Memory Loss

Chapter 11

   Life seemed perfect, almost as if it was too good to be true. If it felt so perfect right now, they couldn't help wondering if things would go wrong again. But they didn't think too much about that, right now, this here was brilliant. Their lives were intertwined with each other's, they fed off the energy they gave each other, and they fed off the love they felt from each other. And boy were they in love. Sickeningly so. But passionately and intensely so. 

     They had become one of them couples everyone got sick of from the amount of public affection they showed each other, but they didn't care.

After everything they had been through together, they felt they had a right to the love and affection they showed, even if other people didn't like it. Lydia rejoiced in the fact she was in a normal relationship and they were equals. She no longer felt put down or insignificant, with Gary it was totally different. He made her feel special, like she was the only woman in the world, as clichéd as it may sound, he treated her like a princess. Now it was a month since Lydia had got David arrested, he had been convicted with manslaughter. 

     As they had a confession from him he was smart enough to plead guilty, he got thirty years.

Lydia was so relieved, she felt like a massive heavy weight had been lifted from her shoulders and had been destroyed. Gary was also comforted at the fact that they were finally on their own, they finally had this weight taken from them. Now they could enjoy their life together, without worrying about him or anything else coming between them. They were the happiest they had been in ages, Gary and Lydia had decided to start looking for a flat of their own, and the boys had just signed a record deal. Everything was perfect. 

     "Sometimes I think what we have is too good to be true." Lydia said to Gary one night as they lay in bed. Lydia looked up at Gary's face as she traced invisible patterns on his chest. Gary frowned and she felt the vibrations of his chuckle in his chest. 

     "Why do you say that, everything is perfect." She shrugged and grimaced at him. She didn't want to annoy him or make him think she thought something would happen, but she couldn't help the way she was feeling. 

     "I know, but people always say if things are so perfect something's bound to happen eventually and something's bound to go wrong. Not that I think it will, or that we'll do something purposefully to cause things to go wrong, I just can't help feeling that something will happen or something will go wrong." Gary shook his head, everything with them was amazing, and he couldn't understand why she felt this way. 

     "Not with us it won't. I love you Lydia and we've been through too much for me to just let something happen, or let something come between us. We will carry on having a brilliant relationship." She smiled, though she still had the nagging feeling in the back of her mind. 

     "I know, and I won't let anything get in the way of us either, but what if something does. I've been in so many shit relationships I've just kind of got used to them. And then you come along and treat me amazingly, I can't help but think I don't deserve it or I can't have it because nothing is ever good for me." Gary's expression softened. He didn't want her feeling like that, he wanted her to enjoy their time together and to revel in their relationship, not to be constantly looking over her shoulder wondering what will happen next or what will go wrong. 

     "I don't want you feeling that way, we should be making the most of what we have together, not worrying." She nodded, he thought she was finally giving in and believing him. "I want you to be happy Lyd, and I will try my damn hardest to make sure you are. So let's enjoy our fantastic relationship and this brilliant thing we have between us. Stop worrying about what the future holds and look forward to it." She smiled brightly at him and he couldn't help breaking out into a smile himself.