He was suddenly startled by the fact that he heard nothing. He looked up to see the entire room had froze. People where caught in mid sentence. A drink on a nearby table was partially tipped over the drink hung in mid air. One guys mouth hung open as a French fry dangled in the air above his open mouth. He jumped up looking around. The whole world seemed to be frozen as he say cars outside stopped in the middle of the road. As he looked at where he had just been sitting he noticed the chair he had been in was tipped over in mid fall.
He reached down and pushed the spinning tab on the watch back in as everything came back to life. The room filled with the sound of his chair hitting the floor. He watched as the guy caught the fry in his mouth. The drink spilt over on the table. He then noticed everyone was looking right at him.
He reached down and pulled the tab out again. As time stood still once again. He was surprised it had worked though a little more then glad. He gathered his stuff and looked up at the clock on the wall. Boy that was habit he thought since it was still frozen. He remembered why he had pulled the tab in the first place. He reached down and began to turn the spinning tab slowly. As he did the clock on the wall began to spin as well. He watched as everything in the room began to move but slowly. He could hear voices but they came just as slowly as the actions around him. He stopped and began to turn it backwards. He watched as the room began to move backwards in time.
Slowly everything reversed. He watched as everyone’s head went from looking at the table where he was sitting back to there food or their conversations. Though there voices sounded as if someone was playing a record backwards. His chair up righted itself. Cars outside seemed to be driving backwards. He watched as the fry flew back out of the guys mouth. The cup which had spilled tipped back upwards and then time froze again. He couldn’t go back any farther. He looked down at his watch. It was exactly at the time when he had first used the watch. He pressed the tab back in and the room went back to life. No one seemed to notice him. The drink spilled as it had before and the guy ate the fry. A smile crossed his face as he looked down at the watch. |