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Post by Belladonna on May 12, 2007 18:23:39 GMT -5
*Belladonna came into the kitchen with Christian, flopping down into a chair. She had finally stopped crying, but her huge eyes were heartbreaking and her face pale.* I'm...I'm sorry.
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Post by Christian on May 12, 2007 18:25:52 GMT -5
Christian shook his head and bent down so that he and Bella were making eye contact.
"No, no, no, Bella. I'm sorry. I didn't realize that you'd been going through so much."
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Post by Belladonna on May 12, 2007 18:28:04 GMT -5
You couldn't have known. *She brushed her hair out of her face* But I'm really sorry. I shouldn't...I shouldn't have broken down like that. It's nobody's fault but my own.
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Post by Christian on May 12, 2007 18:36:21 GMT -5
"Please stop looking on the negative side," Christian implored. "It's not anyone's fault but the man who did this to you." A wangsty silence filled the air as Chris thought over his next words.
"Was it... was it by force?" Fortunately for her, Bella did not receive the opportunity to answer as a searing pain filled Christian's head. Gasping, he crumpled to the floor, his hands in fists. A flash of blonde hair and blue eyes passed before his eyes. He saw Bella and Syd. He only snatched a glimpse of a dark cloaked figure before the pain subsided as quickly as it had begun.
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Post by Belladonna on May 12, 2007 18:39:45 GMT -5
Christian! *Bella flung herself out of her chair and onto the floor beside him, smoothing his hair out of his eyes* Christian! Are you okay?
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Post by Christian on May 12, 2007 18:43:56 GMT -5
"Yes," Chris managed to choke out between gasps, "I'm fine now. But I saw... you and Syd... and another... person. He didn't exactly... look human..."
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Post by Belladonna on May 12, 2007 18:46:50 GMT -5
*Belladonna sat back on her heels, her eyes wide.* Could he...could he be getting his memory back? You...saw us with someone? Did he look familiar?
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Post by Christian on May 12, 2007 18:49:11 GMT -5
His breath recovered, Christian sat up.
"Not exactly... but I think I've seen him before somewhere. I can't place him. Did something happen between you and Sydney?"
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Post by Belladonna on May 12, 2007 18:53:58 GMT -5
*She bit her lip, considering how to answer that.* Yes, um...a very long time ago. *She fiddled with the engagement ring that hung on a chain around her neck, then realized what she was doing and dropped it so that it was hidden down the front of her dress once more.* Don't do anything stupid, Bella.
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Post by Christian on May 12, 2007 18:58:55 GMT -5
Christian hardly noticed the ring as his mind was exploding with questions. Something had happened. It bothered him that he could not remember; he'd always had a great memory for things.
"It's just so strange."
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Post by Belladonna on May 12, 2007 19:05:32 GMT -5
*Bella had to bite the inside of her cheek, hard, to force herself not to tell him the whole story. She sighed and managed a small, sad smile.* It, um...probably wasn't important. Everyone forgets...*She swallowed*...everyone forgets little things once in a while.
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Post by Christian on May 12, 2007 19:07:42 GMT -5
"Oh, I don't this was something little, Mademoiselle. Wait. I wasn't imagining these things, was I?"
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Post by Belladonna on May 12, 2007 19:12:10 GMT -5
No, you weren't. *She said slowly, unconsciously fiddling with her ring again*
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Post by Christian on May 12, 2007 19:21:09 GMT -5
"Then why is it that I can't remember?" Christian began to impatiently pace up and down the kitchen, scratching his head in thought. Abruptly, the pain returned, this time with much more force. Christian cried out and fell to the floor.
He saw blood. A skeletal hand reached out to him. Sydney knocking him out with her gun. Then it all blurred together as he saw himself outside Hotel Blanche. And the events leading up to now.
As the pain faded, he spoke in a low tone.
"I remember. I remember everything, Bella."
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Post by Belladonna on May 12, 2007 19:27:22 GMT -5
*She stared at him, her face somehow even paler than before* What?
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