Marty's POV
I left out of Jenni's driveway to head to Jennifer's. She lives about 10 minutes from me. I guess since I've got a little drive I can think better. Why did I act like that around her? I feel so stupid. I mean she's not my girlfriend, Jen is.
I know I wasn't actually cheating on her. Still, now that I'm alone thinking about it, it feels like I've done something wrong. But I haven't. At least I don't think I did. I love Jen, I really do. We're gonna be married and have two kids in the future. But the way things are now I feel like that's going to somehow change.
Jen and I aren't really having problems so to speak, but we've been arguing a little more than usual. Mainly when I end up spending more time with Doc than I do her. I try to tell her it's not on purpose. I love being with her. I don't want her to think that I don't. Although, sometimes she doesn't seem to believe me.
I know I've been a little busy with all of the time travel stuff with Doc and I've seen so many different versions of her from all the altered timelines, it's like I don't know her sometimes like I used to. I know each time the timeline gets fixed she goes back to the Jen I know and love, but at the same time I've noticed that she's somehow different. I don't know how, but it's true. It hasn't changed her completely, yet at the same time something has changed.
Jen still loves me and everything else so I shouldn't complain too much. I don't know what to think anymore about her. When I met Jenni, something about her reminded me about the Jennifer that I used to see before I knew about time travel.
I can't explain it, but I wanted her close to me. When I was trying to get her to come near me, I wasn't planning on pulling her into my lap. It just sort of happened. Like I told her, I was actually trying to get her near me and hug her standing up. Now I've got that plus the driveway thing on my list of crazy things I don't know how to explain.
For some reason I just didn't want to leave her side. I wanted to keep holding her and get to know her. I sigh. I don't know what to think anymore. I need to talk to Doc about this. Maybe he can help me and ease my mind. I'll stop by after seeing Jen.
I make it to Jen's house and pull into her driveway. I get out and shut the door. I walk up to the front door and knock. I take a step back and wait for an answer. A few seconds later the door creaks open, revealing a smiling Jennifer. I smile back at her. She holds out her arms and goes to hug me. I hug back.
At first it feels awkward, but then the normal-ness sets back in. Jen kisses my cheek. "Hey you." She greets. "Hey to you too." I lean in to kiss her cheek. "You smell different." Jen asks, scrunching up her nose when I pull away. "What do you mean?" I ask, not knowing what she's talking about. "It's not a bad smell, but I know it's not your regular cologne. It kind of smells a little girly." Jen says, explaining the smell. Damn it. It must be from where I hugged Jenni earlier.
I knew she smelled good, but I didn't think she was wearing perfume. I just thought it was the brand of shampoo she used or something. I quickly try to think of a little white lie. I don't want her to assume I'm cheating on her because I'm not. If I was, I must be cheating on myself.
Okay, I know my mom's been trying out new stuff lately when her and dad go out. Doc's been bringing Clara small bottles of perfume from the past and the future when he picks up supplies or he knows he's been away too long. I've also been taking care of Einie for Doc lately when he knows he's going to be gone for a few days. Okay, I'll just combine something like that into a sentence. It may not be the main part of truth, which is that I've been around and hugging another girl that's not Jen, but it's mostly the truth.
I hope this doesn't backfire on me. Okay, here it goes. "If it's not my mom trying out something new, it's probably Clara and a mix of Einie. You know how Doc is about bringing her small gifts from the future or past that's out of date." "Oh, okay then." She seems to buy it. For now that is. "Yeah, I was over there this morning. I went to the arcade for a little bit then got home shortly before you called." Jen nodded and motioned for me to come in. I follow her to her room where we usually hang out.
