looking up at me.
"I am and you want to know why?" I asked her as she shook her head gently.
"Because I love you. You and I have been friends since we were babies and I liked you back then but now that we're boyfriend and girlfriend I love you even more. And I'm going to dedicate myself to helping you remember who you were before this stupid crash." I said wiping the padding of my thumb down her cheek before kissing it.
She sat in silence while I watched her. A yawn escaped her mouth as I stood up.
"I'll be back tomorrow morning. Get some sleep." I said still holding her hand.
"Thanks Brandon for everything. I really appreciated it." She said smiling a little.
"It's not a problem. I love you and sweet dreams." I said leaning over and kissing her gently on the lips.
"Night Brandon." She said snuggling down into the bed more as I left the room.
Mack's POV
I sat there and felt the tingle of his lips on mine and smiled. I found myself thinking back to something.
"You look absolutely gorgeous tonight." Brandon said looking at me in my red dress.
"Why thank you dear sir. Thanks for going with me to the show. I really appreciate it." I said looking at him in his tux.
"I got to spend an entire evening with you. There's not other place I would rather be." He said leaning over and kissing me.
We pulled back as we heard giggled and snicker coming from inside the door.
"Need help killing anyone tonight?" Brandon asked as we both laughed.
"I would love some. Let's go tickle my siblings to death." I said walking into the house and running up the stairs after Lily, Cassie, Jake, and J.J.
'I remember.' I said quietly before turning on my side and hoping that tomorrow would be better for me. I closed my eyes and started to drift off to sleep.
September 16th, 2031 9:00 am (Josh's POV)
I trudged off the elevator with the rest of our clan as we walked into the waiting room. I glared at my parents before taking a seat on the hard chair. Mom and dad walked down the hall probably going to check on Mack before letting us bombard her.
"If you glare any harder you're going to kill someone." Belle said coming to sit beside me.
"Leave me alone Belle." I said looking over at her.
"First off you better loose the attitude. We're going to see Mack in a little bit and she doesn't need that. What the hell is your problem anyways?" Belle asked.
"You wouldn't understand." I said staring straight ahead.
"You better find someone that does so you don't shoot your damn mouth off at Mack." Belle said standing up and walking over to the other part of the waiting room.
I hated my family for forgetting my 14th birthday yesterday. It was all Mack's fault that they forgot. Damn my sister for getting into that accident. It was all hers and Brandon's fault.
"Ok guys you can come see Mack. Now remember she doesn't need excitement." Mom said looking at the seven of us.
We followed them down the colorful hallways. Mom and dad stopped in front of the closed door before knocking and opening it gently. We followed them into the bright blue room and shuffled around the bed.
"Hi guys." Mack said smiling at everyone.
I saw a balloon sitting on the table in front of Mack. She looked over at me to see if noticed.
"Hey Josh, I'm sorry I didn't get this for you yesterday. Happy 14th birthday, little brother." She said handing me the happy birthday balloon.
"Thanks Mack. I thought you didn't remember . . ." I said trailing and looking at the ground.
"Yesterday's date stuck out for some reason and it struck me. I'm sorry I didn't get you anything." Mack said looking at me.
"But you did. You woke up; that's all the birthday gift I needed." I said looking at her.
"Good now that's settled." Mack said looking at mom and dad.
"Josh we're sorry we forgot your birthday. We were so excited with Mack that we forgot. Can you forgive us?" Dad asked looking at me.
"I guess I can." I said looking at them.
"When Mack gets out, we'll have a big celebration for your birthday. How does that sound?" Mom asked smiling.
"Sounds good to me." I said grinning at them.
I watched Mack's eyes trail to Lily, J.J., Cassie, and Jake. She looked confused as she stared at them.
"Lily, Cassie, J.J., Jake do you remember what we told you last night?" I asked kneeling beside them.
"Mack can't remember details really well." Jake said as I nodded my head.
"Yeah so why don't you tell Mack what you like to do for fun?" I suggested as they smiled.
"I like playing basketball." Jake said smiling.
"I like playing basketball too." Lily said speaking up for the first time.
"I like gymnastics, dance and volleyball." Cassie said sticking out her hip in a diva style.
"Are you the diva of the family?" Mack asked as Cassie nodded her head up and down excitedly.
"I sure am. Don't tell anyone but I like getting everyone else into trouble." Cassie said leaning closer to Mack's ear before erupting into giggles.
"I like soccer and not basketball." J.J. said smiling.
"That's cool. I'm sorry I can't remember you guys." Mack said shaking her head.
"Hey that means we get to tell you only the things we want to tell you." Lily said grinning evilly.
"True but I'll eventually remember everything." Mack said as Lily and she broke out into giggles.
"Ok we're going to leave you eight alone for a while. We'll be back in a little bit." Mom said as we all nodded.
