Just remember

 "Ring, Ring, Ring" The bell rings and the third period is over. Thank God. I don't think that I could have listened to Mr. Lawson talk anymore about quantum physics without dying from boredom. I meet my best friend Indigo at my locker. Indigo is short with brown hair, green eyes and beautiful olive skin. "Hey Blair, I know you've been looking for somebody to ask to the dance, so I've been keeping an eye out for you and I think I found the perfect guy," Indigo exclaims, clearly very proud of herself. She points over to a crowd of boys. I'm not quite sure how I'm supposed to figure out which one she's talking about since they all huddled up. "Sorry, I realize that wasn't very specific." Indigo sighs. "The tall one with the black hair, hazel eyes and cute smile." I don't understand who she's talking about until I realize. No. This cannot be happening. I'm just seeing things. It can't be him. "Blair...you okay??" Indigo says freakishly concerned. "Indigo, how do you not recognize him?" I whisper. "That's River." Her eyes widen the minute she realizes the person I'm talking about. River was the boy that I was madly in love with in 9th grade until he moved away to Seattle. He never texted me back ever since he moved. "Blair I'm so sorry, I didn't even realize that it was him!" She has that feisty look in her eyes that she gets every time she’s angry. She attempts to launch forward but I grab her and pull her back. "Indigo, it's okay. I will handle it," I tell her even though my heart is racing with anxiety. I slowly walk up to him and try to think of some way to sum up, "hey River! Do you remember when you moved away and completely ghosted me? Which left me so miserable that I cried for a week straight. And not to mention the mental and physical pain you put me through." I quickly decide to give him the benefit of the doubt and say, "Hey River, It's good to see you back around. But um why didn't you text me back when you left for Seattle?" He looks me right in the eye and says "Just go away, I can't do this right now." He walks away, leaving me to stare at a crowd of lockers. I cannot believe that he just ditched me. AGAIN. I go back to Indigo and fill her in on what happened. "So what do you think I should do?" I ask Indigo desperately. "I think you should ask his brother Eliot why he's acting so weird. Maybe he knows something that we don't." Indigo makes a good point as always.

    By the time the fourth period is done, I have about thirteen minutes to ask Eliot about the River situation. It takes a little while to find him since he's a grade older than me but I finally encounter him next to the water fountain in the 11th grade hallway. "Hey Eliot, do you have a minute?" I ask him in hope of some answers. "Yeah sure Blair, I've been meaning to talk to you about something too." I wonder what that's supposed to mean. We walk outside and sit on the old wooden bench that has progressively grown more moss on it over the years. "So I walked up to River today.. and he just completely blew me off." I say trying not to sound angry. "It's just that, we left off so well when you guys were going to Seattle but then he just didn't respond to me or put any effort into contacting me. He nods as if it's no surprise. "I know that we should have tried to tell you but we just didn't know when it would be the right time," Eliot says shamefully. I have never been so confused in my life. What does he mean by "not the right time." Eliot see's my confusion and continues his story. "On our way to Seattle we got in an accident. It caused River to forget most of the things that happened before the accident...including you. It's been really hard on him, so that's probably why he snapped at you." My jaw drops open. I don't know if I'm sad that he forgot all about me, or happy that he ended up okay for the most part. "But the doctor said that there is a way to regain the memory from some people. You would have to take him to places you used to go and remind him about the memories you guys used to have. But there is no guarantee that it will work." Eliot tries to reassure me.  The bell rings and I get off the gross bench. "I am so sorry about what happened to River. That must have been hard on you too." I say and then walk back into the school.

    School is finally over and everybody is gathering their stuff from their lockers. I walk over to River. "Hey, I know that you don't remember me but I remember you and we used to really like each other. So the only thing that I ask from you, is to give me this one day to help you remember everything that happened between us." I really hope that he lets me. I just want the River I used to know back. "It probably won't work but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and let you try." River says, sounding a little hopeless.

    I take him to one of our favorite places. It's a garden with the most beautiful and colorful flowers and plants. "I think I understand why I liked this place," River says smiling. I take him to the huge fountain in the center of the garden as we admire the beautiful sight. "The first time we came here, we went with a couple friends and they dared us to just into the fountain." I say looking into his hazel eyes. "We didn't actually do it right?" He says in bursts of laughter. "You'd be surprised," I respond. We both make eye contact and stare into each other's eyes for a couple of seconds before he says, "Hey Blair?" I respond by saying, "Hey what?" He swallows before he says. "Even though I don't remember you.. I can tell that I definitely liked you a lot." Without even realizing it we get closer. My whole body feels like it went numb. He leans in and our lips are touching. Everybody's voices around us fades and my heart pounds out of my chest. God, how much I missed this boy. "BLAIR!" River yells as he pulls away. "I REMEMBER! I REMEMBER EVERYTHING!" He pulls me into a tight hug and I smile wider than I ever have before. I don't think that I ever want to let go.