Blessing in Disguise

Confusion

**Charlie's POV**
As soon as the words left her mouth my heart broke into a thousand different pieces. How could she not know who I am? I never even thought of the possibility of her waking up and not knowing who I am.
She was looking up at me with her beautiful chocolate brown eyes with sadness, confusion, and fear. I could tell she was waiting for a response but I couldn't give her one. How could I possibly explain our situation to her when she didn't even recognize me.
  "Miss Anderson, you've been in a bad accident dear. you're in the hospital wing" Madam Pomfrey spoke up for me. "Do you remember what happened?" She asked her.
"Accident? Hospital wing? I.. I don't remember"Lauren spoke quietly. Not looking at anyone directly. "I don't even know where I am" she confessed.
"You don't know where you are dear? This room isn't familiar at all to you?"
"No sorry, I wish I could say yes but it doesn't."
"Miss Anderson what exactly is the last thing you remember?" Madam Pomfrey asked her.

**Lauren's POV**
"Miss Anderson, what exactly is the last thing you remember?" The women who told me her name was Madam Pomfrey, asked me.
It took me a few moments of thinking to remember but when it finally came I looked up at Madam Pomfrey and confidently told her "I had just walked into the Great Hall, the sorting ceremony was about to begin. I was really nervous and worked myself into a panic when nice read headed girl standing next me... Ginny? I think that's what she told me her name was, helped to calm me down. Though I would not be surprised if I fainted" I said and letting out a soft chuckle. I tend to do that when I get nervous or anxious."
Happy that I was able to remember that, I gave Madam Pomfrey a big smile that quickly faded when I saw her Stoney expression change to a frown.
Nervous, I looked around at the other figures in the room and saw that they too all wore frowns accompanied by confusion in there eyes.
Suddenly, as if noticing it for the first time since I work up, I felt a tightness in my chest along with a feeling of pain and sadness. But it wasn't coming from me, those feeling were coming from someone else I just didn't know who, or why I could sense this.
I didn't dwell on it long as I noticed Ginny standing next to the red headed boy who spoke to me when I woke up.
  "Ginny... did I say something wrong?" I asked confused.
"Oh Lauren" Ginny let out tearfully. That's how that night went... well mostly anyway. You didn't faint she told me with a small reassuring smile.
"Oh well if I didn't faint, why do you all look so confused I asked them?"
After a brief moment of silence, Madam Pomfrey was the one to speak up. "Miss Anderson you were in a terrible accident, it seems the blow to your head you received has caused a bit of trauma which isn't unusual but the great gap in memory loss is definitely concerning" she told me.
"Gap in memory loss I repeated back to her." The words sounding strange on my tongue. "What do you mean?"
Ginny stepped forward and sat on my bed, grabbing my hand into hers. "Laur, your not in your first year she said gently."
"Not in my first year?" I asked interrupting her. "How can I not be in first year? I haven't even been sorted into my house" I let out a bit angerly. "Ginny you were there comforting me that night! We were both waiting to be sorted."
"Lo, look down at your robes" Ginny spoke quietly unfazed by my sudden out burst.
As I looked down at my robe I couldn't believe it, there right on the breast of my robe sat the Gryffindor crest. "Oh..." was all I managed to say.
"What I was trying to say Lo, is that we're in our seventh year. You've lost a whole seven years of memories" Ginny told me gently.

** Madam Pomfrey POV**
"That's quite enough for today Miss Weasley. I don't think Miss Anderson needs to be bothered with anymore surprising information today I told her sternly."
Giving a nod of her head in approval, Miss Weasley slowly unwrapped her hands from Miss Anderson and slowly backed up into the embrace of Mr. Potter.
"Miss Anderson I'd like to keep you here for a few more days of observation. You are still very weak from the accident and your memory loss is a matter of concern on how we should precede further."
"Will it ever come back Madam Pomfrey?" She asked me. When I looked into her eyes I wanted to fall apart. I've know this young women before me since year one when she came into my wing after a prank gone wrong at the hands of the Weasley twins. She's one of my most gifted students, I expected her to go on and do great things within the healing community.
"Memory loss is a tricky thing Miss Anderson. Some times it comes back all at once, other times very slowly over a long period of time, and sometimes not at all. Do not worry about that now, there are many things to still discuss but for now you need your rest."
Turning to speak to the clan of Weasleys and Mr. Potter, "I think it's best if you all leave Miss Anderson alone for the rest of the evening. Go home and inform the rest. I'll be speaking with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley shortly on where to go from here" I told them quietly.
"Madam Pomfrey" Lauren called timidly. "If it's quite alright with you I'd like Ginny to stay with me please."
"Of course Miss Anderson if Miss Weasley would like to stay she may but you are not to ask anymore questions nor is she to tell you anything more about your accident for the time being, understood?" I told her.
"Yes ma'ma."

**Lauren's POV**
I was scared, how could I just not remember 7 whole years of my life?! I was glad Ginny was staying with me though. As the others left, I was starting to drift back into sleep.
  I all I could think about was the weird tugging sensation happening in my chest and why the red headed boy who's name I don't know looked especially sad when I said I didn't know him.
I couldn't help but think that Madam Pomfrey and Ginny where keeping something bigger from me, something they didn't want to upset me with. Unfortunately sleep was taking over and I couldn't think about it any more for the time being.
  I feel asleep to Ginnys comforting voice telling me that it was all okay and that I needed to rest.

** Author's Notes**
Hope you enjoy this one! Bonus it's up before Friday so I'm happy. I have a little extra down time with week because I was able to get a jump start on some school work so hopefully I'll be able to post a bonus chapter Friday evening for you. Have a good week & stay safe xo