We watched mom and dad leave the room before Mack looking at the seven of us. We took seats around the room in the chairs that were provided.
"What's that?" Mack asked pointing to the bags we had each brought with us.
"We brought you stuff to help you remember your past." Aidan said looking at Mack.
"What kind of stuff did you bring?" Mack asked getting excited.
"All kinds of good stuff." Belle said nodding her head up and down.
"Can I see what you guys brought?" Mack asked as we all laughed.
"You're still eager like you were." J.J. said as we continued to laugh.
"Let's see what we've got here. Um . . . we've got oreos which are your favorite cookie. We've got this lotion which you claimed is your favorite. And we've got some of your CDs and your CD player." Aidan said handing Mack the things.
We watched Mack open the Oreos and immediately split the two cookies apart. I looked over at Aidan who had the biggest grin on his face.
"What are you guys smiling about?" Mack asked before popping one of the cookies into her mouth.
"Do you remember anything about those cookies?" I asked looking at her.
She was quiet for a few minutes before smiling and giggling. We all waited until she looked at us.
"I remember sitting at a table. I was little, like three or four, and mom is sitting here smiling at me. She's teaching me how to eat the Oreo the proper way. She's telling me that I have to dunk it into milk." I said as they looked at me.
"Mom taught you that when you were two. She taught all of us that because there was no other way to eat an Oreo." Aidan said nodding his head.
"You're doing good Mack." I said looking at her.
"What else did you bring?" Mack asked looking eager.
"We brought more photos for you to look at. But mostly we brought stories to tell you." Cassie said looking at her.
"What kind of stories?" Mack asked us as we looked at each other.
"We've each picked out a story to tell you to help you trigger your memory." Jake said looking at Mack.
"Who's going to start?" Mack asked looking between all of us.
"I'll start. I've got a good one. We were little; I was four and you were six. You coaxed me to come into mom and dad's bathroom with you because you said mom told you that we could play with her makeup. Instead of putting it on our faces, we colored on the walls of their bedroom with it. There was hell to pay that day. We both got in so much trouble. We had to help mom clean it off. It took four days to get all of it off. Every last bit." Belle said as I watched Mack's reaction.
"Mom stood over us and watched us clean it up." Mack said as we look at Mack.
"You remember?" Belle said in amazement.
"Yeah I do remember that one. Any more?" Mack asked hopeful.
"I've got one. A couple of weeks ago, we had show and tell in my kindergarten class. I wanted to bring you as my show and tell." Jake started but Mack smiled and picked up.
"Instead I gave you my teddy bear from when I was a baby and you took that in and told everyone that was my teddy bear." Mack said as we all looked at her.
"Mack this is great." Aidan said looking at her.
"I told you guys it was a jumbled mess and I just needed help sorting it out." Mack said smiling at us.
"I've got one. You challenged me to play basketball on court and I told you I didn't feel like it. So you triple dog dared me to play you. And after you successfully kicked my ass on the court you took me out for ice cream. There we talked about everything under the sun including how stupid Miranda was being." I said looking at her.
"Is she still being a stupid girl and going out with that Chris dude?" Mack asked as I smiled at her.
"Yeah she is." I said looking at the ground.
"She'll come around, Josh. Just wait and see." Mack said as I nodded my head.
"Do you remember the time that we all played in the mud?" Cassie asked.
"Well… if you don't. We can remind you." Lily broke in
"We were all outside. All of us were an-" Cassie started before getting an angry glare from Lily.
"No that's not how it was. It was only us three." Lily said, pointing to Mack, Cassie and herself.
"Whatever Lily." Cassie said with an attitude. "Well we were sitting in the mud, because it rained the day before. And you dared me and Lily to eat two mud pies each." she paused to take a breath "Then mommy got mad at you because we got sick." she said laughing.
"I liked making you guys do mean stuff huh?" Mack asked as we all laughed.
"You were the evil big sister but you had our backs no matter what happens." Aidan said as Mack looked at him.
"I guess since you opened your mouth, you can share your story with me." Mack said as the two of them laughed.
"Um . . . let me think of a good one. Oh I've got a good one. It was the first day of my freshman year at the high school. We took the bus and we walked into the school together. You wished me good luck before walking down the sophomore hallway while I went to the freshman hallway." Aidan said pausing for a minute.
"At lunch you sat with me and asked me how school was treating me. I told you about this one kid who picked on me from your grade . . ." Aidan paused before Mack picked up.
"I walked up to him and told him if he continues to mess with you then he'll have me to deal with and it wouldn't be a pretty sight." Mack said as the two of them laughed.
"He never teased me again." Aidan said as Mack smiled.
"You've got to thank Brandon for that too. He threatened the guy as well." Mack said as we looked at her.
"Do you remember anything from the night of the accident?" Belle asked looking at our older sister.
