a beginning #2 (the record store)

Once upon a time 
there was a woman who...no wait...
there was a girl 
(we will call her that because that's how 
this woman liked to describe herself, despite 
her 48 years of life) 
who walked into Jack's 
record store 
on broad street. 
Even though the record store 
was now filled with compact discs, 
this girl found her way to 
a secret corner where Jack still 
sold actual record albums. 
As the girl flipped through the albums 
she seemed to come to life. 
Not that she was dead...
but maybe dead-ish...
and as she held The Clash's Combat Rock 
in her hands and turned around 
to approach the cashier it was as if she traveled in time. 
For one glint of a moment 
she had the chance 
for a do-over. 
Then she walked out of the store 
onto broad street, 
and i followed...
oh
yes,
i forgot to mention 
i was there. 
This is not 
a third person story, 
it is a first person story...
and my name is Jack.