"Hi, I'm Miranda", the very young looking blonde says, extending her hand. "Hi, I'm-" "Oh my god!" Miranda squeals, pulling me into my hundredth hug for that day. Did the teachers in this school not teach them that it is rude to interrupt? "Ashley! My, my. Look at you!" Okay, now this is seriously getting repetitive. "Hi Miranda", I reply, shyly. "Miranda?" She laughs. "What happened to Totems?" Oh god. I push my young immature self off a cliff. But Miranda or "Totems" or whatever was super tall. Taller than Finn almost. But shorter than the guy who came with her. "Caleb? Is that you!?" A voice calls from the other end. I see a man approach us, looking at Miranda? "Oh wow. Brandon you haven't changed a bit!" She says. "Tiana is on the other end. Let's surprise her shall we?" Brandon and Miranda move off in the search of Tiana. Finn also had left, and was now making conversation with an average height, bearded man. Britney and I stand in the buzzing crowd. "Hey" I start. "Britney... If you don't mind, can you tell me all the people I used to hangout with? Because I don't think everybody knows about the-" "Oh sure!" Britney agrees. "So let's start with the two you've met, shall we? Okay. Finn was the class 'bad boy' and he never really noticed you. But one day, you shouted at the Latin teacher and got detention for a month. Then he decided that you were 'cool' enough to hangout with. You two became pretty close eventually. Miranda hung out with us. You know that feeling when you meet this girl who seems to be separated from you at birth? That's exactly what happened when we met her. We were like... Whoa. You called her Totems because she was the tallest girl in our class. Okay.. Now..." She trails off looking around the lobby. "Aha! You see who Finn is talking to? His name is Adrian. Adrian Paul. He is a divorcee, but has a totally adorable 5 year old son. You two were class toppers in Chemistry. And then I don't know how, but you helped him out off a super messed up relation ship with this girl... I don't think she was in our batch... One year younger I think. Since you helped him clear out that mess, you two became friends. Then.." Her eyes wander around the room. She discreetly points at a blonde haired man, who was currently sipping white wine and laughing. "That's Jacob Matt. He has a lovely wife and three kids... A 7 year old girl, another 4 year old one, and a 9 month old baby boy. He was your best guy friend. Or so you told me 15 years ago." Britney's face turns a bit rigid when she sees a red head, standing at a corner and looking at her phone. "That's Veronica Mills. You, Veronica, Miranda and I were pretty inseparable... Until". She looks at me like, you sure you want to know this? I nod. "You and she had a huge falling out. You never told me why... But after the falling out, she left school. And now nobody knows why." I sigh. That was depressing. "Anybody else?" I ask, wanting to not talk about Veronica anymore. "Yeah... You were in a pretty serious relationship with-" A guy bumps into Britney. "Ow, what the-" she stops. "Devil!" she screeches, throwing her arms around him. "Britters. You're still as idiotic and loud as ever." He laughs. Um, hello? Confused girl over here!? As if Britney had heard me, she pulls away from him. She clears her throat. "Ashley, this is Leland. And Leland...you don't need an introduction, do you?" "Oh please, do go ahead." He says, teasingly. "Leland, this is Ashley", she finishes. "It's nice to meet you", I say, extending my hand. "Nice to meet you too", he replies, but I sense a little sarcasm in his voice. Britney senses a little tension so she says "I'll leave you guys for a bit... Go say hi to the others", and disappears into the crowd. "Okay enough", he retorts. "Drop the act Ash". I am startled a little by this. So Leland doesn't know either. Great. "I'm not acting" I choke out. "Uh-huh", he replies slyly. Like he knows better. "I was in a car accident two years ago", I say. "I don't remember anything from the time before that. I lost my memory." I show him the ID card the hospital had given me upon my discharge. "I'm an Amnesia patient".
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Hey y'all! Short update but I'm lazy today 🐗
