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On The Edge Of Life; Chapter Three
Chapter Three
JADE
I feel like I have been slapped in the face three times, got run over by a bus and was slapped again. Lance, the guy that I have been crying about for days, that has been my bestie for years, cannot remember ME?
I blink three times and seriously look at him again. "What do you mean - you can't remember me?" He shakes his head. I slump on the bed he is lying on, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Then I look at him again, pointing at myself, and say, "It's me, Jade! Jade brook!" I've been your best friend since third grade!"
He looks at me, like as if I'm speaking a foreign language. I quickly bring out my phone and start showing him pictures of us.
"See, this is you and I at the bakery next to your house, this is you and I eating pizza in the cafeteria in school, this is you and I in the park, the day this accident happened to you." He takes the phone from me and intently studies the pictures.
Then he says, "Wow, we really were best friends." I ignore the fact that he spoke in past tense and I ask him, "Can you even remember what caused you to be brought to the hospital?" He shakes his head.
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LANCE
I am trying my sincere best to remember her. I feel like I have known her before. Seeing how sad not remembering her is making her feel, I also feel a pain in my chest, like someone is tearing it apart.
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JADE
I feel like I have been slapped in the face three times, got run over by a bus and was slapped again. Lance, the guy that I have been crying about for days, that has been my bestie for years, cannot remember ME?
I blink three times and seriously look at him again. "What do you mean - you can't remember me?" He shakes his head. I slump on the bed he is lying on, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Then I look at him again, pointing at myself, and say, "It's me, Jade! Jade brook!" I've been your best friend since third grade!"
He looks at me, like as if I'm speaking a foreign language. I quickly bring out my phone and start showing him pictures of us.
"See, this is you and I at the bakery next to your house, this is you and I eating pizza in the cafeteria in school, this is you and I in the park, the day this accident happened to you." He takes the phone from me and intently studies the pictures.
Then he says, "Wow, we really were best friends." I ignore the fact that he spoke in past tense and I ask him, "Can you even remember what caused you to be brought to the hospital?" He shakes his head.
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LANCE
I am trying my sincere best to remember her. I feel like I have known her before. Seeing how sad not remembering her is making her feel, I also feel a pain in my chest, like someone is tearing it apart.
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