11:50 AM PST
'Whoa, I can hardly believe this!' exclaimed Harmony. 'We're going to have so much fun today! We'll actually get a chance to live as teens in the '80s! It's awesome!'
'Yeah, thanks so much, Dad,' added Marty Jr. 'It's like a dream come true! It seems rather surreal, though, to pretend that we're twins. I mean, you're my daddy!'
'Hey, that's no problem,' Marty said, smiling. 'I must say I'm a bit nervous, though. I mean, I don't really know anyone here. Well, at any rate, we all have each other.'
'That is very true,' Jennifer said, nodding. 'I know what our future son means about this being a surreal experience, though. It's hard to believe that we each have a kid who looks just like us. It'll feel a bit strange to pretend that our daughter is my twin.'
'Now I must remember that my name is Jamie Baines,' Melody said, smiling. 'I must say that it is nice to swap names with my best friend. I mean, we've done it before.'
'My name is Melody Green, right?' asked Jamie. 'I like the name Melody better than Jamie. I might consider changing my name to Melody Green, when we return home.'
'Oh, come on, now,' Melody said, laughing. 'Jamie is a nice name, too. Anyway, it costs money to legally change your name. I like the name Jamie Sarah Brown.'
'Well, here we are, now,' Marty said, as he drove into the parking lot of the roller rink. 'Let's remember who we all are, and no talking about time travel. We want to remain as inconspicuous as possible. The fact that our group consists of two sets of twins will attract enough attention, you know. So we should just try to act natural.'
'Got it, Marty,' Marty Jr replied. 'Gee, I feel like I'm talking to myself. Well, I guess my name is temporarily Calvin McCoy - and you are my identical twin brother.'
Marty then opened up his wallet, and said, 'Good! I have 35 dollars for all of us to get in - and another 35 dollars for video games and snacks. You each get five dollars.'
'It's so hard to believe that 35 dollars is a lot of money in this era,' Harmony said, smiling. 'I mean, inflations have been really bad in the last ten years ago or so.'
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As Harmony was skating around the roller rink with Marty Jr, she felt like she was in heaven. She enjoyed the music that the disc jockey was playing - and, as she talked with some of the other teens, she felt as if she could really relate to them. She then began to feel a little resentful that she wasn't a teen of the '80s.
'I swear,' Harmony said to Marty Jr, 'I was born in the wrong time. I so wish we could stay in the '80s. Heck, I would even take New Kids On The Block over the crap that we have nowadays. Heck, I'd even take Madonna or Michael Jackson. Although, their latter works are just as bad. They must've jumped the shark sometime in the '90s.'
'Yeah, Harmony, I hear ya,' Marty Jr said, nodding. 'I sometimes envy my parents. Although, on the positive side, there is the Cafe '80s, which a relatively popular hang out with our generation. So there is sort of an '80s retro movement going on.'
'Yeah, but that's not quite the same thing,' Harmony said, with a sigh. 'Besides, the Cafe 80s is really not done up very well. Nothing can replace the real thing.'
'Yeah, that's very true,' agreed Marty Jr. 'I actually wouldn't mind living in this era, even though I would miss the hoverboards.'
'Hoverboards are overrated, anyway,' sighed Harmony, 'and they're more dangerous than skateboards. I would prefer to stay here in this time, where things are simpler.'
'Yeah, but what about your family and friends?' protested Marty Jr. 'Wouldn't you miss them?'
'Yeah, I suppose I would,' replied Harmony. 'I really do envy the people of your dad's generation, though.'
'Yeah, I admit that I do, too,' Marty Jr said, sighing. 'Well, let's go play some video games now, shall we? It's sad that some people laugh at us, because we like to play old-school video games. Many of our peers believe that if you have to use your hands, then it's a baby's toy.'
'I'm so ashamed of our generation,' grumbled Harmony, rolling her eyes. 'Baby's toy, my ass! Try telling that the teenagers of the 1980s - try telling that to your dad.'
'Oh, yes, my dad and I have always been so close,' sighed Marty Jr, holding up his right hand, and crossing his middle and index finger. 'Everybody tells me that I have such a cool dad. We have the same taste in music, video games, and everything! I must admit that I'm spoiled.'
'Yeah, but you are so not a spoiled brat,' Harmony replied, coyly. 'You are such a sweet, easy-going, sensitive person. It's obvious that your dad was every bit as cool as you are, when he was a teenager. You two have so much in common.'
'I guess we do,' replied Marty Jr, cheerfully. 'Well, let's see if they have Pacman.'
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'Isn't this nice?' Marty Jr asked Harmony, as the two of them were floating in an inner tube. 'This is so much fun, being in the pool. It's so nice and relaxing, eh?'
'Oh, for sure,' replied Harmony. She then glanced at the clock on the wall, and said, 'Wow! It's quarter after ten already. Time sure goes by fast, when you're having so much fun. I don't want this night to end, you know. The music is nice, too.'
'Well, there another good thing about being stuck here,' Marty Jr said, smiling. 'We don't have to go to school. Do you think your grandparents will let us play Nintendo all day, though? I hope they don't put us to work. This is supposed to be a vacation.'
'Well, my grandparents have always been easy-going,' replied Harmony. 'I don't think they would make us work all day. Although, yeah, they might not let us spend the whole day playing Nintendo. Well, I found a few books that I would be interested in reading. I wish we could spend some time around town, but I guess that's out of the question. Well, at least we won't have to go to school, which is always nice.'
'Well, actually,' Marty Jr said, quietly, 'I would rather go to school than work around the house. Although, from what my parents have said, Steve Strickland was just as bad as Jeb Strickland. What do you suppose they have against the McFlys and the Browns? I know Jeb pretty much considers everyone a slacker, but you see how he always blames Jamie herself for getting picked on - instead of rightfully placing the blame on the bullies who pick on her. I mean, gee, talk about blaming the victim.'
'Yeah, I sometimes feel so bad for her,' Harmony said, sadly. 'Although, the fact that she physically transformed in front of shows that the timeline is already changing. I wonder if she relentlessly gets picked on in the new timeline, too.'
'This is such a hard issue to discuss,' Marty Jr said, shaking his head, 'because I do not want to imply that I think Jamie was ugly before. I mean, I don't think that at all. I think, in her own way, she was always very attractive. It's just that she... Well, how do I say this without sounding like a clod? I guess it's just that, well, unfortunately, she didn't measure up to the conventional standards of beauty - so, as a result, the shallow clods in our school feel the need to be mean to her. Gee, I feel like a shallow clod myself saying all this. I mean, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, after all.'
'I understand what you mean, Marty,' Harmony said, gently. 'That's one thing I really love about you. You have always been very careful about not wanting to offend anyone - well, except for maybe the likes of Griff Tannen. I really do feel for Jamie, and I do want for her to feel accepted and liked.'
'Well, anyway,' Marty Jr said, sighing, 'shall we go jump off the diving board for a little while? We might as well just have some fun now, as the day is almost over.'
'Sure,' Harmony said, smiling. 'That sounds like a great idea. Let's go!'
Marty Jr and Harmony then headed for the diving boards.