The Marty McFly Factor

by thebetweenspace

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The first time you watch yourself disappear it takes your breath away. Well, actually, what takes your breath away is the sensation that overpowers you while ‘present’ you is being converted into either ‘past’ or ‘future’ you.

I knew there were better things I could be doing with my time, but to be brutally honest, it had been fifteen years and I still couldn’t get Lisa out of my head. I felt I owed it to both of us to relive that night even if that did mean disrupting sexual darwinism.

I let everything fall into place as it had right up until the moment when Lisa and Val made their approach.

“What’s that?” Lisa asked. “It smells like Christmas.”

This time when Skyler returned I took the bull by the horns, steering the course of history. “So, did you score enough weed for the four of us, bro?” I asked, cringing on the word ‘bro’. Did we really used to talk like that?

Skyler simply said. “Let’s get messed up.”

Everything was fixed, or so I thought. Turns out time has a real twisted sense of humor.

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Comments

Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. The Marty McFly Factor

    John Perkins' Buddy Icon John Perkins

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I love the time-travel aspect of it, and somehow you’ve created a very like-able character in a short time.
    And it looks like you set this up perfectly for a sequel with the note at the end.

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    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I love time travel like nothing else, so this is right up my alley. The first pgh is stellar.

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 3 months ago

    Quiet, unassuming start to certain doom, cause really, how many time travel stories don’t wind up with dire consequences for time travel?

  4. The Marty McFly Factor

    RainDance's Buddy Icon RainDance

    Posted 3 months ago

    I’m dying to know what comes next. I’d like to sequel it myself but I’m really drawing a blank right now.

  5. The Marty McFly Factor

    RainDance's Buddy Icon RainDance

    Posted 3 months ago

    Rawr. That was supposed to have five stars with it. Now it does.

  6. The Marty McFly Factor

    RainDance's Buddy Icon RainDance

    Posted 3 months ago

    Alright, fine. You’ll just have to imagine the five stars since the computer is being stupid.

  7. The Marty McFly Factor

    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted 3 months ago

    Sequel away, if you get the inspiration… And that goes for all of you.

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    Mighty-Joe Young's Buddy Icon Mighty-Joe Young

    Posted 3 months ago

    hooah i agree with tbs

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