I wish I had thought up ASouE before Daniel Handler.
* Note - the timeline might not fully comply with cannon universe but I am trying my best to have it conform.
Following in his Footsteps
Once I pressed play I gathered everything I had taken and started walking out the door. I have this strange tug in my gut that tells me, It will be quite a while before I can come back here again.
As I said before I would tell you the story of my life, from cradle to grave. So I am. My life began at a dairy. My mother wrote it all down in her diary.
I turn my back on the outside; taking in the glimpses of my home.
In her diary
I start walking. My heels click against the floor.
She wrote:
I open the door and exit my sanctuary.
I am due any day now, I wonder which of us he will look like. Today we are stopping at a dairy for some garlic butter. I can't wait to use it in a recipe.
I walk down the street, the walkman hitting against my hip with each step. I stop and get out a map of the country. I do have quite a ways till I reach the dairy. I might as well keep listening to pass the time. The City is very gloomy this time of day. I am 16 after all, so there must be a faster way to get there.
I pause the tape needing time to think.
Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe.
I hear tires screech and a car door opens and closes. I open my eyes and my father is standing in front of me with a brand new car!
The car was a coal colored black with new tires. I open the door and get inside. I already have a drivers license, I didn't want anyone thinking what I was doing was illegal. Instead of getting inside he gives me the keys and tells me that he has another mission to go on. Am I not that important in his life? Why! I just nod my head and smile. He wishes me good luck and walks away into the mist. I set my back pack on the seat next to me and push play.
Later that day she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. She named me Lemony in honor of a lemon festival that she attended earlier that day.
thump
I pause the tape and get out. I think I hit something. OH MY GOD! I hit a guy. I rush to him. Whoever he is, he must belong to V.F.D. he has a neclkace on but no tattoo. Blood covered his gray polo, did I do that... OH MY GOSH!