Runaway // Matthew Espinosa

Chapter 10

RECAP

Zoe, Matt isn't okay. Matt-" Johnson's voice shook and I cut him off, because I didn't want to hear it again.

Matt was not gone. It was too soon. Matt was still here.
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"Zoe." Gilinsky called my name and snapped his fingers infront of my face.

"W-what?" The words I tried to say stammered out.

"Matt's not gone. He's here. You didn't hear the rest of what the doctor said." Gilinsky grabbed me by my shoulders, gently, and sat me down.

"What happened to him?" I stared at Gilinsky, preparing my self for some type of fatal news.

"Matt doesn't really know us anymore. He can't remember anything. He got beat up pretty bad and hit his head hard. As of now he has a temporary amnesia, we just got to help him remember." Jack suttley explained to me and I took a moment to process all this.

"So all his memories with all of us are wiped out." My voice trembled. He had forgotten every single moment we had spent together. Pieces of me broke but I had to look past my misery. Matt needed our help and I wasn't giving up on him.

"Can I go see him?" I asked the doctor, when I wished I hadn't because I wasn't prepared to face him.

"One at a time yes. Too many people will overwhelm him." The doctor smiled and left.

The boys motioned for me to go in first. I walked to the door and took a deep breath. I pushed open the door and laid my eyes on him. My eyes were watering but I didn't want to stress him out so I wiped them away.

He was awake, with his twinkling eyes darting around the room until they fixed them on me. His head was bandaged probably from stitches. He had bruises on his arms and a wrapped up wrist. He looked miserable.

"Who are you?" His eyebrows muffled together. Those words just about killed me, because everything we had was erased.

"I'm Zoe. We are good friends. I'm gonna help you get better." I weakly smiled at him. I left off the girlfriend part because I didn't want to startle him with so much.

"Oh. I don't really remember you or how I got here, sorry." He was so lost and confused.

"Don't be sorry. It isn't your fault." I felt terrible.

"When can I leave this place?" He asked, feeling uneasy.

"The doctor is getting the papers to release you. Do you want to see some of your other friends?" I asked him,hoping to get his tense mind off of things.

"Yeah, sure." He nodded and I walked out the door and let Gilinsky go in.

I sat down between Johnson and Sammy. Warm tears rolled down my face, I couldn't help it. It hated seeing him like this. He was so vulnerable. Sammy pulled me into his arms.

"He's okay. He's here. He just needs someone to fix him. You'll fix him, I know it." Sammy tried to make me feel better.

"How was he?" Johnson asked.

"He really doesn't remember anything. The first thing he asked me was who I was. He was so lost and clueless and I can't handle it. I just feel so bad for him." I poured out my feelings.

"I don't think I can see him like that." Johnson said, getting tearing eyed. I could hear Sammy sniffling too.

"Cmon let's take him home." Sammy let go of me and we went to talk to the doctor.

Matt was released and we all got in the car. Matt sat in the back with the Jacks and I sat with Sammy in the front. I kept thinking about one thing. It scared me. What if he didn't like me?