Complicated (R.S.L/ R5)

Chapter 8

I wake to an annoying beeping sound and people surrounding me, beginning to take notice of me as my eyelashes slowly flutter open. As my eyes get used to the bright light that was hurting me already, I notice about 3 or four people in the room, a few slipping out and returning with more. One has a white coat, who must be the doctor, as he also has a clipboard.

"Hello Alyssa," he greets me. "How are you feeling now?"

I sit up a bit, trying to get comfortable, and a girl with long blonde hair comes to help me. She put her arm around me and moved the pillow up so I could look at all of them. I cleared my throat and tried talking.

"I... I feel ok. I mean, I feel a bit dizzy, and the lights are pretty bright so I have a mild headache, but apart from that, I'm fine," I replied.

He nodded and looked at me.

"Ok, that's good. We're just going to do a few routine questions to make sure everything's alright mentally as well. So what's your name?" he asked.

"My name is Alyssa Carmona," I answered.

"Ok. Your age?"

"Uh.. I'm 12."

He frowned and wrote something down.

"Alyssa, what's the date today?" he asked.

I stared at him confused.

"Well, if it's the same day that it was before the accident, 25th August 2008," I said.

He scribbled something else down.

"Alright. Can you tell me why you think you're here?" he asked cautiously.

I frowned and thought about that.

"Oh! I know. We were playing rugby, then Ryland threw the ball too hard and it hit me, and it knocked me out, that's why I'm here," I said.

"Who's Ryland?" he asked.

"Ryland is one of my friends. I'm friends with his whole family, him, Ross, Rocky, Rydel and Riker," I said happily.

One of the boys who were in the room interjected.

"Uh, I'm Ryland," he said.

"Uh, no you're not. Ryland is eleven. You're not eleven," I pointed out.

"Alyssa, listen to me. You're not twelve. You're eighteen. You got into an accident and that's why you're here," the doctor told me gently.

"What?" I asked.

The girl stepped forwards.

"It's true. I'm Rydel, and that's Riker, Rocky and Ryland," she said, pointing them out.

I stared at them, not knowing what to say.

"Doctor, why has she lost her memory?" Riker asked.

"It's not uncommon. If you have an overdose of pain medication, you can lose your memory," he explained.

"Hang on a second. Why am I even in here?" I questioned.

I saw them all looking at each other before the doctor responded.

"You got into a car accident, which is why you're here. You're extremely lucky since you have no broken bones," he explained.

"Then why did you say that I lost my memory due to an overdose of pain medication?" I challenged.

"We gave you pain medication, just to make sure that there was no internal wounds. We didn't want you to be in pain," he explained.

"Ok. So when can I go home?" I asked.

"We want to keep you here overnight for observation, but you're free to go home tomorrow," he explained.

I nodded.

"If you don't have any questions, please excuse me. I'm going to write a report of your medical status," the doctor said, before leaving the room.

"Honey, you're welcome to stay with us until you get your memory back, and even after that if you want. You usually live by yourself since your parents are on business trips, and I understand you might not want to be by yourself right now," Stormie offered.

"That's very kind of you. Thank you so much," I responded.

"It's no problem honey. I think of you as my own daughter," she said, smiling.

I turned to Rydel, who was the only one I trusted right now.

"Rydel, can you tell me some things about the past few years?" I asked.

"Of course. So, first of all, you grew up to become incredibly beautiful," she said, winking. "You live alone most of the time, but normally you're in our house with me, and we just chill together. You've graduated from school and are taking a gap year to just explore what you want to do in life, so you don't go to university yet. What else do you want to know?"

"Am I dating anyone?" I asked.

"Yeah, actually, you are," she said.

"Who?"

"Ross."

Ok, so I have a lot of time on my hands, and I've been having a lot inspiration for this, so I updated, yet again.

I was incredibly stupid in the last chapter and forgot to link the awesome trailer NoEasyLove made me. Please check it out!

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