Hey all! LM back with another update. Sorry about the delay but here's the next part. Planning on updating again this month so hopefully that will happen.
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Locked Memories-Part 7:
Finally the day arrived that Amy had been waiting for. Karl had finally given the go ahead for Jimmy to meet Ariana and Amy was hoping that it would go well. She knew Xanthe, Piper and Ben had been and introduced themselves and Terese had also been in, Susan and Sonya had both been in but the one person Amy was hoping that Ariana would get on with was Jimmy.
"Now remember mate to keep it calm," Amy said as they stood outside Ariana's room.
"I thought you said she was better," Jimmy said.
"Well she's better than she was but she still needs to be careful," Amy explained before walking inside with Jimmy.
Ariana was now able to sit up and was sat in a chair at the side of her bed reading before looking up and seeing Amy and Jimmy walking into the room. She instantly knew who the boy was and smiled softly before marking the page off in her book and placing it on the table next to her.
"Ariana this is my son Jimmy. Jimmy this is Ariana," Amy said taking care of the introductions and watching before Jimmy went over to Ariana.
"Hello Jimmy," Ariana smiled, "it's love,y to meet you finally."
"Are you going to be living with us soon?" Jimmy asked.
"Maybe. I don't know," Ariana said, "depends if anyone finds me." Jimmy nodded before sitting down and beginning to talk to Ariana.
Susan was sat wondering how she was going to be able to get Ariana into the school if she didn't know what she was doing. She looked at her niece, Elly, who had arrived within the past few days.
"Any idea how to test Ariana if she does end up staying?" Susan asked.
"Well I'll be one of her teachers so maybe I can go and give her a few questions. She may well remember some school things but not others," Elly said, "only one way to find out. I'll have a word with Karl later and see what he says," she added and Susan nodded.
"We need to do something," she said, "she will have to be in school in one form or another."
"So what do you like doing?" Ariana asked Jimmy.
"Flying my drone, playing chess with my uncle Paul and hanging out with Charlie when he's here," Jimmy said, "maybe we can fly my drone together sometime."
"Yeah I'd like that, never flown one of them before," Ariana said.
"It's the best!" Jimmy said, "what do you like doing?"
"I don't actually know. Right now I'm doing a lot of reading and drawing," Ariana said, "that's all I can really do."
"Well that will hopefully change soon," Amy said, "Sheila has said you can stay with us if nobody has come for you by the time Karl lets you out."
"Just please don't be like Xanthe. Crazy about social media and fashion crazy," Jimmy said, "one Xanthe is enough for anyone to handle." Ariana couldn't help but laugh softly at that. It was the first true laugh she'd done since before the explosion.
"Well we'd better head off. I know Karl is popping in soon to do some more obs on you. Hopefully we'll be taking you home with us soon," Amy said before hugging Ariana softly and heading off with Jimmy.
"Well?" Amy asked.
"As long as she's not like Xanthe then we'll be OK," Jimmy said. Amy laughed before they headed off.
Karl arrived home later on and Susan waited until he'd been home a while before asking,
"What's the situation with Ariana?"
"Well she can be discharged soon. We are just waiting a few more days but it doesn't look like anyone is coming for her."
"Poor kid," Elly said, "she must be wondering why nobody is missing her."
"Well she's not said anything to me and we are just waiting for her psychiatric assessment but it's looking good. She'll be staying with Amy at the Cannings if nobody comes for her," Karl explained.
"Would it be possible for Elly to go in and see her tomorrow, just to see what she knows with regards to school?" Susan asked, "it's just that way I can get her school stuff started."
"Yes that would be fine. She might well have to stay here if things get too much for her with Amy. We have no idea how she's going to get on in a crowd of people until she is actually there," Karl said. Susan nodded,
"That's fine. I'll take Elly in tomorrow and we can go from there but hopefully she will stay. I know the whole street would be happy to have her around."
Susan was right but would anyone come for Ariana? Or would she be heading to the Cannings?