The news about Maya spread around Degrassi just as quickly as the earlier news about Maya. Cam was shocked when he had to learn about it from Luke. Of course, just how rumours work, Cam didn't have all, or even the correct information. Cam had heard that she was pushed by Tori, over Cam. He kept telling himself that couldn't be true, but some part in the back of his brain continuosly told him it was.

Why wasn't I with her? He asked himself over and over again. He knew none of this would have had happened if he had offered to walk her... Or just not let her leave him at all. But she told him Katie was driving her home. He began wondering if it was on the way to Katie's car. Or if she had for some reason decided to walk. He had no clue what happened, he only knew that he needed to be with her... Now.

The drive to the hospital was the longest one of his life. Not like the night he first drove to the Matlin house, the night that everything was beauitful. No. Tonight was dark and lonley. Every stupid streetlight along the way was red. Every stop lastest hours in Cam's mind. What he didn't understand was why he wasn't crying. He thought of worst case senerios. He imagianed walking in on a lifeless Maya body. Never getting to say goodbye, no more good moments between them. He wondered if she thought about him right before it happened, although he forced himself to push that thought out of his head. It was selfish for him to assume Maya would think about him in her last moments. Cam knew there was a possiblilty she wasn't with him anymore, that all that would be left is her body. But he knew she'd pull through, without a single scratch on her.

As he made his way toward the automatic front doors of the hospital, they couldn't open fast enough. He had to slide through sideways to pass through. The lady operating the front desk saw the panic in him and stood to greet him.

"Can I help you?" She asked.

"M-Maya Matlin's room." He huffed, out of breath from running.

"Uh... Oh.. Matlin.. 204. But.." She started, Cam left down the hallway without letting her finish.

"You might not be allowed in now!" She called after him.

199...200...201...203...204...205...206! He found her room and immediately grabbed the door handle and opened it.

"Maya?!" he cried. Her family looked up at him. Katie's eyes were full of tears, red and puffy to match the rest of her face. They held out their arms and welcomed Cam to their sad group. The family watched her sleep, until finally, her eyes fluttered open. She looked around, stopped to focus on her family and friends, then started crying.

"It's okay honey." Maya's mother cooed as she sat down on the edge of the bed and stoked Maya's hair. It didn't help. Maya just cried harder. The family figured she might be in pain so they called the doctor in. After the staff had visitors leave, they ran test after test on Maya. Three hours of waiting later, the doctor met the Matlin family and Cam in the waiting room.

"She's physically perfect," he started. The way he pronounced "physically" worried Cam. The four sat in silence as they waited for him to continue.

"But... mentally. She.. Has some brain damage. She can't remember anything from after a year ago. It started out as nothing. She couldn't remember her own name. But after some prompting, she can now remember her family, name, address, everything important, except for it seems after this school year started." he explained.

The family was relieved. Cam, not so much. He had only become her boyfriend after school was started. Would she even remember his name? There was a lot to deal with here, but the doctor had granted permission to the family to go see her now. Cam tagged along.

"Mom, Dad." Maya greeted them with smile.

"Hey baby girl." they smiled back.

"So did you hear? I guess this whole year never existed to me. Did anything important happen?" Maya asked. Cam really, truly wanted to bring himself up, but once again, he figured that would be selfish. He looked at Katie, hoping to get approval to explain their relationship status to Maya, she didn't look approving. So he kept his mouth shut.

"Why are you here?" Maya asked looking straight at Cam. The surprise in her voice broke Cam's heart. He wanted to tell her, he truly did. But he realized she was probably going through a lot and he didn't want to make things any harder. He had won her once, surely he could do it just as easily another time.

"I... I was concerned about you."

"Why? From what I remember, we were barley friends."

"I- We-"

"He's the one who hit you!" Katie chimed in. At the same time, Maya and Cam's eyes widened like it was the first time Katie talked in her whole life.

"Maybe he should leave..." Maya's dad growled. Cam wanted to explain so bad. Maya's parents had no idea about the relationship, and Katie... He didn't understand why Katie would do that.

"But I.." Cam started.

"Please... Just go."

He left the room feeling angry as ever. He stormed out of the room and to the parking lot. Every day for the next five days, Cam drove past the hospital, hoping the Matlin car wouldn't be there, so he could go in and talk to Maya, explain what really happened. Or what he had heard happened. But no such luck. One day, he was so wound up in thinking about her, he didn't even notice Dallas walking towards the front doors.

Dallas passed the front desk, waved to the ladies.

"Hey Mike." One greeted him with a smile and a wave. He walked down the hall.

202...202...203...204...205...206.

"Hey sweetheart." Dallas said with a smile, as he walked over and kissed Maya on the cheek.

"Hey you." She smiled back.

"I missed you, Dallas" Maya said.