Part 4-
Summary: Catie wakes up but to everyone's surprise she can't remember anything that happened to her.
"Catie?"
Jamie's voice cracked with emotion and he felt the hot tears burning his face like acid but he didn't dare look away afraid if he did when he looked back down she would be gone. Jamie bit down on his bottom lip, not knowing what to say, he wanted his next words to be perfect, he needed them to be.
"Hey you're awake"
Jamie shook his head and lay back in his chair; he wanted so badly to say something great, something passionate, and something that would declare how he felt when she was gone from his life but all he could say was 'hey you're awake'.
"I'm such an idiot"
Catie opened her mouth to say something to comfort Jamie but the minute she moved she felt a pain go through her body, it was unbearable, what had caused this? Where was she? Catie looked around the room and noticed it was a hospital but how did she get here? Why was she here? She didn't understand; Catie looked to Jamie for support.
"Are you okay Catie?"
Jamie scooted the chair closer to Catie and the hospital bed; he looked at her and all he could see was confusion.
"Catie?"
"Why am I here?"
Jamie looked at Catie with shock.
"You don't remember?"
"Remember what?"
Val walked back over to Tyler with an ice pack in her hand; she stared at Tyler for a minute before sitting down, she smiled and sat down next to him handing him the ice pack.
"Val, I know what Jamie did seems bad but it really isn't, I've acted worst, look at how I treated William. Jamie asked me to stop, he asked me to leave him alone but I wouldn't, he gave me a last warning and yet I still pushed, he wasn't ready to bare his soul to me and he got pissed and he reacted, it's human"
Val pushed the ice pack on Tyler's face and guided his hands to hold the ice pack still; she pulled her blonde hair up into a ponytail.
"His reaction was out of line, I appreciate you trying to stick up for him but he had no right, we all are in distress at what has happened to Catie, I should know more then anybody but you don't seeing me going attacking people do you?"
Tyler half-smiled but his mind was really on Jamie.
"Remember what Jamie?"
Catie repeated her question when all she got was silence from Jamie; she lifted her head up and tilted to Jamie's direction to see what look was on his face and it was a mix from confusion and fear and that scared Catie.
"What happened Jamie?"
"Oh geez Catie, how can you not remember? I can't stop thinking about it and you can't remember it?"
Catie stopped looking at Jamie and turned around despite how much it hurt; Jamie cursed himself mentally at how his voice had sounded, it had sounded so harsh, so mean.
"I didn't mean it like that Catie, I'm just shocked that you something that horrible has been erased from your memory but hey maybe that's a good thing, sometimes knowing is not for the best"
"And sometimes not knowing is even worse; I'm in a hospital bed Jamie and every time I move one little muscle in my body this unbearable pain shoots through my body and I feel weak and hurt and I don't know why, how can not knowing what happened to make me feel this way be better?"
Jamie looked at Catie helplessly; he bit his lip and touched Catie's back.
"Somehow we'll get through this, it doesn't matter how we do just as long as we do it together"
Catie turned around slowly and smiled.
"Agreed but you have to help me remember, I have to know"
Jamie interlocked his hand with hers.
"Agreed but you can never leave me again"
Brooke sat at Alex's desk filing through paper work for him, she let her eyes scan all the pages but not really reading them, her mind was on Catie and Jamie. So many things had happened and that was only in the past 24 hours, if and when Catie woke up things were going to get more complicated; Brooke jumped when she heard Alex's phone ring, she let it ring 3 times before answering it.
"Hello?"
Brooke shook her head when she realized she forgot to state the place she was at, how formal Brooke she thought to herself.
"No he's not here right now but I'm his assistant if you want to leave a message I'll make sure I give it to him right away"
Brooke opened Alex's desk drawer and grabbed a pen and a note pad, she twisted the pen cap off lying it down on the desk and flipped the notepad open to a clear page and got ready to write the message down.
