Kelsie and Ava were coming home from the hospital. It had been a week since she had woken up, and still there had been no signs of her memory coming back. Kelsie was actually having a hard time dealing with there being a hole in her memory, a life she didn't even remember having. She hated it so much. She wanted to know so badly, how she could be with anyone but her true love.
Kelsie wanted to know what had put her in the hospital in the first place. Had she been arguing with someone like last time?
As she walked into her parent's home, something felt familiar about it. It felt like a house that was filled with happiness, something different then she felt when living in Sechelt. She walked around the first floor, while Chris brought Ava in, taking her upstairs for a nap.
She could hear voices in her head of conversations, but they were too vague to make whom they were with.
Her mom Karen walked in, "Hey!"
Startled by her mom, "Oh, hi," she smiled. "This is a nice place you guys have got."
"Yeah, but now that you're gone, it seems a little too big for us."
"Will someone please tell me how I got here, to knowing nothing about this place," she pleaded in great anguish.
Putting her arm around her daughter, "Hunny you know we can't do that. The doctor said that it wouldn't be good for you progress. You know I would do it if I could." She really felt for her, she knew this had to be really hard on her.
"Just waiting for it to come back is killing me. I want to know how I could end up with Craig when for as long as I can remember my heart has always been with Chris. I mean it must have killed Chris, and yet he still took me back," tears began to fall from her eyes, which she had been doing a lot of lately.
"Kels believe me things were so different when that happened. Don't torment yourself over it."
"How can I not, I mean a child with a guy that I don't remember, or love."
Karen hated seeing her like this, but there wasn't anything she could do to help her. She couldn't help but wonder if her daughter would ever just once have a break without something going and ruining it all. She hoped that Ava would be the answer to all of this.
Chris lay on the bed in his and Kelsie's room, watching Ava sleep on his chest. She looked so peaceful. He was glad that they were finally able to bring her home. And a couple of days they would be back home in their new house.
"I know I'm not your real dad Ava, but I promise you that I will always be there for you when you need me. I will treat you how I would treated your sister, my little girl, if she was still with us. You'll be my little Princess." He laughed just thinking of how this little girl already had him wrap around her little finger. Slowly falling asleep himself, he finally felt like he could rest and no have to worry.
Kelsie walked outside onto the deck, when a memory came to her.
I
don't want to live this life
I don't want to say goodbye
With
you I wanna spend
The rest of my life
What can I do, to
make it right
Falling so hard so fast this time
Everything's
changed, we never knew
How did I fall,
in love ,
with
you?
"I'm sorry," she said. "I shouldn't be mad at you."
"I'm sorry too," feeling guilty about what he told the boys.
Kelsie didn't know what he had to be sorry about. "Just wait a sec. I'm coming down." She ran down the stairs to the deck door. She came outside, and sat on a deck chair near Craig.
Craig sets his guitar down, and sits beside her, "Kels, I still have a hard time trusting people. And it will take time for me to fully let you in." Grabbing her hand, "But look how much I let you know already since I met you. Most of those things people don't know about."
"I know, and I was thinking, that was enough for now. When you're ready, I know you'll tell me." Leaning into him, "I love you."
"I love you too," kissing her on the forehead.
"Oh
my I actually loved Craig," feeling guilty, she sat down on the
deck chair thinking of how she could have fallen for him
"You seem deep in thought," Craig said as he walked onto the deck from the yard.
"Yeah, I was," smiling at him slightly.
"So what about?" sitting next to her.
"I remembered the night you come outside my balcony and song me a song I know I heard before that night."
Craig wondered if that was all she remembered, or if there was more. "Yeah it was a song I had wrote for you for you birthday."
Kelsie didn't know what to say, she was beginning to realize why she could have fallen for him. "Could I ask you something?"
"Anything."
"How long were we together over?" hoping he would answer her question.
"Over six months."
"Did I hurt you when I didn't end up staying with you?"
"Yeah, but I guess things happen for a reason. I believe that we were together to help me learn to open up my heart to others," thinking that he didn't think that he would have ever truly opened up to Emma otherwise.
"I guess we did get a beautiful little girl out of it," smiling just thinking of Ava.
"Very true!" He began to get sad just thinking of them leaving. "So when do you and Chris head back to Victoria?"
"Friday, we're going to drive my car back with us. We don't think we want to take Ava on a plane, her being only a few weeks and all."
"Yeah, probably is best."
"So when are you moving to Victoria?"
"How did you know that I haven't said anything about that since you woke up?"
"I don't know, it just came to me," she smiled. She actually thought now that there was a chance of her getting her full memory soon. She had to hug him, she felt so happy.
"I'm glad you're starting to back to us. I know Paige will be ecstatic, and especially Chris."
"I know I will be better too when I know everything because this feeling isn't something I like."
"I bet. Now for the reason I came, to see Ava so where is she?"
"She's actually sleeping right now with Chris. Are you hungry?"
"Yeah."
"Why don't we go out to eat, then I can grab something for Chris when he wakes up."
"Sounds good," getting up from the chair.
