A/N: Here it is! Hopefully I can keep this pace up, updating a chapter a
day. I know how frustrating it can be waiting for a stories to update! I
just want to apologize again for not updating sooner, and I want to thank
all those who have reviewed, you have made this story so much fun to write!
Do You Remember?
Steps Backward
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Lizzie felt as if they had taken a step backwards on the road to getting Gordo's memory back. She sat next to his pale body as it once again lay motionless on the cold hospital bed. After the McGuries couldn't wake him, they then rushed him to the hospital, calling his parents on the way. As soon they arrived, Gordo had been whisked down the hallway, and all four adults turned to Lizzie, all asking questions, wanting to know answers. After filling them in on what had happened when Gordo had woken her, (leaving out the more private parts of course, ) she went in the direction that the gurney had left with Gordo. Now she sat with him as small screens updated themselves on his condion. Lizzie leaned over and whispered is his ear, "I never meant to hurt you babe, I just wanted my David back." Tears fell from her eyes as she lay her head on his shoulder.
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Doctor Jazwinski felt like history was repeating itself as he once again addressed the Gordon's on their son. Asking them to sit, he began. "Well Ted, Marie, I can't say that I'm happy to see you again. Gordo's mind has seemed to have issued a shut down, he probably blacked out from receiving too much information. What was he doing before he blanked out?"
The Gordon's glanced over to each other before Ted began. "New Years, he went to party at a friends house. Something must have happened there because he only had a couple of hours sleep before leaving the house. We heard him get up around 6, but he was out the door before I could get downstairs. We only heard that he fainted when the McGurie's called us and said they were bringing him to the hospital. Lizzie then told us that he had come over, and that they had gotten into a fight and he had passed out."
The Doctor narrowed his eyes at the last comment. This was why he didn't approve of teenager relationships. He felt that they tended to get in the way when a person was trying to get better. "Well for two parents that seem to want their son to get better, you don't seem to helping the process very much. By letting Elizabeth into David's recovery phase, he's focused on her and not other things. He needs to work on opening his mind."
Gordon's stared at him faces filled with shock. Not let David see Lizzie? The man must be insane! "Um, Doctor I don't think you understand. David and Lizzie have been friends since they were born. Asking her not to help her best friend, and more recently her boyfriend, would just be unheard of. I know that both of us feel that the best thing for David now, is to be with the person he cares for the most."
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Gordo woke to the steady sound of machine beeps. His slowly opening eyes were greeted by a thin stream of light, that had found a crack in the curtains. He moved his head around wondering where he was; the last thing that he could remember was bright sunlight. a girl. he hit a barrier. It was like his mind refused to tell him who the person in white was. The girl appeared through out his memories, sometimes younger. His memories were filled of different visions of her,. when they were small, her hair in pigtails, covered in mud. her smiling face on a first day of school. her body underneath him as he moved, her moans filling the air.,Gordo sat up quickly as he realized what was happing in the last flashback. Breathing hard he tried once again to figure out who this person was. He turned when he heard a small sigh. The girl that appeared throughout his fragmented memory was sitting in a chair next to him, her head using the bed as pillow, sleeping. Who was this girl?
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Lizzie slowly pulled her mind away from the *good* dream that she was having, and back to the fact that the subject of her dream couldn't even remember her and was currently in the hospital. Stretching her arms over her head, she had a feeling that she was being watched. Opening her eyes she saw Gordo sitting up in bed staring at her with his mouth open in shock. "David?" she asked, "Your awake!" As she moved towards him, he moved father away. "David, what's wrong?"
"Why are you calling me that? No one but my parents call me that," he continued to stare at her, "who are you?"
Lizzie took a deep breath in and slowly let it out. She just opened her mouth to re-explain what had happened to him, when his parents walked in.
"David!" Gordo's mom ran over to him and wrapped her arms around him. "I'm so glad your ok!" Gordo put his arms around his mom and lightly patted her on the back.
"Don't worry mom, I'm ok," they broke apart and Marie lightly patted her eyes. Gordo sat back on the bed. "Can some one please tell me why I'm here again? The last thing I remember is you." He pointed at Lizzie. "Something was happening. I remember ." he drifted off.
"We were discussing a party we went to when you fainted Gordo."
"I remember the party. I was hanging out with Parker. but where do you fit in? I mean I don't even remember your name."
Lizzie looked to his parents in horror. Taking one more look at him she grabbed her coat and fled from the room. After Lizzie left his parents looked back to him, shocked looks on their faces. "You don't remember her at all?"
"Why, should I?"
"What do you remember?"
"Everything back, I remember not remembering, if that makes sense, expect her. I have some memory of her but not many. is she a cousin or something?"
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Lizzie slowly walked the corridors of the hospital. Making her way to front doors, she pushed them open and was greeted with the sound of rain pounding the pavement. Zipping up her coat, she began walking home, the rain quickly soaking her through. When she just about to turn down her street, she quickly decided that home was not the place to be. She changed her course, and began walking to Miranda's. Reaching her house, she knocked on the door and took shelter on the front porch. The door opened and Miranda popped her head out side. "Hello?" Lizzie raised her head. "Lizzie? Oh sweetie, what happened?" Miranda pulled Lizzie into the house and helped her take off her soaking jacket and shoes.
"He doesn't remember me, at all!" Lizzie allowed herself to break and fell down crying. Miranda sat down beside her and wrapped her arms round her.
"Lizzie, how about we get you out of these clothes and into the shower. Something of yours must be lying around in my room and if not you can borrow some of mine, ok? Now let's get you into the shower and you can tell me what happened later." Miranda help Lizzie up and pointed her in the direction of the stairs.
