Candy's POV

     "Alright, door's fixed. How did that even happen anyways?" The repair man asks. Wendy and I awkwardly we laugh and stutter together while trying to come 

 Wendy and Candy awkwardly laughed and stuttered toogether while trying to come up with a good lie. There wasn't one.

       "Ya know its a uh long story" Wendy said while smiling and waving off the question.

      "Well okay you two be careful now Mrs. Corduorys?" Both our faces turn red. If he things I'm I'm married this young somethings wrong with him.

     "We're just roomates sir" Wendy quickly answers. And they we're roomtes. Sorry. Mabel go some vines stuck in my head.

    "Yeah and I'm only 17" I akwardly laugh. The repair man looks apologetic.

      "Oh I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have assumed. You two just seemed so close heh. Anyways like I said be safe. Have a good day"  the man left. Wendy and I look at each other awkwardly for a minute. I knew we we're closer but not close enough for that kind of misunderstanding. 

    "How abaout we forget about that and um movie night?" I asked hopefully. She smiled and nodded. 

   "Yeah ok"

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     In  my free time I had started walking throug the woods again just like when I was little.Yes. I still remeber my childhood.. Gideon and Jared. I really wish Gideon would just remeber. There had to be someway to jog his memory or get it back completley. He'd been compleley loss to that curse for three years and Pacifica without knowing had been heping him get out of it. They think the Gideon we know now is new. But before the curse, he wasn't much different from who he is now. Maybe I should do some exploration work on my own for this.

    "Hey" I jump. There was Gideon leaning against one of the trees. Thank god I didn't say my thoughs aloud. Who knows how long he's been standing there. 

   "Where'd you come from?" I say with confusion. His expression looks confused too. He looks as if he's trying to figure me out like a math problem. 

   "What are you out here looking for Chiu?" He questions. He doesn't know but this isn't actually the first time he's choen to call me by my last name. And does everyone go to the woods now? I roll my eyes.

   "I was just scavenging for herbs?" I try. Gideon arched a brow at me. Yeah he doesn't believe me. "Yeah ok that was a bad lie. Um I'll just say it. Im trying to look for any scraps of weirdmageddon.. like maybe the mind erasure gun?" I say with the sounding of a question. I was a little bit worried to see how'd he react.

     "You mean the gun that Mabel destroyed at the end of summer? So that no one could ever forget anything again??" Gideon questions me with obvious worry in his voice. I was afraid of that. However the gun did more than erase memories.

     "Well yes but if we find one or fix that one we can give memories back. It's kinda like a dvd. You can watch your memories back like a movie in a way"I explain. I make sure that he thinks it has nothing to do with him. Maybe he'll help me. I could tell he wasn't comfortable with the idea.  "You have to help me find one" I demand.

    "What?! Why?" Gideon asks. Because you need your memories back and I need my first first best friend back. I can tell he wnts nothing to do with this, but he's already apart of it.

     "I promise it's for something good. You won't regret it please... and quick question, what were you doing out here?" Candy replied.

    "It's just a peaceful place to go.. especially since weidmageddon.." He trailed off. I nodded understandingly. It definitely felt nice out here and you could just seperate yourself from the chaos you felt.

     "I thought I was the only one" Gideon half smiles in response. "So are you gonna help me or not?" I begg. I can see he doesn't understand why this is such a big deal to me but I think he was feeling bad for me... thats ironic. He sighs.

  "Ok"I jump with joy and almost hug him. Thank god I stop myself. 

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     "You kids can't be messing with that stuff" Ford scolded us. Surprisngly Gideon nods in agreement. I didn't realize how emotional I was feeing over this until my vision began to blur with my glasses on.

        "No you dont understand! I'm trying to get someone's memory back. Please" My voice feels dry I choke up a little. Ford suddenly shows a symethic exprssion

      "Oh kid. It's not the memory gun you want then. The memorie are in bottles with the names on them" Ford reassured me. "You just reminded me how we never went down there to clear all of that stuff. Perhaps I should go with you kids. Afterall it would probably safer if I went" Behind Ford I see Stan roll his eyes at Ford. I can't let Ford come. No one knows that Gideon was my friend once. That's to much to explain especially with what Gideon had done. 

    "Uh su-" Gideon starts. I quickly shake my head.

    "No no thats okay. You can go down after, I don't care how suspicious I look to Gideon right now. I finally have a chnace to get him back. I finally have a free day to use. Plus everyone is finally back. I think the blue aura stuff is promising too. I don't know how he'll react to seeing his memories but I know it NEEDS to happen. As I grab his hand to pull him away, there the blue glow goes again.

