Pulling Me Through Part Three

There are a few notices that need to be brought to attention. Firstly, I've finished with school for the summer, so that means six weeks of no school, meaning that updates should be a lot more frequent. I'd love to get part three finished by the end of the summer holidays, but I doubt that I'll have enough time to actually do that. Secondly, I've been on holiday for two weeks, so the updates haven't been up in a long time because I haven't been able to get any internet through this holiday, but I have had time to write a few chapters that are going to be interesting, so I hope you enjoy them and I also think that a new Andy Six story is on the cards, so look out for that.

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Chapter Twelve

Riley's POV

"What do you want to know?" I asked him, taking the purple chair that stood directly next to his bed; fixing him with the brightest smile I have ever given in a weak attempt to make him feel comfortable around us. I understood how hard this must be for him. After all, he had completely forgotten practically everything, yet we were claiming to be his best friends. That must be a pretty hard thing to get your head around, I'm sure.

"I need to know what happened in that stupid accident that landed me here" He spat, clearly still furious about the situation. Well, who wouldn't be? How was I supposed to explain what happened to him? This was probably going to be one of the hardest things I have ever had to do.

"Well, there isn't really much to say" Andy started. I was so grateful that he had taken that responsibility. I really didn't think that I would be able to deal with explaining this to him. "We're not entirely sure of all the details. We know the rough idea of what happened."

"You were knocked over by a car" Jake blurted, burying his head in his hands. It didn't take a genius to figure out that he was crying. Scout wrapped an arm around him and kissed his head. Jake was sensitive about this sort of stuff. He had been ever since Mom died. I could only imagine how bad this must feel for him. He was probably still convinced that he could lose CC at any moment. "And now you can't even remember who we are."

CC looked stunned by Jake's outburst. He hadn't realised how affecting this had been to everyone else. It was taking its toll on everyone involved.

"Look, if you really are my best friends then I'm sure I'll remember who you guys are" He assured. My heart swelled at him. Even though he had to deal with all of this like we were, he was still the one to put on a brave face and support others who he couldn't even remember. It's times like these when I wished that I could be more like him. He's just so brave. "It's just going to take some time and hard work, but I'm sure I'll get there in the end. Just trust me."

"I'm sorry" Jake sighed, finally picking his head up from his hands. "It's just that we were doing so well. We were in a great band and we had two babies in the family. Everything was excellent and now you don't even know who we are."

"Jake, can you come outside with me for a minute?" I questioned, but I didn't bother waiting for a response. I just stood up and pulled him out of the room with me. I didn't want to do this either. "Look, I know that this is hard for you, but you need to get a hold on your emotions. This is going to make things harder for CC. Do you think you can do that? For him?"

"Sorry, Riley" He sighed. "This is too hard for people to cope with. I'll be better this time." I didn't want him to be disappointed in himself, but I did want him to be a strong person for CC.

CC's POV

Andy was just in the middle of telling me about the band that I was apparently in when Riley and Jake returned. I could only acknowledge them for a moment because I was so absorbed in listening to Andy's story. Even though I couldn't remember it, I was glad that it was there because it sounded like one hell of a life. I just wish that I could remember it.

"Oh god and there was this one time when we were on tour and you met this girl and…" Andy started, but his worlds trailed off once he remembered that Riley was sitting in the room with his daughter and son bundled up in her arms. She did not look that happy. "Actually it wasn't that funny."

"No, Andy, please continue" Riley said. "I'd love to hear all about this story"

"No, it's okay" He averted, giving me a look that told me that he would tell me as soon as Riley wasn't in the room. I already liked Andy. He felt familiar, but I still couldn't place him. This wasn't going to be an easy thing to do. It was almost as though I had known him in a past life. It was just too hard to explain. It was like the memories were just niggling away at the back of my mind, but I couldn't grip them firmly enough to remember them. It was a feeling that I wouldn't wish on anyone…not even my worst enemy.

"How are you feeling, CC?" Riley asked. I couldn't remember anything about her, but from the small amount of time I spent with her I could tell that she was definitely the mother of the group. She had her children with her as though they were one of her body parts. Without them, she simply wouldn't work. And that was why I loved her so much, regardless of missing some memories.

