1 NEVER THOUGHT THAT I COULD LOVE (Episode 1)

A thunderstorm and heavy rain in the darkness of night, a man was hardly beaten up by five men.

"HEY!, why are you beating him up", a yell that came from someone, and then they stopped beating the man, and they fled away.

"H-Help me", the man said, and then he lost consciousness.

"Henry, let's help him," said William.

And the two hastened and came to the man.

"Oh! He was bloody and looked like he was hit by a knife", said Henry.

"Quick, Henry look for a taxi and let's get him right away to the hospital", said William.

When they arrived at the hospital, the man was taken care of immediately.

"Who among you is the relative of the victim?" asked the doctor.

"We did not know him, we just helped him to the hospital", said William.

"Is that so? Because his stab wound was severe and he had a 50/50 chance of survival", said the doctor.

"William, the cellphone you got there, let's see and we might get some information there", said Henry.

"Yeah, wait a minute, I'll open it, ah, here with a picture of a woman and maybe she is the relative of the victim, I'll call her", said William.

The phone just keeps on ringing, nobody answers.

"Come on, Come on, answer the phone... Sorry, can't be reached", said William.

Suddenly, there were police officers who came to investigate.

"Were you the ones who brought the victim to the Hospital?" said the police.

"Yes, we were", William replied.

"Please come to the police station to provide us information."

At the police station

"Chief, they were the ones who saw the incident and brought the victim to the hospital."

"All right, let them give their statements regarding the incident", said the Chief of police.

"Yes Boss"

"By the way, sir, this is the cell phone of the victim that may assist you in your investigation", said William.

"Okay, just leave it here. By the way, what's your name, both of you?"

"I'm William, Sir"

"How about you?"

"Sir, I'm Henry"

And the two tell what they saw at the crime scene, but not so clearly, because the culprits ran away, besides, it was raining hard and dark that the two couldn't identify them.

"Sir, can we go home now?"

"All right, but leave your contact number, and we might need you in case of further investigation."

At the victim's girlfriend's house

"Helena, you have a call", said the mother.

"Mommy, please answer the phone, and I'm coming out."

"Hello! What? Stabbed? Where is the Hospital?"

"At Saint James Hospital, ma'am."

"Okay, thank you, sir."

"Helena, quick," said the mother sadly.

"Why, mommy? What happened? Who called?"

"It was from the police precinct, Helena, they told us, Harry was stabbed and was confined to Saint James Hospital."

"What? Let's go, mommy, I want to see him, immediately", said Helena hysterically.

At Saint James Hospital

"Doctor, how's the victim of the stabbing?" asked Helena emotionally.

"The patient's condition was severe, besides the injuries he sustained, his head, was hit by a hard object that may cause brain damage", as explained by the doctor.

Helena couldn't do anything but weep, upon knowing, the bad condition of her boyfriend,

"Mommy, why did this happen to Harry? I didn't know anyone had a grudge on him", said Helena crying.

"Are you the victim's relative?" asked by the police conducting the investigation.

"No, but I'm the girlfriend of the victim. Who did it to him, officer?" emotionally asked by Helena.

"Currently, our investigation is ongoing. We have contacted you here on a victim's cell phone, handed to us by Mr. William, the one who helped the victim, to get to the Hospital. Since we don't need this anymore, I might as well turn over this cellphone to you, for you to keep it for the victim.

"Thank you, officer, and hope the culprits, will be arrested immediately", cried Helena.

"Don't worry, miss. We'll do our best."

Helena, we can't talk to Harry yet, let's go home first," said the mother.

And as Helena glared at Harry, she felt, her heart is breaking. Because she loves Harry very much. What if he couldn't survive. What about their dreams. They love each other so much.

*****

"Helena, did you see how good I was at basketball?" said Harry while they are about to leave the court.

"Yes, I've watched you, you play basketball well," Helena laughed.

"By the way, Helena don't forget that on Sunday, we'll be in Baguio for our outing."

"Of course, I won't forget."

"Harry, I remember, who were you talking to yesterday? She's beautiful, isn't it?" said Helena.

"Ah, she's Vicky, the girlfriend of George. Why? Are you jealous?"

"Of course, I'm not."

