• Chapter 16 - Sara
    Caught!; The Truth is Spoken!

    I was smoking weed in my room with the window open. Alyss will be alright..! I thought frantically taking in a long drag. I puffed out the smoke and sighed. "Whats wrong with me...? I can't stop..." I thought aloud. I took another drag and looked out the window. The same boring street, the same boring routine. "Sara! Come down here this instant!" I was now afraid. My mom sounded angry, and had put emphasis on 'this instant'. I took out the cigarette, and used two breath mints. I sprayed Febreeze over my room and myself, and walked slowly downstairs. "What is this?!" My mom yelled as I reached the bottom. She held up my bag of crystal. "You went into my room? And snooped around?!" I yelled equally loud. She had invaded my privacy. "Your on drugs Sara?! And crystal meth to top it off?!" My father stood beside my mother, equally angry. "Why Sara?! If you had problems tell us! Don't sell yourself out!" he yelled. I began to cry silently, but did not fall or lose my guard. "Really now?! Were you ever there for me when I was sad?! Were you ever there for me in my whole life?! Thats right..! NO!" I glared at both of my parents. My brother came beside me, looking worried. "Sara... You told them..?" Now my parents turned to Erik, my ever-faithful brother. "You mean you knew?! You said you knew nothing!" "STOP! Just.. stop..!" I cried harder. "Erik did nothing! Really! Because while you were fighting and doing unmentionable things, he was there for me in your place! He promised not to tell, to spare you the pain! Understand?! So while you got me and Erik a baby sister, we were afraid and sad. We didn't know who to turn to at all!" I finally lost my strength, and collapsed. Erik picked me up and hugged me. I cried harder at his kindness. "See?! See what you've done?! Sara had to turn to it. Had to turn to meth to destroy the pain! Because you wouldn't stop!" He shook his head and took me into my room. I glanced back, angrily and very upset at my parents. They looked crestfallen. Erik closed the door, and sat me down on my bed. "Are you okay Sara?" He stroked my face gently. I nodded mutely, not knowing what to say. He hugged me tightly. "I'm sorry.. Sorry I couldn't protect you when you were younger." I looked up at him. "We used to fight. Now were like this..." We laughed softly. "Want to tell them what happened..?" I nodded. I was more courageous then ever. We walked out the door, prepared to tell our mother and father what happened to us.

    Chapter 17 - Tetsuya
    Forgotten

    I gently ran my hands through Alyss' hair. It was so.. soft. A doctor came in, and I scrambled up. He smiled at me. "Don't worry.. It's okay. You do love each other. But I will tell you the results while your here." My heart began to beat faster as he handed me the clipboard.
    ALYSS REA MORANO
    CONDITION: NEUTRAL, SLIGHT CHANCE OF MEMORY LOSS
    INCIDENT: SHOCK, FAINT
    DUE TO LEAVE: 10 DAYS AFTER AWAKENING
    CONFINEMENT: FRIEND TO HELP WALK
    OTHER: IF SOMETHING WERE TO OCCUR, SUCH AS FAINTING, PATIENT MUST BE QUICKLY TRANSFERED TO THE HOSPITAL ONCE MORE.
    FRIENDS, SCENE OF THE CRIME: TETSUYA KAGEYAMA, SARA WELLS
    DESC OF LEAVING: TETSUYA KAGEYAMA WILL HELP ALYSS, SARA SERVES AS BACKUP


    I read the messy writing. "Memory loss of what?" He shook his head. "We don't know yet. We cannot confirm until she wakes up." I nodded as he went through papers. "Alyss.. Don't give up..!" I muttered softly. "Ahem. I will be leaving now. Please.. Push this button when you leave or when she awakens. It will notify me on my pager." I nodded as he handed me a black square with letters and a red button. It looked like it worked like a cellphone, so I put it in my pocket. "Alyss..." I held her limp hand and sat on the guest chair. "Don't leave me.." I felt her hand muscle move, and I immediately took out the black square. " Moving limply, come." A few minutes later he came running in. "She's moving?!" I nodded quickly. He held her hands. "I feel nothing. What did you do?" "I just.. spoke." He raised his eyebrows. "Speak encouragingly, again." I nodded, feeling a bit weirded out. "Alyss.. Come back.. Please.. I need you here." I said in the same soft tone. Her whole arm moved this time. More shook then moved however. "Oho! This is wonderful!" He told me to keep speaking, and so I did. It felt weird while he was there, but it did work. Soon enough, Alyss was squirming around. "Mmm....." He immediately let go of Alyss' hand as she made a noise. Her eyes fluttered open and I hovered over her. She sat up. "Where... No.. Why am I at the hospital?" I hugged her tightly. "Alyss...! I thought you would never wake up! Thank God your alright!" She pushed me away. "Er... I'm sorry... I don't know who you are." I stared at her in disbelief. "You.. You forgot me..?" She shook her head, with a lost face. "No.. I really don't know you. I don't know if I forgot you either." The doctor looked at me. "Confirmation... She has forgotten you." I felt like my heart just got ripped into tiny little pieces. "Alyss.. do you remember Sara?" She tilted her head. "Of course. Sara is my best friend." I breathed quickly. "Doctor.. can you do a test?!" He nodded. "Alyss.. Let us see what happened." She nodded, and follow me and the doctor into a testing room. They put Alyss under something that scanned her, while the doctor and I looked at the results. He pointed at one screen. "See.. She HAS forgotten you. You and only you." He sighed. I shook my head and pointed at myself. "Why only me though?!" "Because.. she was thinking about you. She was thinking more of you, which made her forget." I felt faint. "But...." "She also.." he cut me off. "May not remember you at all. Forever." I collapsed onto the ground. "Never..." And never again will I fall in love.. I thought..

    Chapter 18 - Alyss
    Who is that?

    I cried in my sunny world. I will never see Sara.. Never see Tetsuya... and I never told him I loved him so much, I would do anything. I heard his voice. Again and again. Over and over. I couldn't help but think of him. But then.. I saw a bright light. Brighter then the world I was in. I stepped in it as the light swallowed me up, and into the world.
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    "Mmm..." I felt tired all of a sudden. "Where......" I started. But I recognized that I was at a hospital. "No.. Why am I at a hospital?" I sat up. There were two people in the room, a desk and a filing cabinet. Other then my bed, nothing else was in the room. I was hugged by the stranger. "Thank God, Alyss! I thought you weren't going to come to!" I pushed the boy away, reluctantly because he felt wonderful. "Sorry... I don't know who you are." His face became pale. "You.. you don't remember me?" I shook my head. "No.. I don't even know if I knew you before." And everything happened quickly. A test was run. I feel like I know that boy... and he looks.. looks so adorable. I just.. just want to hug him and squeeze him every moment.. I thought. My face grew red at the thought. I heard a thud, but did not move. It felt like something was missing in my life. Something very important..