Sorry for all the late updates! but to be honest this is my first fanfic, and, I know this alittle embarrassing, but I couldn't figure out how to post new chapters...I know im stupid! anyways I think I figured out, so if you to my profile and you see random things labled chapter (#) then yeah..thats my technology impaired self posting random things. anyways! sorry this is short but I think ya'll'd like another chapter! so here ya go! please review!^.^
i looked around frantic. i saw an entrance to what seemed like a kitchen on my right. i ran for it, and went through another door towards the back. i found myself in the same hallway i had come through with Tyler. i turned and had almost reached the back door when arms came around me. they were slender and seemed fragile, so they coulsnt have been the boy from earlier, nor Tylers. i fought against them, but for tiny arms they were incredibly strong.
"Shhh..we're not going to hurt you Mary .." it was a song-like, high pitched voice. i froze, how did she know my name? as if reading my mind she answered, "Tyler found your bag with your drivers liscense so we could get some I.D on you. we're not kidnappers, but we didnt know what to do with you, it said Tennessee and,well, hun this is South Carolina." my shoulders slacked and i gave up struggling. they were trying to help me, but could you blame me for being scared? hello! no memmories! she dropped her arms alittle bit and turned me around, "Mary..such an old name. whats your middle name?" i blinked. what is my middle name? i thought for a momment and it finally came to me, however when i tried to say it, coughs came.
she frowned and yelled, "Tye! what did marys liscence say on her middle name?" she paused and we heard rustling and moving, "dont come here just tell me!" the moving stopped and i let out the breathe i didnt know i had been holding. "Drew! Mary Drew Locke." he said, the girl smiled. "Drew, thats alittle better. my names Lily. come on lets go on the back porch and sit. we can chat where theres not many people, that sound okay?" i nodded. i felt like a child, being talked to like this.
we sat on a swinging bench and was quiet for a bit. "so Drew, why are you all the way down here? oh right your voice.." she said after a minute when i didnt respond. she dug her cell phone out of her back pocket and opened up the new message box, handing it to me. i began typing about my grandparents and visiting them. she read while i typd and nodded. "do they live near the beach?" i nodded and typed, 'about a block away, on North shore Ave.'
she nodded. we sat in silence for a bit, then i typed my own questions. 'where am i, and who are ya'll?' i asked. "you're a few miles away from the beach in a secluded forest area. dont worry lots of people know we live here. we're the Carter family. we're ranchers. there are thirteen of us in this house. nine kids, and two pairs of adults. of course you know tyler, and me. The girl that hugged you was Iris, and the boy that she sat with was her twin, Reed. The two boys next to them was Asher and Leaf, an the two little ones was Stone and Rose." she smiled.
i blinked, dazed. so many names, especially after flowers. "Now tyler, Leaf, Rose, and the twins: Iris and Reed, they're all brother and sister. Their parents are the man who spoke tonight, and the women who gave you the medicine. Asher, me, stone and Poppy are brother and sister, our parents, as you could probably guess, were the two that didnt speak." she continued. my brows furrowed in confusion and mouth the name Poppy. i didnt see another girl there. Lilys face fell at the realization she said the name, "Poppy..has a boyfriend and isnt here a lot of the time. She's at that rebelious age, ya know.." she trailed off and cleared her throat.
"so what about you? any brothers and sisters?" she changed topics. ill have to remember that for later, but for now. i had to concentrate and remember if i had any. everything was coming up fuzzy, but there was a face there. A sister, alittle older then me. i nodded. a name..what's her name..i reached out in my mind but couldnt grasp anything. i squeezed my eyes shut to concentrate better. Nothing. i hadn't noticed i had begun to shake when Lily put a hand on my shoulder, " It's okay if you cant remember, we're gonna start slow until you can remember everything. my father, whose a doctor at the local hospital, says that your brain is probably under traumatic stress, and it's coping but blocking everything. He said if we could jog it, then maybe your brain will relax, so to speak."
she smiled reassuringly and shook my shoulder alittle. i made a small smile and nodded. A coughing fit took me over and we had to go inside. She went ahead of me to make sure no one else was around. We sat on the couch and she continued to ask me question, like 'whats your favorite color? whats my name? where am i from? do i have a family? friends?' the questions went so on and so on. a noise came down the stairs and i froze. "Anything from our silent resident, lily pad?" a voice said. i slowly turned my head to see the brown headed twin boy from earlier. Reed i think..
