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I Can't Remember You

Pilar, Luis, and Miguel appeared not too long after that.

"Where is my daughter?" Pilar asked frantically. "How is she? Tell me!"

"Theresa's in the ER," Ethan said. "We don't know how she's doing. The doctors are seeing if she's been infected."

"How did this happen?" Luis demanded.

"I…I don't know."

"How can you possibly not know!" Pilar exploded.

"Look, all we know is that Ivy and Theresa were fighting upstairs. Ivy fell down the stairs, but she's unhurt. We think Theresa might have stumbled back and slit the back of her head."

"And they think something may have infected her?"

They're looking now."

Pilar buried her face in her hands, sobbing, and sat down on one of the chairs. "Oh, God…first Antonio, now Theresa…what is happening to our family?"

"Mama, please, shh…" Miguel sat down to comfort her.

"Luis?"

Luis looked towards the voice. "Sheridan?"

Sheridan Crane walked towards them. "What's wrong? Did something happen with Antonio?"

"No, Antonio's the same," Luis said. "It's Theresa…she's in the ER."

Sheridan gasped, and her hand flew to her mouth. "What happened?"

"She hit her head and cut it open."

"Oh my God…Luis, I'm so sorry!" Sheridan momentarily forgot her resolution to keep away from Luis and hugged him.

(A/N: Good thing Beth ain't there now!)

The door to the ER opened, and Elliot stepped out.

Fox and Ethan were in front of Elliot in a flash. Pilar looked up from her hands

"How is she?" Fox asked.

"There has been no infection," Elliot said, but then he frowned. "But we expect side-effects."

"Like what?" Pilar said fearfully from behind.

"Well, memory loss, to be frank," Elliot said. "We fear she's greatly damaged her memory."

"How bad?" Luis asked. "Will she forget everything?'

"No, not everything. She'll remember how to speak, how to do small things. But we fear that she'll forget people, what happened before the accident, and her intelligence level may drop. Her emotional level may drop as well."

"Re-regression?" Pilar stuttered.

"Mildly, yes."

"Oh, God." Pilar whispered, choking on her words.

"Is she awake?" Ethan asked.

"No, but she will be, soon. They put her in a private room."

"Can we see her?" Miguel asked.

"Yes, of course. Follow me." Elliot led the Lopez-Fitzgeralds and the Cranes down a hallway and led them to a room.

"You have 15 minutes," Elliot said, and let them file into the room.

Theresa was lying on the hospital bed, covered to her neck by a white sheet. She was breathing steadily, and she almost seemed to be smiling.

Pilar crossed herself and she knelt beside Theresa, and took her daughter's hand. "Theresa, it's Mama. Wake up, mija."

'Finally,' Ivy thought gleefully, 'the little taco belle persona non grata got what she deserved! Let's see her come between Gwen and Ethan now!'

Theresa groaned and shifted a little. Her eyes opened and she blinked uncomprehendingly.

"Oh, thank the Lord," Pilar whispered. "Mija, it's Mama."

"Mama?" Theresa said. "Who is…Mama?"

"Mija, it's me," Pilar said. "You must remember Mama."

"Theresa," Ethan leaned over her and looked her in the eyes. "It's Ethan. Do you remember me?"

Theresa gave him a blank look. "I…I can't remember Ethan. I know Little Ethan…the baby…but not Ethan." Theresa turned her head away from Ethan's gaze. She saw Fox, and her face lit up. "I remember Fox!" she said. "Fox and Little Ethan, but not Mama or Ethan. I can't remember you."

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