Do You Remember Me?
Connor watched Abby leave the hospital room. Once he was sure that she was gone, he turned off the TV and fell back onto his pillows, sighing. He rubbed his face. How long could he pretend to have lost his memory? How could he make things right? He recalled the accident. He had driven to Prospero and found that Philip hadn't aborted the computer program. Philip really would have killed them all. He had known Helen Cutter, and the message he had heard in her voice had not filled him with joy. Connor had left Prospero feeling quite dejected. He had been on the way back when a large lorry had forced him to collide with a lamp post.
When the doctors had asked him questions it had seemed the right thing to do. Philip needed him to open the anomalies, and without Connor, Philip was stuck. All Connor had to do was to sabotage the large Anomaly production machine, to ensure that Philip's machine didn't work.
Mentally he kicked himself; he had been such a fool. Philip had used him. To get what he wanted from him, making him work such long hours, making him keep secrets from everyone. He had encouraged him... in the wrong way.
Initially he had thought he was carrying on Cutter's work, but that was not the case. Philip had used him for his own monetary gain. A lone tear ran down Connor's cheek. All he wanted was for Abby to be proud of him, and now this would never happen.
Back at the ARC.
Abby cornered Jess whilst she was on her own. She begged her not to tell anyone about her pregnancy. Not even Becker, until she had spoken to Connor herself. Jess agreed. It would be up to Abby to tell Connor. Abby told her that she would not tell him until he remembered everything about them.
Jess tried to make sure Abby was ok. Her eyes were puffy. Had she been crying again?
"Have you eaten anything since this morning?" Jess whispered. Abby shook her head.
"You really should eat, it's not good for the baby," Jess carried on whispering. "Listen, there's a loaf of bread in the break room, and there's a toaster. Why don't you have a little bit of toast?" Abby pondered for a minute, and then agreed to go and eat something. Abby also made a mental note to find out what she should really be eating. Toast would suffice for the moment, but would not do long term.
Abby trudged to the break room. She still had a metallic taste in her mouth. Nothing seemed to taste right. She opened the fridge. She saw a bottle of Connor's favourite ketchup. Toast and Ketchup? That sounded good. She put a tiny bit on the corner of her toast, and bit into it. She braced herself ready to go running to the ladies. Mmm, tasty, she slathered the rest of her toast with ketchup and smacked her lips.
After she had finished her toast. She wondered to the menagerie. Once she had fed the animals she sat down with her laptop. She ran a quick search on pregnancy and food. Her eyes began to flutter and as she relaxed she fell into a deep sleep.
Matt found her an hour later. With her computer open, head on her hands fast asleep. He glanced at her computer. Pregnancy? He wondered. It could be possible. He decided that he would keep quiet about it. This was between Abby and Connor. What they did in their time was not his business. He was only here to try and change the future. He found a blanket and put it around her before leaving.
He was closing the door to the menagerie, when the Anomaly Detection Device's alarm went off. He ran off towards the console. Becker was already there.
"What have we got?" he asked. His Irish lilt coming out more than usual.
"An anomaly opened up in the Forest of Dean. No creature incursions detected." Replied Jess efficiently.
"Is Abby not coming?" asked Becker. Matt shook his head. It would be better if she didn't. She needed time to herself for the moment he decided.
"Emily are you available?" he asked. Turning round to Emily. She nodded.
Emily, Matt and Becker went off to the Anomaly site.
Abby and Jess went to see Connor that evening, but it seemed that Connor was more interested in Jess than Abby. Connor gazed at Abby from the corner of his eye. She looked very tired. Her eyes looked puffy, had she been crying? No, Abby wouldn't cry. She was very strong. She could handle anything!
"Doctor says you'll be able to come home today." Jess smiled at Connor. Abby made a mental note that she must make arrangements to move out of Jess' flat. Abby and Connor had been flat sharing, with Jess, since they had come back from the Cretaceous. With a baby on the way they would have to make alternative arrangements. Jess had been kind enough in letting them stay, but now was the time to move on.
"Have you remembered anything else?" Jess asked.
"Yes!" Connor grinned, leaning over to Jess a little more than was necessary. "I had a strange memory, about a tall slim woman, called Caroline. What happened to her? And I remembered something else... an explosion, Cutter... he died... I carried him out of a burning building."
Abby nodded, the memory of Cutters death forming a lump in her throat. She wanted him to remember the times that they had shared together. The missions they had been on. She wanted him to remember something else. She wanted him to remember her, and what they meant to each other!
"I also remembered meeting you for the first time. You let me stay at your flat." Connor grinned as Jess looked pleased with herself. Of all the things he could remember, he had thought of her.
"Do you remember anything else about Jess' flat?" Abby piped up. She was hoping that Connor would remember something about them.
Connor shook his head negatively.
"Do you remember me?" Questioned Abby. "Anything recent?"
Connor looked at her. Should he tell her the truth? He shook his head in the negative.
"Nope."
Connor pretended to gaze out of the window, but secretly he was watching Abby. Did she still love him? She hadn't said anything when he said he didn't remember anything recent. She looked a little pale, but not as bad as this morning.
Later that evening, they went to Jess' flat. He wondered about the sleeping arrangements. Abby had not slept with him since the... Seaside Anomaly. Part of that was because he spent so much time at the ARC. Usually sleeping on the couch in the break room.
Suddenly Abby's phone rang. It was the ARC. She was needed right away. There had been an anomaly opened up in a shopping centre.
"Jess could you keep an eye on him please. Don't tell him anything. Let him tell you." Abby whispered to Jess as she grabbed her car keys and left.
Connor smiled at Jess. "I'll just go to bed then. Is this bedroom mine?" He walked towards Jess' room.
"N-n-n no, you're in the other room." Jess stammered. She pointed him in the direction of the other room.
"O.K." He made himself comfortable and went to sleep.