I took a moment to breathe in the surroundings in front me. everything looks white here, from the curtains to the walls, bed, seats, you name it. There’s this machine that makes a beeping sound on it. I notice it’s connected to me. What is this? I’m not familiar with this. Panic started to rise inside of me.

"Uhmm-I-I-Uh" Dammit. Why cant I form any good sentences.

"You’re in the Hospital" This girl’s dad said. I think he understood my emotions very well probably because of the way I was acting earlier.

"Take a rest dear" He said and I just nodded. I don't really feel like talking to him right now.

"Jenna went to get the doctor" He added with a smile. Oh so her name’s Jenna. I just smiled back. Moments later the girl entered the room together with whom, I’m guessing the doctor.

"Aah! I see your awake now, Mr" he paused to look at his paper

"Fuentes". Really?! Is it really that big of a deal to see me awake?!!. As annoying as he said that, I just ignored it because he said something else that caught my attention. I furrowed my eyebrows at him. they all looked puzzled.

"Who?" I asked. Am I this Fuentes guy? I thought my name is Vic but I don't remember being a Fuentes. What the actual fuck? why cant I remember my name?!! .I mean it is MY name.. Gaaaahh!!! .. I screamed internally. Their faces changed from confuse to a look that said they understand.. What ever is going on right now? I have no idea.

"One moment" the doctor told me and signaled them. The three of them left the room, left me here. I laid back down in the bed to stare at the ceiling. I could hear them talking from outside the room but not to much though.

"...there was a huge possibility that this would happen." the doctor said.

"so your saying he doesn't remember anything?" this Jenna chick asked.

"From the way he was acting I would have to say yes." the doctor surely said. It won’t even take a genius to understand what they are talking about.. They’re talking about me, I know it, but I don't understand it clearly though. I made a mental note to ask them later.

After a minute or two, the three of them re-entered the room which cause me to sit back up again.

"So what’s going on?" I blurted. I couldn't help it I got curious. The doctor looked at the two like asking them to continue. they nodded and so the doctor said..

"Mr. Fuentes, youv'e been in a coma for four months, and you’re also suffering from retrograde amnesia" He said urgently. wooaah. What? No. Just No. I need time to process this. I cant have amnesia. I just cant. I felt hot tears slowly forming from my eyes, I tried to blink them back but instead they roll on my cheeks.The doctor said something about a next patient or whatever
before leaving us here.

"Hey now buddy, you’ll be okay. we’ll help you get through this." The man supportingly said while placing a hand in my shoulders for comfort.

"It’ll be alright now , don't cry" Jenna gave me a reassuring smile. I didn't even realize I’m crying but somehow I felt relieved because of how the two are acting, I may not even know them but my instincts told me that they could be trusted.

---

After the incident earlier, I remained silent for the whole time, still laying in bed and looking at the ceiling while letting my thoughts wander off. I got a million questions to ask them right now. Jenna’s dad left earlier, he said something about going to work, Jenna stayed with me the whole time.

"So may I ask what happened to me?" I started off asking one of my million questions. She look up from the magazine that she was reading to look at me and smiled a bit knowing that we are finally gonna have a conversation. She then put on a serious face.

"We’ll I don’t exactly know what happened to you but, ---

* (flash back from Jenna’s POV)

"Yeah so dad after we deliver all of these I was thinking of grabbing a pizza" I told dad. we’ve been working since this morning driving from state to state to deliver some stuff to some companies and we’re currently in Michigan.

"Yeah sure this is the last one though. Its already 4:45 pm think we can make it? " Dad said cheerily.

"Yeah." I said smiling. Dad look at me to smile and when he look back at the road his smile altered in to a sad serious one.

"What’s wrong dad?" I ask concernly.

"Look at that man right there" He said, while pointing across. There was this short brown- haired, possibly Mexican, man walking limply like he was in pain or something..hmm wonder where he was going.

"We’ll dad I think we should go check up on him, just to see if he’s ok." I said a bit concern fir the stranger. Dad suddenly pulled
over the side of the road. We saw the man collapse on the sidewalk. Dad bursted out of the car to go to the man, I immediately followed.

"Son what happened to you?" Dad said calmly but you can still feel the panick he had.

"I-I-I-I-I need help." He said faintly. He really is in pain he is crying. He has blood on his head and I think fresh cuts on his hand possibly from a shattered glass.

"I need ..Call.. ambulance.. " He muttered to himself.

"I-I-I... help... him... Call... Ambulance.. help him" He rambled, its like he didnt even see us there, he is talking to himself. Dad gave me a look of ’we need to help him’ The man is crying so hard. after that little ramble of his, we got him to the car and drive to the closest hospital. He passed out in the way there.

*
"we’ll we didnt know anyone from your friends or families we didn’t find your phone or any contacts from anyone you might know, all we found was your wallet with a license on it, so thats how we knew your name. The doctor adviced that we take you with us so you can have company when you wake up. So we got you here and move you to this hospital." She explained while looking at the ground trying to recall the scene.

"I hope thats okay though" She said this time looking back at me.
Wow. I think I need time to process all of this.

"Don't cry" she said calmly. I didnt even realized I was crying. I just I wonder what my life was from before

"Its Ok. uhmm thank you for taking care of me-- a-nd to your dad too" I gave her a weak smile. she returned the smile. I continued to ask her more questions so that I could have a piece of background like what was going on while I was in a coma, she doesn't really know much about me either so we ended up talking about her

---

"So you’re saying I dont really know you even from before?" I asked.
"yeah. kinda like that" she said smiling.

"Well we’ve been talking for hours now but you didnt really introduce.. like me to you " I said sheepishly.

"Oh. uhmm sorry about that. My name is Jenna Mcdougall" she smiled and gave her hand out for me to shake but I pulled her and gave her a hug and said thank you. How I did that with all the wires connected on me was a mystery.

"And my dad’s name is Flitch Mcdougall. and you are? " she chuckled because I still didnt know my name.

"Well I --uhh think my name is Vic but I’m not really sure" I said with a look of curiousity in my face.

she laughed a bit and handed me my wallet pointing at the driver’s license. I squinted my eyes while reading it, it says ’Victor Vincent Fuentes’ I smiled sheepishly cause now I know my name.

"Welp! call me Vic" I smiled at her.

Maybe starting a new life isn't that hard, not when you have people there to help you.

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