Back To The Future: After the long wait
It was quite late when he entered the Emergency Room. Waving hello to the on duty nurse and Sam the night watchman, he entered the long corridor leading the to main building. It was customary to see him here at this odd hour of the night, so no one thought it strange. It was all going according to plan.
He headed straight to the East Elevators and pressed the button to the fourth floor. If anyone looked closely they would see he was very nervous. Perspiration beaded on his forehead slightly. He had been waiting 13 years for this moment. And finally it was here. This was it. The moment he planned so meticulously for 13 years. Everything was all going according to plan.
The elevator doors opened to the lobby of the fourth floor. It was brighly lit and very cozy. Not very surprising, there were people sitting and waiting. But he walked on. He was greeted by Donna, the On Duty Nurse for this floor. She smiled. "Doctor Brown, this is beginning to become a habit. People are going to start talking." She was referring to his frequent visits. His excuse was he needed a break from the lab, somewhere to clear his head. The truth was he was waiting. He stopped as he often did in front of the huge glass windows to peer inside. There were several additions, he noticed. Great Scott! They were all girls! Doc Brown stopped and began to fathom the enormity of this... this...Great Scott!
Just then a tiny basket was being wheeled in by another nurse. The little blue card read: Baby Boy McFly. There he is! Doc peered into the tiny basket and smiled. Hi Marty! The baby lay undisturbed sleeping soundly. Doc's best friend in the whole world was only a few hours old. Content to just look at the baby, he never dreamed to see the nurse wave him inside. But there she was opening the door for him.
"Doctor Brown. Is this a friend of yours?" Margret asked.
"Uh, yes." He replied not believing his luck.
"Well, come in and say hello." Doc stepped awkwardly into the nursery and sat in the chair nearby. Margret carefully lifted Marty out of the basket and into Docs trembling arms. "Now don't be nervous, Doctor Brown. He needs to be fed, would you like to feed him?"
"Sure." He said as held his friend close, careful not to squeeze too tightly. Marty! The baby was now awake from being handled and was staring at Doc silently. The bottle was handed to him and Doc gave it to the baby who fed from it. Margret left and Doc was finally alone with Marty.
"Oh, Marty, I have so much to tell you!" He said as Marty ate. "When I left the Drive in, I went to right to work on the capacitor prototype. It still needs some work, electrical mostly, but I should have it done soon and will get set on making the car ready. " The baby was a good listener so Doc kept going. "I've been watching your parents, Marty. I don't know how they're going to make it! You need to hurry up and grow so that we can get started." The baby hiccupped in response and let the nipple fall from his mouth. Still watching Doc, Marty smiled.
Doc smiled broadly still disbelieving his wild luck. "I've missed you so much." Tears were glistening in his eyes now.
"Doctor Brown?" The boy was standing right there in front of him. Emmet snapped out of his reverie. Marty was standing in his garage apartment, ready to start. He needed a lab assistant and couldn't think of anyone more suited for the job.
"Just call me 'Doc'," and Marty nodded in agreement. "Let me show you around."
