And Then You Left

Remember Me?

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"Alright everyone settle down, please. Today no cadavers as we'll work on the way that muscles work. I'll pair you up quickly and you'll start your work." shouted Professor Taw from the front of the classroom.

I was glad that there were no dead bodies to work on today but I hated the way Professor Taw paired us. Waiting for him to pair me up I suddenly saw him. The mysterious-maybe-Daniel-guy!! Suddenly working with a partner seemed like the most sensible thing in the world.

"Miss. Montez you can work with Mr. Dawson today." Mr. Dawson? Who the hell is he now? And why is that surname so familiar? I hate nearly half of my anatomy class already and I hate to pair up with them. But then I saw him walking towards me with those beautiful chocolate brown eyes and greenish blueish shirt. He greeted me with a smile and stretching out his hand said "Daniel...But my friends call me Dan."

I know that...Wait! How do I know that? Oh...Can it be? No, no, no I must be dreaming or something. Wake up, wake up!!! Shit he must be thinking that I'm mad or something! So with a miracle my body remembered to move and I shook his hand saying "Emily...But you can call me Emy."

He looked directly in my eyes and grinned "Pleasure to meet you Daniel." Wow...Now this is shocking! I can talk...without stammering! "That pleasure is mine." OhmyOhmyOhmy! Even if it's Daniel or not he's really kind and cute!

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After everybody moved towards to one of the lab counters Professor Taw started explaining what would we do. "OK. As you can see every pair has a report-sheet to fill. You'll write about the movements, the types and the names of the muscles in your arms by working on your partners arms.

For both of you to have the opportunity to work I divided the work into 2 parts. Upper and downer arm. You can start with either one you want. You have half an hour."

Now this would be interesting. I waited for Daniel to make a move as I was too stressed to move. "Shall we start?" he asked with that familiar voice all of a sudden. "Sure. Which part you like to take?" I answered turning to him with a smile. "Ladies choose first." he said leaning over the counter.

My smile got bigger and I said "Such a gentlemen...Well the upper part is much more complicated so I'll take the downer part." He took out a pencil and pulled up his sleeves a bit. "Shall I start as you know my job is harder." I nodded and sat up on the counter so he was able to reach me better.

Well I don't know if I mentioned but wow he's so so tall. Pulling my hair to a side with his soft hands I felt his breath on my neck. "Umm...can you pull the sleeve down a bit Emy? So I can reach the shoulder muscles." Now this was weirder that anything else.

He would see the tattoo which was maybe made for his memory. I pulled down my sleeve a bit and as soon as he saw the tattoo he reacted "Nice tattoo...must be someone really special." I smiled to the thought of maybe he's right now talking about himself.

"He was." His expression changed "Umm..passed away?" I shook my head "No. Just carried on without me." He didn't talk but went on checking the muscles on my shoulder. "Umm can you hold your arm a bit higher and fold it?" He asked and ever so lightly hold my wrist to fold my arm from my elbow. His touch was so different for me, so unique, so soft.

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It ended up testing and writing about muscles for half an hour. After handing the report sheet to Professor Taw we left the class together. "Wanna drink a coffee together?" he asked with a hesitated voice. I was dying to scream "Yeeeeesssss!!!" but of course given the "Chris" fact it wouldn't be so nice.

Think of it...Your boyfriend who you are nearly engaged to and your maybe-childhood-love guy at the same table. Yeah that'd be fun. "Umm...maybe some other time? You see I'll meet Chris for lunch." He gave a little smile "OK. No prob. But I'd like to have your number." I nodded as he gave me his mobile.

I saved my name and called myself for once so I had his number too. "See you..." he said and turned his back. After watching him leave for a while I made my way towards to cafeteria and faced with...Chris with an eyebrow up.

Trying to look comfort I walked towards him with a forced smile on my face. First the tattoo and now this...not good. "Hi, sweetie!" I squeaked and left a quick peck on his lips. He didn't kiss me back...shit it's going worse now.

"Hello Emily." he said with a serious voice. He must have been really mad because he used my full name. "Is something wrong?" I asked like I didn't know what was going on. Don't blame me for acting! I'm just trying to look innocent here! Letting out a sigh he asked "Who was he?" Yeayyyy!! Here comes the fun...

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"This is the last time I'll tell you this Christopher: HE WAS MY LAB PARTNER THAT'S ALL!" I nearly shouted as we drove in his car. We had been arguing since anatomy class and that makes nearly 2 hours (with a few breaks of course). Without taking his eyes off the road he shouted back. "Lab partner? Lab partner in ANATOMY CLASS! Thank you that calmed me down! What was the subject?" I sighed furiously "Arm and shoulder anatomy!"

Suddenly he stopped the car by a sidewalk and turning to me he said "Oh! He must have seen that gorgeous tattoo of you!" "I thought we were over with that argument! You know what Chris...I didn't know you didn't trust me!"

I was getting ready to say more when he shut me up with a kiss...full of anger but in the same time full of love. Pulling away he got back to his seat and closing his eyes tightly he breathed out "I'm sorry. I should have trus..." Hushing him by pressing my finger to his lips I said "It's okay. Let's just forgive and forget. Deal?" He nodded and kissed me again.

Don't know why but for the very first time in my life I felt guilty while kissing him. And I never knew that feeling would change everything and soon my life would turn upside down. "I'm tired Chris...Can you just leave me home?" "Sure sweetheart."

DANIEL'S POV:

"See you..." I said and turned around to go to my locker. I was itching to turn around, turn around and shout her name out loud. I was dying to ask her if she was that Emily Montez...the one I was totally in love.

LATER THAT DAY....

I was talking with Chase who finally decided to take this seriously. "Her touch, the way she smiled, the way she said my name was so..."

EMILY'S POV:

"...familiar." I finished my sentence. We were talking about the "Daniel Dawson Incident" in our bedroom with Julie who was just listening to me in silence. "It's like..."

DANIEL'S POV:

"...I've known her before." I blurted out. Chase was keeping his silence as he was bloody confused.

EMILY'S POV:

"He saw my tattoo. Isn't it..."

DANIEL'S POV:

"...weird? Seeing a tattoo that was maybe made for you." Chase decided to break his silence and said "You must learn if it's her or..."

EMILY'S POV:

"...you'll just waste time wondering." Julie finished her sentence finally breaking her silence. "I have no idea what to do.And there's Chris..." I replied.

DANIEL'S POV:

"I don't know Chase. And there's her boyfriend. I can't just turn out from no-where and say 'I am back!'..."

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This is the end of chapter 2 :) thanks for sticking with me until now :) how is it so far? Leave a comment

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