oh snap

"Well?"

"Well, what?" Sid wanted to tell Violet she used the word well far too much in her vocabulary. Couldn't she think of another way to express herself. It left him wincing even more than he was already wincing.


"What's wrong?" She squinted just as hard back. They were on their way home, weren't they? It felt as if it were the same thing over and over. Day in and day out. God, he knew it now. He needed a change. A great change.

All right, he supposed the change hit him when he was with his boss. That he knew what he knew so well, but didn't really know for the longest time. The affair.

Seriously, he was making his case about how he should be much more than just a custodian. When he got back, he wanted a promotion. And then there were these bits falling into play in his head. What he'd seen. What he knew. Nina and his boss. Going at it right on the premises. Right where he was seated. It gave him a scowl. And when he looked at the past now that was growing by leaps and bounds, it was all in its place now. He was sure of it. There was a reason he'd been demoted. But why? Seriously, what had he done?

"I think we're going on our trip." He slowly said to Violet.

"Are we? Did the other Sid change things?" She questioned as the bus lurched on the bumpy ride home.

"Why do you say that?" He closed his eyes tight as if he wasn't remembering, but flashes of something.

"Um, dunno, possibly I'm a bit freaked out with your vagueness." She looked at him.

"I'm not vague." He begged to differ. That made her chuckle.

"Really, I don't mind. As long as we can get away." She looked out the window then. It was wet out and becoming cold and windy.

"What are we getting away from?" He didn't see it exactly that way as he held her hand then. She looked down at his fingers touching hers.

"Sid, you seriously have to snap out of it." She looked at him as if he should know what this was about.

"Snap out of it?"

"You said we'd spend our honeymoon in Canada." She reminded him.

"I did?" He didn't remember this.

"Yes, we have everything taken care at the registrar's office. You said best to save the money for the honeymoon. We're going to see my parents." She looked at him as if she wished he knew a few things going on. She sighed then and took out her cell. She had a picture of them. Signing papers. They were married.


Yet again, Sid wasn't sure how to stay on top of things.