Ignorance is bliss, better enjoy it while you can though.
I force a in a sharp breath that I immediately regret because it makes my lungs ache. I relax back onto the soft high dense material that I come to terms with as a mattress. What's going on? Okay now would pretty much be a good time to open your eyes. Of course. Slowly as if I'm new to the whole process, I let my eyelids open, taking in the light slowly and blinking rapidly to adjust to it. A pair of blue sharp eyes appear above me and instantly my heart starts racing. I don't know why. We stare at each other for a moment, no one says anything and we stay comfortable in the silence for as long as time will allow.
Someone coughs gently at a distance and I hear footsteps approaching. He shifts and takes an upright stance, "How are you feeling?" he says his voice deep and husky. My eyes shift around him as I take in my surroundings, okay. I'm in my room on my bed. What else am I missing? How did I get here? I shoot him a look again and he nods slightly and his hands as if out of their own accord cup my hands. "Do you remember how you got here?" Reid asks me as he gently sits on the side of my bed. I inhale slowly and allow my mind to wonder to the back of my head.
Slow but vivid, they come to me. The bar, three people, glasses, screaming, black and green. Then a million other images flood my mind instantly and I close my eyes and crunch my face as the pain in my temples increases. I bring my hands to the sides of my head and wait for the pain to subside but it doesn't, instead, it fucking increases. Hold your hands close to the side of your head and inhale and exhale. This was not the fucking time for my brain to be doing this but I obey nonetheless. The pain decreases to a tolerable amount and I finally exhale, allowing myself to finally open my eyes.
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"Come on, it's been two hours and you still haven't talked to us." Reid says to me from the window. He won't come close to me now, he doesn't come three feet close to me. He knows now, he thinks your dangerous. He doesn't know how to treat this. Which is shocking because he does want to come closer, he just won't, not can't.
"Well for starters you won't come close to me. I don't bite." I say and for a moment I'm also shocked with the sound of my own voice. I glance at Reid who looks back at me in shock as well. I have a freaking accent? He then moves towards me, only stopping a few feet from my bed. Coward much? I arch a brow and stare at him. "She doesn't remember everything," Garth says striding into the room straight toward my bed and kisses me on the cheek. My body stiffens for a moment after he does that. So that's not awkward. Given the fact that you had an orgasm on his lap just last night, I think you should expect more. I smile up at him and we continue.
"What do you mean she doesn't remember everything? Reika?" Reid asks looking at me. What the fuck? Okay girl think.
"I'm a mage, what else is there to it?" I say and they stare at each other for a while. "And?" Garth queries as he sits on my bed. "And what? I honestly don't necessarily understand a lot of what is going on, but for starters how the fuck am I here with two members of Meridian, and where am I?" I ask my tone more commanding than I have ever dared to use. I mean, I know who they are, I can remember the last nine months clearly in my head but how and why did I end up here. "Wait up, what's your name?" Reid starts.
"Reika." I say eyeing him. I had this annoying feeling that something wasn't right. I know these guys, I trust them. And I remember a part of my life, but where the hell was the fucking rest? "I hate the fact that I'm clueless, I don't like being clueless, and now Fiona's dead and that's my fault....I don't understand..." I start and my voice comes out in a high pitch that makes me panic even more. Oh my God, I killed Fiona. I push my blankets aside and get to my feet at a terrifying speed so it takes a minute for my body to balance it out. "Whoa, there, be careful." They both say at the same time.
"Okay, sit down again, let's take it slow for a second here." Reid says helping me sit down. "I'm gonna ask you this again, what's your name?" he asks staring into my eyes. My heart starts racing and sweat trickles down my back. Jesus was he always this hot and intense and smoldering? "My name is Reika, what part of that don't you understand?" I shoot back, as if I would lie about my own name, wait.... is that... the realization strikes me like a thunderbolt and I close my eyes for a moment. I can feel the literal shift in reality when it sticks.
"I can't remember my own name can I?" the daunting realization still hasn't left my mind. "Yeah, you don't." Reid agrees and stands up, Garth following his lead. "We're gonna give you some space, you need it. Then we're gonna talk again in the evening." and with that they both exit my room and a palpable silence falls immediately leaving me to my thoughts. What. The. Fuck.