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Lucas

I woke up with a strong headache, and I had a hard time opening my eyes. The first thing I saw was a white wall in front of me. When I turned my head, I found a lot of devices surrounding me, some of them were connected to my body.

What the hell is happening?

Some people were also lying on several beds near mine, they were wearing the same light blue outfit. I was in a hospital room. A nurse entered to check the patients, her eyes widened when she looked at me.

"Doctor!" she screamed while running in the corridor.

The doctor came after a few moments, he was looking at me in disbelief like he wasn't expecting me to wake up someday.

"Welcome back." He smiled. "Let me check your pulse first." He put his stethoscope under my shirt, I shivered because his hand was cold.

"Why am I here?" I asked with a weak voice.

I had no idea of what happened to me, did I faint after drinking too much?

"It's been five months since you were in a coma." He said calmly.

5 months? Wait, 5 fucking months?!

"Someone found you unconscious in a deserted street, you were bleeding a lot, it seemed like someone stabbed your stomach multiple times, thank god that man brought you just in time, we could quickly operate on you." He sighed "Don't you remember this?"

I shook my head slowly. He raised an eyebrow and hesitated before asking me "What's your name?" Come on, is that even a question?

"My name is..." Wait, what is my name? Shit! Why can't I remember my name?

The doctor called the nurse "Prepare the MRI room, he needs a scan.”

I was losing my shit. I was freaking out. I tried so hard to remember my name but nothing. I don't remember a single thing about my life.

Who am I?

"What's wrong with you today, Juliette? You look so tired, are you sick?" It was cute how Damian was worried about me. I smiled and gave him a peck on his cheek.

"No, I'm alright. I just didn't sleep so well last night."

After yesterday's conversation with that mysterious producer- I couldn't stop thinking. I searched about him on the net and found a lot of articles;

"Kyle accused of sexual harassment" "Kyle betrayed Top Star Entertainment".

It was really unfair. Kyle indeed produced a lot of songs for the most famous artists, a bunch of them were already on my playlist and I was ready to add the other ones. He's so talented, and I can understand why his boss was jealous, but his plan was definitely stupid.

"Juliette, is there something I don't know about?" Damian interrupted my thoughts. He was my best friend during the last six years. I never hid anything from him, but this time, I wasn't sure if I should tell him what happened or not. He was looking at me with those cute cat eyes so I couldn't resist.

"I'll tell you everything after class. We'll go to our café okay?" I told him before going back to my sit.

After a long and boring biology class, we finally went out of school and headed to our usual café.

"An iced latte for me," I told the guy behind the counter.

"And a cappuccino for me." My friend said shyly. Damian has a crush on him but he's too shy to make the first step. He never had a real conversation with him actually.

"So, now tell me what happened!" He said impatiently.

I told him everything while drinking my coffee, he was just listening to me. I liked it about him, he always listens.

"Whoa! That's great!" he exclaimed. I couldn't believe how excited the situation made him when it made me totally confused. "You said that your dream was to become a singer. It's your chance, Juliette!" His smile was so wide that it made me laugh.

"I don't know. I'm not sure about this, honestly. My parents would kill me if they knew."

I honestly didn't care about my parents. I was just afraid that my life would be messier than it already is.

"Look," Damian crossed his arms, "I have a feeling that one day you will become a great and famous singer."

I giggled, "And I have a feeling that one day you will become Peter’s boyfriend." His face was so red after what I told him. He looked at him while he was serving some customers. I kind of understand why he liked him. He was really handsome. He was blond, tall, and was always kind to us.

"You should really talk to him, Damian," I told him after seeing the desperate way he was looking at him.

"Okay..." he blushed. "But I'll do it tomorrow."

I rolled my eyes and finished my coffee.

No one was at home when I arrived, as usual. I took a shower and went to prepare something to eat for dinner. If there was something I was good at a part of singing, it was cooking. It's kind of a hidden passion, I always relax when I prepare something for myself.

I turned on the music and started dancing while cutting the vegetables and sausages before putting them in the frypan. I never cooked for someone, not even my parents because I know that they will just keep on criticizing me and say that I better go study instead of wasting time on making dishes.

While I was eating, I received a message. "Kyle?" I raised an eyebrow. I was surprised to receive a text from him, then I remembered that I gave him my number yesterday.

09:45 pm From: XXX XXX XXX

"Can we meet tomorrow?" Kyle.

Kyle was waiting for me at a table at the corner of the café. I couldn't recognize him when he first waved at me because he looked so different compared to the last time I saw him. The dark circles and the pale face were replaced by glowing skin and shiny brown eyes, the messy hair was now still messy but in a nice way, and his wet and dirty clothes have given way to a classy outfit; a light blue shirt and beige pants. What a complete metamorphosis! From a sad and desperate man who wanted to end his life to this elegant man now smiling at me with his bright teeth.

"It's nice to see you again, Juliette," he said after sitting back.

"You look different," It was the first thing that came out of my mouth because I was so surprised by this change. Kyle started laughing when the waiter came to take our order.

"So, have you thought about it?" He asked me after drinking a sip of his Americano.

I hesitated before speaking, "Honestly, I really want to do it, but I'm worried about my parents as you know. But I want to do it. I really want to start a new chapter."

Kyle smiled, "You made the right choice, and you don't have to worry about your parents because one day, they will accept your dream," He sighed and continued, "I know that I'm risking your life by doing this, but I will just ask you to believe in me and believe in your passion."

While I was looking at him I realized that I never trusted someone as I do to him.

"I already believe in us, Kyle, or should I call you Mr producer?" We started laughing and continued talking about our future plans while drinking our coffee.