"Okay got the pen and the paper, what's the message? Catie Roth is awake. Okay th-"
Brooke stopped in the middle of her sentence and read the message over eying the words "Catie Roth" and "awake"
"Excuse me, did you say Catie Roth was awake? You did? Thanks, I'll give him the message"
Brooke slammed the phone down and jumped out of the chair she was sitting in pushing the chair back, she ran over to the table where Hank, Tyler and Val were at talking.
"Guys, you'll never believe this"
Val and Tyler looked up first and then Hank followed their gaze.
"What's up sis?"
Brooke tried to stop the smile forming on her lips.
"Catie-"
Val listened to Brooke with fear. Oh god, please don't let her die on me.
"She's awake, Catie woke up an hour ago"
Tyler snorted out a laugh of relief and Hank smiled but Val stayed blank, Tyler watched Val waiting for her to do something.
"Well what are you guys just sitting here for? My best friend just woke up, up up up!"
Tyler and Hank got up and saluted Val and laughed in unison but started running trying to catch up with her and Brooke, they all jumped in the ambulance, buckled up and everyone watched Val start up the car, she buckled up herself and sped off… her destination… Catie. Val hauled the big ambulance to a dead stop; she unbuckled her belt quickly and practically tore the door open, she jumped out of the ambulance and went running into the hospital with her sister and her two friends shortly behind her; Val didn't even stop to ask the nurse where the room was, she already knew. Val slid around the corner grabbing the wall for support, she could hear Tyler asking her to wait up but she couldn't stop; she slid around another corner and flew into Catie's room finally stopping, the minute she stopped Tyler, Brooke, and Hank went crashing into her.
Jamie looked away from Catie when he heard a crash, he half-smiled when he saw Val with Brooke, Tyler and Hank behind her, all four of them standing there was kind of comforting but a part of him wishes it was just him and Catie.
"Hey Catie, look who's here"
Catie looked up to see no one other then Val Linear; Catie smiled big and when she saw Brooke, Hank and Tyler her smile widened.
"Aww have all of you come to see pathetic little old me? I feel so special"
Val stood there for a second taking in the moment, 3 hours ago Catie was in a coma and now here she was awake and alive and smiling, this moment would be in her mind forever; after taking it in she walked over to Catie's bedside and hugged her with all her might but let go when she heard Catie whimper.
"Oh my god! Did I hurt you? Not more then that creep did though but I'm still sorry"
Catie looked up Val.
"I don't remember"
Tyler and Hank looked over at Catie with concern and worry.
"You don't remember?"
Catie looked over at Tyler who was slowly making his way over with Hank and Brooke.
"No she doesn't. The nurse says it might be some sort of amnesia, that what happened to Catie in that alley was so horrible, so petrifying that her brain sort of erased it from her memory, shock the nurse said"
Val nodded at Jamie.
"Yeah I've heard that on some accounts the brain erases some of the memories when-"
Catie cut Val off.
"Look I don't remember what happened; end of discussion"
Tyler touched Catie's shoulder.
"We should talk about this…"
Catie shook her head and went to say something but Jamie cut in.
"She said end of discussion, so it's end of discussion, can't we just be glad that she's awake?"
Val glared at Jamie but nodded for Catie's benefit.
"I think we need to talk"
Tyler nodded at Jamie and they both left the room silently not wanting to disturb Val and Catie's conversation; Jamie led Tyler out into the hall of the hospital room not wanting to be too far away from Catie.
"Okay look what happened between us earlier---"
Tyler put his hands up stopping Jamie.
"My fault buddy, you were in a time of confusion and pain and I pushed you to open up when you weren't ready and I shouldn't have done that. You asked me to stop and I should have but you know me, Mr. Nosy; but I'm not saying what you did was the right thing to do but I'm giving you the easy way out, all is behind us"
Jamie ran his fingers through his hair.
"Thanks, but I'm guessing Val is going to be hard on me?"
"You bet, so Catie doesn't remember what happened?"
