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Within the next week, Calvin had adjusted fairly well to his new home, with his new family. The official explanation that George and Lorraine had given to everyone - including Dave, Linda, and the school faculty - was that Calvin had been given up for adoption as a baby, because they could not afford to keep both twins. It wasn't a perfect explanation, but it was the best one they could think of. After all, they couldn't exactly explain to the public about time travel and alternate realities.
The Doc of this world had taken Hell Valley Doc and Sabrina to the 2030s, and had adjusted their appearences. Hell Valley Doc now had curly brown hair, much like the actor Christopher Lloyd - as well as grey eyes. He had assumed the identity of Christopher Brown, Doc's cousin. Chris Brown had also made it a point to wear clothing that were a little more conservative in style. Sabrina's long hair was now brown, instead of blonde - and her blue-green eyes were replaced with brown eyes. She had assumed the identity of Tabitha Palmer, Sabrina's cousin.
The three of them had moved into 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 separate from the house. The best thing about the house was, it was only a block away from where Marty and his family lived.
The Pinheads had decided that Calvin could join the band, and become their rhythm guitarist - making the former quartet now a quintet. Not surprisingly, Calvin and Marty had mostly the same taste in music - well, actually, the same taste in just about anything. Calvin was surprised by the differences and similarities of the music between the two realities. Many of the country musicians had recorded songs praising Biff Tannen - while many of the rock musicians have recorded songs condemning Biff Tannen. Calvin, fortunately, had thought to bring his cassette collection with him - which had contained some albums that only existed in the Hell Valley timeline. Calvin and Marty had the understanding that the tapes shouldn't be played outside of their home.
There was one major difference between Marty and Calvin. Marty was far more experienced on the skateboard - so experienced that he could car surf with ease. Calvin, on the other hand, was very much of a novice on the skateboard - so Marty had been spending some time teaching his twin how to skateboard. Calvin didn't think that he would ever reach the comfort level of Marty, though, where he could car surf. It struck him as being rather dangerous.
'Hey, Calvin,' asked Marty, jolting Calvin from his thoughts, 'are you happy here?'
'Happy? Are you kidding?' exclaimed Calvin. 'I'm thrilled! This is practically, heaven, compared to where I came from.'
'I can relate, somewhat,' replied Marty, nodding. 'Granted, I can't relate quite on the same level as you - but it is nice to have a mom who's not an alcoholic, and actually approves of me dating Jennifer. It's also such a reprieve to see Biff waxing our cars, instead of bullying my dad to write his reports for him.'
'Yeah,' agreed Calvin, 'I probably feel the thrill even more so than you do. I mean, at least you weren't beaten up by Biff and his thugs.'
'Yeah, you're right, Calvin,' Marty said, sighing. 'I thought my life was so depressing, before the whole fourth dimensional experience - but I guess I actually had it pretty good, compared to you. In a way, I kinda do miss my old family.'
'You do?' Calvin asked, surprised. 'I certainly don't! I certainly don't miss rich Biff at all.'
'Right, I understand that, Cal,' Marty said, gently. 'I just meant, for all of their faults, my old parents did at least love me. Even though my old mom did once verbally abuse me, a little over a week before my first trip to 1955 - she said those cruel things when she was drunk. She did apologize a little later.'
'I still remember times when my mom had lashed out against me,' sighed Calvin. 'It was because of all the abuse that Biff had heaped on her, though. Like, the one time I got kicked out of boarding school - my mom screamed at me that I was a real disappointment. I must have cried about it for over an hour, but then I realized that I really had nobody to blame but myself.'
'Oh, yes, I've been meaning to ask you,' interjected Marty. 'During that weekend that I was in your world, Biff asked me if I got kicked out of another boarding - implying that you got kicked out of one before. Do you mind telling me what happened?'
'I set off the fire alarm,' Calvin said, sadly, 'because I didn't want people to think that I was a chicken. You see, I struggled with that problem, too.'
'Oh, I see,' mused Marty. 'The ironic thing is, I don't remember having issues with being called chicken in my old life. I wonder where that came from.'
'Yeah, that's a good question,' sighed Calvin. 'I know that I was always very sensitive to what other people thought of me - because, during holidays, Biff would spend hours berating me and telling me that I was no good. I would always break down crying. It's become some sort of twisted game to him of Let's Make Marty McFly Cry. Let's see how quickly I can make Marty McFly become a blubbering mess. He was emotionally abusive, as well as physically abusive.'
'Oh, Calvin, I am so sorry,' murmered Marty, blinking back tears. 'I am so sorry you ever had to go through that trauma. He was such a horrible man. Even in just the few hours I got to know him, I could see what a horrible man he was. I just didn't know that he was even more horrid than I thought him to be.'
'Yeah, well, I'm trying to put that out of my mind,' sighed Calvin. 'At least I was in boarding school most of the time. My mom probably had it much worse than I did.'
'Say, Cal,' asked Marty, 'do you ever miss being Marty?'
'Somewhat, yeah,' Calvin said. 'Marty is a nice name, I must say. However, it feels good to have a new name to reflect my new life. Know what I mean?'
'Right, I understand,' Marty said, gently. 'Say, do you want to listen to Huey Lewis and The News?'
'Actually, right now, I'd rather listen to Huey Lewis and The Rebels,' replied Calvin. 'Let's play their album, It's A Corrupt World. It has the song Down With Biff Tannen on it. That's my absolute favourite song.'
'I don't blame you,' Marty said, smiling.
Marty went to pop the cassette into the stereo - then Marty and Calvin embraced.