Author's note: Thanks to all of you who have reviewed this story so far. Just another short chapter to keep the story moving along.
PrettyDiva: It's hard not to be critical of myself especially when it comes to a new story. I saw a pic of Catherine Sutherland with short hair so I decided to do the same for Kat in this story. And yes, you will get some of the details of her rescue.
HarryPassionFan: Yes, Kat does have her Aussie accent, I forgot to mention in the last chapter that Lizzie is working in a diner in Australia so her accent doesn't stick out much there. See what happens when I'm writing too many stories at once. LOL
Tommyfan4ever: Yes, Lizzie and Kat are one in the same. I tried to give clues with the blue eyes and blonde hair.
AJ: Right now, Vadim's just a guy who fell for an attractive girl. So he's not much of a villain at this point.
Purple Strobe: Well, most of the story is about Tommy helping her remember so she has to be discovered pretty soon.
Lizzie and Vadim strolled hand in hand down the sidewalk in Brisbane, which was the capital of Queensland. They had been dating for about five months now and Vadim has surprised Lizzie with a trip to the capital city. They had just come from the Lyric Theatre at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre where they had just watched a performance of The Australian Ballet.
"Did you have a good time tonight?" Vadim asked as they walked back to their hotel.
"Yes, it was wonderful, I loved the ballet," Lizzie told him.
"I thought you might," he replied.
"Oh and why is that?" she asked.
"Well, if you don't mind me saying so, you have a dancer's body," he replied.
"Is that so?" Lizzie asked.
"You've got the long legs and you're the most graceful person I've ever met, so I kinda figured maybe you were a dancer when you were young," he told her.
"Who knows, maybe you're right, maybe I was a dancer in a former life," Lizzie replied.
"Lizzie, I haven't wanted to put pressure on you before now but can I talk to you aobut something," the handsome Australian man asked as he looked at her with his dark brown eyes.
"Of course," Lizzie said.
"These five months with you have been really great, I can't remember the last time I felt this way about another person," he said.
"Ok, but…" she said.
"I've told you everything about my family, but I still don't feel like I know anything about you," he told her.
"That's because there isn't much to know," she replied.
"I know you say you can't remember your life from before you ended up in Mackay but what about after that," he said. Mackay was a city located on the eastern coast of Queensland where Lizzie was currently living.
"I'm sorry that I've been less than forthcoming with you about my past but these past five months have been the first time that I actually let myself live and stop worrying about when or if I'm ever going to remember," Lizzie told him.
"I understand that love and I'm happy that I've helped you to move on but I'd really like it if you'd open up to me," Vadim replied.
"Why is this so important to you?" she asked.
"I'm really starting to fall in love with you Lizzie and I was hoping that you'd go home with me to Melbourne next month and meet my parents," he answered.
"And you don't think they'd like you bringing home a girl with no past?" she questioned.
"They'll love you because I do, not because of something you have no control over, but it would be nice to at least tell them something," he replied.
"Alright, if it really means that much to you, I'll tell you as much as I remember, I've never shared this with anyone besides Mary," she said stopping to sit down on a nearby bench.
"It really means a lot that you're willing to do this," he told her.
"I'm not quite certain but I think I was involved in some kind of accident at sea," she began.
"So you were found in the water?" he asked.
"Yes, sort of, you see apparently, I was found in a fisherman's net, somehow I must have been dragged in the current and the net caught me, I should be grateful really because otherwise I probably would have drowned," she said.
"How long was it before you were discovered?" he asked.
"I'm not sure, it must have been a few days because the fisherman couldn't determine the exact location of where they must have picked me up, therefore, making it impossible for me to even guess which part of Australia I'm from, all of this I was told when I woke up in a hospital in Mackay almost a year later, they asked me if I remembered being in an accident and that's when I realized I didn't remember anything at all, not who I was, or what had happened to me or even if I had a family out somewhere looking for me," she explained.
"But surely the authorities at least searched for someone who might be looking for you," he said.
"They checked every missing person's report in the whole state of Queensland but without knowing exactly where I was from the search was pretty much useless and there were no missing person's reports matching my description, and obviously I wasn't a criminal because my fingerprints weren't in any of the databases," she said.
"So you just gave up?" he asked.
"I didn't want to but at the time I had no name, no identity and no money to really continue the search and the authorities had more important cases to work on so I checked myself out of the hospital gave myself the name Lizzie, a few of the nurse were nice enough to raise some money for me and I ended up meeting Mary who was looking for a roommate, I got a job at the diner and I've been working there ever since always hoping that my memory would return," she said.
"Where did the name Lizzie come from?" he inquired.
"It was the name of the boat that rescued me at least that's what the nurses said and anything was better than being referred to as Jane Doe," she said.
"Thank you so much for sharing that with me," he said.
"I know I should have told you sooner but I've never let anyone besides Mary get that close to me," she told him.
"Well then, I'm honored that you chose to finally open up to me, you really are a special girl," he said and then kissed her.
"Does this mean you still want me to meet your parents?" she asked once they stopped kissing.
"Yes, I can't wait for them to meet you, and who knows, maybe someday you'll end up with a whole new family," he replied.
