Chapter 18

"Scott, Emma!" Mitch said coming into the room. Scott and Emma sit up and say, "What?"

"They found Kirstie, but they said that she's on her way to the hospital, she tried to get away and jumped from a window and fell and hit her head," Mitch said breathlessly.

Emma jumped up and hugged Mitch and turned back to Scott and said, "Let's go, now."

They took two cars to the hospital and once inside; Emma ran to Emergency and looked for the officers. They were waiting outside Kirstie's room and stopped Emma before she could enter.

"What's wrong, I need to see her, I'm family," Emma said.

"Miss, let the doctors look at her, she hit her head pretty bad, they are prepping her for surgery now, so they can stop the bleeding," the officer says with a sincere voice.

Emma walks over to a nearby bench and sits down and drops her head into her hands. Mitch sits beside her and they hold onto each other. Kevin comes over and sits beside Mitch. On the other side of the hallway, Avi and Scott sat. They did their best to wait patiently and after about three hours, a doctor came down the hallway and looked at the group and said, "Emma?"

Emma stood up and said, "Yes, doctor, is Kirstie okay? Please tell me."

The group stood as well and they stood behind Emma, and the doctor said, "Are you family?"

Emma without hesitation said, "Yes, we are all her family, whatever you tell me, you can say in front of all of us."

The doctor explained that Kirstie suffered a large injury to her head with the fall. The surgery was successful to stop the bleeding and she is in recovery now. She should wake up soon, but to be cautious, because they do not know if she has suffered any brain damage.

Emma looks at the doctor, "Brain damage, what kind of brain damage?"

"Well, sometimes in these cases, there is a loss of memory. Sometimes, there is a loss of the use of one side of your body. We just really don't know until she wakes up, but this is the best hospital on the coast and we are confident that she will make a full recovery," the doctor says.

Emma says, "Can I go see her?"

"Yes, but only two at a time," the doctor says pointing to the room where Kirstie was.

Emma reached for Avi's hand, knowing that he wanted to see Kirstie. They slowly walked into the room and heard the beeps of the machines that surrounded Kirstie. Emma walked over to one side of Kirstie and reached for her hand and sat in a nearby chair. Avi walked on the other side of Kirstie and held her other hand. Kirstie just laid there. Emma leaned down and kissed Kirstie on her forehead and said, "Kirstie, we are all here, it's time to wake up now."

Emma leaned back in the chair and sat and just watched Kirstie. She looked so peaceful, almost like she was just sleeping. Avi leaned in and kissed Kirstie on her cheek and whispered in her ear, "Baby, I'm here, I love you."

Emma smiled at Avi and they sat in silence as they both held onto Kirstie's hands. After a little time, they left the room so that the others could come in and see her. Emma walked out into the hallway and nodded for Mitch and Scott to go in. Mitch and Scott headed in and saw their friend and both of them reached for her hands as well. Mitch said, "Girl, you better wake up soon." He leaned down and hugged Kirstie and kissed her on her forehead. Scott squeezed her hand and said, "Kir, we are all here for you."

They sat for a little while and then got up so that Kevin could come back in. Emma went in with Kevin. Kevin sat with Kirstie and prayed as he held her hand and Emma was so touched. The group took turns spending time with Kirstie for the next several hours.

(Emma's POV)

It was getting dark outside now and my stomach was growling at me. Scott looked over at me and said, "You should eat something, have you eaten anything at all?"

I tried my best to remember what I had eaten, if anything, I remember the breakfast I was making earlier this morning and say, "I think that I had a piece of bacon this morning when I was cooking."

"Em, let's go eat something okay, or let me bring you something," Scott says to me.

I shake my head, "I'm not hungry, I just want to stay here and wait until she wakes up."

"I know, sweetie, but, let me get you something. You can stay here and I'll be back, okay," Scott said as he leaned down and kissed me gently on top of my head.

I smile and say, "Thank you."

I turn back to Kirstie and we are alone in the room for a moment. I lean into her and say, "Kirstie, you need to wake up now, okay."

I reach for Kirstie's hand and I feel a small squeeze, I look up at her and see her eyes moving underneath her eyelids and I feel that this is a good sign. I squeeze her hand back waiting for her to open her eyes. After a few minutes, Kirstie finally opens her eyes.

(Kirstie's POV)

My head hurts badly right now; I don't really know where I am. I look around this room and finally draw my eyes towards Emma. I smile because I recognize her. I try and speak and the words come slowly, "Em, where am I?"

Emma looks at me with tears in her eyes and says, "Kirstie, you are in the hospital. You fell out of a window and hit your head on a rock. Do you remember anything that happened earlier today?"

Searching my memories was difficult; it seemed like looking through a fog. I shake my head and say, "No, I don't. The last thing I remember is signing yearbooks, wasn't that yesterday?"

Emma looks at me so strangely and I am scared at first and she says, "Kirstie, what day do you think it is?"

"Um, well, I think June 10th, why?" I say.

"Kirstie, what year is it?" Emma asks.

I smile at first and then when I say, "2010", and see her reaction, I get scared. I look around for the remote to the TV and turn it on and find a news station. I see the date at the bottom of the screen and look at Emma, "Is this some kind of evil joke, what happened?"

Emma reaches for my hand and says, "It's okay, Kirstie, the doctor said that this might happen, your memories will come back, it is really 2014, I'm so sorry that this happened."

I then take it all in and I notice how long Emma's hair is and I look at her and say, "Your hair is so long."

"Yea, I grew it out since high school, a lot has happened to you since then, Kirstie. What do you remember about your life right now?" Emma says.

