CHAPTER 10
**Jen's P.O.V.**
"Uhh" I groaned "M--mom? Dad?" I asked rubbing my eyes, my vision blurred
"Oh sweetie! You're finally awake!" my mom said happily walking over to me
"What happened?" I asked confused
"Honey you were in a coma for three and a half months. You were in a car crash on March 21st"
"What day is it today?"
"July 17th. Honey do you remember anything?" my mother asked me lightly rubbing my hand in hers
"I remember the first day of school, and Christmas, and Spring Break, but after that everything is a blur. Where's Parker? And Marley? Did they come visit me at all?"
No one answered my after that, my mom just walked out of the room taping away on her phone. I just sat there confused wanting to know what was going on. Where were Parker and Marley and my other friends? And why were my parents acting so weird? A few minutes later my mom came back in my room with a worried look on her face.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
"Jennifer, Parker and Marley won't be able to come visit you"
"Why?" I wondered
"They uh--they passed away on the night of your eighteenth birthday" my mother said sitting back down
"What!? How? What happened?" I said starting to shed a tear
"Well you and your friends all went to this house that night, and Marley got One Direction to perform--" my mother started
"Wait, who's One Direction?" I asked confused
"Oh honey, you don't remember them either?"
"No--should I know who they are?"
"They are your favorite band, you can listen to them later if you'd like"
I just nodded as my mother continued the story.
"Anyway, after they performed I guess something happened and Tucker, your ex boyfriend, you remember him right?"
"Yeah" I nodded
"Well he showed up at your party and--" she stopped
"And what mom!?"
"And he--he killed your friends, everyone, Parker, Marley, Amelia, Wills, Leo and Kate they are all gone. I'm so sorry honey"
My eyes started to fill up with tears again. I didn't care do I just cried, I just laid there and cried. I was so confused, I missed everything. I had no idea what was going on. Who was One Direction? And why did Tucker kill all my friends, was he in jail? What happened to him and why was I left alive?
"Where's Tucker? And why am I still alive if he killed everyone else?" I finally asked my mom wiping my tears
"Sweetie, Tucker's dead, you killed him when he tried to kill you, and you're alive because of Louis, he saved you"
"Who is Louis? What is going on?"
"Louis is one of the members of One Direction..." my mothers voice trailed off
"I'm hungry, c--can I get something to eat please" I asked her
"Sure, would you like to walk around a little?"
"Can I walk around a little please"
"Of course come on" my mom said helping me out of my bed
We walked to the elevator and it took is down to the first floor cafeteria so I could get something to eat. It felt so good to be awake and to be eating something. I still had so many unanswered questions but I didn't bother to ask them because I knew I probably wouldn't understand the answer anyway.
****THE NEXT DAY****
The next morning I woke up to see my father sleeping in the chair next to me. I didn't bother to wake him up as I carefully got out of bed and walked to the bathroom to shower. By the time I was done showering, my father was awake ad reading the newspaper.
"Morning dad" I smiled
"Oh, morning honey, would you like to go get something to eat?"
"Sure, um...where's mom?"
"She went home for the night, she should be back here soon with some clothes for you to go home in"
"Okay, let's get food now please, I'm hungry"
My dad and I walked to the cafeteria and we got some breakfast. I didn't realize how hungry I was until I ate something. By the time we were back in my room my mom was sitting there waiting.
"Morning honey" my mom smiled
"Morning mom" I said kissing her on the cheek
"We will be right back honey, I have to talk to your father for a second"
"Okay" I smiled getting back into my bed
**Louis' P.O.V.**
"She doesn't remember me?" I said through my tears "Does she remember anything else?"
"Not really, after the beginning of April everything is a blur, she doesn't remember your band, I had to fill her in on how Parker and Marley died, and when she asked me how she was still alive and I told her you saved her she had no idea who you were. I'm so sorry Louis"
"It's not your fault, can I see her please" I asked getting up from the ground
"Go ahead, she's right in there, we will give you some time alone" her mom said as she walked the other way
"Thank you" I said as I pushed the door open
"Jennifer? Are you awake?" I asked slowly walking in
"Yes...dad?" she asked
Oh how I have missed her voice. I wiped my tears as I walked into her room to see her confused, bit beautiful face.
"I know you don't remember me, but I--I'm Louis"
"So you're Louis, I've heard a lot about you. It's nice to finally meet you" she laughed
Her mom was right, she really didn't remember anything.
"Thank you by the way" she said
"For what?"
