The Genie and the future
"Hey Fi! Get back here and help us carry our stuff in!" exclaimed Jack Phillips, pulling some of the equipment off of the bus. Their mother was on tour and was going to be singing in 3 hours. 16 year old Fiona Phillips ignored her brother and continued to look around. Annie's grandparents lived in this town so Annie went to visit them for the weekend but would be joining the Phillips' and Bells' at the gig. So basically it had gone back to old times for Fi.
"Fi, did you not hear me?" screamed Jack as he walked past her with a big box.
"Yeah, yeah I'm going." Fi turned around and walked back to the bus as Carey Bell was leaving with his guitar.
"You lucked out, Fi." Laughed Clu Bell walking by her, following his brother Carey. "No more stuff. Unless of course, you want to help Me." he smiled down at her.
"Nope." She said laughing still taking one of the guitars out of his hand.
She glanced at her ring, the engraving still on. Annie didn't want her grandparents turning into chickens or something so she gave the ring back.
"Yo Fi, sleep walking again?" asked Clu looking at her.
"Huh, oh no." she blushed, snapping out of her thoughts.
"Jack, she's doing it again!" Clu said as Jack opened the door for them.
"What?" he asked.
"Sleep walking again."
"Oh no! Not the sleep walking! Anything but that!" cried Jack throwing his hands up in the air.
"Haha, very funny." She said pushing her way through the door.
"Now she is talking in her sleep to!" exclaimed Clu.
"Give it a break, Clu," said Jack patting his friend on his back.
Fi set the guitar down and walked in more. "This place is awesome!
Hey Clu? Wanna check this place out?" Fi asked.
"You know me!" he laughed as he set down the boxes down next to the guitar.
"Ohh! I want to go!" exclaimed Carey jumping up. Molly pushed him back down. "We have a lot of work to do." Carey put on a face but Molly still refused to let him go.
Fi grinned at Carey and grabbed Clu's arm.
"Hey Jack, wanna come?" asked Clu turning back around.
"Yeah, right, like he'd want to come!" said Fi also turning to face him.
"As a matter of fact, I'm going to come." Said Jack walking toward them. Fi put on a surprised face. "Well, I can't leave Clu alone with my love-sick sister!" he whispered into her ear. She shoved him into the wall.
"Hey, hey guys stop!" said Clu. "No time, we only have like 3 hours!"
"Only…" said Jack rolling his eyes.
"That's very short when you're looking for the paranormal!" shouted Fi at him.
"Oh yeah, I forgot, then you and your imaginary ghost friend can't have a tea party! And you better cancel your date with your imaginary boyfriend as well."
"Shut up Jack! Just because you can't see him, doesn't mean he is imaginary! Isn't that right Bob?" she asked turning to look behind her. She smiled at her brother and then broke out laughing. They continued walking down the hall until they reached a door.
"It's locked!" exclaimed Fi kicking the door a bit.
"Oh dang, no more doors in this hall." He said sarcastically as he turned around.
"No, wait man!" called Clu. "Look!" he pointed to the floor beneath him where there was a knob. He stepped back and pulled it up. Jack came back to them.
"Go first Jack." Fi said as she pointed to the stairs going down.
"After you almighty queen of the weirdness." He replied.
"No, I insist, after you El stupido." She laughed. "I'm picking up on Spanish in school." She grinned happily.
"You guys! Are you coming?" Clu questioned, already down the stairs.
They both looked down at him then both tried to beat each other down. Fi ended up beating Jack down the stairs and down the hall to Clu.
"Its another door." Said Clu finally reaching the end. Jack finally walked up behind them.
"If its locked I'm gonna be P*ssed." He said angrily and out of breath.
Clu went up to it and grabbed the knob. The whole hall began to shake.
"Ahh!" Fi screamed as she fell back and Jack caught her. The shaking stopped. "Ok… Maybe we can't get in then." Clu said backing away. Fi got up and went to the door. Before she even touched the knob, the door flew open. She jumped back in surprise.
"What the heck?" questioned Jack, very shocked.
"Dude, it likes Fi better then me!" Clu said laughing nervously.
"Lets go in," said Fi looking at the door behind her now, making sure it didn't close. The boys hesitated then followed her in, also looking back to make sure it didn't close by itself. Fi stopped and turned around again.
"You know, isn't it like supposed to close?" she said still expecting it to close. "I mean this kind of thing happens all the time to me with ghost, door opens by itself, door slams shut by itself. Why isn't working?" she asked stomping her foot.
