After a heroic rescue and a head injury, I feigned amnesia and asked my eight-year girlfriend who she was. She said we were classmates.

I bravely saved someone but hit my head. My girlfriend of eight years came to visit me in the hospital.

I pretended to have amnesia and jokingly asked her who she was.

She paused, then her voice calm, she said,

“We’re classmates.”

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Classmates...

I stared at Chloe’s face, my girlfriend of eight years, trying to find a hint of a joke, but there was none. She was serious, and so… calm.

I forced a strained smile. The words “Just kidding!” got stuck in my throat. Classmates? Not even close friends.

I wondered if she would’ve even come if the doctor hadn’t called her.