"That entire afternoon and night is still a black hole. Dr. Ellers told me that I may never be able to remember that night." Mack said shaking her head slightly.
"J.J. do you have a story to tell Mack?" Lily asked looking at her twin brother.
"Yeah I do. It was just a couple of years ago. Lily and I had just celebrated our 6th birthday. Mom and dad had gotten us new bikes for our birthday. You promised to teach me how to ride the bike. So after all the mess was cleaned up you and I went outside and you told me to get on the bike." J.J. said hoping Mack would remember some parts of it.
"I gave you a push and before we knew it, you were crashed onto the grass. You told me that you were never going to ride the bike again and you stormed off." Mack said smiling.
"You came and found me. You said that if I never learned how to ride a bike, then I could never come on long bike rides with you. You convinced me to give it another try." J.J. said looking at me.
"You agreed and I helped you learn the basics of riding a bike. Eventually with practice, you became really good at it. Now we go on long bike rides every spring and summer." Mack said looking at him.
"You remember, Mack. I knew you would eventually remember." J.J. said giving Mack a hug.
"I do remember, J.J. I told you I would eventually." Mack said returning the hug.
"I know another story." Lily said looking at Mack expectantly.
"What's your story, Lily pad?" Mack asked using the nickname she had given Lily since the day she was born.
"Hey that's my nickname." Lily said looking over at Mack.
"I know and I just remembered it." Mack said smiling.
"Cassie and I came home from dance one day and you were sitting in the kitchen eating ice cream." Lily paused hoping Cassie would catch on.
"Oh I remember this one. You asked us how dance was and we told you to go into the living room." Cassie said as Lily nodded.
"You wanted us to show you what we learned in dance class that day. So we showed you and you ended up doing the same thing but you ended up running into the piano." Lily said as we all laughed.
"I learned that day that I am not coordinated enough to be a dancer." Mack said as we all laughed.
"I told you to stick to your day job and we ended falling on the floor because we were laughing so hard." Cassie said as Mack shook her head.
We were still laughing when the door was gently pushed open. Our attentions were caught as Brandon stepped into the room.
"What's all the racket in here?" Brandon asked as we tried to contain our laughter but it didn't work.
"We were just telling Mack stories of us when we were younger." Aidan said speaking up. He was the only one who was able to contain his laughter.
"Ahh I see." Brandon said as the door opened again.
"You guys are way too loud." Mom said sticking her head in the room.
"Sorry we were telling Mack stories." I said as she shook her head.
"Why don't you guys come out and give Mack and Brandon some time?" Mom suggested as we all gave Mack hugs and kisses.
She waved bye to us as we all left the room. I shoved my hands in my pockets and went down the hall towards the waiting room.
Brandon's POV
"Productive day?" I asked taking a seat where Aidan was just sitting a few minutes ago.
"Yeah I think it was. They were telling me stories of our childhood." Mack said nodding her head.
"Did you remember anything else?" I asked her hopeful.
"Um . . . I remember bits here and there." Mack said smiling a little.
"Can I know what you remembered?" I asked her as she grabbed my hand and laced our fingers together.
"Well for starters, I remember your birthday is January 6 and our anniversary is June 21st, 2030." Mack told me as I leaned over and kissed her.
"That's amazing babe. You're doing really good." I told her as she smiled.
"That's what I thought but I still can't remember anything from the night of the accident." Mack said shaking her head sadly.
"Give it time. You'll eventually remember it." I told her gently.
"I know but I want to remember it now." Mack told me before giggling lightly.
"You're still the eager girl you always were." I told her as she smiled.
"I love you, Mackenzie Miah Bolton." I said before sitting on the bed and taking her in my arms.
"I love you too Brandon." She said simply before sighing happily.
We stayed like that and before I knew it she and I were sound asleep in each other arms.
Josh's POV
My eyes adjusted to the brightness of the waiting room. I saw mom and dad talking to Aunt Sharpay and Uncle Zeke along with all my other aunts and uncles. I sat down in the harden chair and threw my head back sighing loudly.
"That doesn't sound too good." Miranda's voice said coming closer to me.
"I'm not in the mood to fight, Miranda." I said opening my eyes and looking at her.
"I'm not planning on fighting either. How's Mack?" Miranda asked me taking a seat across from me.
"You wait three whole days before bothering to come ask me how my sister is doing." I asked my voice rising with every word.
"You wanna keep it down?" Miranda asked looking over at her parents and mine.
"I'm just tired and not in the mood to talk to you." I said throwing my head back.
"You know we'll eventually have to talk about this." Miranda said standing up and looking at me.
"Well this is neither the time nor the place." I said watching her turn around and strut off.
"Miranda?" I asked as she turned around.
"What Josh?" She asked sighing loudly.
"Are we going to ever be the same again?" I asked looking at her.
Feedback would be wonderful. Thank you to everyone who has submitted ideas and feedback for this story.