Her eyes fluttered open, the unfamiliar scent of medicines and ammonia hitting her nostrils. She tried moving, tried opening her mouth but the thing plunged in her mouth like a snorkel prevented her from doing so.

"Doctor! Doctor! She's awake,"ran the little nurse outside her room.

Her eyes tried rolling around, her head hurting like tiny pieces of glass pierced in her brain. She breathed in feeling as if she was like a new born baby breathing for the first time. As if it was her first time getting air into her lungs and letting it go afterwards.

The doctor came rushing in and without moving her head, she stared. The doctor together with the nurses worked around the beeping machines, removing the snorkel thingy from her mouth first. With what seemed to be a tiny torch, her eyes were examined one by one the doctor being impeccably happy at the results.

"Aah you seem to be in good shape, missy" the doctor smiled doodling with the Seth around his neck.

As soon as she sat up. One question rang through her head, where was she? Who were they?

"How-how did I get here?" she asked, confusion rippling through her eyes.

The doctor and the nurse from earlier stared at each other in a quizzical manner.

"Do you remember what your name is?"

She wondered what sort of question that was. Of course she remembered what her name was. Her name was...her name was...and still nothing came to mind. Her mind was blank, not a single memory of anything, as if she had just been born.

"I don't remember who I am! I can't remember! I can't remember my name!" She shouted in confusion.

"Lily get her husband here,"the doctor told the nurse and she rushed out.

"Now, now Ruby. Calm down. Everything's fine, you had a mild concussion which lead to a temporary case of amnesia but everything is going to be fine"

"Ru...Ruby? Is that my name? My name is Ruby?"

She touched her aching head in confusion. Her name was Ruby? Why didn't it ring a bell in her head? She surely didn't feel like a ruby. Everything became too hard to proceed. Amnesia? Her husband? Hospital?

It was like waking up and being told you would have to restart your life again from scratch which was the exact thing that was happening.

Lily barged in and behind him her husband entered.

"Doc her husband is here"

And she looked behind the nurse to stare at her husband. A tall strikingly gorgeous man stood there, his blue orbs staring at her like she was fragile porcelain, his scruffy silky brown hair was messed up like he had been running his fingers through it all night, somehow she was tongue tied knowing that the man standing in the room was her husband.

But how was it she won the lottery? She herself felt like a nerd? Like a woman who was single, living in a shabby apartment with one fat Cheshire cat reading all books all day.

"You are finally awake,"he spoke out and she said guiltily,

"Yes?"

"I'll leave you two to be for the moment,"the doctor said with nurse Lily following closely behind.

"I'm sorry I don't...I don't remember you"

Though she certainly wished she did. She really wished she was in a crazy dream and she would wake up any moment.

"It's okay. I'm just glad you are alive"

Alive? What really happened to her?

"Alive? W-what happened?"

She saw his face turn into a serious one, the shock on his face was visible no matter how he tried to hide it. Was the accident that bad?

"You wanted to surprise me at work but on the way, the ..."

She could hear the devastation in his voice.

"The accident happened" she finished the statement for him.

"I-I thought I was going to lose you. You lost a lot of blood, the doctors said they could do what they possibly would but the chances of you surviving were slim. If you died, I wouldn't have forgiven myself Ruby"

And what was she to say to that other than to thank God that she had been given a second chance to a loving husband.

"It was not your fault. I might not remember much but the accident was probably my fault. I might have been clumsy or speaking on my phone while driving. It is not your fault..."

Remembering his name too came as a difficulty.

"Marcus. It's Marcus"

Another name that didn't ring a bell.

"Are you alone? Where's my family?"

"You don't really remember do you? You were an only child, Ruby. Your dad died four years ago and your mom recently passed away an year ago"

And her high spirits ended up being crushed. So the only family she had was Marcus?

"Oooh. In that case, can you please stay? I can't remember if I liked being alone or with company but I really need someone I know with me. To walk me through everything"

And with a grin, Marcus replied

"I'll always be here for you, Ruby. Now and forever like how it's meant to be"