A/N: The sequel to Sherlock Holmes' Soft Side is here! If you haven't read that, I don't suggest reading this yet. It's based heavily on the first book.
June Moriarty sauntered around the house, heading in one direction but not afraid to wander. It was her house now, and she wanted to make sure everything was in working order. The dead flowers in the hall, the empty room with such perfect light as for a sun bed and the chipped wood on the staircase. She reached the office, her destination, and clucked her tongue when she saw the state of the room. Her father had always neat when it came to work, but the planning stages were disjointed and confusing. June walked in to the room that had previously been banned, no remorse towards her father's belongings as other, more emotional, people would be. Her father was dead. It was done. If anything, June felt pride at overtaking her father. Stupid boy playing with tools he didn't use properly. June would fix that. She walked to the desk, where a pile of instructions were left out. Not for her, but for Sherlock, the draft instructions for the final battle. Her father's final battle, anyway. She read over them and sighed. If father had put caging in the bottom of Sherlock's cage and disappeared from his own, Sherlock would have died and he survived. An idiot, with all his power. June didn't make such stupid mistakes. Besides, she had bigger fish to fry. Much, much bigger fish.
Everyone was there. Everyone who was everyone. There was Sherlock, John, Sarah and Mrs. Hudson, the residents of Baker Street. There was Claire's friends, Jess, Julie, Fran and Fran's boyfriend, Greg, who would have come anyway with the police group of Anderson and Donovan. They all stood around the sleeping figure, watching her eyelids. Claire had shown signs of waking up, and news had spread fast among the group due to Sherlock sending a text to everyone. They arrived as soon as possible, waiting to see what happened to Claire.
Claire's eyelids shook as she fought against them, pushing them up. Her eyes looked around the room, taking in her surroundings.
"What... am I doing here?" She asked softly
"Claire" Sherlock cried, wrapping his arms around her "Claire, I'm so glad you're ok" The people around the room moved closer, wanting to see Claire. To everyone's surprise, Claire started sobbing.
"Claire, what's wrong?" John asked, thinking maybe Sherlock was hurting her in his embrace. Similar thoughts went through Sherlock's mind, and he jumped back. Claire looked at the man that had embraced her, and the man behind him, and the others in the room.
"I-I'm sorry" She sobbed "But I d-don't know any of you"
"What do you mean?" Sherlock asked "Claire, it's Sherlock, it's me. Claire!" Sherlock yelled, holding onto her
"Sherlock" John said, putting a hand on his shoulder
"What's wrong with her, John? Why can't she remember me?" Sherlock asked. John pulled Sherlock away "John, what are you doing? I need to be with Claire! John!" Sherlock yelled, trying to break free. Lestrade and Anderson helped pull Sherlock out of the room.
"Fran" Claire said happily "Jess, Julie" She said. They came forward to her bed. "What happened?"
"You hit your head, sweetie" Julie said softly
"You've forgotten things" Fran said gently
"John, what are you doing!" Sherlock shouted, as the men dragged Sherlock out of the hospital "Let me go!"
"Sherlock, you need to leave her for a while" John said
"But why?" Sherlock asked. For once, he was confused.
"Claire's suffering memory loss. She can't remember things. You being there scares her, because she doesn't know you" John explained gently
"But I need to be there!" Sherlock yelled
"Calm down Sherlock" Lestrade said comfortingly
"Stop treating me like I'm insane!" Sherlock raged at them
"We know you're not insane" Anderson said. His sarcastic words comforted Sherlock more than the soft voices of John and Lestrade
"Will she ever remember me?" Sherlock asked quietly, almost a whisper
"We don't know" John admitted. Sherlock nodded and walked peacefully out of the hospital.
"What's the last thing you remember, honey?" Sarah asked Claire
"Err... that night we went out to a party and the lights went out" Claire said. The girls nodded. That was about a month before she met Sherlock.
"A lot has happened since then" Sarah said
"I know. You're pregnant, for one" Claire said. Sarah half-smiled. "Who's the father?"
"Remember the guy from work I was dating?" Sarah asked, testing Claire at the same time
"Josh?" Claire tried
"John" Sarah corrected
"Yea, I remember you telling me about him. I didn't know it was serious, though" Claire admitted
"Like I said, a lot has changed" Sarah said. Silence filled the room.
"Who was the man?" Claire asked eventually
"Which man?" Jess asked, playing innocent
"The man who was here. The one they took away" Claire answered. She needed answers.
"That's Sherlock" Jess said simply
"How does he know me?" Claire asked
"I introduced you" Sarah said "He's a friend of John's"
"How close were – are- we?" Claire asked, not sure on the correct tense.
"You're not a virgin anymore" Julie explained. Claire's eyes went wide.
"Wow" She said
"Yea"
"Tell me more about him" Claire asked
"He's the most arrogant guy you'll ever meet" Sarah started
"He's a consulting detective" Jess added
"What's that?" Claire asked
"When the police are out of their depth, which is always, they consult him" The girls chorused.
"Smart?"
"Unbelievably. He can see information from little things we can't see. It's easy when he explains it, but god it's hard before he does" Sarah said
"I can't see myself getting on too well with him" Claire admitted
"Well you did" Sarah encouraged
"You helped him investigate the crimes" Jess added
"It sounds like I was being used, to be honest" Claire admitted sadly
"He really cared about you" Julie said "He even sang to you in an airport"
"I sing to you guys at home, it's not that big" Claire said
"He sang over the loudspeaker" Fran explained
"Wow" Claire said
"Indeed"
"How did I end up here?" Claire asked
"Sherlock's nemesis, Moriarty" Sarah explained
"Who's Moriarty? Should I be scared?" Claire asked
"He's dead. Sherlock killed him" Jess said
"Sherlock's a murderer!" Claire exclaimed
"You are too" Julie said. Fran kicked her foot
"I killed someone?" Claire asked
"You thought he was Moriarty" Sarah explained
"My lord" Claire muttered "I don't think I want to go back to that life at all"
"You will when you remember" Fran promised
"But what if I don't remember?"
A/N: Might not update for a while, sorry guys, but I will when I get the chance- promise :)