The Actual Account of Peter Able by Natalie Grigson

Author:Natalie Grigson [Grigson, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 3104238820
Published: 2018-04-14T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

“Peter.”

I closed my eyes tighter, pretending the voice was just a part of my dream. If I could just get back to my dream, I could see how it would all…

“Peter!” Randy whisper-screamed. When I continued to hold my eyes closed, he shook me by the shoulders. I opened my eyes and found that it was dark; the only light came from the car’s headlights and a few people in the long van who were reading with booklights and flashlights. Randy, Long John, Mattie, and I were nestled comfortably in the first wide seat behind the driver’s. (As you’ve probably guessed, the van had seen a magical spell or two to reach its current dimensions.)

“What is it, Randy? I was having that weird corridor dream again. I wanted to see how it all turned out…”

“Read the books, Peter, or just ask him sometime. I woke you because of a book I’m reading: It’s Mein Wissenschaftler. And Peter, I’ve found out some things about our friend, Dr. Albrecht that I think you should know. It could be imperative to your destiny.”

Just at that moment, one of the car’s wheels sunk deeply into a pothole and—

And we just kept driving.

“Oh. Well. I thought that would be much worse.”

“So did I. At any rate, Peter, have you read these books?”

I shook my head. As you well know, I much prefer to read nonfiction.

“I hadn’t either. And what I’ve found is: yes it’s a love story between Anna and her lover, Dedrick—”

“Who’s Anna?”

“That’s Destiny’s real name: Anna Albrecht. In addition to being a story of two lovers torn apart by their different beliefs, it’s also Science Fiction. These two were particle physicists in their literary lives and were researching, believe it or not—”

“Cloning!”

“No, Peter. I told you before—”

“Dinosaurs!”

“Peter, no.”

“The actual effects of gluten!”

At this last outburst, Long John stirred from his seated slumber next to me and groggily opened an eye. I wasn’t accustomed to seeing his grizzled face and beard sans pirate hat—the effect was rather unnerving.

“Good, Long John, you’re up. I was just telling Peter that in reading Dr. Anna Albrecht’s book, I’ve discovered something that might be useful to us. Before Anna and Dedrick split,” (if Long John was lost on this, he didn’t show it and just nodded along) “they were researching ways to transport small physical objects between dimensions. Wormholes! Now by the end of the book, Dr. Albrecht was getting close. She’d discovered a way to, essentially, break apart the particles of an object—something small, like a tennis ball or a cup of tea—and simultaneously, the same exact particles would reappear at a different designated point in space; the other end of the wormhole. They knew they could only create small holes, hence the smaller objects, as to not alter the fabric of space. Or something. The author wasn’t too clear on that.”

“Probably didn’t wanna do the research,” Long John grumbled.

“Right. When it looked like she and Dedrick might finally have done it, Dedrick told her he could no longer live a lie.

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