Forgotten

Chapter Seventeen

The next day ( Third person POV )

Probably because they slept very late the night before, they woke up very late.

Noah was the first one to wake up, he went for his usual morning workout and came back some minutes to 10:00am. By the time he came back, Vanessa, Tyler and Daniel were awake.

Since the others were still asleep, they decided to take care of the house chores. Tyler did the dishes that was used the day before, Vanessa rearrange the living room, Noah and Daniel went to make breakfast. The breakfast made was Poached eggs with smoked salmon and bubble & squeak.

By the time they finished with their chores, everyone was already awake. So they all gathered on the dining table to have their breakfast.

(After breakfast)

Vanessa POV

After we were done eating, Jenny and Josh went to do the dishes, Elizabeth and Jackson volunteered take care of the kitchen where the meal was made and I must say that they look good together. Veronica and Victoria volunteered to do the laundry, the bedspreads and some other clothes in the laundry room.

Blake went back to his room to sleep since there was nothing for him to do or maybe not, he came back to the living room half an hour later just with his shorts and dripping hair, guess he went to take his bath. I wanted to talk to Tyler but he was nowhere to be found, guess he left when I was busy ogling at Blake.

I wanted to talk to someone about my thoughts but I know Tyler is the best person to talk to and now I can't see him. He probably is in his room, I asked Blake for the room Tyler and his friends stayed overnight and he told me where to find it. It was just two doors after my room.

Once I got to the door, I knocked since I can't be sure about what's going on inside.

" You can come in" a voice replied me from inside the room, atleast he could have asked who it was before telling me to come inside but I figured there was no need to do that since we all know those inside the house. I went inside the room to see Noah with a towel around his waist. He has a very nice body I must say, but Blake has a better body.

" Once you are done drooling, you can let me know although I'll prefer if you get it over quickly I need to put on my clothes" I was brought out of my daydream by his comment and I'm sure I'm already red by now. So embarrassing I can't believe I got caught but in order not to make it awkward I answered him.

" I'm done already, you can put on your clothes. Blake's body is better by the way." I mumbled the last part though.

" Okay, thanks for releasing me. As much as I enjoy your company I'm sure you are not here to see me" he said as he changed into his clothes, he was already wearing his shorts before I came in so I didn't see anything other than his chest.

" Yeah, I came to see if Tyler was here. I didn't see him in the living room with the others so I thought he would be here" from the look of things I doubt if he's actually here because I haven't seen any trace of him since I got to the room.

" Oh... Tyler went home after breakfast. He said he had something to do. You should call him, I'm sure he'll tell you what's going on since both of you are close" he told me but for some reasons it felt as if he was trying to say something. I don't believe he doesn't know about what happened between Tyler and I, the only thing I could think of is that he's pretending but another part of me wants to believe he really doesn't know anything about it.

" Actually I don't have his contact since we see each other every day, I didn't see the need to get his contact but I forgot to get it when I was leaving." I told him honestly but not totally because I was sure I won't have gotten his contact even if I asked him then, I offended him in a way I didn't know.

" You are right, wait a minute let me get my phone" he left to the bathroom to get his phone and came back shortly after. Why will his phone be the bathroom in the first place?

As if he could read what was running in my mind. " I had to take a call while I was in the bathroom and I forgot to bring it out with me" he answered.

" Oh... But why did you tell me all that?" I asked him.

" You asked." Seems like I said my thoughts out loud but since when do I do that.

" Didn't know I said that out loud, it was just my thoughts"

" Guessed much, anyways here's his number" he passed his phone to me and I quickly dialed the number on my phone and saved it and returned Noah's phone back to him

" Give me your phone" he said all of a sudden.

" Huh.." before I could fully register what he said, he already took my phone from me.

" Here, I also saved my number on your phone. You can call or text me when you like" I sat on the bed since I was tired of standing and figured he won't tell me to seat down.

" Pardon my manners, I totally forgot to tell you to seat. So while we are here, tell me about your sister" I froze upon hearing about my sister from him, Ryder didn't tell him, did he?

" You told me your sister had a crush on me. Don't tell me you've forgotten" did I seriously tell him that? Why don't I have any recollection of that.

" Did I really tell you that? I don't remember saying anything of that sort" I voiced out my thoughts.

" Oh.. seems like you really forgot"

Flashback:

On the day Tyler left Vanessa in school, she was on her way home when Noah stopped by the road telling her to get inside the car. He wanted to drop her at home.

