Saturday 18 August 2007

Chapter two: Clueless.

There was just this strange disembodied voice.....'hello, can you hear me? can you open your eyes for me'. 'Nope i'm fine as i am, thanks' she thought to herself. 'OUCH!' she jerked her eyes open as someone pinched her ear lobe very hard. 'Well was there any need for that' she thought as she reached up to rub the soreness away...Mind you that was not half as painful as her head.
'Well hello, you had us worried for a moment there', that voice again, turned out it was a St. John's Ambulance person. 'My head is kind of, no! extemely painful' she said as she slowly sat up surveying her surroundings. The Ambulance man chuckled slightly to himself 'Well that is ever likely. Falling head first into a metal rail is never going to end well'. She shifted her legs over the side of the bed she sat on, she looked at him, he was an older man probably late 50s, with greying hair, friendly looking, she looked at the surroundings; she appeared to be in a big white tent. 'So that is what caused this lump then' she said as she creased up her face in pain as she felt her head. 'Yep i am afraid you are probably going to have a splitting headache very soon....erm....sorry what is your name?' the Ambulance man said as he reached for the obligatory paperwork he was required to fill in. She thought for a moment before it dawned on her....she had absolutely no idea. She couldn't stop the tears then, 'i really don't know' she started to sob, 'where am I? Why am I here?'. The ambulance man moved over to sit next to her, 'Now don't fret, it's ok' he said as he shushed her. 'My name is Stewart Cooper, and i am a first aider here'... 'where are we?' she butted in before he could continue. He wrote something down on the paper before he spoke, she craned her neck to try and see, 'well we are at a music concert. Bon Jovi to be precise'. He pointed to her t-shirt, 'apparently you are a fan!' he said with a warm smile. She glanced down at the upside down picture of four men on her t-shirt....'Bon Jovi?' she said slightly confused, 'i have no idea who that is?'. She began to sob again as the reality of the situation began to sink in. Stewart continued writing on the forms before rising from the bed, 'i will be back in two seconds' he said before hurrying off.

'Well great' she said under her breath, she started fumbling through her pockets trying to find something that would tell her who she was. All she turned out was a crumpled five pound note, a london underground all day transport pass and some Extra chewing gum. 'Well ok we have a plan young lady' Stewart said as he reappeared in the tent, 'We figure you probably didn't come alone so we are going to try and find your friends from the crowd. Do you think you can walk with me?'. She eased herself off the low bed and stood up, 'yeah i think so ' she said quietly. Willing her head to stop throbbing, the loud music in the background not exactly helping, she started to follow him.

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'Hey babe should we go now? You can buy that t-shirt you wanted then' he said hopefully. Near enough 2 and a half hours stood listening to the band was just about his fill, he wasn't exactly the biggest fan of Bon Jovi. His girlfriend sighed 'yeah i guess it would be good to beat the crowds, and we have to meet up with your sister' she said as she reached for her bag she had put at her feet. They started to make their way back through the crowds of people as the band continued to play...

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