The Time Machine

Everyday I have no time wondering or thinking about anything but work. I spend my entire life
studying and working so hard. I can feel that what I am doing right now is like a workaholic. I am not in
relationship with any girls because I am not a smart guy and I also used to work alone, sleep alone like
my life has no fun at all. I must be vital in the world with my own-self, me, Mark, a billionaire who
have everything but happiness. In my life, I have no friends and no fun at all. Actually, who I used to
spend most of the time with are my co-workers but it aint count as a fellow. I wake up in the morning and
go to work at 8 oclock in the morning. Whole day staring at the computers display is really boring.
However, That is all I handle everyday before I come back home around 9 oclock at night.
Nowadays, I spend my everyday-life worrying about my company. I used to taking care of more
than a hundred of employees in my own firm. And there are tons of problems come attack me badly but
no one help me handling them. Its been almost two years I have been bustling about this and now
everything seems to go right and stable. One day, I came back home lately due to an urgent task with one
of my shareholders. I was sitting on the backseat of my rover with my private driver. I saw a man who
looks really similar to John, my best friend, crossing street over the intersection. That was a really weird
flashback when I catch he looks like him. I opened the car door and got out of the car. I did not mind
running across the street and touched his shoulder for a hello. Unfortunately, that was a wrong person.
That was not him, my best friend. I and John were the best buddy in the high school. John was my best
friend when we were 15 years old, in Grade 9. We were really close to each others at that time. It was the
feeling when you do not have to tell your fact to someone because he already knew everything about me,
and I knew his too. We were in the best friendship that I could not find a better friend than him. It was a
good time before I argued with him fighting over a girlfriend. Yes, we used to love the same girl when we
were young. She was our best friend too. Three of us used to be good friends to each others until this
argument. We broke our friendship. From that day until today, John and I did not have chance to talk to
each others anymore. The man in the street reminds me of him. Honestly, I really miss him, I missed the
conversation and the moments we used to talk shit to each others everyday. I Have no idea how I can
reverse those moments back again. In reality, people cannot turn back time. I was wondering what can I

do to make this possible. I thought about our friendship in the late night. Now, I have enough money to do
whatever I want to. I can build a house, I can buy a plane or even a Cadillac but actually money cant take
back the friendship I have lost.
Before I fall asleep, I tried to think of a way to come back and change the past but there is a crux
of knots in my head. I could not sleep tight until I woke up at 3 oclock at night searching for invented
something to reverse time. The next morning, I flew on my jet plane for the meeting of me and Dr.
Robert, a maniac scientist who wearing thick glasses, and has messy grey hairstyle. His looks is shown
his characteristics predictably. I firstly saw him in his lab store and we have a friendly handshake. Since
he was the person who well-known in time reversing invention, I started the conversation with
commendation his workmanship. After that, I asked him to invent a machine that can reverse time. I was
openly informed him the reason I want to have the time machine.
It takes very long time to plan and extensive processes. said Dr. Robert. He talked fast,
uncleared, and inscrutable speeches. Furthermore, He was not certified to invent it successfully because
no one's ever make it right and steerable.
Dr. Robert said, The time machine will not be able to be 100% perfect and safe because
reversing process is severely dangerous.
I can see that doing the experiments is never secured due to the messy haircut of Dr. Robert. At
least I was so glad he accepted my proposal. Seriously, I guaranteed him that I am willing to pay for all
expenses in every processes during the invention.
A couple weeks later, Dr, Robert moves to temporarily live with me in my home country.
Everything will be easily done if the time machine started working in the place where the phenomenon
started. Dr. Robert ordered a plenty of equipments and metallic complements for building its structure.
And then he started connecting it with the reversing time system but it was not easily accomplished. The
system wasnt run well, the system malfunctions was hardly affected the machines shape. It all burnt out
at first due to the malfunction of the internal system.
The time machine was not easily worked as I thought. I heard the explosion of a huge mistake
from the lab. The unfinished machine is broken and also Dr. Robert, himself. He was shocked and got

