Chapter 2:

"Sparrow... that's a coincidence the shop I bought that was from a Sparrow ... Umm Eve, no not that something like it though. Perhaps you know her."

"Ah no sorry just a coincidence." Gary's response was hurried and strangely strained.

"You have a shop my love, your so young." Phoebe seem shocked by the announcement.

"Ah yer but I not sure what I'm going to do with it yet."

"You'll figure it out son." This was the first time Reg interrupted since the couple joined them.

"Anyway never mind that Reg, look at us this poor boy has hurt himself and there's us talking about some shop, we have to make sure he his alright."

"Right o Phoebe, come along son the hospital is this way." Reg began to tug at his arms and Ben tried to convince them once again.

"No, really I'm fine really I just need you to point me in the right way." Gary was the next to respond.

"Perhaps he's right Reg I could take him to make sure he's alright."

"Don't be ridicules we can't just send him away and hope for best Gary! Come on my love we have to get you checked out." Phoebe's redress of her husband left Ben unwilling to challenge her so he followed his helpers. As they entered a Victorian style building a few load of steers came Ben's way. However, Ben was very quick to return the steers, a swarm of grey and brown clothing with only the occasional flash of colour. This only changed when he entered a ward. Women with light blue uniforms with giant shoulder pads that almost looked like they had party balloons stuffed in their sleeves. Then one came up to the group and in a sweet high pitched voice asked,

"How can I help you?"

"Its our young friend here, he bumped his head and was quite confused afterward." Reg said this while puffing out his chest and grabbing his lapels again.

"Righty ho my darling, I suppose that explain the shirt." The nurse grabbed at Ben's arms and began to pull him to the bed.

"What ... what's wrong with my shirt?" Ben looked down at his favourite Hawaiian that he had bought a few months before to go on holiday with. A pale yellow shirt with small pictures of parrots all over it. The group of people all looked at him and continued to push him on the bed. He then whispered to Phoebe and Reg. "Have she seen those sleeve. It looks like something Lady Gaga would wear." The pair merely looked at him in what seemed to be hours the nurse and doctor that had arrived within minutes of the nurses questioning finally said that they could go. As they left Gary pulled Ben aside so that the other two could not hear what he was going to say.

"How did you get through?" A hurried and puzzling question.

"What?"

"The time portal how did you get through." Ben steered at the man before him and all he could think he was a bit mental.

"Are you alright mate ... do you need to go see the doctor?" Ben pointed at the hospital entrance behind.

"Oh my God, its the first time you've come through. Come here look." Sparrow stormed to a near by paper stall and quickly grabbed a paper and threw some coins at the server. "Look at this!" Gary shoved the newspaper in his face.

"Its a newspaper."

"The date ... look at the date!" Ben glanced at the page again and without really looking he said,

"Its May the 10th."

"The year look at the year ... and really look at it." Ben again glanced at the page and it took him awhile to focus upon it he even began to mouth two... but then he suddenly realised it said something different. He could believe what he was seeing. It must have been some kind of a trick, or a dream, yes that was it some kind of weird dream. "You see its 1959 not ... when do you come from?"

"Ha, 1959 I have to admit this really is the strangest dream I've ever had."

"What? no its not a dream, that shop you mentioned it was my shop. It was how I got back to the 1940's but I got stuck here after VE day, I'm really from the 1990's."

"What... this is ridicules."

"Ah Phoebe I'm going to make sure Ben gets home alright gone on without me I'll catch you up."

"Are you sure Gary I wouldn't want anything to happen to poor Ben."

"What's going to happen the doctor said he was alright."

"Your right, take care Ben my love perhaps we'll see you again."

"Sure we will Phoebe he's got a shop near you soon son."

"Ah yer see you soon Reg, bye Phoebe." The pair waved as they turned away. Still some what in a daze Gary pulled Ben through the streets.

"Come on I have to see!" Gary's voice was now horse and he seemed to be panting at the same time.

"See what?"

"Haven't you been listening... the time portal I have to see if I can get back through."

"Why?"

"What do you mean why?"

"What do you have to go back for?" This question seemed to shock Gary even more than Ben had ever been until this point.

"... well there's Yvonne."

"Who? ... The Sparrow woman... Hang on that would make you the dead husband."

"WHAT!"

"Oh sorry the lawyer said that after seven years they declared you dead because they could find no trace of you." Gary stormed off then paused again.

"Seven years... 2005... its 2005.."

"Ah what... no that was when you were declared dead its 2013." At that moment Gary's face sank and it was only then did Ben realise that they were at the ally that they had started in that morning. As Gary walked to the wall at the back he rubbed it and he seemed to sink further. "Ah Gary what are you doing."

"Its the gate way to the portal on this side... I still can't get through only you can."

"Ah what do I do?" Gary turned around to face him again and said,

"You just walk through it."

"Ah through a wall." Gary nodded and stepped back. "Thanks Gary. Good luck mate." Ben stuck out his hand and waited for him to shake it. He then walked forward and found himself back in the back yard of the shop.

"Where have you been? Your breakfast has gone didn't want it wasted after all." Again daze Ben was questioned what just happened.

"Sorry Jake I was just checking out the back and I got distracted."