Lily sighed and shot him a look, "No Reed, she doesnt remember hardly anything about herself. barely remembers her name." i looked down ashamed at my own incompitence. "what is her name anyway?" he asked. "Mar-y" i choked out, coughing. The boy looked at me in a sad way, then smiled. "well welcome to our home Mar-y!" he emphysized where my Y had a more prominant sound to when i said it and laughed. i blushed and looked away. "Reed leave her alone!" Lily said. i slid closer to Lily and glared at Reed. Footsteps came pounding down the stairs and Tylers face appeared.
i felt somewhat relieved, but alittle frightened still. He gave Reed one look, and the boy scurried off with his tail between his legs. i grinned up at him as a thank you and leaned back against the head of the couch, sighing. "you're welcome, Mary," he said. He knew what i meant and i was glad. "Soo, anything?" he asked. i shook my head and frowned. "well thats okay darlin', baby steps." he said, sitting next to me, keeping his distance as to not touch me. i smiled, he was learning.
i made a noise in my throat and was glad it didnt send me into another fit. "What now?" my voice sounded like it was being grinded into sheet metal and then beat with an elephant into bits. Lily made a sad face and Tyler looked like he was gonna kill himself, " Oh darlin dont talk, you're just gonna make it worse. I'm so sorry i didnt come sooner and maybe this wouldnt have happened." he said. i shook my head, it wasnt his fault, i hope, that this happened. "not your fault, im just glad you helped m-" my throat gave out and no sound came. my eyes widened in horror as i tried to scream and yell, but no sound came. oh great. Tylers face deepened in depression and Lily made an 'oh no' sound. tears welled in my eyes. Another boy walked in and took in the scene.
"soo did someone die?" he asked. I glared at him, as did Tyler. "Leaf get out, she just lost her voice. oh honey im so sorry" lily said, hugging me. Leaf laughed. " Good, maybe the tramp will learn her place sooner then expected." I stared in shock at his words. he gave me a smirk and winked. A deep growl came from Tyler, and he was up in one fluid motion. " YOU WILL NEVER SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO MY MA-" he stopped at Lily yelling his name. "take. it. elsewhere!" she said loudly. I could see her eyes gesturing to me. Tyler seemed to remember something and nodded, picking Leaf up by his hair and dragging him out the back, Leaf kicking and shouting the entire way. The way he drug him out didn't bother me, it was what he was about to say before Lily stopped him that did. His What? Lily smiled and apologized over and over again for Leaf, and told me he was just going through a faze.
I didn't see Leaf for the rest of the night. Tyler came back a few hours later, seemingly calmer. they offered me food and told me maybe even flavors would trigger a memory, but no such luck as I tasted the chicken and rice Tylers mom prepared. Lily's dad, the doctor who I learned as Dr. Carter as well,that my voice would come back eventually and to take some narcotics every night. After that, Lily had errands to run so I stuck to Tyler and we went back to his room. we watched old movies, sitting on the floor, him asking me yes or no questions. after awhile Iris came in and we talked a bit. I decided I liked her and so she stayed with me and Tyler. When the movie ended, I had no idea what we had watched. I didn't pay attention really. Iris said goodnight and left for her own room, and I crawled into bed. the bed shifted as more weight was added and I jumped out of it and whirled around. Tyler was laying there under the sheets staring at me dumbfounded. I gave him a look, mouthing what are you doing. he was surprisingly good at lip reading.
he stared for another minute thinking, when realization hit and he, too, jumped out of bed. "im so sorry!" I shook my head and climbed back into bed, pulling the covers over my head. I had been wearing the borrowed pajamas all day so I didn't need to change, however Tyler somewhere along the way had time to. he shifted through a dour, pulling out a white T-shirt and some pajama bottoms, and went into a bathroom adjacent to this room. he emerged moments later, changed, and layed back on the floor in his make-shift bed that was still there form this morning. I cuddled deeper into the pillow, taking In his scent. I began drifting to sleep when his voice interrupted me. "Are you alright?" he asked lowly. I stuck a hand out of the covers and over the bed, signaling a thumbs up. he chuckled, "good. im glad you're okay. well..sweet dreams, beautiful." he chuckled again, and something about him saying that made a bell go off, but I ignored it. I was so tired. I drifted off to sleep, his words ringing in me, he thinks im beautiful! was my last thought before sleep enveloped me in its dark blanket.