Forgotten

Chapter One

How could I have been stupid? I let things get out of hand, again. I didn't have to take my anger out on her. We are both stressed. I wasn't thinking straight. It's all my fault she's in this mess. Only if I hadn't fought with her. Only if I grabbed her arm before she left and told her to stay. Only if we could have avoided this...
I got home from work today, more stressed than usual. I was doing surgery, but I failed to save the patient. I did everything in my power to save the patient, but in the end, I failed. I won't ever forget the faces of his wife when I declared him dead. When I got home, I couldn't even handle it. I took out all my stress and anger on Elizabeth, my fiancé. I thought I could handle death with ease, but I guess not. I was screaming at Elizabeth, but she never yelled back. All she ever did was try to help.
"Welcome home, honey." Elizabeth said as I opened the door,
"Yeah..." I said with an upset look on my face.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"I couldn't save the patient today..." I said looking away, trying not to look at her.
"Jackson... It's okay... You did your best..." She said as she gently turned my head.
"No, it's not!" I yelled while pushing her away.
"Jackson. Don't worry... Don't take all the blame. You did everything you could..." She said as she came closer to comfort me.
"You don't understand! He had a family, and because of me, he's dead..." I yelled at her.
"You can't save everyone... You did your best, it's okay Jackson..." She said as she hugged me.
"No it's not. You don't know how it feels!" I said as I pushed her away.
She fell to the ground and tears ran down her face. I couldn't believe it. I made her cry. I didn't know what I was doing. I'm being so stupid. I hated myself for making her cry. She got up, got her things and drove away on a cold winter night. I don't know where she's going... I fell down and I couldn't help but feel like a complete jerk.
I decided to call her to apologize. It was ringing for about a minute then she finally picked up. At first no words were spoken and all I could hear was her crying. I finally managed to say something.
"Elizabeth, come home now..." I said as a tear fell down my face.
"I'm really sorry, but I think I'll be staying at my parents house for tonight... It'll give you time to cool off." She replied.
"Elizabeth, I'm sorr-" I was cut off by Elizabeth's scream. "Elizabeth! Hey, are you there? Elizabeth."
She didn't reply. I heard the crash of the cars. I couldn't believe it, I didn't want to believe it. I grabbed my keys and drove away. I knew the directions to her parents house. It's about an hour away from my place. I drove as fast as I could, but I couldn't find where she is. It's been 30 minutes. I was filled with anger, towards myself. It was all my fault. After driving for a few more minutes I got a call from the hospital.
"Doctor King, you're needed in the hospital, you're wife... She got into a car accident."
"Damn it!" I thought thought to myself. If only I was just a little bit more considerate as to what I said.
I rushed as fast as I could to the hospital. The nurses told me where she was in i rushed immediately there. She was lying down. I could see all the wounds and bruises. I couldn't help but cry when I saw her like this. They ended up giving her surgery. I waited and waited until it was done. The doctor came out of the room and we started talking about the situation.
"Doctor King, you're wife survived," he said as I felt relieved, "though, she's not awake yet."
"Thank you doctor, for everything." I said as I shook his hand.
"Wait, there's one more thing," he said as I had a confused look on my face, "her damages were mostly to the head and legs. Her legs are fine now, but we don't know if any serious damage happened to her brain."
"So you're saying, that's she's okay, but she might not be completely the same?" I asked.
"Something like that, she might have memory loss and if she does, we don't know how long she'll have amnesia."
I didn't know what to say. I didn't want her to forget that were engaged, I don't want her to forget all the things we did, I don't want her to forget me...
"It's okay, doctor. I will care for her if she does have amnesia." I replied.
"It's only a theory, it's not for sure." He said trying to comfort me.
I slept at the hospital that night, waiting for Elizabeth to wake up. All night I was thinking about what the doctor said. What if she does end up having amnesia? Will I be able to handle it? Will she forget completely everything? Even me? I didn't get much sleep. I just couldn't shake it off my mind. But I still have hope that she's the same.
She eventually woke up and I rushed into the room when she did. She had a strange look on her face, like she was confused, but I still greeted her.
"Elizabeth, I'm so sorry about yesterday, it was so stupid of me." I said as she looked around the room.
There was a moment of silence in the room. The nurse broth her food and left. We both looked at her. It was silent for about a minute then Elizabeth started to say something...
"W-who are you...?"