Ch 1: Somewhere In the Future

22nd October 2035:

Autumn is quite beautiful in Paris. Like how the dried leaves are scattered on the ground, wandering around the busy street and get crushed by the foot steps. Not to mention, the most beautiful city would stay forever beautiful, containing the sweet memories of all generation.

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"Alex! I'm warning you for the last time to come in front of me!" A young lady of around 25 yelled from inside her bedroom, in one of the largest apartments. She was dressed in a white housecoat with a bowl of soup in her hand.

"Alex!" She shouted again. Then the foot steps were heard, coming closer to the door. She placed the bowl on the table near the bed and sat on the bed. The door opened and her husband came inside.

"Why are you shouting in this evening? Do you know our next door grandma almost had a heart attack because of you?" He joked as she rolled her eyes.

"Very funny" she said and then annoyingly asked "Why it's you? Where is Alex?" 

"Aw come on, you don't have any time for your husband" he said and sat beside her.

"See, I'm not in a good mood now and if he don't come here within a minute then I swear I'll cut your tongue" she said angrily.

"H-hey? What's my fault in this?" Her husband said as they both noticed that a 5 years old boy slowly came inside.

"I-I-am back...mom" he said, softly

"I can see that and I'm highly grateful of that" She said sarcastically as Alex slowly came to his father and hugged him.

"Crystal, you should always behave sweetly with children and he is your son. Why don't you-"

"Don't teach me what I should do! It's because of your excess love, yesterday he fought with those street boys and if I don't tie him in the house he might get into trouble. Don't you know how dangerous those boys are?" Crystal said, with a little depressed.

"Do you think our son to be that weak?" He chuckled.

"I'm not in a mood to argue" She picked Alex from his arm and started feeding him. Alex, who is known as "Danger" in his kindergarten behaves like a scared kitty in front of his mother. He was eating the soup peaceful while Crystal peeled the apples for him.

"Mom, I don't like apples" he said with a pout.

"But Apples are good for health. Didn't you heard that 'An apple, a day, keeps the doctor away'? " Crystal smiled.

"If I throw the apples on the doctor's head, will he still come?" He said with a bright smile as if found out the solution of both the problems.

"Yes he will!" She forced a smile "Now eat it if you don't want to have extras" 

He hurriedly ate the apples and then went to study as his best friend from the next door came to accompany him. Alex is good in studies because his mom personally taught him since childhood. He also learned to play the piano from her mother and soccer from father. 

"Mom! Luke is here! I'm going to play- I mean study" Alex shouted from the living room as the main door opened. Crystal sighed with a small smile and put the plates in the sink.

"Seems like my wife is working very hard these days?" His husband hugged her back.

"Of course, its you who can't see that" she said and again sat on the bed after washing her hands. Her husband looked at the street from the window and nodded.

"It's been 15 years....right? It feels like we are in the different sphere" he said.

"Yes, everything changed. Did I ever knew that I would have a little son and most importantly...I would be with you?" Crystal smiled but she wasn't sure it was of happiness or.....

"Are you happy with me?" He asked, facing her.

"Don't you already know that?" She looked right into his eyes.

"Yea...but you still seems not that happy"

"I always wanted to be with you and now being with you make me feel that I'm the luckiest girl alive. A loving husband and a sweet son... what else a girl need in her life? But you know, it really hurts to let the past go. I wish if we weree together then I would have been more happy"

"It's really not in our hands, is it? It was the past and we already overcame it" He sighed as his emotions became gloomy.

"You still miss her, don't you?" Crystal asked.

"Can I ever forget her? If it wasn't her, you shouldn't have been in love" he chuckled.

"Yes right. She came as my biggest supporter that time" she smiled.

A deep silence filled in the room. Both of them are sitting beside each other but didn't dare to say anything more. Time almost passed and Crystal and her husband also went to do their regular work.

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"Mom!" Alex peeped inside the room after completing studying.

"Finished studying?" Crystal smiled "come here". He jumped on the bed and sat between his mom and dad inside the blanket as they both were working in their laptops.

"Mom, you promised me to tell a story today!" Alex said.

"I know I know and I'll surely keep the promise but what about daddy tell you a story?" Crystal asked with excitement.

"What? Me?" Her husband turned his head towards her as she laughed

"Yup! You!" 

"Daddy will you?" Alex smiled.

"But I don't know any story" He said, scratching his head.

"There is only one story in our life and don't you think our son should know about it?" She smiled.

"Do you think it would be ok?" He asked, with a little taken aback as she nodded

"Daddy, what story will you tell me?" Alex asked.

"It's the story of your daddy's life" he smiled as Alex became more excited. He never heard about how his dad was in his younger days nor he saw his grandparents. Crystal looked at her excited son and flipped the page of the table calendar.

"Steve, this day finally came and...

Today is 22nd October..."

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