A/N: Yeah, I know, this is really short, but it's pretty significant. Enjoy! :)
(Rachel's POV)
My blood ran cold. "What do you mean, you know who I am?"
"I'm not allowed to tell the whole story, because it could bring back the memories my boss has tried so hard to erase. But they couldn't do it unless you agreed to, and you would only agree to if you were sent here afterwards. I'm surprised they didn't break their word though, but you would have just seen it and they would be back at square one."
"Who are you talking about? And what would I have seen?"
He laughed. "Oh, this is even more delicious than I could have imagined! Not only do you not remember your life, you don't remember what you've been running from, or that you've been running from anything in the first place! Well now you probably know. But they won't hurt you anymore… unless you remember. Stay in oblivion, Rachel. You must stay. In. Oblivion." He pushed me out of the room, and I had no choice but to return to the Cunninghams, who were waiting in the doctor's room. Telling Mrs. Cunningham what had happened was out of the question, obviously. I wasn't sure if I should tell Randy, I didn't want to alarm him. But how else was I going to get out of this mess?
(Randy's POV)
Rachel opened the door. I could immediately tell something was wrong by the look on her face. I hadn't seen her this scared, not even after the nightmare.
"How did it go?" my mom asked her.
"Good," she said weakly.
"Is something wrong?" my mom asked.
"No, nothing is wrong." Rachel sat down next to me.
"Something's wrong, I can tell," I whispered.
"I'll explain later," she whispered back. The doctor came in and basically told us what we already know, but this time there was a coldness surrounding him that I hadn't noticed before. We left the doctor's office and piled into the car. My mom was in the driver's seat and Rachel and I were in the back.
"Seriously, Ray, what's going on? What happened in there?"
"I told you I'd explain later."
"It was really bad, wasn't it?"
"No-" she started to say, but I gave her a look that said, "Maybe you fooled the others, but not me." "Yeah, it was pretty bad… I'll explain when we're alone." Luckily we were whispering so my mom couldn't hear us. When we got home, Rachel and I went up to my room.
"Ok so what happened?"
"Well it seemed normal at first. But when it was over, he was like, 'Yes! They did it! They finally found one that works on…' and then he looks at me, and then he comes out and says, 'Rachel I'm gonna be honest with you. I know who you are.' And then I was like 'What do you mean,' and then he's like, 'I'm not allowed to tell the whole story, because it could bring back the memories my boss has tried so hard to erase. But they couldn't do it unless you agreed to, and you would only agree to if you were sent here afterwards. I'm surprised they didn't break their word though, but you would have just seen it and they would be back at square one.'"
"What does that even mean?" I interrupted.
"I'm not finished yet. I had the same question, and he said, 'Oh, this is even more delicious than I could have imagined! Not only do you not remember your life, you don't remember what you've been running from, or that you've been running from anything in the first place! Well now you probably know. But they won't hurt you anymore… unless you remember. Stay in oblivion, Rachel. You must stay. In. Oblivion.' And then he pushes me out of the room."
"I can't believe it! Your memory really was erased!"
"Yeah," she says, looking at the ground. "And apparently someone's after me, too."
"Hey," I say, hugging her. "It'll be ok." And she lets me. She doesn't say that this isn't something that friends do; she doesn't ask if we're still just friends, she doesn't say anything at all, and she doesn't resist. I'm not sure if it's just because she's still in shock, but she hugs me back.
(Rachel's POV)
He hugs me, and I let him. I know that I should remind him that we're just friends, but I don't want to. I hug him back, and I don't want to let go. I want to pretend that everything's alright, that we can be together, that there isn't some mysterious all-powerful enemy after me. That that said enemy didn't erase my memory. There is just Randy and I.
