"Hello readers... or reader I don't know the correct way to address potential... oh nevermind. Welcome back to this story with I don't know... just enjoy reading, and tell me what you think. I can only hope I can manage to make it through most of the story without that... that dark part of me out. Once he's out and replaces me the story would take a very dark turn. I don't know when but I know its going to happen at some point.
12-11 months earlier
It was time for the holiday months to roll around. The first of the bunch was October. Laura wanted to decorate the entire dorm room to its fullest. I was not one to really like decorating, but I loved to come up with patterns. Besides I loved Laura so much how could I say no. It was fun going shopping and us picking out the decorations for Halloween. We also had to buy candy for the university's annual Halloween trick or treating event. Short story short we got a lot of different candy. Got a lot of treat bags, and proceeded back to the dorm. Once we got back we made small talk while we prepared the treat bags after we hung up all the decorations. "So Laura I wonder which is sweeter you or a sugar stick." "I wonder if you're sweeter than this packet of fun dip." "Oh Laura I'm as just an old sour candy." We laughed a little at my poor attempt at a joke. Once all the treat bags were ready for the kids we were ready to relax the night before Halloween. "Ian since we don't have class tomorrow you got any ideas on what we should do?" "Laura I don't really know. How about you give me a suggestion." "Well it has been a while since we watched a movie together." "Laura have you ever seen Fantastic Mr. Fox?" Laura shook her head. "That's it we are watching it tonight definitely." I ran into my room to get my disc copy of the movie. It was my second favorite movie after all, and Lemony Snicket's a series of unfortunate events will always be my favorite. "Laura are you ready to watch the movie?" "Yeah Ian you better hope I like it." "Don't worry Laura I'll microwave some popcorn while the movie starts up." We proceeded to watch the movie and ate some caramel popcorn. Laura snuggled up to me and I put my arm around her as we enjoyed the movie.
The movie was over finally, and Laura fell asleep in my arms. I decided to lay her gently on her bed, but she still managed to have woke up. "Hey Ian no good night kiss or anything?" I proceeded to give her that good night kiss she wanted. After that I set the treat bags on the table ready for tomorrow, and decided to go to bed myself. The next day was especially fun. We had no classes as we waited for the kids to come by, and ask for their candy. "So Laura even though Halloween isn't over yet I wondered what were going to do for Thanksgiving." "Well I thought you could maybe meet my parents, and I could introduce you to my brother as well." "Let me think about it, and after we cater to all the kids I'll make my decision ok." So once all of the kids had gone by and we were almost out of treat bags I told Laura I would be happy to meet her parents. She hugged me ecstatic I was willing to meet them.
Other than redecorating the dorm not much happened during November. I mean I was plotting out a grand feast for Laura's family, and was having one hell of a time trying to figure out how I was going to get it all cooked in a few days. Then I felt a warm presence enter the room. Just kidding I heard a door open, which queued that Laura had been kind enough to get me the last few ingredients I needed for the feast. "Ian I know you're trying to be kind and make a great first impression on my parents, but don't over work yourself okay sweetie." "I understand you clearly Laura, but with a heavy past under my belt I'll be able to handle this task with ease. Can you hand me the genetically engineered turkey?" "Sure Ian, and why do they genetically engineer this stuff anyway?" "Well Laura since I'm a random trivia machine I can quite easily give you the reason why. The reason they do so is to prevent mass murder. Not normal murder, but true cold-blooded unnecessary murder." "Ian what do you mean by that." I proceeded to get everything finally cooking so I could take a break. "You see Laura all meat comes from living creatures right? Well older species like rabbit are related to you if I remember my random facts correctly." I proceeded to sit down in a chair and look her in the eye. "They could not farm rabbit meat to supply the world demand we have today. So what they would have to resort to is killing mass amounts of lopunny for rabbit like meats. For no reason other than to gain money is most important fact. They would kill a limitless number of creatures for financial gain. That is the definition of true cold-blooded murder. Not for the enjoyment, not for the revenge, but only because they would see it as a means to progress further than the people around them. That is why they genetically engineer the meat that we consume." She looked at me in shock likely realizing I knew many horrid facts about the reason some things work. I was wondering is she understood that contributed to who I am, and what makes me exactly me.
I had completely finished the feast I was planning to present to Laura's parents, and I got the sick feeling in my stomach I knew as anxiousness. We pulled into their driveway as I proceeded to start thinking about what to bring in first to last. "Laura go tell you're parents I'll be in shortly since I'll be carrying in the food okay?" She nodded and proceeded to run in. It was a pain as I grabbed the corn, the turkey, vegetables, and gravy plus soup cans. Her parents insisted on making the dessert. I was not going to deny them their request and was very thankful that they had gone through the trouble to make an excellent I'm quite sure dessert. Laura introduced me to her parents Marla and Lawrence. "So hello Marla and Lawrence nice to meet the parents of the only person I have truly cherished so far in my life." "Oh it was quite the pleasure raising her to be a great companion to someone someday. All we wanted is for her to be happy." "Well Lawrence I hope I can do that for your daughter." After the dinner all was swell so we went back to the college to prepare for the cold says December had in store for us.
Well I'd say that chapter ended nicely. Our two protagonists are growing ever closer together. What happened to them that caused Ian to be in a room with a gun in one hand with a remote in the other? Do you even want to know why that happened? More importantly what happened. I'll quote my character on something he said between in one of his random breaks of the story. "Is our entire life really meaningless until we die? I mean think about everything we do while were living is for a reason. That reason is never truly understood by us as we are alive. Therefor are actions are only justified by what people think about us after we're dead." Anyway I hope you had fun reading. Enjoy your day paroling this site for more stories that peak your interest!