seriously injured. I yelled for the emergency hall as fast as I could. Dr. Robert used to stayed in the
hospital for a while, his symptoms was severely damaged as the experimented time machine.
Yes, it seems to end up like that. The time machine is broken and Robert still in the hospital. A
man got hurt sorely because of me, I conjured it up in my head.
I started wondering what should I do next. When Dr. Robert gets up, he will never think of the
time machine to be continue. The work will be unfinished if he stops working with me. I felt so depressed
like a blade slashing my fingers inch by inch. Not only the unfinishing of the machine and not being able
to talk to John but also the injury of Robert.
The weather outside is frozen cold and wordlessly silent, fitting with a man who losing real
friend. The sky is all darkened dull and cloudy showed the lack of light and happiness. I am waiting for
Robert to get better from the injury. He has done so well for me. He never complains me. A day to day
passes, he recovered his legs and it seems to be ready for the next of walks again. I did not asked him to
carry on the work of time machine. He also scared of the invention due to the severe injury.
I cant believe it killed me this hard, I will never ever getting back to recover it again, Robert
said after he was being stuck in the hospital 16 days.
He gave it all up and he said he will be back to his home country if I force him to work. I really
left off the project due to the living of Robert. Actually, in my mind, I still want him to keep in track of
the time machine but we both just get so disappointed and foiled with the break of it. Lastly, after the
injury a while, I decided to ask him again for recover and rescue the time machine back.
Robert remarked, I think we can do it one more time, at least we try our best. I might need your
help, so you better help me during the processes. Make sure we reached our goal before Christmas, I want
to go visit my children on January.
A fews weeks later, we started rescue the time machine once again. We both spent time in the lab
almost 20 hours a day until we reached the point of accomplishment. The time machine works well as it
should be. Mark, myself, is ready for this journey. I prepared all stuffs and checklists for traveling my
past. I was crossing over the time machine alone.
I had a look at myself having an argument with him and one of our girl friends, Sandy. She was
our classmate, and also our best friend, the one that we both used to love. Sandy was loved by two of us. I

and John were argued and had a conflict with this cute lady. We loved the same girl. John did not feel
right when he saw me talking to her. That was the moment I tried to talk to Sandy and she fell in love with
me. So, I am going to change the past. I will not love her and I am not going to talk to her, so that she can
love John as he wish.
In the past, I was with John, my best friend. We sticked to each other like a pair of chopstick.
Sandy walked in front of the classroom while John went to the bathroom. I was the one who was wearing
the shoe in front of the classroom too. I tried not to look at her but she was stumbled my left foot and that
was the moment that John came out of the bathroom. He saw me kissing Sandy on the floor accidentally.
I am so sorry. I never meant to kiss you. It was an accident, I promise I said to Sandy in front of
John. Her face still shocked, and she touched her mouth with the eyes of shyness and nervous.
You can ask her for the truth, she was walking passes me while I was wearing shoe in front of
the classroom. That was the moment I stepped my left foot out and she did not see my foot. We fell down
onto the floor. And you just came cutting the scene, the past Mark explained to his best friend.
However, John walked out of the conversation before I finished the sentence.

I ran the time machine back the present state and told the story to Robert. Everything I have done
just wasteful, the time machine, money, all the equipments. Sweat and hopes we have been through are
just turned to be zero. I come back and realized that we cannot change the reality of past. Even we have
tons of money cannot buy us happiness, money also cannot take us back the past memories.
Nowadays, I stay living in the present with what I have. I realized who I must care the most, that
should be the one who always beside me whenever I am asking for help. Me, the present Mark, realized
that we should do our present as good as I can. I see Robert treat me well. He treats me well even when he
gets sick. People should treat their friends as well as how good they want them to treat you. Stay gold,
stay enjoying your present.