Lucky With Time~ Perri Kiely

'thats the kid with the afro'

'Okay Kacey, you've suffered short-term memory loss by hitting your head, I'm so sorry,'

'What year is it?' I ask in panic

'It's 2016,'

'No!'

The nurse nods her head sympathetically,

'W-Will it come back?' My mum stutters,

'It's hard to tell, it will most likely come back but there's no way of predicting when,'

Without another word, my mum stands up and walks out of the room along with the nurse.

Seconds later, a tall boy walks through the door and holds my hand,

'I'm sorry I-I don't know you?' I ask in confusion,

At that point I see his face drop and fill with worry, he tells me his name is Perri and that he's my boyfriend but I'm only a small child, I'm sure I am. Although my body looks a lot older? He shows me pictures of us and I don't believe it's me until he tells me I'm 16, he seems pretty genuine so I believe what he says, he tells me we met by bumping into each other, then he saw me in the park and I told him about what happened to my Dad, when I asked what happened he stood up and left the room,

'Oh Kacey,' My Mum sighs,

'Mum? What's wrong with Dad?' Then tears begin to form in her eyes,

'Mum,' I say again in worry,

'Kacey, your father died of cancer in 2011,'

'No?' I shake my head not believing her, and it's not until I look at her face again until I realize it's true. It was only yesterday we were playing football in the garden, eating our homemade cakes and talking about how English was better than science,

I burst out crying,

'NO,' I cry, 'No, not dad,' I sob, turning my head into my pillow and crying even harder,

'Shh, shh,' My mum says, standing up and hugging me in attempt to comfort me,

I cry hard into the crook of her neck and she rocks me gently, just as she did when I was a child.

-

'And you have a baby brother,' she whispers into my ear waking me up. I open my eyes and realise she's laying next to me, twirling my hair in between her fingers,

'I do?'

'Yeah and you're still best friends with Malin and Cam,'

'Good,' I chuckle,

'And that boy that came in, his names Perri, he's your boyfriend,' She nods her head to Perri through the window, he was sat on the chair outside the room with his head in his hands, tapping one foot on the floor.

My mum sits back in the chair and I turn around to face her,

'He's been sat there all day,' She smiles,

'And he's so good looking,' I whisper,

'Yep, he's very handsome,' She chuckles 'And he's all yours,'

'I feel like I've seen those other two before,' I mumble,

'Yeah they're from diversity,'

'NO WAY!'

'Yeah,' She laughs,

I didn't really pay much attention to them but I know they're amazing dancers,

'That's the little kid with the afro!' I gasp,

My mum nods smiling,

'He's so big now!' I still can't believe it,