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Chapter 3 - Mysterious Jack

So here's the next chapter.... :)

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"Jack" looks down at me - probably thinking I'm a psychopath and about to call security. Great, just what I need. But there is a hint of recognition in his eyes, as if he has heard of the TTT before he quickly says "uhh no."

"Oh. Okay." I say looking down at my hands.

"Can I get you something? A cup of water? Do you want to call someone?" He says, seeming genuinely concerned. I know you can't call someone in the future, and the only people I know that I would want to call are in 2064, so I knew that was out of the question, but I said I would take a cup of water.

I followed Jack across the lobby to a little drink dispenser with cone shaped paper cups. Jack handed me one. "Thanks", I replied as I drank down the water. I had stopped crying and was a lot calmer now. "So why were you crying?" Gosh this guy is nosy...

I considered telling him the whole story, but decided he would just think I'm even more crazy. "Long story", I said, looking away. "Oh really?" He said quizzically, lifting an eyebrow, "How long?" I looked over at him and he had a little smirk on his face. "Uhh too long and complicated for you to understand." I replied.

He took the empty paper cup out of my hand and crumpled it up. "Try me."

I told him the whole story, about my life, how I got here, about Seth, about the time cloud, everything. I considered not telling him, knowing he was a total stranger, but I felt comfortable telling him and he was a good listener.

He sat across from me in the big squishy chairs in the lobby, and listened. At the end, he stared at me wide eyed and didn't say anything. "So, uh, you can say something now." I said, feeling really awkward. He just sat there shocked, and the shook his head. "Sorry, I guess I'm just shocked." he said.

"Yeah I know how crazy that must sound." I replied. He nodded. "Yeah but I gotta say, time traveling? It's pretty awesome. I mean if you're telling the truth and you're not just some crazy hallucinating girl, then that's amazing. There's so many books about time traveling and people are obsessed with time travel and finding put a way to do it."

I smiled. "Yeah I hear that's what it was like," I said, remembering my grandparents stories they told and their reaction to time travel finally coming true. "Wow." he says. "Wait, don't you work here?" I ask. "Yeah," he responds, "why?"

"Well then aren't you supposed to be working instead of talking to crazy girls from the future?" he laughed and told me his shift was already over. We sat there awkwardly for a second before I asked him, "So how old are you anyway?"

He smirked. "How old do you think I am?" gosh I hate when people ask me that. "Uhh about 20? 21?" he smiled. "Yeah let's just go with that."

Now i really wanted to know. This guy was being mysterious... "No really, how old are you?" he just smirked at me and fixed his tie and name tag. "Old enough." He replied.

I was getting nowhere with this guy. All of a sudden my chair moved and I almost fell out of it. What the heck was that?!" I said as I looked at Jack. He had almost fallen out of his chair too and was looking at me in a knowing way. There was no surprise in his eyes.

"Uhh did you feel that or was it just me?" he nodded and looked around. Everyone else in the lobby was just walking around normally, minding their own business, like a mini earthquake had not just happened. Ok something was definitely up.

"Jack, you are acting really mysterious, and I mean I guess that could just be your personality, but I don't like it. Its kinda freaking me out." Yes, I realize that was really blunt and rude and everything, but whatever. I needed to know why he was acting so weird.

He smiled, which made me even more curious, and motioned with his finger for me to follow him as he walked out the front doors of the Willis Tower. I looked around, more confused than ever, but eventually let out a sigh and headed towards the doors. "Jack, wait up!"

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Well that's chapter three!!! This chapter was dedicated to iheartr5 because she's my BFF and like the only one excited about this story... :P well VOTE and COMMENT!!! If anyone else comments the next chapter can be dedicated to you!!