love, always

chapter 2

2

“Haley play hide and seek with me!”

“Megan I’m doing my history homework!”

“Oh pleeeeaaaasse!”

“Look get Mum or Dad to play with you or something ok?”

“But Haley! Mum’s with Josh at the park and Dad’s swimming; you said you’d look after me!”

“Oh Megan, can’t you play tea party’s or something?”

“With you?”

“No! With your dollies!”

“Oh pleeeeaaaasse!”

“Ok, Megan, fine, I’ll play hide and seek with you...”

“Haley?”

Oh it was that voice again, who is it? Whoever it is I’m not getting up, I’m not even going to open my eyes for her.

“Haley listen now do you remember what happened?”

What happened?

“Send me a signal or something if you remember, you were concussed after all,”

Concussed! How dare she?! I haven’t done anything that allowed me to be concussed!

“Do you?”

Do I what?

“Do you Haley? Do you remember what happened?”

No. I - I don’t. I don’t even know what she’s on about, I’m getting scared now. Maybe I should get up, or at least open my eyes. Or maybe I shouldn’t. No, I won’t! Nothing happened, someone is just playing a big practical joke on me to make me get up! Yes! That’s what it is. I’m glad that’s sorted, now I can go back to sleep.

“Haley, can you hear me?”

Yes I can, as in I’m not deaf.

“Can you hear me Haley?”

YES I CAN, AS IN I’M NOT DEAF.

“If you can, why don’t you say anything? Why don’t you wake up Haley?”

I don’t know. Why didn’t I wake up? Because I was proving a point of course!

“Do you even know why you don’t wake up Haley?”

Yes, because I’m proving a point.

“Do you?”

YES.

“Okay Haley! HALEY! I can’t find you, where are you?”

I was hiding behind the sofa in exactly the same room as her; I can’t believe she couldn’t find me.

“I don’t want to play hide and seek anymore Haley,”

I coughed a bit and did a large sniff so she could find me.

“Haley?”

She walked around a bit then looked behind the sofa where I was huddled, next to a warm radiator which really I didn’t want to move from.

“FOUND YOU!” she yelled.

“Yes, you found me,”

“What now?”

“Well I still have to do homework...”

“Tea party tea party!”

I sighed.

“Okaaaay,”

“Haley?”

Oh what now.

“You may remember what happened Haley, but you may not, either way, remembering yourself isn’t going to wake you up is it?

What?

“So, I’m going to help you remember, by telling you what happened, the first bit anyway,”

What was she going on about? Oh no, the last thing I need is some random woman telling me a story about a potato and a leek to try and wake me up.

“You and your family were in the car, on the way to the airport, you were off on holiday to Tunisia, how lucky were you? You, Megan and Josh and your Mum and Dad, you remember? Little 6 year old Megan and little 2 year old Josh you remember Haley?”

Umm, yes I think if I search deep into my memory I can remember my family. *note sarcasm*

But I didn’t remember anything about this holiday to Tunisia. Was she making it up? *note- no sarcasm there*

“The motorway was packed, cars everywhere, you were chugging along nicely, that’s what you told me, these are all your own words Haley,”

But I don’t remember telling you anything, Mrs whateveryournameis! I don’t even remember going on holiday!

“Am I helping you Haley, am I helping you get up?”

No! You’re just making me confused!

“The motorway was busy, and then, suddenly there was a massive van, it swung out of control and it went in your way...remember?”

No I don’t, but I don’t want to know what’s going to happen. Ugh I’m sweating, why? It’s just a stupid story, it’s not real! How can it be when I don’t remember?

“Your poor Dad tried to stop the car, but he couldn’t in time before the big green van hit you head on...”

No.

“Another car hit as well, but luckily they all survived,”

No

“There were fires and smoke and coughing and struggling but...”

No...

 “But some seatbelts got stuck, melted in the fire...”

NO.

“Only you and your Dad got out...only you and your dad survived...”