Time And Again (2005)
“‘What’s happened, Chris?’ ‘Dunno,’ he said. ‘Makes no sense.’ Only Tan appeared unaffected, and just wanted to play.
‘Finish, Tan,’ Chris ordered, to stop her barking. ‘Quiet!’ Tan whimpered a protest or two and then lay in the long grass, tongue lolling out of the side of her mouth. Becky sat down next to her, feeling a little dizzy. She stroked Tan’s smooth black coat and white neck frill, as much to seek some reassurance for herself as to comfort the dog. She needed to know that this was for... real and not a dream – or a nightmare.
‘Good girl,’ she said. ‘It’s OK.’ ‘It’s not OK,’ Chris grunted. ‘It’s not even close to OK. We’re supposed to be in the village, not in the middle of a field!’ Becky looked at the watch. ‘Last thing I remember doing was pressing this red button…’ ‘Well don’t do it again,’ said Chris, fearing that she might. ‘Give it to me.’ He reached out for the watch, but Becky refused to hand it over.
‘By a click of the clock,’ she murmured, repeating the first part of the inscription, ‘you can go in reverse…’ Chris shrugged.MoreLess
‘Finish, Tan,’ Chris ordered, to stop her barking. ‘Quiet!’ Tan whimpered a protest or two and then lay in the long grass, tongue lolling out of the side of her mouth. Becky sat down next to her, feeling a little dizzy. She stroked Tan’s smooth black coat and white neck frill, as much to seek some reassurance for herself as to comfort the dog. She needed to know that this was for... real and not a dream – or a nightmare.
‘Good girl,’ she said. ‘It’s OK.’ ‘It’s not OK,’ Chris grunted. ‘It’s not even close to OK. We’re supposed to be in the village, not in the middle of a field!’ Becky looked at the watch. ‘Last thing I remember doing was pressing this red button…’ ‘Well don’t do it again,’ said Chris, fearing that she might. ‘Give it to me.’ He reached out for the watch, but Becky refused to hand it over.
‘By a click of the clock,’ she murmured, repeating the first part of the inscription, ‘you can go in reverse…’ Chris shrugged.MoreLess
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