Till the End of Time-

Chapter 49: I Remember

"You remember?", he asks relieved.

I nod my head, "I know who you are Buck. My brain feels a little fried right now but I'm slowly sorting through it all".

He wraps me tightly in his arms as though he never wants to let me go.

I breathe in his familiar scent that I've been apart from for too long. But suddenly my eyes open when I realize something.

"I forgot... If I remember that means that they're going to remember soon too now", I whisper.

He pulls away from me slightly, "We'll face them together. Things will be different".

"I told you not to let me remember. You know what's going to happen now", I say starting to feel upset that he did the one thing I asked him not to do.

Regret crosses his face, "You were already starting to remember Rosie, it doesn't make a difference if it was today or tomorrow or in a month. You were bound to remember at one point".

"Why didn't you try harder to prevent me from remembering?", I ask breaking out of his arms.

While he struggles to find the words I realize why he rushed me getting my memory back.

"It's because of Steve isn't it?", I ask starting to feel heated inside.

He's about to say something but then stops as he changes his mind and his face grows hard, "Do you think it's been easy for me to watch you two together? To watch you fall more in love with him everyday? To hear you two have constant sex every night and know all along that you're mine?!", he yells.

"I knew it! I knew that was the reason!", I yell back as I pace slowly in front of him, "Fuck Bucky, I didn't plan on falling in love with him. It just happened!".

With a growl of frustration I start storming out of the gym with Bucky following behind.

"We're not done talking about this Rosaleen!", he calls angrily at me.

"I know!" I yell back as I hit the elevator button to go up.

When the doors open we both get in with an angry silence between us.

"You didn't have to stay around and watch us together. You could have kept me more at a distance and not risk everything falling apart so quickly", I say as the doors open and we walk out into the kitchen.

"Are you hearing yourself right now?", he says roughly, "You only wanted me to stay away just so that you could spend out your days happily with him. That's the reason you're upset with me".

I don't respond as I pour myself a glass of water and take a drink.

"You think that's the reason why I didn't want to remember so soon?", I reply calmly at first before starting to raise my voice, "You don't think it has anything to do with the fact that I'm a monster and was created to destroy everything in my wake?! We agreed that this was the best thing to do!".

"No Rosie. You decided! You were the one that made this choice. I wanted you to escape with me and come here so that we could fight against them, but you were the one that sent me away!", he says slamming his metal fist hard into the countertop and creating a hole in the granite.

"I tried to escape with you, but when the cards were stacked against us, I helped you get to safety and I stayed. How on earth can you be angry at me for that?!", I demand.

"Because you're getting mad at me for not listening to what you wanted, when you never listen to anything that I want", he growls.

"That last time we saw each other, I told you this was the only way that everyone could be safe, and you agreed with me!", I say running my hand through my hair in frustration.