Omg, honestly I can't believe it has been 5 years since I wrote the first chapter. I am deeply sorry, 2018 seems so far away I can't believe it, I thought I had written this in 2020. Okay I did some math, and Lewis was 29 when Wilbur was born.
Lewis, now Cornelius, was 24 years old and working on a new invention, he had Carl with him, but he wasn't as advanced as the Carl in the future, a future that was closer every year.
"Carl, what time is it?" He asked without stopping his work.
"11 hours and 56 minutes" Carl said in a robotic voice.
"Thank you, please remind me to eat something at noon"
"Note taken"
He would have continued doing all that if it wasn't because a time machine appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the huge planetarium/ invention center.
"Wow, what was that" he stood still.
"Hi... dad, to be honest I was trying to go a few more years back, like a whole decade back so... see you before" and before he could do anything Lewis jumped on the machine and hugged him.
"I'm so happy to see you again, Wilbur" He wrapped him in a warm hug.
"Me too, well I saw you yesterday, but the old you" Wilbur said.
"Not that I'm not happy seeing you again, but why did you used the time machine?" He said more sternly.
"Okay, but promise me you won't get mad" Wilbur said, there was a reason he wanted to see a much younger Lewis.
"I promise I won't get mad" Lewis said not actually meaning it, but curious.
"There was this invention you told me no to touch, which basically was a challenge, right? Anyway you went away to a business trip and I... well... touch it and it kinda broke" Wilbur took a small deviced out of his pocket "So I figured maybe you could fix it before you come back"
Lewis took a few seconds to breath, not because he was mad but he wanted to laugh so hard, that would have sent the wrong message.
"What device is it?" He asked after some seconds.
"Actually, I don't know, I broke it before I could use it, it was Carl's fault, he scared me and I drop it" Wilbur handed him a blue small device.
"Okay, I won't fix this, you shouldn't have taken it if I told you no to" He said and Wilbur make a mental note to go to 14-year-old Lewis to see if he would do it. "But... I think I can help you, somehow... what day was this?"
"November 5th, 2038" Wilbur said curiously.
"Carl, on November 5th of the year 2038 remind me to take my invention with me so Wilbur doesn't break it" He said watching the devided disappeared from his hand.
"Note taken" Carl said.
"See, easy, you know what else is easy? To follow instructions" He ruffled Wilbur's hair.
"Sorry dad, I promise it won't happen again"
"Don't make promised you can't keep" he smiled. "You look so grown since the last time I saw you"
"It has only been a year" Wilbur said.
"To you, for me it's been more than a decade, I had your face memorized" he couldn't stop staring at his son.
"Okay..."
"Sorry is just, you will be born in 5 years, I don't feel ready yet" he had been called 'Father of the Future' already but this was more serious.
"Dad, I promise, you're the best dad ever" Wilbur said.
"I really hope so, but you shouldn't be worried about that, sorry" he squeezed his cheek.
"Dad..." Wilbur rolled his eyes in a teenager fashion way. "I'm fourteen"
"You're still a kid" he smiled. "We should do something together before you go back"
"That would be cool" Wilbur smiled.
"Okay, follow me"
They went to the car, Cornelius had changed to a hoddie and some sweatpants, it was what he used when he didn't want to be recognized in public.
"You look weird" Wilbur said.
"I've getting a little too famous recently and I don't want pictures of you on the newspaper" Lewis said, after all he had been recently pronounced Father of the Future.
"Okay, but that would be cool, then younger me could see what old me looks alike"
"Yeah, not gonna happen" he started driving "you can put some music, your mom usually picks it, I rather drive in silence or listening to an audiobook"
"I don't know the majority of these songs" He scrolled through spotify.
"Me neither, but you know her, she loves music"
"You bet, there's thousands of songs here, I'll just put shuffle" Wilbur relaxed in the passager seat.
The Light song started but just the instrumental.
"Are you craving something? We could have lunch together"
"I don't know, maybe fries, but I'm not really that hungry and by the way... maybe could you remember... after the whole time travel thing..."
"Let me guess, you were probably grounded for a long time" Lewis said
"Yes, but that's not fair, I helped after all"
Wilbur said.
"You almost finished earth as we know it." Lewis said. "Look, probably I won't go hard on you, at least you tried to make things right, but you should have gone to me"
"I did!" Wilbur said defensively.
"Real old me" Lewis said.
"My plan worked either way" he changed the subject. "But mom was pissed"
"I figured, poor Franny" He started thinking about his beautiful fiancé, as lovely and kind as she was, she didn't stand when people hide things from her.
"Poor Franny? Poor me! Did you know she started chasing me after I got back alone?" Wilbur said dramatically.
"And why did she chased you?" Lewis waited for Wilbur to continue.
"Because I ran..." he said shyly "but only because she looked really mad"
"Of course she was, but I understand, she can be really scary"
The lyrics started.
May these words be the first
To find your ears
"You didn't say much, I mean, in the future" Wilbur mentioned trying to change a little his future.
The world is brighter than the sun
Now that you're here
"Nice try" Lewis laughed. He was smarter than that.
Though your eyes will need some time to adjust
To the overwhelming light surrounding us
"It was worth the try" Wilbur said, still Lewis went easy on him, he couldn't say the same about Franny.
I'll give you everything I have
I'll teach you everything I know
I promise, I'll do better
A ring interrupted the song, as the name Franny appeared on the screen of the car.
"It's your mom, I'll answer, but don't say anything..." Lewis warned him, Franny didn't know about Wilbur.
"Lewis? I've trying to reach you all day." She sounded distressed.
"Sorry, honey, I've working on a new project, there are these kind of bubbles people can use as transportation."
"That sounds great, but I miss you, can we have lunch together?"
Wilbur nodded enthusiastically, he wanted to meet his mom.
"I don't know, I'm with a frien-cousin, a teen cousin, I don't know if you want to join us, but we can have dinner together" he wanted to say friend first but considering Wilbur is 14, he went with cousin.
"Don't worry, enjoy your lunch, I'll probably go to your house later, love you" Hopefully Wilbur would be back to the future by then.
"I love you too, bye" he smiled as he went to hang up.
"Bye, honey" Franny's sweet voice said.
I promise, I'll do better
I will always hold you close
But I will learn to let you go
"Too bad, I wanted to meet her" Wilbur said, more important, he wanted to know things to blackmail future Franny.
"Not gonna happen, like never" he said firmly, Franny was already thinking about babies, but he did the math, it was supposed to happen in a few years, besides they just got engaged.
They went to eat pizza. Luckily it was the middle of the day, so the place was empty, the store had just opened.
"Good, I'm starving, it was almost dinner time when I scape mom" Wilbur said as soon as he saw the pizza.
"Yeah, did you leave a note or something?" Lewis said taking a bite of the pizza.
"Kind of..." Wilbur said.
In the future
Franny went to Wilbur's room, she had been calling him for dinner for a while now, which was weird, he usually was the first to arrived.
She opened the door after knocking a few times.
"Wilbur, honey?" The room was empty. "CARL!" She yelled.
"Yes...?" Carl appeared, he told Wilbur not to travel to the past but as always he didn't listen.
"Where's my son?" She asked concerned.
"With his father..." he said shyly.
"He's with Cornelius? That's impossible, he's in Japan" it was impossible, Cornelius was working in teleportation, but it wasn't an invention yet.
"He's with father...but in the past"
(To be continued)
Okay, sorry for the 5 year wait, I'm graduating Uni this year, so I'm a little busy.