"For saving me, my mom told me what happened on the night of my birthday. You didn't need to save me but you did, thank you" she said leaning over to kiss me on the cheek
"Don't worry about it" I smiled
"Why did you save me?" she asked me after a moment of silence
"I don't know" I just answered
I wasn't lying, I didn't really know why I saved her that night, I just knew it was the right thing to do so I did it. I also knew that if she was killed that night and I didn't do anything, I couldn't live with myself.
The next day Jennifer was released from the hospital and I stayed with her for her first week home. It was hard not having her remember anything. I stayed in their guest room because I wanted to be close to her. Harry and the other boys called a few times and I told them that she woke up and I was here with her, but she didn’t remember anything so I wasn’t sure when I was going to be back.
**Jennifer’s P.O.V.**
My first night home was weird. Sleeping in my own bed felt strange, I don’t know why but I didn’t like it. I was restless most of the night until around midnight I finally feel asleep. I didn’t sleep long, I guessed. When I woke up I looked at the clock on my nightstand and it read 3:37 a.m. I couldn’t sleep anymore so I decided to get up and walk around the house a little. I looked in the mirror before I walked downstairs and I realized I was still wearing the clothes I left the hospital in…black yoga pants and my what apparently was my favorite hoodie, it was my loose fitting University of Alabama that I got last year. My hair was in a high messy ponytail and I didn’t have any makeup on.
I didn’t really care what I looked like, it was three o’clock in the morning and I was just going downstairs to watch TV until I fell asleep again. I walked out of my room quietly shutting my door behind me, remembering Louis was in the guest room across from me, I didn’t know if he was asleep or not but I was quiet anyway as I tip - toed my way down the steps and into the kitchen. Before I made it all the way to the kitchen I realized that the TV in the living room was on. It was probably Hunter watching TV like he always does when he can’t sleep, so I figured I would walk over to him and say hi since I hadn’t seen much of him since I had woken up from my coma two days ago.
“Hey Hunt--oh hi Louis” I said surprised
“Hey Jen, what are you doing up?” he said turning around to look at me
“Couldn’t sleep, you?”
“Same, sit down” Louis said patting the empty space next to him on the couch
I didn’t say anything as I hoped over the couch and sat down next to him. He pulled me in close to him as I rested my head on his shoulder. We sat there like that in silence for I don’t know how long, it felt like hours, it was nice.
“Louis?” I finally said breaking the silence
“Hmm..”
“How long did we know each other before my---accident?”
“Not very long, about a month or so”
“Where are the other boys? Why aren‘t they here like you are?”
“We are on a break before we go on tour in the U.S. so they are with their families, mine didn’t mind so I came here to wait for you to wake up”
“Thank you” I smiled
“You‘re welcome” he said clasping my hand in his and kissing mine lightly
“I feel like I don’t know much about you, tell me about yourself” I said sitting up so I was facing him
“Well, what do you want to know?” he asked me
“Everything”
“Well, I‘m twenty years old, I’m from Doncaster, England. My birthday is on Christmas Eve…” he started
He continued telling me about himself for what seemed like forever, but I didn’t mind, I liked hearing him talk. After he told me about how he got together with his band I realized I hadn’t heard him sing yet.
“Can I ask you on more thing?” I laughed
“Anything”
“Can you sing for me?”
“Sure” he smiled
“Shut the door, Turn the light off, I wanna be with you, I wanna feel your love, I wanna lay beside you, I cannot hide this, Even though I try…” he sang
I rested my hand back on his shoulder as he continued to sing, our fingers still intertwined in each others.
**Louis’ P.O.V.**
After I told her my whole life story I could see that she was smiling. It made me happy knowing she was happy.
“Can I ask you on more thing?” she laughed
“Anything”
“Can you sing for me?”
“Sure” I smiled knowing she couldn’t see it
“Shut the door, Turn the light off, I wanna be with you, I wanna feel your love, I wanna lay beside you, I cannot hide this, Even though I try…” I sang, remembering this was her favorite song of ours.
I continued to sing while she rested her head back on my shoulder. This was nice, I liked times like this. I kept singing not even realizing how tired I was. I wrapped my free hand around her waist and we moved so I was lying down on the couch and she lying on top of me, her head nestled in my neck.
“Jen…?” I said after I finished the song
There was no answer, which I knew meant she fell asleep. I turned my head so I was facing her and I lightly kissed her forehead as I closed my eyes to get some rest.
“I love you” I whispered as I drifted to sleep.