Ruthie backed away from the door, tears rolling down her cheeks. "I-I-I'm…" but she couldn't finished. She took off, out of the room and was just about to enter the waiting room when she heard her parents and the doctor talking.

"…so from this point on, anything that has happened after April 2004, he cannot remember."

"So that means he doesn't remember us?" Eric asked.

"He's been living with your family since July 2004?" Pause. "I'm sorry, but yes. He doesn't know who you or your family are."

Ruthie slid down the wall slowly as they continued talking.

"So what are we going to do?" Annie asked, worried.

"Well the best thing to do is to break it to him slowly. Don't force it on him. Let him get use to you and your family again."

The voices grew quiet then the door opened. Ruthie looked up to see her mother staring down at her with tears in her eyes. "Ruthie," She whispered and knelt down next to her daughter. "I'm so sorry,"

Ruthie wrapped her arms around her mother and cried endlessly. She had so many questions to ask but now her mind was blank except for one thing: that their relationship to him never existed.

That night in the Waiting Room, Ruthie sat next to Simon who had his arm around her shoulders, as Annie and Eric explained everything.

"So this means that he doesn't remember meeting us nor living with us?" Lucy asked.

Annie nodded. "I'm afraid so," she said quietly.

"What about me?" Ruthie asked suddenly. Everyone didn't dare look at her. Not even her parents, so she asked again. "What about me?"

Eric looked at his wife then at her. "He doesn't remember anything." He said quietly.

Ruthie shook her head. "No," she whispered but then got louder. "No!" She screamed. "No! No! No!" Simon wrapped his arms around her and she cried into his shirt. "I love him," her voice muffled. But Simon heard her. "I love him so much,"

"Shhh," He felt tears forming at the back of his eyes. He closed his eyes to stop them coming down. "I know you do Ruthie."

The Next Day

Ruthie stood by Martin's door but didn't walk in. He was staring out the window but then around and noticed her. "Hi," He smiled, warming at her. "I remember you, the girl from yesterday."

Her cheeks went red as she remembered what happened yesterday.

He laughed. "It's okay." She smiled at him but didn't say anything.

"Do you want to come in?"

At first she didn't move but it felt like her legs had its own mind. Next thing she knew, she was standing at the end on his bed.

"Do I know you?"

She shook her head. It broke her heart.

"Oh, well I'm Martin." He held out a hand.

"Ruthie," She shook his hand and a warm tingly feeling ran through her body.

"Nice to meet you Ruthie," He smiled. "So what brings you here?"

She looked at the ground. "Um, just visiting someone."

"Your boyfriend?" He looked at her.

YES! She thought, and urged herself not to cry. "No, I don't have one." LIER! LIER! LIER! "Why do you ask?"

"Oh, just checking." He gave her a small wink.

She felt a small smile on her face. "So, what about you?"

"A girlfriend? Nah," He said, and looked out the window.

"Oh? What's a handsome guy like you doing without a girlfriend?" She couldn't believe she said that, she tried to stop but it just kept coming out. "I'm sure you have a long line of girls wanting to go out with you."

"I wish!" He laughed.

Ruthie laughed for the first time since the accident happened. She noticed he was staring at her and when she looked at him, he looked away, blushing.

It was silent for a while. Not an awkward silence, but a comfortable silence. Ruthie looked at him and smiled as he did the same. "So when are you getting out of here?" She asked, anxious of what the answer would be.

"I'm not sure. No one has come to see me except the nurses and doctors," he said, looking at the door. "Oh and you of course."

Ruthie smiled but then kind of panicked. What if her family come and said they know him. Then he remembers that she said she doesn't know him. Would he think that she lied to him? Would he hate her after that? She was so concerned about this that she didn't hear him calling her.

"Ruthie?"

"Yeah?"

"You okay?"

She looked at him. "Yeah I'm okay. Just kinda zoned out for a minute there. Sorry."

He laughed. "It's okay."

There was a light knock on the door and the doctor that was talking to her parents, was standing but the door. "Sorry to interrupt."

Martin looked at the doctor. "Kind of bad timing, but…" He looked at Ruthie and wink. "…it's okay."

"Well Martin, do you remember what we talked about last night?"

Martin nodded.

"Well, I'd like you to meet your new family." He stepped aside. "Annie and Eric Camden."

Ruthie stared at her parents. "Mom? Dad?"

"You guys know each other?" Martin asked, surprised.

Ruthie looked at the ground then slowly looked up. She nodded.

His expression changed.

Well, it's not the best but I hope you like it anyways. Please review and I'll update as soon as I can.