Friends and Lovers
By Misha

Author's Notes- Sorry, it's been so long, I've been busy. However, I'm trying to make this story a priority and will try to get more chapters written soon. This one's pretty short, but I think it's pretty dramatic, so... Anyway, the next chapter should be out shortly. Well, that's all for now, enjoy!

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Saturday, February 10th, 2001

"Hey, how you feeling?" Sami asked as she let Chloe in.

Chloe sighed. "Confused. It's just so weird not remembering anything."

"I can imagine." Sami said sympathetically.

Chloe sighed as she sat down on the couch. "It's so frustrating that there are all things I can't remember. Like your baby or your engagement."

Both of the events had happened during the lost months of Chloe's memory, so Sami had filled her in when she had visited her at the hospital.

"Speaking of my wedding," Sami said quietly, "I've been meaning to ask you. You were supposed to walk down the aisle with Phillip, are you still up for that or would you rather be escorted by Shawn?"

"Shawn." Chloe said after a moment. "Things with Phillip and I are so..."

"I understand." Sami told her sympathetically. "It can't be easy."

"No." Chloe agreed. "If anything, it's definitely not that."

"It'll work out eventually." Sami assured her. "Everything always does."

"I know." Chloe said with a sigh. "But I hope it happens soon. I don't know how much longer I can take this."
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Phillip looked sadly at the pictures of him and Chloe together.

He wondered if they would ever be together like that again.

Sometimes, he doubted it. The more time that went by, the hard it was for him to ever believe that things could be put right.

With a sigh, he put the pictures away and grabbed his coat.

He couldn't sit here moping, it would drive him crazy.

So, instead he decided to go out for a drive, maybe that would help relax him.

He didn't know. He didn't know anything anymore.

Just that things were colliding far out of his grasp and that he didn't know if they would ever be set right.
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Chloe left Sami's after about an hour, turning down the offer of a ride home. She wanted to walk, she hoped it might help clear her thoughts.

Since the accident, it had been horrible. It was like she was empty.

There were entire pieces of her life that she didn't remember. Wasn't sure if she would ever remember.

And it frightened her.

She was so wrapped up in her thoughts, that she began to cross the road without looking, and didn't see the car coming towards her until it was almost too late.

She quickly dashed out of the way, but she slipped as she reached the side walk and ended up diving head first into a telephone pole...
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