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Marty's heart was racing wildly, as soon as the DeLorean broke the time barrier. He sure hoped the time machine wouldn't malfunction again. This was actually the very first time he travelled into the future to a year besides 2015 or 2016. He took a trip one week into the future much earlier in 1986, but that hardly counted.
He started to think of how he would purchase the video for Verne. By this year, his future son would only be a small boy - so Marty wouldn't be able to pass for his son this time. Furthermore, if the video store only took payment by thumb - they would find out what his true identity was. He began to wish he had planned this better.
Marty sighed to himself, as he was landing the DeLorean. It was going to be rather tempting to look up his own future, but he really knew how crucial it was to respect Doc's wishes. As he stepped out out of the DeLorean, he headed to the trail.
After nearly five minutes, he caught sight of a family of four. There was a tall man - who actually struck him as being real familiar! With him was a blonde woman, as well as two blonde little girls. He tried to figure out why the man looked so familiar.
The man then ran up to Marty, as he asked, "Excuse me, sir! Are you, by any chance, Marty McFly?" As Marty stared at the man, stunned - he added, "I guess it was foolish of me to take you by sudden surprise like that. My name is Jules Brown."
Marty's jaw was hanging wide. This man looked a little bit like his father, only he had brown hair. It sure felt strange to see the little boy who was only eight back in 1986 as a 27-year-old man with a family. He then figured the little girls would be Harmony and Melody. He previously did meet Harmony as a teenager on several occasions.
"Yeah, Jules, it's me," Marty said, nervously. "I came here to, uh, run an errend. It's just very surprising to run into you like this. So, uh, these girls must be Harmony and Melody?" After Jules nodded, Marty added, "They look real cute and adorable!"
"Thank you," Jules replied, with a warm smile. "Don't tell my younger self this, but my wife's name is Patti. Her family moved to Hill Valley in 1995, and when she showed up in my class the first time - well, let's just say that it was love at first sight."
"Hey, that's just like the way it was with Jennifer and me," Marty gasped, "and with your father, too, of course. So you guys must be out, enjoying the rather beautiful weather? By the way, do you happen to know where the video store would be?"
"Yeah, it's in downtown Hill Valley," Jules explained. "It's located right next to Statler Cadillac. My brother actually works at the store, so you may be in luck. I mean, they only take payment by thumb - so the purchase would be a bit risky. It's sure strange how much technology has advanced within this decade. It's all because of..."
"Because of what?" Marty prodded, as Jules stopped short. "Un, never mind! I guess it's just better that you not tell me." As he caught sight of the girls running up to him, he added, "Hi, Harmony and Melody! How are you? My name is, uh, Alex PJ Fox!"
"Hello, Alex," Harmony gushed, as she threw her arms around Marty. "You sure look like the Martys. Would you, by any chance, happen to be related to them. I've seen some pictures of Big Marty when he was younger, and you look just like him."
"Actually, I'm related to the actor, Michael J Fox," Marty replied, a bit nervously. "He is my, uh, uncle - and I just decided to check out the town a little bit. So what kind of things are you girls into? What would some of your hobbies or interests be?"
"I love Michael J Fox, too!" gushed Harmony. "I quite love the Mind Warped trilogy! I really enjoy listening to music, too. My favourite band is Led Zeppelin, and I love The Trews! I also quite enjoy listening to April Wine - and, of course, our very own Marty McFly is a rather wonderful musician. Do you like listening to Marty McFly, Alex?"
"Yeah, I think I do," Marty replied, rather crytically. "I must say you really have great taste in music, Harmony." Turning to Melody, he asked, "So what about you, Melody? What are some of your interests? Do you and your sister usually get along?"
"Yeah, we're usually very good friends," Melody replied, enthusiastically. "We do fight some of the time, but we do love each very other. I really like a lot of the same things that Harmony likes. We enjoy riding around on our hoverboards. They're very fun!"
Marty sighed, as he realized how lucky his children's generation sure were. By the time hoverboards would finally be invented, Marty would likely be considered too old to ride on one of them. After he took a rather closer look at Harmony and Melody, he realized how pretty they were. Harmony had blue-green eyes, and Melody's were a pure blue.