Are just going to keep staring at me or will you drive?" She asked the guy when I noticed he was staring at her too much.

"Do you know me?"

"Of course, I saw you with Ryder earlier on"

"That's not what I mean, before today have we met before?"

Now that I think about it, I remember another guy's face but not clearly it doesn't look like him, who could it be? Why can't I just remember everything at once? I was trying so hard to remember the other boy when my head started to hurt me before I knew it I already fell into darkness but I heard myself mutter some words I couldn't understand and with that I passed out.

" Oh, you are the guy my sister has a crush on" that was her last statement before she passed out.

Present:

Oh, I remember now. That was the first thought that came to my head when he asked if I knew him.

" So now that you remember, will you tell me about her? " He asked although I'm sure he wasn't asking me. It won't hurt to tell him about her, I can just keep the important part out of the conversation.

" Sure" I told him about the fact that my sister liked him in middle School and that I haven't seen her in the last nine years.

" We grew up in the orphanage since we lost our mom at a very young age, I can't even remember how she looks like and I didn't hear mom saying anything about our dad so I could only assume that we don't have a father also. After her death, we were sent to the orphanage. Since we were identical, people often mistook us for each other. One day, a couple came for adoption after all the paperwork and whatnot has been done, it was concluded that Amelia will be the one to be adopted but I was taken instead and no matter how much I insisted I was Amelia they didn't believe me. It was later I found that Amelia ran away from the orphanage and I was taken to be her replacement.

The couple who adopted me had a daughter of my age, we were of the same day, month but she's a year older we were like twins and I kept wondering why they wanted to adopt someone else but I didn't get any response or conclusion. They were not easy to see through so I just gave the thought up. I really missed my sister but I was just a little child and there was nothing or little I could do to look for her. I would always sneak to the orphanage to see if my sister was back but every time I went she wasn't there. I was scared since I didn't know where she was.

Then after a summer break in school, my family relocated and I was sad but there was nothing I could do or say to change their mind. We had to change school since the distance between our school and home was really big, we really did change school and I'm happy I did. On our first day of school, I was getting weird stares from people. I was someone who has always been conscious of myself, I began thinking about what I did until I overheard some girls talking

" Who is that girl next to Vanessa? She seems like a new girl" one of the girls said and it made me scared if they really knew who I was. I was scared Veronica would know I'm not the one that was supposed to be adopted but looking at her, she wasn't concentrated on what the girls were saying.

" Yeah, I know and don't you think she's trying to gain Noah's attention by putting on a shorter skirt. I mean she wears a short skirt but this is too obvious" the other girl said and now I'm confused who is Noah and it's like I'm not the one they were talking about. It suddenly rang a bell in my head that if they were talking about someone else, then it could be my sister. I was looking forward to see her.

After doing what needed to be done, Veronica went to her class and I went to mine. The teacher told me to introduce myself, just as I was about to say my name I noticed someone familiar. It was Amelia looking at me with a surprised look. I wanted to run to her but I needed to behave myself

" My name is Amelia Davis and the girl over there is my sister" I said pointing towards Amelia, I guess she already took the name Vanessa and it seems like she was also taken in the place of me.

The teacher instructed me to sit beside her and I couldn't be more happy. After the class ended, we did a lot of catch up and I found out that she didn't run away she was just adopted before me and I told her I was taken thinking I was her. I couldn't care less about our identities now I was just happy I finally found her.

In school she lived as Amelia and vice versa but once it was time to go home we went back to be what we were thought to be. She told me about her family, the couples were nice but their son was a devil in sheep's clothing" I laughed while telling him about Tyler, according to Tyler, Amelia was a daredevil and vice versa. I wondered what happened between them.

I continued my story when I finished laughing " I also told her about my family, she then took me to her group of friends. It was then I met Ryder and you, you probably don't remember that but I was really curious to see the so-called Noah my sister was head over heels for. As time went on, Ryder became my best friend and Veronica doesn't talk to me in school back then also, I always felt she was ignoring me but I just came to know the reason why she doesn't talk to me. Apparently she has Prosopagnosia and she couldn't recognize me except with the use of my clothes and since I wear similar clothes with my sister she was afraid of mistaking us for each other."

Jackson came into the room and told Noah it was time to go home. Seems like we talked alot and time went by before we knew it. We bade each other goodbye and promised to meet again. He isn't a bad guy after all.