Losing a Winning Battle

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~~~~~~GERARD'S P.O.V~~~~~~~~
I guess we didn't tell Sylvia about the concert. I look down at Sylvia, who was laying on my lap braiding her hair. She looked a bit pale, like she was ill.

"Hey-uh... Are you feelin alright...?" I ask softly moving hair from her eyes. 

She looks up at me seeming a bit dazed, "huh?" Was she lost in thought again?

"You alright, you look sick," I ask again.

She giggles and says, "yeah, I'm fine."

The boys  were all talking and joking around, but I knew that we were all thinking the same thing. I hear Brandon clear his throat and we all look at him. "Sylvia," I ask quietly. 

She looks up from her braid, "Hm?" 

I look up at the boys, then finally ask, "Do you remember anything from yesterday?"

She looks up and I could tell she was lost in thought trying to remember yesterday. I knew her answer before she even said it, that blank face told everything we needed to know. "We were talking about bowling, but I dunno if we went or not."

I excuse the boys and I for a minute and we walk outside the trailer. "Should we try to keep asking her," Brandon asks first.

I let out a sigh, "I don't know... Maybe we could try to remind her by telling her what happened yesterday..."

Frank shook his head and says, "we could cause some bad memories to come up. Maybe she wanted to forget."

Brandon looks at Frank confused, "Why would she want to- Oh wait....Never mind." 

"Gee," I hear a soft familiar voice call from inside, "some girl called asking for you..."

"Coming," I quickly yell to Sylvia, and then say to the boys, "I'll be back."  I rush inside and grab the phone off her. "Eh? Hello," I say into the phone and look down at Sylvia, her cheeks were kinda pink. Maybe she is sick? 

"Hey it's Kyla, Gerard, are you free tonight?" The voice on the phone asks. 

"Uh yeah, why?" I question. It was the girl we went bowling with.

"We'll Vivian and I wanted to hang out with you guys tonight," She says with a little giggle.

"Um, okay. Where," I ask, then quickly add, "and when tonight?"

"Hmmm lets go to the park, erm Belleville park at eight," she says.

"Alright, see you then, I guess," I say and hang up.

When I go to turn around, I hear the bathroom door stam close, and Sylvia is gone. I let out a sigh, and shake my head. "Welp, nature calls," I think to myself with a small laughter.

"Hey, Sylv, hurry and shower and get dressed, we're going shopping," I says just before walking out.