“Here By Me”
Chapter 8


It was a couple of minutes until midnight as Isabella and Tristan were in front of her house for the last 10 minutes they were out there talking. Tristan sat on his bike as Isabella stood in front of him with his hands on her hips.

Isabella looks at her phone as she pulls it from her jacket pocket she says, “I need to get inside Tristan I have two minutes left.”

“Alright then,” Tristan says taking his hands from her hips.

Isabella turns walking away from Tristan as he stands to get back on his bike he picks up his helmet as he goes to put it on.

He sees Isabella on the other side of his bike he smiles as he says, “Good night Izzy.”

Isabella stops as she turns around looking at Tristan, he watches her as she starts walking back toward him. She takes both hands putting them on his helmet pulling it off him as she gets it off setting it on the seat. She smiles at him touching his cheek she moves into him giving him a good night kiss.

She pulls away from the kiss as she turns she says, “Good night Tristan and thank you I had fun tonight.”

Tristan stood there watching Isabella walk into the house. Isabella stops at the door waiting to hear his bike start and for him to leave. She hears her phone ring as she pulls it from her pocket she looks at the ID as it said ‘Tristan’ she answers it,

“Hello…”

“Open the door…” He says.

“What?” She says.

“Just open the door.” He tells her.

Isabella opens the door as Tristan was standing right there he reaches in and pulls Isabella to him taking her into his arms he kisses her with a long deep passionate kiss. Isabella wraps her arms around him as they kiss. After a few minutes they pull away from one another as Tristan and Isabella still held one another as Tristan smiles he says,

“Now that was a good night kiss, I knew you had it in you.” Isabella smiles as they kiss again.

They finally pull away from one another still holding hands as Isabella backs away from him their hand coming apart slowly as Isabella tells Tristan, “This does not mean anything.”

Tristan smiles hanging on to her hand as he says, “Then lets make it mean something… be my girl.”

Isabella shakes her head as Tristan says, “You know I will never hurt you Isabella, I love you too much.”

Isabella cocks her head as he says, “I love you Isabella please say you will be with me?”

Isabella looks at him as their hands slide apart she says, “Can I think about it Tristan, this will change our relationship forever you know this right?”

“Yes I know and it scares me to think I may lose you as a friend if something bad happens between us and we break up, but I love you and I am willing to take that chance, because I am not going to be messing up, for something bad to happen between us.” Tristan says.

Isabella smiles as she walks toward him again she gives him a small kiss on the cheek as she says, “Give me a few days with it I will let you know Monday when you come pick me up for school.”

Tristan smiles as he says, “Monday…”

“Monday I will tell you something.” Isabella says going to close the door.

“I will see you Monday then and I will call you tomorrow on break.” Tristan says.

Isabella smiles closing the door the rest of the way she hears his bike start and he drives away. She goes up to her room and gets ready for bed sliding down into her covers she closes her eyes and before she knew it was fast asleep.


The next morning Isabella was still, sound asleep in her bed when a knock come to the front door of the home. Isabella’s father Jon goes to answer the door as he opens the door he says, “Sebastian good morning.”

Sebastian removes his sunglasses as he says, “Good morning Mr. Alder.”

“Looks like you had a disagreement with someone.” Jon says.

Sebastian touches his lip as he says, “Yeah… well the guy thought he needed to be hitting on a girl that belonged to another guy.”

“Hitting on as in beating…” Jon asks.

Sebastian chuckles as he says, “No, No… hitting on her as in trying to pick up on her.”

“Oh I was not sure there for a second I thought with your battle wounds he was beating on her.” Sebastian chuckles slightly shaking his head, “So what made you step in on that little act I mean if he was only trying to pick on her she should have been able to handle it herself?” Jon asks him.

“Well the girl is a little confused right now with everything going on in her life and she dose not need a jerk like him trying to get her, making her thoughts even more confused when she is trying to work things out with herself. Plus we are really good friend.” Sebastian tells him.

“Well I hope he looks as bad as you do.” Jon says.

“I never hit him.” Sebastian says, “And he only hit me once.”

“Once?!” Jon exclaims, “So what wound did he give you?”

“The eye… his buddy punched me in the mouth.” Sebastian says.

