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Ross and I went into the kitchen to help, Stormie, Mark and the others put the groceries away.
"How does chicken alfredo sound for dinner?" Stormie asks.
"That sounds WONDERFUL Mrs. Lynch." I reply with a smile.
"Laura, for the thousandth time, I'd REALLY prefer it if you'd just call me Stormie." She says with friendly smile.
"Ok." I reply with a laugh.
"So what have you two been up to while we were gone?" Mark asks.
"Well, we looked at some pictures from our first date, and then we watched some t.v, oh and then we looked at some more pictures from our worst date ever." I reply.
I hear Rocky stifle a laugh.
"You still think it's funny do you?" I ask, playfully punching him in the shoulder.
"It'll never NOT be funny." He replies, pretending to rub his shoulder in mock pain.
"What'd you guys watch?" Mark asks.
"Just some 'Austin & Ally'" I reply.
He gives me an approving nod, and winks.
Suddenly my phone rings.
"Do you guys mind?" I ask.
"Go on hun we'll handle the groceries just fine." Stormie replies with a nod.
I go into the living room and answer my phone.
"Hello?" I say as I bring the phone to my ear.
"Honey, its mommy." I hear my mom reply.
"Oh, hey, how's Paris?" I ask.
For their anniversary I'd given them two first class tickets to Paris, they'd left shortly before Ross had gotten in his accident.
"Oh, you would not believe the luck we've had, they lost our luggage and we just got it back today, and when I look at the messages on my phone I see that Vanessa has called me, I called her back and she told me all about the accident, are you ok? How's Ross?" she asks all at once.
"I'm fine mom, Ross is gonna be ok, he's got some memory loss right now but the doctor said it'll come back, it's just a matter of time." I reply.
"Oh honey I'm so sorry, that must be hard, do you want us to come home,"
"Mom-"I try to reply but she continues
"we could get the first flight back and be there by morning."
"MOM! That won't be necessary, the Lynches are taking really good care of me right now, and I'm helping them out with Ross."
Suddenly I feel the phone snatched from my hands.
It was Riker; I hadn't known he was watching.
"Don't worry Mrs. Marano we're taking good care of our little sister, you guys just enjoy your vacation." He replies with a laugh.
I hid a smile.
Ever since Ross had said in an interview that him and I were like a married couple Riker insisted on calling me his "little sister" and eventually the others followed suit.
"Riker give me my phone!" I exclaimed snatching it back.
"Sorry about that mom, are you still there?" I ask.
"Yes, I'm still here, are you sure you don't want us to come home?" she asks.
"There's REALLY no need for you guys to do that, just enjoy your vacation, besides Vanessa is gonna come home later tonight for a little while, I'll be fine, I love you guys." I reply.
"We love you too honey, oh, hang on your father wants to talk to you."
I hear the scuffle of the phone being passed.
"Hey baby girl, how are you doing." I hear dad ask.
"I'm fine dad, how is your vacation going?" I ask.
"Well, MINUS getting our luggage lost it's been great, you should see the Eifel tower at night, it's so beautiful."
Then I hear his voice lower.
"Don't tell your mother but I've got a really romantic date planned for her tonight." He says.
I smile.
"That sounds great dad, I'll see you guys when you get home." I reply.
"I love you honey, and if you need anything, call us ok, we'll be home faster than you can say Paris." He replies.
"Love you too dad, don't worry I'll be fine, I promise." I reply.
"Ok, we love you, goodbye." He says.
"love you too, goodbye." I reply and then I hang up the phone.
I go back into the kitchen, but I hear my name mentioned so I hide behind the wall.
"I remember the day you finally decided you wanted to ask Laura out, you come to me and you were all worked up because you were worried she wouldn't like you that way, and you didn't know where you should take her on your first date, I would say you were close to tears." I heard Stormie saying.
I gave a little smile.
"Nuh uh!" Ross exclaims.
"Yes siree, do you know what I told you?" she asks.
"No." I hear Ross reply.
"Well, I told you that if you didn't ever ask her out then you would never know, and that it was better if you got turned down, than to not know what she was thinking or what could've been, as for where you should take her on a date, I told you to take her to the VERY restaurant your dad took me to on OUR first date, do you remember how it turned out?"
I heard her ask.
"No." he replies.
I felt my heart sink a little bit.
Don't worry; he'll remember again, just a matter of time.
"Well, when you got home that night and I asked you what she'd said, you laughed and told me she'd said. 'Well it's about time blondie.'" She replied.
I laughed at the memory; Ross hated being called 'blondie'.
I heard Ross laugh.
"I could imagine her saying that." He replied.
"Really?" Stormie asks.
"Y-yea, I do." He replies.
"Then you do remember her, maybe not 100 percent, but somewhere deep down you do remember her." I hear Stormie reply.
"Mom." He starts.
"Yea baby?" I hear Stormie ask.
"Do you think, that, I'll ever remember her again?" I hear him ask.
"Of course you will, you'll remember everything, just give it some time." She replies.
"I hope you're right." he replies.
I take this time to step out from my hiding place behind the wall.
"How's it going in here?" I ask.
"Uh, great, mom was just, uh, telling me some stories." Ross replies as he runs his hand through his hair, something I knew he did when he was nervous.
I smile.
"Sounds like fun." I reply.
Suddenly Mark calls for Ross somewhere in another room and he leaves.
As I walk up to the counter to help put the rest of the groceries away Stormie leans down to whisper in my ear.
"The next time you eavesdrop I suggest hiding somewhere besides behind the wall." She replies with a wink.
"What how'd you-"
"I may not be YOUR mother but I am a mother I know all the tricks." She says with another wink.
I laugh as I put the rest of the groceries away.
"Hey, do you mind if I take Ross somewhere for dinner tonight?" I ask.
"Sure, where to?" she asks.
"I was thinking where we went on our first date." I reply.
"That sounds great, of course you guys can go." She replies.
"You're sure you're not mad about us skipping dinner on you?" I ask.
"Of course not, besides, familiar places will help Ross's memory to come back faster." She replies, giving me a little hug.
I hug her back.
"Thank you." I reply.
"No, thank you, for not giving up on him." She replies.
"I could never give up on him, not even if I wanted to." I reply.