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"talking" flashback/memories

A World Apart

A few weeks passed and Riley had apologized to everyone. She was glad that no one was mad at her. Riley was a little upset that she didn't remember anything else, but then again she had not spent that much time with Makoto.

Riley had been sitting on the couch when the doorbell rang. So she got up and opened the door. "Hey Minako, Rei. What are you guys doing here? Come on in."

"Actually we came to see you." Minako said as she walked into the room.

Rei nodded as she walked into the house. "It's about Makoto."

Riley closed the door. "What about her?"

"She seems really distant." Minako said as she sat on the couch. "I don't know why."

Rei sat down next to Minako and said, "She won't say what is wrong. I…no…we think you can get through to Makoto."

"This might sound really mean, but have you guys tried to talk to her in person?"

Rei nodded. "We have been, but she won't tell us what is wrong."

"Ok, I'll see what I can do."

"Good." Minako said. "I hope that you can get through to her."

"Me too." Riley said. "I would go over now, but I'm watching Hotaru."

Rei looked around and said, "I don't see her. Where is she?"

Riley smiled. "Asleep."

"Oh," Rei said.

"Mako's at work anyway." Minako said.

Riley was about to comment when she heard Hotaru scream. "Excuse me." Riley said as she ran up the stairs to Hotaru's room. "Sweetie wake up." Riley softly whispered. "It's just a bad dream."

What Riley didn't know was that Rei and Minako had followed her up the stairs. "She is really good at this." Rei said.

When Riley saw Hotaru open her eyes, she sighed. "It was just a bad dream. It's ok."

"Sure?" Hotaru asked as she climbed in Riley's lap.

Riley nodded as she wrapped her arms around the little girl. "Everyone said that memories from your past life might come through this way, but it isn't who are."

Minako smiled. "She is good at this."

Riley turned around and asked, "What do you two want?"

"Nothing really." Rei stated. "We just wanted to see if Hotaru was ok before we left."

"I'm fine." Hotaru was upset. She didn't like it when other people interrupted her conversations.

Minako smiled. "Ok then we are going to go."

"We'll show ourselves out." Rei said as she and Minako walked away from Hotaru's room.

Riley nodded and watched them leave. "Do you think that they are leaving?"

Hotaru shook her head. "Nope…I think they are downstairs."

"Me too." Riley picked Hotaru up out of her bed and carried her downstairs to see that they had actually left. "That is weird. Normally they stick around to look through things."

"I know."

"Do you want anything to eat or drink?"

Hotaru got a big smile on her face and said, "Cookies!"

Riley sat Hotaru on the couch and said, "Stay there. I'll be back." Riley walked to the kitchen and got the cookies out of the cabinet. Then she walked back to Hotaru and said, "Here you go. Try not to eat them all."

Hotaru nodded as she opened up the bag.

Riley watched Hotaru eat the cookies. "Hey Hotaru?"

"Hmm?"

"Have you noticed anything different with Mako?"

Hotaru shook her head. "I haven't seen her earlier."

"Oh, that's right." Riley leaned against the couch.

"How can you say that?!" Riley barked. "How can you say that you don't love me anymore?!"

Addison blinked back tears. "I'm sorry Riley, but this the best for both of us."

"No!"

Addison turned around and walked off. "I'm sorry Riley."

Before Addison could make it out the door, Riley grabbed her arm. "Addison don't go. We can make this work. I promise. They won't make me leave you. They won't find out about us until we are both ready. I promise." Riley started to cry. "Please don't leave me."

Addison turned around and shook her head. "I'm sorry." Addison passionately kissed Riley one last time before she left.

Riley shook her head. She didn't know why she had that memory, but there had to be a reason.

Hotaru looked at Riley and asked, "What is it?"

Riley smiled. "Nothing. Just another memory."

"About what?"

"Why are you so curious?"

"Because."

Riley smiled. "It was a memory about a fight between me and Addison."

"Oh…I'm sorry."

"That's ok." Riley grabbed a cookie out of the bag. "I'm just gonna a cookie."

"Ok."

That was how the afternoon was spent until there was a knock on the door. Riley got up to open the door only to find Makoto standing there.

"Can I come in?"

Riley nodded. "Of course you can." Riley watched Makoto walk in the house. "What's up?"

Makoto shook her head. "I kind of need to talk to you about something."

"Um…ok." Riley walked back to the living room and said, "Hotaru I'm gonna talk to Makoto. Will you be ok?"

"Yep."

Riley smiled and walked back to Makoto. "We can go to the dining room."

Makoto followed Riley into the dining room. Once they were there, Makoto said, "I think that we should spend more time together."

Riley smiled. "Are you flirting with me?"

Makoto shook her head. "No, I'm not. I kind of just need you to hang with me so that some creeps from work think I'm taken."

"Ok, but why me?"

"Mostly because we flirt with each other all the time and I think that we would be a believable couple." Makoto walked over and hugged Riley. "Please will you do this for me?"

Riley nodded. "Yeah, I will."

"Thank you so much."

"No problem, but I can't be your pretend girlfriend tonite."

"Why?"

"Ruka and Michiru are coming back tomorrow afternoon."

"What about Sets? When she coming back?"

"Don't know. She is at the time gate again."

"Oh, well then I'll stay here tonight."

"You don't have to do that."

"It will be fine. I wouldn't want you to be scared."

Riley smiled. "Scared? You think that I get scared."

"Yep, I do. I seem to recall you freaking out over cars."

Riley blushed. "I had just gotten here and they were scary."

"Whatever!"

Riley just stood there in Makoto's arms. She didn't know why, but it felt right to do. After a few moments, Riley broke the hug and said, "I think we should go back to the living room."

"Ok." Makoto wanted to majesty on the end of that, but she knew that she would get her later with it.

When they got back to the living room, Makoto sat in the loveseat and watched Riley sit on the couch next to Hotaru.

"Where is my cookie?" Makoto whined. "I wanna cookie."

"They are Hotaru's. So whine at her." Riley leaned over and whispered, "Don't give her one."

Hotaru laughed. "You don't get a cookie Mako."

"Why?"

Hotaru looked at Riley and saw her shrug. "Because they are mine. If you want some, make your own."

"That is a good idea." Makoto said as she got up and walked to the kitchen.

Riley laughed. "You're hoping that she makes dinner."

Hotaru nodded. "Yep, I am."

Riley shook her head. "Do you know when Puu is coming back?"

"Nope."

"Ok. I'm gonna go check on Mako."

Hotaru nodded as she watched Riley walk toward the kitchen.

Riley heard Makoto talking to someone.

"No I'm not coming into work…I don't care I just got off of my shift…I'm not coming back…fine!"

She walked into the kitchen. "Is everything ok?"

"Just peachy."

Riley sat in one of the chairs at the counter and said, "You don't sound like everything is ok."

"I just got fired…I think." Makoto said as she looked through the cabinets.

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"Getting you fired."

Makoto turned around and said, "That's not your fault."

"I feel like it is." Riley whispered.

Makoto walked over to Riley and said, "It was my fault. I didn't wanna go back in."

"If you say so."

"So any other memories?"

"Yeah."

"You can tell me about them while I make cookies."

Riley smiled. "Ok then."

Thank you to Rahu Roux, and Lt. Col. Elphaba Carter for reviewing. Let me know what you guys think of the chapter! Bye!

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