The next place I time-traveled to was 1931. I wanted more than anything to fix meeting Delilah to repair the timeline.
I waited in the grungy bathroom for what felt like hours but was really a few minutes for Delilah to walk by. The wait was honestly killing me inside.
I looked at myself using my phone's camera, and when I did, I hallucinated myself bleeding from my mouth, nose, eyes, and ears. I nearly dropped my phone in horror and screamed. I knew subconsciously that it was all just a hallucination, but it was so realistic that I practically couldn't tell it apart from real life. I even felt the foul metallic taste of blood all over my mouth.
This all seemed so fun in the beginning...
Finally, after hearing her say, "That's not how I remember it," as she walked on by, I decided to time travel out of the bathroom. This time I chose to change saving my father. Despite how painful it was to do, I knew it was the right choice and that it had to be done. Since when was the right choice the easier one? The answer is never.
I'm so sorry, Dad... I hope that someday you can forgive me for this.
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The October Amaryllis
Science FictionClive Andrews is a typical 16-year-old boy who never had anything out of the ordinary happen until May 16th, 2020, when he was struck by several feet of ball lightning and nearly killed. After being discharged from the hospital, he realizes that he...
