It's About Time
Chapter 15
It is now two weeks later
Rick had a list as did Kate. She was over at his place every day and spent the night with him. Much to his delight he was finding that she was insatiable. They had sex each and every day and even when they weren't having sex she had the need to touch him. To hold him and keep him close.
They also had a whole lot of stuff and they still had a number of items on each of their lists. Their lists never seemed to get smaller as each of them kept adding items to them.
At the moment they were sitting in the real living room next to each other and holding each other. They were both looking over their respective lists when the front door bell sounded.
Rick got up to find out what it was, leaving Kate behind. "Another delivery." Rick handed over the box since it had her name on it even if it did have his address. That was, after all, the deal they'd made.
Kate went to the kitchen to get a knife so she could cut it open. "More gold coins!" She was happy for that. To her way of thinking they couldn't have too much gold.
Rick knew they already had a lot of both antique gold coins and gold coin blanks. He had bought his fair share's worth. "We're both going to weigh a ton if you keep this up," he warned only to have her stick her tongue out at him which made him chuckle.
"If I'm going to live in 1820 I'm going to be rich, thank you very much." He may be a pain from time to time, but she was finding it easier and easier to love him and to tell him that she loved him.
Neither of them had cared about where the concrete aliens were at the moment. They spent all of their time together. So much so that all of Kate's clothes, what she had bought for herself, were now in his bedroom. She hadn't even thought about the family she'd killed. Not the first one or the second or that the second one didn't have to die if she had moved in earlier. What was in the past was in the past. Plus so long as she stayed here she didn't have a reason or cause to kill anyone else.
Kate left her gold behind and would take it down to their bedroom later. "Is that my list?" Was he spying? She was the spy in this family.
"Here's mine if it makes you feel better." Rick handed her his list after she sat down next to him.
Kate's List
GOLD! Gold, gold, and more gold.
Tampons and pads, more tampons. Lots and lots of tampons
Makeup
Condoms
Coat
Gloves
Boots
Weapon and ammunition
Bras
Boomerang(s)
Compound bow and arrows and instructions on how to make your own arrows. Extra bow string(s)
Rick's List
Gold coins
Penicillin and how to make your own penicillin
Live marijuana plant(s) and hops plant(s)
Tools: pliers, hammer, screwdrivers, level, nails, screws
Flashlight that works by cranking it; extra light bulb(s)
Anti-diarrhea medicine
Aspirin
Backpack type sleeping bag
Heavy winter coat
Heavy winter gloves
Paper, pens, pencils
Solar powered calculator
Matches, propane lighter, or Bic lighter
Heavy winter boots and lots of socks
Tubes of sealant (the small ones) outside type only
Antibiotic cream(s)
Hand sanitizer
Antihistamines
Bowie knife
Compass
Signal flare(s)
Light stick(s)
Kate hadn't gotten all that far when she stopped to question him. "Marijuana and Hops?"
"We need a way to make money. Marijuana's illegal now but it wasn't then and if you listen to some people it actually has a medical use. The hops are to make beer with. I've made beer in the bathtub before. Besides a house I was thinking we could have a barn along with horses, a plow, fertilizer, and other stuff. Then plant a field of marijuana on one side and hops for beer on the other." He was thinking of being part farmer. "We can hire workers."
They were going to have lots and lots of gold so why did they have to do anything? Though she had always worked and didn't know if she could just sit around and do nothing all day. "Drugs and beer. Okay." Kate went back to reading his list.
"Where are you going to put all this stuff, baby?" His list was kind of big.
"Well, the gold gets strapped to my legs. Some of it you're going to strap to my back. Some is going to be strapped to my chest. I'll wear some of it and carry the sleeping bag in my hand. The little stuff gets strapped to my arms.
"Even if I have to walk like this I don't care so long as it all goes." Rick stood up and walked stiff like he had something stuck up his ass. Kate lost it and hooted at him in gales of laughter. "Keep laughing, love, with all those gold coins and tampons you're going to be walking the same way." Rick grinned at her.
Rick sat back down next to her and went back to her list. "Um, love, the weapon I understand, but just how do you plan to make more shells when you use up the ammunition you take? You're going to need a gun cleaning kit, too."
Kate growled at him and tried to think about that some more. The press to make the rounds wasn't all that big. But today's black powder was very modern and black powder in 1820 was a lot more dirty. "FINE! Take it off the list." He had a point and it pissed her off.
"If you want a reusable weapon try a blowgun or a boomerang or two, or three. Or carry one of those compound bows and instructions on how to make your own arrows," Rick suggested instead.
"OH! Thanks, baby!" Kate leaned in and kissed him then took her list back to add to it.
Janelle was leaving in two weeks and Rick was thinking that they might be ready while she was gone. It meant he was going to need to say goodbye before she left. Problem with that was he might never know if she actually sold this house and moved.
