4:30 PM PST
'Wow, this is a really nice house!' exclaimed Marty, as he in Doc were sitting in the kitchen of their new home, sipping on lemonade. 'As I've said before, though, I really will miss the garage. Still, this house is a lot more spacious - and nice for you and Clara. You will also be prepared, if you guys ever have children, someday.'
'You know, Marty,' said Doc, 'I was second of creating a second time machine. That way, if anything ever happens to one of the time machines, we'll have back-up. Besides, if you, Jennifer, Clara, and I were to ever take a trip together, the DeLorean would not be big enough for all of us.'
'So, Doc, have you fixed the fuel line on the DeLorean, yet,' Marty asked.
'Uh, no, not yet,' replied Doc. 'Our first priority is to move into our new home. Then I'll work on fixing the fuel line. Then I'll go to the future to get the DeLorean hover-converted, again. We'll just have to not have to time travel during storms again.'
'So I guess you're not planning on destroying the time machine, after all?' asked Marty.
'Well, this is something that I was a little torn on,' admitted Doc. 'On one hand, the time machine did create a lot of trouble for us, like when Biff from 2015 stole the time machine to give the sports almanac to his younger self, creating this corrupt reality. Then there was the time where the time machine stranded me in 1855, stranding you in 1955. Still, with all things considered, I did put 30 years of work into creating the time machine - so I would hate to give up time travel so soon. It's just that, in the future, we'll have to be very careful.'
'I understand, Doc,' said Marty, quietly. 'So, have you thought of any particular time periods that you would like to visit - maybe even taking some more trips into the future?'
Then Clara stepped into a kitchen, went to the refridgerator, and poured herself a glass of lemonade.
'One thing is certain about this time period,' remarked Clara, 'cooking meals is certainly much easier. We also have a refridgerator to keep the food cool, and even a freezer to keep some foods frozen. Having a washer and a dryer also makes doing laundry much easier. I think I'll have no problems adjusting to the time period. There are certain things that I will miss about the 19th century, though.'
'I'm sure I would have a rougher time adjusting to life in the 19th century' Marty put in. 'I mean, it's travelling to time periods like the 19th century that makes you realize just how much of modern living that we tend to take for granted. One thing I would probably have the most difficult time adjusting with, is no rock and roll music. I mean, I grew up on that kind of music, and it's tough to imagine life without it.'
'So there's no music from our era that you like?' asked Clara.
'Well, I thought Double Back wasn't half-bad,' offered Marty. 'I could swear, though, that the musicians playing at the festival looked a bit like ZZ Top. Ancestors, perhaps? Even though, it is rather diffifult to imagine several generations of musicians sticking together.'
'It could maybe be just a co-incidence,' suggested Doc. 'Another possibility could be, you were just missing your rock and roll music, that you've just imagined that the musicians playing at the festival were one of your favourite rock bands.'
'Then I must have one hell of a good imagination!' declared Marty. 'I could swear though, that the musicians really did look a lot like ZZ Top - almost like the members of ZZ Top also had a time machine, and came back to the 19th century with us.'
'I highly doubt it, Marty,' said Doc, laughing.
'Well, Doc, how do you know that you're the only person in the world with a time machine?' asked Marty. 'There may have been others who have discovered different means of time travel.'
'Well, according to my old friend, Sabrina, there are ways to astrally time travel,' explained Doc. 'You know, the form of time travel where only your spirit enters the past? It is much safer than physical time travel, because you don't have to worry about creating time paradoxes or being stuck in the past. Still, you don't get the full experience of time travel - as you would to physically move through time.'
'Oh, yeah, I remember Sabrina,' said Marty. 'How's she doing, these days? Do you still keep in contact with her?'
'Yeah, we still write each other,' explained Doc, 'and we occassionally talk on the phone. She's been a little busy with nursing school, though - and settling in with her husband. Which reminds me, I should definitely invite them to our wedding.'
'Are you going to tell her about the time machine?' asked Marty.
'Yeah, I suppose I should,' replied Doc. 'I mean, we've been friends for a long time, and I did tell her about my plans to create a time machine. So, yeah, I'm sure she's be interested in checking out our time machine - and we could also explain to her where Clara came from.'
'So, speaking of the wedding,' said Marty, 'are we still planning in having it on November 12?'
'Well, actually, no,' replied Doc, 'as that would kind of be pushing it a little bit. We should try hitting for November 30. That way, we have time to make wedding arrangements, and send out invitations. Have you and Jennifer made a list of people that you would like to invite?'
'Uh, yeah, we have,' replied Marty. 'I mean, all of our friends have pretty much become accepting of you - and don't buy into the whole 'town crackpot' rumours. So I'm sure they'll all be willing to attend. I'm sure that my whole family would like to attend, too.'
'Well, Emmett and Marty,' Clara called out, cheerfully. 'I'm pretty hungry, now. Shall I go cook some dinner, now?'
'Oh, that would be so nice,' exclaimed Doc. 'Yeah, I am getting pretty hungry.'
'You're such a good cook, Clara,' commented Marty. 'So what's on the menu for tonight?'
'Oh, how about some spaghetti and garlic bread?' suggested Clara.
'Oh, yes, my mouth is watering, now,' replied Marty.
'That sounds perfectly fine with me,' added Doc.