Forgotten Memories | JENSOO [18+]

Chapter Three: The Call

The cloak of darkness was beginning to lift. Strange sounds began sounding around her. Beeping. A slow, rhythmic beeping. Comforting. Voices in the distance.

Who's talking?

Her tongue felt like lead within her mouth.

Where am I? I need to move. Can't move. Why I can't move?

Darkness again.

A soft noise caught her attention. There's that beeping again. A cool cloth placed on her forehead.

Oh, that feels good.

I still can't move.

I need to see.

She focused all concentration on the one act of opening her eyes.

You can do this! She scolded herself.

Open your eyes! Her eyes fluttered open.

Okay, now move your head. Figure out where you are.

That was easier said than done. Why did her head feel like a lead balloon? Rustling noises.

What's happening?

"Hey," a soft voice called to her. "We've been waiting for you to wake up."

Jennie turned her head in the direction of who'd spoken. A woman with long blonde hair and brown eyes smiled as she looked at her.

Major effort, but Jennie licked her lips. "Who-"

Oh God, where did my voice go?

"I'm Lee Sungkyung," the woman told her.

Okay, that answered one question.

"Where-"

"You're at Myungse Hospital, Miss Jennie," Sungkyung told her.

Okay, this Sungkyung woman knew who she was.

That was nice to know.

"What-"

She was quite good at figuring out what she wanted to know.

"You were in a car accident."

"Appa-" Jennie managed to say before exhaustion flowed through her again. The woman was gone.

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Jisoo sat at her desk when Yeri entered, breathless.

"Jisoo!" Yeri called to her. "The hospital called."

Jisoo jumped out of her chair.

Now what medical crisis had developed?

The past sixteen days had been one nightmare after another. Jennie experiencing fevers that couldn't be explained. Her reflexes wouldn't respond to stimuli.

Would this nightmare never end?

Yeri reached for Jisoo's arm to stop her. "Jennie woke up," her face beaming at the words.

"What?" Jisoo couldn't believe it.

"Only for a moment or two, but she woke up. The nurse just called."

Jennie woke up!

A heavy weight lifted from Jisoo's heart. She reached for Yeri and swung her around.