HOMECOMING

"See you tomorrow" Mc. Drew said "goodbye Mac" replied Tori.

He skipped one step for every jump as he took his way down the stone stair positioned at the main door of Lucas High.

He boarded the bus heading straight to his alley and took a seat beside a sturdy male structure, He paused as he sat.

He could remember seeing his older self while standing, so he pretended looking out of the window just to take another glance at the man on the other row, though same column. He sank into his seat, now more confused than earlier, what he saw was very weird, an older version of himself, thoughts of time travel concept began to gush into his brain like spring water from its source.

He could not process anything in his turmoil, he then turned his head for another glance.

Something made him more confused, he didn't see the man anymore, the alleged time traveler had seemed to have alighted at the previous stop, so he raced his view throughout all the seats but different faces popped up, almost immediately he got to his alleyway and alighted.

He walked down the alleyway until He got to his residence which was the 8th block. In front of him was an American craftsman bungalow.

"Hi Mom" he hailed, he was replied by a usual voice and comment "what's up to schoolboy"

He walked straight up to his room and double locked it. He could process a little now. Then he took a 🚿 , put on his clothes.

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He stepped out of his room looking crisp, He covered the kitchen distance with a few steps, his steps striking the wooden board with little or no effort.

He joined Ville his mom and Ena his sister who just arrived from school as well.

As a custom in the Davis family.

Everyone cooks dinner including Drew.

"Pass me the pepperoni " Ena called towards Drew. He slid the bag of pepperoni minis across the table and she, in turn, guarded it with the help of a knife.

Mostly Drew serves as an errand guy, he's positioned close to the refrigerator and the work surface, which makes him the perfect one.

The duo always show off knife skills while cooking and they've made an absolute one over the years.

Today they are making chicken pepperoni 🍕 for dinner.

Ville left the kitchen, while Ena and Mac watched the pizza in the heart of the oven gets done.

Mac took the moment to relate to Ena how he saw his older self. She was so amazed and puzzled, what could she say herself, she took a deep sigh, a sign of her taking in a lot of what she doesn't understand.

The timer in the kitchen broke the silence that looks as if it has not lingered for so long. The buzz and red light retrieving their focus to the oven.

Ena quickly turned off the oven fire while Mac brought out the made pizza out of the oven with the help of the silicone glove he had on.

He dredged a little of gouda cheese shreds on the meal, followed by a slid action which fixed the pizza back to the oven together with the baking sheet, the pizza was allowed to soak all the heat previously contained in the enclosure.

Before Mac could bring it out, it has made a perfect dinner course.

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The dinning was all set with identical three set of round white bowl one for each, which contain Arugula salad, and flat wooden plates to host the pizza, a long glass filled with Cuba Libre was positioned between the plates to accompany the meal.

They all made their way to their seats, as Mac was about to say the prayers, a thumping sound was heard although not too loud, Ville questioned, "who has someone over for dinner tonight?" both Ena and Mac looked with a face of negativity.

Ena stood to get the door, at the time that she swung open the door gently, which accompanied the usual creaking noise.

She looked carefully at the figure before her, seemingly not to know the visitor, she saw Mac's face. The man spoke with uncertainty in his voice "Good evening" "sorry to bump on your door".

She turned to Mac on the dining and said: "your future self is here". Mac flew from his seat in amusement and raced to the door and invited him in.

As Ville saw him from the table, her eyes widened like it was about to fall off, she held tight to the table as if finding support while sitting.

Ena noticed her and retired to the dining, she felt something was wrong and decided to ask her.

In response, Ville stood upright with her face raging with anger and walked towards the visitor. In no polite mood, she said "Hello mister, you are not supposed to be here" "so respect yourself and leave" she couldn't look to him directly in the eye all the hate and pain she held for years, clouded her eyeballs. He stood up in an aim to touch her, but she yelled: "do you seriously have guts?" "I don't want to see you again" " please use the door".

Ena and Mac were confused but they appear to be gathering the pieces of information to a whole. However, it keeps breaking up at the end of it all.

"You guys should get back to dinner," Ville said as she swung her head towards their angle. "I'll join you in a moment".

They reluctantly lifted their legs of the wooden board, suddenly they increased the rate at which they moved, this action was followed by Ville clinching her fists.

Ena and Mac sat in unison opposite each other, they whispered their thoughts to each other.

After a short while, the visitor left, Ena and Mac watched their mom act normal, they knew something hidden was wrong.

Just as Ena was about to break the silence, Ville scolded "table manners".

The dinner time was so boring as every one pinched their meal with the piece of cutlery.

Mac stood first, "excuse me", "what's it? " Ville asked in a tone that defiled her facial expression." no appetite" he answered without thinking of the words that he spilled into the air.

Ena watched Mac leave with his barely touched food, she thought of leaving as well, but she held onto her self and didn't act as her feelings fought her to.

The night wasn't pleasant for them all, they could barely doze off. By the time Mac could find a place in his unconsciousness, all he felt was hatred hunting him down, all his thoughts before he slept, found their way to his unconscious state and filmed themselves as nightmares.

Ville was drowned in her thought about Drew. What would be her story by dawn, she couldn't hide it from the teens for long. She perceived their knowledge about the incident.

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Mac woke up craving for food, he stood up, his legs were protesting against his supposed action. Him skipping last night meal meant a much deal to his energy level.

He crept to the bathroom his eyes were a blur but since the action was recurrent he found his way through the bathroom to the bathtub. He slid his hands over the hot control. The fluid traveled through the metal pipe and gushed itself through the thirty-two tiny round holes at the head of the shower.

He dressed up for school and went to have his breakfast.

The house was empty, Ville and Ena had stepped out about an hour ago.

He appeared in the kitchen brought out a bag of corn flakes, a bottle of honey, and a liter of skimmed milk.

In the process of him taking his breakfast, he opened the door of the fridge and saw a leftover pizza piece from last night.

This swung his memory cortex into action then he remembered about yesterday, every inch of the episode flashed back, he stopped eating and flushed the remnant from the bowl.

He became resilient to leave for school and retired to his room.

Ultimately, after him reviving from his confusion and upheaval. He left for school.

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Immediately he stepped inside the school, the bell ranged and everyone diffused into their various classes. Tori searched for Mac, expecting him to have popped up from a distance.

The moment she sighted him, she puzzled her way through the roughly moving student who is trying to get to class before the second bell ring.

Mac held unto her tight, he wrapped her in his arm about to yowl.

The process was broken by the buzzing of red alarm instead of a bell jingle. The lockers opposite the red circular buzzer began to reflect danger red lights. The hallway turned all bloody red. The principal declared a black card which means there is an attack on the school and everyone should immediately withdraw to their homerooms (BrE: Classrooms).

Mac and Tori hurried through the hallway with their feet striking the slab hard. They got to their homeroom and forcibly shook the entrance, but it has been *auto-lock* by the security, this defines that all other homerooms had been locked up, they looked through the hallway and found no one.

They trembled greatly until an idea suddenly dropped into Tori's mind.

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