Default Title - Write Your Own

three

"Come on guys. Let Val handle this." He gave in and started to walk out.

"Push over." The shortest guy who hadn't spoken yet mumbled as he turned toward the door, earning a small elbow in the ribs from Matt as they all exited and closed the door behind them, leaving Valary and I alone.

Valary quickly went around and sat on the chair Brian was on just a second ago and pulled it forward so she was right next to me.

"Right, please tell me in honesty, do you remember them or not? Cause I believe you honestly, and if you're trying to fool us then you sure as hell have and jokes over." She explained.

"I'm so sorry Valary. I don't know what it is. I can't remember them." I hung my head in disappointment.

"How come you remember me then?" She wondered.

"I don't know. I can't really remember how I know you or anything. I just managed to put a face to a name." I admitted and she sighed and pressed her lips together. "I can remember you have a twin sister though." I said, which lifted her mood a little.

"Yeah! Michelle!" She gleamed.

"Can you explain please? How do I know them?" I asked and gulped, did I really want to know?

"Of course." She inhaled slowly then began. "Me, you, Michelle, Matt, Zacky and Jimmy went to the same high school, Hunting Beach. We were all good friends and a couple weeks before you left California, Jimmy got kicked out but he still hung with us. That ring a bell?"

I thought about it for a minute. "I think... I vaguely recall me standing on the top of the climbing frame in the park and ranting for a while until some man came and yelled at us for being so loud." I giggled and so did Val.

"Yeah! That was then! All of us were there! He threatened to call the police on you!" She clarified still with a smile. "Anyway so Johnny went to a completely different school..."

"Wait, sorry, who's Johnny?" I asked.

"The small one who was just in here." Val clarified and I nodded, realising that was the one who got elbowed by Matt and making me also realise the guy with the snake-bite piercings must be Zacky. "We were friends with his older brother Dameon who was in the same year as all of us and through him we became friends with Johnny but that was just a couple months before you left."

"Alright and what about Brian?" I asked as he seemed to be the most effected by me not remembering.

"He was already friends with Jimmy and he introduced him to the rest of us in like 7th grade. From there I, Michelle, you, Matt, Zacky, Jimmy, Johnny and Brian all hung out in the place in the woods they found you and in the park up until the day you left." Val sighed.

"What happened to Dameon?" I questioned.

"He wasn't into the whole same music scene the rest of us were and didn't want to hang anymore but it doesn't matter." She replied. "Remember anything else?"

I shook my head slowly. "Not a lot. I know I will, I just need time."

"So, do you know why you don't know anyway? I don't think pills like that can have that much of an effect..." She wondered cautiously.

"Yeah actually. Well you know my Dad was a doctor?" I began and Val nodded. "Well you also know my family was crazy religious?" She nodded again with a shrug. "Well I'm an atheist, always have been ever since I could understand it when I was a kid. And since I listen to rock music which my dad also despises, he thought there was something wrong with me..." Before I could continue, Val interrupted.

"Well that's bullshit!" She exclaimed and scoffed.

"I know." I pursed my lips in agreement. "But anyway. He got drunk after not being able to deal with me how I refused to go to church and pray at night and before we ate and whatever. He thought something was wrong with my head. Now you would think being a doctor, he would know electrotherapy is not safe used a lot and frequently but apparently not." I said quickly and looked away from her.

"You're kidding! Oh my gosh!" She gasped and pulled me into a hug again. "Is that why you did what you did?" She said timidly.

"Well after that, he sort of abandoned his work and religion and spent all his time trying to 'fix' me and drinking. This resulted in well uh...violence."

"And your mum?" Val asked, keeping a gentle hold on my arm.

"She was terrified of him. And I was terrified that that was going to be my life. I started to forget things over the years and finally I couldn't remember anything good. The only memories I had were of the pain and the smell of alcohol and..." Before I could finish I felt a lump in my throat form as I practically choked on my own words.

"It's ok. You don't ever have to go back." She assured me.

"There would be no point anyway. He's locked up now – for life. But I still can't forget him or remember much at all. And brought me to do what I did." I took my glass back from the bedside table and sipped at it.

"Right you stay here I'll go explain to the guys if that's alright?" She asked and got up before I nodded and she left.