Into A Lovely Woman (on-hold)

Chapter 7: Impression

Chapter 7

Impression.

     Sculpted nose buds in my nose. They felt cold.

      Wait… Where am I?

      Please don’t tell me I died again! I don’t want to live another life of another human. I don’t want another adjustments, another set of family, another lifestyle! I’d rather be dead for good! Aw… I felt something ache in my head.

      “She’s awake! She’s awake!”

     “Thank goodness!”

      I don’t understand. What happened? I opened my eyes slowly. Ouch. The lights are making my eyes hurt! I can’t see clearly. “Are you feeling okay? Kylie?” said a familiar voice. Was that Aly? “Where am I?” I had to ask. I cannot remember how I got in here. “Who are you?”

      “Oh, no! She has amnesia! Nurse! Nurse!” Aly cried. Her voice faded away and the door swung closed. It seemed like she ran outside. If I will think about my situation, I’d rather act like I have amnesia than act like I know how things work around here. Will that be easier? I guess that’s better than this.

      I felt the door opened again. Was it Aly? Or the nurse? I heard footsteps coming near me. I felt someone was with me in the room. Who was it? Suddenly, I smelled a scent of, uh, what was that? A flower? If I can recall, this was the smell of roses. I don’t understand. Who will give me flowers? Is this Beatriz?

      “I am sorry. I didn’t mean to. Please get well soon.” But it sounded like a male.

       The sound of the footsteps slowly faded away. I don’t know who it was. Was it Christian? Did he visit me here? I haven’t heard anyone sound like that. Who was he? It was a mystery, a mystery I want to uncover.

      “There! Doc! She asked where was she and who was I a while ago!” a voice said. Aly was in panic once again. “We don’t know yet. We will see later, when she wakes up. Please, don’t panic. It’ll only scare the patient.” The doctor said. Thanks to him, Aly would shut up and calm down a bit. The last time I was confined in a hospital was when I joined a drag racing with the other boys from our school. I almost won when suddenly it rained and I bumped into a post. I lay on the hospital bed for three weeks, long enough to cause me a trauma.

      This was the only time I actually enjoyed staying in the hospital. For what reason I am here, I don’t know. But it was a good reason to escape encounters with people. Sweet escape.

      “Aly. Thank you for staying by her side. I just can’t leave the office right now. Everything’s so messed up in there, I can’t take a leave off.” That was Beatriz. “No problem Ma’am! It is my pleasure. Hi there, kiddo! You’re growing taller and taller!” The kiddo was Jerry, I’m sure. Aly and Beatriz voices slowly blurred. I'm guessing they took a walk together.

      “Jerry?” I called. I wanted someone to talk to. Not Aly nor Beatriz. They won’t understand. They won’t help me. "Psst. How are you feeling??" He asked, holding my hand. Such a sweet gesture. I opened my eyes and the light blinded me. I took time to blink a few times before answering. "Ooh. My head hurts. What happened?"

      Really. My head hurts, and it only hurted when I tried to sit up straight to look at Jerry, but he advised me to just stay put. "Your head, hit the ground. You rolled over the bleachers. So... here you are. Two days asleep." Yes. The last thing I can remember was Aly's craziness. And my face, my head, connected into another body.

      "Jerry. There's something I need to know and figure out."

     "What is it this time?"