~Chapter 6~
A.J. was floating in the pool face down. He was lifeless. I couldn't move or speak or do anything. I noticed that I wasn't even breathing then took a deep breath.
"Lace go get help." Brian said and ran to the pool and got A.J. out. I ran to the front
desk in a total panic.
"We need help someone is in trouble we found him in the pool and He's not breathing please help!" I yelled. The lady at the desk shook her head and picked up the phone. I ran back into the room and saw Brian trying to get A.J. to breath again.
"Come on A.J. don't do this." he kept repeating. Then A.J. spit a bunch of water out and starting coughing. It was like music to my ears. I was so relieved that he was alive. I
started crying. Then I noticed a cut on his head. It looked like he had hit his head pretty hard.
"Help is on the way." I said.
"Good." Brian said. 3 minutes later, 3 men with a stretcher came in the room.
"What happened?" one of the men said while the other two were putting A.J. on the stretcher.
"I don't know." Brian said. "When we got in here we found him in the pool."
"Do you know this man?" he asked.
"Yes." I said. "Can I please come with you?"
"Well......" He started to say. "Yeah you can come." We all ran out to the ambulance and got in leaving Brian behind. I sat in the waiting room for about an hour. I knew he was going to be ok but I just kept wondering why it was taking so long for the doctor to come out and talk to me. About 15 more minutes had passed, they had gone by pretty fast though. The doctor finally came into the waiting room.
"Are you here about Alexander McLean?" He asked looking at me.
"Yes I am." I replied.
"Hi I'm Dr. Scott." He reached out his hand and shook mine.
"I'm Lacey. How is he?" I asked.
"Well he hit his head pretty hard. The question is how." he started to say.
"Well I'm sure A.J. knows." I said.
"Well me too but......"
"What?" I asked
"A.J. has amnesia."
~Chapter 7~
I sat back down. I couldn't believe what I had just heard. A.J. has amnesia?
"How long do you think it will last?" I asked.
"Not more than a week." He answered.
"How long does he have to stay?"
"At least over night."
"Well can I see him? Is he awake?"
"Yeah he's awake. Come with me." I followed him down the hall and around the corner.
"Right there in room 203" I said pointing to the room.
"Thanks." I said. I slowly walked into the room. "A.J.?" I walked over to his bed and sat down in the chair that was next to it.
"Hi." He said looking a little confused.
"Well how are you doing?" It was hard trying to keep back the tears. I knew that he didn't know who the hell I was, but I just wanted to act like he did.
"I'm ok I guess but my head hurts." There was a long silence. He broke it my saying, "I hope you don't mind me asking but, who are you?" I took a deep breath.
"I'm Lacey. I'm your girlfriend."
~not exactly~ I thought.
"Oh." he said. "I hate this I can't even remember my own name."
"A.J." I said. "Alexander James McLean to make it a little more clear to you. But we all just call you A.J. Well I'm gonna call a few of your friends and have them come out. Well that is if it's ok with you."
"Yeah." he said. I picked up the phone and dialed Brian's room. Alison picked up. "Hello?"
"Alison could you and the rest of you guys come out to the hospital?" I asked.
"What's wrong with A.J.?" she asked.
"Well, he has amnesia and he has to stay here over night." Alison said they would all be there and I hung up the phone. A.J. was staring at me the whole time.
"What." I said.
"I was just thinking that I have a beautiful girlfriend."
I smiled. "Well at least part of the A.J. I know is still there." I said. "You are always
such a flirt." He smiled.
"Tell me more about what I was like." I spent the rest of the time that we had alone together telling him.
"Hey." Howie said poking his head in the door.
"Oh hey Howie come in." I said. Everyone came in surrounding A.J.'s bed. "Let me introduce you. This is Alison, Brian, Clarissa, Rachel, Kevin, Howie, and Nick." I said pointing to each one as I said their name.
"Hi." A.J. said. We all spent about 2 hours talking. Everyone acted a little strange
towards him. I couldn't blame them. It was like talking to a stranger.
"Lacey can I talk to you for a second?" Brian asked. We walked out into the hall. "Hey are you ok?"
"Yeah why?" I asked.
"Well you seem kind of spaced that's all."
"I know. It's just hard to talk to him. He doesn't even know who I am. I don't even
know who he is. The A.J. I know is gone right now. And the thing is the A.J. I know is pissed at me."
"How long until he gets his memory back?"
"A week at the most." I was starting to feel really bad. He could tell that I was sad too.
He gave me a hug and we went back into the room. After everyone had left I stayed to be by A.J.'s side. Even though he had fallen asleep when everyone else left I felt that I should stay. I watched him sleep for a long time. Then finally I drifted off as well.
~Chapter 8~
The next morning I woke up with my head on A.J.'s bed. I sat up and stretched a little bit. My neck hurt pretty bad since I was sleeping in such an odd position. I looked at A.J. and saw that he was awake.
"Hey why didn't you wake me up?" I asked.
"I thought I would just let you sleep." he answered. "The doctor came in a few minutes ago and told me that I could leave today."
"Oh good. Do you know when?"
"He said any time I want. But we have to wait until he comes back. That should be soon."
"Oh ok." There was a long silence.
"I don't remember anything if that is what you are wondering." he said.
"Oh I wasn't thinking about that." I said looking out the window. We were on the 10th
floor. You could see a lot from up here.
"I know you were."
~You don't even know me~ I thought.
"Well A.J. are you ready to leave today?" Dr. Scott said as he walked in the door.
"Yeah. Maybe it will help me remember at least something. Even though I'm not going home it still might help."
"Anything can help." said Dr. Scott. "If you have any questions don't hesitate to call."