“Two of them ganged up on you well I hope you got the buddy.” Jon says.

“No I did not hit either of them.” Sebastian says.

“Boy either someone needs to teach you how to fight or you need to stay out of messes like that.” Jon says laughing.

Sebastian chuckles as he says, “It was not that Mr. Alder I did not think I needed to stoop to his level over this and she did not need to see that side of me. Let her see what kind of person he is so she can make up her own mind about him I do not want her thinking I am some kind of animal, and the hit his buddy gave me I deserved.”

“You deserved it how Sebastian?” Jon asks him.

“Well when I jerked the guy away from her he had his arms around her it made her stumble and fall she almost hit a chair next to her if Zack would not have been standing there and caught her she could have been hurt really bad. That is how he got involved he is a real protector of women and children. It pissed him off that I put her in harms away so he punched me in the mouth for my idiocy. Zack’s a really good guy and I just stepped up on his bad side even more with what I did.” Sebastian tells Jon.

“Well we live and learn Sebastian. Maybe you two can talk and work it out someday.” Jon says.

Sebastian nods as he says, “Maybe one day we could do that.”

Sebastian looks around the house as Jon chuckles as he says, “She is still in bed Sebastian.” Jon looks at his watch continuing with, “I guess she did not set her alarm when she came in last night.”

“She went out last night?” Sebastian asks knowing darn well she did.

“Yeah Tristan and her went out for a while.” Jon says.

“Oh I guess he got her home late then if she is still in bed.” Sebastian says.

“No she was home at 12 like she was supposed to be. I am guessing she is just really tired with the move and all.” Jon says.

“I can understand that.” Sebastian says.

“Well go up and wake her Sebastian, her Grandmother should be here in the next hour she needs to get moving if she is going with her and her mother today.” Jon tells him.

Sebastian smiles as he goes for the stairs heading up them he hears Jon say as he was walking toward the back of the house, “Kids now days.”

Sebastian chuckles knowing he was commenting about his hair as he takes off up the stairs to the second floor.


When he gets to Isabella’s room the door was closed he slowly opens it seeing Isabella sound asleep in her bed. He goes to the bedside sitting down softly on the edge of the bed so not to wake her. Isabella was sleeping on her side hugging her pillow her long hair draped over her face Sebastian looks down on her as he gently moves the hair from her face as he runs his fingers through it moving it back he whispers into the silence of the room,

“Your hair is as soft as the last time I was able to run my fingers though it.”

Isabella moves slightly to the sound of his voice but does not wake as she starts talking in her sleep Sebastian hears her softly say, “Sebastian… Sebastian wait for me. Where are you going? Sebastian…”

Sebastian sits there looking down on her as he says to himself, “What is she dreaming about?”

Isabella softly speaks again as she says, “Why are we all the way out here Sebastian, you heard your mom we are leaving soon.”

Sebastian’s eyes widen as he exclaims quietly, “She is dreaming about her last summer here. We were at the beach that evening. That’s the day I told her I lov…”

Sebastian was interrupted as Isabella softly says, “What do you want to tell me Sebastian?” Isabella moves slightly as Sebastian moves away from her so not to touch her to wake her.

She says again, “Why are you giving me your heart Sebastian?”

Sebastian feels a tear sting his eyes as he softly says, “Because I want you to have it Isabella I want you to take my heart and keep it safe with you. I know you will and I know you will never break it or hurt it in anyway… I love you Isabella… I have loved you for a very long time.”

Sebastian touches her cheek as he hears her say, “Sebastian I want you to know that I…”

Isabella pauses, as Sebastian says softly, “No… No Isabella tell me please tell me. I know mom yelled for us but please tell me do not stop. I want to know…”

Sebastian pauses as he drops his head into his hands he says, “I need to know…”

Isabella finally awakes seeing Sebastian sitting next to her on her bed she sits up quickly as she exclaims, “Sebastian what are you doing in here?!”

Sebastian surprised by this jumps to his feet he spins around so she does not see he was crying as he hears her say, “Sebastian answer me?”

“Your dad… Your dad told me I could come up and wake you.” Sebastian tells her as he wipes away his tears.

