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The Smell After It Rains
LauraCatherine24
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LauraCatherine24
Ongoing, First published Sep 20, 2016
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The smell after it rains. That's what Claire reminded me of. The fresh, dewy scent that hangs in the air moments after the clouds have parted, like curtains pulled back to reveal a clear blue sky. Flowers in spring, the wild ones that grow in the garden. The ones that she used to pluck from the earth and tuck behind her ear, their vibrant colours seemingly dull compared to the bright red of her hair. Freshly mown grass, tree houses and the sound of laughter. I don't know why these things still reminded me so much of her, after so long. It had been years since we'd been happy. Everything was perfect before she left. I missed that.

                                              *****

After the accident, James's world fell apart, and as soon as he had the opportunity to leave his home, he ran as fast as he could. 

Years later and he has no choice but to go home again, and after several glimpses at what he lost, he realises that maybe his past isn't so far behind. 

When a familiar face reappears and begins to draw him back into the world he thought he'd never see again, he decides that maybe the life he had before isn't so impossibly far away. 

There's just one problem...
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Memories no longer existing for they have been taken from her no memory whatsoever of the guy she once loved. He took away the one feeling she really enjoyed coming from him she doesn't even know what happened to her. No trace of evidence. She was left alone quite recently when he had disappeared with the last words that slowly dissipate, "I love you." She was living happily but everyone around her grew ever so curious as to why she was cheerful after all he forgot about how the others knew who he was. This doesn't change things for her the only way it would have to change is if he came back from what he pronounced about not going back but having to die for a cause. He regrets these decisions. He has to live with a burden knowing that he didn't die due to someone saving him but who? She remembers nothing but her own happiness doesn't even know what happened to her. Doesn't even know how she was able to gain these emotions. No longer going to continue. Sorry :(

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