𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃'𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃

twenty-four

𝑻𝑾𝑬𝑵𝑻𝒀-𝑭𝑶𝑼𝑹

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the group of worried friends rushed through the hospital to mackenzie's room but were stopped by maddie who told them they couldn't go in. they sit down and stay until they could see her. zane paced, and paced, while everyone got even more tired. everyone started to leave and soon it was just melissa, maddie, zane, and johnny.

"go home, you guys. i'll text you if anything else happens. mostly you johnny, you just got into a car accident." maddie, says, but neither zane or johnny move an inch. "no, maddie. i can't. i'll be fine." johnny sighs. "yeah, i can't either. i want to say goodbye before i leave." zane says, keeping his head down.

after an hour, mackenzie's doctor finally walked to the four worried visitors. they all stand up feeling tensed. "she's awake." he says, as they sigh feeling relieved. "but she has amnesia." he says finally, and zane and johnny's heart dropped. the same question popped in both their heads; does she remember me? "the only thing is, we don't know just yet how far she remembers, so we need your help figuring it out."

they all nod, and the boys sit as melissa and maddie enters mackenzie's room. they sat silent as maddie tries to figure out what she remembers; dance, nadia, their dad, and of course her and melissa. they both tell the nurse of what she remembers but as maddie walks out, she tries to a avoid looking at johnny. johnny found this quite weird, but just ignored it and walked into mackenzie's room. "hey, babe." zane walks over to her, and kisses her forehead as johnny closes the door. "hey, mackenzie."

but mackenzie stays quite and looked at both of them weirdly. "uh, i'm sorry, who are you?"

both zane and johnny's heart dropped to their stomach. they were both very speechless, and zane stood up from where he was sitting. all three stayed quiet until johnny started to walk towards mackenzie. "y-you don't remember us?" he stutters a bit, and mackenzie shakes her head no.

"uhm, zane why don't you talk to her before you leave? i'm going home. i-i'll come back later." johnny says before leaving the room. tearing up, he stood outside the door. "johnny?" maddie walks up to him. he started to sob, and maddie quietly wrapped her hands around him, as he cried into her shoulder. he eventually stops, and breaks the hug. "uh- uhm, i need to rest. i'll come back tomorrow." he starts walking out the hospital.

"mom, can you pick me up?" he says into the phone when his mom answers thr call she received from her son. "yes, honey, i'll be right there." he waited for his mom, all thoughts running through his mind. when his mother's car pulled up in front of him, he hops into the passenger seat. "how's mackenzie?" mer asks. "uhm, she's fine. she's awake. but, " he starts, feeling a lump in his throat, "she doesn't remember me." he looked out the window. "oh, hun, i'm-" mer started to say before she was interrupted. "no, mom, it's fine. at least she's okay."

noticing that he ignored his friends wishes of keeping them updated, johnny texted the groupchat to ask if they would meet up with him at his house. his friends were relieved he was fine, but all felt gloomy from the unfortunate events that occured in less than 48 hours. johnny found himseld in disbelief when the last conversation held in the group chat was about the dance that suddenly turned to the car accident.

but as he watched the buildings he passed by through the car window, he pondered over mackenzie. and how he could possibly tell his friends about kenzie's current situation.

𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒛𝒊𝒆

i felt a hand holding mine, and lips kissing my forehead as they say all of the most perfect things. or what would be perfect if i knew who it was. i gently grab their, and feel a headache start to form. the hand pulls away and i hear a voice, faintly, call for doctors. i start to open my eyes and my vision wasn't clear, but nurses and doctors walk into my room, and find a boy getting pushed away. all thoughts started going through my mind.

where am i? what happened? who was he? was he the one who kissed me?
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in the past hour, a lot has happened that are all blurry now. i got asked questions about my memory. my name, my family, high school, my friends. i remember me. i remember maddie, my mom, my dad. i remember dance, nadia and brynn. but i don't remember starting high school. last thing i remember was summerbreal. but apparently, the first semester of high school is done, and were almost half way done with the second one.

the doctor starts to write notes, and i pull up the courage to ask. "uh-uhm, what happened? to me?" he looks to me, "you and your friends got into a car accident less than 36 hours ago. but we'll talk more about it later. just for now, your sister and mom are coming in to ask you more questions, okay?" i nod, and he smiles at me before walking out.

my mother and maddie walks into my room, and i grin wide to see them. they come over to hug me, and i hug them tight. "hi, baby, how are you feeling?" my mom says, and sits beside me. "confused, but okay." i respond, "so you remember us?" maddie asks, and i nod. maddie looks older. like she grew up a little. but apparently, it's been months. "so, what are the questions you need to ask me?"

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