TURNING CLOCKS

Chapter 16

I grabbed Alexa just in case something happened. And something did happen. I was in this like room and it showed pictures of a mountain and I button that was under a lot of snow. And it showed a tunnel of TIME and different things that happened in the old days. I saw lots of colors, I saw Martin Luther King giving a speech, I saw my parents, I saw when I was a baby. And I realized that I was back in the bathroom on the floor sweating and I had to take a shower. And when I got out changed and ready it wasn’t glowing anymore when I got close to it.  I guess you can only try it once I thought. I just stood there. Then I finally decided that it was not going to glow again. So I stepped out of the bathroom and went to my room. I was thinking of what Vanessa said about not going to any room but my own. And the real reason was that if I stopped by the rooms I had good memories about I would just think of my parents and I didn’t want to. Just thinking about them was making me cry. I was walking around the house. Thinking of good memories and bad. I just felt like crying so I started to cry and cry. I was thinking of mom and dad and my sweet big brother. I went upstairs and downstairs in the middle and more I can’t even remember. I finally came to my parents' room. I just stood there and cried even more after 5 minutes I went in. I remember so many things in here like this one time when I was 5 I think I had some pudding in my right hand even though I am left-handed. My mom and dad kept on saying ‘ don’t spill it or you’ll get in trouble’ they said like 10 times and I kept on saying ‘ I won’t I won’t’ and they went to get some coffee. and five minutes later they left I tripped and spilled on the pudding on the white carpet. I knew I would get into trouble. I looked to see Ben and he shook his head and smiled and at that moment I knew my eight-year-old brother would help me to not get into trouble. So we flipped the carpet and thought we could get away with it. My parents came back and somehow suspected something happened. They looked at me then to Ben. We shook our head and tried so hard to look innocent but we couldn’t help it and we started to laugh. They told us they knew what had happened and then they flipped the carpet and it showed the big chocolate pudding on it. They said next time tell us the truth and they started to tickle us. I went back to my room and Alexa and I were playing cards. I didn't realize that I fell asleep but then I woke up and suddenly remembered the time tunnel. I knew that I had to go see the button that was under a lot of snow. I felt like I had to get it. I didn't know where it was but I had a feeling that I would figure out on the journey.