PROLOGUE:

In the strength of rain and thunderstorm in the darkness of the night, a man was being beaten by five men. Despite the man was seems lifeless the men cruelty continuously beating him up.

Nobody was around during the happening of that incident until they saw by two men passing by in that area that caused them to stop what they were doing and they fled away in a different direction to prevent their identification after the two men yell them.

"Hey! Why are you beating him up?" a yell that came from someone, and the five men stopped beating the man and fled away.

The two men approached the badly beaten man and were surprised upon learning that the man was still alive. So, they did not waste a single time but help the man.

"H-help me," the man said, and then he lost his consciousness.

"Henry let's help him!" said William.

And they hastened and came to the man.

"He was bloody and looked like he was hit by a knife," said Henry.

"How pity he is," said William.

"Henry, common, call a taxi right away and let's get him in the hospital," said William.

When they arrived in the hospital, the man was taken care of immediately. He was taken to emergency room, then transferred him to the Intensive Care Unit or ICU.

"Who among you is the relative of the victim?" asked the Doctor to William and Henry after attending the victim.

"We did not know him, Doctor, we just helped him to the hospital," said William.

"Is that so? Because his stab wound was severe and he had a 50/50 chance of survival," explained by the Doctor.

"William, you were the one who found the victim's cellphone, and maybe we could get some information on it."

"Oh, yeah, wait I will try to open it. The phone keeps on ringing, can not be reached," said William.

As they were trying to contact the victim's relative, a police officer came to investigate and looking for someone to talk to. William and Henry approached the police officer.

"Were you the ones who brought the victim here in the hospital?" the police officer asked.

"Yes, officer, we did," said William.

"Please come to the police station to provide us some pieces of information you may know."

In the police station

"Chief, they were the ones who brought the victim to the hospital."

"All right, let them give their statements regarding the incident," said the police chief.

"Yes, boss"

"Sir, this is the cell-phone of the victim that may assist you in your investigation," said William handing the cell-phone to the police officer.

"Okay, just leave it here. By the way, what is the name of both of you?"

"I am William, and this is my friend, Henry."

And the two tell what they saw, but because the culprits ran away, neither was able to identify them considering other factors, like raining hard and dim light around the crime scene.

"Sir, could we go home now?" they asked.

"All right, just leave your contact number and we might be needing you in our ongoing investigation."

The police are trying to contact the relative of the victim using the cell-phone given by William to the police.

"Helena, you have a call," said the mother of Helena.

"Mommy, please answer the phone, I am coming out," said Helena.

"Hello! What was it? Stabbed? Where is the hospital?" asked Helena's mother.

"He was at the Saint James Hospital, ma'am," police replied.

"All right, thank you, sir."

"Mommy, who called up?"

"Helena, quick, Henry was stabbed and he is now confined at Saint James Hospital, said by the police," said Helena's mother hysterically.

"What? Henry was stabbed? Let's go mommy I want to see him immediately."

At Saint James Hospital

"Doctor, I am Helena, the girlfriend of the victim, how is the patient?" asked Helena hysterically.

"The patient's condition was severe, besides of the injuries sustained, his head was hit by a hard object that may cause brain damage," said the Doctor.

What happened to Helena's boyfriend, Helena could not do anything but weep.

"Mommy, why did this happened to Harry? I did not know anyone had a grudge at him," said Helena crying.

While Helena was in the state of pitying Harry, a police officer came.

"Are you the victim's relative?" inquired by the police conducting the investigation

"No sir, but I am the girlfriend of the patient, the victim of a stabbing, Who did it to him, officer?" asked Helena crying.

"Currently our investigation is ongoing. We have just contacted you here on a victim's cell-phone. It was handed to us by a certain William, who helped the victim to the hospital. Since we do not need this cell-phone anymore, we are giving this to you for the victim to keep," said the police.

"Thank you, officer, and I hope the criminals will be arrested immediately," said Helena.

"Don't worry miss, we will do our best, we will go ahead."

"Helena, we can't talk to Harry right now, let us go home first," said the mother of Helena.

And as Helena glared at Harry before they leave, she felt, her heart is breaking, because she loves Harry very much and to think that he could not survive would be a burden in his life, what will happen now to their dreams, would everything just go in vain? I couldn't bear it," said Helena full of heartache.

Before the incident happened to Harry, Harry and Helena live full of happiness and dreams in life.

******

"Helena, did you see how I can throw a ball in the ring?" said Harry with pride.

"Yes, you played basketball well," Helena laughed.

"Wait, on Sunday we will go to Baguio, you might forget."

"Yes, mister Harry, I will not forget," replied Helena.

"Okay, it is a date."

"Harry, by the way, who was that lady you were talking to yesterday? I saw you and wow she was beautiful. I am only asking you but I'm not jealous," said Helena.

"Ah, she was the girlfriend of George. She was referring to our assignment in the subject Math. Do not be jealous. Come on, let's eat somewhere, I am hungry."

"Hi! George, you are good at basketball."