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Kate was naked and enjoying being in bed with Rick the morning that Janelle was going to be going to the airport for her trip. It meant they would have the entire house to themselves and she seemed fine with that.
"Is there anything still on your list, babe?" Kate queried since she knew he was awake.
"Just need to go shopping to get all of the tape or bindings we'll need for my list. It's going to take a lot. The two of us are going to look like mummies." He chuckled lightly at the thought of what they were going to look like. "I've even got my two changes of clothing all picked out. Both pants are blue jeans." He had everything on his list.
"How about your list?" Was Kate ready?
"I've got one last order of gold coins coming. I have everything else I can think of that will fit or I can hold in my hand." Her compound bow was going to go in one hand and one of her boomerangs that she hadn't yet learned how to throw was going in the other. Her list had grown and almost matched Rick's.
"We're going to need a fork lift to get you there," Rick teased which earned him a swat to his chest.
"I told you if I'm going, I'm going to go rich." She was going to find a way to take all of them even if she had to stuff them inside her bra. "What about when we get there?" Had he planned for that yet?
"I don't really know much about 1820 New York City. We may just have to play it by ear. I have however thought that we shouldn't stay there. Far too dangerous. Problem is I'm not overly sure just exactly where to go. I'm still doing some research on that." He had half an idea and it might rely on Kate.
"We may be buying a whole lot of things with all our gold. If we're going to have a farm we need to move," Rick warned.
"Fine by me." She had what she wanted provided that this worked. They both needed to end up in the same place. That was the one part that they had no control over.
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Rick and even Kate were up and watching Janelle coming out of her bedroom for the trip to the airport and the start of her vacation.
"Your taxi's already here," Rick said so that she didn't delay too long.
"You didn't have to do this, Rick. You shouldn't have spent the money." She knew she hadn't paid for it and Rick had refused to let her pay him back.
"Yes, I did. What kind of friend would I be if I didn't? Just remember your interview and your tour with the real estate agent while you're there. And have fun!" Rick hugged her. "We'll make sure this place is safe while you're gone. We may even start packing for you." Rick grinned wide which had her shaking her head.
"I'm glad that you found someone," Janelle said and then leaned in close. "And she's pretty."
Rick took her bag and carried it down to the taxi; both of them waved as she left.
"Are we going to be here when she gets back?" Her gold delivery had showed up late yesterday. They both now had everything that was on their list which just kept getting bigger and bigger.
"No. I'm thinking we are going to start wrapping ourselves up tomorrow and then help each other. I have faith that she will take the job and move. We're done here." It was time to start their new lives.
Kate was both worried and excited. She was just a moment away from getting a life that she was sure was lost to her. Plus she had someone to share it with. It was enough that it had her wrapping her arms around him. "Have I told you that I love you?"
Rick actually thought about it for a moment. "Not today." He grinned at her and before she could hit him for his crack he kissed her. "Shall we go out tonight and celebrate? Our last night in modern day New York City."
Kate smiled. "I accept. Can we go to that German place we went to that one time?" She wanted to feel German again before they left.
"Works for me. Maybe that sausage platter this time." Rick kissed her again.
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It was taking an amazingly long time just to tape the gold coins to his legs. They had both learned the hard way to do it in stages. Tape one section closed before starting on another one being very careful to make sure each and every coin was touching skin.
They didn't know they needed to do this for a fact, but it was simply prudent to not risk it.
Rick was done first and stood up and started to walk. "It feels like my legs are encased in lead." It was the weight. "When you're done can you do my back?" He would do his chest after that followed by his arms. Then he would put on all of his clothes.
It was a good thing that it was now winter in New York. It gave them a reason to wear all of their winter gear.
"Sure, just give me a few more minutes." It wasn't any easier for her.
Kate was done and started strapping any number of items to his back by wrapping the wraps all the way around his upper body. When she was done it still left behind a number of items.
"Do me now. Right after I put on both of my bras," Kate said then asked for his help to do put her bras on. She wanted him to use different hooks for each. The one would be tight while the other would be as loose as possible.
Rick got to work strapping her items to her back. "Done." Like Rick she still had a number of items to go yet.
Rick started on his chest but soon found that he needed her help again.
It took a lot of time and their arms were all that they had left to wrap.
"Here, stuff the instructions on how to make our own penicillin down your bra." Rick handed her a sheet of paper and watched as she carefully folded it and slipped it into place.
Next came pants that they also had to help the other with since they could barely bend over. That was followed by having to help each other with their leather boots since the socks were already on.
Each started working on wrapping up each arm with what was left. This was when they learned that their arms were really going to have to be packed since they'd badly underestimated.
This was followed by trying to get two shirts on that didn't get buttoned because they couldn't. They were both too big now.
Next came winter coats followed by gloves and scarves and finally a winter hat that covered their ears.
"You look stupid." Rick looked incredibly fat and all she could see of him was his face.
