There was a deep silence in the room as I watched Melissa carefully. She blinked multiple times adjusting to the light. I felt stand next to me and observe her.

"Hello, I'm I know you're probably really confused , but I need to ask you a few questions to determine what your status is."

I watched her cautiously nod. Her eyes showed relief when Mr. and Mrs. Wu came closer to her bed. My heart sank when she looked at me puzzled and spoke in a raspy voice.

"Um, who... who are you?" She asked innocently.

It felt like the air got knocked out of me. I frantically looked at the doctor and noted his somber and worried expression.

Mrs. Wu gasped and spoke up tearfully. "Melissa, dear, you don't remember Jackson?"

I closed my eyes when she shook her head and looked down guiltily. This was my karma. This is what I get for making bad decisions.

My throat tightened and I slowly opened my eyes and found her looking at me. What killed me was how confused she looked.

gave her some water and began asking questions.

"Melissa, when is your birthday?"

"October 7th"

I watched him write something on his clipboard and continue.

"Good. What day is it?"

There was a silence as she pondered deeply on the question.

"Um... I'm not too sure."

"Okay, what was the last thing you remember?"

"Helping my friend Nathan with some election advertisement... Oh! It was April 14th!"

I sighed quietly. That was one week before I came to Hartwell.

"Well Melissa, it is March 9th. You were connected to a major event, which led you to falling with your head receiving more impact. You landed in a coma and have been in one for five days. Your answers and recollection makes me believe that your hippocampus has been bruised. We will have to conduct some scans to confirm and determine what form of amnesia you are suffering."

Hearing him declare that she does have amnesia is what had me going pale. I breathed in deeply and walked towards a chair separating myself from the clan a bit.

scribbled some notes on his clipboard and promised to be back soon. That left Mr. and Mrs. Wu and myself with her.

I heard her quietly ask her mother who I was Ann looked at me unsure what to say. I cleared my throat and spoke up slowly.

"My name is Jackson... I was transferred to Hartwell on March 1st. You um... You introduced yourself to me and offered to help me out if I needed it. We sorta became... friends and you also tutored me."

She had kept her eyes on me the whole time. I struggled to keep my head up fearing what I would see in her eyes.

"Oh." There was an awkward silence until she spoke up again, softly.

"Well does anyone want to tell me how I fell? I didn't trip down the stairwell did I?"

Then I heard something, which made my heart soar. A giggle. It was short and sounded slightly unsure, but music to my ears. When I realized what she asked I looked at the Wu's unsure of what would happen next.

Mrs. Wu stood up and grabbed her husband's arm. "Melissa, I think it's best if Jackson explains this bit to you... Your father and I are going to go and talk to -

"We are?" David asked and was ready to disagree until she looked at him darkly and motioned to the door.

cleared his throat and nodded.

"Don't worry, Melissa we will be back soon."

She nodded and we watched the two leave. Once the door closed I looked at her and watched her stare at me curiously. A silence grew and she fumbled to raise herself up and grab the glass of water. She slowly grew embarrassed and frustrated, as she couldn't reach it. I quickly got off my seat and cautiously placed my hands around her, slowly raising her. I grabbed the glass and helped her drink the water. Once she finished I placed the glass down and placed my chair closer to her.

Her soft hand touched my pinky and ring finger. I looked at her and saw a small smile for on her face.

"Thank you... Jackson for helping me, you didn't have to do that."

She has grinning after and I couldn't help but smile as well.

"It was nothing, I'm happy to help you."

"So... We grew to be friends right?"

I carefully held her hand and nodded.

"You were always so... persistent in helping me out. It took a little while but I trusted you and told you things that I didn't even tell Sarah."

She had a look of confusion mixed with something else I couldn't detect. I realized she didn't remember who Sarah was.

"Sarah's my foster mom."

She nodded in understanding and looked slightly relieved. She had slightly flushed cheeks and shook her head slightly.

"So um Jackson, everyone seems to be dancing around my question... How did I wind up in a coma?"

Hey everyone, another post and one that I modeled after a few suggestions from a guest and RobertDowneyJrLove! Emily, any form of comments to author's is always appreciated! Glad to know I'm getting more traffic and that a lot of you are interested! Next chapter should be from Melissa's POV!

Sorry it wasn't lengthy but I needed to just sorta get a filler in! BTW if you ever notice names missing, for some reason when I type up my chapters on Notes on my ipad and send it to myself it doesn't wind appearing on this document so I manually add em.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

-TheOnceAnonymous14