Let us Live our Lives

Chapter four, You Don't Remember

They both arrived and opened the box to see fresh supplies and a new greenie. His hair was short and black, his skin was a bit darker than her own. And as he stood up she noticed that he probably was about the same height as herself. It looked like he was about a year older than her. He looked up and met her gaze. His eyes were dark brown and it was first then she realized who it was. "Minho?" she said underneath her breath, unable for anyone else to hear.

"You alright down there greenie?" Alby asked as he leaned over the edge to look down into the box. The boy brushed off some dirt from his clothes and turned to Alby.

"I'm fine. Where am I?" the boy answered, a lot calmer than anyone else who had come up without their memories. "Maybe he remembers." Gabbie thought to herself.

"Do you remember your name?" Alby asked as he reached out his hand to help Minho out the box. He shook his head and took Alby's hand.

"No, I can't remember anything."

"Well I'm Alby and that is Gabbie", he said and nodded in her direction. "She's not usually this quiet", Alby said with a small laugh as he started to unload the box. Gabbie slowly shook her head to get out of her own thoughts.

"I'm sorry. My mind was elsewhere", Gabbie said and put away a box Alby handed her. "It's nice to meet you greenie", she continued as she went over to get a new box. When they had picked up all the boxes it was just left to unpack them.

While doing that Gabbie kept avoiding eye contact with the new boy. She pretended as if she didn't know him, or at least she tried. But perhaps she was being a smudge too obvious. Because suddenly the new boy stopped right in front of her. Gabbie had no other choice but to meet his gaze since they were practically the same height. But she almost immediately looked away again.

"Do I know you?" the new boy asked from out of nowhere.

"What makes you think that?" Gabbie asked while she walked past him.

"Maybe because you're avoiding me."

"I'm not", Gabbie said as she turned around to get the next box. But there he was again standing in the middle of her way where she was about to walk. He was standing so close that she didn't have a chance to see him standing there before she walked straight into his chest. Gabbie took a few stumbling steps backwards to regain the balance she just lost. She avoided eye contact as she walked around him and said.

"I'm sorry. I didn't see you."

"That's because you don't want to. You refuse to look at me", the new boy stated as he turned to Gabbie.

"That's not true." She turned around and met his gaze to prove him wrong, but immediately regretted her decision. She had forgotten how easy it was to get lost in those dark brown eyes. It felt like she was staring deeper and deeper into his eyes. She remembered all the things they used to talk about in the lab, how he used to cheer her up in a way no one else could and how he was always there for her. And then she remembered how he had forgotten all about it. He had no idea of who she was. She broke eye contact right away as she felt a sharp pain in her chest. She immediately knew what was coming, a panic attack. She used to have them all the time when she was alone in the glade. She turned around and quickly started walking towards the forest.

"Gabbie! Where are you going?" Alby shouted after her.

"I'll be right back", she managed to answer and just hoped he couldn't hear her voice break as it got harder to breathe.

"Did I do something wrong?" the new boy asked as he turned towards Alby.

"No, I doubt it. It just takes time for her to warm up to people", Alby said as he looked after Gabbie as she had disappeared into the forest.