Amnesia

Life

Hero

"I'm sorry what?" I look at each one of the women surrounding me and suddenly loose myself.

  "Are you fucking kidding me?! I'm seventeen how is it possible to be married right now? I don't care, it is not 2022 or the fucking year you say we're in. I want everyone to just get out of this fucking room." How the fuck did I go from fucking Elle last Wednesday to having a fucking wife ?!

I see Jo crying but I don't fucking care, I am so angry at her, at my mum, at everyone in this motherfucking world, hell, even universe !

  Suddenly, I feel Mum taking me by the arm and she says : "Look Hero, I don't know who do you think you are right now, but I am still your mother. And I say 'Calm down!'. I know it is a shock but you can't treat us like this, treat Jo like this. The poor girl has been by your side all-day long, she hasn't eaten since yesterday's lunch because she couldn't eat on the plane from Paris knowing you were hurt. You said no to the hospital, you unintentionally put yourself in this situation, so you just fucking calm down."

I have never seen my mother this angry. Her face is deep red and her breathing erratic. She has her fists in a tight grip on my arm and I think she might have scratched me. I look down at my hand and begin to notice some differences I haven't seen before. My hands are more 'manly', I think. My arms are way more developed and when I touch my hair, it is way much longer than my usual.

I look behind Mum but I don't see Josephine, she might have left. She is probably right, I mean, I would leave to if the person I love shouts me to go when he already doesn't know who you are."Excuse me baby, but it has been a very very long day."

  She sits down on the bed next to me and take one of my hands in hers.

"I shouldn't have shouted at you but, none of us deserved the outburst you know? I can't imagine what you are going through right now, but I know that if we work together you can recover your memories and everything will be back to normal. Now the question is, do you want to go back where you were."

  I genuinely don't know how to answer this question. I mean, this morning I thought that I was late for school after a one-night stand with, my wife? All of this is just giving me a headache. "Will you come back tomorrow with Jo, Mum? I'm really tired and I'm not ready for the big convo yet."

"Convo? Well, that was very Australian of you." She giggles in a mocking way.

  "What? No, I think I'm just young enough to use this Internet slang Mum..." She chuckles for a bit but stops when she sees I'm not joining her.

  "I know baby, just kidding. Bye love, see you tomorrow." She gets off my bed and waves from afar.

"Bye Mum." As she leaves the room, I slowly drift off to sleep, my last thoughts being the most beautiful pair of blue eyes crying because of me.

Josephine

I can't believe he rejected the truth the way he did. I understand it must be hard to learn that you are suddenly twenty-five years old and not seventeen and you have a wife. I couldn't take any more so in the middle of Martha's speech, I had to leave this room. I need to eat and rest or I won't last long. I go to the Neuroscience Department's waiting room since everyone has moved there and go take my food. I am a crying mess the moment I enter the room and Titan takes me in his arms.