Jacob's POV
I sat there it's been a week and so far all Echo knew was her first and last name. She sat there and she didn't trust anybody else but me "She could have chose to remember anyone else why me?" The doctor said it's probably because I was the last person she saw when she went into the coma and the last when she was out. She watched me she didn't talk to anyone much mostly because she was probably feeling dumb. But I sat in the same room as her and she was looking at me and she finally said "Are you Tony?" I felt a knife stab my heart who was Tony? And why did she say his name before she fell? Was he her boyfriend? Or her brother? I choke out "No" and she looks disappointed she did all that thinking and I disappointed her. She looks away and she starts to sing the song that she did after she stared at me and journey. She remembered a song! I said "What song are you singing?" "A song I once heard before its called Bulletproof." She says like its the most obvious thing in the world and I ask "When did you hear it?" "2 days or so ago." She says and my heart drops she heard it after she woke up. I pull out my phone and I search the song it was from the 90s. I look up at her and she says "Do you know who took me up that hill?" I felt fear in my blood and she looked at me expecting an answer and I stare into her brown eyes and I say "Not anymore" she continues "Because I remember a name but not a face and it really bothers me." "What name do you remember?" "Tony" she says and my heart sinks again and I ask "Do you know my name?" "It's Jacob" she says and I feel amazed my heart pumps happily until she says "If you want me to guess your name I suggest you don't write your name on your phone case." My heart drops and I look away and I ask myself "How do I get her to remember?" She starts to him a familiar tune and a few lyrics. "Say something or I'm giving up on you. I'll be the one if you want me to. Anywhere I will follow you. Say something I'm giving up you." I look away acting like I can't hear her and she smiles and she continues "Your the one that I love and I'm saying goodbye, say something I'm giving up on you." She then stops suddenly and she stares into space and she looks at me in tears and she said "You! You did this to me! I can't remember Tony who was he?do you know how much that hurts?knowing that there's a piece of the puzzle missing?" She cries and I walk over to her and I ask "What happened?" "He's gone I will never get him back. I don't know where they put him!" She cradles her knees into her face and she slowly rocks herself and she mumbles "I'll love you no matter what Tony I swear."I walked out heart broken knowing that this Tony was her world and that I will never be. I walk down the road wondering where I was going until I saw that nurse and she was staring at me and I looked up at her and she said "Come here" I walked up to her and she gave me a piece of paper. And she motioned for me to walk away. I look down and it says "1312 Gordon Avenue be there at 12:00 tonight for the time of your life." I see a number and it says "123-789-4200" and on the bottom it says in neat handwriting "In case you want to become a more frequent visitor." I put the paper in my pocket and walk to the coffee shop and I order a vanilla latte and I sip at it thinking about those simple words that shattered my heart. "Are you Tony?" I close my eyes and I command myself to stop thinking about her she loved Tony and he was gone. She had no idea who he was either she could not remember his face I'd only imagine that how painful it would be to love someone so tremendously and not remember what they looked like. I stare at my coffee and I decide one thing "I'm giving up on her she doesn't love me." I get up and I pull out my phone and I phone the nurse it goes to voicemail and I say "I'll see you tonight." I feel my stomach drop and I realize that Echo is off my mind and out of my heart but that left me only a cubic centimetre of my heart the part that was dedicated to everyone else except Echo. I feel an ache in my chest and I walk back home I was walking a long time I lay on my bed and I stare out the window wondering what will happen next. I grab the C.D I was going to give Echo and I smash it off my wall it was La roux Songs and that was the singer of Bulletproof. I saw it shatter and I let the tears slip down my face as I mentally ask for help from anyone. I lay there motionless and I decide "Being with other girls erased the pain." I walk to a big house and I decide to knock and I see a tall girl as beautiful as ever and I kiss her she kisses me back and she leads me to her room upstairs. We have a heated make out session and after a bit I remember Echo so I push her away and I walk down her street waiting to replace her. I check the time it's 4:30 and I have 8 hours or so until it's time to go. I find a girl in Starbucks and we hit it off in the bathroom. After I finish her I move on to another and another and I finally see Journey sitting at the table her phone in her hands but I knew I couldn't get her because she looked too much like Echo. I walk out of Starbucks and I feel my heart throbbing and I decide to have a nap. I lay my head on the pillow and I immediately throw the pillow to the ground it smelt like tea tree oil that was her shampoo or perfume and I couldn't stand it I walk into the guest room and it wreaks of it. I open all the windows I strip the bedding and every thing that smelt of it I wash them I spray Febreze all over the room and I leave windows open so it can air out. I spray it with Watermelon Perfume and it no longer smelt of Echo.
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I take out the laundry I smell them and the scent leaves being replaced with laundry detergent. I remake the beds and I smell the room and I open the bathroom door and I grab the Tea Tree Oil showering products and I dumped them all I spray the bathroom and I walk back to my room and lay down. I can now sleep in peace. I try to rest but I can't and i decide to play some video games. I look at Mortal Combat and I put that and Halo at the bottom of my games pile. I decide to play Saints Row and I finish a whole profile and I make a new one re-playing the game. I read the clock and its dinner time 8:30 I get up and I grab some chips,pop and I avoid Munchies and fruit. I eat and play I decide to play Saints Row 2. And I get halfway through the game until my timer goes off for 11:30 and I get ready and I search Gordon Avenue and I take my money and I go to town getting ready to call a cab.
