Stay a Spell by Nicholas O. Time

Author:Nicholas O. Time
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

Now comes the part where Daniel loses his mind, and his cool, if he ever had any. It turns out there’s a movie theater right across the street from Crane’s. The marquee shows the movie title in gigantic letters. It’s funny too, because there’s only one movie playing at this theater, not six like the theater back home.

Daniel starts to point at the marquee and jump up and down. He’s making noises that don’t actually sound human. They would fit right into a movie about life on alien planets, though.

“Daniel, are you okay?” Abby asks.

“EEP-AACK-ZORK-GLOBBADA!” Daniel replies.

I grab Daniel by the shoulders and shake him.

“Get ahold of yourself, Daniel!” I yell. “It’s just a movie.”

Daniel starts to shake and breathe heavily. I wouldn’t be surprised if next his shirt rips open and he transforms into some hulking green monster. I mean, if time travel is possible, why not? He gives me a withering look.

“Just . . . a . . . movie?” Daniel hiss-whispers. “Just . . . a . . . movie?

“JUST A MOVIE?” he shouts. “Jada, you’re my best friend, but you have no idea what you’re talking about. Star Wars is not just a movie. Star Wars is an epic work of art. It’s life changing. It takes you out of this world and into another universe. As soon as the words ‘A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,’ appear on-screen, you are taken away—away from homework and chores and spelling tests and straight into the greatest, most thrilling battle between the forces of good and evil. Trust me, the feelings you get watching this movie are not like any other feelings you’ve ever had. It is one-of-a-kind experience.”

“Um, does that mean that you like it?” Abby laughs.

Daniel gives her a friendly shove.

“If we just had a few more hours!” Daniel cries. “I could see it here—in one of the original showings in 1977. These people had no idea how epic the movie they were about to see actually was!”

I point to the guy dressed up in the Darth Vader outfit waiting in line to buy a ticket.

“I think you might be wrong about that, Daniel.” I laugh.

I don’t share Daniel’s love for the movie, but I do love my friend, and my heart hurts a little for him. I wish we had enough time to watch the movie with Daniel. But my logical brain knows we don’t, so Abby and I shove him through the doors of Crane’s Record Store.

It feels like we have traveled to a whole new universe when we step inside the store. I’ve never seen anything like it in the present, but it is obviously a very popular place in 1977.

Records. Vinyl. LP. It’s not like I’m totally clueless. I kind of know what a record is, and I think my grandmother might still have some in her attic. Here’s the down low: Once upon a time, before you could buy a song with a click of your touch pad, music was stored on flat black vinyl disks, about the size of a Frisbee.

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