Transmission Re-established. . .

Posted: July 14, 2004

Chapter Four:

FLASHBACK
PT 2

"There's a nice little place around the corner. Would you like to join me for something to eat?" Nigel asked.

"Yeah, just let me put this away." Abby popped the trunk and placed the things she had bought in the drug store away. She then joined Nigel on the sidewalk and they made their way to the place around the corner.

They took a booth by the window and started up a conversation. "You have an interesting accent, what is it?" Abby asked.

"I'm British. I just moved back to the states a little while ago, for school," he added.

The waitress then showed up. "Hello, I'm Mushi and I will be your waitress today." She handed them their menus. "Would you like anything to drink?"

"Anything carbonated will do," Nigel said.

"Sweet tea, please," Abby said and the waitress was on her way. Abby turned her head to see Nigel laugh a little. "What?" She was honestly confused.

"American tea?" he asked.

"Yes. What's wrong with 'American tea' as you put it?" she asked.

"Americans can't do tea."

"Oh, really?" Nigel shook his head. "Well, how do people where you're from make tea?"

"I will reveal that in due time." He smiled at her.

His smile completely flustered her and she hoped he hadn't noticed. "So you said you've lived in the states before?"

"Yes, I have. I moved here when I was younger and stayed until I was thirteen, but I actually don't remember a lot."

"That's strange."

"Yeah, so when you asked if you knew me." He shrugged his shoulder. "Then when you said your name, something just went off in my head. You know?"

"Yeah, like a feeling of knowing each other before. I got that to." Then she just kind of blurted out. "What with the shades, do you have some deep dark secret or something."

Nigel took off his shades to reveal his green eyes again. "No, but I don't take them off often."

"Well then," Abby said softly as she leaned in, "I must be a very lucky girl then, because I've been able to look into your eyes twice today." The comment made Nigel blush, which was another thing he didn't do quite often.

"Ready to order?" Mushi, their waitress seem to appear out of nowhere and gave them their drinks.

Embarrassed a little they both picked up their menus. "Yeah," Nigel said. "The number 15 looks good."

"Hmm." Abby looked over her menu. "That does look good, but I'll take the number 25." And she handed the menu to Mushi.

"Coming right up," Mushi said cheerfully after taking down their orders. She stood there a moment, as if she wanted to say something, but decided against it.

After their meal together Abby and Nigel walked outside the restaurant door. A car pulled up and honked. The girl that waited on them came running out. She got in the car and it drove off.

Abby and Nigel decided to walk around the area for while, they then came up upon a children's playground. The sun was setting and the park was near deserted. They took a seat on a bench and as they sat and talked the time flew by. "Oh my God." Abby finally looked at her watch. "I can't believe we've been out here this long." She stood up. "I have to go."

"Okay, I understand." Nigel stood up to as he looked at his watch. "Let me walk you to your car." Abby agreed and before long they were in front of Abby's car. "Is it okay to call you?"

"I don't know." Abby seemed nervous.

"Come on. You're the first friend I've made out here."

Abby soon had a pen and paper in her hand writing down her phone number. Oh, I know this isn't a good idea, she thought. She handed him the piece of paper. "You know," she started, "if I didn't know better, I would think this was a first date."

"Well then, I believe that's because it is." Nigel said before stealing a kiss. Abby pushed him away and slapped him. Nigel smiled and rubbed his face. "Kind of thought you would do that."

"That's not funny. I have a..." She froze mid-sentence. "Did you just get the feeling of..."

Nigel's smile was gone. "Deja vu?"

Abby shook her head. "Like we've done this before." Abby threw her hands up in the air. "This has just gotten way too weird for me. I'm going home." She unlocked her door and got in. Nigel tapped on her window. She rolled it down. "Yes?"

"I'll call you." He winked before putting back on his shades and then started his walk back to his apartment.

I hope he does call. Abby found herself thinking as she drove home.

FLASHBACK within a FLASHBACK

Mushi was still in the restaurant when she heard her ride pull up and honk. She clocked out and ran out the door. She got in the car and they were off. Mushi looked over at her sister. Her hair was long, but always seemed to be up in a bun, she also wore glasses that looked very good on her face. Mushi and Kuki were close in age, Mushi was only two years younger, but they weren't very close as sisters.

"I saw some of your old friends today," Mushi said after a long silence.

Kuki smiled. "Really who?"

"Abby and Nigel." Mushi was never apart of the Kids Next Door so she was never decommissioned, so all of her memories were still intact.

"Not this again. I've never known anyone by the names of Abby, Nigel, or Hoagie at that matter." Kuki was irritated.

"What about Wally?"

"That's nothing more than a coincidence."

"Really?" Mushi asked. "One of the people I've been describing, to a T, since you were thirteen, comes into your life, and you're telling me, it's nothing more than a coincidence?"

"Listen Mushi. Me and you have gone through hours and hours of therapy. These stories you are making up aren't real." She tried to keep herself composed. "There is no such thing as Kids Next Door. I was never a member of the Kids Next Door. We have never been to the moon."

"Don't you ever wonder, why you and Wally fell in love so easily? It's because you guys loved each other before. And isn't your fiancé Wally real?" Mushi said more like a statement than a question.

"Of course."

"Then if he is real, why can't anything else be real? Why do you and the rest of the family think I have to be crazy?"

"If it was real Mushi, and he was apart of that world too, then why doesn't he remember anything either?"

Mushi opened her mouth, but paused for a moment. "I don't know." She shook her head. "They brainwashed you guys or something. Even Abby and Nigel looked like they just met each other."

"I don't want to talk about this anymore. Let's just get home. I don't understand why you have to work so far from home anyway."

"They were the only place that would hire me."

"I just don't understand why you couldn't get an internship at daddy's company like me?" Kuki wondered.

"I like my job Kuki. Besides, I don't want to be like you anymore. I like being happy."

"What's that suppose to mean? I am happy." Kuki looked at her sister while stopped at a red light.

"I didn't mean for it to come out that way. The light's green." Mushi pointed and they road the rest of the way in silence.

END FLASHBACKS

Transmission Interrupted. . .

A/N: I had something different for the end of Abby and Nigel's section, but I think the deja vu thing fits. I actually got the idea after re-reading the first story I wrote for this site.

I hope that the flashback within a flashback isn't to confusing.

Thanks for reading, I know this one was a little long compared to my first three chapters.