His Memories of Her

29th

The two of them just watch Henry walks away from them through the crowd of people who are busy doing their own thing, laughing and swaying to the music.

“What do you think happen?” Catherine asks.

Rich looks at her side profile as her gaze did not move away from where Henry went. He sees her smiling even though it is just a little, slightly but still a smile that has formed on her lips.

“What do you think? Even if it is me, the way you tease him which is so obvious, I would have done the same thing.” Rich said to his oblivious sister whom he knows have enjoyed the hard time she gave Henry.

“Can you blame me when I found him so cute?” Catherine said turning her towards her brother.

“Cute? In what way?” Rich said taking their things, well mostly Catherine’s things.

“Cute how his ears have turned red not because of those two glasses of beer but because I am looking at him with my full attention on him, watching him moves and talks and most of all, is how he thought Ryu is my son all this time and the way he reacted when he found out the truth and the reason of me keeping it from him.” Catherine said taking her jacket which has been handed by her brother before they walk out of the bar going to the same way where Henry went.

“That part of him has never changed. He has been like that towards you.” Rich said.

His eyes went wide realizing of how the words he just said could be taken which is in so many ways, even in a way that could make Catherine think of something she should not and that scares him in unexplainable way and it did when Catherine open her mouth and said “So, we are really that close that even with fact that he is older and an upper classman, I still got the chance in the past to tease him?”

For a moment Rich stopped breathing, not until Catherine finishes her sentence, only then he too a deep breath of relief and said “You hang up almost every day, the three of you. You go to school, you get back home, you do your homework and even play basketball, or you go see their games.” Rich said remembering all the time he has seen Michael and Henry with his sister, and the times she has ask for permission to go out at night and get home late but only to be accompanied by the usual two men whom he trusted even without letting them know.

“Three? Who is the other one?” Catherine said in wonder after getting out of the club followed closely by her brother whose arm has been around her waist.

Henry looks at her with shock before looking away and said “The other one was Michael, I am not sure if you still remember him from when you were young or not, but he also was around you when we came back to live here in Seattle for three years, and through him you met Henry and he was the one you were with when the accident happened.” Henry said, stopping in front of the bar near his car.

“Oh, So I became friends again with Michael, whom I remember to be one of the kids I used to bully even though he was older than me. So, am I dating him? Is that why we were together at the night of accident?” Catherine said, after a long pause reading her brother’s expression that got sadder and sadder every word that his mouth lets out.

Rich smiled sadly and said “No, you never liked him anyway, he was just too soft for you to like. If you want to know what happened that night, we can talk all about it but only when your therapist says it is ok to talk. I would be happy to tell you everything I know and have seen all those years.” Rich said as he opens the door of his car telling Catherine to climb up.

“Then, I will day in impatience because I do not feel like I would get to hear the rest any time sooner.” Catherine said disappointedly pouting as she climbs up of the car.

Rich chuckles slightly before he close Catherine’s door and walk around towards the driver’s side where he opens the door and climb up of the car and quickly starting his engine.

“You should be patient. Just like how I did. It has been ten years, you even made me worry when you told me that you could not still remember what happened when everyone has moved forward and so many things have changed.” Rich said.

Catherine looked at her brother who is looking only up ahead as he drives, her eyes that had a glow has now turned sad. Not sure of why, whether it is because that her brother could still not tell her, or that it has been ten years since the accident or the fact that what he said was true, about people that have moved forward and things that have changed.

“Although, I could not believe that there is one thing that have not changed, I guess. It is still the same.” Rich having a smile on his face that made Catherine who has been looking at him curious of what he is talking about.

“It seems a good thing.” Catherine said that she did not know that she has said it out loud.  Making her brother turn for a minute to look at her in wonder.

“What do you mean?” Rich said asking her right after he gets to look at the road.

“That thing you said have not changed.” Catherine said looking outside of the window car watching the street light they are passing by together with the people walking around having fun in the street at night which she envies a little bit.

“Oh, it is, I mean after all that happened, maybe at the end when you get to know everything, you will be thankful as well.” Rich said with a real smile plastered on his face.

“Then I guess, I will be more impatient now that I get to find that there is something great I could have from those missing part of me.” Catherine said with a smile, like it is something made her excited and just could not wait just like a kid.