  "Uh Kids?" 

  "Uh good talking to you Mr. Pines. We'll be safe! Promise!" I quickly say as I continue to drag Gideon with me. I can't let him stop. Plus there is no danger

    "Come on. Lets go. I think I know where we can find the memories."  I say as we continue walking towards town. 

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    "I'm sorry. We're closed. Come back tomorrow" the front desk lady said kindly but in a somewhat creepy way. Here we go. She smiled but it almost seems forced. She's clearly one of those people who hate their job. 

    "Closed?!" I freak out.

    "It's only 3pm ma'am. We have until 5pm" Gideon tries to correct her. The lady sighs and continued with her forced smile. It's obvious she's annoyed.

     "I'm sorry. Today we've closed early. You're gonna have to go have your romantic alone time somewhere else" EXCUSE ME? Oh god no. Did she really just assume that?Gideon and i both make disturbed faces.

"We're not-"

"It's not like that"  We both tried. The lady put on the glasses sitting at the desk.

"Oh" She fake laughed. "I'm sorry dear I mistaked you for that other raven haired beauty" She... she's talking about Amada. Ew. That's even worse. I roll my eyes. Here we go again. 

"Oh brother" I mutter.

"Gideon what are you doing here with that?" The lady questions. That. I'm a that now. 

"She's a close friend of mine" Oh he kinda lied. I look to him with surprise by the defnese. 

"Oh" the lady says nastily. I wonder if her mind was erased like many others or if she's new.

"Please miss. We'll be out even before time" Gideon said while giving her a charming smile. 

"Fine, but if anyone asks, I didn't see nothing" She replied sternly. Of course that works. I smile anyways because we've succeeded at getting in. The lady looks the other way allowing Gideon and I to run downstiars. We walked for awhile in silence. 

"Are you sure you know where you're going?" Gideon questions

"While his may be taking longer than I had hoped, yes I do" I reply confidently. Mabel had told me about their trip to get Mcgucket's memory back and how she almost erased her boy drama. I see Gideon look around strangley. I wonder if he remebers being here. 

"The basement of a museum?"

"Just trust me"  I say as I pull him over to the middle of the room. We scan the room for nything to pop out. I see tons of memory holders all around. Eventually my eyes land on one in the corner. Its glowing with that blue aura. I tap gideon's arm. 

  "There" I say i run to it and he follows. i pick it up and there's his name. Gideon Gleeful. 

 "My name? it has my name on it? Why would my name be there?"

   "Because it was your memory I was looking for." I answer. He looks at me with wide eyes. He looks like a scared puppy. "There's the memory player!" I point to a tv like machine. We ran to it and sat down. I put the film in and the screen starts flashing. There goes the flashing images of us as kids. Some of the best moments of our lives. Our the innocent kid moments. I start to realize how some of my friend's life has been taken away. We're actually both 16. That's right. There's no 3 or 2 year age difference. At some point this year we'll turn 17 and the twins will turn 18 in august. Flashes of memories with Jared appear. That had to hurt even more... because now he was gone. He ran away.. he left. 

 "What the hell is all this?" I frown sympathetically for him and move closer.

  "It's everything your dad wanted to keep from you. I'm really sorry-" Suddenly he turns around and hugs me tight. My eyes start to fill up again. I feel bad but I've missed this hug a lot.  "Listen to me now. I know you're feeling a lot of emotion including anger, but please don't let the anger control what you do anymore. That's how you got into that mess in the first place. Please" 

   "Dont worry. Because of Pacifica, I've been seeing a therapist." He laughs. "I'll be fine... wow most of my life has been a lie" 

  "Heh yeah" We were both now talkig with those voices you have after you cry. "Can we be best friends again." I ask. 

 "Of course. Jared left. I in a way left too, but I'm back now. It feels good to know I actually had someone that I could count on before" I sniffle a little. He bakcs up from the hug, smiles softly, and wipes away a tear on my face. I have my best friend back finally. It almost doesn't feel real.

  "We really have Pacifica to thank for your development honestly" I admit

  "Heh yeah she's pretty amazing. She was a great friend over the past few years... but I promise I'll start to give more time to you for now on" I laugh a little as I lean my head on his shoulder. I have part of my childhood back. I feel like I've saved part of my innocence. 

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"You let him get his memory back?!" A rough voice said.

"It was that brat's fault!" Amada argued.

"YOU chose Gideon. THIS was YOUR responsibility. FIX IT or SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES" it raised it's voice. Amada stepped back and her eyes turned red.

"Yes sir" she said defeated

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