I look around and that beeping noise is still going on. I see a heart monitor hooked up to wires that lead to me. “What the heck?” I say as I look at my lifeless body rapped up in bandages. I look down at my hand to see the same blonde headed boy from the beach holding my hand. I try to move mine from his, and it makes him jump. “Oh my God Crystal! You’re awake!!” he screams in my face and hugs me.
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Who the heck is Crystal?

“Um…?” I look at the boy with confusion. “I’m so glad you’re awake babe!” he says as I look at his blue eyes. “Hang on I’ll go get the doctor. And the boys! And the girls! And the rest of your family! And my family! Hang on! I’ll be right back so stay awake!” he says excitedly and runs out of the room.
I see other unfamiliar faces make their way in the small hospital room.

“How are you feeling?” a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes asks me.
“Um… good I guess?” I say, wondering who these strangers were. The boy from earlier comes and takes my hand again. “I’m so glad you’re okay princess. I was so worried you wouldn’t have woken up,” he says, making me hug him. I sit in the bed, not knowing weather to hug him back or not.
“Why aren’t you hugging me back?” he asks as he looks at me with a confused face. It looks like he had been crying or something because he has big, black bags on his eyes.

“I’m sorry but…. Do I know you?” I finally ask.

The boy’s face goes from lightening up, to dull in 2 seconds.
“Y-you don’t remember me?” he stutters.
“Um… are you the doctor?” I ask, hoping I would get it right.

His now red face stands up and shakes his head.
“No.. NO NO NO NO NO! This can’t be happening right now!” He screams. Suddenly, he takes my face and makes me look him in the eyes.

“You have to know who I am!” he yells. His blue eyes are bloodshot and have bags under them. It’s obvious that he hasn’t slept in a long time. “I’m sorry! I don’t know who you are!” I yell.
“Niall calm down! She had a brain injury. The doctor said this might happen,” a girl with Blonde curly hair and a British accent says.
His face goes blank. He shows no emotions except for a tear escaping from his eye. “It can’t happen.” I feel so bad for this stranger. Seeing him like this makes my heart melt for some reason. “I’m sorry,” I mutter out, trying to make him feel better. His bloodshot eyes meet mine and he sluggishly goes out of the room.
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“Mrs. Horan I see you’re awake,” a lady in a hospital uniform says. She must work here. I stay, lying in the bed, and I ask her, “What’s going on?” She gives me a smile and sits me up.

“Mrs. Horan… you were in a major car accident. There might be some memory loss, but it might come back over time. Let me ask you a few questions. Do you know who these people are?” she asks as she brings in two older people. One is a woman with long brown hair and one is a man who is kind of bald and has a beard. “No?” I ask, trying to match the unfamiliar faces. The couple start to cry and the woman says, “Crystal I’m you’re Mom. You have to remember me!”

I am in total shock. Why can’t I even remember my own mother? The lady takes the woman who is claiming to be my mom out of the room.
“Why don’t you get some sleep Love? You need it,” she says as she closes the door.
“Wait!” I say before she leaves.
“Yes?” she asks with a friendly smile.
“Was anyone else hurt in the accident?”
She smiles at me.
“Get some sleep Mr. Horan,” she says and leaves the room.

Niall’s POV

“How could she not remember me?” I scream to myself as I slowly make my way out of her room. I go back to the waiting room where the boys and Crystal’s band mates are.

“How is she?” Liam asks, giving my sympathic smile. I shake my head in embarrassment. My own wife doesn’t even know who I am! “Oh Niall… She doesn’t remember does she?” Jane, Louis’ girlfriend, says to me. I shake my head. “This is not supposed to happen!” I say. I have to go somewhere.

Anywhere but here.

I head out of the entrance of the hospital running. “Niall!!” Louis tries to scream, but I ignore him and continue to run. I run to the only place I know. The recording studio.
The recording studio is where Crystal and me met.
I can’t believe she doesn’t remember me. She has to! First I lose my daughter and now my wife too?
Yes… me and Crystal hav-… had a daughter. She was about 2 years old before the wreck… that’s what killed her.
We were going home from Whataburger because that was Crystal and Mia’s favorite place to eat. Typical Texans… and those damn Paparazzi started coming out of nowhere! They followed our car and one of them was stupid enough to let go of the wheel and then…
Yeah… You get picture…
And now… My life is slowly falling apart. I don’t know what else to do. I take out my phone to look at the time.
3:33 am.
Part of me thinks this is all just a dream. It has to be! I’m going to wake up and Crystal is going to be in my arms and Mia is going to come running in our room jumping on us to wake us up.
I look around at my surroundings and hear a car horn. “Niall get in the car,” I hear Louis say in the black SUV. “Get the fuck away from me Louis!” I yell and continue to run. The SUV continues to chase me as I feel my legs leading me to the recording studio.
I turn the handle of the door.

Locked.

“Fuck!” I say and pull out my keys. “Niall come on. You’re not helping her at all by being here,” Liam calls to me from the car, but I continue to ignore him.
I hear the door unlock and I head inside the room, locking the door back so the boys wouldn’t see me. “Niall c’mon mate! Just open up. Please.” They try to open the door, but I block them out.
The memory starts to come back to me of 3 years ago. The day we first met.
I remember her walking in the room to record our newest single with her band, The Runaways. They started off on the x-factor just like we did, but they were from the US and won the show in 2016. I had been watching and following them on twitter for as long as they were on the show. I remember meeting her for the first time. She was so… breath taking.
Her thick, medium brunette hair was in a braid. I remember her smiling at me. Those blue eyes are what got to me.
“Hi,” She said holding out her had with a smile. “I’m a big fan of yours.” She went to hug me, and I smelled her hair, in a non-creepy way.

I stood there, not knowing what to say after the hug, taking in her beauty.
Her eyes shined as she smiled. It was like she had a glow to her. Just meeting her for the first time made me feel like I didn’t have a chance. She was way too beautiful for me.
“Earth to Niall!” Louis said, waving his hand in front of my face. “What?” I said, coming back to reality. Louis rolled his eyes and whispered in Crystal’s ear. “Niall fancies you.” She giggled and her cheeks grew red.
The recording session began and I had to stand next to her, taking in her sweet aroma. Trying to be the ladies man that I am, I made an effort to flirt with her. I poked her in the side, and I watched her squeal and smack my hand.
“You two are going to get married one day,” Harry teased us. We both laughed nervously and she walked in the room to record our newest single. Her voice is what I fell for first, well besides her eyes.
I listened to her while she was in the studio.
Some would say she sounded great. I say she sounded like an angel.
I watched her make her way out of the room and smile at me.
“C’mon mate, let’s go,” I hear Louis say behind me. The memory starts to fade away. That’s all it was… just a memory…
I feel myself slide down on the floor as I realize that she’s gone. I begin to feel a warm liquid falling from my eyes. I hadn’t cried this much… ever. I haven’t cried a lot since the day of the accident. I was trying to be strong for everyone.
“Niall it’s going to be alright mate,” I heard Liam say, soothing circles on my back, just like Crystal did.
But what he doesn’t realize is that everything is not going to be “alright.” Nothing will ever be “alright” again. She doesn’t remember me. The reason for my smile is gone. The love of my life is gone.
“What if she doesn’t remember me?” I try to say through the tears.
There is a long silence…
Louis gives me a sympathic smile. “She will, mate. She will.”

Notes

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