Negative Space (Calum Hood A.U.)

Chapter 42 - Six Years of Slumber

Ashton's POV

"I'm Maya. Malia's my sister."

Life must be fucking with us right now. How can she be Maya when she's Malia all along?! I'm really fucking confused right now. She remembers being Maya but she acted as if she's Malia, wait, what, what the actual fuck?!

"No, no, no. You're Malia. You've always been Malia." I told her but it was more like I was telling myself.

Cassie walked over to me to try and calm me down. A lot has already happened, why does God keep adding problems over problems?!

"E, he's scaring me." The girl in front of me snuggled closer to Ethan. Maybe that's why. Maybe that's why she's always preferred Ethan. Her personality, Ethan, it's actually because of Ethan Salvatore.

The tension inside the room was cut when someone came in, "I called Frank and he-uh Malia, you're awake." Luke breathed out of relief.

Maya looked at him confused, as if racking her brain of any memory of him. "You're Luke." She knows Luke? As far as I can remember, Calum and Luke never met Maya, so why does she knows him? Or maybe Calum, too.

"Uh, yeah, Mals, I, what is happening?" Luke stammered.

"You look a little different than I remember, and taller." Luke looked at us confused.

Ethan then spoke, getting all of us out in the trance, "Maya." He breathed out making Luke a lot more confused. The girl on the bed looked at him. "What date is it?"

'What date is it?' Why would he-shit, is this like Calum's condition where he only remembers two years prior?!

"August 6, I suppose?" February. It's February 14.

"August 6, what?" Ethan asked further.

"2011." The day after the fire. It was August 5th, 2011. I'm so confused right now. I hope all the smart people here in the room tells me exactly what's going on.

Ethan looked at Luke knowingly and just that instant, a couple of nurses came inside and we were moved to the side.

"Okay, I'm really confused right now." Ethan spoke immediately. You're not the only one. "Cassie, you're studying it, know anything?"

"I'm a first-year psychology major Ethan, what the hell do I know?!" Cassie reasoned out.

We need to talk to a medical professional about this and I don't think this hospital's the right fit for her.

"She's acted as Malia her whole life and now she's claiming she's Maya?! What is the truth?!" Luke frantically spoke.

A nurse then interrupted our conversation, "Hi, uh we need to give the patient a medicine that'll make her doze off, just wanted to give you guys a heads up."

"Yeah, of course, thank you, we'll look after her." Luke answered, smiling at the nurse.

We watched as they inject something on her IV, completely forgetting about what we were talking about.

It took about a few minutes before Maya or Malia or whoever she is to fall asleep. Deep inside, it's kind a relief for me because we need time to figure out what's actually happening before we face her again.

The nurses left, leaving the five of us in the room.

Nobody talked after that but when I tried to, a phone rang. What's with all the interruptions now?!

Woops, it was my phone. It was Jackson.

I answered, "Hey Jackson, uh-"

"Calum woke up."