" And you are?" Alexander asks Washingtons smile falls, you could tell that everyone's hearts had broken at his question, " D-Did I say something wrong?" He looks around at everyone, Philip still asleep in his arms. Washington walks out of the room, I follow.
" Hey, are you okay?" I ask, walking over to him.
" He doesn't remember us, does he?" He asks I shake my head, he sighs, " I knew he was acting off." He sighs again, " How much does he remember?"
" We don't know yet, Angelica is going to set all that up tomorrow, it will take a week or two before we know all the results," I respond, as I say this Martha walks over to us.
" Where is he!" She says I was about to warn her, but she walks past me into Alexander's room, we follow her into the room as well. She rushes over to him, engulfing him a hug, she kisses his forehead, " Oh, I can't believe you are finally awake, oh my son!" she hugs him again.
" M-Mom?" Alexander says Martha cries a bit.
" Yes, I'm here!" she responds, Geroge and I stand there confused. How does he remember her but not us? I rush out of the room to find Angelica.
" Angelica!" I yell as she walks down a hallway.
" John! Is there something wrong?" she asks, concerned.
" I don't know. Martha just arrived, and Alexander remembered her, he doesn't recognize anyone else." I respond she looks at me her eyes light up.
" John, this is good news! This means he most likely has more memories than we realized! Go back to his room, I will be there in a little while." With that, she walks off into the other direction. I walk back to Alexander's room to find him crying, hugging Philip tighter than before. Alright, who hurt my husband!
" What happened here?!" I ask George to walks over to me, smiling.
" He just remembered everything about Philip, when you guys adopted him, everything!" He says, I smile and walk over to Alexander hugging him and our son.
~~~
A Few Minutes before
I am sitting there while everyone talks to each other, being careful to not wake the small child in my arms. I look down at him, I can't believe that it has been only 3 years since we had adopted him...
WAIT!
" Oh My God!" I yell I feel tears stinging my eyes.
" What is it!" Martha asks concerned, I look at her and smile, tears falling down my cheeks now.
" I remember!" I say hugging Philip tighter
" Remember what?" A man in a beanie asks.
" Philip!" I say, " I remember everything about him!" I hug him more, not caring if I wake him up. The man from before walks in...John? He is shocked to see me crying.
" What happened here?!" He asks concerned, George walks over to him and says something to him, I didn't hear what though. His eyes light up, and he rushes over to my bed, he hugs both Philip and me. We eventually feel something small squirming between us...OH PHILIP!
John moves away, Philip is laying there confused.
" Sorry, buddy," I say, he looks at me and then around the room, his eyes light up when he sees Martha and George.
" Grama, Grapa!" he yells, crawling over me to get to them George picks him up, swinging him around in a circle.
" I'm so happy you remembered our son," John says, he kisses my cheek; I feel my cheeks heat up. " Are you blushing?" he asks, laughing.
" N-No?" I say more like a question, he laughs again and lays his head on my shoulder, closing his eyes.
After an hour or so everyone had to leave, Angelica let John stay. He had fallen asleep next to me, small snores coming from him again. Angelica had stepped in the room telling me what tests that would be run, I was only half-listening, I wasn't really looking forward to any of it. I mean, I will have to take tests to find out how broken I am, not exactly a trip to Disney land.
" Do you understand?" Angelica asks, I nod, not quite knowing what I am agreeing to " Alexander?" I jump a little, being dragged out of my thoughts.
" Huh, what? Oh, sorry." I look down a little embarrassed, she shakes her head, laughing a little.
" It's okay, try to get some sleep, your test will begin tomorrow around 3pm, good night." She walks out of the room, turning off my light. I lay there, trying to fall asleep. I lean my head on Johns, my eyes slowly closing
~~~
" Come on, Alexander, it won't be that bad!" I say, this man it the most stubborn person alive, I swear! I glare at him for a moment.
" Why do I have to take all these tests if I will eventually remember everything anyway!" He says, crossing his arm.
" These tests are to make sure there isn't anything else wrong. Please, once the doctor clears you, we can go home." I say, bending down to be eye level with him. He looks away, trying to avoid eye contact.
" Fine." He sighs. I smile and hug him.
" Thank you," I whisper, " I will go get you a wheelchair, I'll be right back." I walk out of the room to get Alex a wheelchair when a man walks up to me, hugging me. " Hi, Dad," I say, my father, releases me from his hug.
" Sorry I wasn't able to come yesterday, Eliza told me about what had happened, are you alright?" He asks, looking concerned.
" I'm as good as I can be, I guess," I answer, trying to keep a straight face. (straight, haha funny John.)
" John, you're my son, I know when you aren't okay," Henry says, I don't know why but I just lay my head on his shoulder, tears welling up in my eyes, my body starts to shake, " Oh hey hey it's okay!" My dad holds me close to him, rubbing circles on my back to try and comfort me.
" I-I'm sorry!" I say.
" For what! You haven't done anything wrong. We all need to cry every once and a while, it's better to cry than to bottle it up inside. I happen to have experience." He says I laugh a little.
" Thanks," I say, still leaning against him.
" What, for being your father? That's my job dummy." He says, " Now! Let's get back to his room don't want to keep him waiting now, do we?"
I push the wheelchair back into Alexanders' room with my father following behind.
" Hey, I'm back! I brought someone with me." I say as we enter the room
" Final- Wait, have you been crying?" He says, looking concerned, I ignore the question and help him into the wheelchair, " Answer my question!" he says, trying to look up at me.
" No"
" Why?" I ignore his question again, Alex stays quiet this time, " Wait, who is this?" he gestures to my dad standing by the door.
" My Dad." I say, " Now let's get you to those tests, shall we?"