Memory Loss

Chapter 1 

Get the hell off of her!” Those words echoed in her head as she slid into the blackness. Everything was pitch black, she wouldn’t have even been able to see her hand in front of her face. How did that happen? When did it get so dark all of a sudden? She had no memory of where she was or what she had been doing. She was obviously with David, she was always with him, and it seemed he never left her side. He was too worried about what she might do, where she might go, or what she might say.

That made it hard to do anything. She hadn’t seen her family or friends in over two months. Her life pretty much revolved around David. The only person left in her life and she hated him, despised him even. Maybe now she was finally away from him, she hated being terrified of him all the time, all she wanted was to get away from him; to be rid of him would be like getting rid of a huge weight from her shoulders. But at what cost? It seemed now she was rid of him, she had also lost herself. Was this darkness the end for her?

“Chuck some water on her or something.”

“Rob we can’t do that.”

“Just splash a little bit on her face, it’ll help bring her round.”

“See, Jay said the same thing.”

“It’s a little different to chucking a bucket full of water on her though.”

“Alright this ain’t the time to be arguing, look, I think she’s waking up.” She squinted, it felt like her eyes were glued together and someone was trying to pry them apart. When she could finally see something, all that was there was a bright light. Oh god, she was dead. He had finally killed her. She knew this day would come. Panic overtook her; she couldn’t believe it had come to this. She had so much more to give, she’d had a whole life to live, yet she was at the end.

“Hey hey love, it’s ok, you’re alright.” Her eyes widened as she heard a voice. Five guys were all stood surrounding her. She sat up in a panic and cowered further into the sofa she was sat on.

“It’s ok we’re not gonna hurt you, you’re safe here.” The stranger smiled back at her. She sniffed back the tears that were stinging her eyes. Where the hell was she and where was David. “My names Gary, this here’s Mark, Howard, Jason and Robbie.” He pointed out each one to her, as they all smiled and waved back. She felt something trickle down her forehead, she reached up to brush it away, but when she looked at her hand it was covered in blood. She started to shake; she was overwhelmed with anxiety at what was going on. Who were these people, where was she, and what the hell had happened.

“We should probably take her to hospital, her head looks bad.” Jason said to Gary, who nodded agreeing. All the guys stood up, still watching her every move. She pulled her legs up to her chest, feeling extremely vulnerable. She watched three of the guys walk away, as Mark and Robbie stayed with her.

Mark looked down smiling at her, which seemed to relax and calm her down quite a bit, she already liked him, and he seemed nice. She pulled at her skirt; she frowned as she found a split in the side of it, almost as if it had been ripped, like someone was trying to tear it off of her. She looked at the five guys stood near her, even though they were strangers, she knew it wouldn’t have been them. It must have been David.

“Do you remember what happened?” The guy named Mark asked her. She noticed the concerned look on his face, she shook her head shrugging. He shared the concerned look with Robbie, who also shrugged. The other three guys walked back over, all forcing a smile at her.

“Erm… we’re gonna take you to the hospital.” The blond one, Gary, said calmly to her. Though her eyes widened and she opened her mouth, wanting to protest, yet no sound came out. She didn’t want to go to the hospital, she hated hospitals. She had been there too many times in the past. “Don’t worry we’ll stay with you, we just want to make sure your heads ok and make sure you’re alright in general. We’ll look after you.”