By Riot M.

I sit in the hospital bed confused with a pounding head and a cast on my leg. I try to sit up but all of the blood rushes from my head and I grow dizzy. I feel disoriented and don’t understand what exactly happened for me to get here. I think of my latest memory and recall sitting in a swing with someone. I can’t remember who, I know they were important to me but I can’t remember why or how. A doctor walks into the room I’m in and asks me if I can remember why I’m in the hospital. I say that I don’t and she responds by saying that I was in a car accident and that I most likely have temporary amnesia. She asks me what year it is and I respond with 2021. She looks shocked and I grow uneasy. She calls in another doctor who asks me the same question. I respond with hesitancy and the new doctor has the same reaction as the first one. I start to panic, I know I need to ask but I’m too nervous. The first doctor picks up on the confusion written on my features and states that the year is currently 2023. The panic on my face is evident and I start rambling off questions not knowing when to slow down or give them time to respond. They call my mom into the room, and I start to ask her questions about what has happened over the past two years. She begins to cry and I grow upset. Why is she crying? She’s not the one that forgot the past two years. Why does she have the right to make me feel bad for making her cry? My train of thought comes to a screeching halt as the most gorgeous person walks through the doors to my room. I’m dazzled by their enchanting eyes and lustrous hair. My mouth moves before my brain can stop it. “You’re gorgeous.” My dazed expression makes her giggle and she replies to me with a drawn out “Babe.” I sit speechless as I realize that she called me babe. Could this mean what I think it does? Are we together? Her left ring finger catches my eye, a dazzling diamond ring and a wedding band. I quickly dart my eyes towards my own hand and stare in awe at the matching diamonds. My eyes well up and I begin to cry tears of joy.