Since the whole time machine mishap and the whole destroying all of time and space and then fixing it again within the same day, Wilbur hasn't really gotten over it. Being erased from the time line it kind of traumatizing when you really think about it, feeling your body and mind just fade away into nothing and then coming back a moment later isn't something you really want to go through, like ever. But Wilbur wasn't really focused on that, he rather not think about that at all if he's going to be honest, just repressing that till he does and then every moment after that. What he really was obsessing over was Lewis, his tweenage father.

Despite what you think, Wilbur wasn't really popular, like at all. His loud mouth got him in trouble more times than not and his horrifying lack of impulse control didn't really help his case. What really didn't help was the fact that his father was one of the most important people on the planet. He learned early on that parents would try to push their kids to be friends with him so they could make connections with his father. They were usually paid to do so, he learned that in elementary school when he found out that his best friend at the time was being paid to be his friend. Despite what Jason said about how he really enjoyed being his friend Wilbur couldn't really trust him after that, or anyone his age really. So he started pushing everyone away and just stuck to being friend with Carl and hanging out with his family. Pathetic isn't it? But that was until he met Lewis.

Despite being his future father, Lewis was the first person Wilbur truly felt like someone liked him for him, not what he represented. There was no money involved, no dreams of fame and fortune, but just friendship. Lewis just wanted to be his friend and nothing else and Wilbur craved that. But there was one small problem, Lewis lived in the past and was his father. Well not yet anyways. Is he still his father if you weren't even born yet and your father was twenty years younger than he is now? How does that even work? His head really hurts once he really gets going on this topic.

During these last few weeks Wilbur has been, or at least trying, to figure out how his relationship with his Father/no yet father/Father lands on the relationship scale. He really liked Lewis, he was funny, smart, and got Wilbur's weird sense of humor that usually annoyed everyone around him. This never happens, like at all. He never thought someone could get him like Lewis did. Lewis accepted him for him and expected nothing but friendship in return and Wilbur craved that like a drug. One hit, and you're hooked for like.

So here he is, holding the key to the time machine he stole from the lab contemplating if he should really do what his mind and body are screaming at his to do. To go see Lewis and just see him, even if it's just one time. Wilbur doesn't even have to actually talk to him, he just wants to see him. Why are his feelings so strong for a boy he met once? But maybe that's what it's like having a best friend who you only met once and almost got killed by screwing up the time line causing you to disappear for who knows how long only to be saved by the same boy who you got into the mess in the first place because you let the time machine be stolen. Yeah, this is a totally normal feeling.

Everything in him is screaming to go to Lewis but wouldn't that just screw up the time line even more? He already screwed up the time line once, should he do it again? Is he really that selfish? SO selfish that he would ruin everything just for a moment with his Father/not father/Father?

Yes, yes he is.

He is a selfish teenager who always gets what he wants no matter the cost. He is loud and rude and impulse control is not in his vocabulary. Why should something stupid like time stop him from being happy one more time? But what happens if his Father/blood related father/Father remembers?

Wait, wouldn't Lewis still be blood related? But he didn't have him yet so wouldn't that be a no? He really needs to come up with less confusing terms to differentiate the two because in his mind, they are completely different people. Back to the original point, what if his dad remembers him sneaking out and seeing his younger self? Would he remember at all? He sure hoped Lewis would remember but he rather not get in trouble. This is so confusing.

And his head hurts, like a lot.

Flopping onto his back, Wilbur brings the key right above his face, mesmerized by how shiny it is and how something so small can cause to much trouble. If he has this one chance, shouldn't he take it It's only going to be once, right? How could that chance anything? But he learned that one simple change can cause a while lot of damage. And that hut. A lot. Why does life have to screw him over like this? Finally giving him a friend only to take that friend away just because of something so stupid like time?

You know what? Screw life.

Screw time.

Screw the people saying life isn't fair.

And screw his family for saying that he should keep moving forward.

What's the point of moving forward if it only brings sadness and loneliness? He was tired of being alone all the time. He wanted friends, real friends, not a robot who was made to be his friend because his father probably pitied him. He does love Carl but sometimes he wishes he had friends his own age to hang out with. Especially ones who weren't built to serve his family and wasn't built to make him happy. Wilbur can't fault Carl for being the way he is, he didn't ask to be the way he is but sometimes he can be a bit much. If he had real friends maybe he wouldn't be stuck in his room everyday just moping around because that gets old real fast. Why couldn't Lewis be born in his time period? And not be his father? What that too much to ask? Clearly it was.

