Chapter 2: Volleyball Nancy
Stooping down to scoop up my precious broken watch, my mind was in shambles. After all these years of discovery and pleasure, it seemed unbelievable that the source of my happiness could be gone in one quick accident. Of course these days, my hands are a bit shakier and accidents do happen a little more often, but at least my memory remains strong. As I stare at the broken watch, hoping it will still bring it’s special powers to me and my grandson, my mind begins to roam again…..remembering…going back in time…
After leaving the bank, I was a little afraid to try the watch again, until I was in a more controlled area. I still couldn’t make “heads or tails” of what had happened, but I know I had seen it with my own eyes. It had to be real.
Later that night, at home, I tried the watch a few times. Testing my family to see if they noticed a stoppage in time. I didn’t move anything or change anything, but I did speak to my mother while she was frozen in time, to see if she might still hear. She didn’t…and I began to realize, I had the power that every man wants. I had the ability to stop time without anyone noticing, without anyone being adversely affected and to enjoy my mobility, senses and pure pleasure of doing anything I wanted.
The next day at school, I had a hard time focusing on classes and school work, especially as I entered my fourth period photography class and saw my favorite classmate, Nancy, who basically knew I existed, but didn’t really care. Nancy was amazing, at 5’10, nicely proportioned, blonde, perky athletic breasts and a party girl attitude. That was the problem, I wasn’t in the party group, the elite group of druggies, alcoholics and teenage wastoids. Nancy was in the group, but she wasn’t there because of the previous reasons, she was a part of the group because of her beauty.
“Hi Nancy” I mumbled as I walked past her in class. “Hi…” she responded with very little eye contact. She looked amazing, wearing bike shorts that were not too tight, but just right, and a loose white t-shirt she had changed into just before class. Volleyball practice followed this class and being the star of the team, she usually prepared early by getting dressed before our class.
Suddenly, a plan popped into my head, an idea for using the watch “for my pleasure only.” I spent the entire class planning, thinking about how I would accomplish seeing Nancy naked for the first time. The bell rang and everybody headed out of the classroom, Nancy heading straight for the gym for practice. My school day was over, so, with a slightly nervous feeling deep in my stomach, I decided to try out my plan.
I waited for approximately 15 minutes, just outside the gym door. I wanted volleyball practice to begin. In the meantime, I was standing on the balcony above the pool, when I saw a few of our senior swim team members walking out of the locker room, heading for the cooling water. I watch for another minute more, then decided it was time to try my plan.
I slowly pulled the watch out of my pocket, then pressed the button. Again, the world came to a stop. Some of the swimmers in mid step. One of the guys was partly through a dive, frozen in a perfect form, arms arched and heading for the water. I turned and reached for the gym door but found out something new. I can’t open doors when the world is frozen. I pulled but it wouldn’t budge.
I thought for a second. ‘uh oh, maybe this plan won’t work’ I thought, remembering how when I froze time the first time, I had noticed that Suzy’s skirt had swayed still, the clothes hadn’t been locked in place. I had just assumed the doors would be the same.
I pressed the button and the noise and world began again. Reaching for the door, I slowly swung it open and stepped inside the gym. Just as I stepped in, a volleyball when whizzing past my head and smacked the wall.