Katie’s POV

Once you got comfortable in your life it is very hard to get yourself back up and moving again. You get used to it. You enjoy it, the peaceful ride. It’s like a relieving moment in a very hectic and hurtful world. In a world where we constantly have to fight for what we want or what we stand for we are looking for the easy ways to get through it. Once we have found them we hardly ever give them up again. They make us feel good and safe, although we know that it’s not right for us to be resting.
But what do you do when you have no strength left to overcome those habits? What if the reasons you had to go on and on were suddenly gone? You lose every ounce of hope and losing hope meant usually giving up.

I had given up. The moment I realized that I was bleeding out and on my way to the afterlife I finally saw a way out. I was actually relieved that finally I had found the easy way, the only real option left in my life. Knowing that it would be over soon I let go of every painful moment, every negative feeling and thought. The only thing left was the love for my friends and my family. And for Brian.

Brian.

A.k.a. Synyster Gates.

This man had me going from the first moment our hands had touched. I had been falling for him every day we had spent together. No one had ever managed to make me feel the way I did when I was with him. The mere thought of him had made my heart race in my chest, had drenched my palms in sweat and had turned my knees into jelly. The happy spark in his eyes whenever he looked at me, the bright smile that was stretched all over his face, the warm bear hugs and sweet kisses; I saw it all. Knowing that I had been blessed to be with such a beautiful soul, no matter how short the time might have been, gave me peace. And I was actually happy for Michelle. Brian was the perfect father for her baby boy.

The darkness had been closing in rather quickly and less painful that I had ever pictured it in my head. I had been ready to let myself fall but I didn’t. Instead I was floating in a vacuum kind of space. I had been sure that this was it. Afterlife. A room full of darkness and silence, nothing there to look forward to. I had been ready to be bored for the rest of my un-existence.
The sudden shot of pain however had caught me by surprise. I had no idea what was going or why I was actually still feeling anything. When that pain from my tummy metastasized into my chest I was growing scared. When I was coughing up blood and nearly choking on it too, I started to panic.
I had been in this pain for what felt like an eternity. I didn’t feel anything else until there was a sudden stop to it. This confused me even more. This afterlife was such a weird place. If I had known I had checked in to something else.
I didn’t know how long I had been in this now soothing and calm place. It just felt amazing how my body got cleansed of all the bad things until nothing but fading memories were left. When I finally felt something tug at those invisible strings that were attached to my body I had no idea why I had come here in the first place.
I felt myself being lifted up. First slowly and gently but then it turned into a real rush. I could see something bright coming towards me and I braced myself for the crushing impact. An impact that never happened.

When I opened my eyes I had to close them again. Everything was so bright. The fluorescence didn’t work well with the white walls and the sun shining through the window was adding to the brightness in the room. I had spent so much time in the dark that light was really uncomfortable.
The next thing I noticed was some weird noises. Steady beeping, some kind of rustling and clicking reached my ears. They were so loud; my head was starting to hurt even more. I opened my eyes again but this time I was more careful. I was blinking a lot to help my eyes get used to the light. However, I was already starting to notice details of the room I was in. Pictures of flowers hang on the wall, the curtains were light blue just like the blanket that was draped over my body and there was a huge plant in the corner next to the window.
Needless to say, I didn’t recognize any of this. I didn’t know where I was nor did I remember how I got here in the first place. I could hear the beeping increasing and suddenly a broad shadow in shape of a man fell onto my legs.
“Ms Reynolds?” A male warm voice said gently. I was confused. How did this guy know my name? “Ms Reynolds, can you hear me?” He spoke really slowly and pronounced ever single word as if I was retarded. In slow motion I turned my head to the side and saw this tall guy in a white coat. He was wearing glasses and looked at me with curious eyes.
Without answering his question my eyes flicked to the three people behind him. They were holding what looked like note pads in their hands and took notes. What in heaven’s name was going on here? I wasn’t some kind of animal that they could study. Frowning I looked back to the guy with glasses who had now I pen-like device in his hand.
“Ms Reynolds, I will have to check your eye sight now. Is that ok?” Without waiting for an answer he brought his hand up to my face and gently spread my eye lids. Then he lifted the pen-thingy and suddenly I was blind. He held a freaking flashlight into my eye and I directly looked at it. He did the same with my right eye, leaving me blinking like crazy.
“I’m sorry, Miss, but these are routine check-ups. Just give us a moment. After that we will leave you to adjust.” He smiled softly at me and then did as he had said. It was weird how he instructed me to lift my arms and legs, to wiggle with my toes and to touch each finger with my thumb. I felt like some kind of experiment but at least he kept his promise and left with his assistants, right after the tests.

