Chapter 13

April 24th 2002 Toronto Canada

"C'mon please, just tell me once more, once more and then I'll leave you alone and you never have to tell me again" Chris begs tickling her lightly "This'll be the last time you ever have to tell me the story"

"I've already told you a million times!" Steph laughs looking up at him and poking him in the side, she puts her head back on his chest and goes back to drawing circles through the material of his shirt making him squirm.

"You've told me twice, not once, not thrice, but twice. Don't you want me to get my memory back, the more times you tell me about this kinda thing the better it'll be and the easier I will get my memory back" Chris whines grabbing hold of both of her hands so she cant tickle him anymore "Please?" He looks at her and gives her a small smile.

"Don't look at me like that..I'm not the person you should be asking anyway. Ask KK and the others to tell you about it, they know more about this whole superhero thing than I do anyway. Ask them and stop bugging me about it. Besides it's getting late and we should be going to bed" Steph laughs slipping her fingers in between his and pushing back against him.

"But I want you to tell me not them, please Stephy it's not that, I'm sure another few minutes wont hurt. Besides last time I looked you get to sleep in the bed and I get the couch" Chris whispers looking her in the eyes, he looks down at her hands tucked into his and then back at her.

"But I wouldn't even know where to start, I wasn't even there this is Duke and Kidd's story not mine, get them to tell it to you. I just told you little bits and they told you the full story yesterday and the day before" Steph laughs pulling his arms till they are crossed over his chest and leaning her head on them "You've heard it at least twice from everyone now Chris"

"Yeah but you add the bits in that I like and forget about all the parts about Duke's sneakers and the costumes and that bit, that's the bit I'm not so desperate to remember right now. I want to remember the bits you tell me," Chris says wriggling over a bit letting Steph lay next to him on the couch.

"Which bits do I tell you that's any different to all the other versions you've heard?" Steph asks laying her arms around him as he snakes his arm around her waist "I just told you what the others did, what's so different and great about what I told you?"

"You leave all the bits about you and me in, that's what I want to remember the most. I want to remember you and me. The rest doesn't matter right now, I can get that back gradually but I want you back now" Chris says leaning himself up on his elbows and looking at her "I feel myself missing you when your in another room, it's like I'm remembering how much I love you. How I cant live without you and this that I'm feeling I want back"

"Chris I'm not something you can get back" Steph starts, Chris looks at her sadly before nodding his head and going to climb to his feet, Steph grabs his arm and pulls him down next to her "No Chris, what I mean is that you never lost me in the first place" Steph puts her hand up to his face and runs it over his hair, she puts her arm around his neck and leans in and kisses him gently. Chris puts his arms around her and pulls her in closer to him and kisses her deeply "I've missed you so much" Steph whispers In his ear and hugs him tightly.

"I'm not back yet, but I will be soon.I hope" Chris whispers holding onto her tightly, ok so he only had a memory span of three days that he could remember knowing Stephanie but those three days seemed to him like three years, it was about that if not more that he had actually known her. He still couldn't remember it though but I hoped more than any of the memories he did get back, the ones of her would be the first.