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After a few hours with the nurse who's name is Sarah my D*ck hurts due to her sucking it too hard my teen hormones craved more but thank god by the time we were done I remained a virgin. It was so wrong but it felt so right. She lay there in her undergarments and her hand on my leg and she whispers "Did you enjoy yourself?" I get up and put my pants on, I add my shirt and I grab all my belongings my phone, my virginity, and my clothes, I walk downstairs and I open and close the door. I was pubescent and it hurt I go to town and I hang out at McDonald's until 3:00 a.m and I drink Vanilla Lattes and ate Strudels and I phone my dad at 5:00 from the middle of town and I told him I went out for a run to clear my head. I slowly walk back and when I get there I see the Bitch-Mobile a black van and in the chair that I sat in was Echo she was sitting there thinking and I looked away. It hurt me to see her like that so I walked inside without a word. I lay down in my bed and my eyelids drop in exhaustion and I sleep peaceful knowing that I didn't care for Echo A Flood anymore.
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I wake up in my bed with my boxers on and I had my face stuffed into my pillow,7the sun was shining through my curtains and I heard Shelby and my Father talking. "They said she can't come out of the hospital for a couple of weeks." I hear Shelby say and I hear my dad "Well listen to the doctors I will not be the second signature agreeing that she is mentally well enough to leave early!" "Well nobody else can sign it Bill and Margo won't because they have their heads screwed on right and it can't be Ross because he's too close to her." "Well you have to be 13 and older to agree or disagree." Shelby stops talking and she finally says "I know someone who will agree" I hear footsteps walk down the hall and stop at my door and I hear my dad say "You are not asking my son to agree to this he only came of age 8 months ago!" "But he cares enough about Echo to understand that she can't stand the hospital anymore after her breakdown yesterday she said she won't stay in that god forsaken place another night. She even crawled out of her window and slept on the balcony instead of her bed." She turns the nob and my dad grabs her hand and he says "Shelby stop I'll sign it but you will not pull Jacob into this." They walk off and it becomes strangely quiet. I open my eyes and I see that it's 3:00 in the afternoon and I heard Echo walk by and she suddenly stops and she turns the knob and she says "Jacob?" I remember her sweet voice ringing in my ears and I say in my morning voice "Yes?" "If Shelby asked you to sign the papers would you?" I couldn't answer that because I wouldn't have if she needed further help then I would have made sure that she got it and she can only get it by staying in the hospital. I swallow hard and I say "I'm not sure what your talking about" she looks hurt and she whispers under her breath "Katana" I feel dazed a minute and I realize that she was talking about the girl on Mortal Kombat. She stood there confused until she said "Mortal Combat DC Superheroes." I smile and I say "Yes that's it it was the game you and I played together." "No I remember it from something else." She thinks too hard and she suddenly forgets about the topic and she looks at me like she forgot that I was there and she said "Who are you?" I look at her confused and I say "It's me Jacob." "I don't know anyone named Jacob" she looks around and she says "Where am I?" She panics and she screams Shelby runs over and she said "What's wrong sweetheart?" "Who are you?" She screams at the top of her lungs "Help! Help! I've been kidnapped! I don't know any of these people!" She runs away and I know for a fact that she will be impossible to catch. She screams more and Ross says "Shelby she needs to stay in the hospital it's what's safer she's back at the beginning she doesn't know any of us." Shelby says in between sobs "I want her back she needs Journey and I need them both their like my daughters." Ross looks at her concerned and he called the doctor telling him every detail about her losing her memory again. And that she was going to be staying inside the hospital until whatever she has gets better. I feel disgusted they were talking about her as if she weren't a human but instead a yucky mess that needed to be cleaned. I felt tears coming and I blinked them back and I sat on my bed thinking about nothing except how Echo might not leave that hospital when she gets there.
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I lay down on my bed and I stare at the roof thinking "Why did Echo have such an effect on me?" Did I think about her too much? Was she just a girl in my imagination? Did she even exist? Did it matter?. I get up and I see my bare chest how muscular I was. And how I saw Journey staring at me because she likes my muscles. Or how when Journey touches me I feel like I'm betraying Echo. Or how when I see her it only reminds me of her and how she doesn't remember me and never will.I look out the window and I see the trees and I smile remembering how she effortlessly crawled up Suicide Hill and when she saw me struggling she probably thought it was ridiculous. I didn't know how or when but I was going to steal Echo's heart whether she remembered me or not I was going to be a brand new person but one thought lingered in my brain "Maybe she forgot me for a reason.Maybe it was best that we stayed away from each other." I let it sit in my head and it seemed to like it how I was on the verge of tears just saying her name. My heart was aching and it was ripping itself apart I needed a new chance at love or whatever the hell this was I needed to find a new Echo. I needed someone who made me feel the way she did even if she may not be as beautiful as Echo but how could such a thing be possible? In an instant I knew who may be the solution to my problem or she may the person who makes it 10x worse. I walked up to a girl with brown, curly hair and light blue eyes she smiled at me and I smile back.
I grabbed her waist and pressed my lips against hers
That's when I knew I would never get over the faint Echo of my purity telling me to find her, But it's not my fault I didn't listen.
