Remember me?

Remember me?

She is okay. She is still the girl you fell in love with and married. She will need some time to adjust to the new things in her life so be patient and make her feel loved. The doctors kept prepping me to see my wife like I didn’t know who she was.

 
“Hi.” I say as I walk into her private hospital room.

“Hi. I am sorry. Who are you?” She asks and I can sincerely see that she is trying to think of what role I play in her life.

“My name is Portia Degeneres.” I say as I talk a seat positioned at the foot end of her bed so as not to make her uncomfortable just like the doctors said to.

“Degeneres? So you are my brother’s wife?” She asks.

“No,” I say though my feelings are hurt I try not to cry. “I am your wife,” I say proudly and confidently to her.

A smile appears on her face like it’s the best news she had since she woke up from her coma. “Really? You are my wife?”

“Yes. I am your wife.” I say back at her.

“You are really beautiful.”

“Thank you. You tell me that every day.”

“Come sit closer.” She says and I smile at her and move closer to her as she asks.

“So what are you doing here?” I am a bit surprised by the question but the doctors did say that she would be feeling vulnerable most of the time so I have to keep assuring her that things will be fine.

“My wife, you are here. For better or for worse I meant it.”

“You could just leave. I don’t even remember what you said on our wedding day. I wouldn’t hold it against you.” She says.

“Can I touch you?” I ask her first not wanting to alarm her in case she isn’t comfortable.

“Okay.” She says in a low tone.

I move towards her taking her hand in mine and placing it on my chest while my other hand rests on her chest where I feel her heartbeat quicken.

“I love you. That will never change no matter what condition you are in. You want to know what else?”

“What?” She asks.

“You love me too.”

”How do you know that?” She asks

“You smiled when I told you I am your wife so that means you are happy that I am your wife and not your brother’s and your heartbeat always quickens when I touch you.”

 
“That’s true. I wouldn’t bear my brother constantly bragging about you.” She smiles and I place a kiss on her cheek.

“The doctor let me see you today so that I could ask you if you wanted to go home with me or your mom or stay here.”

 
“I want to go home with you. Somewhere familiar may be something that can restart my memory.” She says with a bit of sadness in her voice.

 
“It’s okay. You should just take your time. Don’t push yourself too much.”

“Okay.”

”I’ll go sign your release forms and then we can leave here.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

Two months later

“Baby. Are you okay? Should I take you to the hospital?” Ellen asks me as she sees me bending over our bathroom sink.

“No. I am fine. Must be something I ate.”

“I should stay and look after you.” She says as she rubs my back.

“No. You should go to work. You have been working so hard. The fans will be really happy to see you. I’ll be fine.”

“I am not leaving you. Come to work with me. I can look after you and still work while you are there.”

“Okay. I don’t want to dress up though.”

“It’s okay. I don’t mind.”

We go to the studio and I stay in backstage as I watch Ellen her first show since the accident. She has been working so hard to try to get back to her old self so I lied to her when she asks if I was feeling better before she headed out to stage. A few minutes after she went on stage I felt the room spinning and before I knew it I had collapsed onto the floor.

“Hey.” I hear someone’s voice greet me as I wake up.

“Hi.”

“You are at the hospital. You fainted on set. Why didn’t you tell me you weren’t feeling well?”

“I am sorry. I thought I could make it till your break.” Before she could respond a male doctor walked into the room with a file in hand.

“How are you feeling Mrs.Degeneres?” He asks me as he takes a look at the file.

“Better.”

“That’s good news and for even better news you are pregnant.”

“What!!!” Ellen asks completely in shock.

OMG. IT WORKED.

“How far along am I?” I ask the doctor.

“Just you are just nearing twelve weeks.” He says.

“Can you give me a minute with my wife?” I ask the doctor and he agrees and leaves us two alone.

“How are you pregnant?” Ellen asks just as soon as the doctor shuts the door. “Did you sleep with someone else?” She asks and takes a step back away from me.

“No Ellen. I would never cheat on you. This is our baby.” I say and I see a bit of relief in Ellen’s eyes.

“What do you mean?” Ellen asks as she comes back closer to me.

“Before you’re accident we decided to try and have a baby. We did our research about it and then went to the doctor and now here I am pregnant with our baby.” I explain.

“So this is ours?” She asks taking my hand in hers.

“Yeah.”

“I am sorry for implying you cheated on me. I just can’t remember everything yet.”

“It’s okay. What little you remember will do.”

”Okay. Let me get the doctor. I wanna hear how our baby is doing.” She says.

“So….” The doctor begins once he comes back in. “The babies are….”

“What?” Ellen asks before I do.

“You are having twins.” The doctor says.

“Twins? Like two? Like one,two babies? Ellen asks again. I am overwhelmed with panic as I don’t know how Ellen will take it.

“Yeah. You are having two babies. There is usually a risk in having twins than having a single baby so Ellen you have to make sure she takes her medication, gets plenty of rest, eats well and avoids stress.”

“Okay. I can do that.” She responds to which I smile at.

“You have to schedule an appointment twice a month. Just to make sure everything is going well.”

“Okay.” I respond

“Thanks, doc.”

“You are welcome. Congratulations to you two.” He says and he leaves the room.

“I can’t believe we are having twins.” She says as she kisses me on the lip which is a first ever since the accident.

“I can’t believe it worked.”

“You best believe it baby. I can’t wait till they are here. We are going to have so much fun.”

“Take me home.”

“Okay.”

Ellen drives as home and we spend the rest of the day just in each others arms as we start discussing the baby names and what colour their rooms shall be painted.

“Baby, I am going out for a while. I’ll be back later.” Ellen says as she walks into the bedroom where I have been sleeping for a while.

“Where are you going?” I ask

“Just out. I’ll be back later. Bye baby.”

“Bye.”

I have been alone in the house for the past three hours and I am starting to wonder where Ellen disappeared to. I tried calling her a couple of times but she wouldn’t answer my calls. I called her mom, brother and friends but no one knew where she was. Even Andy had no idea where she was. I waited for another two hours before I had the doorbell ring. At first, I thought it was Ellen but she took her keys with her so it couldn’t be her. I open the door and I fall in love all over again.

“Portia….” It’s Ellen down on one knee as she takes my left hand in her right.

“I know that I don’t have every memory back to me. I know that I love you though from the moment you said you were my wife. I want you to be my wife again if you will have me.”

At this point, tears are already streaming down my face as I see her taking the ring box from her breast pocket.

“I want to be with you fighting over babies’ names from now until they are born. I want to be your strength like you have to me. I want to make new memories with you and I promise I’ll try my best not to forget them so Portia will you please marry the forgetful Ellen again?”

“Oh Ellen. Yes!!! Yes!!!”