Life is made up of moments. Millions of different tiny moments. All these moments add up together and they equal your life. All those moments, whether they were good or bad, they made you who you are. If you’re really lucky, some of these moments aren’t just yours. Sometimes, you get to share them with other people and just like the moments you shared with them, that person helps shape you into the person you are today. It’s a crazy thing to think about, that if that one moment had never happened, your life would be completely different.

If my mother had never taken me to that park on a Tuesday afternoon in July when I was six, I would have never met Tony.

That right there, was the moment that changed everything, it changed my life. From that moment on, my life became entwined with a boy who had a strange love for Star Wars and turtles. If I had never met Tony, my life would be completely different. I had absolutely no idea where I would be and I never ever wanted to imagine it either. Twenty years’ worth of moments had been shared between Tony and I.

And in one crash of a moment, all those moments were taken away from me, pushed back to a place I couldn’t find. If that truck driver had not of glanced away for only a moment, he would have had the time to stop. He would not have crashed into me, causing my small car to be propelled forward into oncoming traffic. If I had never hit my head by the force of the multiple collisions I suffered after that, I would never have lost my memory.

It only took one moment.

And it only took one more moment for me to regain what I had lost. One heated, passion filled and tear stained kiss. One kiss and suddenly I found all those moments again. It was overwhelming and unexpected but I loved every minute, I loved every moment. Twenty six years’ worth of moments and twenty years’ worth of moments that involved Tony.

Millions of moments and in all those moments, I never wanted this one to end.

I ran my hand along Tony’s arm that was wrapped around me, his body pressed up against mine. I felt his breath on my neck but I knew he wasn’t asleep – the lack of snoring made it obvious – and I turned around, facing him and snuggling closer to him. His eyes were still closed and his breathing was still deep but I saw just a hint of a smile on his lips. I reached my hand up and trailed my finger along his jaw. He took in a deep breath and rolled over slightly, laying his back flat on the mattress and pulling me with him with his arm that was still wrapped around me.

I smiled as I leaned up on my elbow and continued to run my fingers along his skin, sliding them down his neck and over his collar bones, occasionally following the outlines of his numerous tattoos. Not liking the angle I was currently in, I sat up and crawled on top of him, taking a seat on his lap as I placed my legs on either side of his waist. He smiled, though keeping his eyes still closed, and threw his arm over his face. He yawned.

“Five more minutes,” he mumbled against his arm and I laughed softly.

I didn’t say anything as I placed my hands back up on his bare chest. I leaned down and began placing small kisses along his jaw as my hands continued to roam along his chest. My lips pecked his skin and I closed my eyes. There wasn’t any specific trail I was following as I continued to kiss him all over, I was just trying to familiarize myself with him again, I may have regained my memory back but everything still felt brand new. With every touch and kiss we shared last night, another memory and a whole lot of feelings followed. I was almost scared that it had been a dream, that I had imagined the whole thing but as I felt Tony shift beneath me, bringing his hands up to rest on my sides, I knew that this was real.

I continued to kiss him, just placing random pecks along his body as I hovered over him. I wasn’t trying to achieve anything in the gestures, I wasn’t trying to turn him on or anything, they were just innocent little kisses that reminded him that I was here, with him, and I actually remembered him. I was just taking my time, trying to make up the time I had lost and not being able to love him. Thinking about it now, it seemed like such a ridiculous thing, that I had actually forgotten about him in the first place. I leaned back, opening up my eyes to find him staring at me, a small smile on his lips.

“Good morning,” I whispered, biting my lip.

“Mornin’” he smiled, his voice a little raspy, still coated with sleep and just the way I liked it.

I leaned down again and finally connected my lips with his as I tangled my fingers in his hair. He leaned up slightly, his hands still gripping my hips as he kissed me back with just as much passion as last night and nearly taking my breath away. He pulled me down with him before he rolled over, this time hovering over me as I laid flat on my back. He pulled away from the kiss and stared down at me, his brown eyes holding mine in their loving gaze. He leaned back down and placed his lips on mine once more before he changed direction.

