Simon:1

There was one thing I was definetly sure of: it was near impossible to get any reading done in the house that I was now sitting. The annoying sounds of pans clanging together, yelling, and people laughing was definetly over bearing. So I decided to take my reading somewhere else. Somewhere my annoying little brother, and even annoying older brother had no idea about.

"I'm heading out," I announce. But no one listens. They're all too busy with their own things to care about what I'm doing. So without another word, I head out the backdoor towards the backyard. Once there, I throw my book over the fence that surrounds it and commence to climb over it myself. Behind the fence, I start to walk into the woods. And, no, I'm not just wandering in the woods behind my brother's house looking for a good reading spot. I already have a place. A place that only one person knows about.

When I enter a small clearing with a single cherry tree, I'm not surprised to see Jeanette Miller chilling under the tree with her own book in her hands. Probably for the same reason that I was here for. For she herself had little and older annoying siblings.

When I walk up to her, she looks up and smiles momentarily. "Hey Si." I sit down next to her. "Hey Jean."

We both sat there for a long time, quietly reading, making sure not to bother the other. Unfortunetly though, I finsihed my book faster than I had anticipated. And I definetly didn't want to go back home. So instead, I decided to climb the cherry tree.

It was Spring time, so the cherry blossoms were starting to bloom. And as I climbed the tree, whitish pink petals fell to the ground. I think I might've heard Jeanette grunt, but I wasn't sure, so I just kept climbing. Now that I think about it though, I think she did grunt, because she slammed her book shut and looked up at me angrily. "Simon could you please stop! I'm trying to read, and just because you read faster than other people doesn't mean you can sit here and annoy them while they're trying to read!"

I stop climbing and jump down. Ouch. Jeanette never yells at me like that. "Sorry," I mumble. She looks up at me, but before she can say anything, I say, "Maybe I should get going. Let you get back to your reading." Then I turn and head back home without love. Great. Now even Jeanette doesn't want to hang out with me. A dark cloud towers over my head. Believe it or not, this has been happening for a while. Everyone's been ignoring me. When I get back to the house, everything was exactly as it was. No one even noticed I was gone.I let out a frustrated sigh. Stomping into the living room, Alvin and Jeanette's sister look up at me. Then without a word they look away. Anger races through me. Why is eveyone too busy through me? Theodore's always busy in the kitchen making things with Eleanor, Danny's always busy joking and laughing with Mina to do the same with me, Alvin's too busy arguing with Brittany to argue with me, Jeanette's too busy reading to hang out, and Chad's always too busy probably making out with Sky to even acknowledge me. At one point I even threw his phone in the toilet so he would at least yell at me! But instead, he just looked at me and left.

Then there's mom. She's too busy for anyone, never mind me alone. Finally, I can't take it any longer. I throw my arms up in frustration, and shout, "Has it always been like this?!" Alvin turns to give me a dirty look, but I can't see him. For some reason, I start feeling really dizzy and start swaying. Finally, the ground rushes up to meet me.

Jeanette:2

After Simon left, I started to feel bad for yelling at him.

So I stand up and decide to apologize. I feel bad for him. His brothers had made a plan to ignore him until he went crazy. And then my sisters and Mina decided to get in on it. But if you ask me, Simon doesn't get much attention any way. And I guess my yelling definetly didn't help.

When I get back to his brother's house, I find him in the living room. And he looks like he's about to explode. Then he screams out, "Has it always been like this?!"

Alvin turns to give him a dirty look. "What are you talking about?" but Simon doesn't seem to hear him. Or even see him for that matter. His eyes glaze over and he starts to sway. I run up to him. "Simon?" He collapses in a heap on the floor. "Simon!"

Alvin jumps off the couch and stands next to me. I turn to him angrily. "I told you you should have stopped ignoring him!"

A guilty look crosses over his face. "I didn't think this would happen!"

Then the weirdest thing happened. A white flash broke through his unconcious body. And it was bright. I had to look away. Then I heard Brittany scream. Looking at Simon, I knew why. Instead of regular Simon standing there, what looked like a mini version of him was standing there instead. He had the same overly huge glasses, the same blue sweatshirt, and even the same brown curly hair. Only now, he was way shorter, and chubbier. Younger looking.

All at once, everyone comes running into the room. Including Chad. "What happened?" No one answered him. We were all too busy staring at Simon. When Danny walked over, he gasped. "What happened to Simon?!"

Chad walked over to get a better look. His eyes widened immediately. "Simon?"

Mini Simon looked up at him. "Who are you?"he asked. I nearly jumped when I heard his voice. He even sounded younger. "Where am I?" Chad stepped towards him. "How old are you?"

"Four," he answered indignantly. "How old are you?" "Twenty-two," Chad answered matter-of-factly. Sky soon came over and got a good look at him. "You speak pretty clearly for a four year-old." Mini Simon beamed. "Thank you." Then he looked back up at Chad. "Now would you mind telling me who all you of are before I scream 'stranger danger'?"

"I'm Chad,"said Chad. "Your brother." Mini Simon shook his head. "No your not,"he insisted. "Chad's only four-teen. You're twenty-two." Chad's brow creased. "What year do you think this is?" Mini Simon crossed his arms. "2004."

Simon:3

One minute I'm standing in Chad's living room. The next, I'm tumbling out of someone's freezer. "Simon"i hear a voice say. When I look up from my spot on the ground, I see a boy who looks just like me staring down at me. And I think I know who it is. "Chad? " The boy looks at me then puts his head and the freezer. "this thing must be like Narnia or something."

I shake my head and stand up. "Where am I?" Chad looks at me like I'm stupid. "at your house..." Looking around, I recognize mom's house. Except...everything looks different. Then I look into the dining room. I see two high chairs next to the table. My eyes widen in alarm.

I urgently look at Chad. "How old are you?" He looks taken aback by my question. "Fourteen. How old are you?" I ignore his question "What year is it?" Now he looks really freaked out. "2004..."

"What?!" He jumps. "Okay, what exactly is going on here?" he demands. "How old are you?" "Twelve!" Chad's eyes widen. "MOM!"

he runs frantically out of the room. After a few moments, he returns dragging mom behind him. Only now she looks younger. Doing the math, I realize that in this time, she was only thirty-two.

"Mom,mom,mom,"Chad is saying. "This crazy lunatic fell out of our freezer, and he thinks he's Simon!" "But I am Simon,"I insist. "But I'm from the future." Mom's staring at me with wide eyes. Chad hides behind her.

"Prove it,"he says. "prove that you're Simon!" "Um, okay..." I don't even think about it. A rush of words and memories flood from my mouth."your first name is pronounced Jed, your middle name is Emitt, you have a 'thing' for a girl named Julie, and you're the one who put me in the freezer!" Chad's jaw drops. "How do you-" I don't stop there. This time I turn to mom. The words come out faster and faster.