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Do You Remember?
Steps Backward
* * *
Lizzie felt as if they had taken a step backwards on the road to getting Gordo's memory back. She sat next to his pale body as it once again lay motionless on the cold hospital bed. After the McGuries couldn't wake him, they then rushed him to the hospital, calling his parents on the way. As soon they arrived, Gordo had been whisked down the hallway, and all four adults turned to Lizzie, all asking questions, wanting to know answers. After filling them in on what had happened when Gordo had woken her, (leaving out the more private parts of course, ) she went in the direction that the gurney had left with Gordo. Now she sat with him as small screens updated themselves on his condion. Lizzie leaned over and whispered is his ear, "I never meant to hurt you babe, I just wanted my David back." Tears fell from her eyes as she lay her head on his shoulder.
* * *
Doctor Jazwinski felt like history was repeating itself as he once again addressed the Gordon's on their son. Asking them to sit, he began. "Well Ted, Marie, I can't say that I'm happy to see you again. Gordo's mind has seemed to have issued a shut down, he probably blacked out from receiving too much information. What was he doing before he blanked out?"
The Gordon's glanced over to each other before Ted began. "New Years, he went to party at a friends house. Something must have happened there because he only had a couple of hours sleep before leaving the house. We heard him get up around 6, but he was out the door before I could get downstairs. We only heard that he fainted when the McGurie's called us and said they were bringing him to the hospital. Lizzie then told us that he had come over, and that they had gotten into a fight and he had passed out."
The Doctor narrowed his eyes at the last comment. This was why he didn't approve of teenager relationships. He felt that they tended to get in the way when a person was trying to get better. "Well for two parents that seem to want their son to get better, you don't seem to helping the process very much. By letting Elizabeth into David's recovery phase, he's focused on her and not other things. He needs to work on opening his mind."
Gordon's stared at him faces filled with shock. Not let David see Lizzie? The man must be insane! "Um, Doctor I don't think you understand. David and Lizzie have been friends since they were born. Asking her not to help her best friend, and more recently her boyfriend, would just be unheard of. I know that both of us feel that the best thing for David now, is to be with the person he cares for the most."
* * *
Gordo woke to the steady sound of machine beeps. His slowly opening eyes were greeted by a thin stream of light, that had found a crack in the curtains. He moved his head around wondering where he was; the last thing that he could remember was bright sunlight. a girl. he hit a barrier. It was like his mind refused to tell him who the person in white was. The girl appeared through out his memories, sometimes younger. His memories were filled of different visions of her,. when they were small, her hair in pigtails, covered in mud. her smiling face on a first day of school. her body underneath him as he moved, her moans filling the air.,Gordo sat up quickly as he realized what was happing in the last flashback. Breathing hard he tried once again to figure out who this person was. He turned when he heard a small sigh. The girl that appeared throughout his fragmented memory was sitting in a chair next to him, her head using the bed as pillow, sleeping. Who was this girl?
* * *
Lizzie slowly pulled her mind away from the *good* dream that she was having, and back to the fact that the subject of her dream couldn't even remember her and was currently in the hospital. Stretching her arms over her head, she had a feeling that she was being watched. Opening her eyes she saw Gordo sitting up in bed staring at her with his mouth open in shock. "David?" she asked, "Your awake!" As she moved towards him, he moved father away. "David, what's wrong?"
"Why are you calling me that? No one but my parents call me that," he continued to stare at her, "who are you?"
Lizzie took a deep breath in and slowly let it out. She just opened her mouth to re-explain what had happened to him, when his parents walked in.
"David!" Gordo's mom ran over to him and wrapped her arms around him. "I'm so glad your ok!" Gordo put his arms around his mom and lightly patted her on the back.
"Don't worry mom, I'm ok," they broke apart and Marie lightly patted her eyes. Gordo sat back on the bed. "Can some one please tell me why I'm here again? The last thing I remember is you." He pointed at Lizzie. "Something was happening. I remember ." he drifted off.
"We were discussing a party we went to when you fainted Gordo."
"I remember the party. I was hanging out with Parker. but where do you fit in? I mean I don't even remember your name."
Lizzie looked to his parents in horror. Taking one more look at him she grabbed her coat and fled from the room. After Lizzie left his parents looked back to him, shocked looks on their faces. "You don't remember her at all?"
"Why, should I?"
"What do you remember?"
"Everything back, I remember not remembering, if that makes sense, expect her. I have some memory of her but not many. is she a cousin or something?"
* * *
Lizzie slowly walked the corridors of the hospital. Making her way to front doors, she pushed them open and was greeted with the sound of rain pounding the pavement. Zipping up her coat, she began walking home, the rain quickly soaking her through. When she just about to turn down her street, she quickly decided that home was not the place to be. She changed her course, and began walking to Miranda's. Reaching her house, she knocked on the door and took shelter on the front porch. The door opened and Miranda popped her head out side. "Hello?" Lizzie raised her head. "Lizzie? Oh sweetie, what happened?" Miranda pulled Lizzie into the house and helped her take off her soaking jacket and shoes.
"He doesn't remember me, at all!" Lizzie allowed herself to break and fell down crying. Miranda sat down beside her and wrapped her arms round her.
"Lizzie, how about we get you out of these clothes and into the shower. Something of yours must be lying around in my room and if not you can borrow some of mine, ok? Now let's get you into the shower and you can tell me what happened later." Miranda help Lizzie up and pointed her in the direction of the stairs.
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