I opened my eyes.
When I did, I saw many things.
I saw a room, with white walls. But then, there was this curtain. It was a blue curtain. Yes, blue. That's blue. Good, I'm doing good.
Then there was a TV. It was off.
There was also a very irritating beeping noise. When I turned to look at what it was, I saw a window, but I also saw... I can't remember what those were called. You know those things that you see at hospitals that track your heart rate? Those.
Wait a second. I was in a hospital? Why?!
I looked around and saw lots of other machines. They did other functions, I was guessing. Well obviously.
I tried to lean up and see what else there was. The bed made a squeaking noise, and I heard someone stand up and start stomping towards the bed I was laying in.
I looked up and saw a boy, who was about 18 or something, looking at me like I was the most important thing in the world. He had black hair, and blue eyes.
I cleared my throat. "Excuse me, but are you a doctor? Or a doctor's son or something?"
The look on his face was terrible. I honestly felt like jumping out of my skin. He was staring at nothing, and his mouth was slightly open. Besides that, you could see the pure look of anguish in his eyes.
"Um, excuse me?"
"Corinne. I-it's me. You know, Lane? I-I thought you were dead! Are you feeling okay?"
I most certainly did not know any Lane. And I wasn't feeling okay. Not at all. "Okay, um, first things first. No, I do not know you. I'm not dead... I don't know where you got that idea. My heartbeat is still being annoying as ever on that wonderful machine. And no, I'm not feeling okay."
He reeled back.
No, seriously. He let go of the bed and took about five steps backward. He stared at me. I stared at him back.
"May I see a doctor?"
"Corinne?" He looked like I squashed his favorite dog and threw it into a blender.
"Stop that."
"Corinne!"
"Sir, I want to see a doctor."
He grabbed me by the shoulders and started to shake me very lightly.
"Corinne. It's Lane. Lane? Me? Corinne, please. Please please say you remember." Tears started to form in his blue eyes.
"Remember?" I blinked once. "But sir, I've never met you. Would you please let go of me now?"
He let go of me. And then he stared at me.
I stared back.
"Sir, if you will not leave, I will have to call someone in here and ask what is going on. And I will tell them that you have no business being here, since I have no clue who you are. I also want to see my mother, if that's okay."
He started to come towards me. He reached over the bed and pressed a button. I thought that was the button of doom, so I screamed.
I honestly thought the button was going to cause my bed to explode, or it was going to call in this "Lane's" assassins.
But it didn't. It called in a very scared looking doctor. "Corinne? Are you okay dear? I heard you scream? Are you in pain?"
"No, not at all. This..." I looked at the boy, "person who claims to be someone named Lane is causing me anxiety."
She gave a nervous laugh. "Lane? Would you like me to escort him out? I thought you knew him. Even your mother said you did. And your friend Janie."
Janie, yes I remembered her. I also remember my mother. But no Lane. No lane in person, I mean. Of course I remember a lane.
"They did?"
"Yes."
"Well, I don't."
She frantically looked at her clipboard that she was holding in her hands. Funny. I didn't notice that before.
"I will go get your mother."
With that, she left the room. Leaving me alone with this... this... this insane boy who claims to be something a car drives on! I'd like to drive my car over him! Then he'd leave me alone.
He was looking away from me though. I didn't understand why. He was all, 'Corinne? Corinne it's me! I missed you Corinne! I can't stop looking at you Corinne! I'm crying for you Corinne!'
Now he avoided looking at me.
"Um, are you okay?"
He clenched his fists. "Just... just please be quiet for a moment. Wait for the doctor."
"No."
He spun around and looked at me like I was crazy. I was seriously wondering the same thing.
"No?" He did this really creepy laugh that made me want a gun. "No? You never say no to me. You never will say no to me. I watch over you, I help you. Now? Heh. Now? You act like you don't know me. How dare you say no to the man that loves you?"
I was beginning to wonder if he was bipolar. "Because. It isn't illegal, is it? I can do whatever I want. Plus, you didn't look after me. I've never met you before."
He snapped. When I say he snapped, I mean he started to sob. He also started saying things like "She doesn't remember me." And "Why why why god? Why?" And "please. Have mercy."
I thought it was pathetic. I didn't feel sorry at all though. He had no right to be all pissy at me because I didn't know him. All I said was no. Was that really that bad?
Whatever.
Then, the door opened. The doctor walked in, followed by my mother and Janie.
Oh thank the lord in heaven.