Andy's POV

No one told me that having a fiancée would make it impossible to talk about girls. I had to keep my mouth shut sometimes. There was going to be hell to pay when we got home. Well, Riley wasn't like that. She understands that sometimes on tour there are temptations and girls that I think are good-looking. The most important thing is that she understood that I would never do the dirty on her.

"Hey, that doctor is hot" Riley sighed as she leaned out of the hospital room and looked wistfully at him. God, she has a nerve. I swear she thinks I'm not here sometimes even though I had been sitting with my arm around her.

"Well, that's rubbing salt into the wound" I sighed, fixing her with a glare that was probably failing because every time I look at her gorgeous face and remember the fact that I'm going to be marrying that woman soon, I realise that there is no way that I can be mad at her.

"Well, he wasn't even my type anyway" She sighed as she took her seat next to me again and I draped my arm over her shoulder again, the position feeling so comfortable and right. "I only said it to get on your nerves after what you said about that girl on tour" Something told me that she was actually a bit miffed about it.

"Babe, I'm sorry" I apologised, burying my head deep into her hair, suddenly wishing that was had more privacy than we did. "You know that I didn't mean anything by it. It didn't even really have anything to do with me. It was just CC trying to score with her."

"God, would you two give it a rest" CC voiced from his bed. "It's like when you first started dating and you couldn't keep your hands off each other." I laughed for a moment, the fond memory of how we used to act when we were just seventeen fresh in my mind. All I could remember were the stolen kisses I used to get whenever Jake wasn't looking and the countless nights that we'd just stay up and crack jokes…along with making out.

That all ended a little too soon for my liking when Riley found out that she was pregnant. That was when my mind got a little depressing as I thought about how great it would be if Savannah had an older brother or sister and if Zane could get up to his boyish mischief with his older brother, but then I remembered that I would have ever got the chance to hold Savannah tightly in my arms if our first child hadn't been lost. It's a bittersweet fact.

It was at that moment that I realised what had just happened. How did I even miss that and go on to think about my dead child?

"Did you just say what I think you said?" I asked, my eyes widening. How did that even happen? I prayed to God that it wasn't just a trick of my imagination because I had wanted this so badly.

"What are you talking about?" CC asked, confused. He hadn't even realised what he had just done. It had been such a casual thing for him to bring up…until the accident.

"You've just remembered something" I laughed, so relieved that this could have really happened. "Do you really remember what it was like when we first started dating? Do you remember it as though you were there?"

"Gosh, you're right" CC agreed, the shock of his remembrance finally catching up to him. This must have felt like such a huge breakthrough to him. He had been convinced that he was never going to get his memory back, after all. "Yes, I remember how everything was. You used to kiss each other when we were watching movies because you thought that nobody could tell because the room was dark, but we were all sitting awkwardly because we didn't know what to say, but we could hear absolutely everything."

Riley flushed scarlet, probably asking God why it had to be that memory that CC remembered. She was so embarrassed that she had been that silly to think that kissing in the dark and under a blanket would stop anyone from realising what we were doing.

"Oh god, I'll be shoving my head in a vice if anyone needs me" She moaned, refusing to meet anyone's eyes.

"Hey, you have no clue how bad it was for us" Jake laughed. "Countless times I wanted to kill Andy for what he was doing."

"Oh please, stop talking before I cry" She whined, shoving her head onto my shoulder, so she could pretend as though none of this was happening.

"Hey, at least I remembered something" CC finally sighed, probably glad that he was taking the spotlight from Riley. She soon pulled away from her hiding place and stood up to go to CC where she dropped a kiss on his head and gave him a hard hug, showing how much pride she had in him at the fact that he was starting to remember things,

"I'm so proud of you, CC" She whispered, not caring that she was probably crushing him in her hug. "And I just know that there are going to be so many more memories for you to uncover and you're doing well. Just be patient and I'm sure that they'll all just be remembered. Give it a time."

"Thanks, Ry" He sighed. And there's another one. Hopefully this will actually work out!

Well, this chapter was a little nicer than the ones previously even though there was that small part with the miscarriage mentioned. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this update and please review!