"Come on, let's eat, I'm hungry," said Harry.

"Bro, you're good at basketball."

"Hi, George, No, I was just in the mood of playing. Where were you heading?"

"I'm looking for Vicky."

"I see, okay, we'll go-ahead."

"Okay, take care, both of you."

In the restaurant where Harry and Helena were eating, the song, 'Never Thought I Could Love' was played by the owner of the restaurant.

"Helena, I like that song, do you hear?"

"Of course, I like it too."

"I can't believe that you are real. You are the dreams that saved my life. You are the reason I survived. Isn't it beautiful, Helena?"

"Yes, it is Harry, I like it, but it is good, if you say it within your heart, otherwise, it has no meaning at all," said Helena.

"Helena, let's get married."

"What are you? We are not capable of living on our own. We are still young, and our parents would not approve of it," said Helena.

"All right, but after we graduated, we shall get married, okay?"

"It's up to you ha ha ha you're always out of your mind," replied Helena.

But, between lovers, who were in love very much with each other, destiny is always played at a glance. And Helena and Harry did not expect a tragedy of life would cross their path. It's painful, really hurts inside, as if you want to end life, for someone who was not strong enough to accept it.

The next day, Helena returned to the Hospital. And as she watched Harry, she was sad and in pain.

"Why did this happen to you? To us?" Helena said to herself, crying in silence.

She was in such a state of thinking when the doctor approached her.

"Miss, we need to talk to the parents of the patient."

"Yes, Doctor, I know, but his parents were abroad, and they said they are coming. They are just readying the necessary documents for their flights."

"Okay, well the patient has to be operated as soon as possible so he could have a 50/50 chance of survival, otherwise he may die if not operated immediately. Examination revealed that there was a blood clot in his brain that needs an operation," the doctor explained.

What Helena heard from the Doctor made her sad and then she weeps.

Upon the arrival of Harry's parents, the Doctor immediately conducted the surgery on Harry.

Harry survived the operation, but remained comatose.

At the police station

William and Harry were summoned.

"How far were you from the crime scene?"

"Sir, maybe about ten meters."

"Can you tell what the culprits look like."

"Sir, it was very dark in the area and it was raining hard, besides the light in the pole was very dim."

While the Chief of police questioning William and Harry, the police investigating the area came.

"Chief, there was CCTV at the crime scene, but it's not clear due to darkness and heavy rain during the commission of crime."

"All right, bring the footage to someone who was an expert in computer and see what he can do about it."

"Sir, how is the condition of the person we brought to the Hospital?"

"Well, he was in a comatose state, according to the Hospital."

"William, let's go to the hospital and visit him."

"Okay, and maybe we could help."

At the Hospital

"Miss, what room is the patient that we brought here the other day?"

"He is still in the ICU, Sir."

In the ICU, Helena was still there, watching over Harry, her eyes were almost consumed with tears and her face was puffy.

"Good morning, Miss, we were the ones who brought the patient here in the Hospital. We just wanted to know his condition. Were you the relative of the patient?"

"I'm Helena his girlfriend. After the operation, he was remained unconscious and the doctor could not be determined how long he will be on that state."

"Helena, I'm William and this is my friend, Henry. We are glad to meet you."

After almost half an hour, William and Henry left.

"Helena, don't worry your boyfriend will be better soon."

"Thank you for your concern."

As William and Henry returned home

"William, Helena is beautiful, isn't she? It seems that she loves her boyfriend very much. I pity her," said Henry.

"Yes, it's true, I can still feel sorry for her too, because she is so rare today. And I feel envious to her boyfriend for him to have like Helena," emotionally said William.

"Hmm, I think I know what you are trying to invoke," said Henry.

"Yes of course, unlike my girlfriend, Kathleen, between them, there's a great difference, and I don't know what feeling I have in my heart with Helena. I just don't know."

"William, careful with your feelings, you wouldn't know the consequences. I'm just advising you being my friend."

"Thank you, Henry, that's why I always want you by my side. You are the priest of my life ha ha ha."

They were in a situation chatting when William forgot something.

"Oh, I forgot, I have a date with Kathleen today."

"You're really a dead man ha ha ha."

"Never mind, I'll just call her to explain and hope she could understand me."