"Maybe, it will close it when we least expect it!" said Clu. Jack just shook his head and said, "you two need to get a life."
"It's really dark, check for a light switch or something Jack, since it's like the only thing your good for!" Fi exclaimed as Clu nodded in agreement. Jack put out his hands and felt for a light switch besides the door. "Bingo!" he said, "but I'm almost sure I already checked here…"
The room lit up instantly.
"Nothing but a bunch of crap you guys." Said Jack glancing around the room.
"Hey, there are boxes, maybe cool stuff is in them!" suggested Clu. Fi ran to one of them and started looking around. Clu went to a different one.
"Hey look at this armor!" he said pulling out a metal helmet that was rusting.
"This probably use to be a theater." Suggested Jack.
"They used real metal helmets?" questioned Fi examining it.
"Yeah" shrugged Jack. Fi started digging to the bottom of the box.
"Hey, look at this!" she said pulling out a golden lamp.
"Man, that's like in Aladdin!" shouted Clu. "You know, it might be a genie!"
He tried to grab it from Fi but she pulled back. "I've read about Genie's, some can't be trusted." Jack grabbed It out of her hand.
"Jack don't!" yelled Fi. "Don't rub it!"
"Ohh, what? Is a magic genie is going to come out? Cool, Don't worry I'll ask it to give you a brain." He said taking the bottom of his shirt and wiping the lamp. Fi and Clu sat still, waiting and breathless.
"See! Its just stage props!" laughed Jack. Suddenly something flew out of it, too fast for any of them to see. Things around the room went flying, one of the lights shattered. Fi looked up just as a brick came down.
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Fi rubbed her eyes.
"Where, where am I?" she asked out loud.
The room was dark.
"Fi hunny, its one in the morning! Go back to sleep." Said a voice next to her. She screamed and jumped up realizing she was in a bed. A light came on.
"What is wrong?" asked a very cute guy laying in the bed still looking up at her.
She sat there staring at him in disbelief. "Who, Carey?" she asked recognizing the face a bit.
"Carey? Are you sick Fi?"
"Clu?!" she exclaimed. "No!"
"What is wrong Fi?"
"How old am I… you?"
"Fi! Go back to sleep I'm sure you will feel better in the morning."
"Where is a mirror?" she asked as she spun around. She screamed again.
"Is… is that me in the future? I've gone back in time before but… the future… and Clu?" A baby started crying.
"Great, you woke Emily up now." Said Clu as he got out of bed and walked to the door. Fi followed him out the door and down the hall.
"Is… is Emily… ours?" she whispered.
"No, we are babysitting her." He answered sarcastically.
"Oh… phew." Sighed Fi. He spun around.
"What has gotten into you? I was being sarcastic!" he exclaimed, obviously annoyed.
"Man, does everybody get as grumpy as you when they get old?" asked Fi. Clu sighed and sat down with his head in his hands.
"Hey, where is the baby's room? I can still take care of it even though I'm only 16." He looked up at her with a frown on his face.
"Fine, I'll follow the noise then." She walked into the baby's room and found a bottle to feed the baby with. When she was finally done, she went back into the hall and found Clu asleep on the floor.
"Ok… future Clu, you can wake up now! Wake up!" she shouted.
He jumped up and said, "huh, what? Oh… Fi." He growled. "Come, on I think you just need some sleep Fiona."
"Is… is there like a couch? Somewhere in this house? I'd prefer to sleep on it then… with you… no offense my mom and brother would kill me. Cause you know, I kind of traveled into the future!" He gave her a look.
"Your brother hasn't even talked to either of us for three years, since our wedding! And what is this about you came to the future? Hunny, this is the present!" Screamed Clu angered by the thought. He then listened to see if he woke up the baby again.
"Jack… Jack won't talk to us? Not even me?"
"Don't you remember anything? Maybe I should call a doctor."
"No! Just tell me what happened." Said Fi following Clu back into their room. She found a chair and sat down. Clu looked at her and shook his head.
"Just tell me!" She exclaimed.
"Remember? You had been hit on the head with a brick after that weird light went flying around the room. So Jack went to get our parents.
Are you sure you don't remember this? Whatever. When you finally woke up, he still wasn't back so I told you how much I loved you and then I kissed you. You wanted to tell me something but after that you just smiled and kissed me back. Jack had been watching the whole time and he ran in and punched me. When our parents finally got there, they had to stop the fighting. He didn't even look, let alone speak to me until our wedding where he threatened to beat me up again if I did anything to hurt you."
