Forty-Four (44) by Sinclair Jools

Author:Sinclair, Jools [Sinclair, Jools]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: You Come Too Publishing
Published: 2011-03-30T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

I decided not to mention the specifics of my memories to Jesse, especially about Amanda, until I was ready. It felt great to understand things, why Amanda had turned on me. But there were still mysteries, things I didn’t know. Like why weren’t they still hanging out? I hadn’t seen them together since I had come back to school. I felt stupid suddenly about how I had told him I loved him. No wonder it was too late. Of course it was. He was with Amanda.

When I picked him up, I told Jesse about the great session with Dr. Krowe and that some memories came back. I was still flying high. I was so excited.

“That’s awesomo, Craigers!” he said as we drove. “See, Doc Mortimer was right. It just takes time. You’ll have it all back soon.”

“Yeah,” I said. “For the first time in a while, I believe that.”

“You should go ahead and apply to a few colleges. Write an essay about your death experience, they’ll love that. You might be ready by September.”

I smiled. College. I hadn’t even thought about that. That still seemed a ways off, being that I hadn’t even passed my last algebra test.

“Well, one step at a time,” I said.

“Right,” he said. “Seriously, that’s great.”

“Let’s do something this weekend,” I said. Even with the new knowledge about Amanda, it was an old habit, hanging out with Jesse, and one I didn’t want to give up. I bit my bottom lip. Damn.

“Name it, I’m there,” he said.

“Well, only if you have time. I mean, if you have plans with other people, that’s okay. I’m totally cool with that.”

I said it even though I really didn’t feel it inside. It was good to have the memory back about Amanda and Jesse, but I couldn’t stop these feelings I had for him. They were swelling up in me like a river after a storm.

“Gotta be at night because I’ve got some serious burger serving to do up at the mountain all day Saturday and Sunday, plus I’ll need time for my free runs. Hey, you should come up! The mountain misses you!”

“It’s doing fine without me,” I said.

“I’m off by 3. I could sneak you on the lift. Why don’t you meet me?”

“Not yet,” I said. I wasn’t ready to go up to the mountain. I missed snowboarding, but I didn’t have my balance back yet. And the last thing I wanted to do was watch a bunch of people doing something I loved so much.

“How about a movie or something? When you get back.”

“Sure,” he said. “Or even cosmic bowling and the arcade if nothing good is playing. Just let me know.”

We pulled up to his house. It was nice to think about fun things for a change and not about lakes and visions and fires and killers.

“So you actually like serving up burgers to a bunch of snow monkeys?”

“It’s not so bad. They’re mostly friendly. Hey, good work today on your memory recovery,” Jesse said, giving me a high five.

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