Just like I had done to him, he began leaving featherlike kisses all along my skin, anywhere and everywhere. It was almost as if my body was a map and he kept getting lost on purpose, just when I thought he would move this way, he turned the other way and I closed my eyes, just savoring his touch. Much like what happened last night, with each touch, with each kiss, I was brought back to another time, another moment. His rough but at the same time gentle hands began to roam along my bare body, traveling along every curve.

I don’t think I would every get tired of this, of him, and especially since I knew what it was like, I never wanted to lose it again.

Tony continued to explore my body, he may not have been the one to lose his memory but with the way his kisses seemed to linger, the way his touches seemed to ignite a fire against my skin, you could tell that he had missed it, being able to kiss me, to touch me, to love me, to have me as his. While my intentions had been innocent before, it soon became obvious that Tony’s were not. Despite the love we had made last night, there was still so much time we had lost, so much love that had not been shared and as his lips returned to mine, I was pretty certain that we wouldn’t be leaving this bed anytime soon.

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The afternoon sun was shining through the curtains – the only form of light in the room – as Tony and I laid there in the bed, still curled up with the other, our bodies just a tangled mess of limbs as we talked and kissed. Sometimes we were silent, just staring at the other, our eyes giving away our thoughts as we relished in the feeling of being together again. I sighed contently as Tony kissed my cheek, his fingers tracing shapes on my back under the covers. That was something I had noticed, the way he always seemed to be holding on to me, touching me, whether it be with his hands or his lips, he had to have that assurance that I was in fact there and this was real.

“Stop staring at me,” I whispered, closing my eyes as I leaned back into the pillow.

Tony chuckled softly and I felt him move closer to me, bringing his lips to my ear. “No.” he said simply, his breath causing me to shiver as it ruffled my hair and he placed a sweet kiss on my temple before he leaned away.

I smiled when I heard him yawn – we may have spent the majority of last night and the whole entirety of this day in bed but we definitely had not been sleeping. There was the sound of a ringing phone coming from somewhere within the house but neither of us cared the first time we heard it a couple hours ago and neither one of us were willing to move to go get it now either. The only time we had left the bedroom was to use the bathroom and even then we went together, never wanting to leave the other. Sure our friends were probably going to get worried – if they weren’t already – but we had both silently agreed that right now, we only wanted to be with each other. We were going to savor the alone time we had now because once everyone found out I finally remembered everything, they wouldn’t be so cautious anymore and they would probably want to throw a party or something.

“Tony,” I said softly, opening my eyes to see him still facing me as we laid on our sides.

“Hmm?” he hummed and opened up his eyes and smiled at me and I bit my lip as a swarm of butterflies exploded in my stomach.

“Marry me.” I whispered.

He grinned. “I am going to marry you, on August 3rd.”

“No,” I said and shook my head which caused him to furrow his eyebrows in confusion. “Marry me today, or tomorrow, as soon as possible.”

He was quiet, his eyebrows still furrowed. “Rori, it’s okay, we can wait, we don’t need to rush anything because of what happened.”

I shook my head again. “It’s not because of what happened, well, not really. I just don’t want to wait any longer Tony. I want to marry you, I want you to be my husband and I want to be your wife.”

He smiled warmly at me. “How are we going to plan a wedding in twenty-four hours?”

“We don’t need some huge ceremony, I don’t care if we get married in your mom’s living room, all I know is that I want to marry you Tony Perry. You might be willing to wait but I’m not. I want to be able to call you my husband and when you leave for tour, I want to kiss my husband.”

He chuckled. “Did you just quote me?”

I laughed and shrugged. “More or less, but Tony, I’m serious, I don’t want to wait anymore.”

He leaned forward and placed a longing kiss on my lips, pulling me closer to him before he pulled away completely and untangled himself from me as he got out of bed. I knew a part of me should have been thinking about the fact that he hadn’t responded to me but at that moment I was too busy laughing over the fact that he just ran out of the room bare ass naked while laughing like a little kid.