"So, how old where we when we got married?" asked Fi, dying to know everything.
"Oh my gosh! That's it I'm calling the doctor." He picked up a telephone and dialed a number.
"No! I swear I'm from the past! I was just hit on the head by a brick from the flying light thing. That must be what I was going to tell you when I woke up! That I went to the future! If I ever get back, I'm gonna have to stop you from kissing me, ok?"
"Hello, doctor. I need you to get over here, yeah its me Clu Bell. Fi is not feeling to well, she keeps saying she is from the past."
"Clu!" Fi screamed putting her hands to her head. "It was a joke…" she lied. He glared at her. "Sorry to disturb you doctor, I'll call if it happens again." He hung up the phone.
"Fi…"
"I'm sorry, you know me…" she laughed nervously.
"I thought I did, I mean I thought you changed." He said. "And just forgot about all that, you know, paranormal stuff, Like going to the future or past and stuff."
"Why would I do that? I live for that stuff!" she exclaimed as she looked at her finger. The ring was gone. "Where did my ring go?"
"Remember? That day we kissed and Jack got mad. You tried to make him happier by giving up the ring to Annie." Fi stomped her foot.
"I have to change this." She whispered.
"Let's go to bed, remember, we have the Christmas Eve party tomorrow."
"Is Jack invited?" Clu frowned again.
"No… Carey, Your mom, and my parents are all coming though. Oh yeah, Annie is coming to with her new husband. I didn't catch his name though. Now, bed…" he said lying back down and turning off the light. "Are you coming to bed?" he asked. Fi eased her way to the bed and got in. She tried to stay as far away from Clu as she could but he ended up putting his arm around her. She tried to stay still and tried to not either break out laughing or break out crying.
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Fi didn't know how she fell asleep but she did. Maybe I'm back. She thought, afraid to open her eyes though.
"Fi? Fi?" It was Clu's voice. Yes, I must be back and just awaking from the brick. She almost shouted for joy.
"Clu, don't say it…" she said opening her eyes.
"Don't say what hunny?" She sunk back down, it was still future Clu. She kept hoping this was a dream, but how could she fall asleep in a dream?
"I let you sleep in because of last night, you mom and my parents are here. You might want to say hi." He said smiling down at her.
"Ok… I'll get dressed." He just stood there. "Um… you might want to entertain them… go downstairs or something." She said.
"Ok…" he walked out of the room and closed the door.
"Now, where are my clothes?" she asked out loud. She found a dresser and looked through it. These are my clothes?! She thought. She found a nice light pink dress and put it on. These clothes suck she thought again. She headed downstairs after finding a toothbrush in their bathroom. She pulled her hair back into a ponytail and went downstairs.
"Mommy?" she asked looking at the woman sitting at the table. She recognized her mother right away, even though her hair was graying.
"Fiona!" cried her mother getting up and walking to her daughter. They hugged and Fi couldn't help the crying. She didn't want to see her mom this old.
"Hunny, what's wrong?" her mother asked. "It hasn't been that long since we've seen each other." Fi nodded her head and the doorbell rang.
"Hey Clu, Fi, its me Carey!" called a voice through the house.
"Where did that come from?" asked Fi looking around.
"Hunny, that's Carey… from the doorbell." Fi later found out that they had one of those things where you can talk from the outside to say who it was.
"Carey? Whoa… you grew up pretty fast!" Fi said, looking at Carey. His hair was short and combed back making him look professional.
"Hey Fi!" he said giving her a kiss on the cheek and hugging her. "Come on! You saw me last week!"
"Oh… yeah… so what are you doing for a living?"
"Fi, Fi, what a joker she is! Hey mom!" he said walking over to his mom.
"Fi!" exclaimed Clu pulling her aside and under a doorway. "Stop with your little joke! Now! If I tell you what Carey is doing, will you stop with your little joke?" Fi nodded.
He shook his head and told her. "He's a doctor, remember? He went back to college."
"Oh yeah… its all coming back to me now…" she joked and smiled.
"Hey, looks like where under the mistletoe." He laughed looking up. He pulled her close and kissed her. She tried to jump back in surprise but he was holding her tight. When he finally let her go he smiled and said "Come on, we've got guests." He walked through the rooms and to the kitchen. Fi sat there for a minute smiling. Then she frowned, thinking about when she had to get back. She'd end up loosing either Clu or Jack… how could she decide?
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To be continued!
