Worry

[Arden Patricks]

"Appreciate it." I smile slightly, realizing now how much it feels like I'm talking to a stranger rather than one of my best friends, and I send another silent apology into the past.

[Riley Pearson]

I nodded lightly, "Um.. no problem?" I said smiling to her, unsure of what to say now, feeling weird still that she knew nearly everything about me and I knew nothing about her.

[Arden Patricks]

I smile slightly again, not really sure what to say now. So at least that's the same.

[Riley Pearson]

"Um.. So.. Do we usually have things to talk about?" I asked looking over to her again.

[Arden Patricks]

"No." I laugh slightly shaking my head. "We'll talk all right for maybe the first ten minutes, catching up since the last time we've seen each other, and then... we're both awful at making conversation."

[Riley Pearson]

I laughed a little and nodded, "Okay.. You seemed to be doing okay though." I said with a smile.

[Arden Patricks]

"That's generally the way it is," I nod. "And then, all of a sudden, there's just nothing to say." I shrug, looking down at the floor. "And now it's even weirder 'cause I mean... you should've know that, you know?"

[Riley Pearson]

I nodded a little. "Right.... I'm sorry it's like this.." I said looking up to her.

[Arden Patricks]

"Not your fault." I shake my head. "You would manage somehow to get amnesia by falling in front of a car or whatever it is that you did."

[Riley Pearson]

"I'm not sure how I got there.." I said with a faint smile. "I'm still sorry though.. I wish I could remember you.. really."

[Arden Patricks]

"It's fine." I shake my head. "I mean... you know, not really, but still not your fault. And I suppose it had to get to this eventually, when running into walls just wasn't exciting enough anymore."

[Riley Pearson]

I chuckled a little, "Running into the walls?" I asked her with a small smile. "That sounds like I did it often?"

[Arden Patricks]

"Frequently enough," I nod. "Certainly more often than anybody should."

[Riley Pearson]

"Oh, well then I guess it's a surprise that this didn't happen sooner." I said with a small chucle.

[Arden Patricks]

"Just a bit." I shake my head, laughing very slightly. "Thought you were going to get yourself killed about a dozen times before now. So I guess you're lucky even if you have got awful luck."

[Riley Pearson]

I smiled lighty to her, "That's good I guess... I did get pretty lucky I guess, like that time in the forest." I said with a small nod, unsure of where that came from. ".. That was pretty lucky too.." I added kind of slowly.

[Arden Patricks]

I straighten up slightly at that, eying him almost suspiciously and then very slowly smiling.
I remember that, when little bits of memory would come flying out of my mouth before I even realized I had them. It's a sign of progress, I believe.

[Riley Pearson]

I chuckled a little, ruffling some hair with a smile. "Weird when that happens." I said with a small smile.

[Arden Patricks]

"Very," I nod. "But you'll probably get used to it as more starts coming back."

[Riley Pearson]

I smiled a little and nodded. "Yeah, I guess so.. It's really kind of annoying though... I don't get to pick what I can remember.. I remember the stupid pointless things.."

[Arden Patricks]

"At first, perhaps," I shrug slightly. "And you're bound to remember some people and things like that eventually."

[Riley Pearson]

I nodded a little. "I hope so.." I said giving her a small smile. ".. Thanks." I added with a slight nod. "So um.. Can you think of anything else that might make me remember something?"

[Arden Patricks]

"No way to know...." I shrug slightly. shaking my head. "I remember one of the first things I remembered was eating ketchup with my aunt when I was a kid, all because you were eating sugar straight from the packet." I laugh slightly. "So then I remembered Meredith. But I doubt there's a way to predict what will work or not."

[Riley Pearson]

I chuckled lightly, "That's a pretty weird thing to remember.." I said with a light smile. "Than again, it kind of sounds like we're both pretty weird anyway if we eat sugar.. or ketchep out of packets." I said with a small nod. "But um.. okay, maybe I'll get lucky and remember something worthwhie then."

[Arden Patricks]

"That'd just be you," I correct, shaking my head. "You're the weird one. I only ate ketchup when I was eight... and once, at seventeen, just to try it again. But you're still the weird one."

[Riley Pearson]

I chuckled a little. "Why am I the weird one?" I asked her with a small smile.

[Arden Patricks]

"I don't know," I shrug. "You've always been a bit strange though."

[Riley Pearson]

I nodded a little. "Okay.. I can live with that." I said with a small smile.

[Arden Patricks]

"I should hope so." I smile slightly. "Hate to have you drop dead over something like that."

[Riley Pearson]

I smiled with a small chuckle and nodded. "I think I'd hate that too.. not a very good reason."