Never Letting You Go
Chapter 4: Potatoes Make You me and Baby
The title makes me laugh. I wanted to type this last night, but then I got sidetracked. :) On another note, here are all the details and information that you need to know to understand how this chapter works.
In my "universe" this is how I imagined things happened. You may agree or disagree with me and I don't mind if you have different views on it. I'm opened to yours just like you would be opened to mine if you read this and send a review with a positive attitude.
So here it goes. On November 5th 1885, Doc proposed to Clara and she said yes. They got married on February 11th 1886. Clara's birthday is on February 18th and she was born in 1855, therefore making her 30 years old in the movie. Jules was born on December 29th 1887 and Verne was born on July 5th 1889. Finally, the time train was complete in October of 1894. I say this date and year since I always figured that Jules and Verne were 7 and 5 at the end of BTTF III. Doc started working on the time machine's diagrams on and off after he proposed to Clara, but only truly started working on it when he found out that she was expecting. Also, in order to speed things up, he used VISUAL references to the De Lorean that is/was in the Delgado (or it Delgato?) mine to help him out. Meaning that he went to check and see how some things were made instead of remembering with his memory as his only source of aid.
With that said, bonne lecture.
Summary: Doc comes home from work one day and is just happy.
Disclaimer: I need to sleep in my old bedroom. I feel like such a college kid.
Also, thanks to my up to now three reviewers. You are so faithful to this story it makes my little heart weep with joy. The "waltzing" scene was also the first one of the series to come to my mind some two weeks ago. Last of the DC series. This story now has 8 planned chapters. And somehow, listening to Christmas songs makes me want to write a Christmas shot as well… man I can't wait until November-December kicks in :)
Originally, the meal they have was mentioned, but I wasn't able to write it in. Clara was making potatoes when Doc came in.
Time: 1887
Never Letting You Go
Chapter 4: Potatoes Make You me and Baby
"I'm home!" Emmett Brown said as he entered the house he shared with his wife; Clara Clayton, now Brown.
"I'm in the kitchen." She called back. From his tone of voice, she figured that he was in a particularly good mood. Her husband wasn't one who was usually upset over something, but he had days where he was just worried over the many situations that he found himself in. On those days, Clara found it best to distract her husband with tasks or plan an outing with him. These shifts in his mood didn't happen very often and to be perfectly honest, 98 of the time, he was a very happy person for a lack of a better word.
Doc removed his hat and coat before walking towards the kitchen. He found Clara, back to him, fussing over the stove. In that one moment, he felt and unexplainable surge of love for her. He walked over to her and embraced her from behind. He rested his head on her shoulder and sighed contentedly. In this particular moment, he felt completely happy. He had no worries about the space time continuum, time machines or horseshoes. He was healthy, his wife was healthy and the doctor had told them that their unborn baby was healthy as well. What more could he possibly want? As he contemplated his good fortunes, he put his hands on her five month pregnant stomach. He stayed like that for a few seconds before he started gently swaying from one foot to another to an imaginary song.
Clara smiled at her husband's antics. She put the spoon that she had down and placed her own hands on top of his. She leaned into his embrace and let herself more to the rhythm of this unusual dance.
"Someone seems to be in a rather good mood this evening." She could feel him smile despite the fact that she couldn't see his face.
"Why shouldn't I be? I feel perfectly content and I don't think that anything from this time or another could possible upset me." He continued this strange waltz as he thought back to the day when Clara had announced that she was expecting back March of 1886. They had talked about the issue of children and Clara had been very understanding about it. She understood why they couldn't have any children right away and how it might cause some serious damage to the space time continuum. When she had told him, his feelings had been mixed. On one hand, he had been extremely happy and ecstatic about it, but on the other, he was frightened about what this unborn child could do to the universe of time. After a day or so, however, he decided and came to the conclusion that the space time continuum could suck wind for now. He and Clara weren't supposed to even be here and so far, nothing earth shattering had happened. They'd just have to be careful with what they did. He also had started to concentrate more attention to the plans for the time machine.
"As much as I would love dancing with you a while longer, if you don't let me go, I won't be able to finish supper." The scientist let her go, gave her a quick peck on her cheek and set up the table. They spent a nice quiet dinner and once the dishes had been cleaned, they sat down by the fire and discussed baby names.
As they did so, Emmett felt as though, for once, he was just a simple man who was living a simple, yet wondrous life and he wouldn't change it for all the time in the world.
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Yes, I am well aware that he could want the company of Marty, but since he is aware that Marty is back home, right now in 1887, he has everything that is possibly possible.
On another note, last night was the first dream in three years that I had with Michael J Fox in it. Somehow we were both part of this bowling club and we were great friends. It was such an awesome dream. And, no, I don't bowl and I'm not in any bowling clubs in real life. There were also some family members in the dream that I see every new millennium.
Well, that said, that was the last Doc Clara shipper for now. I'm off to explore some other dynamics in the series. That means that I have no idea when 5 will be out.
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