Room 217, Friday Night

[walks_two_paths]

Savannah had spent most of the day either with Johnny or with Chris and Summer. No one had wanted to leave her alone or to her own devices since they had brought her home from the clinic on Tuesday. She could understand their concern and she was grateful that they were keeping such a careful eye on her. Everyone had been really good about answering her questions, or trying to do things to trigger her memory.

The problem was that so far nothing was working and she was geting depressed about it. She knew things now, but only because they had told her them, not because she remembered any of them.

Currently, she was curled up on the bed with Destiny, trying not to give in to the tears that had ben hovering right near the surface for the last few days.


[[OOC: For the boyfriend.]]

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[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Johnny said as he stepped into the room. He knew what he was going to do but doing it and hoping it worked, made his stomach clench up into a tight nervous ball.

"How your're feeling?"

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Savannah rolled over and sat up when she saw Johnny come back into the room. She tried to hide that she was upset by giving him a soft smile.

"I'm all right. How are you?"

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

He understood her far too well and she couldn't hide her upset from him. All it took was a single look.

"I've been thinking, Savannah," he said, moving to sit by her on the bed. "I think I know of a way that might be able to help you."

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She looked into his face. "You do?"

If it was just her that kept getting disappointed by everything they had tried not working, she would have found a way to handle it. However, she hated the fact that her memory loss was hurting Johnny, too.

"What is it?"

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Sometime earlier after his run in with Joan, he'd come back and taken the small, vine entwined ring from the secret little corner of her jewelry box, and now he held it safetly in his palm.

"Just this," he whispered and held out his hand for her to see.

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Savannah lowered her eyes to look at the ring in his hand.

"Wha-" She reached out a finger to touch the ring and then her eyes filled with tears as she started seeing different images in her mind. "Johnny... you gave me this. We... we were four... we made Wyatt marry us!" Tears started sliding down her face and she raised her head to look up at him. "I remember you saying I was yours and that it was your job to protect your wife..."

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"Yes!" he exclaimed, his heart beating fast. "That's it, Savannah! You kept it because you wanted to be reminded of that day, our words, our little ceremony forever. Tell me more..." God, please let her remember more.

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She looked back at the ring and then at Destiny. "You got me Destiny a few days later when we were our real ages again... because we talked about getting a puppy when we were little." She looked back into his face and ran her fingers down his cheek. "I got trapped in the past once and when I came back... you didn't let me out of your sight for days."

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

He closed his eyes at her touch, and he was smiling, nodding. "Yes... yes... you are mine, Savannah." He looked at her. "There is so much more and all of it leads up to that ring on your finger. Do you remember the night I gave it to you?"

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She looked down at the ring and then her face lit up and she nodded. "Yes! We were on the beach on that island in Fiji and you were nervous that I wouldn't like what it meant. You said it was a promise for more and..." She looked into his eyes. "I said I knew you were what I wanted."

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

The relief on his face said it all. He reached for her then to draw her into his arms, but gently so in case she had any reservations at all.

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There were no reservations in her demeanor or her eyes as she held onto him tightly. She was crying as she buried her face in his neck.

"I remember, Johnny. I remember you... and us!"

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

His arms were tight around her and he buried his face in her hair. "Savannah," he breathed. "Thank god, baby..."

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She clung to him, repeating his name over and over again.

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He kissed her hair, her temple, her cheek and jaw, whispering her name and telling her he loved her again and again.

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"You found me," she whispered. "You found me and brought me back."

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"I helped," he whispered. "You're strong, Savannah. Very strong. And I love you more than anything."

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"I love you so much, Johnny... more than anything."

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"I know, baby, I know," he said, taking her mouth then and kissing her deeply.

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She tightened her arms around him and returned the kiss just as deeply. She wanted him to feel how much he meant to her - and that she remembered everything.

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He pulled her closer, torso to torso. "Later, you'll tell me what happened?"

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She nodded. "Later," she promised, kissing along his jaw.

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

God, she felt good. His hands slid under her shirt, caressed skin.

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Savannah felt like she had been away from Johnny for a very long time and she pressed against him, kissing him again.