I was making sure that everything was in my duffle bag, not wanting to miss anything. It seemed like it had been an eternity since I had gotten aboard the SeaQuest and started the long path that I was still blindly walking. I was exhausted, because I had been dreaming about my past now that the floodgates to that had been opened. I remembered almost everything, my name, my parents, the pain and loss of all my friends from a life I had once known.

And then there was the loss I felt from Lucas. I could feel his emotions from across the ship, and knew that somehow I had to heal the wound that had been created. I sighed and sat down on my bed, holding a picture of myself with Ortwin and Michael. It was from the file that Hudson had on us. It was from the past, before the chemicals had changed us into what we were. It was an old memory too, one that made me very sad to think that things had changed so drastically from then. I looked up when I heard the door open.

"Hey, there's my little girl." Ben said. "What's wrong?"

"I can remember, everything… almost everything, from my past. My name, my parents, what happened." I said.

Ben stood there, looking at me, a sad look in his eyes. I could feel his happy attitude slowly settle further in the ocean than the ship was at. I knew what he was feeling, but I had to let him know that this meant nothing to me no matter what.

"Ben, just because I know who my parents are, doesn't mean I want to go find them. I am a new person here, I've changed too much to be the person I was. They gave me up, sold me to that place. In that, they gave up all right they had to call me their daughter. I'm not leaving you that easily, dad." I said, hugging him tightly.

"That's good to know. We've got a few hours before everything is ready. You should come up to the deck and say your goodbyes." He said.

I nodded. I said my goodbyes swiftly, because I knew that I would see them again, sometime in the future. It was a small ocean, and I loved it enough to always be near it. Ortiz and O'Neil were really hard to say goodbye to. The captain surprised me by giving me a small hug, then he pulled me aside to talk to me.

"I know your all just kids and everything, as well as adults, but you need to talk to Lucas. Let him know how you feel, where you stand. You can't leave without saying goodbye to him, as much as you want to avoid that pain." He said.

"I know captain. I know." I said softly.

I walked to the Sea Deck, wanting to say goodbye to Darwin on my own. I was rubbing his melon and speaking to him softly when I felt Lucas's depression, for lack of a better word. I kept my head down, the turmoil in my mind matching what I felt within him. I looked up at him, as he watched me with Darwin.

"Lucas, I wanted to talk to you about what happened." I said softly.

"I know that you love them both." He said, trying to shrug it off.

"No, it's not that. They are my only link to my past, a past I want to forget again. I love them yes, but beyond a bond of friendship as strong as our own, I can't tell." I said. "What happened between Michael and I, I can't explain that. I was overwhelmed by what happened. I'm not sure if he even knew what he was doing."

"It's alright." Lucas said.

"No its not. I lead you on while I was here, thinking that…" I started but he shook his head.

"Don't worry about it. I understand now, things are different now that you've got your memory back." He said.

I hugged him tightly, kissing his cheek.

"Give me time. Everything is a mess here." I said, touching my temple.

He nodded, and I squeezed his hand gently. He kissed me softly, and gave me a hug, then he left. I sat down next to Darwin again, talking to him. I went back up to the bridge again, and had a official farewells for the students. Someone had a camera, and wanted to get a picture of the three of us together. I grabbed Lucas as we found a spot away from the big group of people. We chose a set of stairs, Michael and Ortwin crouched, holding onto the railing, I was sitting by Lucas, and wrapped my arms around his neck, Ortwin and Michael each stood close.

I looked at the picture, a group of friends, brought together by circumstances beyond their control. I was glad that someone had a camera. It was a day that would always be a turning point in my mind. I was glad that I had been given a second chance to live my life, and not regret an

A/N

that was a bit short, but this is the end of the first story. I have a second one in the making however, if you can't wait for it to be put up, check out some of my other stories that have been started or finished.