Chapter Twelve: Remember Me When You're Back

Birds and insects were chirping in the background. Hearing a sound of silence with only an animal creature howling. “Where is she?”

She heard footsteps coming her way. A man whose physique is perfectly masculine beauty. She laid her eyes on the person who was in front of her, showing her a handsome smile on his face. Forgetting the strange scenery of the place. She finds herself in the city of paradise again.

She will never forget him in this wonderful place as long as she lives.

“Let’s make a deal. Come here whenever you miss me. And don’t forget me when you get back in your place.” He said it while touching her hair down to her face and glaring at her like an animal who’s making a way to snare his prey before eating.

Though she felt like she wanted to be eaten by this predator. She can’t wait anymore. She fell into his trap and kissed him first.

“I don’t want to wake up. I want to live here forever with you.”

“You need to wake up and find me.” He said. And kissed her again.

……….

“She’s alright. She is just sleeping. The doctor said she is okay.” She heard Jean talking on her side. When she opened her eyes, she realized she was in a white-walled room which is the place that she hates the most, the hospital.

“Why am I here?” She uttered a question while the persons in the room other than her turned their heads at her.

Jean looked at her worriedly. And her mom, who is right beside her, also looking fretful.

“You are way too much on yourself, honey. Don’t push yourself too hard on dealing with your studies. We are always here for you.” Her dad, who presumed she was studying like there is no tomorrow, speaks to her.

“I’m okay, Dad. I just need some rest.” However, when she thinks about it. She is not okay the moment she remembered what happened earlier. She lost consciousness because someone stalked her.

She looked up at Jean and questioned her, using her eyes to convey her. She has something to tell her, leaving her parents out of knowing.

“Your guy brought you here. He is real. Your dream comes true. He looked like the one in your sketch.” Jean lowered her voice for her parents not to hear what she told her while being excited.

“What? The guy, who? Talk to me later.” She replied to her also, whispering to her when her mother suddenly noticed their secret talking.

“Honey, your dad and I will go home for now. It seems like you’re alright now. Jean, will take care of you for us. Don’t be hard on yourself, sweetie. We love you.” Her mom said goodbye and hugged her.

Her parents went home to leave her best friend alone to give them privacy as her mother noticed that they need it. And since she will discharge from the hospital later.

“What were you saying earlier? Who is the guy who brought me here?” She again asked her friend and continued their topic of conversation.

“Don’t you remember the guy in your sketch? He’s the one. The man you’ve been dreaming of.” She can’t understand Jean. She was obscure.

“I can’t remember what you’re saying.” Literally, her best friend is saying nonsense to her.

“I only remember what happened before I went into this bed.” She told Jean everything that she remembers. Everything happened when she noticed someone strangely staring at her while she was browsing through books at the library.

One thing she can’t understand is why she suddenly lost consciousness. She doesn’t know what happened after she hides in the middle section of the library.

“You really need a rest, dear. You were hallucinating so much.” Her friend did not believe her.

She was discharged from the hospital with her best friend accompanying her. She’s still processing in her mind the thing that Jean told her about the guy who brought her to the hospital. Is he the one staring at her in the library?

She also ridiculously thinks about herself being insane over a man she’s been dreaming of and she forgot that dream already. Jean just told her everything about it, but she had no memory of telling it to her. What an unbelievable thought.

Her brain was like a supernova that exploded in a blink of an eye. Because her memory is dealing with a lot more mess now.

After they arrived home, she looked for the sketch that Jean told her about it. However, she can’t find the thing in her room. She shrugged and rested her body on her comforting bed. But she thinks again, that this is no way to find a solution to her problem. She gets up to change her clothes into her uniform. She’ll go back to school to attend her classes.

And she also doesn’t want to be absent from all her classes for a long time.

………

She arrived at school and went to her first class, which is Chemistry. She remembered the ripped jeans guy who was seated in the back seat and offered her help to sleep when she was sleepy because of her boring professor.

He really is not in this class when she doesn’t see him anymore. She just arrived on time. Her professor just started calling for attendance. She is seated again at the back when there is an empty chair. 

“Hey, Cara right?” A girl on her left with her one-sided bangs suddenly talked to her. She remembered her flirting with her boyfriend the last time she was seated at the back.

“You just nailed it, girl. Seducing Vince Aldred Garcia is good for you.” What the heck she was saying?

“Excuse me, I’m not following. Who’s Vince, what?” She replied to her and looked confused.

 “Well, keep your pace on him, because he’s a hotshot.”

Who the hell she was talking about?

Isn’t she talking about the guy who brought her to the hospital? She’s the only one who doesn’t know his face. How pathetic of her.