Perfect No More
Chapter 5: New Faces, A New Name
"Where am I?"
Nicole stared at the girl, who was sitting up tangled among the white sheets of the bed staring back at her. Little Nicole didn't know how to answer the older girl, but she put on her cutest, best smile, and spoke trying to sound as professional as her mother.
"Hello, my name is Nicole Winner. You are in a hospital in Kyoto, Japan."
The other girl just watched Nicole patiently, with curious yet scared deep red eyes, then spoke slowly, finding a soft whispered voice.
"Hello, Nicole, thank you for your information. I am sorry to say I don't know who I am."
The two girls stared at each other, blue into red; the little hand gripped the pale lithe one. Silence flooded the room. Until, all of a sudden the door flew open startling both girls. The older one stared up at the door looking out through shocked wide red orbs, as tears of fear formed.
Nicole looked up with surprise, but soon her expression brightened with a smile as she ran to her mother, standing in the doorway.
"Mommy, she woke up! She is really nice too."
Alex, who was behind Katrina, took hold of Nicole in his arms while she approached the young patient. The girl, however, was absolutely terrified by the sudden entrance of all the people in the small room. Tears now flowed freely down her pale face, as she slowly inched backwards on the bed, trying to get away from the approaching woman, who was now sitting on the edge of the bed. Katrina saw this and put on a reassuring smile.
"It's all right. I am not going to hurt you."
She slowly reached a hand out to the girl, who looked at it with curious, pondering eyes. Carefully, she took the outstretched hand and allowed the white-coated woman to proceed in checking her own trembling body for any injuries, and started calmly asking the girl a few questions.
"Can you tell me if you feel any pain at all? Also, can you tell me your name?"
The girl just shook her head limply, then Nicole yelled out, make everyone turn to her.
"Mommy, she doesn't know anything, not even her name! I told her where she was and who I am!"
Katrina nodded, wrote something on the clipboard she had clasped in her arm across her chest, and turned back to the girl.
"Well miss, you seem to be in perfect health, except that you have a small case of amnesia, which is either from severe head trauma, or just a major blow to the head."
The girl turned her dark red gaze out the window and spoke then unconsciously as if her mind was somewhere else thinking of someone, "Will I get it back soon?"
Katrina frowned, "In these cases, we are never certain what's going to happen. You may get it back in full, maybe within a few weeks or months, or you may be able to find bits and pieces of it over long period of time, or you may never get your memory back at all."
Hearing this, Nicole jumped from Alex's arms and ran over to stand next to her mother, with a beaming smile.
"Since you don't have memories of the past, let me give some introduction, this is my mother, Dr. Katrina Winner, and that man over there is my stepfather, Alex Rica." She said, as she pointed to each of the said people.
Katrina smiled, laughed lightly at her daughter's attempt to help, "You know, you are welcome to stay with us, for as long as you wish, and we will do everything we can to help your memory."
The young girl smiled lightly in agreement.
Nicole's facial features then turned to one of curiosity and started tugging on her mother's white coat.
"Mommy we don't even know her name, what do I call her until she does remember again."
Katrina nodded and turned to face the girl's red, confused gaze, "Nicole's right, you do need a name, see if you can remember, what people called you before your accident, ok?"
The girl nodded and tried to find her voice again, through her earlier tears.
"They called me, L—l—e—a—......"
However, she still couldn't fill in the pieces of her past not even her name. The three people in the room were puzzled by her words, and pitied her when they saw the tears well in her dark red orbs. Nicole then yelled out with an accusation, "Llana!"
Everyone stared at her, but looked back at older girl, as she let out a small giggle. She laughed at the little one's naïve cuteness. "I like that." This seemed to relax everyone. Katrina then confirmed.
"All right then. We'll call you Llana, at least until your memory comes back."
TBC
All right so it's not as long as the last chapter, but give me a break chapter 4 was doozy to think up, I needed to calm down a bit after that whole dream sequence, it gave me nightmares just think about it. Anyway chapter 6 is going to be long too, because the girl "Llana" is coming out of the hospital, and gong to be finding herself, so it's going to be long and might take awhile to write. But just bear with me. I'll have it up as soon as I can.
