Mysterious Timepiece

When George woke up he presumed Magee slept by his side and worried without seeing her but an empty bed next to his piled up pillows last night.

" Mag! Mag! where are you? His face was worn by fear and emptiness. But she smilingly sprung from the glass door and called him.

"George! she drew closer to him sitting by the bed.

"I'm hungry, let's both prepare for our lunch." She then led him to the kitchen.

" Lunch? how do you know that its midday now?" He quizzically asked.

" Our secret rooms have diverse and jumbled clocks. After our lunch, I'll show you the places I've been inside for the past half a month." She excitingly turned her head to him.

" Wow! will you allow me to see what's inside that glass door today?" He chuckled and attempted to pull the ribbonete of her apron at the the back.

" Yes, why not. I've read that part of the journal that you must see them and read the signs within." At full speed, she lightly slapped his hand without even looking at him who excitingly attempted of disentangling the ribbonete tie of the apron that made him behave again and sat back in front of the stove.

" This must be very interesting." He whispered sheepishly.

" I found a black military navy chelsea clock, its my favorite. It looks really durable." She smiled while mixing the flour with sugar and George tried to start the stove for the pan.

" Hmm, its a timepiece Dad used in the navy that keeps them abreast with accurate time, it has actually the best quality. Good he left us some of it."

" But the other looks different. There's one clock which is quite rare amongst, it alarms twice already within a half month of my stay inside. I want you to see it, its so strange."

" How do it look like?" He turned his head on her from stirring the flour with sugar while knotting again the ribbonete on her waist to fit on her waist.

" Its a square and brown in color. I've been busy watching at it for several days as it normally ticks but alarms just twice. When it alarmed twice, its hair-raising and spine-chilling, creepy - yes. I thought you knew that clock." She gawkily said.

"Hmm, I'll go there now."

" No! not yet." She smiled. Put first the oil on the pan and its all set here."

" Which one, the snake oil or cooking oil?" Then he laughed while she pinched his ear.

" Haha! you cooked a mushroom for your husband using the snake oil and even massaged him with it. I caught it from Albrecht when Fr. Matias was asking for his snake oil reservation, but you took it." He was shaking in laughter while looking at her covering her face and smiling.

" I never knew that its a snake oil, God knows. But its not unfair, we both tasted it." She smiled.

" Yeah, but its delicious, that mushroom viand was the best."

The pan already smoked so he put an oil over it.

" What's that oil." She asked.

" Don't worry. Its an olive oil I found from the supplies. I know my wife likes this." He smiled and started to bake it on a pan and gently covered.

Then they both sat down and enjoyed their gazes.

" What..are you thinking?" She asked.

"Our eggless pancake is bloating now, let's open it together. Come!" He smilingly said as he placed a small cloth on a cover. He let her hold it and put his hand over her tiny hand as they opened it together.

" Wow!" She blurted.

" Its perfect!" Then he removed it out of the pan and placed it on her plate.

She blushed.

" Why?" He manly queried.

" Nothing." She smirked and looked down on her pancake while he continued to pour on a pan the next batch to bake.

" Oh, you may now take your lunch I still have to wait mine. Haha! its not a snake oil. See, I'll taste it for you." He pinched a little on side and had it.

Then she started to eat it while smiling.

She was very silent and he noticed how hungry she had been so he prevented himself from chatting in order to give her more time and focus. Till he never knew he had given all the three pancakes and she had it all.

" Are you full now?" He whispered.

" Yes, thank you. I need to bath now." Then she walked off towards the bathroom.

" It gave him an ample time to run to the wooden house and scout for anything to eat. There, Albrecht offered him some boiled jackfruit seeds.

" Tell me, what happened. Why you're very hungry and please even if how hungry you are, don't forget to leave the plate, its aluminum." He smiled while looking to George, barging on the boiled jackfruit seeds.

" She ate all our food and forgot to leave me some." George smiled while chewing the yummy boiled seeds.

" Haha! is she pregnant?" Albrecht jokily said.

" Shh, no. She's just intensely hungry." He smiled.

Subsequently, he packed some boiled seeds to bring up there.

" You have just eaten a morsel of it, don't go up yet. There's still "karlang" around."

" She might notice me hanging out here. Hmm, just give me some of that. It looks good."

" Wow! this is really worst. Okay, I'll pack it quickly for you. Calm down."

Minutes after, Albrecht was done packing and George returned to the granite house.

He put all the 'duma' packed food on the table. Its timely, she has just finished from bathing. When she got out he immediately followed inside and refreshed himself.

She found the packed food on the table so she thought.

" I'll just bring them in." She whispered.

" Don't leave yet! You have to wait for me, I'm done now!" George yelled.

" Haha! yes Sir! I'm just preparing for our travel."

"Travel, where?"

" To your past and future." She smiled.

" Wow! it makes me more excited. Take me there." He excitingly said.

They looked at each other and smiled.

" Hold my hand, let's go and I wanted to experience the thrills you've got inside."

So there they entered the reciprocal glass casually.