The Rhythm of Time

Rahim looked at the phone one more time before shoving it in the pocket of his jeans. Rahim thought that, in any other school, Harris would be the focus of a bully like Man Man, but for some reason, Rahim took up all of Demarcus’s attention. He was a time-traveling kid stuck in the past with his dad at a concert. Kasia must have used that voice-changing thing on her computer when Omar talked to her, Rahim thought. “She must have finally fixed it!” Rahim pulled out the phone and scrolled to the most recent call.