"who are you?"
The words don't register in my mind at first. I chuckled. "Sweetie, it's me. Cmon stop pretending."
Roses expression dosent change. Everyone's looking at me. Tears well up in my eyes.
"H-hey stop pretending Rose...i-its me, you know me-"
"I don't know who you are."
Tears spill down my cheeks as the realisation hits me.
She has amnesia.
I sob loudly and cry, wiping the tears on my sleeve, but they just keep coming.
"I-what.."
The doctor pulls me aside in the hall.
"She is experiencing, a uh..a side effect, if you will, of the surgery."
Side effect.
"Side effect?! She forgot about me, she forgot everything and it's just a side effect to you-"
"I understand your concern, Ms Velasco, but please note that she can recover her memory, and she hasn't forgotten everything. She isn't in pain or discomfort."
"But she forgot me." I cross my arms and look down, not knowing what else to say. I was angry, and sad, and I wanted to punch that doctor in the nose.
I walk back into the hospital room, where Roses mother is sitting next to the bed and talking to her quietly. I quickly wipe my tears from my cheeks.
"Do you really not know me?" My voice cracks
"I..no I don't, I'm sorry.."
I sigh and her mother gives me a sympathetic look. "We can try to 'restore' her memories, by telling stories or showing her things." She shrugged and started to get up. "I'll leave you to it."
I sit in the chair beside her and she smiles at me with uncertainty.
So I tell her the whole story. The wrong number, how she turned out to be the same girl I loved, the thing with Duke, how I came out to my mother and we got into a car crash. I told her how I really liked and cared about her and how I hoped she would remember me, because for the love of God, I've never had anything like this.
She blinked. Then smiled.
"Julia, I knew it."
I look at her confused. "What?"
"I knew you'd fix it."
"D-do what?"
She chuckles and smiles with teary eyes.
"I remember you"
I exhale and get up quickly, cupping her cheek and kissing her passionately.
At that moment she was all I wanted in the world.
Little did I know. Everything would chance soon enough.
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{my best mistake} (ONE)
RomanceJulia Has known her sexuality her whole life. she's always liked girls, no question. she's never dated though, because of her mother's disapproval for anything but straights. her best friend Duke have a "relationship" to hide the fact that she's a l...
