I open my eyes, being blinded by the bright lights in the room. I look around I see a man sleeping in a chair, he has caramel-colored skin, covered in freckles, and his poofy hair pulled into a loose ponytail. I hear small snores coming from him, its adorable.
" U-Um...Excuse me?" I say, my mouth dry. He jolts awake unaware of my presence. He looks over to me, staring shocked; I see his green eyes the way they shine in the light. He jumps out of his chair and runs over to me, engulfing me in a hug, crying.
" Oh my God, oh my God, I-I can't believe it, you're finally awake! Nurse!" He runs out of the room to find a nurse; I sit there confused; who is he? Why did he cry? My thoughts are interrupted by the man coming back into the room with a woman, assuming she is the nurse.
" Ah, Mr. Hamilton! Glad to see you are awake!" She smiles, takes a clipboard, and walks out of the room. The man smiles brightly and walks over to my bed, lying next to me.
" I can't believe you are finally awake; everyone is going to be so happy!" He says, laying his head on my shoulder. I sit there confused; I must know him, right?
" Um, I'm sorry to ask, but... wh-who are you?" I say, his head slowly raises, he looks at me, his eyes large.
" Wh-What?" he says, I can hear the sadness in his voice.
" I'm sorry, I am sure I know you, but I don't recognize your face...I'm sorry." I look down at the blanket I feel him get off the bed. He walks out of the room. I look down at my hands; they have small scares on them; my left has a ring. Am I married?
After five minutes, the man returns with a different woman; her skin is a little darker than the man; her wavy hair is half up half down. She is wearing a whitecoat; she must be a doctor.
" Hi Alexander..." she smiles a sad smile. She walks over to me, sitting down on my bed, " Do you recognize me?" I shake my head no, " My name is Angelica Schuyler, you and I are friends, and this." She gestures for the man to walk over, " This is your husband, John." I look over at him; he smiles weakly at me, " Do you understand?"
" I...yes...but no, sorry." I look down, I close my eyes, " I want to remember, I really do! But I can't, I try and remember, but everything is fuzzy, like static." I look up and see them looking at me, they have an empathetic look on their faces. Come on, brain, do what you are supposed to do! John walks out of the room, Angelica looks back to me.
" Do you want anything? Like, something to eat, or some water?" She asks.
" I would like some water, please," I say, she nods and walks out of the room. I look out the window, I see tall buildings, cars, and people.
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I walk out of the room and lean against a wall, I slide down. Why is this happening to us?
" John, are you alright?" I lookup, Angelica is looking down at me.
" How did this happen?" I say looking up at her, tears threaten to come. " Is it something I did?"
" Oh John, no, none of this is your fault, none of it!" Angelica bends down, " We all knew this might happen when that car crash happened there was damage to the prefrontal cortex, it controls memories, we will have to do some tests to see what he remembers, and what he doesn't, it will take time, but we will do our best to get him back to normal." she says, we hug. She walks away to a desk to get some papers, I pull out my phone, he needs to see his son.
" Hey, Eliza, he woke up," I say, I hear happy screaming in the phone " Yeah, will you bring Pip?" I say into the phone, Liza agrees, " Thanks, gotta go!" I hang up and call my dad, (We got supportive Henery UwU) " Hey Dad! Alexander woke up...Eliza is bringing Philip for me...That will be easier for Angelica to explain, I kinda need you right now...Thanks Dad, love you, see you soon." I hang up, Eliza will bring Philip, and I already know she will tell Peggy, and she will tell everyone else...I know who I need to call, " Hey George...No everything is alright, he woke up! Yeah, come over to the hospital. Yeah, see you soon." I hang up and walk back into Alex's room, he is staring out the window, he looked so lost, it broke my heart.
" Hey, Alex." He jumps a little, he looks over to me.
" I'm sorry I don't remember you," he says sadly, I sigh.
" I guess I will have to get you to fall in love with me all over again, aren't I?" He laughs, oh how I have missed that laugh. He gestures for me to sit next to him. When I sit, he lays his head on my shoulder, I smile, for now, everything feels normal.
" Daddy!" Philip runs into the room, tackling me.
" Hey bud, look, Pops is awake!" I say Alexander is sitting there, his eyes wide.
" POPS!" Philip squeals and hugs Alexander. " You are done with your nap!" Alexander laughs, Philip lays his head on Alex's chest, just hugging him.
" Uhh h-hey kid," Alexander says, " How you been?" He asks, laughing and smiling.
" Look!" Philip opens his mouth, showing a loose tooth, Alexander gasps and hug Philip. They sit there laughing for a bit, Philip, talking about anything that comes to mind, him being five that is trains and that bug he saw the other day. I get up and walk over to Eliza, she smiles and hugs me
" I'm so glad he is awake and laughing." She laughs at Alex while he tickles Pip, I smile sadly at them. " Hey, what's wrong?" She looks at me concerned,
" He doesn't remember us," I say, looking at her.
" Wait, what? Oh, John" She hugs me, " Are you alright?"
" As good as I can be," I say, Angelica walks in holding a clipboard, she looks over at Philip and Alexander.
" I see he is still a child," she says, laughing. She walks over to Alex and Philip, " Hey, we will start our test tomorrow, but not until later in the day, so you will have time to visit with friends and family."
" I uh...Thanks." He says, he looks back to Philip, the boy had fallen asleep with his head in the crook of his neck, Alexander smiles, " Oh, I am so lucky, just look at him, I really wish I could remember you guys, I mean I already love this little guy." he says sighing.
We sit around, I tell Alexander about things that had happened while he was in his coma, he listened intently being careful not to wake the small child in his arms.
" Oh, remember how earlier I told you about Thomas, your co-owner of your law firm?" I ask he nods, " Well, he and his fiance, James, are getting married in a few months." As I talk, a group of people steps into the room, most holding flowers and cards. They all aw at him when they see Philip sleeping.
" So you finally decided to wake up, geez, I thought I was going to have to find a new best man, not to mention ya know...our da*m business!" Thomas pipes up, laughing, James elbows him in the side, " Glad to see you're awake, man." Alexander laughs, he looks around his eyes landing on Washington.
" And you are?"