Back to the Future - AR

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Chapter 10

The professor drops me off in front of my house, I stop and talk to him before I go in.
"How far are you going again?" I ask as he chuckles.
"About another thirty years, don't worry, I'll look you up."
I giggle a bit and shake his hand before closing the door and watching him zoom away into the future.

-

"Finally, a bed." I say as I fall through my window onto my bed, I was so tired that I almost instantly fell asleep, only waking up once I heard my alarm go off in real life and not in my dream I sit up and look at the time, its 9:30, I slept in today.
I look around my room for a minute, I cant tell if that was just the craziest dream or if it was real.
"That was a wild dream." I say as I rub my head, walking out of my room and into my house which looks completely different than before.
I look around confused for a while until Jorge speaks to me from the dining room.
"You good?" He questions as I glance over at him,
I almost have to double look because he looks completely different.
"What- what the hell are you wearing?" I ask as he has an NYU hat on.
"I have a game today? You knew that already?" He says acting like I'm supposed to know what he's talking about.
"Game?"
"Football? I go to NYU, you know that. Are you ok?"
I nod trying to process what I just heard.

"What the hell is this?" I ask as I slowly sit at this nice table.
"Breakfast? Did you sleep in your clothes again?" Estevan asks as he sits across from me, he's dressed in a formal suit making me blink a couple times.
"Yeah, uhh, I did." I respond confused. "Uhh, wh- what're you wearing, Estevan?"
I fold my arms as he furrows his eyebrows.
"Ci, I always wear a suit to the office." He says, I shut my eyes for a second and try to wrap my head around this.

I look around my house again as my parents come into the house, they even look different than before, why is everything different now. My mom's got the same body she had in high school and my dad's gotten buff? Since when?
"Hey Ci, how'd you sleep honey?" My mom asks as she kisses the side of my head, I stare at her and dad for a while before I feel her cold hand on my forehead.
"Sweetie are you alright?" She asks now feeling my cheeks, I nod with wide eyes.
"She's been acting weird all morning." Jorge says as he rinses his bowl.
"Did you sleep in jeans?" My dad asks now sitting in a recliner, I nod and look at everyone.
"I'm fine, just... fine." I say with a fake smile, still confused as to who these people are.

"Oh, uhh Ci, I forgot to tell you, but uhh Leo Cosentino called." Estevan says as my mom grabs a strawberry over his head.
"Ya know Ci, I really like that boy, he seems like he's good for you." She says now placing her hands on her hips as she chews.
"Isn't tonight your guys's date night?" She teases making dad look over at me.
"Uhh, ma we already talked about this, the cars wrecked." I say as I scratch the back of my neck nervously everyone looks at me like I'v gone mad.
"What do you mean the cars wrecked?" Dad says now getting up and leading everyone to the floor, opening it to see Mattia shining the hood.
"See there's Mattia out there waxing it right now."

Mattia? Waxing my dad's car? I must be tripping. "Aye, Matt." My dad yells through the screen door making Mattia look up at him.
"Don't forget the second coat of wax this time, not just one, don't want that coming out of your paycheck now do we?" My dad mocks in a baby voice making me smile.
"No sir, I'll have it done right away." His voice cracks as he speaks, my dad chuckles a bit and closes the door, but I catch it and look at Mattia again.

"What the fuck?" I say making my mom look at me.
"Language dear." She says as she stirs her tea.
"Sorry ma." I say as I see her go sit with dad on the sofa, they cuddle up close to each other and link hands, that's the one thing that'll always stay consistent, my mom and dad were meant to be with each other, and nobody, not even Mattia, was getting in the way of that.

-

Mattia bursts through the door carrying a large box that he hands to my mother.
"Mrs. Rosario, this just arrived for you. Oh, hey Cienna, Ellie was looking for you earlier."
I've never actually seen him be this nice to me,
he usually doesn't like when Ellie and I hang out, or he didn't anyway.
"Ooh it's my books!" Ma says excitedly as dad comes and puts his hands on her shoulders, admiring how she looks at the books with a sparkle in her eye.
"Hey, Cienna?" Mattia says quietly as he taps my shoulder, I face him only to have keys jingling in my face.
"What're these?" I ask as he places them in my hand.
"They're the keys to your car, your dad had me wax it for you while you were asleep, perfect for your date with Kairi's kid."
He smiles as I look between him and my parents, I clutch the keys and smile with my eyes squinted. "Thanks."

I rush out the door and towards the garage, opening it to reveal a red Porsche.
"Holy shit." I say as I brush my fingers against the hood.
"Since when do we get cars like this?"
I stare at the exterior until I hear footsteps approaching the garage.
"Hey." Leo says with his hands in his pockets.
"Leo. God you don't know how wonderful it is to see your face." I say as my hands make their way to the sides of his face, my thumb glides across his skin as we both smile at each other.
"Ci you're acting like you haven't seen me in a week." He says with a slight chuckle, but he doesn't know that I truly haven't seen him in a week, and I've missed him so much.

"I haven't." I say seriously making him smile at me.
"Are you ok?" He asks now pulling me into his embrace, I nod before turning back to the house to see my mom and dad in the doorway, smiling at us before walking away, I face Leo again.
"Everything's perfect." I respond as he slowly leans his head towards mine and kisses me softly, and with that, everything was perfect.

The End ❥