Jamie ran his hands over his face; he shook his head and moaned loudly.
"She doesn't remember, isn't that the craziest thing Tyler? That one event has been haunting me over the past 24 hours and it will never go away but she has no recognition of it. She can hardly move without wincing and it's because of that creep and to think he's still out there, free to do the exact same thing to another innocent person. I just want to get hold of that guy and kill him myself"
Tyler looked at Jamie.
"You need to get control of your emotions, for Catie's sake, we all do, she needs us to be her guides through this, we got to be the stable ones"
"I know, I'm just not the stable kind of guy"
"Did you have any possessions on you when that jerk grabbed you?"
Catie looked up at Hank and shrugged.
"I told you guys, I don't remember, but it's likely I had my purse which has my wallet in it, why?'
Hank looked out the window.
"When we brought you in, you didn't have your wallet on you, that creep could of swiped it and read your ID and blam! He knows where you live"
Catie looked at Val but then let her eyes advance to Jamie.
"That's why I'm staying at her place tonight"
It sounded more a demand then a suggestion but Catie didn't care, she really didn't want to be alone.
"The doctor said you could go home tonight but just to take it easy"
Val read Catie's charts.
"You should change your bandages 3 or 4 times a day, make sure you don't lift anything, don't want anything strained and you should get a lot of rest, you need it. Call me anytime you need something and Jamie isn't around"
Jamie smiled.
"That won't happen"
Hank tore his glance away from the window.
"And if Val's not home call me"
Tyler grabbed Catie's bag.
"And if Hank's not home call me"
Jamie carried Catie into a wheelchair.
"Geez guys, I was stabbed not killed"
Catie laughed when everyone stared at her.
"Sorry, I was just trying to lighten the situation; okay doctors, I got all your numbers, I know the number to 911, the fire department, and the police station and I promise not to stay up past 10"
Jamie smirked and rolled Catie out of the hospital room with Hank, Tyler, Brooke and Val behind him; Catie felt good, but she knew they were far from over.
Summary: Catie wakes up but to everyone's surprise she can't remember anything that happened to her.
"Catie?"
Jamie's voice cracked with emotion and he felt the hot tears burning his face like acid but he didn't dare look away afraid if he did when he looked back down she would be gone. Jamie bit down on his bottom lip, not knowing what to say, he wanted his next words to be perfect, he needed them to be.
"Hey you're awake"
Jamie shook his head and lay back in his chair; he wanted so badly to say something great, something passionate, and something that would declare how he felt when she was gone from his life but all he could say was 'hey you're awake'.
"I'm such an idiot"
Catie opened her mouth to say something to comfort Jamie but the minute she moved she felt a pain go through her body, it was unbearable, what had caused this? Where was she? Catie looked around the room and noticed it was a hospital but how did she get here? Why was she here? She didn't understand; Catie looked to Jamie for support.
"Are you okay Catie?"
Jamie scooted the chair closer to Catie and the hospital bed; he looked at her and all he could see was confusion.
"Catie?"
"Why am I here?"
Jamie looked at Catie with shock.
"You don't remember?"
"Remember what?"
Val walked back over to Tyler with an ice pack in her hand; she stared at Tyler for a minute before sitting down, she smiled and sat down next to him handing him the ice pack.
"Val, I know what Jamie did seems bad but it really isn't, I've acted worst, look at how I treated William. Jamie asked me to stop, he asked me to leave him alone but I wouldn't, he gave me a last warning and yet I still pushed, he wasn't ready to bare his soul to me and he got pissed and he reacted, it's human"
Val pushed the ice pack on Tyler's face and guided his hands to hold the ice pack still; she pulled her blonde hair up into a ponytail.
"His reaction was out of line, I appreciate you trying to stick up for him but he had no right, we all are in distress at what has happened to Catie, I should know more then anybody but you don't seeing me going attacking people do you?"
Tyler half-smiled but his mind was really on Jamie.
"Remember what Jamie?"
