Jaime was glad he remembered almost everything about his parents. That way he wasn't blindsided by his mother's crushing hug.
Or the cry of "Mijo you've grown!"
"Hola, mama. Hola papa."
"You scared us so much!" His father's voice would have been scolding if not for the big smile on his face.
Rosa demanded he pick her up, then proceed to inspect his face. His parents had moved over to Cassie, and from what he could hear, thanking her profusely. Something felt so natural about seeing her with his parents, like he did it often.
Then Rosa demanded he get in the car so she could have her brother back.
And he laughed. His parents signed the discharge papers while he, Cassie and Rosa waited in a rental car. Rosa kept hugging him, and he caught Cassie with a strange expression on her face a few times, but it quickly changes to just her usual peppy smile when she saw him looking. Finally, his parents came out, smiling widely.
As they drove, he, Cassie and his family chattered about everything. Then they got to a place he didn't quite get in the conversation.
"Cassie, have you told Jaime yet?" his mother asked.
"Told him what?" Cassie looked slightly nervous, why, he had no idea.
"About the Team, dear," his mother replied.
"Oh. I thought we'd work up to that. But his memory therapist did say that he should remember when he's in familiar places,"
Both his parents nodded.
"Well then," his father said, "we should make a left and head to the Cave."
"What are you guys talking about?" he asked.
"You'll see mijo, you'll see."
Well, that made everything clear didn't it?
Cassie got on the phone again, saying things like "we're bringing him to the Cave" or "they suggested it, actually". When she hung up, there was a smile on her face and she nodded to his parents, who drove up to what looked like a mountain.
Mount Justice, another memory.
His parents left them in front of Mount Justice, planning to meet them in town (Happy Harbor) later.
Just when he thought they were playing a joke on him, a hidden door opened on the mountain. A mechanical voice called out
"Recognized Wonder Girl B21"
"Recognized Blue Beetle B22"
Blue Beetle? Wonder Girl was Cassie? What the heck was going on?
Meanwhile, all the team members presently at the Cave were standing in the main hall of the cave, where Nightwing had called them for no apparent reason, when they heard the announcement. Everyone (except Rocket, Zatanna and Nightwing) either gasped or their eyes widened comically. They all looked at their fearless leader, who smiled and nodded. Everyone ran/flew off.
Jaime's wild thoughts were interrupted by a bunch of people in brightly colored costumes ambushed him. As each came, he remembered them. There was a guy in a black shirt with the Superman shield (Superboy/Conner), a girl in a yellow and black outfit (Bumblebee/Karen), a green kid in white and red (Beastboy/Gar), a girl who looked like a female Batman (Batgirl), a kid in red and black with a cape (Robin), a guy with gills in a red and blue outfit (Aqualad/Kaldur), a dude in a red and yellow bodysuit (Kid Flash/Wally), a guy in casual clothes (Civvies) who looked dangerous even without the costume (Mal),a blonde girl in green with a bow (Artemis), a black-haired girl in a magician's outfit (Zatanna), a girl in brown and blue with a strange belt (Rocket/Raquel), and a guy in a black bodysuit with a blue symbol on his chest (Nightwing).
All the girls except Cassie, who had taken a precautionary step away, tackled him in a hug. There were also several cries of "You're alive!"
When the girls had gotten off him, he took a moment to regain his bearings, then looked around. This place brought back a lot of memories alright, and they were coming back fast, a little too fast.
"Shouldn't there be two more of you?" he asked, remembering two more green people.
"Lagoon Boy quit and Miss Martian is undergoing intensive psychic training on Mars. She and Martian Manhunter won't be back until next week."
"Oh." Jaime went back to looking around.
In the background, he heard Cassie explaining that he lost his memory, but it would come back in familiar places.
"What are we waiting for then?" Gar asked, "Time for the tour!"
He grabbed Jaime and started dragging him off to the rest of the Cave. Nightwing gave a look to Conner, who nodded, and followed them. Probably to make sure they didn't blow anything up. The rest of the team was still in shock. After about a minute, Karen asked,
"How did you find him?"
So Cassie explained the math she'd done.
"So, you went to almost four hundred hospitals to find him?" Robin asked.
"Yeah."
"How much does he remember about, you know, you and him?" Zatanna asked.
"Nothing."
"Oh, Cassie..."
"It's okay. At least he's alive right? Anyway, I gotta go call my mom." and with that, Cassie walked off.
"He better remember her quick." All the girls said simultaneously.
"When M'Gann gets back, she'll bring back any memories he hasn't already regained. No problem," Nightwing assured them.
Back at the hospice
"So how long will it take him to remember that the girl is his girlfriend?" Stacy asked another nurse, her best friend Julia, as they drove off.
"It shouldn't take long. They obviously had something special if she searched for him all this time."
"Ever think I'll get a love story like that?"
"Nah. They earned it. I don't know how, but they earned it."