“You can tell how nervous I was but I’ll try to relax this time.”
“Michael, I’ve given this a lot of thought and I think the best position for us when we jump is to be side by side holding hands with our fingers laced. It’s a really strong connection for us.”
“I’m the student; I’ll abide by what the teacher tells me to do.”
He smiled at me and then we began to gather the produce that the garden dropped for us.
The four of us made a great breakfast of omelets and because Charlie requested, biscuits and gravy.
Tut greeted us with his extremely loud whistle that nearly scared the life out of Lu and with his “Helen squawk, Helen, I love you Helen.”
Before Tut even knew that we had company he came strutting into the dining room with his wings spanned out to give me what he knew I loved to see.
“Hey, hey good lookin’, I’ve missed you pretty boy.”
I called to him from the table
Right then Tut saw Michael and Lu at the table and stopped before he actually got to us. “Shit, shit, shit,” he barked in Miles’ gruff voice. He drew in his wings and came to me in kind of a march as though he were pissed off.
“Tut, you remember Michael? Please be gracious to my friends.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah asshole.”
Tut gave his acknowledgement and pushed his head into me to get the attention he knew I’d give him.
Michael addressed Tut.
“Hey, Tut it’s good to see you again.”
Tut took that as an invitation and strutted over to Michael to get physical attention from him. Michael responded by giving Tut exactly what he wanted. After that, Tut made the rounds and got attention from each of us before he was satisfied.
After breakfast we all excused ourselves to the privacy of our own rooms and to get ready for the day. We planned to meet back in my room for the experiments at 11:00 – when Tut took his first nap for the day.
Charlie and I showered together and enjoyed the best time, laughing constantly except for the brief moments when we were serious and no longer playful in order to endure our release. We stepped out of the shower laughing and clean. Charlie dried me and I did the same for him. My job was much bigger than his and ended up bringing back his woody. When I saw that, I jumped into his arms and wrapped my legs around him in an effort to claim him.
He took me to bed where we worked it until both of us voiced our satisfaction and relief. Eventually we got dressed and invited Tut to be with us. Charlie played his guitar and Tut assisted. While Charlie kept Tut happy, I cleaned up the room and ran through the chores for that morning. I always felt better when my work was done before I did any traveling, red spark or otherwise.
At 11 o’clock, on the button, Tut went to the office for his morning nap and Michael and Lu met Charlie and me in my room. It was a bit odd having Charlie and Lu watch as Michael and I climbed into the middle of my bed and aligned our bodies close to each other and then laced our fingers in a very satisfying and close contact.
Looking at Lu, Charlie said, “We don’t have to be in here to monitor; come on, I’ll show you.”
They went to the living room where Charlie had wired the camera so that they could see us on the living room widescreen TV.
When Ricky presented her particles, we waited until we saw red.
“At first, just a look-see, ok,” I said.
Michael just nodded his head.
“Now,” I said and then I jumped; Michael jumped with me.
Again for me, I could feel the downward pull but was able to retard any decent. Michael was with me and I could feel our connectedness and was fearless with protection for him. In a hovering position for the tutorial, I insinuated a date into the situation so that Michael would be privy to the way the chamber worked. The chamber spun around us and stopped at the date that was my destination. Allowing Michael to see all around the portal and its layers, to recognize the ledges and the sections in time and the individual dates was necessary for his complete understanding. Even though it seemed like it was taking a long time I didn’t pay any attention to that. I pointed out the individual names within a certain date. When I’d showed him everything that I knew about, I repeated the process.
We both opened our eyes into the eyes of the other looking back. I called to Charlie and he and Lu came to us.
“How much time has passed?” I asked.
Charlie looked at his watch and dutifully responded.
“2 minutes and 15 seconds.”
Michael couldn’t keep quiet.
“Helen, how could that be, we were in the portal for what seemed like hours while you showed me the system.”
“Yeah, it’s a strange phenomenon but, like I told you last night, no time seems to pass while we are hovering within the portal and not descending.”
“Well have you got your date chosen for our actual travel?”
“I want to see the day that the band first played the music through you at the Marin Center. Is that possible?”
Michael made his choice.
With just a nod I gave him all that he needed to know.
“Ok, we’ve got a date, incident, and a person; let’s see what we can do. We don’t want to hear people’s thoughts; we’re looking for the big picture, am I right?”
“Right,” Michael said.
When Ricky presented her particles and the red sparks could be seen, I simply said, “Now,” and we jumped.
Within the portal our decent was confusing and I could tell that Michael nearly lost it as his need for control gripped me. We were at our destination within the chamber and could clearly see the ledge for the day and then the names and the incident. With Michael gripping me I maneuvered on to that particular ledge and then we were there seeing what Michael had missed the first go round. We actually were witness to an arching energy of sorts that went from Michael who was on the periphery of the picture to the entire band and then that same arc jumped to me and was the first contact of the band and the drummers down beat. After that we saw that as each of the band members caught on to what was happening, they joined the fun without even trying.
I heard a strange and distant, maybe cosmic voice from within that whole experience.
“She must gain something as payment for her suffering. He’ll continue to need her.”
After I heard the voice all went black.
My eyes opened to see Michael looking back at me. His eyes were liquid with need for me. Neither one of us said anything. We were still close to each other and our connection was strong. Even though neither one of us could move, that only lasted a few minutes.
Charlie came to me and took me out of Michael’s arms and held me to help me gain my strength back. Lu saw what Charlie was doing with me and went to Michael and crawled up next to him and wrapped herself around him. The four of us were quiet and thoughtful.
When my arms were my own again, I drew them up and around Charlie’s neck and wiggled in close to him and whispered in his ear.
“Thank you, Lover. How long did that take.”
“Exactly three hours. Are you hungry woman?”
Charlie was taking care of me.
“Before we eat, can I have you now?”
I whispered in his ear.
Charlie