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August 16, 1986
11:00 AM PST

Marty McFly was still resting on his bed and listening to the radio, when his telephone began to ring. Marty stretched his arms a bit, as he went to answer the telephone. He hoped that it was his girlfriend, Jennifer Parker, calling. The two of them had plans to attend a dance that was being held at Hill Valley Park, which would start at noon.

"Hello," Marty said, sleepily, as he reached for the telephone. "Who is this?"

"Oh, good, Marty," replied Dr. Emmett Brown, "I'm so glad you're awake. Could you head over to our house right away? I was wondering if you would mind doing a little favour for me. It shouldn't take you too long at all. "

"All right, sure," replied Marty, as he popped a piece of candy into his mouth. "I'll be right over. Just give me about ten minutes to get dressed and washed up first. Then, I have to quickly call Jennifer - and see when she wants to go to the dance."

"I'll see you real soon, then," Doc replied, as he hung up the phone.

Marty went to find some cool clothes to wear, hoping that Doc would not send him to some place that's cold and snowy. He had a feeling that Doc would want him to take a trip through time. He was sure he could handle it. In spite of all of the drawbacks, Marty loved to visit other time periods.

As Marty stepped into the kitchen, he realized that he was the only one home. He reached for the phone and began to dial Jennifer's phone number.

"Hello, Parker residence," replied Robert Parker, as he picked up the phone.

"Oh, hey, Mr. Parker," Marty greeted. "I'm wondering if Jennifer is home right now. I was planning on taking her to the dance at noon, today."

"She might still be in the bathtub," replied Robert, "but I'll go..."

"Dad, is that Marty on the phone?" Jennifer was heard asking, in the background.

"Oh, there she is, right now," Robert explained. Then, to Jennifer, he said, "Yeah, it's Marty. Oh, I think you look so gorgeous in that dress, sweetheart."

"Thank you, Dad," Jennifer replied. Then, into the phone, Jennifer said, "So what's up Marty? You really should check out this new dress that I'm wearing."

"Hey, Jennifer, I hope you don't mind," Marty said, a bit nervously, "but Doc wanted me to run an errand for him. I have a good feeling that it will probably involve, well, you know. So maybe the two of us could meet at Doc's house."

"That would be fine," Jennifer replied. "I just hope you don't end up getting stuck in time for a week again. Especially when there is no Doc to bring you back home."

"Well, if I didn't return in half an hour," Marty pointed out, "then Doc would know that something was wrong. You have to think fourth dimensionally on this. With a working time machine, it would be easy to return five minutes after I left."

"I have to admit that this is very confusing," Jennifer said, "but I think I understand what you mean. Sometimes, you can even return before you arrive - although that could be rather risky to make a habit of."

"Well, anyway, Jenn," Marty said, smiling. "I will see you real soon, and I can hardly wait to see your new dress. Although, you'd look gorgeous in anything. I really hope we win the award for best-dressed couple. I hope that wearing short-sleeves instead of long-sleeves doesn't ruin it for me."

"Well, yeah, the temperature is pretty warm out," Jennifer replied. "Anyway, even if we don't win any awards, we'll still have a lot of fun. I must say that Carol Vincent is a very nice lady, even if she can be overly enthusiastic at times."

"Well, I was a little annoyed when she interrupted our kiss last year," Marty replied, sighing, "on the day before Doc unveiled the you-know-what to me. Still, I wouldn't say that I think badly of her in any way. Her husband is really nice, too."

"Well, anyway, good bye, Marty," Jennifer replied. "I'll see you real soon. I hope to see you by Doc's house at noon. I am so excited about this dance."

"I love you, Jennifer," Marty replied, as he hung up the phone. Marty then sighed to himself, wondering if he might end up spending a week in a foreign time period.

oooooooooo

Marty grabbed his skateboard, as he began to car surf over to Doc's home. He didn't want to waste gas on his Toyota truck, and he decided that it was a nice day to head outside and get some fresh air. He hoped that he would be able to attend that dance at Hill Valley Park that he and Jennifer decided to go to.

The dance was being hosted by Terry and Carol Vincent, who were the leaders of the Hill Valley Preservation Society. While the people in town generally agreed with most of the policies that Mayor Goldie Wilson stood for, his one policy that was an on-going contentious issue for a big portion of Hill Valley was his frequent initiations to replace the clock in the clock tower.

Marty sighed to himself, as he thought of how significant the clock tower was to both him and Doc. He not only got to witness the end of the working clock tower in 1955, but he also got a chance to experience the beginning of it back in 1885. He even had a picture of him and Doc standing in front of the clock, before it was mounted to the clock tower. He was one of the very few people his age to care about that clock.

"There you are, Marty," Doc gushed, as Marty was skating up to the driveway of his home. "Listen, Marty, how would you like to head to 2016? I need you to go pick up some supplies for me, mainly stuff for the computer."

Marty was quiet for a minute. The last time Doc sent him to 2016 to run an errand for him, he discovered a terrible epidemic that had taken the life of his future son's best friend. Doc and Marty had to help their future offspring put a halt to the spread of the terrible disease. There was also this other time when his future son and Doc's future granddaughter went back in time to inform Marty that his older self was very sick.

Marty had to admit that he was still shaken up by those events. He and his girfriend had yet to even conceive Marty Jr - and he already had several adventures with his future son. Everything about that seemed so surreal.

"Yeah, okay, Doc," Marty finally said, "I could do that for you."

"Now you must remember not to look up your future destiny, right?" Doc asked. "To do so could be very disasterous, especially as you already have interacted with your future children a few times. Do you understand?"

"Right, Doc," Marty replied. "I'll just take a stop at the stores you need me to go to, I'll pick up those items for you, and then I'll head right back to 1986."

"Good," Doc replied. "So did you explain to Jennifer about what was going on?"

"I just explained to her that you needed me to run an errand for you," Marty replied, "and that I had a feeling that I would be taking a trip through time. She said that she would meet me by your place at noon."

"So, are you wearing these clothes to the dance?" Doc asked. with curiosity.

"Uh, yeah, I am," Marty said, blushing a little. "I don't think they would expect us to dress up in a full tuxedo, with the warm weather that we're having."

"Yeah, you're probably right," Doc said, smiling. "Say, I never realized there were so many people your age who cared about the clock tower. I am rather surprised."

"Well, actually, Doc," Marty explained, "I think most of my peers are pretty apathetic in regards to the clocktower. I think they're only going, because it's a social function. I must hand it to Terry and Carol. They sure know how to pull all the right strings."

"So that must be why that clock is still there by 2016," Doc said, smiling. "Well, you better be on your way, now - so that you're back here by noon."

"Right, Doc," Marty said, as he hugged his friend. "I'll see you later."

Marty smiled to himself - as he stepped into the DeLorean, set the time circuits, and headed off to Hill Valley Park, where he would head off to the year 2016.