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Flipping the wallet closed and putting it away, Gail pondered his question a moment and tried to stay where she was as her arms were really itching to hug the man before her and not let go. He was here, young and still the same father she remembered; gentle and nurturing despite not being a father yet.
“You can ask him,” she replied, not wishing to share her brother’s problems. It wasn’t her place to do it but she would be there for him through it. “I’m only staying for as long as he is and we send emails and letters back home so they won’t worry. I actually just finished university so I hadn’t really started my life yet. I have a job as a personal trainer here and saving up to buy an apartment. I really am nervous being here though to tell you the truth.”
Giving a slight chuckle, she finally looked him square in the eye. “And it just seems a lot like Back to the Future..and even though it scares me..I really am glad I could see you dad…”
“I have to say, it scares me too,” he admitted. Jack met her gaze, smiling nervously. “B-but I’m very glad to have met you too, Gail. While you’re staying in this time … y-you can come talk to me again, if you want. Any time. I know it’s probably not safe for me t-to know too much of the future, but I’d still like to see you again.”
With a shy smile, he reached out a hand to her. He wanted to hug Gail too, but he’d settle for a handshake right now.
Her hands clenched into fists so hard her nails were leaving indents, Gail stared at the offered hand and feeling it quite strange to see her father doing such a thing. It just wasn’t the way she was used to greeting him and despite knowing it wasn’t him, not yet or ever as her real father was in the future where he belonged, she couldn’t help moving forward and snuggling up against his chest, clinging to him and feeling her eyes mist over slightly.
Fuck it, it’s dad. He even smells the same. I missed you dad… she thought and hoped she wasn’t freaking him out too much. In the future of course he was used to it, always having warm arms for her to jump into ever since she was a baby and always telling her about those times when she would be quite the mischievous little thing. But perhaps not this one.
“Thank you..for being you..” she whispered against his chest, heart pounding within her chest.
The hug caught Jack off-guard, but only for a moment. It was exactly what he’d wanted too. Even if she wasn’t technically his daughter yet, he still liked the young woman … and he hoped the future she’d shown him a glimpse of would still happen, someday.
So he wrapped his thin arms around Gail and hugged her close against him. “Always. Gail … while you’re in this time, be careful, please? I-I don’t know what the future’s like, but things are very dangerous right now. So keep y-yourself and your brother safe, okay?” I hope I’ll have a chance to meet him too.
Jack Maple 