“What the hell are you doing?” I yelled while letting out another giggle.

“I need to get something, hold on!” I heard him shout back to me and I just rolled my eyes as I yawned and leaned back into the pillows.

I heard a thud and turned just in time to see Tony jump – like literally belly flop – down onto the bed again, a giant grin on his face. He immediately climbed on top of me and began placing sloppy kisses all over my face as he laughed. I squirmed and pushed him away, giggling over how happy he was. This was another thing I had missed, seeing how happy he was, as he smiled down at me, his grin so big that it looked like it hurt his face.

“What did you need to go get?” I asked after he stopped trying to smother me with kisses.

“This.” he said simply, his smile turning warm and loving as he held up his hand and my eyes widened as I saw the diamond ring in-between his fingers.

Without even saying anything I lifted my left hand up and held it out to him. He took a hold of it with his free hand and I watched with blurry vision as he slowly slid the ring back onto my finger, right where it belonged. As soon as he pulled away, the both of us admiring the ring on my hand, it was like that void I had been feeling since waking up had finally disappeared. The ring might have added weight to my finger but as I stared down at it, seeing it sparkle in the sun that was shining through the window, my hand held never felt lighter.

“I love you,” I told him as I glanced up at him.

“I know, I love you too,” he said with a small smile.

Tony laid back down and brought my hand closer to his face as he tangled his legs with mine once more. He kissed each of my fingers before he kissed the ring and then he pulled me over to him, placing my arm around his neck as he leaned down toward me and attaching his lips to mine. If I thought our kisses had been passionate before, I didn’t even know how to describe them now. It was a whole new feeling, now that the ring was back on my finger and I was once again engaged to him.

Tony pulled away and leaned his forehead against mine. “Aurora Rose Hayes, I promise you that as soon as I can, whether it’s tonight or tomorrow, I will marry you but first you need to do one thing for me.”

“What?” I whispered, furrowing my eyebrows.

“Get some sleep,” he whispered back and placed a kiss on the tip of my nose. “You’ve had quite the night.” He said playfully and while most people would assume he was referring to the sex I knew he was talking about me finally remembering everything.

I stiffened in his arms though and I bit my lip.

“What’s wrong?” he asked with worry, feeling the way I tensed up.

“I’m scared,” I said quietly, scooting closer to him.

“Scared of what, babe?” he asked with concern.

“I’m scared that this is all just another memory or flashback. I’m scared that I will wake up and not remember you. What if this is all just a dream?” I explained honestly, feeling the tears well in my eyes.

It was true, I was still unsure if I was dreaming or not because everything felt so surreal that I was certain it couldn’t be real.

“Hey, hey,” he said quickly, running his hand along my cheek. “Don’t worry Rori. This is real, I’m real, you’re not dreaming. You’re here, in my arms, you are awake.”

I couldn’t help but smile then because as I stared up at him, seeing the emotion in his eyes, I saw that he was right. I was awake. This wasn’t a dream or a nightmare, this was my life and I didn’t have to worry about waking up from it.

Life is filled with a million different moments and in all those moments, there is always going to be that “one moment” that stands out to you, that moment that changed everything. So as Tony leaned back down to place one more kiss on my lips, I held onto him tighter and closed my eyes, falling asleep in his arms, right where I knew I belonged and I savored the way all of those moments danced around behind my eyelids.

Even though I knew that Tony was right, that this wasn't a dream, all I could think was that if this was dream, for once, I never wanted to wake up.

Notes

I don't even know how I finished this tonight, well technically it's morning now, but this fucking chapter man. It didn't turn out quite how I wanted it to but the whole process of getting this out of my head and onto the "paper" was a lot more difficult that I had thought but I still like how it turned out :)

and even though it may seem like it, this is not the end, there will be more, I just haven't decided on how much, it could be one chapter or two I don't really know, just depends ;)

Also, I just wanted to say thank you so much for all of your lovely comments and feedback, even though I don't always respond, just know that I appreciate it and your comments seriously make my day! So thank you so much, for sticking with me through all of this <3