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Prologue - Hometown Glory (Adele)

"I ain't lost, just wandering"

This can't possibly be happening. I just start my life and now…. this?

Now it feels real. Before it was all talk - 'should's' and 'what-ifs' but now it's all so real. Just a few more days of freedom..

I'm not sure how long I have been walking but I just walked. I've been through some things in life that have really taken a toll on me but nothing could have ever prepared me for this…

It's been two hours since I left the hospital and somehow I've made it here. This is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to but a piece of me died at that hospital. I find myself at the beach. It's a dreary September day. Dreary.. yes. That's the appropriate word for how I'm feeling right now. It's been two hours since I left the hospital and somehow I've made it here but it doesn't feel the same. It feels like this is the last time I will ever see this place and with that thought I completely break down - fall to my knees and just sob.

A/N: This is just the beginning of an idea I have conjured up in my mind. Thanks for reading and stay tuned!

-Ari