Back in Time, Chapter 7
by ejcrane



TC soon found himself on the floor, unconscious, next to Julian, after Eve hit him over the head with another champagne bottle.

“Julian! Julian!” Eve pulled up her dress as she cried out, “Are you okay, sweetie?” she cradled his head in her lap.

Julian woke and Eve helped him up.

“Who is this maniac? He must have been following us, darling.” He rubbed the back of his head, “We have to call the cops…”

Both Eve and Julian went into the room to change, and await the cops, but when the cops knocked on the door, Eve and Julian came out to find TC missing. He was nowhere to be found, nor, did anyone see him leave the hotel. Where did he go…

Tc stumbled out the back door of that hotel. Damnit, what in the world was wrong with Eve?! Not remembering him, then letting Julian Crane take advantage of her, and then hitting him over the head with a bottle?! He would find out soon! He would just get her alone and find out just what was going on…

“Ohh, excuse me,” TC apologized to the gentleman he bumped into, “What the hell?” he whispered and grabbed onto the shoulders of this young man.

“HEY! What do you think you’re doing?! Get you hands off of me!”

“It’s me…I mean, it’s me, but younger…”

“WHAT?! Fool, you ain’t making any sense!”

“TC?”

The man stopped talking and stared at TC…

“How, how do you know my name, mister? I don’t believe I’ve ever seen you around here before.”

“I, I know your father,” TC said, trying to come up with a lie that made sense, “In fact, I’m a distant relative of your father’s…”

“Yes…I can see the resemblance…” the younger version of TC paused as he looked his older self over, “Well, I’m on my way home. You could come with me and see my father…”

“NO!”

Young TC jumped back when TC shouted.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to shout…it’s just that, uh, I wanted to surprise your father…so, uh, you won’t say anything to him, right?”

“I guess not,” he looked off to the side, “Well, I got to get going, I’ll see you, Mister…Mr…”

“Oh, you can call me T…” he caught himself, “…Tj,” he finished.

“Tj?” he laughed, “That’s a little like my name…of course, you know that,” he chuckled, “Well, I better get going…bye,” and young TC walked off.

“Now I know…now I know what I must do,” TC spoke aloud to himself.




That night, TC found himself spending the night in the car he had abandoned on the side of the road. Why, he didn’t know, but he figured that this was just a bad dream that he had had, and would most likely wake up in his driveway the next morning…

But, TC didn’t wake up back in Harmony…he was still in Boston, back in 1979.

“Damnit,” he cursed as he sat up, “What time is it?” he looked to his wrist, only to find that his watch wasn’t there.

TC crossed over from the backseat to the front and looked to the clock. It seemed to have stopped.

“God, I just fixed this car last month!” he slammed his fist onto the dashboard, hoping that it would cause the clock to work.

Then, something happened, something strange…

The numbers on the clock began turning until they finally stopped, and that’s when Cc’s mouth dropped.

JUNE 19, 1979
12:37A.M.

Today was June 20, and when he found himself in this different world, was at twelve thirty-seven last night. What did all of this mean?!

I’m giving this car to you, Son. It was always my favorite, but just remember…it’s just for show; never drive this car…if you do, just remember…be very careful…

What did he father mean? At the time, TC never even paid attention to his father’s warnings. Just knowing he was about to get this classic, everything else didn’t matter to him. So, what the hell was this?! A time machine?!

TC snorted at his own thoughts and shook his head in embarrassment, but then looked to the side. Well, how else could he explain what had happened? It…it must be true…but how…how was he going to get back to the future? How was he going to get back to his girls…his Eve?! And she WAS his, that he was damn sure of!




Hours later, TC found himself walking back to the Mustang with a tank of gas. He thought maybe that would do the trick, but once he got to driving, he realized that it wasn’t working, well, figuratively speaking. The car was getting around, but he was still stuck in 1979.

There! He spotted Eve and Julian coming out of their hotel. TC guessed that since it was nighttime again, that Eve was headed to the club. He then noticed something else…Julian kissed Eve goodbye and placed her into the limo, and when she left, another limo came for him. He began to grow suspicious so, he decided to follow Julian…and what he found just angered him even more.

First he had Eve drinking and high on drugs, and then he had her giving herself to him, and all the while…he was sneaking around behind her back with none other than IVY WINTHROP?!

Ohh, that Julian was going to pay! He was going to pay for treating Eve like that! TC was going to go back to the club and tell Eve exactly what he saw…

But what if she wouldn’t believe him?

TC decided that that didn’t matter and turned his car around and headed towards The Blue Note. Once he got there, he got out of his car and walked up to the door, but once he opened it, two big strong men grabbed him and shoved him out, telling him that he was not allowed in that club for harassing one of their singers.

