Chapter 6
Do you ever get the feeling that you're stuck, Kagami? - That no matter what you do, it's the same old story over and over again. That thing will never ever change? .- Adrien Agreste
I feel like I'm having a crisis and I don't know what to do honestly.
The school was over and the first graders were getting out of the schoolhouse. Nathalie was accompanied by Cody, Rouven, Elliot, and Eireen out of the building.
„Do you all give your parents the homework to check?" Questioned Eireen looking at the boys, that walked beside her.
„Doesn't Mrs. Donner do that?" Questioned Rouven looking at her cousin.
„I'm just curious to know if we should do that or not,"
„My mom suggested to me, that I should show it at home my homework after it is done. So they can correct me," Elliot added earning a nod from Nathalie.
„My dad said I could ask for help when I need it," Nathalie mentioned.
„Mrs. Lavillant…..well I mean my mom told me the same," Eireen pointed out. „I won't need to be afraid,"
„Our parents want the good for us. They're the most important persons for us," Cody added, then he looked along with the kids at the road where a few cars stood to take them home and Cody waved at a brunette man, which stood in front of a small car. „My grandfather is here to take me home,"
„And there's my dad," Nathalie pointed out at a small SUV where she saw her dad in front of the steering wheel and behind him, Rose Lavillant looked out waving at the brunette girl. „And your mother too,"
„Okay" Eireen commented, then Nathaniel got out and opened the door behind him.
„Hey, your mother is coming with us to visit Nathalie's mother in the hospital. You can get into the car if you want to," Nathaniel introduced earning a nod from the girl, which got into the car followed by Nathalie afterward Nathaniel got back into the car and drove away.
„How was school?" Questioned Rose. „Have you learned something new?"
„We learned how to spell and to connect words we know from our day," Eireen responded. „And in Math, we used the…..we had in Math to add a number to another one to find its solution,"
„Oh very well," Rose complimented.
„Oh, I know what you mean…..I only know we called it in German plus rechnen, before we used addition later in the second grad…...or we knew this before. I don't remember exactly," The redhead said making Rose chuckle.
„It's almost over 20 years ago we were in the first grade, but be happy to know how to add numbers," Rose added earning a nod from the childhood friend.
„Nathalie, what else have you two done at the school besides Math?"
„We could spell our name on a sheet and paint it," Nathalie responded. „We all have used our full name on it,"
„Oh and did your spell our family name right?" Nathaniel asked earning a nod from the daughter.
„Yes with a TZ," Nathalie responded. „K-U-R-T-Z-B-E-R-G,"
„Ah great, mamma will be proud of you," Nathaniel commented making Nathalie smile.
„Is she now awake?" Questioned Nathalie making Nathaniel shrug his shoulders.
„I suppose. I was more on thinking on passing by to see how she is,"
„She will don't worry Nath," Rose assured patting Nathaniel on his shoulder.
„Oh boy do you know, what you just made me think of?" Nathaniel asked making the blonde shake her head. „The last time before Lila left for her work she touched me right there as I drove her to the airport,"
„Wow right there?" Rose asked grabbing Nathaniel gently on his arm making him nod.
„Yes…..hey stop it, you're making me feel depressed," Nathaniel complained making Rose chuckle.
„Okay I'll do it," Rose stated looking further at the road, as they were reaching the bridge to head to the hospital.
Later on, the quartet walked along the corridor to head to the room of Lila Kurtzberg, where Nathaniel was yesterday to see her.
„Was this the hospital, where I was born?" Nathalie asked grabbing her father on his jacket, then he shook his head.
„Actually not. It was another one," Nathaniel answered. „Why?"
„I thought this was the one,"
„No, but you can ask your mother later. Maybe she can tell you it exactly," Nathaniel mentioned then noticed Rose snort as she remembered something.
„Oh didn't you complain on that day, that Lila almost broke your hand?" Questioned Rose making Nathaniel snicker at the comment.
„Yeah well, it was really painful. I did not expect her grip would be so tight during labor," Nathaniel admitted. „But everything went well luckily and we've got her in our life," Commented the father placing his hand behind Nathalie's head.
„Your mommy and daddy were so excited when you were born Nathalie. That was one of the best moments of their life," Rose commented nudging the girl on her arm making her nod.
„It's that door behind the chairs there. No. 235" Nathaniel noticed stopping in front of the chairs, then he looked back at Rose and the two girls gazing at him.
„Is it that room?" Asked Rose glimpsing over Nathaniel's shoulder to Lila lying in the bed stretching her arms while yawning making Rose smile. „Nath, she's awake," Rose mentioned pushing him carefully into the patient room and the kids followed the woman and Nathaniel stopped in front of the bed along with Rose, then he looked back at her unsure about what to do.
„What do I say?" Nathaniel asked making Rose cackle.
„Just say hello" Rose responded. „You're acting like it's the first time you're going to talk to her,"
„Well it sort of is…...after the accident you know," Nathaniel responded a little unsure, then Rose moved Nathaniel closer to the bed and smiled as Lila opened her eyes to see the two in front of her.
„H…..Hey Lila. Ho…..how are you?" Nathaniel began watching the woman move her arms aside feeling tensed from the entire day of lying.
„Good afternoon…..you're the…..."
