Be There When I Need You

CHAPTER TWELVE: MEMORIES

I didn't have the slightest clue that what was sitting on my desk in my room was going to be there. I slept in my room that night alone because Gabrielle was with Hank. Her boyfriend. I walked into the room, fiddling with my engagement ring as I stripped of my outfit and put on a pair of shorts and a tank.

There me was a DVD and a note on my desk.

To: Evy
from: Erik

Thank you for everything Evangeline. I filmed this with cameras back in the 60's. It's your story of your love life with Charles.

I sighed, taking the DVD out of the case and sliding it into the player. I turned my phone on and flopped on my bed, pressing play on the remote. The first thing I saw was the first day of training, in 1962. It was definitely me, but I looked so different. My hair was deep brown with red highlights, my eyes were bright blue, I was taller, I was thinner, I was POWERFUL. "Oh come on Ev!" Charles exclaimed. I rose my hands and started to sprint, screaming as I fell and fell right into Charles. He smiled and we both burst out laughing. He was blushing, and I was mainly in shock.

The next one was our first kiss. I was in his bed, my hair pulled up into a messy bun and the duvet pulled up to the top of my chest. "You know how much I love you, but I'd rather have you clothes on then off."

"Do you think I'm pretty, Charles?"

"Evangeline, you are absolutely gorgeous." He whispered, sitting down next to me. We locked eyes and he leaned in, closing the gap between us. The screen faded after that, and came to one more shot before it ended. This one was a picture, Charles and I having a late night date outside the school. We were dancing.

And the last one {of me} was the day I died.

We were in Cuba, on the shoreline, and Erik was deflecting all of Moira's bullets. One hit Charles, which was the reason he became paralyzed. I took two of those for him. One in the heart and one in the lung. I {past} fell to the ground wheezing and Hanks arms wrapped around me. "Charles, I love you. Remember that, okay? I love you so much." Tears falling down my face, I felt myself starting to slip as his fingers laced through mine.

"Please don't leave me Evangeline!" I turned to him, smiling weakly and opening my mouth to say something before I passed into my next life.

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{Charles life after Evangeline died}

The next thing I saw on the DVD was Charles late one night in his bed. His usually bright blue blue eyes were tear stained and lifeless as he cried over a journal he was reading. Erik was narrating. "Ev died and Charles hated Moira. He wiped her memory, sent her to FBI headquarters, and locked himself in his room with Evy's things. Ev, if you ever watch this, this man was so proud of everything you accomplished. He loved you. So much. Remember that love you shared as you continue throughout your life and how proud this man was of the woman you became." The last shot faded out, being a photo of younger me and Charles laughing as he trained me on grounds.

I was in hysterics by the time that DVD was over. I curled up and called Logan, and fell asleep to the sound of soft singing from my iPhone.