“But I have to tell Eve something…I have to tell…” he didn’t finish since the doors had closed behind him and he was again, left alone in the dark.

He was afraid of that, but he did have another plan. A plan he was sure would work.

Weeks later, when he found Julian again with Ivy, TC got on the phone and called the club and left a message for Eve…that Julian wanted her to meet him at a certain hotel room.

Eve was so excited, she hadn’t seen Julian in days, due to his very busy schedule at Crane Industries. So, that night, she fixed herself up nicely and put on the special perfume that Julian had declared drove him wild…

She took one last look in the mirror and then left…left to meet the man she had come to love…




Eve arrived at the hotel, and took a breath just before she stepped off the elevator. She found the room and was about to knock, when she realized that she wanted to surprise Julian, so she reached for the knob and turned it. Thank goodness it was open, for she didn’t want him to know she was there. Once inside, Eve heard the shower running and smiled. Julian was showering and she was going to join him. Tip-toeing to the bathroom, Eve opened up the door and walked in…

“Ohh, Julian, darling…” she said cheerily as she whipped back the shower curtain…only to find…to find Ivy Winthrop in his arms, with her legs wrapped around him…and they were soaking wet, “Julian?” she whimpered as a tear left her eye and trailed down her face, “How could you?”

“Eve!” he gasped, “It’s not…it’s not wha…” he didn’t finish for Eve turned and ran out of the bathroom and out of the hotel room, “EVE, WAIT, DARLING!”

Ivy stepped out of the shower and yawned. She wondered what Sam was doing at the moment.

“So, that’s the b*tch you’ve been seeing?” she laughed, “Never did I think you’d look in that direction…” she simply said and began putting on her clothes again.

Julian ignored her and ran out of the bathroom, and out of his room to catch up with Eve in the hallway. He didn’t care if anyone saw him naked, he just wanted to explain things to Eve; he needed to make her understand, but he was too late. The doors to the elevator shut, and so did the door to his room.

“Ivy, come on, damnit!” he pounded on the door, “I’m naked here…” he shouted, “B*tch…” he muttered.

“Oh, Julian, dear, how nice of you to stop by,” she laughed as she opened the door and let him in.

“I’ve got to get dressed and go and talk to Eve.”




Outside of The Blue Note, TC was ready. It hurt him to see Eve rush by in tears, but it had to be done; it was for her own good.

“I wonder what was the matter with that girl, did you see her crying?” the younger TC asked his “distant relative”.

“I wonder too,” TC lied, “You know, that’s why I asked you here. You see, I’m not allowed in this club because of…of…my age, yeah, my age,” he paused, “And I’ve noticed how that woman’s boyfriend treats her, and I just wanted to know how she was. That’s why I brought you here with me; I was thinking you could talk to her. She’d probably feel more comfortable with you, since you’re around her age. What do you say?” he asked as he whipped out one-hundred dollars.

During that week, TC was penniless and went to a local antique/collectors store where he showed the man his new authentic twenty dollar bill. When it was proven that the twenty was printed on U.S. treasury paper, the man gave TC a large sum for his bill.

“It wouldn’t hurt to talk to that poor girl,” the young Tc said sincerely and took the money from his cousin, “I’ll be back…”

Thirty minutes later, TC watched as Julian pulled up to the night club and walk in. A mischievous grin appeared on his face as he sneaked in the back way.

Julian walked in, only to find Eve talking to this other guy their age…wait a minute! That was TC RUSSELL! He was trying to take away the title of the tennis champion from Julian, but that didn’t matter at the moment, HE WAS TALKING TO EVE was what mattered!

Eve then looked towards the door and met Julian’s eyes. She then did something that she knew was going to be a mistake, only because she didn’t want to hurt or lead this nice young gentleman on, but she pulled Tc into a long and hot kiss, and never thought she’d feel a rush coming over her when she pulled from him.

She glanced back over to the doorway and read Julian’s face. His eyes said it all…

He had lost her…lost her for good. Julian took in a breath, looked down, then took one last look at Eve before he turned around and left The Blue Note…

“Whoa, what was that for,” TC asked this wonderful woman that was suddenly in his arms.

“Uh, uh,” she looked back to him, “I appreciate that you’ve listened to me, during this sad time in my life,” she began pulling away, but was startled as TC pulled her back into his arms and kissed her once again.

Eve never fought him. It had felt good…right. Maybe this was what she needed. Maybe HE was what she needed…

In the back, TC rubbed his hands together as he smiled. Now, all he needed to do was find a way to get back to the future…


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