I might as well upload like crazy when I'm able to get on the computer.
Got six reviews, not ten, but six is good enough for me!
Can we get that again, folks? Anyways enjoy!
Breathe, they tell me. Just breathe. Try and see if you recognize anything.
Every picture they show me or any item they give me to hold, it's something new.
There is bony woman squeezing me hand, crying next to me, lightly rubbing my bruises and claiming she is my Mother.
I just sit still. It's hard to lift my arm, it being held down by wires and needles.
Only a few more tests, the men in the suits promised me. I am injected with some kind of liquid into my I.V by a nurse and I am looking at my hands when I fall asleep.
"Gwen?"
Who is Gwen? Oh yeah, me. My eyes flutter and I am now staring at an odd-looking boy with green hair and piercing.
"Gwen. Oh thank God." He puts his lips against mine, holding it there for a moment. I keep my eyes open, confused.
"It's Duncan. Remember me?" I begin to shake my head when he sighs. He pulls up the chair that my Mother was sitting in before I fell asleep, and takes my hand.
"We were…sort of a couple."
"Only sort of?"
"I don't know, really. We kissed…and did other stuff. I wanted to date you,"
"Then why didn't you?"
"Good question. Can't really answer that either. Anyways, damn, you look pretty beat up. What happened?"
His voice made my body tingle, as if it was screaming at me that he was familiar.
He rubbed his thumb against my hand, making me sigh in content.
"Yeah. Bruised ribs, they said."
"What do you remember?" He asks quietly.
I stare at his face, pushing myself to try and remember. It's almost to much for me, looking at him and only seeing a stranger, when he must have been something else than that.
"Not much. What did we do?" I liked the way he asked each other questions. Like a game. He raised an eyebrow, as if he was amused by the questions.
"Well, we were best friends since we were really young. Then we got older, and a few weeks ago we moved to kissing then onto more…adult things."
I must have had a confused look on my face, because he chuckled. "We had sex a few times. Actually, it was only a few days ago when we last did it." I nodded. I guess that explained my body reacting to his voice.
"How long you going to be in here, eh?" I shrugged, then winced.
"Take it easy, okay? I'll see you soon."
He winked at me, and started to rise. "I love you…" I said. He stared at me.
"Isn't that what lovers say to one another?"
It was my turn to raise an eyebrow in amusement. He grinned now. "I love you too."
I tried to collect and process my thoughts. Was his name Daniel? No, it was Duncan. I'm sure of it.
Duncan.
Duncan and Gwen.
Lovers.
Hmm, sounds good to me.
"Did you know that Duncan and I were lovers?"
I asked my Mom, who was now wide-eyed and shook her head.
"Lovers, you say? What kind of lovers?"
"He told me we spend nights together. Like, had sex."
Mom nodded slowly and took a bite of a biscuit I didn't want. "Has any other memories come to mind?"
I started to shake my head but remembered one thing that came to mind in a dream.
"Did I get a cat?" Mom began to laugh and cry and clap her hands together.
"Yes! Gwen, yes! He's at home right now!" She kissed my forehead ten times, and sat back down.
"Anything else?"
I shook my head. "Alright, well Gwen! I'm so proud of you!" She got up to kiss me again, then put my head in her hands.
"So, tell me more about you and Duncan being 'lovers'…"
I am released from the hospital a week later. Memories had been coming to me, some days flooding into my brain, some days nothing. I remember the day I met Duncan. My favorite movies and colors.
When Duncan and I first had sex…though some things my Mother tells me about seem like something new. Mom has invited over Duncan and his sister over to celebrate my return home, which they graciously accepted. I am laying in bed, my head pounding so hard I am cringing with pain.
They said I would have headaches/migraines the first few days of returning. It only gets worse when I am seated at the table with Mom and my apparent lover and lover's sister.
I cry out in pain, and watch as they pat me on the back and Mom holds me as I cry. After that dinner is quick and silent, everyone wanting to make sure I'm in bed for a good nights sleep.
I see Mom talking to Duncan, who is nodding back.
"Gwen honey, Duncan and Maddy are going to spend the night tonight, alright?"
I nod, not really caring. I excuse myself from the others to go back into my room. I find myself being extra cautious when going up the stairs, the whole situation frightening me.
It's only a matter of time before the pain begins again, and I am screaming for help.
It's dark in my room so I don't see who enters, but the voice makes it clear.
"Gwen. Can I lay with you?"
My body screams yes, so I do as it tells me to do.
"Yes." He crawls in beside me, and positions me so I am cradling in his arms.
When I should be pushing away because I barely know this man, I don't. He is warm and firm and comforting.
He murmurs little things in my ear I can't understand, and begins kissing me. Honestly, I don't know how to kiss anymore. The memory is gone, taken away like the others.
"You okay?" He mutters to me when I don't return the kiss. "Sorry, I'm kind of moving fast for you, huh?"
He begins to move his face away from mine when I stop him.
"I don't remember."
"What?"
"I don't remember how to kiss."
I can make out his grin in the blackness. "I'll help you out, alright?" I nod, and he once again presses his lips against mine. As we kiss, my mind sums up all I remember.
My name is Gwen. I have a cat, who I have yet to name. I fell down my stairs at home and lost my memory. It's coming back though. I have a best friend named Duncan. I lost my virginity to him. He's in love with me, and I'm in love with him. I like to draw. I want to have sex with Duncan again. I like his voice. Duncan. Duncan, Duncan, Duncan.
Duncan and Gwen.
Lovers.
Yes, I could get used to that.
I tried to make is as long as possible :p 1180 words/ hell yes.
Is it just me or was this one weirdly serious...
meh.