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Disclaimer: Not mine. Inspired by the film 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and the song quoted below. AU

Title: Memory Lane



~Take a walk down memory lane with me, past a watermelon stand on the way. Thinking I had everything we'd need on Martha's Foolish Ginger...if those harbor lights had just been a half a mile inland who knows what I would I have done?~-Tori Amos 'Martha's Foolish Ginger'




Seven years.

Could it have really been seven years since she left and took his soul with her?

James sighed, resting his forehead against the dash. Could he do it? Seven years without talking and he'd suddenly decided he needed to make things right just because it was the tenth anniversery of the shooting?

He shook his head. He'd come too far to turn back now. He got out of the car and walked into the dingy club. He looked around a bit, heart breaking as he saw all the worn out souls and knew Mandy had to be just like them.

Then he saw her. Mandy. His beautiful sweet love. Lover. Friend. Partner. Wife. Mother of his children. Soulmate...

He walked over to the table, clearing his throat.

"Ah, hey...I know it's been awhile but..."

She looked up from her scotch, staring at him strangely.

"I'm sorry, do I know you?"

"It's James, Mand. I know it's been awhile but-"

"I don't know a James. Sorry, must be mistaking me for some other Mandy."

"Mand, c'mon, stop playing games."

"Get away from me you freak."

James blinked and turned on his heel, biting his lip as he stormed out of the club.



"She acted like she didn't even remember me! For Chrissakes, she's the one who left! It's not like I did the heartbreaking!"

Emily sighed, exhaling a long whorl of smoke.

"She wasn't acting."

"What, are you in on this?"

"No. She really doesn't remember you."

"Did she get in an accident and lose her memory or-"

"She had you erased."

James stared at her then laughed sarcastically.

"What, she just....deleted me from her brain? A five year relationship burned out of her?"

Emily closed her eyes, leaning back.

"I shouldn't have said anything.." she opened her eyes and searched through a pile of papers, coming up with a small card.

James took it, arching an eyebrow as he read the words.



MANDY SLADE HAS HAD JAMES WORTHINGTON REMOVED FROM HER MEMORY. PLEASE DO NOT MENTION THEIR RELATIONSHIP.....



The words just slipped past him after that. He fell back, shaking his head.

"No...it's not possible..."

"I didn't believe it either. But last time I mentioned your name she just looked at me and said it didn't ring a bell."

"...Does she remember the kids?"

"Perfectly."

James sighed, leaning back in the chair. He held the card up, looking at it. Maybe...maybe it was time to really put all this behind him.



And then this
( Sing Our Freedom Chapter 2 )