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When Roses Grow Black Chapter 9 "You can't remember why you were running down the side of the highway??" Howie asked in disbelief. "No," I answered. I was using my ability to lie to people while looking them straight in the eye to it's full extent. "Where am I, anyway?" "A hospital," Nick answered. 'Leave it to the blonde to state something so obvious', I thought to myself, having always teased my friends for having numerous "Blonde Moments". "She obviously knows that one, Nick," AJ snickered at his young friends stupidity. "New Jersey," Kevin answered my question. I tried my best best not to act too surprised at his answer. I caught myself before my jaw dropped and my eyes widened, and tried to keep a blank stare on my face. Unfortunately, I never stopped myself from gasping and this drew their attention. "Here's some pain killers the nurse told me to give you," Brian said walking back into the room and completely missing the new tension there. Or maybe he did notice it but chose to ignore it until someone else brought it up first. Either way, I was thankful because it got me out of answering any uncomfortable questions about the gasp, and the shock I'm sure was written clearly in my eyes. "So, what's your name? If you remember, of course," Nick asked in a suspicious tone of voice. He was acting like he knew something, some type of secret. Did my gasp really give that much away?? Did he know?? Was he catching on to me and my act??? I hesitated and pretended to be thinking, remembering, "Rose." When I answered I heard Nick gasp, but I didn't have any idea why. My eyes darted straight to him at his sudden intake of air. He only stood staring back at me in shock. "Do you remember where you are from??" Brian asked next. "Massachusetts," I answered, my eyes not leaving Nick's one moment. I didn't care at that minute about my act. About saving my hide from being sent back home. It was as if I knew Nick some time before now. In a forgotten memory, or long lost past. As if fate had decided to end our friendship before we were ever able to meet. The silence in the room continued on. The fact that me and Nick were staring at each other didn't go unnoticed. The other four were just looking back and forth at us, mystified, as to what was going on. We were doing what Nick says is "soul searching". How he ever got me to believe this is a spectacle all on it's own. The guys now tease us and say it was "love at first sight". I just laugh that they could use such corny cliched come-backs. It was certainly not love at first sight. It was our souls greeting each other, and finding something familiar about each other. After about fifteen minutes of trying to figure everything spinning in my head out, I said the hell with it and threw it out my mind for the time being. Still, one question was still nagging at me. How do I know him personally??Next: Chapter 10 |