I was alone again. I was so confused. I guess I had to wait until Mr Glasses came back for the next round of tests to get him to explain all this to me. Yes, I had a lot of questions but only two of them really bothered me right now:

Where was I?

What happened?



Jeremy’s POV

The next morning Ivan and I had, again, a silent breakfast. He was still mad at me and he would be until I changed my attitude. I on the other hand had no intension of doing so. In this difficult time I was the only one who could give her what she needed. I had been part of the shooting, I knew what had happened and could absolutely relate to her.
I was staring out the window while I sipped on my coffee when suddenly my phone went off. Frowning I checked the screen to see an unknown ID. Nevertheless I answered it.
“Hello?”
“Mr Spencer?” A male voice asked.
“Yes, that’s me.”
“Ah, great. It’s Dr Knowles from the Hollywood Community Hospital. I’m calling because I have news regarding your girlfriend, Ms Kathleen Reynolds.” I nearly dropped my cup. Ivan saw my shocked expression and frowned, listening closely now.
“W-what is it, doctor? Is she …I mean, is she …?” I started already thinking the worst.
“Oh no. God no. It’s the complete opposite.” I heard him smile. “This morning we were able to bring her back. Ms Reynolds is now awake and as far as we know without any permanent damage.”
I was in shock. A positive one of course. I haven’t expected for Katie to wake up so soon. It’s been a week since Ivan’s and Is last fight in her room and now we were going there to see her awake. My heart was taking up speed and hammered in my chest.
“Thank you, doctor. We are coming by right now.” I smiled happily.
“Wonderful. I see you in a few then.” With that he hung up.
I quickly stuffed the last bit of my eggs and bacon down my throat before jumping up from my seat to run upstairs to my room.
“Dude! What happened?” Ivan asked confused.
“She is awake!” I called out feeling like the happiest man alive.
“No way!” He jumped up as well but I was already on my way to my room. I changed grabbed my stuff and checked my appearance and then ran back into the lobby, impatiently waiting for Ivan. After what felt like a million years he showed up and I pushed him to the car. I was so excited and happy; I couldn’t even stop bouncing my leg.
I could see it in Ivan’s profile that he wasn’t happy about my emotional outburst right there but I didn’t care. I didn’t give a rat’s ass anymore. This was my chance, my time to shine and I was going to give it my all.
I didn’t even wait for him to park the car. When he had to wait to pull into the parking lot I jumped out of the car and ran towards the hospital’s entrance. In the small gift shop near the reception I bought a sunflower, knowing it was her favorite, and took the elevator to the sixth floor. The doors opened and I saw Dr Knowles coming down the corridor.
“Ah, Mr Spencer. Well, that was really quick.” He chuckled, holding out his hand for me to shake. Smiling I took it.
“I couldn’t wait. How is she?” I asked and followed him to Katie’s room.
“Everything is fine. Her heart rate is steady and strong, her reflexes are a little bit slow but that is quite normal. It should settle in a few days. Other than that she should be fine.” Dr Knowles smiled at me. I was beyond happy. After two months of her being in a coma after severe injury Katie was finally back amongst the living.
“Thank you, Dr Knowles. Thank you so much for everything you have done.” I smiled and actually hugged him, which freaked him out a bit. With an awkward pat on the back the doctor wiggled out of my embrace.
“That’s my job, Mr Spencer. I love saving lives. Now, take it easy on her.” He took a step aside and presented me the door to her room.
“Thank you.” I nodded and turned back to the grey door after he had left.
That was it. I would finally be able to look into her beautiful blue eyes and see that stunning smile of hers. With my heart nearly jumping out of my chest I lightly knocked and then opened the door.

There she was. The upper part of the bed was propped up and had her in a sitting position. Her red hair was a light mess and her skin was still a shade too pale but overall she looked great. Her eyes had been fixed on the TV-screen but when I carefully stepped closer her head snapped towards me.
“Hey baby girl.” I said gently, with a soft smile on my face. I came closer, the sunflower in my hand. But something was wrong. Something was incredibly wrong. Instead of a bright smile and a demand for a hug I could see a frown appear on her face. Katie’s blue eyes showed confusion and a bit of fear. Her hands were clenching the sheet and it seemed like she was scooting away from me.
“Honey, what’s wrong?” I asked, now frowning myself. Why was she so scared? What happened? I saw her swallowing the lump in her throat but when she opened her mouth, the most horrible question escaped her sweet lips.

“Who are you?”

Notes

Aw I'm so proud. I managed to update twice this week.
Tbh it's really funny to read all your comments about Jer being a Jer(k) and such. That poor guy is so sweet in real life *sighs*
Anyways, let me know what you think :)