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--Chapter: 3
Candles? Broken glass in water? Jack thought it sounded absolutely insane and considered not doing it. What's the worst thing that could happen? He thought. But the not knowing of what could happen when he did it was making Jack very nervous. He wasn't into magic and things associated with it, he had never preformed one before. He had to do it though.
Carefully he collected all the glass that he could and placed it in the only fruit punch bowl he was able to locate. Finding the candles proved to be more difficult. The first two were found under the sink, they had never been lit before (kept for emergencies) He still needed a third candle. Jack turned the bus upside down to find one, there was none. Finally he took one the candles he was able to find and carefully cut it half. When Jack used to be in Boy's Scouts he learned how to make a candlewick, he was very happy that knowledge right now. At last everything was ready to go, including the scratch on the table. Jack knew Ned would kill him for doing that. He could worry about the consequences later.
Jack took a breath and quickly prayed this would work, and he wasn't just making a fool of himself. Taking a look at his watch that said 7:43.
"I take back my wish, restore everything as it was. I take back my wish, restore everything as it was. I take back my wish, restore everything as it was. I take back my wish, restore everything as it was. I take back my wish, restore everything as it was. I take back my wish, restore everything as it was." Then was a loud crash like thunder rumbling 3 feet away and blinding flash of light. Jack was thrown from his feet and was knocked out cold.
A few minutes later he began to come back. He heard voices and snoring! He jumped up and was shocked to discover he was in the kitchen but in his bedroom. What the hell!? The lamp was still in one piece completely untouched. Cautiously Jack opened the door and stepped out. His mom and Carey were sitting in the kitchen! Molly pouring a glass of orange juice and Carey was picking up the phone. Irene and Ned were still in the front room.
"Where did you guys go!?" Jack didn't mean to sound so frantic.
"At rehearsal." Molly answered looking at him real strangely.
"No you guys were here, than left to pick up the pizza and didn't come back."
"Jack I haven't even ordered the pizza yet, how could we pick it up?" Carey pointed out to him.
"Are you feeling all right honey?"
"I I I don't know." Jack confessed.
"Why don't you go lie down for awhile? I'll check on you in a few minutes." He nodded and did as he was told.
While walking to the room he heard voices coming from one of the other bedrooms. He opened the door and stuck his head in and saw Annie and Clu laughing and talking.
"Where were you guys!?" Jack realized he needed to make a larger effort to stay calm.
"No where." Clu replied.
"I went to the park and record store. I just got back about five minutes ago." Annie said. Jack looked down at his watch and nearly feel backwards. It was 5:47! What happened to those two hours!?
"Jack are you feeling ok buddy?" Clu asked with genuine concern.
"Yeah I'm going to lay down now." He muttered while leaving the room.
Jack sat on the edge of the bed and desperately tried to make sense of what was going on. Did time really go backwards? That's impossible! Yet almost everything else was impossible and it happened. Jack decided to make another phone call to Seattle even though because of the distance there only suppose to call once a week. He walked back to the kitchen and grabbed the phone and went back to the room before his mom could ask why.
He dialed the numbers and Aunt Melinda answered on the third ring.
"Oh hi Jack! How are you?"
"Hi, I'm fine. May I please speak with Fiona?"
"Sure hold on I'll get her." Jack heard her call Fi down and footsteps running down the stairs.
"Here she is. Say hi to everyone for me."
"Will do. Bye."
"Hey Jack!"
"Fi it worked! I can't believe I said that but it worked."
"What in the hell are you talking about?"
"The magic spell to get everyone to come back."
"Are you feeling ok Jack?" He was sick of everyone asking him that question.
"I called you…." Jack began to explain the whole entire story to his sister.
"Wow that's really cool!"
"But does it mean?"
"You turned back time."
"I don't understand."
"Ok. The first time you said I want to be alone Clu and Annie disappeared because they were the only ones in the house."
"No Annie wasn't there she was outside."
"Is there a chance she might of come in without you hearing the door?"
"Yeah I suppose so."
"The second time you said it mom and Carey were in the house. So they vanished as well. Finally the third time it was Ned and Irene. You really should be more careful what you wish for."
"Why did it work? If I said I wish for a million dollars would I get it?"
"You guys in a town called Westinberry a strong magnet for what I like to called weird stuff. Town legend as it every time someone makes a wish like that out loud and has a green lamp it will be granted."
"What the hell!? So if my lamp was blue nothing would have happened?"
"Exactly. And you breaking the lamp was just perfect. Because to take back the wish only the glass from the green lamp would work."
"Fiona how in the hell do you know this kind of stuff?"
"It's fun. I'm happy everything worked out for you. But I have to be going Nick needs the phone. And you know the routine, tell everyone hi and I love them."
"Ok thanks." Jack hung up the phone and shook his head in wonderment. He went to the front room to join everyone and the pizza. Never more happy in his life.
---I know the ending is weak. But it was the best I could come up with.---