Remember

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"We met in a club?", Leah asked me amused as I nodded.

"Yep", I said pulling up outside the club, it wasn't open of course so we decided to sit in the car.

"You were waiting in line with the girls right there", I said pointing to the VIP entrance, "I hadn't noticed you, wasn't really into football so I had no idea who you were", I said laughing.

"Em pulled me to the entrance and we were standing behind you guys, we were joking about and she shoved me and I fell into you. I apologised and when you turned around I was really blown away, you were just so beautiful", I said beaming.

"Were?", she questioned smirking as I rolled my eyes.

"Then what happened?", she asked.

"Me and Em got a private table and had a few drinks, then she noticed you guys also got a table and invited you over and you all agreed. We all talked for a bit and then me and Em decided to go dance, we were really drunk and these 2 older men approached us, but you and Lia swooped in, and they backed off", I said as she smiled at me and gestured for me to continue.

"We went back to the booth and you kept your hand on my thigh the rest of the night, and I knew then that I wanted you in my life. You and Lia took me and Em home, I tried to kiss you but you stopped me, I was embarrassed and thought I read the signs wrong and then you left", I finished off the memory from the club.

"Wait so how did we start dating if I left?", she asked confused.

"A week later someone broke into your house, I was the detective sent to get your statement. I stayed with you that night and you made me breakfast the next morning. We had a little bit of a food fight and almost kissed again but this time I backed off. Then I had to leave for work so I left you my number but you didn't use it"

"So basically I was an idiot?", she laughed as I nodded.

"Oh definitely", I agreed before I continued.

"Well Em and Lia had started dating, so a couple weeks later Em had asked me to go out to the club, this club", I said gesturing to the club, "but left out the fact she invited Lia and the rest of you. I was mad at you for not texting so I ignored you most of the night. Until I started dancing with another girl and your jealousy got the best of you", I said smirking as she rolled her eyes, "then we kissed in the bathroom and you asked me on a date", I finished.

"Finally", she said as our laughter filled the car.

"So, our first date, what did we do?", she said as I started up the car.

"We'll be there in about 30 minutes", I said as I started to drive off. Again, the drive was silent but we kept stealing secret glances at each other, both of us thinking the other wouldn't notice.

I drove us to the little cliff edge where she took me on our first date and where I, well, we proposed.

"Did you take me out here to kill me?", she questioned raising her brows.

"Maybe", I said smugly as she rolled her eyes.

"Come on", I said as I turned off the car and walked over to the ledge.

"This is where we had our first date?", she questioned skeptically.

"You took me to an arcade first for bowling, you beat me of course. Then we went round some of the games and you won me a teddy bear", I said smiling at the memory. "Then you drove me here and you brought a blanket and a picnic, it was very romantic", I said as she beamed at me.

"I must have really loved you", she said laughing but it was like a knife piercing my heart. Leah must have seen my change in expression as I blinked the tears away.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to-"

"It's fine, don't worry. It's hard to love someone you don't know", I said avoiding her gaze as she just grabbed my hands.

"I do love you, I know I do Y/N/N", she said softly as my heart fluttered at the nickname.

"We proposed to each other here", I breathed out into the space between us.

"Both of us", she laughed as I nodded.

"Yea, I got down on one knee first but then you panicked and said 'where the fuck is it' and then you ran off, I thought that was your way of saying no until you came back with a ring and got down on one knee too", I said softly as a look of panic washed across her face.

"What's wrong?", I panicked.

"I'm not wearing the ring, did I lose it?", she said panicking as I just showed her my left hand with both rings on the ring finger.

"You gave it to me to hold on to before the game", I whispered as she relaxed. We just started at each other in silence before I spoke again.

"I have another place I want to show you, it was our first date after I came back from faking my death", I said as she nodded, but before we could start walking she winced and grabbed her head.

"Ahh fuck", she said through gritted teeth as I put my hands on her arms.

"Leah what's going on?", I questioned panicked as she had her eyes squeezed shut.

Leah's POV:
Just as we were about to walk away, I got this shooting pain through my head causing me to stop in my tracks.

"Ahh fuck", I winced as Y/N grabbed my arms.

"Leah what's going on?", she questioned but it sounded like a muffled noise as I started to see vivid pictures in my mind. Everything she told me today, I remember, not just those memories but everything. It worked, what she did worked and I wanted nothing more than to tell my fiancé I remember her but before I could, everything went black.

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