ok well so since i hadn't updated in almost a month and also due to the popularity of this story i decided to give you guys another chapter, don't get used to it though ;) i will usually only upload like 1 chapter a week (mainly because i never feel like doing much after work...pathetic i know lol)

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**Laura's P.O.V**

My world feels like it's crashing down, no I'm almost sure it is.

I hear Stormie try to stifle a whimper but it's Mark that remains strong as he tries to calmly explain, though I can tell he could burst at any moment.

I watch his adams apple bob as he swallows.

"Well, son, we're your parents, you were in a pretty nasty car accident on your way home from the tour and you're in the hospital now, what do you remember?" Mark asks.

"N-not much." He admits as he averts his eyes to our entwined hands.

He looks up at me, in a way when you think you recognize someone you know but then again you're not sure.

I held my breath hopefully.

"Who are you?" He asks.

I quietly let out the breath I'd been holding as I tried to fight back tears.

"I'm Laura…you're girlfriend." I reply.

"My…girlfriend?" he asks confused.

I nod my head.

"For four and a half months now…you were coming home from being on tour, we were going to celebrate our anniversary." I reply.

"Tour?" he asks again.

"Sweetie, you're in a band called R5 with your siblings and your best friend…don't you remember?" Stormie asks.

He shakes his head.

"No, sorry." He replies.

Stormie stifles another whimper as she comes over and lightly wraps him in a hug.

"Oh honey that's alright, I'm just glad you're ok." She replies, tears rolling down her cheeks.

I watch them for a few seconds, trying to fight back tears myself.

"Mark, I'm gonna go get the others." I say after a slight pause.

He nods his head understandingly.

As I'm walking down the hallway to the waiting room tears slowly start pouring down my cheeks.

When I get to the waiting room I burst into tears and sobs.

I hear Rydel suck in a breath.

"Is he…" she trails off.

I nod my head.

"He's ok." I reply.

She sighs with relief.

"Don't scare me like that!" she exclaims.

"Sorry." I mutter inaudibly through my sobs.

"I'm guessing there's bad news?" Ratliff asks.

My lower lips trembles as I nod my head.

"He doesn't remember anything, he doesn't remember me, he doesn't remember Mark, o-or Stormie, he doesn't remember that he's in a band." I pause for a second and look up at Ross's siblings and Ratliff who I knew he loved so much, the tears coming down faster.

"He, he doesn't remember any of you guys." I reply as I start sobbing again.

Rydel wraps me in a hug.

"It's ok, it's ok." She says quietly in a failed attempt to calm me down.

"We'll get through this; the important part is that he's ok." Riker adds as he rests a hand on my shoulder.

I nod.

"You guys can go see him." I reply as I wipe the tears off my cheeks with the back of my hand.

They all leave quietly and solemnly.

**Later that day**

Riker, Rocky, Ryland, Ratliff, Rydel, and I had been waiting in the waiting room for what had to be an hour or two by now, Riker had tried, but failed, to get me to go down and eat lunch with them earlier.

"I hate cafeteria food." I had replied with a halfhearted laugh.

They ended up going down to eat without me but brought me back a bag of m&m's from the gift shop.

I looked up at Rocky with a sheepish grin as he handed me the package.

"You have to eat SOMETHING." He said with a shrug.

I had to admit I WAS hungry, so I took the package with a quiet "thank you."

Ross's siblings were like my siblings, the same with his parents, they were like my second set of parents, they'd always been so supportive of me and Ross no matter what our relationship status was.

And they were the most important thing in the world to Ross, and he loved them more than anything else.

That only made the whole situation hurt worse than it already did.

It was sad that he'd forgotten the very people he loved most.

Forget about the fact that he didn't remember me.

I just wanted him to remember his family again.

Finally there was a click of the waiting room door opening.

We all looked up at Mark as he came in.

"They did an x-ray and CAT scan earlier." He explained as he took a seat on one of the chairs in front of us.

"Any good news?" Ratliff asked.

Mark nods.

"Besides a few broken ribs, some cuts and scrapes and a few bruises, the doctor said there was no damage to the brain…none, at all, so he said the memory loss will be temporary." He explained.

"So his memory is gonna come back right?" Rydel asked as she wiped away what could only be tears of relief.

I wiped away a few of my own relieved tears.

Mark nods his head again.

"The doctor said his memory will for sure come back, just no telling when." He replied.

"What can we do to help?" I asked.

"Well, they think it'll be ok for Ross to go home in a couple of days, as long as he gets plenty of rest for a couple of weeks, especially with his broken ribs, but the doctor did say that talking to Ross about things he's done, or places he's been could be a really big help, even if he doesn't remember any of it, while there was no damage done to the brain the impact of the crash was still pretty forceful, basically right now his brain is, well how do we put this, in shock I guess which is what's causing the temporary memory loss, so after let's say for situations sake, a few weeks of rest and relaxation and taking it easy and memories will start coming back, not all at once, but bit by bit until eventually it'll be as if he'd never forgotten anything to start with. Of course you'll be staying with us for a while right Laura?" he asks with a wink.

I nod.

"Um, of course, try getting me to stay away." I replied.

He smiles with a bit of a laugh.

The first laugh I'd heard from him since I got the horrible news the other night.

"It'll be an honor to have you as our guest, we'll need the extra help anyway." He replies as he gets up to go back to Ross's room.

"He's asleep right now, you guys can come back to see him later." He says as he exits the waiting room.

The relieved mood everyone was in permeated the entire room.

"That's good that it's only temporary." Rydel replies.

"Not that we wouldn't have supported him any less if it'd been the other way around." Riker replies.

"I know you're relieved Laura." Ryland adds with a smile.

"You were pretty upset earlier." He adds.

"Well, I hope it's not selfish of me to admit you're right, but I was also really upset for you guys too, more than anything, because I know how much Ross loves you all, he loves you more than he loves me even, you guys are the most important thing in the world to him, I hope you all know that, and it scared me at the thought that he might not ever remember the very people he loved the most." I replied.

"Don't say that!" Rydel exclaims.

"It wasn't selfish of you to be upset, anybody in your position would be, and I can guarantee Ross loves you just as much as he loves us." She finishes.

"Yea, I mean…you're part of the family." Ryland adds.

"Like a little sister." Rocky says with a smile.

"And what am I?" Rydel asks.

Rocky sticks his tongue out at her.

"My OLDER sister." He replies

We all laugh.

"Thanks you guys." I reply.

Later that night when all of us returned to the lynch home I pulled out a pair of pajama's Vanessa had packed for me the other night.

I sat at the edge of the guest bed and counted my blessings.

And for the first time in two nights FINALLY got some sleep.