Sorry it's been a while since I've updated. School got in the way and I've had some trouble with writing this chapter so I hope you all like it. Thank you to everyone still on this journey with me. Please review and enjoy!

As soon as Annie pulled up to Auggie's apartment and parked her little red VW they both grabbed their belongings from the back seat. Once everything was out of the vehicle, Auggie, out of habit, signaled to grab Annie's arm. Annie not thinking much of it tapped his hand and then they headed toward the building together. Auggie thought it odd that he was feeling a little apprehensive. It was still the same old place that he had been living in all these years; just this time he was seeing it after such a long time. It only took a couple minutes to reach Auggie's floor and his apartment door. They stood in front of it for a moment.

Finally Annie said with a smile, "This is exciting! You seeing you're apartment after all this. I'm so happy to be able to share this moment with you."

"Yeah it is! I'm glad you're here with me, he smiled back and then got his key out of his messenger bag before unlocking the door and sliding it open.

Auggie walked in first followed by Annie. They sat their stuff off to the side and then Auggie walked over by the lamp in the sitting area and turned it on. Doing this gesture was still so foreign to Auggie. Yeah he would turn a light on for guests who were over, but for him to think of doing it for himself. That was something he still had to get back in the habit of.

"So, is it all that you remember it being?" Annie asked from the couch off to the right of where Auggie stood.

"I'm not sure. I've forgotten a lot of things while being in the dark. Yeah for sure I could tell you where everything is just by where it is, but to see it there, no I don't really remember."

Auggie turned away from Annie to start getting a look at what he's been missing over the past couple years. He was so amazed at just how much he really didn't remember was in that room and with just how few things he did. He saw the two red chairs and black couch that he had bought when he first moved to DC and into the apartment. He looked up into his bedroom looking at the glowy light thingy that was above his bed that he never could figure out exactly what it was, but always liked the look of. Then he walked over into the kitchen looking directly at the piece of art that hung on the wall that he had purchased a couple months after his accident. It was a portrait of the word "LOVE" in big, bold, braille letters. Auggie always liked it because he really felt like it defined him as a person. Not because he was blind, but because of all the things that he had accomplished while he was blind and even now as a newly sighted man. And he also just liked how everyone said it looked in the room and how much of a conversational piece it was. He stood looking at it. It was the first time he'd actually seen it, and finally being able to see it brought a little tear to his eye.

After taking a look around his loft Auggie walked back over to Annie. Annie could tell by how the way he made his way back to her that he was still maneuvering around like he was still blind. She didn't mention it though. She knew that it would take him some time to readjust. When Auggie got next to Annie he sat down next to her wrapping his arms around her burrowing his face in her hair breathing in her grapefruit shampoo, the one familiar thing in his life at the moment.

Bringing his head back up from her hair Auggie felt that he was starting to get a migraine. Reaching over Annie he turned the lamp off next to her. Not completely making out the look on her face but knowing that it was one of concern Auggie explained, "I'm starting to get a headache. I think I've officially overdone it for the day."

"It was a big day for you. Maybe you should go and give your eyes some rest. You'll have the rest of your life to experience what's in front of them."

"Yeah you're right and I am pretty exhausted."

"Let's go. We'll have more time for adventure tomorrow."

Then they both got up and headed up to Auggie's bedroom.

The next morning Auggie got up before the sunrise. He made some coffee before grabbing his cane and shoes and heading up to the roof of his apartment building. Auggie felt it still kind of weird that he still needed his cane despite the fact that he could see, but considering he'd been using it four years prior he already knew he could deal with using the device. Plus it being still rather dark outside he absolutely had no idea about where anything was.

Once Auggie made it up to the roof he oriented himself and then found a chair to sit in. It was just about time for the sun to rise and he didn't want to miss it. Vision or low vision, he was going to enjoy it no matter what. Suddenly slowly but right on time out in the distance he could see faintly the orange of the sun starting to rise. He liked the silence and the aloneness of the morning on the roof, not that he didn't like Annie's presence but being in that moment for the first time since his surgery, he needed it. He needed the time to reflect and to clear his mind.

After watching the sunrise Auggie took a deep breath of fresh air and then got up and headed back to his loft. Annie was sitting at the counter at a bar stool sipping on her coffee when Auggie walked back into the apartment.

"Where have you been?"

"On the rooftop watching the sunrise."

"Why didn't you wake me? I would've come with you."

"I know, but you looked so peaceful and I just wanted to watch it by myself."

"Oh," Annie sounded hurt.

"No, I didn't mean it like that. I would've loved you being there next to me, but I just wanted to experience it alone for the first time again."

"It's okay Auggie, I understand," Annie said walking over to Auggie and then kissing him on the lips.

"So what do you want to do today? We can do whatever you want," Annie asked Auggie.

Thinking about it for a minute Auggie answered, "Let's just drive around and see what we see."

"Sounds perfect to me," Annie said looking at Auggie with a smile.