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I'd just settled into the couch with my

snacks and my movie when suddenly the

doorbell rang flippity flipping Flamingo

can't a woman have a moment of Peace in

her own house why is someone here at

midnight I was marching towards the door

when I stopped short why is someone here

at midnight uh hello who is it there was

only silence are you a robber dude I

just took my kids to the dentist today

so I'm broke try your luck with the big

house down the street again no reply but

I could see a weird Shadow against the

door are you an alien who's accidentally

landed on planet Earth run away while

you still can it's too late for the rest

of us still no answer but I heard a

muffled laugh look I've been having a

rough time lately and I am so not in the

mood for this so I'm warning you I'm

coming out with an axe and I am not

afraid to use it I flung the door open

and jumped back half expecting to be

attacked but when the porch light fell

on the face under the weird hat I

recognized someone I thought I'd never

see again Milo not a phone call or text

for 12 years and now you just show up at

my door at midnight did someone die uh

hi long time no see yeah here's the

thing Jen thousands of people across the

globe will die soon if you and I don't

travel back in time and fix a tiny

mistake you made in high school can I

come in I was hoping this was the part

I'd wake up and realize it was just a

stupid dream that made no sense yeah no

such luck hi I'm Jennifer the oldest MC

of my story animated by the way Mr

director I don't appreciate how everyone

on set has been telling me I look very

good for my age that's something you'd

say to someone in their 60s I'm just a

hot

35-year-old sorry I think I'm catching

something from one of my kids H nasty

buggers anyway I'm old enough to be your

mom so y'all better show some respect

and strap in for my story because it's

going to be the bom okay no one says

that anymore whatever now before I

continue please like And subscribe to

MSA I'll give you a quick walkr of my

past it's kind of important I was born

on December 27th 1983 a cute lump of fat

weighing 10 lb 8 oz I was an only kid so

my childhood was carefully documented by

my adoring parents cute cute still cute

then and yikes puberty hit and that was

just ugly ugly hella ugly I had it all

the braces the unibrow the baby fats

still holding on tight I didn't think

I'd recover from that phase so I worked

hard on being smart and funny then boom

I turned 16 and had a big crush on a boy

lost the weight lost the braces and

people started using a word for me that

I hadn't heard before pretty I was class

valedictorian voted most likely to

succeed and and the girlfriend of the

football team captain Alex was an

absolute Dreamboat you just had to see

him in action once and you knew this guy

was going to be a star we dated all

through University and got married after

graduation Alex's career was on the rise

I was about to start my PhD life was

peachy blah blah blah but then one day

Alex had a terrible injury during a game

and soon after the doctors told him he

could never play professionally again it

was a huge blow and with a kid on the

way I had to quit my PhD program and get

a job as a high school science teacher

Alex was depressed and bedridden for

months but when he got back on his feet

he was even worse babe I've got an

amazing idea we're opening a Ramen place

we don't know the first thing about

making ramen I'm 1/8 Japanese it's got

to be in my blood it wasn't we filed for

bankruptcy 6 months later I bought a

flock of sheep babe it's a great

investment we'll double our money in 6

months we didn't unless we're talking

about losses yeah we doubled those I'm

growing mushrooms in the garage I'm

growing avocados in the garden I'm

investing in a video game for boor

70-year olds I tried to be supportive

knowing that he lost his big dream

career but the Debs were piling the

fights were becoming more frequent and

we were drifting further apart 10 years

later we decided to separate and see how

we felt about it but the one true Joy of

my life was becoming a mom to my

daughter Stella followed 5 Years Later

by her twin brothers David and Beckham

no matter what happened this love I had

for my kids was forever so were

sleepless nights piles of laundry

cleaning doctor visits viruses diapers

more piles of laundry cleaning homework

Tantrums crying more crying falling like

a baby in the bathroom yeah okay the

last one is me why are you telling me

this morning that you need cupcakes for

your entire class today I put it on the

fridge schedule a month ago left sticky

notes all over the house a week ago and

set a reminder on your watch for

yesterday your brother stuck my watch in

a jar of Nutella David Beckham why do

you keep taking your clothes off that's

the opposite of getting dressed I'll be

the only kid who didn't get anything for

the class picnic no sweetie wait uh

let's see what we got uh here's a jar of

peanut butter and some cookies ew no

those are stale you want to take some

prunes they're great for constipation

mom I'll tell the teacher you forgot it

happens oh no you won't I know how judgy

those teachers are we are stopping at a

bakery boys I swear if you don't stop

running this second I'll call an elf who

will call Santa and tell him not to get

you any Christmas presents you don't

know an elf yeah we don't believe you

I'm your mother and mothers never lie to

their children now get dressed before I

call the goblin who eats twins for

breakfast hey lady can you control your

kids one of them took my cookie oh God

so sorry I'll get you another one a

coffee too the other rats stuck his

gross finger in it okay sure but you

don't have to be so angry they're just

kids yeah I'm angry at you clearly you

suck as a mom and didn't teach them any

manners excuse me you want to say that

again to my face H did you think I said

it to your butt the first

time you want a piece of me buddy mom

please don't you're crazy I'm out of

