When I woke up, I was feeling dazed and confused. There was a boy around my age with blue eyes and blond hair, looking down at me worriedly.
"Rose! I'm so sorry for doing this to you! You've been sleeping for four hours and I was so scared and ashamed of myself! But right now, we need to complete the rest of the stages so we can get you to that test!"
"Um, do I know you?" I asked.
"Munchkin, it's really not the time to be joking." The guy yanked at my hand but I pulled away.
"What are you doing? I don't even know who the hell and what test you are talking about!"
"Rose." The boy's eyes widen in disbelief and his voice softened to whisper, "You forgot me?"
I shrugged.
The boy looked away, obviously hurt, and charged out of the room without a glance back.
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Luke's POV
I burst into the doctor's room to find him sitting on the sofa with his feet on the table, and he was humming like he didn't have a care in the world.
Wait, scratch that. The doctor has a sofa in his room?
"Doctor?"
No answer.
"Doctor?"
Dude, either the guy was deaf or he was just ignoring me.
"DOCTOR!"
The guy finally decided to stop humming and turned his head to face me in the calmest manner. "Sup?"
Sup? Maybe I needed to get my hearing check.
"I hate that I'm interrupting whatever you're doing but I have an emergency."
"Oh?" he asked as if I was kidding.
Wow. I didn't know that doctors could get on my nerves - or ANYBODY's nerve for that matter - but this one was really getting to me.
Without another word, I seated myself next to the crazy man and put my feet on his lap, just to annoy him.
He looked alarmed at the sight of my sneakers that were covered in mud and pushed it off his lap immediately. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, YOU SPOILT BRAT?"
"My man, keep your cool!" I said and slapped him on his back, causing him to jerk forward.
I then grab him by his collar and watched him struggle with the greatest amusement. "I can do this all day, doc."
I watched as the poor man struggled for another few minutes before he finally gave in. "Alright, what do you want, kiddo?"
"I'm happy to see that you finally decided to cooperate with me, doc," I said before pouring out Rose's condition.
"Oh," he said, once I had finished talking. "Are you the only one that she doesn't remember?"
"I don't know."
"Well, I guess there's only one thing you can do for her to get back her memory."
"I'm listening."
"Remind her of your best memories together."
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The Test
Short Story"Put her to the test." Rose Nightshade has had a fear of roses since the day she was born. What happens when she finally has to forget the fear in 24 hours, before she is put to the test?
