Chapter 25

Time Goes By

"What's a Boy to do"- Mat Kearney

Kyle (POV)

3 years later…

The funny thing about life is it can all change in the blink of an eye. One minute you have everything going for you and the next minute everything comes crashing down.

I gazed down at my hands firmly clasped around Amanda's one hand as she lay in the hospital bed. She looked like she was just sleeping but no matter what I did, I couldn't wake her. And I had tried everything.

I glanced toward the diamond ring on her finger and remembered the day she agreed to marry me.

FLASHBACK: 4 Months prior:

We had moved back to Seattle because Amanda had gotten a job with a music company out here and I had jumped ahead in my schooling and I was starting my internship at the hospital out here. We had moved into another two bedroom apartment in downtown Seattle. And for almost a month now I had, had an engagement ring burning a hole in my pocket.

Amanda and I had just put Brice to bed and we were sitting on the balcony just enjoying the Seattle sky line view. Amanda was on my lap and I had my arms wrapped around her. I realized that as simple as this moment was it was the perfect moment to propose. I reached into my pocket keeping one arm still around her and I fumbled for the velvet box.

"Amanda?" I whispered.

"Hmm?" She was oblivious to what I was doing.

"Will you marry me?" I opened the box in front of her as I spoke.

She was speechless and quickly sat up on my lap to look at me.

"Are you serious?"

"Of course I am, Amanda I haven't been this sure about something in my life." I smiled. "So…Amanda Bloom will you marry me?"

"Yes! Yes! I'll marry you!" As soon as the words left her mouth I slipped the ring on her finger and her lips were on mine.

END OF FLASHBACK:

"Kyle." Dr. O'Shea said, motioning for me to step out into the hall. He was the doctor working Amanda's case as well as being my attending.

I gently set Amanda's hand down and kissed her forehead before leaving.

"Kyle, I'm sure you've looked at her chart so you already know…"

"That all we can do is wait," I finished. Truly that was all we could really do because really it was all up to Amanda to wake up.

"Right, now Kyle your parents are with your son he had to get a few stitches but other than that he is fine. The CT came back normal which is good."

I pinched the bridge of my nose and listened to him explain everything and also processing it all.

I had been paged to the E.R and when I got down there my fellow interns and I waited for the ambulances to arrive. All we knew was that they were car accident victims. Little did I know the ambulances were bringing my fiancé and my son.

"Have you contacted her parents?" Dr. O'Shea's question pulled me from my daze.

"Yes they're on their way." I recalled the phone call to Amanda's mother and step father and hearing Carol get choked up on the phone.

"Alright we're going to monitor her closely," he said. "Kyle…She's going to be alright," Dr. O'Shea added, placing one hand on my shoulder.

"Right, okay. I'm going to go check on Brice." I turned to leave. "Page me when her parents get here."

I peered through the glass window on the door to Brice's room. He was sitting up in the bed with Stephen and Nicole by his bed side.

"Daddy!" Brice was the first to notice my presents.

"Hey buddy," I tried to smile as I advanced to his bed and scooped him up.

"How's Amanda?" Stephen asked.

"She's stable; all we can do now is wait for her to wake up." I was quickly scanning Brice's chart and checking the stitches on his forehead.

"You okay buddy?" I asked.

He nodded and tucked his head under my chin.

I felt my pager vibrate and I immediately checked it.

"Amanda's parents are here," I said. I tried to hand Brice to Nicole but he clung to me.

"Daddy don't go." My heart broke.

"Kyle just go, we'll tell the nurses he's with you. Then we'll meet you up there," Nicole told me.

"Thank you," I mumbled, holding Brice a little closer to me as I left.

I found Carol and David talking to Dr. O'Shea outside Amanda's room.

"Kyle," Carol greeted with a worried hug. "How did this happen?"

"I…I don't know…all I know is that there was a car accident." That was all I honestly knew.

"Mrs. Bloom-Martin, (AN: David's last name) the police are investigating what exactly happened," Dr. O'Shea added.

"Can we see her?" Carol asked as Stephen and Nicole made their way over to us.

"Yes, you may." Dr. O'Shea opened Amanda's door and let Carol and David into the room.

I didn't go in because I felt they should have a moment alone with Amanda so I stayed in the hall with Stephen, Nicole and Brice.

Brice still had his head tucked under my chin and with out moving he asked for Amanda. And again my heart broke. I looked up to Stephen and Nicole for something to say but I knew I was the only who could answer his question.

"Brice, Mommy isn't feeling very well right now." I tried to keep it very simple.

"I want Mommy." He mumbled into my chest.

"We have to let her rest buddy but in a little bit we can go see her." I kissed the top of his head.

Eventually he fell asleep and Stephen took over holding him. I went back to Amanda's room to be with her for a little while. Carol was sitting by her bedside and David had gone to go get some coffee from the cafeteria.

I was checking Amanda's vitals and looking over her CT and MRI scans for the millionth time.

"How is she doing?" Carol asked.

"Her vitals are strong and her scans are perfect," I tried to keep positive.

"Than why won't she wake up?" Carol was almost pleading.

"She will when she's ready." I hated of how much of a doctor I sounded like right now but there really wasn't anything else I could say.

David came back with the coffee and took Carol to get some air. I took her place by Amanda's bed side and held her hand.

"Amanda you have to wake up…I… I need you…" I trailed off.

Those were the last words I spoke that night. I dosed off with my head resting on the edge of her bed.

I was only asleep for a little while when I was awoken by Amanda shifting in her bed. Instantly my head shot up. I watched her eye's open and adjust to the light. They flickered over to me with a searching and almost confused look.

AN: So a LOT happened in such a short chapter! I hope you all like it, sorry about the cliff hanger at the end there. But you won't have to wait too long for the next chapter it should be up sometime by the end of next week. I have a lot of exams and once they're over I'll have some writing time.

Anyway I hope you all enjoyed this chapter tell me what you think and a picture of Amanda's ring is on my profile.