A/N So, here's chapter six of No Memory! I hop you'll like it. Please note I was pretty tired when I wrote this (ugh, I hate homework), so there can be some mistakes.
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And the visits continued the whole week. Ian came every day, sometimes with, sometimes without Anthony. Sometime Anthony even visited without Ian. Sometimes the visits where short, sometimes the visits were longer. But they were always enjoyable. During the week Lysa recoverd, fast. The doctors were amazed. The day after Ian's second visit, she was already walking for a short while, and those walks became longer and longer. After four days, Ian and Anthony were even allowed to take her out of the hospital for a little while.
'So, where d'you wanna go?' Anthony asked. Lysa thought about it for a second.
'Erm, are there any nice café's or restaurants nearby?' She asked him and Ian.
'There's a Starbucks right around the corner.' Ian replied without even thinking. He'd gone there a lot if he needed to get some good coffee, not the rubbish from the hospital.
'That sounds nice.' Lysa replied. 'Starbucks sells coffee right, and other hot drinks?' She added, a bit unsure.
'Yup, I'd recommend the hot chocolate, it's amazing.' Anthony said with a smile. 'I'm not so sure if you'll like coffee.'
'Me neither.' Lysa thought for a moment. 'Let's try it out!'
'What? That doesn't make sense.' Ian said puzzled.
'Actually, it does.' Lysa replied. Anthony shot her an unbelieving look. 'Look.' Lysa sighed. She really didn't feel like talking about this, but she needed to get her point across. 'I don't know what I like and don't like. Of course I can wait until my memory returns, but until then, I don't know anything about myself. We don't know when my memory will return, it could take months, years even! And I'm not willing to wait that long. I'm going to find out myself. And finding out if I like coffee or not is the first step in that process.' A silence fell. Anthony and Ian looked at her with, respect?
'You've given this a lot of thoughts, haven't you?' Ian asked. Again, he looked at her with respect shining in his eyes.
'Yeah, I have. Don't really have much else to do, have I?' Lysa said, trying to lighten the spirits a bit. 'So, shall we go to that Starbucks place or do we wait until grumpy nurse sends you away again?' This seemed to shake Ian and Anthony awake.
'Yeah, let's go!' Ian said, standing up abruptly. And so the three of them left for the Starbucks around the corner, Lysa excited for leaving the hospital and the comedy duo still slightly impressed. Unfortunately, it turned out Anthony was right about the coffee. Why didn't she just choose hot chocolate?
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At the end of the week, it was also finally the end of the compulsory hospital stay. Ian, Anthony and Lysa were waiting in her hospital room for the man who was going to tell more about where Lysa was going to be staying. All of them were a little nervous, and sad. Ian and Anthony didn't want to lose Lysa, the three of them had grown quite close during the visits. Lysa also didn't want to lose them. They were the first people she saw after she woke up, and the only people she knew apart from the nurses and doctors. She didn't want to start completely over again. And, more importantly, she had also grown very fond of them.
'So, where do you think they'll take me? To a foster home, or one of their,' she shivered, 'locations.' She added the last part dramatically.
'I don't know.' Anthony said pensive. 'We just have to wait I guess. I get the feeling you don't want to go to one of their locations?'
'No! Those places are awful, I really can't imagine myself there.' Lysa practically shouted. Ian and Anthony were taken aback by her sudden reaction.
'Why not? And why do you think that?' Ian said carefully, not wanting to upset her more. He wondered what could have happened that caused such horror for Lysa, even if she didn't remember what happened.
'I, I don't know. All I know is that I feel terrible when thinking about it.' She said softly, looking down.
'Hey, don't worry. I'm sure everything will work out fine. You just have to have some trust.' Anthony reassured her. Lysa smiled weakly. Just at that moment a man in a neat suit came walking in.
'Hello Mr. Hecox, Mr. Padilla, Lysa. I'm Mr. Yeraldson, from child services.' He said. He had a very pale skin and dark hair. Kind of vampire looking. Also, pale eyes and dark red lips added to the resemblance. He wasn't as handsome as they were always portrayed to be though.
'Hello, nice to meet you.' All three said at once. They looked at each other and sniggered. Not loud though, they were too wary of the creepy looking man for that. He smiled, lightening up his features.
'So,' he continued, the tense mood in the room a bit more relaxed. 'I'm here to inform you where Lysa will be staying until we find her family, and to accompany her there. Also, I'm going to inform you of all the specifics of that stay, and how you can contact each other and so on. Any questions?' All three shook their heads, still too nervous to say anything. The man seemed used to this and continued. 'Unfortunately there are no foster homes available at the moment, so you'll be staying in one of our locations.' The man continued, but Lysa didn't hear him. No! I can't go there! They can't make me! Right?! Please, I don't want to go there! Suddenly she noticed that a silence had fallen in the room. The three men were looking at her expectantly.
'NO! You can't send me there! You can't make me! I don't want to go there! Please Ian, Anthony, tell him! I can't go there!' Yeraldson seemed taken aback by her furious reaction. Clearly he wasn't used to this.
'Yeah!' Ian agreed. 'Is there really nothing else available? This is her worst fear! Surely there must be something else possible!' Yeraldson shook his head dismissively.
'I'm afraid everything's full. This really is the only option.'