Catie repeated her question when all she got was silence from Jamie; she lifted her head up and tilted to Jamie's direction to see what look was on his face and it was a mix from confusion and fear and that scared Catie.
"What happened Jamie?"
"Oh geez Catie, how can you not remember? I can't stop thinking about it and you can't remember it?"
Catie stopped looking at Jamie and turned around despite how much it hurt; Jamie cursed himself mentally at how his voice had sounded, it had sounded so harsh, so mean.
"I didn't mean it like that Catie, I'm just shocked that you something that horrible has been erased from your memory but hey maybe that's a good thing, sometimes knowing is not for the best"
"And sometimes not knowing is even worse; I'm in a hospital bed Jamie and every time I move one little muscle in my body this unbearable pain shoots through my body and I feel weak and hurt and I don't know why, how can not knowing what happened to make me feel this way be better?"
Jamie looked at Catie helplessly; he bit his lip and touched Catie's back.
"Somehow we'll get through this, it doesn't matter how we do just as long as we do it together"
Catie turned around slowly and smiled.
"Agreed but you have to help me remember, I have to know"
Jamie interlocked his hand with hers.
"Agreed but you can never leave me again"
Brooke sat at Alex's desk filing through paper work for him, she let her eyes scan all the pages but not really reading them, her mind was on Catie and Jamie. So many things had happened and that was only in the past 24 hours, if and when Catie woke up things were going to get more complicated; Brooke jumped when she heard Alex's phone ring, she let it ring 3 times before answering it.
"Hello?"
Brooke shook her head when she realized she forgot to state the place she was at, how formal Brooke she thought to herself.
"No he's not here right now but I'm his assistant if you want to leave a message I'll make sure I give it to him right away"
Brooke opened Alex's desk drawer and grabbed a pen and a note pad, she twisted the pen cap off lying it down on the desk and flipped the notepad open to a clear page and got ready to write the message down.
"Okay got the pen and the paper, what's the message? Catie Roth is awake. Okay th-"
Brooke stopped in the middle of her sentence and read the message over eying the words "Catie Roth" and "awake"
"Excuse me, did you say Catie Roth was awake? You did? Thanks, I'll give him the message"
Brooke slammed the phone down and jumped out of the chair she was sitting in pushing the chair back, she ran over to the table where Hank, Tyler and Val were at talking.
"Guys, you'll never believe this"
Val and Tyler looked up first and then Hank followed their gaze.
"What's up sis?"
Brooke tried to stop the smile forming on her lips.
"Catie-"
Val listened to Brooke with fear. Oh god, please don't let her die on me.
"She's awake, Catie woke up an hour ago"
Tyler snorted out a laugh of relief and Hank smiled but Val stayed blank, Tyler watched Val waiting for her to do something.
"Well what are you guys just sitting here for? My best friend just woke up, up up up!"
Tyler and Hank got up and saluted Val and laughed in unison but started running trying to catch up with her and Brooke, they all jumped in the ambulance, buckled up and everyone watched Val start up the car, she buckled up herself and sped off… her destination… Catie. Val hauled the big ambulance to a dead stop; she unbuckled her belt quickly and practically tore the door open, she jumped out of the ambulance and went running into the hospital with her sister and her two friends shortly behind her; Val didn't even stop to ask the nurse where the room was, she already knew. Val slid around the corner grabbing the wall for support, she could hear Tyler asking her to wait up but she couldn't stop; she slid around another corner and flew into Catie's room finally stopping, the minute she stopped Tyler, Brooke, and Hank went crashing into her.
Jamie looked away from Catie when he heard a crash, he half-smiled when he saw Val with Brooke, Tyler and Hank behind her, all four of them standing there was kind of comforting but a part of him wishes it was just him and Catie.
"Hey Catie, look who's here"
Catie looked up to see no one other then Val Linear; Catie smiled big and when she saw Brooke, Hank and Tyler her smile widened.
