"Mom!" Taylor said running to his mother who was on the ground. Everyone has been doing some weird stuff lately, not normal. All three of us and the rest of the Hanson family helped to get Diana back recovered. I stood back as usual when she recovered. She just sat there staring at me. She showed no emotion whatsoever except for the fact that she had tears pouring down her face. "Rachel, is that you?" Diana said focusing in on only me. "Yes it's me, do I know you?" I asked precausiously. "Walker! She doesn't remember, what did that lady do to her?" She asked now in hysterics. Walker walked over to me and took me by the shoulders. I was horrified. I didn't know these people, but strange memories kept coming back. "Rachel, do you see anything familiar in us?" He asked attentively. I was confused. "Yes, no, I don't know." I said studderiing. He wrapped me in a hug. I had to return it or else I would have collapsed on the ground like Diana. What I smelled was the most familiar aftershave in the world. I remembered it from somewhere, it made me think of a place far away.
Tori
I watched as Mr. Hanson wrapped Ray in a hug. It was clear they knew who she was, but how come her own twin didn't remember? They had been so close! but, what was Mrs. Hanson talking about? What woman? What had happened to make my best friends forget their own close relationship? They had been even more close than me and Ray, or me and Jordan. Oops. Taylor, I mean. I watched as Mrs. Hanson shakily got to her feet. She then focused on me again. "Tori? Tori Jackson?," she asked. "Hi! Yeah, it's me. Um, I have a question. What were you talking about? What woman? And how come neither Ray nor Jordan remember each other?," I asked. "Jordan doesn't remember either?," she asked, shocked. She turned to him. "Mom, Tori, what are you talking about? What don't we remember? I remember Tori and Ray living in our neighborhood. What should we remember?," Jordan asked, acting really confused. "I never knew you didn't remember your own twin sister! As for your question, Tori, let's go back to our hotel and I'll explain," she said. Of course, both Ray and I were dying of curiousity, so we called our parents and asked. We got the permission. When we got to their hotel, Walker and Diana put the kids in another room. I guess she trusted them alone, because both came back into the room. "Um, maybe this is a time when you guys should be, ah, alone," I said. I got up to leave the room. "No,no, Tori. Stay. You're almost like part of the family. Besides, you need to know this, too," Walker said. I sat back down. Walker then told us what happened from the time I left Tulsa to about now. He told the story because Diana was just staring at Ray with wide eyes. "Remember you left Tulsa, how upset Rach was? Well, she stayed depressed for even longer after you left. We sent her to stay with some relatives for awhile, hoping a change of scenery would help. The relatives that took you in, Rach, moved without telling us. It seems that they were childless and unable to have children. So, they took you instead. While we were still looking for you, my company had us move to South America. By the time we had gotten back, we had lost all hopes of ever finding you. Jordan had been so upset because he lost both of his best friends in such a short time, we stopped mentioning the both of you. We had no idea that he would totally forget that Rach was his twin sister, not just his best friend," he finished. He sat in silence, while everything he said sunk in. It sunk in alright. I was the reason they didn't remember each other. Because of me, Ray didn't remember her own brother, and Jordan didn't remember his sister. I was the cause of so much pain in their family.I didn't deserve to be their friend. Not after that. "I understand," I said. Walker turned to me, and said, " You do?" "Yep. Because I left, this happened. It's because of me," I said. I got up before they could say a word. I left the room,and started to to walk down the hall, tears streaming my face.
Rachel
As I sat there confused and dazed, Walker ran out after Tori to retrieve her. I was in my own world. Visions kept coming back to me. It was 1991, me and Taylor were standing there watching our best friend in the world disapear into the sunset. I remember looking back at him. His sky blue eyes were rimmed with tears. I knew I wouldn't be the same again. "I don't understand." I said snapping out of my trance. "Rachel, please listen." Diana said grabbing me by the shoulders. "I'm listening." I said. "Remember, try to remember. Think of Tulsa, think of us, just remember. I'll be back in 5 minutes." She said running out the door. She left me and Taylor sitting there. "I guess we should remember." Taylor said. He wasn't Taylor to me, he was Jordan, Jordy, not Taylor. I went back into my own world. Envisions of me and Jordy sharing a room. I could see baseball caps everywhere. I was sitting on my bed packing clothes. "I remember me packing clothes, and all your hats were all over the place." I said "Yeah, and you wouldn't talk to me, I remember that." Taylor said in his trance also. Diana entered the room. I stood up not taking my eyes off her. "Mom!" I cried running in to her arms. I was protected in her arms. I was hysterically crying as I smelled the soft familiar fragrance of her perfume.
Tori
As I was walking down the hall, I suddenly remembered that I was about three miles away from Paramus. I felt so dumb. First, I break up my best friend's family, then I have to walk three miles home. This just wasn't my day. I heard footsteps behind me, and a voice called out. It was Walker. "Tori, wait a sec," he said. "What?," I asked, not turning around. I didn't want him to see me crying. "Look, it wasn't your fault. This was unpreventable. We can't change the past. I can understand why you feel this way. But, it was not your fault, OK?," Walker said to me. I turned around. "But, in a way, it was my fault. Come on, be honest. You guys must have thought something like that," I said. "At first, we sort of did. We just didn't want to admit that one of our family members would do that. Besides, it wasn't your decision to leave Tulsa. I know, in your heart, you never would have left Tulsa if you had had a choice, " he said. I understood what he was trying to tell me. I let him lead him back to the room. When we got there, Ray and Taylor were hugging each other. I knew at that moment that they remembered.