'Can't we take her in?' Anthony suddenly piped up. 'I mean, I'm sure you need all the space you can get, if everything's as full as you say. And that way, Lysa won't have to go to one of your locations. Everyone happy.' The man thought about it for a moment.
'It would help us a lot. Like you said, we are packed at the moment. But I'm not sure if it's even allowed. Do you have any children?' He said, frowning.
'What, why would we have any children?' Anthony said confused. 'Oh, you think we're gay.' He said understandingly, after thinking for a few moments.
'You're not?' Yeraldson replied surprised. 'Okay. Sorry, I just assumed…' He trailed off. 'Well, do you have any experience with children anyway?'
'Well, I have two younger brothers, I used to take care of them when my mother couldn't. And Ian has a sister.' Anthony replied, determined to make a good impression on the man. Lysa breathed out, letting herself feel a little bit hope. Please let them agree!
'Let me make a few phone calls. I'm not sure if I can make this work, but I'll try. It really would help us out a lot. And I get the feeling Lysa would appreciate it as well. Lysa beamed at him.
'Would you really do that?' She asked, looking at him with hopeful eyes. Suddenly, the man didn't seem as scary anymore.
'Yes, of course. I can't promise anything though.'
'We understand.' Anthony said, gratitude filling his voice. 'But, thanks for wanting to try. It means a heck of a lot to us.' He smiled weakly, just as Ian and Lysa. She only just realized how much Ian and Anthony had started to care about her. It was nice to know her feelings were mutual. Purely platonic though. She wasn't in love with them! They were like, erm, seven, eight, nine years older than her! They were handsome though.
'I'm glad to help.' Yeraldson said smiling. 'I'll leave you alone right now. I think I'll have more news in about two hours. Meet you again here at three? You're free to do anything you want, just make sure you're back by then.'
'Sure, again, thank you very much!' Ian said thankful. 'See you at three!' The man just nodded and walked out of the room, already reaching for his phone. Lysa, Ian and Anthony looked at each other, silence filling the room for a few seconds, and then they simultaneously bursted out laughing. All the tension leaving them. The laughter continued for a few minutes, every time when they stopped they looked at each other and started laughing again. When the laughter finally died down for real, they decided to go to the Starbucks around the corner again. A comfortable silence fell while walking to the place. Of course, in the back of their minds there was the fear that Yeraldson couldn't help them after all, but they didn't let that thought out of the back. They were going to enjoy this, even if it were the last couple of hours they spent together. Especially if it were their last hours together.
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'Welcome at Starbucks, what can I get you?' The friendly girl behind the cash desk said. 'For me an iced coffee, for Anthony a Latte Magiato and what do you want Lysa?' Ian said, already knowing Anthony's regular choice.
'Erm, let me try something new.' Lysa scanned the huge sign. 'I take a… Caramel Coffee Hot Chocolate!´ the lady smiled at her.
´Which names can I put on the cups?´
´Ian, Anthony and Lysa.´ Lysa replied, already knowing the protocol from coming there before a couple of times with Ian and sometimes Anthony.
´Okay, your drinks will be ready in a couple of moments.´ At this, the smosh duo and Lysa went to sit down at a table next to a wall, a bit in the back. Ian had told Lysa why they never sat near the window at Starbucks. Somehow, they were always recognized. It really didn´t happen that often, just always near a window at Starbucks. They loved their fans, they just wanted some time for themselves sometimes.
After about one and a half hour they decided to return to the hospital. They had had a nice relaxing time, almost forgetting about the news they would be getting. Almost. Now, the tension started to rise again.
When they walked into the room, Yeraldson hadn't arrived yet. They waited the last minutes in silence. He came walking in at five for three, a smile lightening up his otherwise scary features. Al three of them breathed out relieved.
'I did it! Lysa can stay with you guys!' everyone bursted out cheering. Yeraldson just stood there, smiling. After the noise had died down a bit he continued, 'You have no idea how much of a fight I had to put up to convince them, but apparently someone there had heard of you or something? I don't know. All I know is that she can stay!'
At this time, Lysa was practically crying from happiness. She didn't have to go to one of their locations! She could stay with Ian and Anthony! Everything was going to be alright. She turned her head to Yeraldson again. 'Thank you! You have no idea how much this means to me. I can never thank you enough.' Yeraldson again just smiled.
'You're welcome. I'm just glad I could help. Now, grab your things and go home with Ian and Anthony. I'm sure you're eager to get out of this place. We'll do the paperwork there.' Lysa didn't think it was physically possible, but her smile widened even more. Everything was going to be alright.
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A/N So, finally this story is making some progress! Hope you like the turn this story is taking. Though, you could of course always read this would happen in the description, but never mind. Also, I have a few things to say.
Firstly, how strange it may sound, I've never been to Starbucks. I only know all these things about it from a Tobuscus Animated Adventures video (incognitobuscus, you should check it out!) and some other fanfictions. I also made the Caramel Coffee Hot Chocolate up. Wouldn't it be great if they had it though?
Secondly, thanks for all the reviews! I really appreciate it. If you notice any flaws in this story, please review and point it out! And even if you don't, still review! They really make my day.
Have a nice night, or day, depending on the time zone you're in and when you're reading this. Peace off!