"There were no others before you." Cordelia said, resting a hand on Amnesia's shoulder. "I mean there were no other,
you know
."
"I know what you meant." Amnesia said, putting her hand over Cordelia's. Her presence was no surprise—
after two weeks of silence
—after two weeks of being without her, she could literally feel the girl's familiar poise as she came up.
Cordelia nodded, drying her face the best she could. Her eyes were red, and puffy, and a little bloodshot. Amnesia took her by the hand, their fingers interlacing as though they would never separate.
They could only assume they would be the best of friends, bound together by a dark secret so deep that the scar was eternal.
They had the choice of living two ways.
Bound by hatred, or bound by love.
So Amnesia Marie Stone and Cordelia Anne Martin chose to love. They chose this path to what they considered might be a lonely alternative - an isolative, eventually—
likely fatal
—alternative.
Hand in hand, they left Amnesia's bedroom, crept silently down the stairs, despite it being daylight, and beyond the doors of the house. Amnesia's mind swam with Cordelia. She could smell her skin, and taste her breath in the air. She could smell the salt on her face, from her tears.
Everything had changed, and too quickly