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Bailey's Point Of View

'Hey! Wake up!' I said, shaking Cody.

'What?' he asked getting up.

'Wait, what year is it?' Zack asked, scrambling to his feet.

'2011,' I said, helping Cody up.

'YES!' they screamed.

'What?' Woody, Maya and Mr Moseby asked.

We were in Mr Seebeewee's secret laboratory under his room.

'We got back!' Zack said, giving Maya a hug.

'What?' we asked once again.

'I guess I have some explaining to do...' Ronald spoke up. 'These two lovely boys... well, they got trapped in the future by my... my time machine...'

'Time machine?' I asked. 'Didn't they faint inside a telephone booth?'

'Oh yeah, that works too!' Ronald said, perking up.

We laughed as we made our way out of the laboratory.

Cody's Point Of View

'I have something to ask you...' I said.

'Ask away. But wait, explain the 'telephone booth'. It ain't just a telephone booth, right?'

'Okay, it isn't a telephone booth. It's a time machine, like Ron had mentioned,' I revealed.

'Time machine? Did it work?'

'Yes, but I wished I hadn't. You see, I'm perfect where I am right now - with you,' I said, steering us towards the juice bar.

'Aww, he-he-he-he!'

I ordered a tangerine tickle for myself and a pickle paradise for Bailey.

'We went into the future,' I continued.

'Interesting,' she said, bobbing her head.

'We were trying desperately to get back... but I stopped when... when I saw you. In the future.'

'Me?'

'Yes, I saw you, Bailey. You were living in a beatiful place. With... with...' I stuttered. It hurt to say the name. That was what I wanted to ask.

'Moose,' I finally said.

'What?' she almost spit out the mouthful of pickle juice in her mouth. Gross.

'Yeah, you... you got married.' I looked down, trying to avoid eye-contact.

'What?' she seemed even more curious.

'Yeah,' I said.

'What?' she finally yelled.

'Whoa.'

'Okay, okay,' she said, calming down. 'But... why?'

'Aww,' I said.

'Tell me!' she said, gripping my arm.

'Okay, I'll tell.' She let go.

'I didn't return from the future - or should I say, I couldn't - and you gave up, lived on, moved on to college and married Moose,' I said, and she caught me smirking.

'Wow, but you returned. I don't get it...'

'Um, yes, I returned, but that was the future of mine if I hadn't gone back in time.'

'In time?' she asked, tilting her head.

'Yeah, there's this timer. Once you use the time machine,' I said, repeating Bailey-from-the-future's words. 'a timer starts. If you fail to get back to the time machine before the timer hits zero, BAM!'

She jumped. I laughed.

'Wow,' she said.

'It was a close shave. But, I guess I have to thank Zack about something... shh, it's secret,' I said.

I left out the part about me being a jerk and that I had put on a suit on a summer day and knocked on her door.