Tom Dossett

Only Snowflakes Are Perfect Tom Dossett

Norman came into Thomas Grala's life the day he travelled back into time. They will never meet, though, as Norman is a Time Teleportation Observer who reads and records Tom's thoughts discreetly from another dimension. As Norman begins his record, he discovers that Tom has had a deprived adolescence and oddly enough dislikes reading, a hurdle that would need to be overcome. But most importantly he discovers Tom's undying love for a girl that changed his life in high school. Cathy Capp was unaware of Tom's love until time brought them together in Paris, France in 1848. It was during his years studying at The Chicago College of Performing Arts that Tom wandered across a mysterious piano shoppe downtown that lured him inside, there to meet its keeper named George (short for Georgia). She would change his and Cathy's life forever by sending them both back in time from different locations, and both being unaware of the other's experiences. Not knowing that he was going to meet pianist, Frederic Chopin, Tom continually questions George as to why he was chosen to go back to this specific time. To make the situation even more confusing, Tom saw a woman that he was certain was Cathy. However, Chopin is attracted to her also. But how could Cathy exist when Tom received devastating news that she had died in a plane crash into the Atlantic? There were no survivors. Having accepted that Cathy was dead, Tom determined that he would never go back in time again to try and cope with two issues; her questionable existence and Chopin's love for her. Over time, Tom healed and he met another girl, Janelle Alexander. A sense of deja vu entered his thoughts the day he wandered into the music store she managed. It was very similar to George's magical shoppe and unbeknownst to Tom, he would later discover that George was Janelle's great aunt. Right before his planned marriage proposal to Janelle, a chance meeting with the mystifying George happened, sending a hesitant Tom back to 1848 to find the real truth about Cathy's death. He contemplates whether he should stay or return to the present and recount his experience to the eagerly awaiting Janelle.