Remember

Chapter 4: Strange

I stare at Lisa.

She really can't hear it.

The pounding against the front door is so violent it feels like the entire house should be shaking.

BANG. BANG. BANG.

Yet Lisa stands completely still, listening to nothing.

Either I'm losing my mind or something is very wrong.

"Please tell me you hear that."

"I don't hear anything." She exasperates.

Another deafening bang.

I flinch.

"How can you not hear that?"

Lisa's eyes narrow like she's trying to decide whether I'm messing with her.

I'm about to lose it when a groan comes from the floor.

We both turn.

Drew moves.

Relief hits me so fast my knees almost give out.

"Drew?"

His face twists in pain.

Both hands immediately cover his ears.

"The banging," he mutters.

I freeze.

"What?"

"Make it stop."

My eyes widen.

He hears it.

I drop beside him.

"You can hear the banging?"

Drew squeezes his eyes shut.

"It's so fucking loud."

Relief floods through me.

Which is probably a horrible reaction considering Drew looks like he's dying on the floor.

But I'm not imagining it.

I'm not crazy.

"Lisa." I point toward him. "He hears it too."

Her face changes.

Instead of looking relieved, she looks terrified.

Then terrified becomes angry.

She stands and turns toward me.

"What did you do?"

I blink.

"What?"

"You show up here, Drew starts having whatever the hell this is, and now both of you are hearing something that isn't there. Drugged him?" She questions angrily.

She moves closer.

I'm on my feet immediately.

"I didn't do anything."

"Then explain it."

"I can't!"

She steps toward me again.

I put both hands out between us.

"I don't even know who I am, Lisa. You think I somehow know how to make imaginary people bang on your door?"

"Don't call them imaginary."

"You just said you couldn't hear them!"

"Exactly!"

Great.

We're both yelling about something only Drew and I can hear while Drew bleeds on the floor.

Completely normal evening.