Forever Rocking by Gary Whitmore - HTML preview

Chapter 25

 

It was a quiet ride to Diane's house while Danny wondered what had changed since he altered time. They had changed back into their 2014 clothing so they would not look like they were back in 1964.

After he parked his Corolla in the along the curb out by the street, he and Cindy got out.

They held hands while they walked to the driveway. Then Danny's eyes saw a beautiful red with red interior 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air convertible parked in the driveway. "Whoa. I love the fifty-seven Chevys. I wonder who it belongs to?" he said while he walked up the rear of that car.

He walked around and admired the shiny classic car.

"She is a beautiful reminder of a past long gone," Cindy replied while she walked around with Danny also admiring the car.

"Let's go inside and see what's in store for us," he told Cindy then grabbed her hand.

They headed over to the front door. He rang the doorbell the second they got there.

Danny's heart raced a little, not knowing what to expect.

A few seconds pass, and the door opens. Diane appeared and looked the same as what she did in 2014.

"Look at you with a crew cut," she said then motioned for Danny and Cindy to come inside her house.

Danny and Cindy stepped inside the house.

Danny stood with Cindy while Diane closed the front door.

"And you Cindy, I remember wearing my hair like that back in the early sixties. Why the sudden change in appearance?" she curiously asked.

Danny and Cindy looked at each other and wondered how they should explain their appearance.

Then the sound of footsteps was heard coming down the hallway diverted their attention.

Jackie Burrows, now seventy-two years old, entered the living room. "Danny. Cindy. You're late."

"I know. We've been studying," Danny replied, not having a clue that was Jackie. Then Danny looked at the old man with short thinning white hair. It took a few seconds, but it hit him like a brick wall. "Jackie Burrows? Is that you?"

"Of course," Jackie replied and wondered by Danny would say such a thing.

"What are you doing here?" Danny said, and he looked confused.

Cindy stared in awe at the sight of Jackie, who just a few hours ago, saw him back in nineteen sixty-four as a young man.

Diane and Jackie look a little concerned with Danny.

"Danny, I'm your grandfather. You've always called me granddad, that's what I'm doing here. Are you feeling alright?" he asked and looked concerned.

"We've been studying extra hard for the past week," said Cindy as an excuse for Danny.

"What have you been studying?" Diane curiously asked.

Danny and Cindy looked at each other.

"History. We've been studying history. Mainly the sixties," replied Danny.

"Grand time the sixties," said Jackie while he recalled those days. Then he looked at Danny and Cindy. "I never knew that students would really dress the part of the sixties when studying it," he said while he ran a hand over the bristles of Danny's crew cut. Then Jackie got a strange deja-vu feeling. A peculiar yet wonderful deja-vu feeling. He smiled. "Well, don't dress the part if you study cavemen times," he added with a chuckle.

Danny looked at Jackie and started to get a deja-vu feeling. It was a feeling that he suddenly knew Jackie all of his life. "We won't."

Then the sound of more footsteps was heard coming from the hallway caught Danny's attention.

Jack and Heather Dakota, both in their late-forties entered the living room.

They both smiled the second they saw Danny and Cindy.

Danny looked at Jack and Heather. He was clueless who they were for a few minutes.

Danny's mouth opened in disbelief. He did a double-take. "Mom? Dad?"

"Of course it's us, son," said Jack then he walked over and gave Danny a little hug.

While Jack's arms were around Danny, his mind was suddenly filled with new memories of his parents. Memories he never experienced before he time-traveled back to 1964.

Heather walked over to Danny. She gave him a kiss, the second Jack and Danny separated. She gave him a kiss on his cheek. "I like your hairstyles. So sixties," she added when she looked at Danny and Cindy.

Jack nodded in agreement.

Danny stared in disbelief at everybody.

Cindy fought back her tears while she watched this happy moment for Danny.

Jackie walked over to Danny and places his arm around his shoulder. "So Danny, are you ready for next week?"

"Next week? What's going on next week?" Danny asked and was clueless.

"The start of our Grand Reunion tour with the guys."

Danny looked lost. "Grand Reunion tour?"

"Yeah, with The Rocking Tones. You're coming along with us. Remember?"

It took a few seconds then it dawned on Danny. He smiled. "Oh yeah, The Rocking Tones Grand Reunion tour. Of course. I wouldn't miss it for the world."

Then Jackie looked like an idea popped in his head. "Good, because I have a huge surprise for you."

Danny looked curious.

"Let's eat before dinner gets cold," said Diane, then he motioned that everybody should head off to the dining room.

They all headed off to the dining room where Diane had spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread and red wine.

Dinner was great for Danny while they all chatted and memories of a new past life with Jackie, and his mom and dad suddenly flooded his head.

After dinner at Diane's, Danny and Cindy headed back to campus.

They walked hand in hand down the dimly lighted campus.

"I can't believe how my mom and dad are still alive. They died in that car accident caused by that drunk," he said.

"I think that's just wonderful," she replied.

"And to think that maybe Diane and Jackie were actually falling in love back in sixty-four. They weren't just fooling around," he said.

"And you called her a slut," said Cindy.

Danny felt ashamed for saying that about his grandmother.

Then Cindy's eyes widened. "I just remembered something," she told Danny.

"What's that?"

"My roommate won't be in my room tonight, so why don't we?" she said with a smile.

It took a few seconds for it to dawn on Danny, but when it did, his heart raced while he had thoughts of being naked with Cindy the love of his life.

Thirty minutes had passed, and Danny and Cindy were naked and under the covers in her dorm room bed. Danny was no longer a virgin.

They fell asleep in her bed.

Then Sunday morning arrived, and Danny and Cindy woke up from cuddling in each other's arms.

"Good morning," he said, then kissed Cindy's forehead.

"Good morning," she replied, then got out of bed.

Danny watched her naked body while she went into her bathroom.

"You can turn on the TV if you want," she said while she peed in the toilet.

Danny grabbed the remote off her bedside table. He turned on the 36-inch HDTV that was on her dresser at the wall by the end of the bed.

A religious TV show appeared. It was Pastor Elmer Watson's Bible Revival.

An old but healthy lanky Elmer Watson appeared on the stage of a large church in Montgomery, Alabama.

"Cindy, check this out," he called out.

Cindy rushed out of the bathroom, naked with a toothbrush in hand. "What?"

He pointed to the TV.

Cindy saw Elmer starting his televised Bible Revival show. "Well, I guess we also saved his life," she said.

"I guess we did and he was framed back then," Danny replied and felt good about their time-traveling mission.

"Enough of him, let's get freshened up and go get some breakfast at Subway," she said then went back inside the bathroom.

Danny turned off the TV and went inside the bathroom.

Danny and Cindy spent the whole Sunday being a loving couple around campus.