It had been a few days since Emma had woken up but she wasn't allowed to go home just yet. The doctors still weren't sure if the damage to her brain was permanent or not so they had to run a few more tests before they could find out. The tests however, can't be done in a week and it was going to take at least a month or so for all of the tests to be finished.
Sean hadn't visited Emma since that day. He couldn't bear to look at her. It wasn't that he didn't want to go visit her because he did. He really did but she didn't remember him. It was like each time he went to see her he would have to keep refreshing her memory and he didn't have the strength to do that. He would probably end up breaking down and crying and Emma wouldn't have any idea as to why.
At school everyone was talking about Emma and her condition. It bugged all of her friends and most of all it bugged Sean. Everyone talking about how his girlfriend doesn't remember him really made things worse.
Jay wasn't in jail anymore. Towerz had bailed him out a few days after he called Alex. At first he was afraid to show his face at school for fear that people would think that he put Emma in the hospital but he got over that fear and went to school. To his surprise no one suspected that he did anything to her except for the obvious of people who already knew that he did.
In Mr. Simpson's class Sean was sitting behind a bunch of girls with his hands cupped to his face as if he was crying. Of course he wasn't but it looked like it. He was thinking about all of the good times he and Emma had shared. His thoughts were on the wedding when he overheard the girls in front of him talking about him and Emma.
"They were like the perfect couple. I feel so bad for him now." One girl said.
"Oh I know. I feel bad for him too. That must hurt a lot to have someone you love not remember who you are. If that happened to me I would cry until I couldn't cry any longer." The other girl said.
They kept talking about this until class started. Sean wasn't sure if they knew he was behind them or not but either way he didn't care. It sucked that the whole school knew about his girlfriend not remembering who he was. It was bad enough that he had to deal with it but now the whole school knew and they were all constantly talking about it.
After the doctors were done with their first test Emma still hadn't changed. She still didn't remember Sean and it was killing him inside.
One day Sean remembered that he kept a box full of things that had to do with him and Emma. It was after their last break up. It had a bunch of things in it. The picture Emma gave him of their first date, papers and tests that Emma helped him with that he got A's on, pictures of them at the wedding, and so much more. Maybe this is what Emma needed to help refresh her memory. Sean rushed home to find the box and then headed to the hospital all excited. He showed Emma everything in the box but nothing worked. Not even the pictures of them together worked. Emma didn't realize that the people in the pictures were her and Sean. Sean walked out of the hospital room with tears starting to fall from his eyes. This was his last visit to Emma for a really long time.
A week or so after that Manny was talking to Emma about random things when Emma all of a sudden started talking about some mysterious boy who used to visit her.
"Manny there's this mysterious boy who visits me all the time. Well not anymore. I think I made him upset the last time he was here because now he doesn't come see me anymore." Emma said with a sad expression across her face.
"Huh? What are you talking about Em? No mysterious boy comes to visit you ever." Manny said.
"Yes there is though Manny." Emma said.
"I think those tests they are doing on you are getting to your head." Manny said laughing a little.
Emma just ignored her and went on talking about random things. Actually Emma started talking about dreams that she was starting to have.
"Manny can I tell you something?" Emma asked her friend.
"Sure Em. What is it?" Manny questioned her.
"Well you know how I was talking about a boy who visits me? Well he was in my dream the other night. Actually he was in two of my dreams. I just started having them." Emma said.
"What dreams? Spill it Emma." Manny said nudging her friend in the arm.
"Well one of them took place at a wedding. I think it was my mom's because I saw her standing at the alter with some really tall guy. They were so happy looking. Then I was talking to some boy under a tree. He asked me to dance so we danced. And then we slowly leaned in. then we kissed." Emma said looking all happy and lovey dovey.
"Em that's no dream. That really did happen. But what was your other dream about?" She asked.
"Well I don't remember all of it but the same boy who was in my other dream was in this one but he was older. Much older actually and so was I. It was me, that boy, and Toby. There was another kid there too. He had paint and feathers all over him and he was walking towards us with a gun. That boy in the other dream saved me. The boy with the gun was going to shoot me but the other boy saved me. He saved me Manny. I could be dead right now." Emma said and then started to cry on her best friends shoulder.
"Shh Emma it's okay. You're not dead. But Em those dreams aren't exactly dreams. Those things really did happen. And that boy with the gun his name was Rick. The other boy who was in your other dream, well his name is Sean. Sean is your boyfriend Emma. Rick and Sean fought over the gun and Rick died." Manny said.
Now at first Manny didn't realize it but Emma having dreams about all of this stuff that happened in her life meant that she was regaining her memory back. That meant that her memory loss was permanent. As soon as she figured it out she went to go tell Sean.
Manny went to his apartment but he wasn't there. She looked everywhere for him but she still couldn't find him. It was getting dark out so she decided to go to the Dot to grab a bit to eat. On her way there she saw Sean at the ravine. This was making her mad because she not only spotted Sean but she spotted him coming out of the dirty old van with a girl following. This only meant one thing which was that Sean had hooked up with some random girl while his girlfriend was in the hospital. It disgusted her.
