Memory Loss

Chapter 2

     She feels as if she’s lying on a soft, fluffy cloud.  As if she’s floating in mid-air without a care in the world.  A smile graces her lips, she feels at peace.  Finally at peace in the world, until she hears a voice.    

     “Lydia… Hello, Lydia are you awake?”  Her eyes shot open, she had no recollection of where she was, or who this guy was sat in front of her.  “Lydia relax it’s me Mark, remember.  You got hurt so the boys and I brought you here last night.  It’s ok.”  She remembered now, she had gotten hurt and they had helped her out. 

She shook the haziness from her head and looked over at Mark, he sat smiling at her from the end of the bed.  She couldn’t remember going to bed last night, the last thing she remembered was talking to Gary, she must have fallen asleep on the sofa and he must have put her to bed.  Just at that point the bedroom door opened and in walked the blonde man who had captured her interest the night before.  He grinned at Lydia and she noticed he was carrying a tray full of food.  At that point Mark stood up and made his way to the door.  

     “I’ll leave you to it.”  He said, leaving Gary to sit down in his space.

     “Morning, I brought you some breakfast, I didn’t know what you liked so I brought you a bit of everything.”  Lydia looked at the tray that Gary had placed in the bed between them.  There was a bowl of cereal, a plate full of toast and some fruit.  He had also made her a cup of tea and brought her a glass of orange juice.  She picked up a piece of toast and mouthed thank you to him, they shared a smile before she bit into her food.  As Lydia sat eating, she picked up the pad and pen that was placed on the bedside table, and began to write to Gary.

     “I don’t remember going to bed last night…”  

     “Ah, no you fell asleep on the sofa so I brought you up here.  I hope you don’t mind, I just thought you’d be quite uncomfortable on the sofa.”  She nodded and smiled at him, he knew that was her saying thank you.

     “So I have a few questions...”  Gary nodded.

     “Ok, I don’t mind answering them.”  She smiled and began her writing spree. 

     “Ok first one, what day and date is it?”  Gary’s eyes widened, though he tried not to show how shocked he was to Lydia, he couldn’t believe she couldn’t even remember that.  “I know it’s bad, but I really can’t remember anything.”

     “Ok well, today is a Saturday, and the date is 20th February 1992.”  She nodded and started writing again.

     “What do you do as a job?”  He chuckled, he knew this would be something she’d either be shocked by, or excited about.

     “Well… the boys and I are in a band together, we’re called Take That.  We’ve had a couple of songs out, they’ve not done brilliantly but we’re doing ok.”  She nodded, looking pretty impressed. 

     “So what do you do, the singing or dancing?”  Gary laughed and she noticed for the first time he had a real belly laugh on him.  She already knew it would be one of the things she liked best about him.

     “Definitely the singing, I actually write the songs.  Howard and Jason are the best dancers, though all of the boys dance better than me.”  Lydia smiled back; she could tell she’d have a lot of fun with these guys. 

     “Er I found your bag last night, after you fell asleep.  I don’t know if you have anything in there that says how old you are or where you lived.”  He picked her bag up of the floor and handed it to her.  She took out her purse, and upon opening it, found a picture of five beaming children.  Gary looked at the picture and noticed they looked slightly like Lydia, his eyes widened as the thought of them being her children, entered his head.  “Are they yours?”  Lydia looked up at Gary, but the room quickly faded away until she found herself sat in a room packed full of people.