Jerrie One Shot-ish Stories | Book 2

Only You - III

"Uhm–" Jade was about to speak but was cut-off by Jesy.

"Uh-uh, nope." Jesy said, shaking her head. Leigh studies both of her friends, trying to sense if they're lying.

"Anyway, look..." Leigh presses a button and Taylor's recorded hologram appears. The signal seemed to be weak as there were glitches in her hologram.

"Guys – need your help. I can't go back – I think somebody from The Faction found out. I used the time device. They disconnect – and now I'm stuck here. Please – Jade that I need her help. How she got the inactive time device to work before – my location – Earth, April 9th year 2511. I'm sor – ry."

"She's in 2511...that's 3 years back!" Jesy gasped.

"What is she doing there?" Leigh questioned.

"Going back to The Microcircuit days. That was the year when T-Swift succeeded in uploading it to Perrie. That's when Perrie came back from..." Jesy grew silent towards the end of her sentence.

"But...The Microcircuit doesn't exist anymore. It never did." Leigh retorts.

Jesy taps her chin, "I know..."

"April 9th 2511..." Jade whispers to herself but the two women heard her, so they whipped their heads at her. Jade stood up and grabbed the book. "April 9th 2511..."

The two women were still clueless what the brunette was talking about. Jade opened the book to the same page where she found the tomato.

"April 9, 2511! OH MY GOD!!!" Jade's hand flew to her mouth.

"What? You're creeping me out!" Jesy shrieked. "And I don't get scared that easily but you're–"

"Jesy!!!" Jade screamed.

"What's going on?" Leigh asked, looking between Jesy and Jade.

"Something about Perrie's tomato telling her something from the book," Jesy tried to explain to Leigh.

Leigh tilts her head, confused as ever, "What?" Jesy stood up and sat beside Jade, Leigh followed.

"April is the fourth month of the year – that's Chapter 4," Jade began. "The page – which is 911 is telling me about the exact date and year -that's 9-11. And this book is the twenty-fifth edition! It's the same date and year that Taylor just said – April 9, 2511!!!

"Oh-kay? And then?" Jesy asks.

"I think Perrie is trying to tell me to stop what I'm doing and jumpstart my time device so I can help her sister get back here." Jade concluded.

They were startled when Jesy clapped once loudly, "Thirlwall, you are a genius!!"

"I gotta go..." Jade closed the book. "I'll fix my time device and help get T-Swift back. I'm pretty sure she's onto something." She then rushed out of the house, leaving Jesy extremely proud of her, and Leigh-Anne who was still utterly confused at what's going on.

"What was that?" Leigh turned to Jesy. "Perrie tried to talk to her?"

"Yeah, they talked through a tomato." Jesy answered.

"What?!" Leigh became more confused than ever when Jade came back inside and grabbed Leigh-Anne by the wrist.

"You wanna know everything?" Jade asks.

"Yeah, of course!"

"Then come with me to my house. I'll tell you everything." Leigh couldn't do anything as Jade was already dragging her out of Jesy's house.

"She's just afraid of the ghost, Leigh!" Jesy shouts from the door. "That's why she needs your company!" she snickered.

"Shut up, Jes!!!" Jade shouts back.

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Jumpstarting the time device is just an easy task for Jade. From the length of time she studied how it works, Jade knows the time device like the back of her hand. She knows how to tweak it and she's developed a technique of her own to make the device work again. The good thing about refurbishing the dead time device that Taylor gave her, any of her activities of time hopping is undetectable by The Faction.

That's why she was able to use it one time without the Faction knowing that she isn't originally from that time. However, after she arrived at Exobase City, she deactivated the time device once more, thinking that she wouldn't ever need it again.

"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you and get T-Swift?" Leigh-Anne asks, concern was written all over her face.

Jade shakes her head, "Jesy needs you. She may not admit it, but I don't want her to be left alone here. And I may need your help, too, in case something happens to me and T-Swift in–"

"Nothing–" Leigh grips the brunette's shoulder. "Nothing will happen to you and T-Swift."

"You don't know that–"

Leigh raises her perfect eyebrow, "You don't want to argue with me, do you?"

Jade studies Leigh's unwavering stare. Even if the caramel-skinned woman had temper issues, she cares a lot for her friends. Jade couldn't do anything but heave a deep breath.

"No..."

"Good. Now, go...save your lover's sister!"

Jade nods. "In case Perrie gave you signs or something, pay attention, okay?"

Leigh wasn't able to throw back a witty remark because Jade already disappeared after pushing a button on the time device. She's left in the brunette's lab, too silent for her liking as she tries to sense her surroundings.

"Nope! Not me, Edwards, don't you dare scare me or I'll cremate your body right here, right now." She threatened.

Then, all of a sudden, a pen dropped from the table and rolled on the floor. Leigh didn't move, instead, she stared at the pen.

When an object drops from a high surface, depending on how high that surface is, that object should eventually stop rolling. However, it was a bit odd that the pen kept on rolling in her direction, which made her take a few steps backward. She then dashed out of the lab.

"I'm just kidding!!! Byeeeee!!!" she shrieked as she ran out of Jade's house and straight to her car. 

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