As time went by, we had to deal with the things all parents had to deal with I suppose and more. By the time Jeremy was 2 years old, he hadn't shown any signs of growing or changing size. This wasn't entirely surprising, metal doesn't just grow, but then again, people don't just give birth to cars either.

We were one of the few families with both a family doctor and a family mechanic. We took Jeremy for a check up, to see if the mechanic could tell whether he was growing at all and if not, just to make sure he was in good shape. This turned out to be quite difficult.

Jeremy, it seemed, was a sealed unit. Much like a human being, his internals didn't seem to be designed to be easily accessible without surgery. The mechanic did what he could though and everything seemed fine. Sarah and I are only worried about what will happen if he gets sick or has an accident.

Luckily though, he never seemed to get sick. I don't suppose cars can catch colds. We had a close encounter once when he nearly drove off of the table, but luckily after catching him, telling him off and comforting him, he learned to look before he leaped.

As time went by, we needed to go back to work and so the issues of nursery schools or baby sitters came up. That was the beginning of a whole new adventure.

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Okay, not much to say here. Basically this story is about dealing with family, growing up and being a parent. It is not about trying to explain why/how something like this happened, that should never really be focussed on.

I'm happy for people to pick up from here if they like, I hope to progress the story all they way until Jeremy leaves home and starts living a life of his own (how ever that may happen) and possibly even go all the way through Jeremy's life up until or possibly even beyond when his parent die.

Issues to tackle for Jeremy: growing up as a car, interacting with other kids, dealing with bullying/prejudice/etc, medical and legal complications, living as a car in a society geared towards human rights, teenage rebellion/angst, love - can a car love a human or finding other cars like him, loneliness, depression, substance abuse, mixing with bad crowds, peer pressure

Issues to tackle for Harold and Sarah: dealing with the aftermath of the above events, trying to teach Jeremy their values, dealing with the inevitable conflict that arise from them being human while he is a car, other parent-y things

updated Sep 18 by darkliquid