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Later on, as Marty almost reached the Courthouse Square, he caught sight of a very familiar looking teenage girl - who looked like a younger version of Clara. She realized that the girl was none other than Haven Brown! Technically speaking, Marty just saw her yeserday - but she would actually be over half a year older now.
"Marty?" Haven whispered, as she approached him. "You know, you look so familiar to me. I don't mean to seem so forward, but you really look to me like someone I happen to know. Would your name, by any chance, happen to be Marty?"
"As a matter of fact, it is," Marty whispered back. "I came here from the year 1986 - as I decided to purchase a Christmas present for your brother, Verne. By the way, I decided to use the Alex PJ Fox alias. What do you think of that for a name?"
"I love that name!" Haven gushed. "Well, I hope you don't mind if I decide to join you on your trip to Roy's Video and Music Store. New videos don't come out in VHS tapes, anymore. They come come out in DVDs - so you'll need to get a DVD player, too."
"What the hell is a DVD?" Marty blurted out, stunned. In a quieter tone, he asked, "Is it sort of like a CD for videos? I hope my older self doesn't mind if I borrow from him. I mean, it wouldn't technically be stealing - if the money technically belongs to me."
"Ah, yes, the ethics of forward time travel," Haven replied, laughing. "Anyway, yeah, a DVD looks like a CD - but it can store more information than a CD can. It rather does seem like everything has gone digital nowadays. Anyway, Verne actually works at the store - so he would understand time travel. I'll come along, though - just in case."
"Thanks so much, Haven," Marty replied, graciously. "I notice that this place is rather starting to become like what I saw in 2015 and 2016. I really notice there are several cars flying above us, and I can also see there are a few kids riding on hoverboards."
"Yeah, things are quickly advancing around here," Haven explained. "We even have new appliances like the nanowave, which is twenty time faster than the microwave - and the microstove, which is 25 time faster than the conventional oven. There's just quite a few new things to give us more free time. We also have the toaster flash."
Marty was so stunned by everything Haven told him. He had to admit he found it to be almost scary to think of how fast things would be in the future. It rather seemed that life was fast-paced enough as it was in the 1980s. It seemed so unbelievable!
"Did I scare you a little bit?" Haven asked, laughing. "Believe me! Your older self has come to embrace the products. They would give you a little more time to spend with your family and all that. One product I greatly appreciate is the scene screen."
"I guess you do have a point," Marty said, softly. "It's just that, even in the '70s, we didn't have a microwave. I mean, yeah, they were invented - but they really weren't as common in households, as they were actually still expensive. I sure think it's scary how fast technology has become rather advanced within the last twenty years."
"Well, Mom does have a lot of misgivings about that, too," Haven explained. "She did grow up in the late 19th Century, though. It feels strange to think that she was born a little over a hundred years before the famous Hill Valley lightning storm."
"Yeah, she was born in August of 1855," Marty replied, "and she turned thirty shortly before meeting your dad. It rather seems strange to think that, in other realities, she actually did fall into that ravine - because your dad never did end up back in 1885."
"What?" Haven asked stunned. She then perked up and asked, "Oh, I do remember now! You did tell me about how you and Dad quite ended up hopping through these alternate realities - and, in one of them, I was born exactly one year earlier."
"It's amazing how both of you were born at 10:04 PM on November 12," commented Marty. "I guess it was quite meant to be." He glanced over towards the courthouse, as he added, "it looks like this place has actually become a mall now. It also looks like the Holomax Theatre is there. Say, how many Jaws films have been released now?"
"Jaws 12 was released earlier this year," Haven explained. "The series has become so popular, there just keeps on being demand for more sequels. To be honest, I do quite find the Jaws series to be even more overrated than the Harry Potter series."
"Harry Potter?" Marty asked, stunned. He then glanced over the building across from the Courthouse Mall, and noticed a big sign that read Lou's Internet Cafe and Coffee Shoppe. "So, Haven, what exactly is the internet? I've heard about it, but..."
"We could stop by the internet cafe afterward," Haven offered, as the two of them headed toward Roy's Video and Music Store. "I actually enjoy spending a lot of time on the internet. You have quite so much information right at your fingertips. It's like having the entire library right inside your home. I must say it's just so awesome!"
Marty smiled at Haven, as the two of them stepped inside the video store. The future seemed very cool. He felt very tempted to ask Haven a little bit about his own future, but he knew better than to ask. He already knew too much about his own future!