He left the room closing the door behind him. 10 minutes later A.J. and I walked out of the hospital towards the hotel. It wasn't that far away so we decided to walk.
"I'm sorry I don't remember you." A.J. said half whispering.
"Don't say that. It's not your fault." I said. I really didn't want him to talk like that because I knew that I would start to cry.
"Well I'm still sorry." he said. I didn't say anything. I was trying to ignore what he was saying. We walked on in silence for awhile.
"So we are in London huh?" A.J. said. "Where do I live?"
"In Orlando Florida." I answered. I wanted to talk to him so badly but I just didn't know what to say. What I really wanted to do was to explain to him about what had happened at the mall yesterday. But how could I if he couldn't even remember. I started to get angry with myself. Why couldn't I have just told him that John was here? Why couldn't I have told him right away that I was talking to my brother than get mad and start yelling at him? Then this wouldn't have happened. He would have been with me. He would have been at the mall instead of almost drowning in a pool.
~Chapter 9~
"Lacey? Hey Lacey. Earth to Lacey!" A.J. said. Finally I snapped out of my own little world.
"Huh?" I said. "Sorry."
"That's ok. How far to the hotel?"
"Oh it's right here." We walked into the doors and saw Rachel and Alison walking out of
the game room.
"Hey guys." Rachel said as we met them at the elevator.
"Hi." As we got into the elevator I entered my little world of yelling at myself again not paying attention to anything.
"Come on Lacey out of the elevator." Rachel said pulling me out. "What's with you today?"
"She's been like that for awhile." A.J. said.
"Well I think everyone is hanging around in my room so why don't we go in there?" Alison said. When we got inside I saw everyone there but Nick.
"Hey where's Nick at?" I asked.
"Oh he went to pick up Jenny from the air port." Howie answered.
"Oh yeah." I said. "I forgot."
"Who's Jenny?" A.J. asked.
"Another one of your friends. She's also Nick's girlfriend.? Brian said. A few hours passed by. Everyone was talking about who knows what while I still was sitting there
yelling at myself. I was starting to go nuts! I got up and left without saying a word.
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"Hey where did she go?" Howie asked.
"I don't know but I'll go find her." Brian said. He got up and walked out the door.
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I walked through the lobby and outside the main doors. I just needed some fresh air.
"Hey are you ok?" Brian asked as he walked outside.
"Yeah. I just needed some air." I answered.
"I know something has to be wrong Lace. I know you too well. So what's wrong?"
"Everything!" I said. "My own boyfriend doesn't even know who I am! It's all my fault!"
"No it's not your fault." Brian said.
"Yes it is. If only I told him that John was here and that I was talking to him at the mall. Then he wouldn't have gotten all mad at me and thinking that I was flirting with some other guy. Then he wouldn't have left. he would have been with me instead of almost drowning in that damn pool!"
"It's not your fault." Brian repeated. He held me in his arms for awhile. I finally started to cry. It was just too much to handle for me. Knowing that someone I loved so much and loved me too, didn't know who I was. It hurt so bad. He let go of me and brought me back up to my room. I didn't really want to talk to anyone.
"Are you sure you don't want to go back?" Brian asked.
"Yeah I'm sure. I just want to sleep." Brian shook his head and left me alone in the room.
~Chapter 10~
I woke up the next morning and saw A.J. sleeping on the couch. I felt bad for taking the bed. I didn't get a chance to tell him that the couch is a sofa bed. I got up and got dressed and went outside and went for a walk. I walked around for about an hour just thinking about the past two days. You know the usual. When I got back I saw Jenny walking into her room.
"Hey Jenny!" I said stopping her.
"Oh hey how's it goin? I heard about A.J."
"Ok I guess. Yeah. Well have you talked to him at all?"
"Yeah. It's weird though. Talking to someone you know but only they aren't really that
person."
"Yeah." I said looking away. I really didn't want to have this conversation. "Well I better get goin. I'll talk to you later." She went back into her room and I went back into
mine. A.J. was on the couch watching TV. I laid down on the bed and started watching the TV too. For some reason he didn't say anything to me. I didn't really want to talk to him though. What was I going to say anyway?
"So........" I started to say. I looked over into his direction but he was still looking at the TV. "What are you watching?"
"I don't know some show." he said. He looked over at me. This was so awkward. I have never felt uncomfortable around him.
"So..........Do you know what we are doing today?" He asked.
"Uh I don't really know." I answered. A.J. started flipping through channels and stopped on a channel that had his picture on it.
"Whoa what's this?" He asked. He turned up the volume.
"A.J. McLean of the Backstreet Boys almost died yesterday when he slipped hit his head and fell in a pool at the hotel that they are staying at. Brian Littrell another singer in the group and A.J.'s girlfriend found him afterwards and rescued him. A.J. now has amnesia. The Boys tour obviously will be put off until A.J. gets better. We will update you with more details as they come in."
A.J. turned off the TV. He looked kind of shocked.
"Wow we really are that popular huh?" He said
"Oh yeah." I said. "Well now everyone knows." Someone knocked on the door since I was closer I got up and opened it. Nick and Jenny were at the door.
"Hey did you see the news?" Nick asked.
"Yeah." I replied
"Well anyway we came by to ask you guys if you wanted to come out with all of us. We are going to get something to eat. We are just going downstairs though."
I looked back at A.J. He shook his head yes and got up. We saw everyone in the hall when we walked out of the room.
The rest of the day was pretty boring. Well for me anyway. All we did was do a little more site seeing. Brian wanted to show us all the places him, Alison, Howie, Rachel, and Nick went. They were all pretty interesting. Then A.J. started to remember things. They weren't very important but it was a start. Would he start to remember us?
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