"Aww have all of you come to see pathetic little old me? I feel so special"
Val stood there for a second taking in the moment, 3 hours ago Catie was in a coma and now here she was awake and alive and smiling, this moment would be in her mind forever; after taking it in she walked over to Catie's bedside and hugged her with all her might but let go when she heard Catie whimper.
"Oh my god! Did I hurt you? Not more then that creep did though but I'm still sorry"
Catie looked up Val.
"I don't remember"
Tyler and Hank looked over at Catie with concern and worry.
"You don't remember?"
Catie looked over at Tyler who was slowly making his way over with Hank and Brooke.
"No she doesn't. The nurse says it might be some sort of amnesia, that what happened to Catie in that alley was so horrible, so petrifying that her brain sort of erased it from her memory, shock the nurse said"
Val nodded at Jamie.
"Yeah I've heard that on some accounts the brain erases some of the memories when-"
Catie cut Val off.
"Look I don't remember what happened; end of discussion"
Tyler touched Catie's shoulder.
"We should talk about this…"
Catie shook her head and went to say something but Jamie cut in.
"She said end of discussion, so it's end of discussion, can't we just be glad that she's awake?"
Val glared at Jamie but nodded for Catie's benefit.
"I think we need to talk"
Tyler nodded at Jamie and they both left the room silently not wanting to disturb Val and Catie's conversation; Jamie led Tyler out into the hall of the hospital room not wanting to be too far away from Catie.
"Okay look what happened between us earlier---"
Tyler put his hands up stopping Jamie.
"My fault buddy, you were in a time of confusion and pain and I pushed you to open up when you weren't ready and I shouldn't have done that. You asked me to stop and I should have but you know me, Mr. Nosy; but I'm not saying what you did was the right thing to do but I'm giving you the easy way out, all is behind us"
Jamie ran his fingers through his hair.
"Thanks, but I'm guessing Val is going to be hard on me?"
"You bet, so Catie doesn't remember what happened?"
Jamie ran his hands over his face; he shook his head and moaned loudly.
"She doesn't remember, isn't that the craziest thing Tyler? That one event has been haunting me over the past 24 hours and it will never go away but she has no recognition of it. She can hardly move without wincing and it's because of that creep and to think he's still out there, free to do the exact same thing to another innocent person. I just want to get hold of that guy and kill him myself"
Tyler looked at Jamie.
"You need to get control of your emotions, for Catie's sake, we all do, she needs us to be her guides through this, we got to be the stable ones"
"I know, I'm just not the stable kind of guy"
"Did you have any possessions on you when that jerk grabbed you?"
Catie looked up at Hank and shrugged.
"I told you guys, I don't remember, but it's likely I had my purse which has my wallet in it, why?'
Hank looked out the window.
"When we brought you in, you didn't have your wallet on you, that creep could of swiped it and read your ID and blam! He knows where you live"
Catie looked at Val but then let her eyes advance to Jamie.
"That's why I'm staying at her place tonight"
It sounded more a demand then a suggestion but Catie didn't care, she really didn't want to be alone.
"The doctor said you could go home tonight but just to take it easy"
Val read Catie's charts.
"You should change your bandages 3 or 4 times a day, make sure you don't lift anything, don't want anything strained and you should get a lot of rest, you need it. Call me anytime you need something and Jamie isn't around"
Jamie smiled.
"That won't happen"
Hank tore his glance away from the window.
"And if Val's not home call me"
Tyler grabbed Catie's bag.
"And if Hank's not home call me"
Jamie carried Catie into a wheelchair.
"Geez guys, I was stabbed not killed"
Catie laughed when everyone stared at her.
"Sorry, I was just trying to lighten the situation; okay doctors, I got all your numbers, I know the number to 911, the fire department, and the police station and I promise not to stay up past 10"
Jamie smirked and rolled Catie out of the hospital room with Hank, Tyler, Brooke and Val behind him; Catie felt good, but she knew they were far from over.