The Forgetful

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It was a bright, cold day in april and I was walking down the hallway of my school when I heard someone say my name. "Samuel!" I turned around to see the kid screaming my name was none other than my neighbor claira. She ran up to me and said "I've been looking everywhere for you!"
"Aren't you supposed to be in 8th grade, This is middle school."
"No, I've always been in the same school as you dont you remember?" but I always thought she was 3 grades ahead of me. I must not be thinking right because she wouldn't be at my school if she wasn't supposed to be there, and all the teachers seem to think she was. So... I must have forgot.
The next day was like any other. I woke up to my alarm, I checked the weather, I got dressed, and I went downstairs for breakfast. She was at my table. Claira was at my breakfast table. So I just asked.
"What are you doing here?"
"What do you mean. I always come over for breakfast?" my mom seemed to agree so... I guess I just forgot? Next thing I know she's walking to school with me.
"I thought you ride the bus?"
"Samuel are you feeling ok? I always walk with you."
"Oh, I must have forgot?"
Later at school I realize. We have all the same classes together!?! How could I have forgotten that? Seeing her literally every day? But everybody is acting as though she's been here all along. What are the chances that 1 person is right and about 100 people are wrong. It's impossible! She was probably right when she asked if I was feeling ok? I might be sick or something? That's why I'm forgetting everything! It has to be!
I started getting tense, my body shook and my head was going everywhere. I looked at everyone in the school, they looked like they were possessed. But how?!? I shook my head and said to myself, you know what, I'm just imagining all of this. It can't be real! So I walked up to my teacher Mr. Fleming and asked "Can I go to the nurse? I'm not feeling too well" and I held my stomach for infacise.
"Sure".
The nurse said there was nothing wrong. But, after I persisted she finally called my mom to take me home. Once I got home I took my jacket off and I went into the living room to watch T.V. But the T.V. was already on. Claira walked in wearing sweatpants and holding popcorn.
"Do you want to watch 'body snatchers' or 'the sixth sense'?"
"What are you doing here!?!"
"We always have movie nights on fridays?" I look out the window and all of a sudden it's dark outside!?! So I say
"um...okay?"
After we were done with the movie she went home and I started to think about the events that have taken place, and none of it makes sense. I mean the neighbor becomes the friend, then classmate, then breakfast buddy, then walking buddy, then movie buddy. It's just too much and why can't I remember any of the stuff she's telling me? Thow all of this was floating in my head and driving me crazy at that. I managed to fall asleep.
The next morning was like the morning before. So it shouldn't have surprised me when I went down stairs and she was there. But for some reason when I tried to say "please go away!"all that came out was gibberish.
All of a sudden I'm paralyzed unable to speak move or make any sound at all. My chest feels like it's going to explode I'm covered in sweat and I feel like I'm going to puke.
I must have passed out or something because when I woke up I was in the hospital. Though everything I saw was blurry I could make out one figure in the corner. It was CLAIRA! I tried to scream but no noise came out.
"It's useless trying to scream no one can hear you let alone you hear yourself." I tried to say "how?" but really I was just mouthing the word.
"Oh... we've been watching you forever." I mouthed the word "why?"
"You were the only one who was immune to our mind tricks. We had to figure out how before we could eliminate you just incase we ran into any more problems such as you. But we couldn't figure it out because you started catching on. So we had to speed up our plan and instead of us observing you like your in a zoo were going to dissect you instead." almost like a command once the words had left her mouth four huge nurses walked in and started to hold me down. Forgetting what she had said earlier I tried to scream once more. But all I heard was her words.
"You brought this on yourself Samuel. We would have been happy just observing you but you just had to start questioning us!" the next thing I saw was the biggest nurse pulling a mask over my face. Then nothing.

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