A/N: Hey guys. So this is an original piece and I wanted to get your ideas on this. This little prologue just kinda explains the way I pictures this story being organized. The general premise of the story is a realistic story about two college kids that meet, get to know each other, and face some struggles when dating, since one person is from Oregon and the other is from Massachusetts. So after reading this please let me know if you like the idea of the system and I will post the first part through a character's perspective soon. Thanks all!
Memory is an interesting and complicated thing to understand. For instance, why do we remember the extremes of our feelings? We best remember the times we were the happiest, but also when we were the saddest and the maddest. How well do you remember the in between?
Why do memories change? Sometimes we think we remember something so clearly, but someone else tells us we are wrong. We initially remembered it correctly, but the memory eventually changed. People say that it is our minds protecting ourselves, by creating a better memory. Is a false memory really better than a fake one?
How well do you remember the everyday things? Some people who have lost loved ones say that they end up remembering all the little things that they did. Do we have to lose someone to remember our little interactions with them? After all, we fall in love with someone based on the small, everyday interactions, not just the big and fancy things that they do. Yet when it comes to loved ones we typically remember the big events, first time meeting them, first time getting to know them, first date, a particularly special or unique event with them, relationship milestones and such. Do we remember what they had for breakfast on a random day? Nope.
Instead, memory is more like a scrapbook. We have different pages for different events and interactions with different people. It creates and interesting story of our life. Will other people know our stories?
The stories get really interesting once someone else comes in and lines their story up with yours. Then you get not just someone else's view point and opinion, but a whole other set of events that involve the original person, but now includes someone else entirely.
That is how this story is written. In snapshots, and eventually someone else comes in to give us her own view point. The little interactions may show up from time to time. But mainly you will see the big events that anyone would remember, or at least we hope that we would remember.
