CH 2
The weird looking angel cursed himself as he remembered the last time he was in the Foreman's house. I forgot the floating and glowing part he thought.
"Ok," the angel said, "Let's try this again." As he started glow and float in the air he repeated," I am a guardian angel sent here to show you what your life would be like if you and Jackie never got together."
"This is a trippy dream," Hyde said.
"Yea, " replied the strange angel guy sarcastically. "Well, let's just get started. I don't have all night you know."
"Ok. Whatever. Your going to show me how my life would be without Jackie? Well I already know that it would be a lot better.so I guess this should be good."
"Glad to see your cooperative. Ok, let's see.here we go"
Everything went kind of blurry and the room started spinning. When it came back into focus he saw himself standing in the Foreman's kitchen talking on the phone.
"Now remember," the weird angel guy said, "we are just observers here. No one can see or hear us."
"Yea whatever," Hyde replied as he leaned in closer to hear who he, the other Hyde, was talking too on the phone.
"Yea this summer does really suck. There's nothing going on. Two of my friends took off for California and my other friend will barely come out of his room."
"Well then you should totally come out to New York for a while," replied a girls voice.
Hyde recognized that voice. It was Crissy. The punk girl he had met in the Hub last year.
....... "What a second," Hyde said to the angel. "How come we can hear Crissy on the phone?"
"Don't ask questions. Just go with it" the angel replied.
.........
Crissy spoke again. "SO, will you come out?"
"Sure, why not," he replied. "Just let me ask you one thing. I haven't heard from you in, like, a year. Why are you calling me now?"
"Oh, I uh, got kicked, I mean I am moving out of my old place and I was going through some old boxes. I found your number so I thought, hey you know who's fun? That Hyde guy."
Hyde heard himself laugh. "Whatever. Ok I will take the next bus out."
..........
Hyde was looking at the angel with a puzzled look on his face. "Crissy?"
"Well," replied the angel. Last summer when Crissy called Jackie was upstairs in the Foreman's kitchen getting the two of you sodas. She answered the phone when Crissy called and, when she realized she was calling for you, she told Crissy that you moved and then hung up on her. But, in this reality, Jackie didn't start coming over here during the summer and you two never got together, so..
"Oh," Hyde replied. He could believe Jackie had hung up on Crissy. He had forgotten how protective she was of him sometimes. He was a little confused by everything, but he figured he had to wake up soon, so he just decided to go along with it.
"Ok," the angel said. "Let's skip ahead a few months."
Everything went fuzzy again and when it cleared up Hyde saw himself standing alone on a street corner in New York. He looked like hell.
"What happened to me?"
"Well, Crissy got bored after a few months. She stole your money and took off for LA with a couple of Hell's Angels."
"What?" Hyde blurted out. This was not how he had hoped this dream was going to turn out.
He saw his 'future' self walk up to a payphone and put in some coins.
He listened as he heard Mrs. Foreman's voice on the other end of the line.
........... "Hello? Hello?
"Ah, Hello Mrs. Foreman."
"Steven! Honey! Are you coming home soon?"
"Yea, I think I am going to leave tonight."
"Oh good. Eric could really use a friend right now. He is a wreck. Bob just told us Donna isn't coming back. She is going to spend her senior year in California" ...........
Hyde was giving the angel a confused look again.
"You weren't there all summer to support Eric and convince him to go out to California. Eric and Donna never got back together. Let's go ahead a little farther."
The weird looking angel cursed himself as he remembered the last time he was in the Foreman's house. I forgot the floating and glowing part he thought.
"Ok," the angel said, "Let's try this again." As he started glow and float in the air he repeated," I am a guardian angel sent here to show you what your life would be like if you and Jackie never got together."
"This is a trippy dream," Hyde said.
"Yea, " replied the strange angel guy sarcastically. "Well, let's just get started. I don't have all night you know."
"Ok. Whatever. Your going to show me how my life would be without Jackie? Well I already know that it would be a lot better.so I guess this should be good."
"Glad to see your cooperative. Ok, let's see.here we go"
Everything went kind of blurry and the room started spinning. When it came back into focus he saw himself standing in the Foreman's kitchen talking on the phone.
"Now remember," the weird angel guy said, "we are just observers here. No one can see or hear us."
"Yea whatever," Hyde replied as he leaned in closer to hear who he, the other Hyde, was talking too on the phone.
"Yea this summer does really suck. There's nothing going on. Two of my friends took off for California and my other friend will barely come out of his room."
"Well then you should totally come out to New York for a while," replied a girls voice.
Hyde recognized that voice. It was Crissy. The punk girl he had met in the Hub last year.
....... "What a second," Hyde said to the angel. "How come we can hear Crissy on the phone?"
"Don't ask questions. Just go with it" the angel replied.
.........
Crissy spoke again. "SO, will you come out?"
"Sure, why not," he replied. "Just let me ask you one thing. I haven't heard from you in, like, a year. Why are you calling me now?"
"Oh, I uh, got kicked, I mean I am moving out of my old place and I was going through some old boxes. I found your number so I thought, hey you know who's fun? That Hyde guy."
Hyde heard himself laugh. "Whatever. Ok I will take the next bus out."
..........
Hyde was looking at the angel with a puzzled look on his face. "Crissy?"
"Well," replied the angel. Last summer when Crissy called Jackie was upstairs in the Foreman's kitchen getting the two of you sodas. She answered the phone when Crissy called and, when she realized she was calling for you, she told Crissy that you moved and then hung up on her. But, in this reality, Jackie didn't start coming over here during the summer and you two never got together, so..
"Oh," Hyde replied. He could believe Jackie had hung up on Crissy. He had forgotten how protective she was of him sometimes. He was a little confused by everything, but he figured he had to wake up soon, so he just decided to go along with it.
"Ok," the angel said. "Let's skip ahead a few months."
Everything went fuzzy again and when it cleared up Hyde saw himself standing alone on a street corner in New York. He looked like hell.
"What happened to me?"
"Well, Crissy got bored after a few months. She stole your money and took off for LA with a couple of Hell's Angels."
"What?" Hyde blurted out. This was not how he had hoped this dream was going to turn out.
He saw his 'future' self walk up to a payphone and put in some coins.
He listened as he heard Mrs. Foreman's voice on the other end of the line.
........... "Hello? Hello?
"Ah, Hello Mrs. Foreman."
"Steven! Honey! Are you coming home soon?"
"Yea, I think I am going to leave tonight."
"Oh good. Eric could really use a friend right now. He is a wreck. Bob just told us Donna isn't coming back. She is going to spend her senior year in California" ...........
Hyde was giving the angel a confused look again.
"You weren't there all summer to support Eric and convince him to go out to California. Eric and Donna never got back together. Let's go ahead a little farther."