Walking back into her room her hid the stuffed animal behind his back, "I got you something." he said walking over to her bed.
"You did? What is it?" she asked sitting up a little straighter.
"This he said as he pulled out the platypus from behind his back." He placed it on the bed beside her.
"Aww that is so cute." she said picking it up.
"Does it remind you of anything?" he asked hopefully.
"No should I remember something?"
"Before we started dating when I was still pursuing you we went to the carnival together and I won one just like this for you. I was hoping you would remember something." he said plopping into the seat beside the bed.
"I wish I did remember you. You seem like a really great guy and Maxie told me that we're really in love. I think her exact words were you guys are so lovey dovey you made me sick."
Dante smiled at that statement, "Yes I do love you and I'm hoping one day you'll remember that you love me too."
"Yeah." she replied as hugged the stuffed animal to her chest.
"Well I was thinking that if we spend some time together you'll remember something."
"Yeah I think I like that idea. I have a lot to catch up on." she said with a laugh.

Finally today she was being released from the hospital, she couldn't wait to get out of the place. She had been going stir crazy for the past couple days. Dante had told her the day before that he would be there to take her home. She wished she could remember something anything about him, it was hard to face him when he had all these memories and to her he was a complete stranger.
"Hey you ready to get out of this place?" he asked breaking her from her thoughts.
"Yeah of course, I hate hospitals."
"Well I'll get the paperwork from the front desk for you to fill out."

After filling out the necessary paperwork, a wheelchair was brought in and Dante helped her into it. Grabbing her bag and flinging it over his shoulder he pushed her out the door. She may not have been able to remember anything about Dante and their life together but he had been there for her every day while she was in the hospital. The way he helped her and made sure she was alright she knew he must really love her like Maxie had said.
Sitting next to each other on the ride back to his place. She wasn't sure she really liked the idea of staying with him when to her it felt like he was a total stranger but he had talked her into it. He said that he wanted to be there for her and try to help her remember their life together. And no matter how weird it was for her she knew that it was what she wanted to. She wanted to know how they had met, what he was really like and most of all what had made her fall in love with him.

The elevator doors dinged as he slid the metal grate aside allowing Lulu to step inside first. He wondered what she was thinking at that moment, to her she was seeing this place for the first time. "Well this is it." he said dropping her bag near the couch.
"Wow this place is amazing." she said looking around and taking it all in.
"It should be you picked it out." he said shooting her a smile.
"I did?"
"Yep, I asked you to help me find a place and you showed me this place. You told me you thought it would remind me of Brooklyn."
"Is that where your from?" she asked taking a seat on the couch.
"I'm from Bensonhurst."
Sitting here on his couch, at his place she thought something would have jogged her memory by now. But she got nothing. It was beginning to frustrate her, what if she never remembered him. She didn't want to break his heart if she was never able to remember their life together.

"Do you want something to eat?" Dante asked coming to stand in front of her.
"Oh...uh alright." She said standing up and walking to one of the stools in the kitchen and taking a seat. "Do you know how to cook?"
"Yeah a little."
"A little? How much is a little, will the food be edible?"
Dante laughed as he pulled out a covered Lasagna, "I think I can handle warming this up."
"Are you serious? You didn't make that did you?" Lulu said with a laugh.
"I'll never tell."

Dante placed a steaming plate of lasagna in front of her, "Go ahead taste it." Lulu took the fork her offered her and picked up a piece the melted cheese creating a string from plate to fork. Taking a bite she moaned a little at the wonderful taste in her mouth. "This is amazing, I honestly don't care if you made this or not as long as I can continue eating it."
"Of course you can, there's plenty more where that came from."
Dante watched her as she ate, he loved spending time with her just like this. But this wasn't the same as it normally was, was it. He prayed that she would remember him someday, he wanted her to know just how much he loved her.
"What do I have some on my face?" she asked wiping at the invisible sauce.
"No, your good." he replied.
"Ok then why are you staring?" she asked curiously.
"Your beautiful you know that?"
"Dante..."
"Yes." he said staring directly into her eyes.
"Kiss me." she said as they both leaned in, their lips meeting. The kiss was just meant to see what it would feel like, to see what the old Lulu had. But when their lips touched she felt something hit her like a spark. At first she though maybe it was just physical attraction, how could she not be attracted to him. But it was more than that, when they kissed she felt something or rather remembered something. It was like deja vu, like she had been in this spot before doing the exact same thing.