Preview: Chapter 6: New Discoveries
See you next time
White Spirit Angel
Chapter 5: New Faces, A New Name
"Where am I?"
Nicole stared at the girl, who was sitting up tangled among the white sheets of the bed staring back at her. Little Nicole didn't know how to answer the older girl, but she put on her cutest, best smile, and spoke trying to sound as professional as her mother.
"Hello, my name is Nicole Winner. You are in a hospital in Kyoto, Japan."
The other girl just watched Nicole patiently, with curious yet scared deep red eyes, then spoke slowly, finding a soft whispered voice.
"Hello, Nicole, thank you for your information. I am sorry to say I don't know who I am."
The two girls stared at each other, blue into red; the little hand gripped the pale lithe one. Silence flooded the room. Until, all of a sudden the door flew open startling both girls. The older one stared up at the door looking out through shocked wide red orbs, as tears of fear formed.
Nicole looked up with surprise, but soon her expression brightened with a smile as she ran to her mother, standing in the doorway.
"Mommy, she woke up! She is really nice too."
Alex, who was behind Katrina, took hold of Nicole in his arms while she approached the young patient. The girl, however, was absolutely terrified by the sudden entrance of all the people in the small room. Tears now flowed freely down her pale face, as she slowly inched backwards on the bed, trying to get away from the approaching woman, who was now sitting on the edge of the bed. Katrina saw this and put on a reassuring smile.
"It's all right. I am not going to hurt you."
She slowly reached a hand out to the girl, who looked at it with curious, pondering eyes. Carefully, she took the outstretched hand and allowed the white-coated woman to proceed in checking her own trembling body for any injuries, and started calmly asking the girl a few questions.
"Can you tell me if you feel any pain at all? Also, can you tell me your name?"
The girl just shook her head limply, then Nicole yelled out, make everyone turn to her.
"Mommy, she doesn't know anything, not even her name! I told her where she was and who I am!"
Katrina nodded, wrote something on the clipboard she had clasped in her arm across her chest, and turned back to the girl.
"Well miss, you seem to be in perfect health, except that you have a small case of amnesia, which is either from severe head trauma, or just a major blow to the head."
The girl turned her dark red gaze out the window and spoke then unconsciously as if her mind was somewhere else thinking of someone, "Will I get it back soon?"
Katrina frowned, "In these cases, we are never certain what's going to happen. You may get it back in full, maybe within a few weeks or months, or you may be able to find bits and pieces of it over long period of time, or you may never get your memory back at all."
Hearing this, Nicole jumped from Alex's arms and ran over to stand next to her mother, with a beaming smile.
"Since you don't have memories of the past, let me give some introduction, this is my mother, Dr. Katrina Winner, and that man over there is my stepfather, Alex Rica." She said, as she pointed to each of the said people.
Katrina smiled, laughed lightly at her daughter's attempt to help, "You know, you are welcome to stay with us, for as long as you wish, and we will do everything we can to help your memory."
The young girl smiled lightly in agreement.
Nicole's facial features then turned to one of curiosity and started tugging on her mother's white coat.
"Mommy we don't even know her name, what do I call her until she does remember again."
Katrina nodded and turned to face the girl's red, confused gaze, "Nicole's right, you do need a name, see if you can remember, what people called you before your accident, ok?"
The girl nodded and tried to find her voice again, through her earlier tears.
"They called me, L—l—e—a—......"
However, she still couldn't fill in the pieces of her past not even her name. The three people in the room were puzzled by her words, and pitied her when they saw the tears well in her dark red orbs. Nicole then yelled out with an accusation, "Llana!"
Everyone stared at her, but looked back at older girl, as she let out a small giggle. She laughed at the little one's naïve cuteness. "I like that." This seemed to relax everyone. Katrina then confirmed.
"All right then. We'll call you Llana, at least until your memory comes back."
TBC
All right so it's not as long as the last chapter, but give me a break chapter 4 was doozy to think up, I needed to calm down a bit after that whole dream sequence, it gave me nightmares just think about it. Anyway chapter 6 is going to be long too, because the girl "Llana" is coming out of the hospital, and gong to be finding herself, so it's going to be long and might take awhile to write. But just bear with me. I'll have it up as soon as I can.
Preview: Chapter 6: New Discoveries
See you next time
White Spirit Angel