And here he was, holding the one this holding him back from a life of happiness, a simple key that held millions of possibilities and all it took was pushing it in and flicking his wrist. It was too easy but sometimes life should be easy. After years of being beaten down by life, maybe this was its way of saying sorry. Why shouldn't he take it and use it? If he was really carful nothing too bad would happen, right? Sure, being grounded for life again would suck but hey, there's nothing going on for him and he already figured out how to download games onto his reading tablet so what's the harm?

Wilbur made his decision, maybe he made it long ago, even before he grabbed the key. It didn't really matter; he was going to see his best friend and nobody was going to stop him. The first thing he was going to do was hug Lewis and never let go, hold him like there was no tomorrow. Wilbur wanted to make sure that he was real and not some crazy dream he made up. But deep down he wanted to do more than just hug him but he didn't know what. Something was stopping him from figuring that this out. If it was important, it'll come to him later but for right now hugging Lewis was his top priority.

Hopping up from his bed, Wilbur grabbed his shoes and tip toed through the house in his socks till he got to the garage. Every sound the house made, made Wilbur jump like ten feet in the air. He couldn't be caught now, not when he was so close to seeing Lewis. Sure, this would probably be the last time he ever saw the sky and feel the grass under his feet but Wilbur was never really one for being outside, not when you have videogame to play.

Once he got there, he quickly pulled on his shoes and opened the garage door. Years ago the door started making a weird noise that you could hear all throughout the house and when you were too close you could feel it in your teeth. Sure, they could have gotten a repair man but the Robinsons had their very own repair man that would do it for free. So his father fixed the door but may have gone a bit too far and just made the whole this silent. It was a bit of an overkill if you asked Wilbur but he wasn't complaining now.

Wilbur forgot how heavy the time machine was, he really needed to start working out if this ever became a regular thing. Wait, why would this become a regular thing? He was just going to see Lewis once and that's it. End of story. But what if he keeps going back? Spending every moment with Lewis and never in his own time? Sure, he was happy in his own time but his life was already planned out from the moment he was born. He was going to go to one of the top colleges in the country and then take over his dad's company. That was what was going to happen. Wilbur was almost fourteen and even now he knew that that wasn't what he wanted to do. He hated being in the spotlight and everyone knowing who he is. He just wants to be a normal kid and not be related to a celebrity. Maybe he could move out on his eighteenth birthday and just fade into obscurity, change him name and everything. So looking back at his house, he wondered if he should just stay in the past. He doesn't even need to be with Lewis, just start a new life and finally be normal. But He will never do that, he loved his family too much and he's thinking ahead to far again. He's only thirteen and he's already thinking about life altering decisions that he doesn't need to think about for another five years.

Shaking his head to clear his mind, Wilbur got into the time machine and looked at the control panel. For anyone else it might have been daunting but for Wilbur it filled him with excitement. Punching in the date and time he calculated to be a few weeks since the incident for Lewis, he hit the start button and watched as time flew backwards around him. It was kind of pretty, seeing events that have yet to happen move around you. As he got closer to his destination, Wilbur's body bubbled with happiness and joy he has never felt before. Maybe a couple times when he was little and it was Christmas but this was different. He wasn't receiving presents from Santa, but getting a friend.

Wilbur was happy.


It's been about two months since the little adventure Lewis had, well, maybe little was a big understatement. He did almost die and might have killed his best friend only to bring him back to life. No, his son. Well, his future son. Can he even call Wilbur his son right now? It didn't feel right but it doesn't really matter at this point, he's never going to see him again until he's born many years in the future. And that really hurt. He really liked Wilbur, as a friend of course. He wouldn't dare think of him any other way. He shouldn't. But again, it didn't matter. No point fussing over something that doesn.t even matter at this moment in time. He's never going to see Wilbur again, not for a long time. And that's fine.

