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Too Little…Too Late?

"It's too late to apologize." she cried.

"Wait. Franny, please wait!" Cornelius shouted at the figure running away from him.

Franny didn't heed the shouts. She ran even faster trying to distance herself from his shouts.

Two hours ago. Everything had been perfect, at least that's what she had thought. Franny slowed her pace as her house came into view.

She hiccupped in relief as the sobs subsided. Tears ran down her cheeks, she panted and waited for her heart to stop racing.

She reached for the doorknob, thankfully no one was home. No explanations would be necessary. She slowly made her way to her room, each step marking a fallen piece of her broken heart.

Franny laid down on her bed and turning to her pillow, cried the rest of it out.

Two Hours Ago - Robinson House

"Cornelius. We're going to be late, if you don't hurry." she shouted up at him.

Franny shook her head, making her way up the stairs to Cornelius's lab. She smiled, approaching the door silently. Explosions were known to happen if one interrupted Cornelius while he was working.

She rubbed her shoulder in painful reminder. Franny was just about to knock when she heard another voice. "Why are you making this so difficult?" a voice asked.

"What if I just marry her because I'm supposed to?" he sighed. "I know you like her, right?" the voice queried. "Well, yes of course. It's just that sometimes she's so bossy and…I don't know if I'm ready." Cornelius finished exasperation evident in his voice.

Franny's smile fell from her face. Her expression one of silent horror. She wanted to move, to will her body to remove her from this nightmare. ' Not ready? It was just a date. Oh God.'

Franny stared at the door, unable to help herself. Incapable to stop the words from reaching her.

" It's just a date." the voice echoed her thoughts. " You don't have to marry her just yet. Unless you want me to not exist. " the voice added dryly. " No. I wouldn't want you to disappear again. Once was enough." Cornelius answered.

Franny was confused, ' who was he talking to?'. "Franny means a lot to me, but does that mean I can't go out with other girls." he remarked to whoever he was talking to.

" I guess, but do you really want to? I know you're just 17 but you know how important she is to us." the mystery person said. Franny was so hurt, she couldn't even fathom being angry. ' What does that mean.'

Franny wondered if this had to do with her being younger.

Sure she was 13 but she was a child prodigy like Cornelius. She had been attending special schools with kids four and five years older than her for years.

" I guess, it's just she's still a kid. Franny will be 14 in three months but still, I get all these odd looks at school not to mention at the lab." Cornelius finished quietly. Franny was straining to hear, he was talking so quietly. " Well, just don't do anything I wouldn't do." the male voice responded.

" That gives me a lot of wiggle room, doesn't it." Cornelius answered laughingly. "Eww, thank you for the visual. I'll have to go home and wash out my corneas, Lewis." the male joked. "Look, get to know her better. This is your first date right?" the voice once again asked.

"It's not a date. Some charity function for child prodigies all over the city." Cornelius responded. " We were just going as friends. I haven't really developed any romantic feelings for her yet." he concluded.

"You got a while still. Enjoy your time together and something will click." the male voice confidently told him. "Hey, if I get it wrong. You'll just come back right."

The voice laughed, "That's right…did you hear something?" he asked.

Franny had heard enough. She was not gonna be subject for further insult. Franny would have been able to make it out of there but for her darn hobby. Frankie decided to start singing, loudly and very off-key. Franny made a desperate attempt to silence him, but once singing, the frog was compelled to finish.

Cornelius made a shushing noise to Wilbur, who was currently leaning against his desk. Cornelius opened the door to reveal a very loud Frankie and a silent Franny.

Cornelius felt his heart stop and drop into his stomach. Her face was a mass of fury. Her hands clenched into white knuckled anger. Frankie ended his note, it faded into the oppressing silence between the two young people.

Franny raised her head. Her gaze bore into Cornelius's bright blue eyes.

"I never want to see you again." she said.

He grabbed her arm before she could storm away from him.

"I can explain." he replied staring at her.

Much the same way Lewis had done all those years ago at the science fair.

"Don't worry you no longer have to concern yourself." Franny pulled her arm from his grasp. " Franny, please." he begged. "Don't call me that. We're over Cornelius." she said roughly pushing him out of her way.

She made quick work of the stairs and dashed into the courtyard. "Go after her, what are you waiting for." Wilbur shouted. Cornelius came out of his shock and ran down the stairs after her.

"Franny, I'm sorry. I don't know what you heard, but I'm sorry." he shouted. She tripped and fell but made a quick recovery. Cornelius hurried, terrified. ' If she heard, I might have just screwed up the time stream.'

"It's too late to apologize." she cried refusing to let him see her cry.

"Wait. Franny, please wait!" Cornelius shouted at the figure running away from him.

Wilbur watched his father chase his mother. She fell and he made a move to help her, which was irrational. Franny was in the courtyard and he was watching from his father's lab. She picked herself up quickly, Cornelius shouted something at her. She turned and shouted something back, then ran like her life depended on it.

"Catch her, Dad." Wilbur said to his father's form which was now on his knees in the grass slumped. Like bad reception, Wilbur looked down and saw himself flicker. "Oh no!"

To be continued…