I lay back and think and say, "Well, Scott and Mitch are my best friends and we make videos for YouTube. We're going to make it big one day, if it's up to Scott at all." I say laughing and then ask, "Are they here?"

Emma smiles and nods and says, "Yes, everyone is here. Scott, Mitch, Kevin, and Avi."

"Who are Kevin and Avi, do I know them?" I say.

"Well, Scott, Mitch, Avi, Kevin, and you all are part of a world famous a cappella group called, Pentatonix." Emma says.

"Okay, okay, seriously, I feel like I'm being punk'd right now." Kirstie says.

"No, really, look at this," says Emma as she pulls out a phone and googles and shows me a video. I watch it and am amazed. Tears fill my eyes and I say, "We really did it, Em."

"Yes, you did. Let me go get the others, okay, they want to see you," Emma says as she walks into the hallway.

I continue to watch videos of the group that I am in and I can't believe how great we all sound, I can't believe that's me. I can't believe that our dreams came true and I can't remember anything.

(Emma's POV)

Walking up to Mitch, I take a breath, and say, "Mitch, come here."

Mitch walks over to me and I look at him and tell him everything. I see Scott coming back with some food and I motion for him to join us. I finish telling them both what's going on and Mitch and Scott look at each other and then back at me. Mitch says, "So, she doesn't remember anything from the past four years?" I shake my head no and say, "No, she thinks that y'all just signed yearbooks back in school yesterday."

They walk into the Kirstie's room while I stay in the hallway to tell Avi and Kevin the news.

(Mitch's POV)

Scott and I walk into the room and see Kirstie crying looking at videos. We smile and I say, "Kirstie, it's good to see you awake." She looks at me and smiles and says, "You have facial hair now."

She hugs us both and says, "The videos are great, guys. We came a long way since our old YouTube days."

Scott sat beside her on one side and me on the other. We look at her and she just keeps staring at us. She looks over at Scott and says, "You look so much older now."

Scott laughs, "Hey now." He touches her face and says, "How are you feeling?"

"My head hurts and I feel like I'm in a fog. I want to go home," Kirstie says.

"Well, we are on a summer vacation for a couple of months here in California," I say.

"Wow, really? That's nice," Kirstie says.

She looks at one of the videos and says, "I like The Wizard of Ahhhs video, that's cute. I don't recognize the songs, but I guess I'll get used to that, uh."

I look at her and say, "You really have a great attitude about not having your memories for the past four year."

She looked at me and smiled, "Mitch, they will come back, I'm sure of it."

(Third Person POV)

Emma walks back in with a doctor and the doctor checks Kirstie and sees no sign of permanent brain damage and he feels that her memories will come back over time. Kirstie asks when she can go home and the doctor said that she could go home after a couple of days. The doctor leaves and Kevin and Avi come into the room. For the first time, Kirstie feels nervous. Here are these two guys who she knew that were in her current life, but she had no idea who they were. She watched as Kevin sat on one side of her and Avi sat on the other. She looked over to Emma, Scott, and Mitch who were all smiling. Kevin said, "Hi Kirstie, I'm Kevin." She smiled and said, "Hi Kevin, I'm sorry that I don't remember you, but I'm sure that we are great friends." Avi took her hand and she pulled it away. Avi then said, "I'm sorry, I'm Avi, I didn't mean to do that." Avi shot a look over to Emma and he looked so sad. Kirstie said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pull away, I just don't know you. I'm sure that we are great friends too."

Kirstie looked at Avi and felt bad that because she felt that the way Avi looked at her, that they were close. She just didn't know how close. She laid her head back and yawned, this was a lot to take in and she needed some rest. The guys slowly left her so that she could rest and headed out to the hall.

(Avi's POV)

She didn't know me, at all. I go to the end of the hall and pace back and forth. I look up and see Kevin walking towards me and I really don't feel like talking to anyone. I want my old Kirstie back. This new Kirstie couldn't even hold my hand.

Kevin walks up to me and says, "Avi, it's okay, she's going to come back from this and remember everything."

I say, "I really hope so, Kevin. I feel like my heart just broke to pieces."

"I know, but, we are here for you and we are all here for Kirstie." Kevin says.

(Kirstie's POV)

Emma comes back into the room and I notice a touch between her and Scott at the door and he leans into her and kisses her on the cheek. She then comes to sit next to me and I smile and say, "Are you and Scott?"

She nods and says, "Yea, it's new, we just started, well, I don't know really, but, yes, we are together."

I laugh out loud and this makes my head hurt. I say, "Okay, give me an update on me, am I dating anyone?"

Emma smiles and says, "Yes, and you are in love."

I sit up and say, "Really, who is it? Is it that guy that I met last weekend, Jeremy."

Emma's smile turns to a frown and says, "No, that guy, Jeremy broke your heart a million times and you finally broke up with him and he's who put you in here. Well, not really, but his friend, Shane kidnapped you and you jumped out of a window."

My face turns to horror, "What?"

Emma realizes that she saying too much, "Sorry, Kirstie, I just really don't like Jeremy. He's a bad person. I didn't mean to spill all of that in one breath."

I slowly let the information sink in and say, "Who is my boyfriend? Are they here in the hospital?"

Emma says, "I don't know if I should tell you, I don't want you to freak out."

"I have to know, Emma, I would tell you," I say.

"It's Avi," she says to me.

I think back to him reaching for my hand and me pulling it away and I feel badly now. I try and think of anything about him and my mind is still in a thick fog. I look at Emma and say, "I wish that I could just close my eyes and remember everything."

"You will in time, do you want me to go get your boyfriend?" Emma says with a smile.

"No, I don't even know what to say to him, I just met him like two seconds ago," I say.

To Be Continued…