Desperado

part 54

i hear the front door close and the sound of footsteps running up the stairs

the closet door bangs open and i see joey trying to catch his breath, "i came as fast as i could"

"well your 10 seconds late" i look down at my phone then back at him

he sits down next to me slowing trying to calm his breathing while looking at the pictures i took out

"what do you remember so far?" he ask me

i pick up a picture of joey and i, "meetings, i remember how boring they were and this shirt"

he looks at the shirt i was wearing and starts smiling, "it was your favorite shirt"

"i can tell, i'm wearing them in half these pictures" i smile, "also this dog, who's dog is it?"

"that is your dog coco, she's back home with your mom and stepdad"

i take out some of the dried flowers that are inside and letters i found. i can tell joey is super anxious right now to know what i remember so far

he has quite a lot of things in here, it seems never ending. it's filled with pictures of us, a lot of pictures

"is this lexi?" i ask him

he chuckles, "yea, this was when she got food all over herself and jeremiahs the little one standing next to her"

"jeremiah?" the name seems familiar

"yea, he's the son of lexi and jeremy"

"where is he?" i ask

"he's with lexi, at home" his smile slowly fades away

i ignore it and look at the rest of the photos

joeys pov

my heart beats faster and faster when she picks up another photo. i just want her to look in my eyes and know who i am, the one she met years ago

the one who saved me

i can tell she was looking at the necklace because it's out of the box and on her lap. i wonder what it feels like to have vivid memories

"elena" i say

"mhm?" she looks at me, her hair is in a low messy bun, she's so adorable

it's crazy how only 20 minutes ago she was yelling at me to leave to hang with diana

"what does it feel like?" i ask her

"what does what feel like?" she tilts her head to the side

"that feeling of remembering something"

"it feels like deja vu in a way"

i slowly nod at her as she looks back down at the photos

i take the ring from the ground and stare at it. it took me a long time to find this ring, i was the most wanted person in the world but still managed to go out and buy her a ring

i smile when i think of how stupid ethan looked when she accepted my proposal in front of him. she felt guilty and wanted to apologize but he ended up changing his number

it's like he'll never understand that no matter what happens that it's elena and i against the world

"where are these kids?" she says catching me off guard

i look at the picture she's holding, it's a picture of jay and sophia on the swing set in her moms backyard

"they're, um" shit how do i come up with a stupid excuse for this one? "they're also back home with your mom"

i cant tell her the real truth about the kids because she'll think we are crazy

she picks up the family portrait we took a long time ago, "i remember this"

"what do you remember?" i play with the ring in my hand

she slowly takes a deep breath, "sophia and i were fighting over the dress i made her wear, you and jay..." she looks at me, her eyes in complete shock

elenas pov

joey and jay were laughing at how ridiculous sophia and i sounded. we went out to dinner that night with my mom and greg then later went to visit david and carter

my eyes goes dark for a second and when i see light again, i turn my head to joey

i remember

i gasp for air when my memories come back. my body starts to shake and joey catches on

"do you?" he stands on his knees

"yes" i cup my hand over my mouth and joey pulls me into a hug

"oh baby" he squeezes me in his arms

i can hear how fast his heart is racing as well as mine. everything is starting to connect now

i pull out his hug and smash my lips on his, he quickly pulls away

"do you remember everything?" he ask

"yes" i peck his lips

he has the biggest smile on his face, "everything?"

"yes everything!"

"like everything? like all of it?" he chuckles

"all of it joey" i bite my lip in excitement

"promise?" he ask

"yes! just kiss me" our lips collide and he picks me up from the floor

"i missed you so much baby" he whispers in my ear, i feel his tears against my ear

i lift my leg and he grabs onto it, lifting me on him. i pull away from his face and look at him

his eyes are red and his cheeks are soaked, my heart softens, "joey" i frown

"i thought i was never going to have you back"

i wipe away his tear, "you never gave up though"

a small smile forms on his beautiful face

"i love you"

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Short chapter but it'll get better. Sorry for the wait