Never Letting You Go
Friendship as Long as Time… and Soup
Hi there, well I must say that I haven't written for this fandom in almost four years. I really did miss it. You may notice that I don't have many stories for B2TF in my repertoire, but that's because most of them, if not all, I don't like. To put it simply, my writing has changed drastically in the past five years and the old stuff really needs some good cleaning up, if not a complete restart if I ever plan to show them to the public. So for now, enjoy the new stuff.
This small series of short stories are small developments between the characters of the series. They're just ideas that came to me in this last week and I prefer doing short stories instead of long developments. With that in mind, enjoy!
Oh and the title of the series for these short stories kind of gives it away, but if you don't get it, I'll add the chapter summary just for you guys.
Disclaimer: I own nada.
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Summary: Doc has waited 23 years for this day and now that he has met his friend, maybe things will be better. Friendship
Time: 1978
Never Letting You Go
Chapter 1: Friendship as Long as Time… and Soup
For almost twenty-three years to the day, he had observed a particular family. He had watched them from afar making sure that everything went well for them. He daren't get too close to them in fear of arising suspicion, but he wanted to make sure that everything would turn out well. What made his task somewhat easier was the fact that for a few years, every now and then, the wife of this family would come to see him. She would bring along her family and ask if he had any news from his nephew. And every time that she would come, the observer would have to tell her that his nephew was studying abroad and other such tales. As much as he hated lying to people, he had no choice in this case for the nephew that she so often asked about was her own future son.
Emmett Brown had, ever since November of 1955, kept a close eye on the McFly family waiting for the day where he would finally meet his young friend. There had been years throughout the twenty-three that had passed where he had deeply missed the teenager's company and others where he had been able to push it aside and remind himself that eventually, everything would work out fine. But sometimes, like every other person, the man of science became restless and impatient.
However, his waiting seemed to have finally come to an end on this chilly March day of the year 1978. He had gone out to do some last minute groceries and was running late for an appointment at the vetenerian's office. Just as he was running out of Shop Well, he failed to see a skateboard that was close to the door and went flying to the floor.
He had enough time to yell out "Great Scott!" before he landed flat on his stomach. He heard some youthful sniggering from the back and he assumed that it belonged to the owner of the board. He was just about to give the kid a piece of his advice when, suddenly, a small arm and hand reached out to help him out. To say that the older man was shocked was something.
"Are you okay, sir? I'm terribly sorry you fell. I didn't know that my board was sticking out." Doc looked over the youth once he was back on his own two feet and was shocked by what he saw. It was the eyes that gave it away. They were the same blue eyes that he had seen and etched into his mind some 23 years ago. But could it really be who he thought it was?
"Don't bother with him, McFly. Don't you know who he is?" One of his friends asked. From the comment, Doc knew that this was Marty, his waiting was now over. Marty remained silent before he spoke again.
"You're Dr. Brown aren't you?" The older man sighed and picked up his bags. Maybe today wasn't the day, he thought as he noticed the youth's facial expression. He took his groceries and left.
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Marty watched the man leave and felt somewhat bad for him. He had heard of the many rumours regarding their local scientist and at times, the kid had wondered whether or not they were real. Marty didn't believe that he was as deranged as the townsfolk had made him out to be. He seemed rather lonely more than anything else.
He picked up his skateboard and noticed a can of soup that had fallen out of Dr. Brown's grocery bag. He took the can and discretely put it in his bad. He would look up the scientist's address and bring him the can. It was the least that he could do after the accident.
Once the youngster got home, he went to the phone book to see If Dr. Brown was listed in it, luckily he was. Marty took down the address and street number before heading towards the place.
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Emmett Brown was busy putting his groceries away. He had been a few minutes late to pick up his aging dog; Galileo, but the vet hadn't said anything. He was putting away the vegetables when he heard the doorbell to his living headquarters ring. He wasn't expecting anyone and he was seriously thinking of ignoring it, thinking that it was a prank, but his visitor seemed quite determined.
After putting away the bag of baby carrots, he walked over to the door and opened it. He certainly hadn't been expecting to see the ten year old Marty Mc Fly.
"Can I help you?" Doc asked trying to keep his cool.
"You dropped your can of soup, Dr. Brown, so I brought it back." He took out the can and showed it to the scientist. Emmett didn't know what to say or do. He was touched that the youth had gone through all this trouble for a measly can of soup.
"Thank you very much." Just then, Galileo came up to see why his master was at the door and do some investigation.
"Is that your dog, Dr. Brown?" The boy asked with wonder. He had always liked dogs, but couldn't have any since his brother was allergic.
"Yes, if you want to pet him, go right ahead, but you have to tell me your name in exchange." Marty smiled before telling him.
"I'm Marty McFly." Doc knew it already, but he had to play the part for now, until 1985 came along. The boy crouched down as the dog came to meet this stranger. The older man watched in amazement as the youngster and the dog became friendly acquainted. Of all these twenty-three years, he had never imagined that their friendship would start because of a skateboard, a can of soup and an old dog.
"He's a neat dog. Is it true that you build stuff in your garage, Dr. Brown?" The boy tried to see beyond Doc's shoulder, but much of the inside was darkened by shadows and obscured by furniture that obstructed Marty's view.
"Yes it is, if you want, you can come inside and I can show you some of them." Marty seemed overjoyed by the idea and was happy to be let in.
Doc showed him some of his smaller, functioning, inventions and was amazed to see the young Marty's look of wonder. After a few minutes of questioning, the boy became serious and looked up at the scientist.
"You know, Dr. Brown, I don't believe what other people say about you. I think you're kinda neat. Would you mind if I visited you another time? I can help you with your experiments and stuff." The last line had been said with a sort of pleading voice, almost as if he thought that Doc would say no.
"Thank you Marty, I'm glad to know that you aren't basing your opinion on what other people tell you. And I would be most pleased if you would want to help me." Marty beamed with joy.
"Cool, thanks Dr. Brown. I have one more question."
"What is it?"
"Would you mind if I called you Doc instead of Dr. Brown? I don't really like doctors and Doc sounds cooler than doctor."
Emmett laughed. "That's no problem at all."
End of One
Well, here's my grand return. Please drop me a few lines if you liked this little story. In all, it should have 6 chapters. I might add more if I get any other ideas, but obviously, they have to do with the title. I hope you liked it.
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