The doctor completely ignored Lane, and Janie and my mother ran towards me with tears in their eyes and they started saying things like, "are you okay? Are you hurt? Are you in pain? You remember me, right?" And I said No, no, no, yes.
They seemed very relieved.
The doctor cleared her throat and shot Lane a glance that said "pull yourself together."
He did.
Then she said, "I believe you'd like to know about what is happening to Corinne right now, Lane. If you'd like to know, I need you to sit down and be very silent. Can you do that for me?"
He nodded.
"Good. Okay, Ms. Conway, Janie, Corinne, Lane, I need you all to listen. This is very important if you'd like to know how she was effected by the car accident." Janie started to fidget.
"As you three know," she looked at Janie, my mother, and Lane, "Corinne was not wearing a seat belt and therefore flew threw the front window of Janie's silver Kia. This caused many cuts and bruises, nothing major as far as her body is concerned. But, her head hit the window very very hard, which we found out caused... let's say amnesia to occur."
I stared at her blankly. Amnesia? Does that mean.. I knew Lane before? No way. Absolutely not.
"It really is a miracle she remembers any people at all. The people that she remembers are the most important key to getting Corinne through this very huge shift in how life is usually going to work. As we've seen, Corinne seems to remember only the people who have been with her just about her whole life. Lane, I'm afraid you haven't been with her practically her whole life. This must be the cause of her not knowing who you are." He glared at her. "Now, do you understand?"
She looked at the four of us one by one. We all nodded.
"Corinne, I'll need you to tell me if you remember anything else." I racked my brain for anything I remembered that could be important.
"I remember how to speak, and common sense. And stuff like that. I also remember... I don't have a dad. Well, of course I do... but. I remember Janie told me once that I don't need him to be happy. I remember my mom telling me she loved me... but... I can't remember anything else."
Lane opened his mouth to speak.
"You may leave now, Lane." I told him, curtly.
He stared at me.
I stared back.
"Did you hear me? Are you deaf? You may leave now. I don't want you here. You also aren't an important key for my health, so leave. You haven't got anything of importance to help me. So I want you to leave."
He stared at me with a face that gave away how much I just ripped his heart into pieces. I didn't care. I didn't remember him, I didn't want him here. I was just being honest.
"Oh, Corinne!" Janie hugged me. "I'm so so so sorry! This... this wouldn't have happened if only... if only!"
She sobbed. I told her it was fine, even though I didn't know what she was talking about. To be very honest, I wanted very badly to get out of this very very uncomfortable bed.
"When can I leave this retched place?"
"Corinne! When did you lose your manners?"
I looked at my mother. "I'm very sorry. I'll rephrase."
"When can I leave this very unpleasant shit hole ma'am?" I very politely asked the doctor.
She just gaped at me.
"Ma'am?"
She turned on her heel and started to walk away.
"Soon. Trust me. Very very soon."
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"What in god's name Corinne?" Janie was very upset with me. I had no idea why. I did nothing. No, nothing at all.
"G-O-D. And very lots of power. And holiness." I replied.
"Corinne! You were so rude to Lane! You seriously don't remember him? He was the center of your world. The only man you cared about. The only man who made you smile. And the way you spoke about the hospital to the doctor? Oh Corinne. Someone help your soul."
"No. I don't remember him. He most certainly is not the center of my world. He is a very... crazy, immature, love struck son of a taco that I do not wish to associate with."
"What has happened to you?"
"Nothing. Nothing at all. I only flew threw a car window, had amnesia, forgot everyone, and woke up in a hospital with a very pleasant psychopath standing over me."
There were tears in her eyes now. "Corinne. I don't mean that. You are a completely different person now. You used to be so kind and sweet and... I just don't understand." Her voice cracked.
I really didn't understand what I was doing wrong. It was confusing me. "What do you mean? I'm just myself. If I'm different than before then, well, that's not a big problem. You can just excuse yourself if you hate my 'newness' all that much."
She gaped at me. I just stared at her. This was really getting me upset. This was really confusing me. And above all, it was making me want to find a hole to crawl into.
I just turned on my heel and took a nice stroll home.
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This was a very very dramatic chapter. Good lord.
Haha sorry. Anyways, now you probably see how Lane was heartbroken, and now you know what happened to Corinne. Are you happy?
Good!
I don't find this very sad from Corinne's point of view, since she honestly doesn't give a shit. But... I might do something that could help that? Maybe? I don't really know. Just... look forward to a surprise! And... and yeah I'll post another chapter tomorrow most likely. If I'm not too busy reading.
Thanks for reading my story in the first place!
-StoriiCinzz (Stella)
