The Choreographer

Fifteen

Olivia

"Wait. I'm sorry. You hit me and I just had to leave."

"No. You made me hit you."

"How ?"

"You just talk a lot. You can't shut up for at least 5 minutes."

"But that still doesn't give you a right to put your hands on me. I should put you in jail."

"You are not going to do that."

"I need to go home. My family, April is waiting for me."

"Well tell them to wait."

"No. I'm leaving."

"How ? This is a moving vehicle. If you open the door and fall out, you are gonna die."

"I rather have that than to be here."

That's when I felt something stinging on my cheek. Did he just hit me ? I started hitting him not caring about nothing right now.

Then the vehicle swerved and flipped over. All I heard was a horn beeping before I fell unconsiousness.

April

"James, have you seen Olivia ? It's been 3 hours. The restaurant is not that far."

"Calm down. I am sure she is fine."

I looked at the TV and noticed Khalil face on there along with a wrecked car.

"Babe, turn that up."

"We interrupt your regularly schelduled program with some breaking news. The pop star James Brown dancer friend was seen in a car accident. Witnesses said they seen the passanger fighting the driver. No one knows who he is. They are being taking to Mercy Hospital now."

"Oh my god James. I told you something wasn't right. I am going to the hospital."

"I am right behind you."

We hopped in the car and drove to the hospital, not caring about tickets or speeding limits.

Arriving at the hospital, we seen Olivia on a stretcher being taken to the emergency room.

We followed her until they stopped us from going in there. We sat in the waiting room.

*****

A doctor came out with a clipboard in his hand looking for us. He spotted us and called.

"Family of Olivia Robinson ?"

"Yes that is us."

"Apparently, the driver is in critical condition."

"And Olivia ?"

"Well."

"Well what ?"

"She have suffered amnesia. When the car flipped over, she hit her on the hood."

"Is it permanent ?"

"No. If you show her things from before, maybe she can remember something. It may take her a while to remember something."

"Ok. Can we see her ?"

"Follow me."

Following him, we went to the room to see Olivia with a bandage wrapped around her head.

"Hi. Olivia my name is April and this is James."

"Hey James. Nice to meet you."

"What is the last thing you remember ?"

"Going out with Khalil and telling you."

"Oh okay. James let me talk to you for a second."

"Sure. What's up ?"

"That was 10 years ago. Babe we were in the 8th grade at that time. That's too long."

"Looks like we got catching up to do."

"You got that right."