I was so excited when I got the call. I hurried to the hospital as soon as I found out that Adam finally woke up. When I got there, Adam was in his bed looking as confused as ever. I entered the room and ran to hug him right away. He tried to shove me off, but he seemed different.
"Please, let go of me." Adam said in a quite high tone of voice.
"Bro, what's wrong with you?" I asked him.
"Bro? Uhm… you're my brother?" he asked in another high tone.
"Hey… are you okay?" I was a bit worried now.
Adam looked scared, it's like he honestly had no idea who I was. He seemed so… uh… soft? I mean… fragile… innocent… he seemed… different.
I backed away a little and sat on the couch against the wall. I stared at Adam for a while and then I called my mom. I told her that Adam doesn't seem to remember anything.
She got here quite fast and she did the same thing I did. She rushed to Adam right away and hugged her really tightly. Once again… Adam repeated and carefully tried to push her away.
The doctor came in and asked to speak to my mom. They went out to speak and the room was silent. I could feel Adam's eyes fixated on me. When I looked at him, he seemed shocked and quickly looked away. I got up from the couch and sat at the edge of his bed.
"Hey… I don't know what this is that you're trying to do… but you can give it up when you're with me… C'mon bro, it's me! Mom is totally freaked out, seriously dude, this is a great idea." I patted him on the head and ruffled up his hair.
"Excuse me… can you not do that?" he asked me, slightly angry.
"Okay… I'm sorry… I just thought… is this for real? You don't remember me?"
He looked at me really strangely… as if he was trying to figure something out. I felt my cell vibrate and pulled it out of my back pocket quickly. I didn't realize that something else had fallen out.
When I put my cell back, my attention was drawn to Adam's shocked face and some piece of paper that he was holding. He kept switching stares at my face and the object in his hand.
I don't even know why I keep that… It's the picture of me and Gracie as children.
"Uhm… Is this… you?" he asked curiously as he pointed to the boy in the picture.
"Yeah… that's me." I told him as I gave him a nice smile.
"And… that girl? Who is she?"
"That's Ad… well... It's Gracie… my step sister…but she's go-"
"That's me… My name is Gracie? And You're my stepbrother? So, was that our mom? What's your name?"
"Oh… it's Drew."
He gave me a smile that looked so pleasant and almost… beautiful to look at. Adam held out his hand and said, "Nice to meet you Drew, I guess… I'm Gracie… I'm sorry I can't remember anything… but I'll try… I promise."
I looked at his hand for a moment before I took it and smiled back at him. It then , just registered to me that he has no memory of ever being… Adam.
My mom walked in and looked quite upset. I dropped Adam's hand and sat at the foot of the bed. Adam smiled at her and spoke…
"It's okay… Drew's filled me in on most of the things… I'll try my best to remember… you both seem so kind, so I'll try my best to be the best daughter."
I exchanged looks with my mom and she seemed really surprised by everything that she's heard.
"Uhmm… yeah… uh, Ada- I mean… Gracie knows who she is and she's going to try to remember more things."
Mom has always wanted Adam to go back to being Gracie… she missed Gracie so much, but Adam was Adam. I know it's wrong… but hey I wouldn't mind having Gracie for a while… It's not like Adam is never going to remember anything right?