Chapter 22

The next morning I found Wes sleeping in the chair. He shouldn't be in here. He should go back to his normal life. He started to move, "Hey." He said softly. I smiled. He stood up and walked towards me.  

"Are you happy...with me...like this? Not remembering anything? You?"  

"Yeah, well, it kind of sucks that you don't remember anything about us. I know you'll remember one day, but for now we can start fresh. Why?"  

"You should be living your normal life with your friends, family, and a new girl. It's not worth staying with me if I don't remember you." I started to feel a tear run down my cheek. "It's not about me, or you, or whether you remember anything or not. I love you the way you are." He wiped my tears away with his thumbs. He leaned in and kissed my forehead. "I wouldn't leave you for anything." He whispered close to my face. He made me feel safe. The door opened and the doctor, with a nurse, walked in. "Good morning, Miss Moreno." The doctor said. "Good morning." I replied back. I tried wiping any tears I still had left.  

"I'd like to do more tests." he said. The nurse started to do something with my IV and then she took a blood sample. Later that day the doctor came back and told me the results. "Your results appear to show that you're perfectly fine." "Does that mean I can go home?" I asked.  

"Yes, but I'd like for you to stay the night for supervision just in case."

I got dressed and made the bed to make sure the nurses didn't think I was lazy. "You ready?" Wes asked. I nodded my head. "Let's go." He said. I walked after him and saw his car. "I'm getting mine fixed so I'm borrowing my dad's for a while." He scratched his head. He walked over to the passenger's side and opened the door for me, "Thank you." I said. Once we got home I just sat there, in the car, and looked at the house. "What's wrong?" Wes asked.  

"I don't think I can do this." I said.  

"You got to at least try." He took the keys and walked over to my door.  

"Thank you." I said grabbing his hand as he helped me up. I leaned on his car while he grabbed my crutches from the trunk.  

"Here you go." He said.  

"Thanks." He walked towards the door, "You ready?" I nodded my head.  

He opened the door and I saw my family with welcome balloons. "Welcome home, Jaden!" they all screamed. I just looked at them.  

"We're so glad your back, honey." My mom said.  

"I can't believe you're finally out! The place must have been horrible. Luckily you're out." A girl with black hair said.  

"Yeah." I said as she gave me a hug.  

"We made you your favorite dish, enchiladas!" Mom said. I turned to look at Wes, trying to tell him if I liked enchiladas. He nodded his head.  

"Thanks." I said.  

"Let's all take a seat." My dad said.  

Wes helped me sit down and then sat down next to me. My mom placed my plate of food in front of me. "Thank you." I took my fork and cut a piece. The piece of enchilada tasted cheesy with a spicy taste. "This is really good. Did you make them...Mom?" I said. "Yes, I did. I'm glad you liked it." she said.  

After eating, Wes left and Riley, too. "I'll see you at school!" Riley said.  

"See you on Monday." Wes said and gave me a kiss on the cheek. On Monday, when I went back to school, my parents took me to school. "It's like the first day of school all over again." Mom said.  

"If you feel sick just go to the nurse and call us." Dad said. "Thanks...Mom and Dad." I said giving them a hug. I walked, with my crutches, into the office and found Wes sitting in a chair.  

"Hey. You ready?" he said. I nodded my head. He took my backpack and put it around his shoulder. He opened the door for me, "Thanks." I said.  

"What's my first class?" I asked.  

"Language arts with me and Riley. Remember the girl yesterday, with black hair?" he said. "She's Riley?" he nodded. He opened the door to a room at the end of the hall. "Ah, welcome back, Jaden!" an older woman said.  

"Nice to see you, Mrs.-" I looked around to see if I could say her name and then I found her name tag. "Mrs. Penny." I finished.  

"Everyone, let's all welcome back Jaden." She told the whole class. Then the class started to clap. "Now that you're back please take your seat." She extended her hand. I started to walk with my crutches, "Next to Riley." Wes whispered. I took my seat and Wes dropped my backpack next to my chair. He sat a couple of tables back. "Welcome back." Riley whispered.  

I smiled, "Are we supposed to take notes or something?" I asked.  

"Uhh, yeah, but I'll take them and you can copy them later." She continued copying from the board.  

During the rest of my classes either Riley or Wes helped me get back on track. During lunch Wes and Riley showed me where we usually sat. "Do you want a snack?" Wes asked. "Sure." I said.  

"I'll be back." He said.  

"Do we sit with a group or is it...?" I asked Riley.  

"It's just us. Me, you, and Wes." she said as she took a bite from her burger.  

"Hey. I heard about what happened. I'm sorry." a guy with a football jacket said. "Who is he?" I asked.  

"Lucas, go away. She doesn't want to talk to you." Riley told him. "How could she not want to talk to me if she doesn't remember me?" He said.  

"Here I brought your snack..." Wes looked at Lucas, "What's going on?" He asked. "Nothing," Lucas answered, "I just wanted to know how she was doing."  

"Why don't you eat lunch with us?" I told Lucas. I saw Riley mouth the word no. "I'd love to, but-" he thought about this, "Sure." He sat in the chair next to Riley. "Are you on the football team?"  

"Yeah, football captain actually." He said it in a voice that was supposed to impress me. "Wow." Riley said in a low voice.  

"What are you in?" Lucas asked Wes.  

"Track." Wes said.  

"What happened that made you lose your memory?" Lucas asked. Neither one of us said anything. "Car crash." Wes finally said.

Then the bell rang. Lucas got up, "I'll see you later, Jaden."  

Wes helped me up, "Need help to your next class?" "Uhh...sure."  

During art, the teacher told us to paint a self-portrait of ourselves or of someone else. She made an exception for me, but I said I'd try it. I picked up my brush and dipped it into the brown paint. I started outlining the oval and soon started to put its features, the eyes, nose, lips, ears, and hair. I carefully shaded all the dark spots. "Wow. It looks great. Who's it supposed to be?" Wes asked.  

"Really? You like it?" He nodded his head. "I don't know who it is." I tilted my head to see if I could figure out who it was.  

"It looks like you." He said looking at me. I smiled. "It's cool what your hands can remember." he said, "All I could do is the hair." I kind of laughed.

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Heyyy!!! Long time no see.....I can't really see you but you get what I mean.......any who I've been kind of lazy to write authors note but I'm back!!!!! How do you like the story so far? Jaden lost her memory oh noooo!!! But Wes has a second chance to make her fall in love with him again!! True love!! Awwww.... 

P.S I'll be editing all the chapters after I finish the story because I feel like they should be more descriptive. If you could tell me what I need to improve in the comment section please feel free! Until next time my friends......(probably tomorrow) Bbbyyyyyeeeee!!!!!