Amnesia COMPLETED

Chapter 13

It was much later the evening and Maya was sitting outside in a park just awhile from her own place.
She thought that she could go back to where she felt safe.
She came to that park a lot but never actually just sat.
She had two pictures in her hand.
She looked at one of them and immediately had a flashback.

Josh: Yeah, Maya, you don't- you don't even really know me.
Maya: Yeah. You're right. I don't pay attention to anything you do. I don't know that you drive from Philadelphia to New York, not even looking if you got into NYU just so you could open your acceptance letter in front of your older brother because you love him, and you want him to be proud of you. And I see the way you are with Auggie. A little kid who looks up to you who you always have time for. And I know that even though you'd rather stay here with these girls, you're going to walk Riley and me home. Because that's just the kind of guy you are. I like you.
Andrew: Dude, what is wrong with you?
Josh: She's three years younger than me.
Jasmine/Charlotte: Sit down.
Josh: Yep-No! No, because I sat down the first time, and I feel like if I sit down this time it won't reflect well on me.
Jasmine: Yeah? How's this reflect on you? If you don't sit down, I'm gonna tell every girl on campus that you belong to the bravest girl that I have ever met. I'll make sure that no one goes out with you the whole time you're here.
Josh: Okay. I'll sit down. But only because I want to.
Jasmine: Maya, he's 17 and you're 14?
Maya: Yeah.
Jasmine: That might seem like a really big age difference now, but here in college, we learn a really difficult math.
Charlotte: Yeah. And when you get here, you'll be 18 and he'll be 21. And the good news is that he'll be smarter because he'll be in college.
Jasmine: And he just may be smart enough to look at you differently.
Josh: Okay. Thank you guys for figuring out my entire life for me. But this has been the worst party of my life. (to Riley and Maya) Come on. Let's go.
Jasmine: Oh, you're leaving?
Josh: I'm gonna walk them home.

She opens her eyes and looks down at the pictures.
Can't be.
She looks at another one and closes her eyes.

Maya: It was a choice I made for myself. I thought it was the grown-up thing to do.
Josh: It was. You're not so little anymore, Maya. I guess I have to stop looking at you like that.
Maya: Thanks. Means a lot to me.

Suddenly Maya isn't weary anymore.
She knows what happened that night but why?
Why does she remember it?
It doesn't make any sense.

"Hey Hart."
"Darla?" Maya said.
"What you doing here? This isn't actually your turve," Darla said.
"It isn't? Sorry I don't remember. I have amnesia. So I don't remember anything past August 2014. But I'm actually on my way. Nice seeing you."

Maya went back inside her apartment and had to process what had just happened.
She had no clue what was going on and she was as terrified as can be.
But why?
Why does she remember it now?