Chapter 5
"So, you're from the future?"
"Yes"
I nodded and picked out a skirt from the table. Turning around, I held it up for Brian to see.
"Hm, you should go try it on"
My cheeks get red and I start to place it back down, Brian stands up.
"No! I'm sorry, I'll stay here if you want me to"
I bite my lip and pick the skirt back up, walking to the change rooms.
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We left the store with a bag that had one skirt and one shirt, I swung the bag back and forth casually.
"Want something to eat?" Brian looked over and smiled in my direction, I blushed and smiled back.
"Sure"
"There's a nice restaurant down over there where we can go and find lunch"
"Ok"
We walked into the restaurant, and Brian lowered his hat over his eyes. I looked around and noticed that there was lots of girls here. Young girls. Stones fans.
Brian looked uncomfortable and shoved his hands in his pockets
"We could go somewhere else, you know" I whispered over, he nodded hastily and we left just as soon as we came.
"Er, how about some ice cream instead?"
"Sounds good"
We walked in silence and approached a small park, which was mostly deserted. I spotted the ice cream vendor and pointed him out to Brian who looked up and picked up his pace.
"I'll have a vanilla ice cream please"
"Same for me"
We walked along and sat down against the trunk of an old tree. I licked my ice cream in silence. Then the oddest thing happened, my phone buzzed.
"What's that?" Brian looked startled. That's right! They didn't have Internet in the 60s, they didn't even have cordless phones!
"U-um," I froze, I don't know what to say!
He looked over at the rectangle outline in my jeans and I quickly put my hand over it. His eyes flicked up to mine and took hold of me. I got lost in his eyes and I relaxed, letting my hand go to my side. Then, before I realized what was going on, Brian had taken the phone from my pocket.
"Woah! What IS this?!" He held it up to the light and dropped it suddenly; "it buzzed again!!"
My eyes went from the phone to his panicked expression, then back to the phone again. I snatched it from the ground and Brian leaned over. My phone turned on and he stared at the screen, his eyebrows pulling together. My lockscreen was a picture of Mick, Keith, Charlie and..Ronnie as they are in the future.
"W-what is this?!" He whispered in a frightened voice, "where am I? Where's Bill? Where's Keith? Why do Mick and Charlie look so old? Who's that guy?"
He pointed to Ronnie and I shoved the phone in my pocket. "Nothing! That was nothing!"
"So...so you really ARE from the future" Brian backed away from me and his eyes widened. I shook my head quickly, "Brian! Please don't go away! I can explain, but you can't tell the others!"
He still looked panicked but began to inch nearer. "What are your questions?" I asked, reclutantly pulling my phone back out. He took a breath and sat down beside me again, hesitantly though.
"W-what is that?" His eyes grew wider as I unlocked my iPhone.
"It's a phone"
"What?"
"Like, you can call people with it" I held the phone to my ear and then brought it back. Brian's only remark was: "that's weird"
I shrugged and pressed the photos app. He laughed and pointed to the screen, "Brian? Why is there something that says my name and has my picture?"
I blushed again and pressed on the picture file labeled 'Brian'. I scrolled through them and I felt him tense up beside me.
"Stop" he narrowed his eyes down at the screen, I lifted my finger. He hesitantly brought his finger down and pressed on a photo. With shaking fingers, he lifted the phone from my grasp and brought it up to his face. I scrunched up my eyebrows and looked at the screen of my iPhone, which was shaking in his grasp.
"W-why is there gravestone?" He turned to look at me and I saw he'd gone considerably paler. My face grew blank and I opened and closed my mouth. He stared at me uncomprehendingly and I grabbed the phone from him, turning it off as I shoved it back into my pocket. Brian leaned back and his head thumped against the tree.
"I die, then" he said, his voice cracking. "I die"
Oh shit! This can't be good! I moved to comfort him and he grabbed my arm suddenly. "But" he said quietly, "but you, you can help me, you are from the future; you can save me"
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