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The Same As It Never Was

Chapter 3: Are you spying on us?

"Well, Melinda I'm a bit concerned about the baby. I could only hear some very slow heartbeats so today or tomorrow I'm gonna call you about some more information." She nodded while getting dressed. "Melinda, are you listening?" She drew back the drapery now standing face to face with her doctor Philip Applewhite. "Yes I am. What do you think is wrong?"

"Well we shouldn't fear the worst but..." He said leaving the sentence unfinished. "I understand... Is there anything I can do to prevent it?" He shook his head. "I'm afraid not."

"Okay, well thank you any way. Good Bye." He nodded towards her as she walked out of the door.

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"I'm a tad busy at the moment. Leave a message after the... No wait don't do that! I'll be busy then too. Don't call me!" Melinda sighed as she held the phone against her ear. "Payne stop it. I know this is not your answering machine."

Melinda was sitting inside her shop desperate having someone to talk too. Delia was currently on lunch with Tim, so she wasn't much for help. So there were only one left to call, and that was Payne. No matter how weird he actually was.

"How'd you know that?" He asked suddenly not caring about whatever busy thing he was doing. "You picked up?!" She could hear him snort on the other side as she sighed.

"Hey! How's it going with Jim?" She knew that question was coming. "Well after we had a few drinks we started making out as he pulled my shirt off and..."

"Save the details, come on!" She laughed for a moment in her now miserable life. "What details? Nothing happened. We ate, talked a bit, I gave him some of his things and then I left." She pressed the loudspeaker and laid down the phone on the counter.

"When are you going to meet him again?" She shrugged her shoulders, knowing he didn't see her. "It's not like we're best buddies, he thinks that I will be out of his life when he remembers again but both you and I know that's not going to happen."

"Melinda!" She looked up towards the door to see Jim standing there. "I need to talk to you." She nodded a bit confused. He laid down the photograph on the counter.

"Want to explain?" She just stared at it, her abilities to speak was gone. "Well? Why was there a photo of us Kissing in my wallet?"

"I... We..." Was she going to tell him that they were married or let him remember in his own time? "We were at a party and... we were all playing truth or dare for old time's sake. We had to kiss." He looked at her with an expression saying I-Don't-Believe-You. "It's... true."

She was looking down at her hands not wanting to look him in his eyes. "It doesn't sound believable." She sighed. "I know you don't think so; I saw your look..."

"How can you understand my feelings by just looking at me? I hardly know you!" He walked frustrated deeper inside the shop. Melinda felt her lower lip starting to tremble as she bit it, keeping herself from crying but without success.

He turned around seeing her tears and that was it for him as he ran towards her. He embraced her, brushing away her tears. "I'm so sorry. Please don't cry..." She turned her head towards him, making eye contact. "I'm sorry... I'm just afraid that if I tell you you're not going to believe me and then hate me..."

"I couldn't hate you but... I do want to know." She nodded while looking down at her hands. "I want you to remember on your own. Not me making you remember..."

"But that's what you wanted from the beginning!" Payne said making them both jump. "Richard Payne! What are you doing spying on us?" A gasp could be heard from the other line. "Me? You were the one not hanging up!"

"Never mind, who are you?" Jim asked very confused. "Rick Payne."

"A very annoying university professor." Melinda whispered in Jim's ear. "I'm a brilliant university professor." Jim and Melinda tried hard not to laugh; Payne not noticing Melinda's comment or their odd behaviour.

"So have you kissed yet?" Payne's voice filled the air once again. "Kiss?" Jim almost screamed, very confused as Melinda hung up the phone. "He's..." She started searching for words. "Ehm... Just, don't mind him... But you said you wanted to know about your life, right?" He nodded looking at her.

"Why don't you come over to my place and we can look through some of my photo albums. What do you say?" He nodded smiling. "Perfect and... I'll make you dinner." She nodded as he stood up. "I'm around at your place at 7."

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"What about here?" She looked at the photo and suddenly laughed. "We went camping without telling our friends. They freaked when they noticed both our apartments was empty, but we had a nice time." He nodded laughing along. "What we did it?" She smiled just wishing he knew how true it was.

"Hey, I recognize her!" He exclaimed pointing at a dark skinned woman. "Um... That's Andrea." His eyes didn't leave the photo. "Your friend who died?"

"Yeah..." When he turned the page he came across a photo with a white shadow going trough it. It was him, Melinda, his mother and what he didn't know - it was from their wedding. "Ehm... What happened to this photo?"

"Dan..." She muttered getting a look from Jim. "How'd you know about my brother?" Her mind was debating on if now was the right moment to tell him but decided it wasn't. "I know a lot about your life..." He laughed looking at her. "I forgot... Well let's just say that's why I have amnesia."

"Hell yeah!" He looked at a smiling Melinda; he was having a hard time on not going to laugh.

"You little..." He said as he started tickling her. She squirmed, trying to get away from him since she was very ticklish. "You..." He stopped in the middle of the sentence when he noticed he was lying on top of her, his lips inches from hers. She looked into his eyes and one second later she felt his lips crashing onto hers.

A/N: Well, well, well... I hope you liked it.