Remember me -Chapter 6-

“Rain, I’m back. Missed me?” Alex said as he stepped into the ward, but he was greeted by only Angel’s silent sobs and Rain’s soft breathing sounds.

“Joey came over again just now, and Rain went berserk. We couldn’t calm her down this time, so the doctor had not choice but to give her a jab.” Angel said as tears keep falling down her cheek.

“It’s okay Angel, it’s time for you to go back and have a rest. I’m here now; I’ll take care of everything.” Alex said as he gave Angel a gentle pat on her back. “Hmm… it’s dinner time, hey Angel, would you mind to stay just a few minutes longer, so I can go and grab a sandwich and drink?”

“It’s okay. I’ll wait; I wanna spend some more time with Rain.” Angel said drying her tears.

Within 20 minutes, Alex was back with not just the sandwiches but fruits and even ice cream, which was in Rain’s favorite flavor. Just as he step into the ward, Rain began to wake from her medicine induce slumber.

“Good morning, my sleeping beauty, had a good rest? Did you dream of me?” Alex asked as he set everything on the bedside table.

“Why should I dream of you when I can’t really say I know you? Expect for your name and some feelings that I think I feel for you, I don’t know anything about you.” Rain replied.

“What kinds of feelings?” Alex asked curiously.

“Well feelings like… you must be someone I liked a lot, but yet you must have done something real bad to me, ‘cos every time there is a mixture of heart break and heart ach taking over the feeling of fondness.” Rain replied trying to figure out what kind of feeling it was.

“Whoa… you remember those feelings! Great! This calls for a celebration!” Alex said with a wide smile. “My little droplet remembers the feeling she had for me.”

“Hey! How many times do I have to tell you to stop calling me all these nonsense? You promised you would stop…!” Rain scolded.

“Rain… you remembered the promise I made to you?” Alex asked in surprise.

“Huh? Well it’s just a shot flashback of images that I hit you real hard on your back when you called me names other then Rain, and an image of you promising me that you would stop.” Rain answered as she tries to recall all those images again.

“Well that’s a good progress Rain.” Jem said as she stood there by the door. “Rain, remember this, even if someone lost their memory, their heart will never forget the love.”

“You are…?” Rain asked.

“Jem Heng. Alex’s elder sister.” Jem introduce herself to Rain.

“Jem… I know you… you’re Jimmy’s girlfriend, or was it his ex? No… you are the girl he is interested now.” Rain exclaim as she tries again to figure the images appearing in her mind.

“Well little Rain, that I’ll leave to Jimmy to tell you the next time you see him, okay?” Jem replied with a twinkle in her eyes.

“Rain, I think I better be going home to check on Jimmy now. It seems that he took it rather hard for this accident to happen on you.” Angel said as she’s about to leave the ward.

“Angel, I better send you home. Maybe we can grab our dinner and take away some food for Jimmy,” Jem said as she followed Angel.

“Okay. Jem thanks for visiting and please help me take care of Jimmy and Angel?” Rain said.

“Okay.” Jem replied.

“Rain, it’s time for your dinner.” Alex said as he sees the nurse pushing the food cart into the ward.

“But I’m not hungry. Can I don’t eat?” Rain replied.

“No, you have to have your dinner. How about this, after I feed you, you can have something that you really like a lot.” Alex coxed.

“Something that I like a lot…? Hey, why do I have to let you feed me?” Rain replied

“It’s something cold… and it has many flavors. Oh come on Rain, please let me have the honors, it’s been ages since our last contact. Please…?” Alex begged.

“Well, okay; I’ll let you win this time.” Rain replied, as she realized that she don’t really have the strength to get up, let alone feed herself. “But you have to finish your own dinner and… Is it ice cream?“

“Yes Rain, it’s your in favorite flavor too.” Alex replied

“Rum and Raisins?” Rains asked in delight.

“Yes yes…” Alex replied as he took the bowl off the tray and began to feel Rain her dinner.

As Alex began to feed Rain her dinner, he began to remember the first time he sat by her bed, feeding her dinner. It was something that he would never forget, and only a few days ago, it would seem impossible for him to ever do it again.

“Err… Alex, did we do the same thing a long time ago?” Rain asked as she started at Alex.

“You remembered anything?” Alex exclaimed.

“Not really, I just had some flashback that I don’t really understand, but the looks that you are giving me made me guessed it somehow. Could you tell me what happened?” Rain asked.

There’s no way anyone could say no to her angelic look, but even so, it would be like asking Alex to die if he were told not to tell her.

“I will after we both finish our dinner. I’ll tell you all about it while we have our ice cream. Okay?” Alex replied.

“Okay, I can wait.” Rain replied.

Soon, just as Alex finished his sandwiches and took out the ice creams, he began to tell her about the story of the unforgettable dinner.

