Its a musky night theres no one around, shes been to this place so many times that she can do it blindfold but her hands are still out cautiously as if she was going to make a wrong move and suddenly fall foward, but she doesnt. Instead she takes one step and then another slowly she works up the confidence when theres no light and you know its not supposed to be it makes it feel wrong, none of the steps creak but she holds her breath for a second and waits listening to anything she hears little footsteps and freezes then around the corner she sees her cat. She exhales her breathe and walks outside. I'm Free. Those are the first thoughts that enter her mind, she has never sneaked out before and has no paricular reason to do so now except that she needed to get out, shes meeting no one and shes not thinking of running away in fact she just stands there for a second. Outside she sees the wind shake through the leaves as if to greet her and her alone she throws back her head as if to return the gesture. She starts running down the driveway unsure of where she is going. She doesnt stop to think but continues to run, no one is ever awake this late in this community, all the drunks and partiers have left for home and the early birds are not quite yet awake. The wind pushes her along her mind is empty the only thing she hears is the rush of her feet against the pavement. She stops out of breathe she is a couple of miles away from home she leans against the lamppost and then she sees this bright light coming straight for her and she sees no more. She hears tires screaching anda man getting out, she cant understand what he is saying but feels him warm hand on her face she falls asleep and the man is urging herto stay awake he is frntic maybe he killed her. He should have seen her, he dials 911 with his cell phone one of the newer brands, that he needed to get to just to have. He searches her franticly looking for identification a card a hint a name maybe even a name plate necklace. She has to be young he thinks maybe a college stuent who knows she could be younger. "Stay awake, The ambulence is almost here." He tells her trying to keep her concious. "What is your name?" No answer. The ambulence gets here and pushes him away he doesn't know what to do for some reason he wants to go into the ambulence with her see if she is gonna make it but a policemandrags him away and she is left alone. The mans hand is gone the first thought that she has she cant see him the man who had kept her alive, now a dozen people are standing over her faces she cant register, no one knows her name she is too far wawy from home, she doesnt have a purse or identification. But non of this registers to her now, all sher wants to do is go to sleep no one stops her and she drifts off. The paramedics faces hold gloom they dont know if shell ever wake up. She wakes up again and now sees none of the faces that crowded over her before, she hears the doctors and nurses saying something, that she cant understand, he walks over to her he looks like a grandpa she thinks he has warm eyes and that happy look about him, but not like her grandpa her grandpa has ... has what? She frantically searches for a face or memory of her grandfather she knows she has one she can hear his laugh bt cant remember his face or what he was like, what about her parents does she remember them does she have parents what were there names. Who am I? What is my name my address my telephone number, how can i know to ask these things and not know the answers, am i anyone? The doctor walks over looking at her thoughrally and sees panic on her face he calls out miss. There is no name for her, she sees him loking at him and appears to calm down. He walks over to her and asks for her name. When she tells him that she cannot remember her looks worried. Can you remember anything? The girl laughs she is so scared and tells him she can tell him almost anything except for her name her family her entire life but she can recite to him the mutiplacation charts or einsteins theory of relativity. He looks down and then he looks back at her he sees the question one that every person with amnesia looks at him with."Can you tell me who I am?" most times he can but this time he can not, to him she was just another jane doe, there was nothing along with her no purse not anything and he has to release her but where. He can hold off a couple of daus he tells her, she might be able to remember something by thebn he tries to reassure her but she doesn't by it. But she agrees to stay and thanks him.
