Nine years ago

"You know...we live in California and yet we haven't visited many of the sights" Lauren stated as she drove her VW Beatle into a car park and Spencer nodded in agreement.

"However...there are about forty per cent of people who live in England and haven't visited London and that is similar to how we are now anyway" he told her and she nodded

"Right" she said and climbed from her car and locked it up

"However...it does look quite tall, doesn't it?" he asked her and she placed her shades onto her eyes and pulled her white vest top down as her and Spencer began walking towards it.

"Well apparently you can see Alcatraz from it if it is clear and it does look clear" Lauren said as they began walking up the steps

"Alcatraz isn't just a prison though, well it's not now but it is home to lots of sea birds from it and it is also is home to some pretty rare flowers...but most people know it for being a prison because it was home to legendary inmates like Al Capone and Robert Stroud and so that is what helped it to become more mysterious from 1934 to 1963 and then after that it is thought that the American Indians began to move into it" Spencer told Lauren

"So that basically has put the tour guide out of a job..." she joked and Spencer turned red

"Sorry. If you still want to go we can?" he asked her but she shook her head

"No...I'm good...I read about somewhere called Half Moon Bay" she said

"At low tide you can see into the small pool and it houses things like sea cucumbers and even California sea lions...some rare species..." he said

"It sounds interesting anyway" she said "and the tide is at the right point"

"Well we shall go then...after this" he said and the two of them looked upon the Golden Gate Bridge before beginning their walk along it.

"Hey, hey" Spencer said and he suddenly grasped onto Lauren's arm and dragged her back to him. She laughed as he pointed out to the water but she couldn't see anything.

"Yes Spencer?" she asked

"Can't you see it...I am sure that is Alcatraz" he said and she strained her neck as she tried to follow Spencer's pointing finger.

"I can't see" she complained and Spencer rolled his eyes

"Come here" he said and he stepped behind her as his left hand went around her arm and he rested his chin onto her shoulder as she moved her head closer to his and followed his pointing finger and squinted.

"I can now" she said and he smiled before she moved her eyes to look at him and he then moved his head back up and they continued walking and staring at the island.

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"What's that?" Lauren asked as she pointed into the water and Spencer also peered into it and narrowed his eyes as he went. They were crouched down on the rock and peering into the crystal clear water, looking at all types of marine life as other people did the same.

"I...I...don't know" he stuttered and Lauren's mouth fell open

"You don't know?" she asked in shock and he shook his head

"I have no idea...how can I not know?" he ran through all the things which were stored in his eidetic memory but he couldn't come up with anything at all.

"Wow...I will make it my priority to find out now" Lauren said as she stood up straight and Spencer did the same. The two of them began walking around the circular pool of water and staring into it, looking at all the creatures as they went.

"The tide should be coming in soon...we'd best go" Lauren said and Spencer nodded before helping her climb down from a rock as his hands clasped onto her waist.

"Lauren...I don't mean to pry..." Spencer asked as they walked back up to the pathway and then sat down on a bench and looked at the blue water.

"What is it?" she asked him and he shifted his gaze down to the wooden bench and then rested his hands on it either side of him as Lauren waited for him to speak.

"I think...I think I know the real reason why we're here..." he said and Lauren chuckled

"We're on a summer break Spence" she said "doing a weekend of sightseeing in San Francisco"

"No...but you know about San Francisco Lauren" he said and met her gaze until she looked away.

"How did you know?" she wondered

"A photo in your room...of your parents outside their house with the documentation..." he said and Lauren sighed

"I don't remember much of them Spencer. I was eight when they died...and I wanted to see where I spent my childhood...and where...where they are now" she said

"Why didn't you just tell me?" he asked her

"Because I didn't want too. I didn't want to ask my aunt to bring me out here and I had no one else...but I wanted to do it" she said

"You didn't have to make an excuse up" he said

"It wasn't a full excuse. I thought that maybe you would like to come...you mentioned never walking over the Golden Grate Bridge" she said "I didn't want to make this all about me"

"It wouldn't have been. And you wanting to reminisce about your parents isn't silly or daft...it makes you normal" he assured her "and I would have come with you regardless of anything"

"Thank you Spence" she smiled softly and he sighed

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Please review! I just felt like doing a flashback in this chapter because I like them