A/N: Ummm I know its been a while. Sorry. I hope people are reading still.
I've been living this life for about six months now, and I can say my existence before was not living at all. Of course, I don't remember much of my infancy, but I can't imagine it was much like this. I had Grandparents. If I had them before, I'd never met them. A family.
People stop and smile at me on the street. I find I can't help but smiling back at them. I never really had much of an urge to smile before. I do constantly now.
I daresay I must be a quite chubby baby, as I'm always eating it seems. It appears I have a taste for mashed up fruits and vegetables.
I now amuse my parents with the babble I can now say. Unfortunately I'm not really able to force the talking and the walking on for some reason. That's alright though, this way I can really enjoy life. I think I may try out the mama and dada that they keep asking me to say. They'll get a kick out of that.
I still think of Christine. Every single day. Those moments before I drift asleep and just after I wake. And quite often in between. The thoughts of her will keep me inline. They must.
I'm beginning to get the feeling that Marie knows. She sometimes traces the right side of my face, and I'll meet her eyes. Most likely its unconscious, but I know it's buried in there somewhere. Maybe its my imagination, but I think she gives me twice the love a parent give, only because I got none in my former life.
Days turn into weeks, weeks turn into months, and before I realize it, I'm now celebrating my first birthday. Birthdays are a bit frightening. I remember the only gift I had ever received for the occasion. That had been from Marie. A magician's set that my mother definitely didn't approve of. I also remember the gift...no gifts...I had been denied.
I was told I get a birthday wish. I wish for the same thing every day. Christine. There is little else I'll need. I already had more toys than I could play with, but more came with the birthday. Even a small party. I suppose this is how birthdays are normally celebrated. Well maybe a bit different from my previous time. It was a wonderful day, but very tiring. I am nestled against Marie and I am very sleepy...
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Now we're going to fast forward 17 years...