Chapter 3 – Part 6

“Oh, I was just…” I began. “Bringing it in because of the rain forecasted for later tonight.”
I played the answer back in my head. It was plausible. I looked at Angela; she seemed convinced. “Oh, I guess I had better take in some of the things in our back yard too,” said Angela. I couldn’t tell, but there may have been a hint of a mocking tone in that last statement. Or maybe I was just paranoid.

Chapter 3 – Part 5

As I stepped out the back door of Peter Blank’s house, I was immediately hit by the vibrancy of the colors. Inside of Peter’s house, everything was dull and gray. Outside in the present day, trees swayed in the wind beneath the bright sun, and the red paint from the house on the next street contrasted brilliantly with a blue car in its driveway… and who am I kidding? Dempster Duggins is not supposed to care about the beauty of nature. Annoyed, I climbed out of Peter’s back yard and across the driveway to my own back door. The door was ajar, and there were two clean boot prints on the welcome mat.

Chapter 3 – Part 4

I followed Peter’s slow progress into the small kitchen. There was a vague aroma left over from lunch; the smell of bacon wafted from the ancient stove. Peter pointed his cane to the refrigerator. Stuck to the appliance with a magnet was a calendar. I could tell that it was from National Geographic by the yellow rectangle. I peered closer to the calendar in order to determine the year.
I flipped the calendar to the cover page. And there I saw it. Something so unbelievable under normal circumstances, but almost believable based on everything that had happened in the last two days. The year on the cover, in an old but fancy brown font, was 1942. I looked back at Peter. He smiled at me.

Chapter 3 – Part 3

“My name,” he said softly. So softly that at first I did not think he had spoken. But then he looked over at me for the first time. I locked eyes with him, and I saw him searching me, as if he could see into my mind.

Chapter 3 – Part 2

Glancing around quickly to see if anybody else was around and could explain this phenomenon, I hopped over a bed of flowers and came into the Parker driveway. I trotted quietly up the driveway, intending to enter the house through the back door. When I arrived in the back yard, I saw that it was fenced in. This was very odd considering that the Parkers had never fenced in their yard. Nevertheless, I would be able to climb over the fence easily.

Chapter 3 – Part 1

In the afternoon at about 2:00, I was reading my book when an extremely curious sensation came over me. I didn’t know what to make of the event; I hadn’t felt anything remotely like this for years. I was tired.