But if he's going to be honest, he wasn't fine with it at all. Wilbur was the only person who didn't treat him like a freak. He saw him as a friend rather than a nobody. Even after he found out that Wilbur was his son, it didn't really matter. At this point in time, Wilbur was his friend, his best friend. And until the day he is born that's what he's going to be. And that's fine. Or at least that's what he tells himself. But Wilbur will never come back to see him, his Father/him would have probably grounded him for life and taken apart the time machine.

But he hoped he didn't.

Maybe Wilbur will sneak out one night. Maybe his Father/him would leave the time machine alone and maybe leave the key out. Maybe Wilbur would you this to his advantage and come see him again. But wouldn't he be here already if that was true? It's been two months and nothing. Nothing from Wilbur showing him that he's back. Not a glimpse in the corner of his eye, not a note, not even a signal showing him that Wilbur came back to the past to see him. So maybe his Father/him really did dismantle the time machine or did something with it so Wilbur has no access to it. Which sucked. Why did his Father have to do this? Why couldn't allow Wilbur to see him one last time? Why does he have to be so selfish? Wait, isn't he just cursing himself since he is Wilbur's father? Can Lewis really compare himself to him? A lot can change in twenty years. Technically he's not even blood related to Wilbur, well, not for awhile at least. Is he still blood related? Wow this is really confusing.

Why did he have to go and create the time machine? It hasn't even been planned out and he's already regretting it. Why couldn't his life be simple? Now he has to deal with time and all the crap that follow it. His life isn't even exciting anymore. He knows what's going to happen for the next twenty years and that sucks. Life should be a surprise and not laid out before you. It really takes the fun out over everything. Life is so boring now, not even his relationship with Franny is fun because he knows what will happen. Why does he even stay with her? Sure, she's fun to hang around with but knowing you're going to end up with her at twelve years old is a bit daunting. But he knows why.

Wilbur.

He's doing this for Wilbur.

Maybe he will fall in love with Franny but for right now he hates it. He just wants to be with someone where he doesn't know how they will end up. Where every day is a mystery. Where any moment can lead to a whole world of possibilities. And he can't have that with Franny. He wishes he could, it's what she deserves really. She deserves a guy who is excited to see her every day, where every day is a mystery to the both of them. Where the thought of marriage isn't even on his mind, not until they truly know that they love each other. She deserves a man who loves her and the crazy life they have yet to experience.

But she will never have that, will she?

Lewis feels selfish for using her to create a friend who he won't even meet for years and can never truly have a friendship he truly wishes for. Is he a bad guy? But breaking up with Franny will literally kill a boy he likes. As a friend obviously. And isn't that worse? To know someone who's life is in your hands and that that away from them? In his mind, that should count as murder, but it really isn't. Blood would never touch his hands but he wouldn't be able to live with himself if he did that to Wilbur. So, he will stay with Franny and learn to love her for that is what she deserves. It will be hard but it will be worth it to see Wilbur again. Even if he will only see him as a son.

Lewis looked down at his homework he hasn't even started on and signs. It easy enough to complete, he knows the answers but showing his work is the hard part. One day he will be able to just write down the answers but for now, he is a student and he needs to show his work. Lewis was able to get a third of the way through before his mind started to wander again.

Is Wilbur in the same position he's in right now. Forced to do boring homework and not want to do it, or getting distracted easily? If Wilbur was born in his time, would they even be friends? If they were, would they have formed a study group? Doing homework together and completing it on time or would they just good off and put off doing homework till the last second? Lewis wouldn't mind that, he wished he had friends to do that with but he was labeled the weird kid who is too smart for his own good. And that sucked, but that was life.

Standing up, he walked over to his bed and flopped down face first and groaned. He wished his life was simple but how dare he even have that? Can he just grow up already and get this part of his life over with? But time doesn't work like that, he has to get through each day like everyone else. He's allowed to complain okay? He's a teenager. Well not exactly since he's twelve. He can't even have that can he?

Just then he heard a quiet sound of his window unlocking, knowing you're going to survive till adult hood really takes the fear out of most situations. Without getting up he shouted.

"Whoever you are, go away."

Then he heard a familiar voice answer

"Well that's not a very nice greeting to an old friend."

Jumping up Lewis, eyes wide with hope and happiness. He whispered.

"Wilbur?"

"The one and only."