I D E N T I T Y

Peyton Comber

Beep-beep-beep

I jerk my eyes open and look around. All I can see is bright lights and a heart rate monitor.

Beep-beep-beep

What's going on?

Where am I? What happened? I feel panic rise in my chest, why am I not dead? I should be dead!

My breaths are coming out in short bursts, my vision blurs with panic. I look around wildly and stop suddenly when I see my reflection.

Who am I?

I'm blonde instead auburn, I have blue eyes instead of brown, and I'm ghostly pale instead of my usual olive complexion.

That's it, I think, I'm gonna throw up.

Just as I'm about to be sick, fifteen different people rush into the room. One rushes towards me, crying her eyes out.

"Peyton, oh I—"

"Stop! Don't get near me! Tell me where I am! What's happening?!" I scream.

She stops, clearly hurt, but understanding. "Peyton, it's me, your mother. It's going to be ok."

"Who's Peyton?! My names Olivia! And you are definitely not my mother!" I scream almost hysterically.

Her face crumbles and she buries her face in some guys shoulder. One guy in a white coat comes near me calmly and slowly.

"Listen to me, my name is Dr. Ovara. You have been in a coma for three years. I don't know what happened in that coma, but it wasn't real. But you don't need to be frightened, we're here to help you Peyton."

Coma for three years, wasn't real, wasn't real

No, no, no

NO

My life, everything I worked for, everyone I loved, wasn't real? All the pain and loss I went through, wasn't real?

Olivia Wright, not real?

I can't breathe. There are people muttering, lights shining in my face, adults sobbing. People in white coats are poking at me, asking all these questions I don't know the answers to.

"Who am I?"

The question comes out small and soft, so quiet it's barely audible. One of the younger men looks at me with surprise and says:

"Peyton Comber is your name, but who you are isn't a name."

Peyton, Peyton Comber

Then everything goes black.

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Edit: Don't worry, the chapters get way longer soon, I just used to think that 300 words was super long when I first started writing but I've now come to my senses lol, so keep reading!!