Jen sat in the hospital bed and watched as Tilly walked out on her leaving her alone with all this new information. She couldn't wrap her head around that conversation she just had with Tilly who said that they hadn't been together for months but wasnt true she had only just got her back how was it possible that she had lost Tilly already. Jen racked her brains wishing she could remember what happened but she just couldn't. She had no memory what Tilly had told her as far as she was concerned it didn't happen but that didn't explain why Tilly would lie to her after everything they had been through. Tilly wouldn't do that to Jen; she wasnt that type of person. That must mean she was telling the truth which would mean that Jen really couldnt remember and that this accident she had been in must have caused some real damage to her brain.
Jen sighed and tried to get out of bed but she stopped as she felt a shooting pain down her side which got even worse as she moved her hand to hold her side. Jen sat back down on the bed even more frustrated with herself than she already was. She had to accept that she had been in an accident and that she couldn't remember the last couple of months in her life. There was evidence to support that it happened and it slapping her in the face, all she had to do was move to know she had been in an accident as the pain was unbearable but she didn't want to accept it because if she did that would mean what Tilly had told her was the truth. That she really had done that to the woman she loved and Tilly had done that to her, that she had lost her job, her home and even more importantly lost Tilly.
Jen snapped out of her thoughts when a nurse walked into the room with a smile on her face and greeted Jen as she walked in.
"Hello Miss Gilmore, how are you feeling today?" the nurse asked
Jen flinched at her name it only reminded her that she wasnt a teacher anymore as far as she had been told anyway "Please call me Jen and not so good, i just tried to get out of bed and it hurt too much, a massive pain down my side"
"You shouldnt try to get out of bed any time soon, the accident causes a lot of damage to your body"
"Like what?" Jen asked
"Well as you can tell your arm is broken and there are bruises and cuts all over your face and neck but you have also them down your side where you have broken a few ribs. We also took some tests to check whether your brain is okay when the results come back we will let you know but until then you just need to sit tight. I know it must be stressful and confusing but it try moving too much you will cause yourself more damage so please stay in bed and rest, if you need anything press this button and ill come and check on you"
Jen sighed and looked at the plaster on her arm and laughed to herself as she had hardly noticed it which is unusual. Jen looked up at the nurse and thanked her for the help and for being honest with her.
"Oh and you have a visitor"
Jen's head rose up and their was a smile on her face "Who is it? Is it Tilly?"
The nurse raised her eyebrows "Who is Tilly?" she asked
"A girl she is a redhead about your height"
The nurse shook her head "No I'm sorry your visitor doesn't look like that but she is blonde and a little taller than me, shall I send her in?"
The person the nurse described didn't sound like anyone she knew but she was curious to who it was so she told the nurse to send the woman in. She didn't have to wait long this woman came bursting into the room rushing to Jen's bed and grabbing her hand which shocked Jen as she didn't recognise this woman what so ever. Jen pulled her hand back and watched as the blonde girl started shaking her hand and became very sad and sat down in the chair next to the bed dropping her head in her hands.
Jen coughed to gain the womans attention and when she looked up into the blonde girls eyes she could see the sadness behind them and she couldn't help but feel sorry for her. The blonde girl looked up and sighed wiping a tear away from her eye "I'm sorry"
Jen looked confused "Why?"
"For our argument, if we didn't have it then you wouldn't have drove off and you wouldn't have been in that accident which means you wouldn't be here"
Jen was even more confused now than she was a minute ago "What argument?"
The blonde girl raised her eyebrows "You know, about taking our relationship a step further and becoming official instead of a random hook up now and then"
Jen nodded "Hmm okay and what did I say?"
The blonde girl looked confused but answered her anyway "You said that I was nothing more than hook up to you and that we would never have a relationship but I know you didn't mean it I know you only said it to hurt me, I forgive you"
Jen pulled a face and then laughed to herself "That sounds more like me"
"Jen whats going on? Why you acting weird?" the blonde girl asked
"I have no clue who you are, how we met, what we did or why you are here"
"Dont be stupid, you know who I" Jen cut the woman off before she could finish the sentence "No I don't, I don't even know your name, I don't know who you are, I don't know what you do. I'm sorry to sound harsh but your just another stranger to me"
The blonde girl had tears falling from her eyes "My name is Katie, I'm 26 years old and I'm training to be a nurse, we met in club and i went back to your place, the next morning we swapped numbers and met up again. We have been for just over a month and the other day I wanted more, I wanted to be your girlfriend and then you said no so we argued and then you stormed off. I only found out you was in here because your mate told me"
Jen looked at Katie and felt sorry for her she must have been someone to fill the void of missing Tilly but she still couldn't remember anything even after everything that Katie had told her. "I'm sorry but I don't remember anything, the doctors think ive got short-term memory loss so clearly I do"
"Its okay, I understand, everything will be back to normal soon, once you get out we can go back to normal just like before the accident. We can take it slow if that what you want?"
"No Katie, I don't want any of that, I am sorry things didn't work out how you wanted them to and that I obviously didn't treat you right but I love someone else, I always have and I always will"
Katie shook her head "You don't mean that"
Jen nodded "Yeah I do, I'm sorry"
Katie had tears falling from her eyes and down her cheek before she wiped them away she didn't say anything else but instead she stood up and walked out of the room leaving Jen on her own with yet again another shock to cope with.
