[ WP ] Two people keep each other company : one does n't know the future but remembers the past , the other does n't know the past but remembers the future .

`` Do you remember the day that we sneaked out of your parents' house on Thanksgiving? We had beers by the lake and played with fireworks so bright they made the moon look like the sun. I remember it so well, it feels like yesterday but I know that it probably was n't as good as I remember it. But that's okay, because you were there with me.'' 
 
 `` I ca n't remember that day, but I remember a time when you had lunch with some other girl. It made me so jealous; I wanted to punch your face in. You mentioned it to me later like it was no big deal, but I ca n't believe that you could n't notice how much it bothered me! That may've been our first argument, or was it our last? I ca n't remember which at this point, it's been so long. We could've been kids but we could've been so old, how am I supposed to tell?'' 
 
 `` I do n't think it really matters. We could speculate which one of us sees the future and which one of us sees the past, but to me it makes no difference. We've been together all this time, and we'll be together for the rest of time. Regardless of which order that comes in, I'm prepared to see it through.'' 
 
 `` I sometimes wish I could see the things that you see, or that you could see the things I see. You're right, time matters not when we see it differently, but I see you the same every day. Whether or not I remember this conversation means nothing. It could easily be something that will happen just as much as it could be something that's happened already. I saw your death, but it just as easily could have been your birth. Either way I'll think of the things we have done and the things we will do. The fact that we grew up as neighbors and died as lovers could have been something that I've seen, or something that I've done, something that I've told you, or something that I've been told by you. Memory is such a fickle thing after all, it's so hard to know for sure.'' 
 
 `` But that's what makes it special. My reminiscing is your new experience, and vice versa. I am blessed with the chance to be both old and young, to experience new things with someone who knows how they'll happen, and to blow your mind with the things that I have already done before. We might not remember the same things, but we can share anything if we do it twice. We could've had beers and lit fireworks when we were 14 or when we were 40 and it would still have the same magic. You're just as beautiful then as you were now, and to see your face sparkling in that glow is something I do n't think I'll ever tire of.'' 
 
 `` Well if that's the case, do you remember the day you proposed? It's something I've always hesitated to ask. I'm never sure if it's something that you remember happening or if it's something that has n't happened yet. I'd hate to ruin the surprise if that's the case. I'm never sure if I have a ring or if it's on my finger right now. Can you see it too?'' 
 
 `` I remember the day I proposed like it was yesterday.'' *Chuckles. * `` Maybe it was yesterday, or maybe it was tomorrow. I've always been there to present it to you, and I always will be. In my eyes you were born with that ring and were buried with it at the same time. The ring itself might not be important, it may have been my mother's just as easily as it could have been our daughter's, but I see it as your ring right now and that's what makes it special to me.'' 
 
 `` What's up with this situation anyways? Is it some sort of magic or science fiction that makes us see life this way? Is the earth stuck in some temporal worm hole that distorts time? I mean, if we got sucked into some parallel dimension or a permanent time loop, then we could be experiencing this thing forever and never be the wiser. Do you think that others see life this way? Does every couple experience this or just us?'' 
 
 `` Hold that thought, it's 3 o'clock, I must pray to the Cthulhu shrine I built in the shoe closet.'' 
 
 `` Hold it right there mister, there is no Cthulhu shrine in the shoe closet.'' 
 
 `` Pfft... that you know of.'' 
 
 `` I swear to god if you actually did something so stupid...'' 
 
 `` It might be that I just have n't built it yet! Who knows... I'm sorry, there is not Cthulhu shrine.'' 
 
 `` Good.'' 
 
 ``... yet...'' 
 
 `` I'm divorcing you.'' 
 
 `` No please do n't! It's not there I swear! I was just joking! You know talk of magic and science fiction get's my Lovecraft-ian horror juices flowing!'' 
 
 `` -Sigh-, alright alright. I know you ca n't answer my questions anyways, it's just that sometimes I ca n't help but wonder.'' 
 
 `` I think that regardless of why we're experiencing it, I ca n't help but enjoy it for what it is. Besides, it's not like I can just pop in and ask Dave from accounting if he's experiencing the same thing.'' 
 
 `` Well why not?'' 
 
 `` Well, because Dave's gay...'' 
 
 `` How rude!! How could you say such a thing!? You ca n't just ignore a man because of his sexual preference!'' 
 
 `` No no no! That's got nothing to do with it! I was just sort of making a joke... I mean, what if because he's gay, him and his partner are seeing things in the same perspective? What if this whole seeing time in different ways thing is gender based? Then that means that gay couples must have it made! Hmm... maybe I should be gay...'' 
 
 `` Are you gay?'' 
 
 `` No... I like breasts too much...'' 
 
 `` Thought so.'' *Sticks out chest with pride* 
 
 `` That reminds me, I need to iron my shirts.'' 
 
 `` What reminds you?'' 
 
 `` Your chest, it's flat like an ironing board, which reminds me that I need to do the ironing.'' 
 
 *Smack* 
 
 `` Ow...'' 
 
 `` No breasts for a week.'' 
 
 `` Ah! But if I'm seeing time backwards then the week is already up!'' 
 
 *Smack* 
 
 `` I'm sorry... but if I remember going into work with a red face, does that mean that I'm seeing time forward!?'' 
 
 `` It probably just means that I smack you every day.'' 
 
 `` Hmm... something about that makes a little too much sense... no no no! Please put your hand down! I'm innocent! Innocent!!!'' 
 
 `` You should go, you're gon na be late for work.'' 
 
 `` OR!! Maybe I'm early.'' *wink* 
 
 *Light smack* 
 
 `` I deserved that one...'' 
 
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