Chapter Ten
"Thanks a lot Sunny," I murmured to myself.
I walked back out the door when I ran into Wanda.
"Wanda!" I was surprised to see her, "Hey, are you felling alright?"
"Why does everyone keep calling me that?" She asked, twirling around. "God, what is this place? It's so weird." She sounded different, like she switched personalities or something.
"Maybe I should take you to go see Doc..." I said slowly, reaching out to touch her arm.
She had done something different with herself, style wise. She was wearing a pink skirt. Her blouse looked awfully familiar too. Did she get them from my room?
"Who? I'm looking for Jason. Have you seen him?" She brushed her hair out of her face, pulling it back.
"Who is Jason?" I was confused now. A couple hours ago she was terrified to have anyone come near her, and now she is looking for some mystery person named Jason. What was going on?
"Mel! There you are! We've been looking for you. We had to take Ian to the washroom, he looked disgusting and smelled terrible," Kyle said, coming closer. "Oh hey Wanda. I didn't see you there... I'm sure Ian is going to be fine."
I turned to look at Kyle. He still looked really tired and stressed out. He really needed a shower too. I just stood there as Wanda raised her voice at him.
"What the hell are you talking about? I don't know an Ian." She started to walk away, knocking into Kyle's shoulder on her way. "And for the hundredth time, my name is not Wanda! People here are so stupid."
"What was that?" Kyle asked. He sounded confused. Join the club.
I was just as taken aback as he was. "I have no idea, but we need to tell Doc about it. She's acting different. Really different. Right before you came she was asking me if I'd seen someone named Jason." I leaned against the wall, sliding my right foot up to give myself more support.
"Who's Jason?"
"Exactly."
"Oh, right." Kyle chuckled to himself. He was always a little slow, but that just made him cuter. Not that I have an eye for him, I only look at Jared that way.
"So why aren't you with Ian?" I asked. I knew I was changing the subject, but I really was worried about him.
"Because they were giving him a bath."
"Shouldn't you be helping then? I mean he is your brother."
"That's exactly why I had to leave. I'm not about to give my brother a sponge bath. That's crossing the line." Kyle put his hands in front of him defensively.
We both laughed. "Okay, I guess I see your point. How many people does it take to give someone a bath?"
"Is this really time for jokes Mel?"
I laughed again, "Kyle that wasn't a joke. I was asking if they were all helping. You're so stupid sometimes." I play punched his shoulder.
"I knew that. I was just...testing you. So now that you passed, no they are not all helping," Kyle stuck his tongue out at me, "Doc and Jared are in the storage room, trying to find out what Ian took." All joking in his voice left as he said this. I could see the worry in his eyes.
"He's gonna be fine Kyle." I went over and put my arms around his waist, giving him a hug. He responded by putting his arms around my back, pulling me in closer. We stayed like that for a minute, breathing slowly.
"Are you guys like dating?"
We pulled away from each other to see 'Wanda' standing a few feet away, leaning against the wall.
"No, we are just friends," I said. Shouldn't she know this already?
She stood up to scratch her ankle. "Good. Because I must say, you're pretty hot." She winked at Kyle.
I raised my eyebrows and looked to Kyle for his reaction. He just stared at her, a smile appearing on his face. I hit him in the arm with my hand. "Kyle!"
"What?!" He turned his head in my direction quickly, then turned back to look at 'Wanda'.
She giggled. "So if you're single, we should hang out later." She licked her lips. Oh my God.
Kyle chuckled and looked down at the ground, scratching his forehead. What was this boy thinking?
"So you said earlier that your name isn't Wanda. What is it then?" Kyle asked. He was clearly interested in her.
"Alexandria. But you can call me Allie." Somehow she was making her voice sound, dare I say, seductive. 'Wanda' walked away after this, making sure to give Kyle a good look at her body.
After she was gone I gave Kyle a stern look. "Kyle! What is wrong with you? That's your brother's girlfriend!"
"Um clearly it's not. You saw how she acted. Besides she said her name is Allie. Pretty cute name." He was still smiling.
