"Why did you do that?"
"Well you've gotta have faith in something, and I'm putting mine in you."
"Thank you."
"Doesn't mean what you did was right."
"Dr. Foster, to the lab please."
"I'll be right there."
Without another word she turned to leave the office.
"Foster?"
"Yes, Loker?" She asked, still facing the doorway.
"Are you okay?"
"Of course, I'm fine." She bit her lip as her voice cracked, and tears filled her eyes.
"What's wrong?" He asked tenderly, placing a gentle hand on her shoulder.
"It doesn't matter. Unless you can change the past."
"You don't know what's going to happen in the future. I'm not saying that you're going to get Sophie back, but maybe you will be a mother someday."
"I wasn't talking about Sophie." She whispered, turning around to gaze sadly into the green eyes that were so much like her own.
"W-what do you mean?" He stammered, unnerved by the intensity of her gaze.
"Eli, try to remember." She begged.
"Remember what?"
"Me."
Suddenly, one of his earliest memories exploded across his vision.
He saw a woman standing over him, crying.
"I love you, Eli. Always remember that I love you." She sobbed as she hugged him gently to her.
Panic swept over him as he felt the arms that were holding him change, and he was carried off.
The woman who'd been holding him sank down onto the sidewalk, tears streaming from her green eyes.