"Look who's talking, fatso," he snipped back at her which had her sticking her tongue out at him.
"Um, babe. If we have to turn our backs on them so we don't see them what part of us are they going to touch?" They were all wrapped up completely. The only exposed skin was their faces.
"Good point." Rick hadn't thought about that. He took his scarf off and used it to tie the flaps of his hat off his ears and onto his head. "Better?" Now the back of his neck and his ears were exposed. Kate duplicated what he'd done.
Rick picked up his compound bow and his sleeping bag. "Ready to go?" There was no turning back now.
Kate did the same. And she added a quiver that was filled with modern aluminum arrows. Even if the arrows didn't go with her she would at least have a modern quiver.
"OH, one last thing. Wait here." Rick moved to pick up something and hid it from Kate. He took off a glove, slipped the diamond ring on his pinky finger, then put the glove back on.
"Okay, ready." He waddled over to his phone and had to take his glove off to make the call to summon a taxi to take them to a park. He even put the cell phone in a pocket, just in case.
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Just getting into and then out of the taxi was yet another adventure. They were both so wrapped up tight that they could barely move.
Then Rick had to take a glove off and fish out some cash to pay the taxi driver before putting his glove back on. "That way?" He had found three of them in this park before and they only needed one.
"Sure." Neither one of them knew just where any of them were.
Both of them waddled down the deserted sidewalk. "We better not get mugged," Rick laughed. That was all they needed at this point.
"I'll kill them if they try," Kate growled. No one was going to screw this up for her and get away with it. When she turned to look at Rick she saw the face he was making. "Well, I will. No one is screwing this up for me. Not now." She wasn't backing down.
Rick didn't say anything and was only slightly worried that she would do just that if anyone tried. It was something they were going to have to work on. She might love him but she was still basically evil and only too willing to do evil things.
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They finally saw a statue that was covering its eyes.
"Do you miss your kittens?" Kate questioned since he'd had to give them away to a good home. The alien couldn't touch all of them at the same time and the kittens might not go with them for the same reason as all the other stuff.
"Huey, Dewey, and Louie were good. Yeah, I'm going to miss them. They have a good home, though." Then Rick spotted a problem. "It has handcuffs on it."
Kate knew she could burn them off. It was just that she was encased in everything they planned on taking with them. She couldn't just switch and burn them away. She went right up to it to look closer.
"The chain's burned away, babe." Rick had cuffed it but this was one of the ones she'd freed. Then she looked down at its shackles. They were still attached but they weren't attached to the concrete so it was free to move. "So are the shackles." She looked back up and stared at it. This thing was going to give her a new life. She was here to help it destroy humanity and there she was wanting it to send her away with the man she loved more than her own life.
"Turn around, Kate." She turned her head to look at him. Together they turned their backs on it. Then Rick reached out a gloved hand to take hers.
"This better work, babe." If this didn't work out she was going to scream and something or someone was going to pay for it.
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Kate had kept her eyes open and she was staring out into the park away from the alien statue.
"How long is this going to take?" She was getting tired and her fingers were starting to cramp while trying to hold onto something and still hold one of Rick's fingers.
"As long as it takes. It has to know that no one can see it. How it knows that when it has its eyes covered is the part I don't understand." How was it to know if it wasn't being observed if it didn't actually see anyone or any living thing. "Do insects count as a living thing?" If it did they had trouble.
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"This is tiring, babe." Kate let go of Rick and flexed her aching fingers. She didn't dare set anything down since they could end up being touched at any moment and there wasn't anything on them that they didn't need or want to take with them.
She had just finished reaching out to link a finger again and felt him when suddenly the park disappeared. "Babe!" What Kate saw was no longer the park.
While the park itself was gone, it had been replaced with a number of really old buildings. Not that the buildings themselves were all that old. It was just that they weren't all that modern-looking.
Since she could still feel his finger she turned to look at him and smiled widely. They had been touched and were now in New York City in the nineteenth century.
"It actually worked." Rick was a little amazed and yet happy.
"Now what, baby?" This had been his idea.
"We need a bank, a place to live, and then we'll start searching this New York City," Rick told her.
"Bank?" Why would they need a bank? They had gold taped to their bodies. Kate could still feel all of it. Even her hands were still full.
"Back in this time banks gave out 7% interest for your deposits. So a year from now at 7% we'll have even more money. You wanted to be rich. This will help us to be rich. Besides we could use that year to figure out just what we want to do. In addition they'll give us a decent exchange for the weight of our gold. Though we should probably keep some of it," Rick said patiently.
"And any interest you can also obtain upon landed security of the best possible description without any deduction for those accursed things called Stamps, and without any of the delays of the law," Rick explained.
"Okay, so a bank is first. After the sun comes up." It was dark out. It may be a different year, but it was still cold outside since she could see her breath and the sun had not yet risen.