"Okay, that's it. I'm going to find Doc. Something has to be done about Wanda. Apparently whoever was in her body originally is back." Anger found it's way into my voice again. I left Kyle standing there and went to the storage room to find Doc. He was standing in the corner with Jared.
"Hey babe," Jared said, walking over to kiss me.
"Hey," I replied as I kissed him back. "Have you guys found anything?"
He put his arm around my shoulder. "Yeah. An empty bottle of sleeping pills."
"He took a whole bottle of sleeping pills?" My jaw dropped. I didn't want to ask, but how could a person survive that?
"No," Doc replied, getting up to walk over to where we were standing. "The bottle wasn't full to begin with, and there was a whole bunch splattered on the ground. My guess would be that he took 5-10 pills. Couldn't have been more than that or he wouldn't have made it."
"Oh my gosh. How did he even get a hold of them?" I asked. Hearing this caused me to become afraid. Anyone could do this to themselves in here...
"I had them in my office. It's what we used for..Walter.." Doc looked sad as he said this. "But I will start making sure that no one has access to any of this stuff from now on. I don't want something like this happening ever again."
"That's a good idea," Jared said.
"Well I should go check on Ian," Doc said as he started walking to the door, patting Jared on the shoulder on his way out.
"Doc, wait!" He turned around. "There is something wrong with Wanda."
"Yes, Melanie, I know that. She lost her memory," he said dully.
"I know that, but now she is looking for someone named Jason. She says her name is... Alexandria."
"What?!" They both looked at me, undoubtedly confused.
"I think whoever was in her body before is back." I was nervous, saying it out loud made it seem more true. How would this affect everyone? Most importantly how would it affect Ian?
"Are you sure?" Doc asked.
"I'm sure. She was...hitting on Kyle."
Jared raised his eyebrows, he had the same reaction I did when I saw it unfold before my eyes. Doc looked even more surprised.
"Where is she now?"
"I don't know. I left to come find you."
"Okay, I'll go see if I can find her. Then we'll go from there," Doc said as he left the room. I went to follow him when Jared grabbed my hand.
"Can we just talk for a minute? I feel like we haven't since our date yesterday," Jared said. His eyes were somber.
"Aww, is someone feeling neglected?" I joked with him.
"Ha ha very funny. I just miss you, and when I tried to tell you that this morning, you ran off."
"I'm sorry about that. I had to talk to Ian though and it was a good thing I did, or else...but I miss you too babe."
"Yeah I know, Ian was being an idiot. But tonight we need a proper celebration for our engagement." He came over and kissed me passionately while he started to lift my shirt up slowly.
"Jared!"
He dropped it and moved his hands to my face. It is the best feeling in the world, being with him. I wish I could do it all the time. He then shifted and starting kissing my neck and my shoulders, moving my shirt sleeve out of the way. I rolled my head back and put my arms around his body.
"Mel! Jared! Come quick!" Jamie screamed as he ran past the door.
I pushed Jared off of me. "What's wrong?" He asked me.
"Didn't you just hear what Jamie said?"
"Uh no. I was a little occupied with my baby." He smiled that gorgeous smile of his.
This did something to me that I have not felt in a while. I quickly realized it was butterflies. Butterflies. Oh what a wonderful feeling. I would soon get to feel them everyday. He was mine. All mine.
"You have no idea what you do to me every time you smile." I said. He picked me up, hugging me.
"Is that a good thing?" Jared asked as he started to swing me in circles. This made me giggle.
"That is a wonderful thing." I leaned down to kiss his forehead. "But we should probably go see what Jamie wants."
He set me back down on my feet. "Oh right, the ever needy Jamie," He said sarcastically.
"Jared!" I said, pushing him as we starting to walk to the kitchen.
(A/N: Hello everyone =) sorry it took me so long to post the next chapter. I wasn't really sure where to go with the story, but I finally came up with something. Hopefully it isn't too 'out there' for you guys.. hehe. And Happy belated Mother's Day to all of you that are moms =).