Just one of those ideas I couldn't take off my mind and had to post! Let me know if you guys like it :)
Jerome's POV
It has been six long, hard years since I had graduated from the House of Anubis. Things have changed a lot, especially my relationship with my ex-wife, Mara Jaffary. I know what you're wondering, What caused the end of Jara? It's a complicated story that started way before Mara and I were even considering marriage, actually it happened in the middle of our last term ever..the year I've wanted to go back to and change so many times but thought it would never happen. That was until today, when I received the phone call from one of my best mates that could help me do just that.
"Hello?" I questioned as I awoke and glanced over at my alarm clock that read 7:34am in bright red digits.
"Hey Jerome, it's Alfie how's it going?" he responded cheerfully.
"Why are you calling me at 7:30 in the morning?" I groaned still half asleep.
"Because you and I both know you haven't been the same since Mara and you got the divorce.. but I have some good news for you." he answered with a serious tone.
"Unless it involves a time machine, I'm not interested Alfredo.." I muttered.
"Then it's your lucky day, it involves that exactly." he remarked in delight.
"You're telling me, the famous Alfie and Amber Lewis left the city of love and went into the geek universe in one day?" I teased thinking he was just trying to keep me from hanging up.
"No, but the inventor duo Fabian and Nina have." he answered clearly amused by my response.
"Dude are you serious?" I exclaimed now thinking this was nothing but a dream.
"I'd never joke about time travel Clarke, good luck mate." he replied as he told me the address to where Nina and Fabian had set up their latest project that could help me fix the worst mistake I've ever made.
"Thanks Alfie, I owe you one." I responded after I scribbled down the address on a piece of paper.
"I'll keep that in mind next time I'm in London.." he commented mischievously as he hung up saying Amber had a breakthrough in one of her latest fashion designs and wanted his opinion on it.
After I changed into a simple white v-neck t-shirt with a black vest over it, dark denim jeans, and worn out black dress shoes, I bolted for my car keys and within ten minutes flat I was on my way to see my past housemates and the possible solution to my problems.
As I pulled up the address given to me by Alfie, I ran as quickly as my feet would carry me until a woman with brown square framed glasses and dirty blonde hair in a dark gray dress and white lab coat holding a clipboard stopped me in my tracks.
"Name sir?" she stated plainly.
"That's not important..miss I just need to know where Fabian Rutter and Nina Martin are please?" I responded anxiously.
"Sir, I can't allow you to enter without knowing your name.." she remarked.
"Fine, Jerome Clarke." I answered.
"Sorry Jerome, your name isn't on the list.."
Just as I thought all my hopes for this time machine to save me were down the drain, I spotted Fabian in walking across the room in a similar lab coat that the woman was wearing but wore a dark gray collared shirt underneath it along with denim jeans that were a lighter shade than my own and his classic staple, a pair of black converse.
"Fabian!" I called out as he turned in confusion to see me along with the woman I guessed was his co-worker.
"Sofia I'm so sorry for the confusion, Jerome's an old classmate of mine and it completely slipped my mind to tell you that he was visiting today." Fabian said casually after he came over to us.
"No harm done Fabian, I'm just glad Jerome noticed you before it was too late..my apologizes Jerome." Sofia responded sweetly as I told her not to worry and thanked her for understanding.
"Thanks for the save Rutter.." I replied after Fabian and I left Sofia to return to her work.
"No problem..now don't take this the wrong way but what are you doing here?" Fabian asked curiously.
"Alfie told me something on the phone not too long ago.."
"What did he say?"
"He told me about the time machine you and Nina made, and I need to use it."
"Jerome Nina and I haven't even..wait, why do you want to use it?" Fabian questioned suspiciously.
"You know why Rutter..I need to go back and change what happened between me and Mara, I can't forgive myself for what I did." I stated softly not wanting everyone in the building to know my reasoning.
"Look Jerome, I know the past couple of years have been hard for you but you have no idea how one little change can effect your entire future."
"Let me ask you something, if you were in my situation and you did what I had done to Nina..wouldn't you take any opportunity given to you to try and prevent it?"
"Yeah no doubt about it, but Jerome.."
"Please Fabian, I would do the same for you if the roles were reversed." I pleaded.
"I'm not making any promises, but I'll ask Nina and see if she agrees." Fabian responded hesitantly as he led the way to one of the various labs that I suppose Nina was in.