Chapter Six: Last Days in Paradise?

The night before the ad placement, Kennedy found out that Saturday afternoons were usually devoted to Bandstand. Almost everyone in town found a TV and watched the show. This gave Kennedy the idea the next day to place the upcoming Saturday as a possibly day for Willow to open the portal. With the park deserted, no one would see her leave.

In the days leading up to that Saturday she managed to spend more and more time with Meg and Roxanne. She had confided to Meg that if everything went the way she wanted it to, she'd be leaving Saturday. Meg was sad to hear it but also happy that Kennedy had a chance to go back home. But Meg knew Roxanne would miss her. The two had grown closer than ever, Kennedy had even slept over Roxanne's house Thursday night. Kennedy had met up with Meg the next morning while Roxanne went to work. Meg had never seen a happier smile on anyone's face. When she asked, Kennedy simply said that it was a fun night.

Now it was Friday night, and Meg, Roxanne and Kennedy were having a farewell sleepover at Meg's house. Roxanne simply thought that Kennedy was going back to Cleveland, but Meg knew the truth. All this time and only Meg had known that Kennedy was from the future. It was a heck of a secret but she knew she'd take it to the grave.

The sleepover was everything Kennedy had expected and more. It was like something out of an old teenybopper movie like, Grease, or Gidget or something like that. Silly games, gossip, makeovers, and staying up all night. Kennedy would cherish this memory, especially the look on her future mother's face when Kennedy had told her she'd never forget either of them and would always think of them as friends.

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The next morning, Kennedy said her goodbyes to the rest of the Pryor family. She gave Patti an envelope and told to not to open it until her 18th birthday, no exceptions. Patti, seeing the sincere look in Kennedy's eyes agreed to wait. She even gave it to her mother for safe keeping. Kennedy left the house with Meg and Roxanne and walked them to the Bandstand studios. She left them there after a final hug for both, then walked to the park on Lane Street.

Kennedy made it to the park with five minutes to spare so she sat down on a bench and thought about the week she'd spent with her mother and Meg.

At exactly 1:30pm Kennedy looked up and saw the portal opening up next to the slide. She quickly ran over and with one last look around at 1964 she jumped through the portal and disappeared. Fifty feet away, Patti stood watching the whole thing. Confused, she walked away and went home.

A/N: Sorry for the short chapter. Next one's a bit longer.