“So what do you want then?” Isabella asks him. Sebastian turns looking at her his eye was all black and puffy and his lip was black and blue as well.

Isabella chuckles as she says, “You look worse today then last night.”

“Of course I do it has had time to swell and the blood has had time to come to the surface.” Sebastian says going to her side.

He sits back down on the edge of the bed as he says, “I am glad my pain can bring you happiness.”

“What! I am not laughing because you are hurt I am laughing because you… well you look funny.” Isabella says chuckling.

“Yeah well I look funny because I was protecting your honor.” Sebastian says.

“My honor was not at stake Sebastian and do not tell me that, it was your pride that was involved in that, because my honor had nothing to do with it.” Isabella says slightly annoyed.

“Tell me Isabella do you enjoy bringing me heartache, because every time I see Tristan and you together that’s what you do.” Sebastian asks her.

Isabella looks at Sebastian as she was about to say something as he jumps in saying, “You know how I feel about you and still you… you… torment me waving Tristan in my face. You remember things about him and not once have you remembered something about me. You have been home for three days now and have managed to crush my heart everyday because of him.” Sebastian sat there with his head down.

Isabella sits up more in the bed, looking at Sebastian as she says, “Torment you… You really think that you are being tormented with this.” Isabella was highly upset at this point as she grabs Sebastian’s chin forcing him to look at her.

“You know nothing about torment Sebastian try walking in my shoes for the day, feeling what I feel, the heartache I live with everyday because you cannot even remember your childhood with your own parents your own grandparents. That is something a person should never forget…”

Sebastian tries to say something as Isabella says, “I do not know my favorite color…”

“Blue…” Sebastian says.

“My favorite food…”

“Spaghetti and meatballs…” He adds.

“Did I have a favorite place to hang out…? Did I have a favorite toy or stuffed animal… did I have a place I like to go when I needed to think… I know nothing about ME… Did I have a dog or a cat…? Hell did I even have a fish…”

“You like to hang out at my place, your favorite toy was a little brown and white plastic puppy I got you at the fair one year he had a string on him and when you pulled him behind you his head turned and he squeaked for a bark, and the old barn out there…”

Sebastian pointed out her balcony doors, “You would go there if you needed to think and No to the pets, but you did have a Hermit Crab… His name was Spot… He sat over there on your shelves.” Sebastian says pointing over at them.

“See you know me better then I do…” Isabella exclaims, “And those are things I am supposed to remember. Everyone wants me to remember the things about you and I and the feelings we shared and I cannot even remember simple things like my own favorite color. You keep telling me you love me Sebastian and I believe you do, but I do not know how I feel about you. I know how I feel about you now and it scares me I have only known you for three days spend less then 24 hours with you and all I can do is think about you and that is bad…”

Sebastian chimes in as he says, “BAD HOW IS THAT BAD!!”

“Because you have Lisa in your life and I believe you care for her because if you did not you have left her when you found out I was coming home.” Isabella says.

“I do care for Lisa and she is handling this better then I thought she would with you being back in my life.” Sebastian says.

Isabella looks at Sebastian shocked as she asks, “She knows how you feel about me?”

“Yes she has known since day one of us going out. I told her because I did not want her thinking that things might go farther with us then she hoped for. I told her if you ever regained your memory and remembered if you loved me or not I was going to go be with you. I did not hide you from her she knows how much I love you and how much I have always loved you and I was just waiting for that day for you to return to me.”

“That poor girl… no wonder she hates me so much.” Isabella says.

“I won’t break up with her Isabella, not until I know you want to be with me again. Like it should be… Hell I do not know if you even wanted to be with me back then you never told me how you felt… You never told me that you loved me that day… that day I told you I loved you. As far as I know you may not have loved me like I loved you, you may have just wanted to be friends.”

Sebastian grabs Isabella’s arms as he continues, “But my heart will not move on until you tell me if you love me or not. My very soul yearns to hear you say you love me. I have waited so long to hear those words from you. I only want to know so I can move on in my life with or without you.” Sebastian pulls Isabella close to him holding her in his arms.

“Sebastian I am so sorry… I know you want to hear me say those three little words to you. I know you want me to remember us and what we had, but…”


“Maybe you are trying to hard.” Isabella’s mother said walking into her room. Sebastian jumps from the bedside letting Isabella go as Isabella gets a startled look on her face.

