The Girl They Never Noticed

Chapter 6

I really don't know how hard I hit my head to be honest. What I do know, though, is that I didn't hit it hard enough to make me forget I had a brother..

I am an only child.
My parents are only children - at least that's what they tell me.

Then who could it be? Who would've been at school at that time? I'm sure it wasn't Brad the menace because he'd rather see me burn for eternity than ever help me. Besides, he was the one who locked me there to begin with. My friends didn't get the message notification until after school was over, or did I dream up that too?? No one can hear me knocking because the basement has a weird entrance where you have to go into the janitor's closet and open a door somewhere along the walls, and with the screaming and noise of high school children, there's no way anyone could've heard me banging the door screaming for my life. Then how did that person come to find me? I need answers and I'm not gonna stop until I find them.

My head was pounding like crazy so I decided to leave this subject; for now. I'm definitely going to look further into this matter and Brad will definitely get what's coming his way. I looked at the clock on the wall to find it reading 12.40 am. How long have I been out? This really doesn't make any sense.

A nurse came to take me to my room from the emergency department. She put me on a wheelchair and I realized that I was wearing a hospital gown. As she wheeled me outside, I could see my parents sitting outside, my mom crying and Annabelle- the housekeeper- and dad trying to calm her down.

"Mom I'm ok." I managed to say. She stopped crying, without looking at me, then started crying again.

"Oh my Goodness! I can hear her talking! My imagination is hearing her telling me that she's fine. Baby please come back to me! I can't live without you!"

Yeesh mom talk about dramatic.

I told the nurse to wheel me closer to her.

"It's not your imagination mommy I'm actually here. I'm fine." I said putting my hand on her knee, my throat 

They all finally looked up to me and my mom lunged herself at me hugging so tight I could feel my bones break.

"Alexis! Oh my God you scared me to death! What happened? Are you ok? Are you hurt? Who did this to you?" She said all in one breath.

"Mom. You're. Cutting. The. Blood. Flow. To. My. Brain."

"Sorry sweetheart. But you got me and your dad worried."

"Oh so now you remember I'm here?" Said my dad, "but your mother is right little girl you really scared us." Then under his breath he mumbled something that sounded like "We can't loose you too."

My mom glared at him which made him be quite and he came to hug me.

"I'm really fine guys, just a couple of bruises and avenemousspiderbitmeandidiedfortenminutesthenbroughtbacktolife." I said all in one breath.

The both looked confused and my mom said "Honey, we only speak English, Arabic, and French, not whatever huba juba you just said."

So I told them everything, from finishing my test early, to finding myself trapped in the basement, how I fell, and how I've been brought here by someone who claims to be my brother; all the while leaving Brad out of the story because he's my problem from now on.

Their faces were pale as they heard everything and they kept looking at each other.

This time it was Annabelle who spoke. "Did you by any chance get a glimpse of the person who brought you here?"