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Chapter Two: I Gotta Go
Wilbur stared at his mother in disbelief. "Wha- B-but WHY?"
"Honey, do we have to go over this every time?" Franny asked, placing her hands on either side of her face and began massaging her temples.
"No, because I'm sure that this would be the first time that we're going over it."
"Again, are you sure you're feeling alright? Maybe you should stay home from school today."
"Stop it!" he snapped. Franny recoiled from his outburst. "Just…" he started, his eyes pleading. "What's going on? Nothing makes sense. Why are we here?"
"We live here, Wilbur… We've been living here before you were born. Wilbur, what's up with you?" she asked concernedly, combing his hair with her fingers. "You're not acting like yourself this morning."
"I'm fine, Mom!" Wilbur complained. "I just gotta—"
Then it hit him. The realization hit him just like his bottom hitting the hardwood floor. He paid no attention to the fact that he had fallen out of bed, however, and untangled himself from the sheets. He slowly picked himself up, staring wide-eyed in the distance.
What he was thinking about was so brilliant; he had to declare himself a genius. Whatever incident caused his life to turn out the way it was now had to have occurred obviously sometime in the past, possibly after the time he had met his twelve-year-old father and before the time he was born.
If he could just investigate, find out what had happened, then he could just simply use the time machine to go back to that time and reverse everything back to the way things were suppose to be.
An excited expression lit up his face. "I gotta go to Dad's house! He'll know what to do! He'll—"
"Wilbur!" Franny shouted sharply. "You are to do no such thing! You know perfectly well why you can't do that…"
"No, I don't know! Why are you trying to—"
"Now don't you sass me, boy!" she snapped. Then her stern expression quickly softened. "Wilbur, I'm trying to protect you from getting hurt. Please, don't you dare go to your father's home. When school is over, I want you to come straight home. Do you understand me?"
Wilbur lowered his eyes to the ground and whispered, "Absolutely."
End of Chapter Two
3 September 2007