„The…."Nathaniel spoke after her waiting for her to continue.
„The chef doctor, right?" Lila asked making Nathaniel raise his left eyebrow.
„Uh no. I'm Nathaniel,"
„Nathaniel the chef doctor," Lila finished. „You were here this morning to ask me how I was doing,"
„Okay now I'm confused," Nathaniel mentioned, then Rose leaned down next to Nathaniel to look into Lila's eyes.
„Hey Lila, do you know me?" Questioned the blonde watching the brunette analyze her and shake her head.
„No ma'am. I don't think I have seen you before," Lila responded making Rose look perplexed at the answer.
„Okay…..wait a minute….do you know this girl here with the brown hair?" Rose asked moving her index finger, so Nathalie approached the adult carefully. „You must know your little girl here Lila, right?"
„Aww whose that little girl here?" Questioned Lila placing her hand on Nathalie's cheek making her furrow her eyebrows getting slowly confused as Rose.
„Uh Nathalie?" The daughter responded rolling her eyes at Nathaniel which was getting worried about the situation.
„Uh…..don't you remember our daughter?" Nathaniel asked making Lila shake her head.
„Sorry, sir I don't have any kids. At least so far I know," Lila responded making Nathaniel widen his eyes.
„Shit," Nathaniel mumbled making Lila stare in shock at the redhead.
„Sir, you're cussing in front of children," Lila commented at the words of her husband.
„Will you stay here? I will see if there's a doctor around," Rose said walking out of the patient room, then Eireen looked at Nathalie, which stared at her mother, which looked confused at the shocked Nathaniel and held out her hand to the girl.
„Does it make you feel better if I give you a hug?" Eireen asked making Nathalie shrug her shoulders and give the young girl a hug.
„You really don't remember anything?" Nathaniel asked making Lila shake her head. „We're…...wait a moment," Nathaniel said taking out his smartphone and he showed her an image of the two sitting on a bench with Nathalie sitting on the lap of Nathaniel having her head leaned on Lila's shoulder.
„Oh Nathalie indeed is your daughter," Lila commented earning a nod from the redhead.
„Yeah and you're…..well….you're the….." Nathaniel tried to explain, then he heard the voice of a foreign man and he looked at the entrance to see a brunette doctor get into the room along with Rose.
„Good afternoon Lila, I see you have met some new faces today," The doctor began and stopped beside Nathaniel. „Do you recognize them?"
„This is the chief doctor Nathaniel….right?" Lila asked making the doctor shake his head.
„No, that's me," The doctor responded. „I'm Nathaniel Brunn," Explained the chef making Lila nod.
„And who's that?" Lila asked confused.
„Well he must be your life partner," The doctor answered earning a nod from Nathaniel.
„But I don't remember seeing him in my life before. I haven't gotten married yet," Lila countered making the doctor nod.
„I see. You know after the accident from yesterday you've hurt your head and we may need to do another analysis again. I've got an idea, what you might have,"
„Okay when is the exam?" Questioned Lila watching the man look at his list.
„I will need to inform them about you. I will come back later again, Mr. Kurtzberg and your friend can come with me out there," The doctor asked watching Nathaniel move further along with Rose and the kids, then all looked at the doctor waiting for him to talk.
„Did she lose her memory or something?" Nathaniel asked earning a nod from the doctor.
„It's not 100% confirmed, but we're going to make the exams to make sure this is the case and to find anything else we may have lost yesterday,"
„Okay, and if she's got amnesia, how long does it usually take her to remember things? How can we help her through it?" Rose asked watching Nathaniel place his arm behind Nathalie's back. „And how do we explain this to her kid…...well I mean hers and Nathaniel's,"
„Can take weeks, sometimes it can also take months. The most important thing is to not do it all at once on the same day. You should do it more….. in a routine. For example, imagine she doesn't know how to put a washing machine to work. Explain it to her step by step, do it the next day or the next hour again, wait and see if she knows it on her own or not. I will first make sure she gets to do the exam, later on, we will discuss it and I'll hand you out a brochure or two on how to handle persons with amnesia,"
„Okay," Nathaniel responded making the doctor nod and move further leaving the friends of Lila back. Nathaniel went down on his knees and grabbed his daughter on the shoulders. „Okay, so….Nathalie your mommy is okay, she just will need to do a few tests to see how she's doing," Nathaniel explained, then looked up at Rose which nodded and went down on her knees too.
„Your mommy is fine. She has gotten from the accident a little problem in her head with remembering her life, us, your dad, and even you. It will be a little different for us in the next past few weeks. She will not be able to know exactly who we are for the next time and it's important for us to not make her feel scared or anything if we want to do things we used to do,"
„We still can do some things with her as long as she wants or allows it. It's just…..because of the accident, that she doesn't know that we're her family,"
„Okay," Nathalie responded neutrally.
„Also she won't remember me, Eireen, Kagami, Adrien, Luka…..,"
„I don't even know her….," Eireen commented making Rose giggle.
„Yes you're right, you don't," Rose mentioned. „You will,"
„Yes Rose and hopefully she'll get to meet the Lila we know," Nathaniel added earning a nod from the friend.
So much complaining and I finished this chapter in almost 3 hours. Okay it wasn't that bad at all…..