January 21, 1986
12:30 AM PST
Twins Universe

'I am so relieved that you're okay!' exclaimed Lorraine, as she threw her arms around Calvin. 'So what happened to you, anyway?'

'We found him stuck behind the clock tower,' explained Doc. 'Some kids had asked Calvin to join them on top of the clock tower, and he slipped between the cracks. So Calvin was stuck there for nearly five days.'

'Oh, my goodness,' breathed Lorraine. Then, turning to Calvin she said, 'From now on, you stay away from the clock tower. That is no place for you to be fooling around. I mean, it's very dangerous up there. You could have been killed.'

'Yes, Mom,' sighed Calvin. 'I shouldn't have listened to those kids.'

Then Linda walked into the room, and asked, 'So what happened? Did Calvin pull a Marty? Did the kids call Calvin a 'chicken' - and Calvin followed them?'

'No, not really,' Calvin said, blushing. 'I just didn't realize that it would be dangerous on top of the clock tower. I shouldn't have done something so rash. I'm sorry.'

'Well, I'm so happy that you returned home in one piece,' Lorraine said, quietly. 'Now I think you boys had better head off to bed, now - so that you'll make it to school on time, tomorrow.'

Yes, Mom,' replied Marty, hugging his mother. After all, Marty had no desire to give Ms. Coleman another excuse to tickle the soles of his feet.

Calvin and Marty both hugged Doc, then the twins headed to their bedrooms to get ready for bed.

'It's so nice to have you back home, Calvin,' Marty whispered, quietly. 'I've really missed you the past few days.'

'Yeah, Marty, I missed you, too,' replied Calvin, as he hugged Marty.

'So was it hard pretending to be me?' Marty asked, smiling.

'Yeah, a little bit,' replied Calvin, smiling. 'We may have a lot in common, but we have our share of differences, too. I also can't play guitar like you can.'

'Yeah, and I'm not real athletic, like you are,' Marty added, smiling.

'One thing is certain, though,' added Calvin. 'We will always be best friends. That will never change.'

'Oh, yes, for sure,' replied Marty, smiling. 'Well, I suppose I'd better hit the sack, now. So good night, Calvin.'

'Good night, Marty,' aid Calvin, as the twins hugged one more time.

Then Marty hopped into bed - and he fell asleep, smiling. He was so happy that his twin was back home, again.

oooooooooo

When the twins awoke the next morning, they decided to do something that haven't done in ages. They decided to dress up in identical clothing, as a way to celebrate Calvin's return. Both Marty and Calvin were wearing tye-dyed tee-shirts and a pair of Guess blue jeans, with red Nike shoes. Marty and Calvin put their arms around each other, and smiled into the mirror. Then Lorraine walked into the room, and smiled.

'You two look so adorable!' gushed Lorraine. 'Stand up against the window. I want to take a picture of you two, okay?'

Then Marty and Calvin stood up by the window, and they put their arms around each other and smiled - while Lorraine went to grab her camera from her bedroom..

'Say cheese,' Lorraine said, smiling. Marty and Calvin both said 'cheese' while Lorraine took their picture. 'Perfect,' Lorraine said, smiling. 'I don't remember when the last time was, that I saw you two dressed up the same. I kinda miss seeing you two dressed the same.'

'Yeah, we haven't done it in a long time,' said Calvin. 'I thought it would be nice to do that again, today.'

'Right,' agreed Marty. 'I must admit that I missed dressing the same. It's so nice to do that, again.'

'You two are so adorable,' repeated Lorraine, as she left the room.

'Should we switch places, too?' Calvin suggested, whispering. 'We could have so much fun with that.'

'Naa,' replied Marty, 'let's wait until April Fool's Day to do that. That's the day we usually switch places.'

'That sounds like a deal,' replied Calvin, smiling. 'Well, anyway, I suppose we should start heading off to school, now. We don't want to be late.'

'Right, I concur,' agreed Marty, smiling. 'I don't want Ms. Coleman to get me again.'

Marty and Calvin then grabbed their skateboards, and they car-surfed to school.

oooooooooo

After school, Marty and Calvin had decided to head over to Doc's garage. Doc stared at the twins, wide-eyed. 'Wow!' breathed Doc. 'It's been a long time since I've seen you two dressed up the same. What did the people at school say about that?'

'Most people thought we looked adorable,' Marty said, smiling. 'Although Douglas Needles and his gang kinda made fun of us. They thought we were immature to dress up looking the same. Then, again, I don't really care what Needles and his gang thinks. They can go take a long walk off a short pier.'

'Right,' agreed Calvin, 'it's not like anyone else takes them seriously, anyway. So, really, why should we value their opinion?'

'Now that's the spirit,' Doc said, smiling. 'Just be yourselves, and don't try to conform to what other people expect you to be. Believe me, I've learned that a long time ago. I may not be the most popular person in town - but I definitely do have some true friends who accept me the way I am.'

'Right,' Marty said, nodding. 'I no longer care if Needles calls me a 'chicken', or not. I think he's starting to learn that I will no longer give in to his taunts.'

'So, anyway,' asked Doc, 'have you gotten into any trouble with your parents, Calvin? That was the only plausible story we could think of, without getting some poor souls in trouble with the law.'

'Nope,' Calvin replied, smiling. 'She's just relieved that I'm okay. I guess we couldn't explain to her what really happened.'

'Yeah, I'd rather we not,' said Doc. 'The less people who know about the time machine, the better. I'd rather not drag your parents into this.'

'I do tend to wonder, though,' suggested Marty, 'if they still think about 'Calvin Klein' - and how we resemble 'him'. I suppose they might just dismiss it as a coincidence, though. Of course, there is the part where I told them about one of their kids setting the living room rug on fire at the age of eight.'

'Someday, we might tell them,' Doc said, smiling. 'I just don't think we should tell them, now.'

'By the way, I wonder how our counterparts are coping with being alive, again,' said Marty.

'Yeah,' agreed Doc, 'I wonder if my counterpart will attempt to build another time machine. He might decide not to, that it might be too dangerous. That's probably what I would do, in his situation.'

'So, my counterpart may never go back to 1955?' asked Marty.

'It could very well be possible,' replied Doc. 'Maybe we could go back into that world, and check up on them, sometime.'

'Well, anyway, all's well that ends well, right?' asked Marty.

Doc and Calvin just smiled at Marty.