4:40 PM PST
Within the last week, Marty had been adjusting to his new family life - and learning to cope with having two sets of childhood memories. His parents were a lot more easy-going and lenient, and Biff was no longer a bully. One hand that has not changed, though, was that Uncle Joey Baines still had not made parole. It did seem a little unusual to see Linda dating so many boys. Marty didn't understand how Linda could keep up with them all. Marty was very thrilled that her mother of this timeline adored Jennifer, and that Marty no longer had to sneak behind her back. Other than her family, everyone else had stayed the same. Jennifer, his buddies in The Pinheads, and the rest of his friends had the same personalities. Mr. Strickland was still a strict disciplinarian, but he was no longer putting down Marty and the rest of the McFly family. Marty did still have some problems with tardiness, though.
When Marty was not helping Doc and Clara clean up the garage and pack, practicing his guitar with The Pinheads, or spending time with Jennifer - he had spent much of his time in his room, reading through old diaries - and comparing his life from this new timeline, with his life from the old timeline. Marty had met Doc the same way in this new timeline - when Doc had rescued Marty from Cliff Tannen and his thugs - but his parents were more accepting of Doc. Even Dave and Linda have come to grow quite fond of Doc, even though they've never had the same kind of closeness with Doc as Marty had.
Just then, the phone rang, interrupting Marty from his thought.
'Yo,' said Marty, as he picked up the phone.
'Marty, is that you?' asked Doc.
'Yeah, Doc, it's me,' replied Marty. 'So, what's up? Have you found a house, yet?'
'Yeah, as a matter of fact, I have,' replied Doc. 'I was just about about to ask if you can meet me at my garage in an hour, then?'
'Yeah, sure, Doc,' replied Marty. 'I mean, I don't really have any other plans.'
'Good,' replied Doc. 'I'm going to have to buy some new furniture - see what they have on sale at St. Vincent's.'
'You know, Doc,' said Marty, 'In a way, I really will miss the garage - even though I understand that you need a bigger home for you and Clara.'
'You know, Marty?' asked Doc, with a gentle smile. 'I'm going to miss this garage, too. I mean, we've created so many fond memories in the garage.'
'Don't get me wrong, Doc,' said Marty. 'I am happy for you that you've found love, now. Still, I will kind of miss being able to just pop up on you whenever I like. Know what I mean?'
'I understand, Marty,' Doc said, gently. 'This will be a huge adjustment for all of us. I mean, especially for Clara, as she's not used to living in this era.'
'So, how is she coping so far?' asked Marty.
'Well, she is very impressed at the modern technology,' explained Doc, 'and how much easier it is to do certain things now, then it was a century ago. She also believes that this era offers from freedom and respect for women, then it did a century ago. She finds it very liberating to wear slacks. So, yeah, Clara is definitely adjusting. Still, there are things about her time that she misses, I'm sure.'
'So, Doc,' asked Marty, 'are we going to go on more time travel adventures - or are you going to retire from time travelling?'
'Well, we do have to be careful with travelling through time,' explained Doc. 'Still, it would be fun to visit all different time periods. I mean, it would be a shame to give up on time travelling so soon - after all that work that I've put into creating the time machine.'
'Oh, cool, that sounds awesome,' replied Marty.
'It's definitely not going to become a weekly thing, though,' said Doc. 'Maybe just one adventure every once in awhile.'
'Say, Doc,' asked Marty, 'I was wondering if Jennifer and I could visit the 60s, sometime? I've become a bit interested in the hippie movement of the late 60s - and I'm quite fond of psychedelic rock.'
'Well, let me think about,' said Doc. 'I can't make any promises, though. I mean, the time machine is not a toy. You have take precautions with time travel.'
'Sure, that sounds fair enough,' agreed Marty. 'By the way, where do you think you'll be putting all of your clocks?'
'Oh, maybe in the lab,' answered Doc. 'It would be the best place for them.'
'Oh, yeah, right,' stammered Marty. 'We are certainly going to have a lot of adjustments to go through. I mean, I'm still trying to deal with having two sets of childhood memories. The funny thing is, I don't even remember having issues with being called 'chicken' - from the original timeline that I came from.'
'Do you ever miss your old family?' Doc asked, softly.
'In a way, kinda, yeah,' replied Marty. 'Still, I'm happy that my parents, Dave, and Linda have turned out to have better lives this time. Say, I wonder what has become of the timeline that I came from. Like, I wonder if there's still a me there.'
'I don't think so,' said Doc, shaking his head. 'When you went back to 1955 and brought your parents together, this new timeline then overruled the original timeline. It's sort of like overwriting a computer file.'
'Okay, I think I get what you mean,' said Marty. 'Boy, is this heavy, though!'
'Yeah, real heavy,' agreed Doc.
'Well, I might as well head over now, Doc,' said Marty.
'Sure, see you soon,' replied Doc, as he hung up.
oooooooooo
Two hours later, Doc and Marty drove over to a two-storey yellow house that had three bedrooms, two full-baths, a kitchen, and some living rooms. It also had a nice basement, complete with pool tables and foosball tables. The house also had a garage seperate from the house. The best thing about the house was, it was only a block away from where Marty and his family lived.
'So, do you think you'll be buying this house, Doc?' Marty asked.
'So far, this house looks to appeal to me the best,' answered Doc. 'I could, of course, do my scientific experiments in the garage - and keep the time machines there. We'll have to keep visitors out of the garage. The house is also big enough that, if Clara and I ever do have kids, we'll have plenty of room for them.'
'Well, yeah, of course,' agreed Marty, nodding.
'Tomorrow, Marty,' explained Doc, 'can you come over and help me move, by the time you get out of school. I'm going to stop by St. Vincent's, and see what furniture they have on sale.'
'Sounds awesome,' replied Marty. 'Maybe I could talk to Jennifer, and see if she would like to help us set up your new house.'
'Well, yeah, if she wants to - that would be nice,' Doc agreed.
Then Doc and Marty embraced.
'Well, Doc,' said Marty, 'Jennifer and I decided to go see a movie tonight, so I probably should get leaving soon.'
'Well, have fun, Marty!' said Doc. 'Meet me at the garage after school tomorrow, okay?
'Will do, Doc,' replied Marty.