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"Rio?" she tried to ask, but it came out as a cracked whisper. She didn't notice until then but her mouth was so dried out and she still couldn't feel her feet. There was a fast shuffling from her left and the man in a white coat turned quickly. At first he seemed surprised and then relieved. He smiled down at her and then to her left. She followed his gaze to a boy standing at her bed side. Did she know him? No, she didn't know who he was. She didn't know where or who she was for that matter.

"Now that she's awake, I'll need to fill out some paper work and alert the authorities." The doctor said from her right. She kept her eyes on the boy who spent his attention on the man talking. "I'll be right back so please keep an eye on her." The boy nodded and watched the doctor walk out of the room before turning towards her again. He smiled brightly down at her and took a step towards the head of the bed. She scooted back against the wall, trying to keep the space between her and the boy. Her toes and fingers tingled as she did. He laughed.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." He said taking the step back to where he was before and pointed in her direction. "You've got bed head." She nodded slightly and shook her head hard enough for her hair to fall in her face. She had short black hair that seemed to fall in front of her eye naturally. Why was this new to her?

"W-"her voice cracked again. She cleared her throat as the boy leaned over her to hand her a cup of water, which she took graciously and swallowed without hesitation.

"Where am I?" she tried again for words, finding them this time. The boy stopped smiling for a few seconds before shaking his head back and forth. His spikey brown hair fell into his eyes and then lifted back up naturally. She found herself wondering if this was normal for him or if he had gotten into a fight with a bottle of hair jell.

"Sorry… again," he said rubbing a hand through his hair. "I wasn't really expecting your voice to sound so low." She gave him a questioning look and he smiled again, kindly this time. Unlike before, this smile made her seem less on edge for the time. Maybe she did know him. Would asking him hurt? "Anyway you're in the hospital." He hesitated again. She thought that it was because of the prior topic. It wasn't. "You've been asleep for three days now." Her jaw felt like dropping but something in her had the composure and strength to keep it up. She kept a straight face surprisingly easy. This seemed to make him feel better as his comfortable smile rested easily on his face. Her heart beat under her skin and she wondered if it was because of the bomb he had just dropped on her or if she had really known him.

"Do I..." she hesitated before continuing, looking over to her room-mate and wondered why the only thing she could remember was this girl's name. "Do I know you?" she overcame the concern she held for this possible stranger so that she could find more out about the only person she remembered. The boy's smile lessened but he still had a hint of intrigue. Maybe she really did know him.

"I don't think so." He said leaning a hand against the bed's railing. "We did just meet a few days ago, but you were unconscious at the time." This was enough to confuse her. She smiled at first but then realized the implications.

"Well, I guess that's a good thing." She muttered before the door to the room slid open again. The doctor walked up to the bed.

"Alright," he started off. "The paperwork is being written as we speak." He pulled out his chart and clicked his pen with a smile. "All I need is your basic information." She looked up at him and then back at the boy she had just conversed with. Maybe it was unknowingly, but she gave him a pleading look before looking back to the doctor.

"What do you need to know?" she asked slowly pulling her sleeve over her hands and messing with the edge.

"Well, your name for starters." The doctor replied flipping pages. "And your parents contact information." There was a noise that escaped her mouth that no one in the room could explain. Not even her.

"That may be a problem." She edged out looking down at her sleeves. "I don't remember." The doctor's face changed to that of worry and he took a step closer to her. She felt extremely uncomfortable as her arm twitched repeatedly under her hospital gown.

"What do you not remember? Just your name or is it-?" he cut off as the heart beat monitor to their right started to beep like crazy; faster than it had been beeping the past three days. The three in the room looked over at the girl now sitting up straight in bed. Her head turned towards the group with her eyes open. Her eyes, an unsettling green, shifted back and forth between the three onlookers. A grin with pointed canines grew on her face; lopsided as if falling off.


It kind of hurt to split up these chapters. It just kind of makes it more confusing, people have told me. But I believe its worth it to expand the number of people looking at it. As soon as I get these chapters uploaded and I get distracted by another story or run into a rough patch, it will be a long while before I write again so I apologize ahead of time for that. Sorry. Tell me what you think! I'd be glad to hear criticisms along with compliments, or even just suggestions. Thanks for reading!