The Time Traveler

Chapter 22: Just push the call button.

She took a step back.

"Um." I began.

"Shhh." She closed her eyes and shook her head.

"I-"

"You know this is really inappropriate. I mean-"

"What?" I asked.

She was whispering. "I'm Rose's cousin. You shouldn't just come and try to make a move on me while she's at the grocery store. I know I'm like way hotter than she is-" She looked around. "Don't tell her I said that."

"Sofia."

"You know my name. Great. But Harry listen, Rose is for you. Not me. I'm sorry this just won't work out."

I took a step back. "Listen, uh..." I scratched the back of my head.

"You're way more gorgeous in person. Everyone on Twitter says-"

"Twitter?" I asked.

"What?" She said.

"You just said 'Twitter'."

"No, I did not just say 'Twittah'." She shook her head.

"Well, um, nice to meet you. Look, Rose is in trouble and I came here to travel."

"With the time machine?" She asked. "Wait, what happened to Rose?"

"She got into an accident."

"Like a car accident?"

"Right."

"Oh gosh-" She facepalmed.

"She's going to be okay. I'm going to save her... and I'm going to fix things."

"Harry, you don't know how to use the machine."

"Do you?"

"Kinda. I mean, I've never traveled but-"

"I need your help."

She crossed her arms.

"Oh, Harry." She sighed. "I'll help you. But if you die, it'll be my fault."

"I won't die-"

"Are you sure?"

"Sure." I lied.

"Well..." She sighed once again. "I guess time's running out."

She turned towards the machine, and starting punching a whole bunch of numbers into a computer nearby "the machine". I remember Rose had shown me it, and it was just a cell phone.

I stood behind her. "You sure seem how to work this pretty well."

"I do. Dad trained me but-"

"But what?"

"I just think the whole 'my-hair-used-to-be-two-decimeters-longer-than-it-was-before-I-traveled-thing' is really trippy."

"Ah." I said.

She continued to type. "Well, I set it to 3 hours before now, so you won't be too far back. Which is enough time, I'm guessing. Just make sure if you end up driving to NOT CRASH." She said.

"Okay."

"You're ready to go." She handed my the time machine.

"Thanks." I said, looking at the phone.

Then I looked up at her.

I put my arms around her and gave her a friendly hug. She hugged me back.

Once I let go, she had an ear-to-ear grin on her face.

"What?" I asked.

"I just-" She had one of the calmest voices I had ever heard. It wasn't boring, but it was somewhat reassuring..... and sarcastic. "I'm having a really hard time taking this all in right now. So can we just-"

She stopped, and bit her lip. "Can we just take a moment?"

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I eyed her, and she seemed to be breathing in through her nose, and breathing out through her mouth.

Was she okay?

"I'm sorry." She said.

"You okay?" I asked.

"I'm good."

Sofia was probably one of the strangest, random, and most unique people I had ever met, but she was likable.

"You should go now." She said. I looked at the time.

It had been an hour since the crash.

"I gotta go. Yeah. Thanks so much for your help, Sofia."

"Anyday, Harry." She smiled.

"So I just-"

"Just push the call button."

And with the pressure of my finger, I pressed the button.

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:O Harry's going back to save Rose!!! But where is he going? More importantly WHEN is he going...? You'll find out soon. :)

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