"Not really, George, I was only in the mood. By the way, your girlfriend was looking for you, have you seen her yet?"

"No, not yet!"

In the restaurant where Helena and Harry were eating, they heard the song 'Never Thought that I Could Love You' played by the restaurant owner to amuse customers.

"Helena, I love that song, beautiful isn't it?" said Harry with feelings.

"And so do I, it is one of my favorites."

So they listened to the music... "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE REAL, YOU ARE THE DREAMS THAT SAVED MY LIFE, YOU ARE THE REASON I SURVIVED"

"Beautiful, isn't it Helena?"

"Yes, of course, if you spoke within your heart, otherwise, it is useless."

"Helena, let us get married," said Harry seriously.

"Hey! Are you proposing?"

"Yes, I am," replied Harry without hesitant.

"What are you? We are not capable of living on our own. We are still young and not finished yet our studies. Besides our parents will surely reject it."

"All right, but the moment we graduated, we shall get married, okay?"

"Ha! Ha! Ha! It's up to you. Do you know, Harry? You always make me laughed. Marriage is not a simple thing to do, we have to establish first ourselves, right?"

"Well, what can I do to a bright girl like you, okay, you won, I agree."

Between lovers who were in love with each other, destiny is always playful at a glance. And the two. Helena and Harry, would not expect that a tragedy would happen to Harry.

*******

The next day, Helena, returned to the hospital. She took care of Harry, watched him sadly with pain in her heart.

"Harry, why did this happen to you? To us?" said Helena sadly to herself.

Helena was in such a state of thinking, that the doctor who had been assigned to Harry, approached her.

"Miss, we must talk to the patient's parent," said the doctor

"His parents were in the United States. I will just inform them to come home immediately for Harry."

"That's right, the patient has to be operated as soon as possible so he could have a chance to survive, otherwise he will surely die because there was a blood clot in his brain," a firm explanation of the doctor.

As Helena informed Harry's parents, they arrived in the country, and upon seeing Harry, they weep.

The operation was performed on Harry but unfortunately, he remained in a coma state.

At the police station

William and Henry were summoned.

"How far were you from the crime scene?"

"Sir, maybe about ten meters away."

"Can you tell me what the culprits look like?"

"Sir, that night was so dark, the rain was strong enough that we could hardly see the culprits, besides the light in the pole, was so dim."

While the chief of police was questioning William and Henry, the police investigating the crime scene arrived.

"Chief, there was CCTV in the area but it was not clear due to darkness and heavy rain during the commission of the crime."

"All right, bring it to someone who was expert in computer and see what he can do about it."

"Sir, what is the condition of the victim?" asked William.

"Well, he was still in a comatose condition, according to hospital records."

"William, I think we must visit the victim in the hospital, and let us see what we can do."

"Okay, maybe we could help."

At the Hospital, at the nursing station

"Miss, may we know the room of the victim that we brought here the other night?"

"Sir, he is still in the Intensive Care Unit room."

"Thank you, miss. Let's go, Henry."

In the Intensive Care Unit, Helena was there, sadly watching Harry, her eyes were almost consumed with tears and her face was almost puffy.

"Good morning, miss, we were the ones who brought the patient here the other night when we saw him in a pool of blood with a stabbed wound. We would like to know about his condition. Were you the relative of the patient?"

"He is still unconscious and the doctor said he will be unconscious for so long, I am Helena, his girlfriend and this is Harry, Bay the way I appreciate very much in helping him to get in the hospital. I won't forget your being helpful, thank you. May I know your names?"

"I am William and this is my friend, Henry," said William introducing themselves.

"I am glad to meet both of you," said Helena smiling.

"Helena, we are also glad to meet you, we are sorry for what happened to Harry."

After almost half an hour, William and Henry bid goodbye.

"Helena, we will go ahead. Don't worry, Harry will get better soon. Take care of your self," said William.

"Thank you for your concern, William."

As the two going home

"William, isn't it Helena is Beautiful? It seems that she loves Harry very much. I pity her," said Henry.

"Yes, it's true, I can still feel sorry for her because she was a rare kind of woman. And I felt envious to her boyfriend, Harry, to have a woman like Helena," as emotionally said, William.

William has said it so because he was trying to compare his girlfriend, Kathleen, to Helena that has a big difference between them.

"Hmm, I think I know what's your trying to invoke," said Henry.

"Yes, of course, unlike my girlfriend, Kathleen, between them there is a big difference. And I do not know what feeling I have in my heart with Helena. I just do not know."

"Careful with your feeling, William, you would not know the consequences, I am just advising you as my friend," said Henry.

"Thank you, Henry, that is why I always want you on my sides. You are the priest of my life, ha! ha! ha!" said William laughing.

While William and Henry were chatting, William forgot something.

"Oh! I forgot, I have a date with Kathleen today," said William

"Ha! Ha! Ha! You are a really dead man," said Henry joking.

"Nevermind, I will just call her to explain everything and I hope she would understand me," said William confidently.