414 Password (1/2)

Hellbound With You KazzenlX 22420K 2022-07-22

Before Abi could turn to lead him to their secluded house made of glass, Alex stopped her by grabbing her wrist. He was staring at the open space with narrowed eyes.

”Alex?” she called his name and she craned her head to look at his face. He looked at her and then suddenly, he swooped her up and leapt from the ground.

Once he landed, Abi looked at where he brought her and she gazed at him in surprise.

He slowly put her down after looking around as Abi just gaped at him. ”This place…” he started as his eyes fell on the octagonal tent in the middle of a vast meadow covered with snow. ”This was where…” he paused to look into her eyes. ”You and I watched those lights?”

Abi took a while to respond. She was dumbstruck. ”Y-you remember?!” she exclaimed, eyes opened wide.

Alex's eyes roamed around once again, surveying the empty tent, the two outdoor chairs and the campfire. ”I remember this place, the small campfire, and the lights.”

”W-what else do you remember?” she asked, obviously thrilled, as she held her breath.

Alex narrowed his eyes again. ”The password for the lights to appear,” he said, as the lines on his forehead deepened.

”Do you remember what that was?” Abi's eyes began to well as she asked. She remembered what he said that night, so clearly and vividly in her mind.

Silence reigned between them as their eyes locked on each other. The next moment, both of them spoke in unison.

”I love you,” they both said, surprising themselves.

Abi gasped as she covered her mouth with her palm. Tears began to flow from her eyes. It really was happening. It really was working. It was finally coming back to him and she felt like her heart was about to burst. She threw herself at him and hugged him as tight as she could.

”Oh, Alex…” she cried and then, as if they were in a choreographed movie set, the sky began to light up. It was coincidentally the perfect time for the northern lights to appear but to them, it was magic. The password worked because they said it.

Both of them looked up and the breathtaking lights began to dance above them, as if the sky too was celebrating with them.

Alex hugged her from behind, heating her up with his body as they watched the brilliant light show majestically glowing above them. The memories began to flash within him. He started to hear some of his own voice as well but he still couldn't see Abigail or hear her voice in these images. It was as if there was a formidable wall that was blocking him from seeing everything that he still couldn't break through.

But what was happening with him was making him hopeful, because just like Abi, he was desperate to remember everything. He wanted to remember her and everything that they had done, because since he found out about all of this, he had been cursing himself for actually forgetting her, for leaving her.