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Let's Get Lost

It'd felt like I'd slept for days. I woke up feeling weird and really not myself. But hey what can you expect the first night you don't sleep in your body? It took a long time for my eyes to finally open and when they did all kinds of machines started to go off. Weird I thought.

"She's awake. Oh my God. She's awake!" Someone was yelling.

"W-who is awake?" I said and gasped at the voice that was not my own. "W-where am I?! What's going on?! Someone tell me what's going on!" The machines beeped louder as my blood pressure sky-rocketed. I was alive again, but not in my own body. I was inside someone else's body, and let me tell you it feels way weirder than it sounds.

"Soph, you have to calm down. It's okay. Everything's okay." The cute guy was whispering to me or the body I was in whichever. I wanted to shout at him how the hell is everything okay?! I'm not who you think I am, buddy! And who the hell is "Soph"?! What is she? A couch?! Everything was most definitely not okay! Nurses quickly came in and tried to calm me down. I think I even got stuck with a few needles. Slowly my body started to relax and I could think straight again. All kinds of thoughts raced through my brain and many of them were not my own!

"Hey, Sophie. How ya' feelin'?" A man walked in and asked. I stared at him. Maybe if I fake amnesia it'll buy me some time to figure out who the hell these people are and how I can get out of here!

"Wh-who are you?" I said.

"You don't remember?" He said and I saw his smile slowly fade. I didn't answer him, obviously I didn't remember if I was asking who he was. Gahd People were slow these days. "Sophie...It's Daddy. I'm your dad, remember?" I stared at him. A woman came in and stood next to him. "And this is your mom." I continued to stare. "Do you at least remember Sebastian?"

"Sebastian? Who's Sebastian?" I said.

"Sebastian. Your twin brother." The man brought the cute boy over to me. He looked like he was on the verge of tears.

"Hey Sophie. You sure are a trooper. The doctors said you'd never wake up but I told them they were wrong. And look. Here you are!" Sebastian said and smiled down at me. I gave him a small smile back.

"Sophie, I know you don't remember us, but we're so glad you're awake." The mom said. She was crying. "You'll remember soon, honey. I promise. And then everything will make sense and we can go home and go back to normal, okay? Okay." She said to me. What have I done I thought. These people think their daughter is back but she's not. Who the hell knows where she is. I thought about falling asleep right then and there, but how could I do that to this family. They just got their daughter back, who was I to take her away? Who was I to bring her back though? They were all just so happy to have her alive even if she didn't know who she was. I couldn't just leave now. I couldn't. I cleared my throat.

"I'm so glad you all are here. I want to remember so badly, but I can't. I'm trying, I really am." I said trying to get used to my new voice. The doctor came in then before the family could answer.

"Hiya Sophie." He said. "It looks like you've got some temporary amnesia. You see when you fell, you hit your head on a rock, blocking," he pointed to a picture of a brain next to my bed, "this part of your brain. Your central memory bank. At least that's what I like to call it." He chuckled to himself. "Not a huge deal, though. We'll have you back to normal sooner than ever!" He assured me.

"Doc, can't you just give her a pill or something to make her remember?" The mom said.

"Wouldn't that be nice? I'm sorry but no we can't. We aren't that advanced yet. Sophie will remember on her own in time. Until then though, I think she should get some rest. One person in the room at a time please." The doctor replied. The mom kissed my forehead and promised she'd be back first thing in the morning. The dad told me to keep on trying and that he knew I wasn't a quitter. They left the room and Sebastian sat down on the chair next to my bed.

"That was some scare you gave us, Soph." He said. "Promise me you'll never do that again." He said with such intensity in his voice that I said, "I promise." He smiled at me and I melted a little on the inside. He was so beautiful, and yet he was playing the role of my brother. Joy. Why don't we just play how much more effed up can Willow's life get? It doesn't get much worse than this. Knock on wood.

"Can I ask you something?" I said after awhile.

"Anything." He replied shocked that I'd asked.

"Why am I here. I mean, like, what happened?" I said.

"We went out riding, you know, on our horses and well I dared you to jump a log....Your horse got scared Soph and threw you off. And the thing is you didn't just hit the ground, you hit the edge of the mountain and practically fell off. That's why you're in such bad shape." He pointed to my wrapped up ribs."It's my fault you're in here Soph. And I've never been more sorry in my life." I could see the guilt on his face and I felt bad.

"Hey, Seb, it's not your fault. I shouldn't have been stupid enough to trust you, right?" I laughed. He smiled.

"You called me Seb. You remember a little don't you?"

"It's weird really. I get bits and pieces of things but I have no idea what they are. They're memories obviously but from what and who the people are...that's where I get lost." I admitted. It was the truth.

"Well tell me one of them and maybe I can help." He said.

"It's kinda embarrassing." I said.

"Soph, I'm your twin brother. I know everything about you. This is no where near the most embarrassing thing about you. Trust me." He grinned.

"Then what is?" I shot back.

"Zack Hutchfield's 13th Birthday party. You were wearing a white shirt and no bra that day. He soaked you with a water gun, and from that day on you were known as bra-less, boob-less Sophie Anderson. Guess I filled out before you in that area." He flexed his muscles and my mouth dropped. (Not only at the story I will admit.) I playfully hit him.

"That's horrible!" I said. He laughed.

"Don't worry. I beat up Zach and his friends the next day. I jacked em' up pretty badly too I must admit." He grinned.

"You did?" I said and smiled. I thought about how I would kill anyone who messed with Connor. Connor. My little brother. I hadn't talked to him sense the day before the crash. In fact we were on our way to pick him up when it happened.

"Of course I did. No one picks on my baby sister but me." He said.

"I thought we were twins?" I said.

"We are. But I'm older by three minutes." He grinned at this achievement.

"Wow. What an accomplishment." I joked. It was weird how easily I got along with Seb. Almost as if I really had known him my whole life.

"You're different, Soph." He said after awhile.

"Different? How?" I said nervous now. He's figured it out I thought.

"I can't really describe it, but It's a good different. I like it. Not that I didn't like you before, but you definitely have changed." He said.

"Change is good, I guess." I said. Not good when you're lost during all of it. I needed a game plan, and quick!

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