“6 months ago, we had a huge fight over our school library duties. I got you so mad that you refuse to talk to me for weeks. Until one night, I just couldn’t take it anymore, So I went over to your hostel block, which was opposite mine, and waited for you at the gate facing your window. Soon it stared to rain heavily, but I just refuse to leave. You felt sorry for me, so you finally came down to accept my apology. I was so happy that I hugged you there and then, right in the rain, so we both got real wet that night. Funny this was that I stood in the rain much longer then you were, and yet you are the one falling sick. It’s was the next morning, when I went over to pick you up to go for the library duties together, I found out that you were suffering from a very high fever. So I stayed back to look after you, after all I was the reason you got sick, so I felt the responsibility, and also Angel was on an exchange trip to Europe. Which mean you practically had no one but me to look after you.” Alex said

“I see, now I understand those images that I keep seeing,: Rains said as the images flashed in her mind again.

“Now before I tell you another story, I got something to give you.” Alex said as he took out the little teddy bear from the bad.

“Aww… he’s cute. Where have I seen him before? He looks so familiar.” Rain said as she took hold of the little bear.

“He was a gift from me to you, on our first unofficial date to the fair.” Alex replied as he looked at how tightly Rain was hugging the bear.

It could be seen in Rain’s eyes as she held on to the teddy bear, the amount of adoration, how much she had missed the little bear and how much she treasured it. “Rain, no matter what happen, I will never let history repeat itself again. I am going to be by your side and protect you from everything, forever.” Alex said to himself.

Remember me -Chapter 5-

“Alex, how’s Rain doing now?” Jem asked as she sees Alex waking into the living room.

“She’s finally woken up now, but she’s suffering from amnesia. Can’t remember anyone, not even Angel or Jimmy. At one point she can’t even remember herself.” Alex replied.

“Gosh… Angel must be really upset, she must have cried a million times, she always dote the most on Rain. What about Jimmy? How’s he taking the news? Although he never showed it, but he really love these two little sisters of his.” Jem asked.

“Whoa… Jem you seem to know quite a lot about Jimmy. Anyway you are right. Stunted, shocked… you name it, he’s doing it.” Alex replied.

“So you will be going over later?” Jem asked as she took a glass of milk and passed it over to Alex.

“Thanks. Yap, just came home for a short rest, will be going over later in the late afternoon.” Alex replied as he walked up the stairs to his room.

“Call me when you are leaving, I’ll go with you.” Jem replied.

“Okay. So I will see you at the door at around 4pm?” Alex asked.

“Okay.” Jem replied.

Finally in the safety of his room, Alex finally broke down in tears; tears that he had held back for the whole day began to flow like the waterfalls.

“Rain, I am so sorry. If only we didn’t have that stupid quarrel, if only I wasn’t that stupid to just give up on waiting for you at your hostel. If only I was there waiting for you, I would be able to protect you. I’m so sorry Rain.”

Slowly taking out Rain’s dairy, Alex began to flip through the pages, hopping to find something to tell Rain about their past, something to help her remember him. As the pages flew from left to right, one page stood out from the rest. It was one filled with lots of sticker photos. Looking closely at it, Alex realized that it was the photos they took on their first date. Wanting to know more on how Rain felt about that day, Alex begin to read what was written on the page.

Dear Dairy

Today was the so called first ‘date’ with Alex. Although thereisn’t much of a romantic feeling involve, I had lots of fun. Alexsaid that he wanted to treat me to have some fun. Since he felt he owes me that; for helping him to cover up his fighting and drunken mess. He’s an idiot! Who say I am not having any funin my life, but seeing how he enjoyed the day, man… he sure know how to enjoy life ad have fun.As we are leaving he bought me a little teddy bear from the fair, look… isn’t it cute?Ok, ok it’s time I hit the sack, there’s still a lot of things to bedone tomorrow, especially in the library. I am praying hard for Mr. Heng to keep out of my way.
Rain.

“Seems that she really like you a lot, my little buddy.” Alex said as he looks at the little bear sitting on his desk. “It goes to show how much I’ve hurt her, for her to throw you back to me. I’m sorry little bear, but don’t you worry. I’ll bring you to her later and tell her the story about you.”

With that Alex continued to flip through a few more pages before finally stopping at one, and began to read its content.

Dear Dairy

Today Alex and I had a huge fight again. I can’t believe it; it’s like the 6th fight for the week. We are really making records.Maybe you can be the recorder for these records. Hahahaha…What happen? Well he keeps calling me by the nicknames hecreated… Raine... Annie... the worst was ‘little droplet’… Argh…I have a name, and I rather like my name. I have been trying tomake that idiot stop, but he just refuses to. I can’t believe what he’s trying to do, make him different and so I won’t forget him, please if he really wants that, he could always just say so, evenwithout the nicknames I won’t be able to forget about him thateasily. Anyway he finally promised me that he would stop it, let’ssee if he keeps to his promise. Rain.

“Rain… my dearest Rain; I’ve always known that you hated me for making those nicknames for you; and just as you have known, I just wanna be different. So you can always remember me and hold me close to your heart, but it seems now, even if I didn’t do that, I’m already in your heart.” Alex exclaimed with tears in his eyes.

Tears to Alex were always a sign of weakness, but strangely this time, he’s willing to let her know of this weakness, and let her be his weak point. Somehow it seems, to have such a lady like Rain to be his weakness doesn’t seem so bad at all.

“Rain, after all this that had happen, I am sure that we will be together and stay together for the rest of our lives. Now I finally understand how much I feel for you, I love you Rain.” Alex said as he closed the dairy and switch off the lights.