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"Cαn't belıeve thαt чou αre not here ɯıth me... It's unreαl"
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Being back home was weird, to say almost. I'm supposed to feel relieved to return home because it is meant to provide a safe and comforting feeling. I'm not getting those feelings at the moment at all. Walking through my childhood home gave me an eerie feeling. Maybe because I couldn't see it anymore due to my new lack of vision, but I remember what it's supposed to look and feel like. However, this house felt cold and depressing. It was not the same as it was two years ago, with a family of three making it home; now, it's just me. My caretaker now, Annalise, had picked me up from the airport early in the morning. She had been in the family since before I was born. My parents made her my godmother, and she was to become my guardian in unfortunate events. She hasn't changed much besides the grey hairs peeking through her brown hair that she told me.
The car ride back to Mystic Falls was spent with Annalise catching me up and what's been happening in town since I left. The only interesting thing she told me about this small town was that over the summer, one of my friends, Elena Gilbert, and her parents' car drove off Wickery Bridge, causing her parents to drown. She didn't talk much after that since I remember she was close with the Gilberts, so it still had to be a sore subject.
I throw my luggage on the floor, then take a couple of steps, reaching for the stairs' railing. If I'm correct, it should still be in this spot. When my hand feels the smooth wood, I sigh. "It's okay, Carter, you can do this. You remember what your home looks like." I repeat to myself. I walk up the stairs confidently as I can, remembering my room is three doors down. I place my hand on the first door, which is Annalise's. Then continue down the hall until I reach a second doorknob, pausing. This is my parent's room, the screams from that night replay in my head, and I speed off towards my room, running smack into the door before I turn the knob walking in. I walk deeper into the room until my knees run into the trunk that's usually at the end of my bed.
I hear Annalise walk up to the door before she knocks, "Everything's the same." She informs me, "I didn't want to change anything from what you last remember." she continues to say.
I nodded my head slowly as I felt the sun's heat through the window on my face. "Isn't it almost time for school?" I ask her. I hear her move more into the room until her hand is on my shoulder.
" You don't have to go, Carter. Today you can just take some time to adjust," She says.
"I've had two years to adjust. I want to start moving on, to be honest." I explain to her.