"So Em where's Craig today, why isn't at school?" Manny asked as they sat in Media Immersion class.
"He wanted to spend some time with Ava before she heads home," she replied.
"He really adores her doesn't he?" starting to wonder how it would have been if she had their child, but then things wouldn't have happened with J.T and she wouldn't want to take that away for anything in the world.
"Yeah, I don't know what he's going to do once she's gone. I mean it's going to be almost 3 months before he sees her again."
"You mean he's leaving for U Vic 2 months early?" surprised that he would do that to Emma.
"Yeah."
"What are you going to do?" concerned how her friend was going to deal. She couldn't believe that Craig would be so selfish not to want to spend as much time as he had left with Emma. It's not as if he wouldn't see Ava a lot once he was down there. It seemed a little suspicious to her.
"I'm thinking of going to visit him August."
"Wow then you're going to be without him for a year. I don't think I would be able to do that if I was in the same situation."
"I know it will be hard, but if I want to be with Craig then I've got to make it work," feeling like she had to plead her case to her best friend.
"I hope you can because I've never seen you so happy, and after everything you been through you deserve it."
"Thanks," she said giving her a best friend a smile.
Craig and Kelsie arrived at The Dot. She began feeling weird, getting a bad feeling about this place, but where was it coming from? It was only a restaurant so how can that be.
"So what do you want?" Craig asked.
She looked at the menu, "Just some fries, all of a sudden I'm not too hungry."
Craig began to wonder what was wrong, he knew Kelsie only got like this once something was bothering her, but he decided just to let it go. "Alright."
They sat down at a table by the door, "So how's Emma taking the whole thing with you having a daughter?"
"Much better than when she first found out. She'll adjust with time; I know she will make a great step mom."
"I'm sure she will. Is she upset that you're leaving?"
"Well I was going to go to U Vic before I found out you were pregnant. Bur she is a little sad that I'm leaving ahead of time. It's only going to be a year before she comes to live anyways."
"Yeah well I guess she can't wait until then."
"Neither can I, I mean she's the only other girl that I've ever loved. She gets me like most others don't. Without her I don't think I could have gotten through our break-up."
"It's good to see you happy." She didn't know where this was all coming from, but inside she was beginning to feel their connection that they once had.
"Why don't we head back and see if that little girl of ours is up."
"Alright!" she smiled, rising from her seat.
Kelsie and Craig walked into her room to find Ava sleeping on Chris's chest. It warmed her heart, to see how much Chris already adored a child that wasn't his. She hated to disturb them.
She felt it feeling a little warm it was getting a little warm in the room so she went to open up her balcony door. At the look of the door, all of a sudden she heard breaking glass in her mind, but she saw nothing to indicate that. Was she going crazy?
As Kelsie walked in she looked at Craig; an overwhelming feeling came over her, her total face turned. Craig noticed this, "Kels what's wrong?"
It was all coming back to her, the fights, the fall. She grew with rage, "I want you out of my house now!" she screamed.
"What?" confused by her sudden change of mood, "Why?"
"Because you're the reason that I almost lost my Ava."
"She's my child too, you can't keep her away from me," he yelled back.
Glaring at him, "Just watch me," she sneered.
Chris was awoken by all the commotion. Trying not to wake Ava, he gently picked her up and laid her in the bassinette. He slowly walks up to her, "What's wrong?" confused by her sudden anger.
Pointing at Craig, "He's what's wrong. He's the reason for my non-stop problem's since I've come back. He tried buttering me up while I couldn't remember, hoping that I would just forget what he caused. But I will never forget that my baby almost died because of all he did."
You could feel the atomicity between the two of them. "Kels, you're not thinking clearly," knowing how far that was from the truth. He knew how hurt she felt after he had said those cruel things, just remembering what happened just before the accident probably push her overboard.
"Chris I am, after all he has said to me. I can't believe you're taking his side."
"There's more to this than you realize," having heard the whole story already.
"I don't care. I will not let Ava be anywhere near a guy who would deliberately hurt me purposely."
Craig stood there hurt by those words, how could she just take that right away from him. He loved her so much! Tears trembled down his face, but he knew that this could be a possibility when she regained her memory. He just always prayed that when she did remember she would rethink for their daughter's sake. "Chris there's no point she's not going to budge. Thanks for trying though."
Craig left the room, slowly walking to the stairs. He felt like his heart had been broken into pieces. A life without his daughter, it seemed so hard to imagine now since she had come into his world.
"Kelsie this isn't like you, you wanted Ava to have her father in her life, even when your friends tried to change your mind."
"Well that was before he pushed me too far. Saying all those horrible things, stressing me out too much which caused me to go in labor and make me fall down the stairs."
"Well when I talked to him in the hospital when you were rushed in there for the C-Section, and he really is sorry about what happened, and what was said. I really think you should give him a chance."
"Well you know what…I don't share that same view. I can't forget the pain this whole trip has cost. I just don't want my daughter to be hurt by him."
"Fine, I'm not going to argue with you." He could feel how wrong this felt in his heart, but she was stubborn. He would give her time, and hope she would realize it on her own.