Her mother starts to chuckle, “You two are fine and like I said maybe you are trying to hard to remember Sebastian and your past. It may be that you are remembering things about Tristan so easily because no one wants you too.” Joan says walking to the bedside on the other side taking a seat on the bed.

Sebastian sets back down as well as Isabella is in the center of them she looks at her mom as she asks,

“What do you mean mom of course they want me to remember Tristan they want me to remember all of them, they want me to be me again?”

“Yes they do, but everyone remembers you and Sebastian and your friendship for one another they know how Sebastian loves you and they know how happy you two were when you were together so they are pushing for those memories to come back first so you two can be happy again.”

Her mother reaches out and moves the hair from her face as she says, “Maybe we are all pushing too hard and you are working too hard to remember. You know how you always get mad at something when you are working on it and it just does not seem to be working and it is always the simplest thing that is keeping it from working out.”

Isabella nods as her mother says, “You always get up and get away from it and do something else getting your mind from it and when you go back to it you find what was missing or what was wrong. Maybe that is what you should do with your memories with Sebastian and you set them aside for now find something else to take up you time.” Joan says.

“Like what mom there is nothing else out there that does not bring me right back to Sebastian and me?” Isabella asks her.

Her mother looks at Sebastian as she says, “This is going to take some work on your part as well young man.”

“What… I will do anything to help Isabella get her memories back about us.” Sebastian says.

“She needs a boyfriend. Someone else to think about besides you and from the looks of your face and what Jon told me you are going to have a very hard time with that.” Joan says.

“It was Tristan… I know he is only using her like a pawn in his game of life he can say what he wants about it and he loves to flaunt Isabella in my face.” Sebastian says.

“We did not even know you were there Sebastian.” Isabella says.

“Bullshit he knew I was there. He was just waiting for me to show my face.” Sebastian tells her.

“Well if she is going to find a boyfriend Sebastian you know it will be Tristan or someone else.” Joan says.

“If she is going to have a guy in her life I would rather see her with Zack then anyone, at least I will know she is being treated right.” Sebastian says.

“Zack!!” Isabella exclaims.

Sebastian looks at Isabella as he says, “Yeah Zack!! He is a good guy. I know Zack well, all though he does not care for me. He is a really good guy and he will treat you with respect like a girl should be treated and I know he will keep the jerks away from you, Tristan included.”

“You know Zack right Isabella, isn’t the one you told us about at dinner last night?” Joan asks her.

“Yes he is and yes I do… but Zack.” Isabella says looking at Sebastian.

“Why not you like him I saw the way you two were at the club last night and he likes you.” Sebastian says. “Plus maybe with you being in his life he and I can get to be friends again.”

“I am not even going to ask what happen there.” Joan says.

“It is a short story, but it had to do with my bike.” Sebastian says.

“You have a bike as well?” Isabella asks him.

“Yeah, but it is not a street bike like his or Tristan’s it is a dirt bike. Maybe you could go out and play on it with me one day Izzy it is a lot of fun.” Sebastian says.

“Me… On a dirt bike… I think I will pass Thanks any way.” Isabella says.

“What’s wrong Izzy afraid to get dirty?” Sebastian jokes.

Isabella gives Sebastian a look of ‘what ever’ as she says, “If I remember right I was the only girl that would ever play in the dirt with you… Sebas…” Isabella pauses as a look of surprise comes over her face.

Sebastian grabs her giving her a big hug as he says, “Yes you were the only girl that would play in the dirt with me and I loved every minute we spent together there.”

Isabella laughs as she says, “Mother did I really do that?”

Her mother nods as she stands from the bed she says, “I came up to get you for breakfast, we have been up here for a while so it is probably cold by now, but your grandmother will be here soon so you need to get up and get ready.”

Sebastian releases Isabella as he tells her, “I will be down stairs when you are done.”

He gets up from the bed following Joan out of Isabella’s room as he goes to close the door he turns looking at Isabella as she gets up from the bed she looks over at him as he winks closing the door, Isabella chuckles going to get ready for the day with her Mother and Grandmother.


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