here I need to pee I need to pee too for

the last time you don't need to take

your shoes off to pee after we returned

from the bathroom I turned to the lady

at the counter how many cupcakes do you

have here two dozen I'll take them all

please I can't sell them all to you why

not what if someone else comes around

for a cupcake what do you care if one

person buys them or 10 people do you

just want sales right no I want to make

people happy then go be a party clown in

your free time but right now I need you

to sell me those cupcakes I'll pay you

$10 extra doll no give me it I jumped

behind the counter and started taking

out the cupcakes the lady started

wrestling with me and screaming for

security I pushed her she pushed me back

and I went flying straight into a baker

walking out of the kitchen with

someone's wedding cake I'll never forget

that moment me covered head to toe in

white frosting the salesperson still

screaming everyone in the cafe including

my children looking absolutely terrified

and in the doorway stood Alex looking as

handsome as ever holding hands with a

leggy red head who looked like she'd

stepped out of a magazine Mom are you

okay yes sweetie I'm fine I'm not fine I

feel like I'm one of those hamsters on a

wheel and the wheel never stops and I'm

running and running but somehow I've

gained weight how did that happen you

had three kids honey and you're an

amazing mom no I'm not the twins are

adorable but they're maniacs and Stella

is so smart and I'm constantly

disappointing her she knew Alex was

dating someone for months and she didn't

tell me to protect my feelings a

10-year-old shouldn't have to do that

how do you feel about Alex having a

girlfriend I know the marriage has long

been over but I just wasn't expecting

him to get over it so quickly you know I

know so yeah we got a divorce with

shared custody of the kids I became kind

of friends with Cassie or Katie or

whatever that dumb redhead's name is and

life went on now it was Alex's turn to

keep the kids overnight and I had big

plans for myself which were rudely

interrupted you have white hair now you

have a bigger butt now you checked out

my butt don't sound so excited I just

made a logical guess Milo you want to

tell me where you've been for 12 years

you just suddenly left town without so

much as a goodbye oh wait what day was

that yeah my wedding day and you were

the best man I told you I had a brain

wave related to my research also you

know I hate people in weddings and

happiness in general you left me a text

and I haven't heard from you since why

come and see me now because we have to

travel back okay sit down and I'll set

up a PowerPoint presentation use your

words and make them make sense okay okay

so do you remember what we were doing on

the night of 15th December 20

sometimes I'm in the shower and can't

remember if I just shampooed my hair so

no do you remember that you were a nosy

person and you suspected something Shady

was happening in the abandoned warehouse

in our town and you dragged me there one

night to find out more oh yeah I

remember that and I was right it was

some super freaky science lab but then

we went back a week later and it was

gone yeah have you heard about the

xenovox virus I recently read about some

cases in the news soon it'll be a lot

more all over the world apparently the

virus was created in that shady science

lab by some people in government as

biological warfare what no way do you

remember that when we were in the lab

you accidentally bumped into some things

on a countertop did I you knocked over a

vial and the liquid in it got mixed with

fluid in another Beaker that was the

vaccine because of your mishap the

scientist working on it got the wrong

results and he concluded that the

vaccine was impossible to make the

project was shut down because it was too

risky having a virus from which no one

could be protected so it looks like I

did a good thing you'd think so but

there's no way to really destroy a virus

it was kept in a secure facility all

these years and I don't know how and

when exactly but it escaped and it's

spreading like wildfire now and because

of your accident the vaccine for it was

never made oh my god well someone will

make it now won't they not fast enough

Jen it's really serious and we got to go

back and fix this

what do you mean go back didn't I

already mention the time travel thing

yeah so I stumbled upon a rip in the

SpaceTime Continuum which helped me to

discover the way to open portals

whenever I want and travel to the past

that's what I've been working on for

almost two decades now oh no no no

Jennifer please wake up from this

terrible dream is it that bad meeting me

after all this time yes because not a

single thing you've said has been good

or made sense how do you even know all

this about the vaccine and the virus

time travel I just told you you used to

be a lot smarter Jen you actually expect

me to believe you're a time traveler if

there's anyone who'll believe me I

expect it to be you I looked into his

sharp blue eyes and knew he wasn't

kidding okay okay if you've traveled

back in time why didn't you just fix the

problem yourself believe me I tried but

I can't seem to do it alone and I can't

ask anyone else come on we got to go now

I have this night to myself Milo and I

don't want to be some hero and save the

world I just want to watch a movie and

fall asleep 5 minutes after it starts

and have pancakes in the morning and no

I won't have to make three dozen

pancakes or eat the cold ones fresh hot

pancakes just for me and coffee and

peace let me have this please Jen

everyone you love is at Great risk do it

for your kids no that's just emotional

blackmail is it working yeah fine it's

working let's go you weirdo you're going

to go like this yeah what's wrong with

this oh nothing you look lovely is that

mustard or barf on your coat shut up put

this hat on please yay I get a funky hat

too next Milo took out a cube placed it

on the ground and it sprang up into a

tent hey I need one of those collapsible

things for camping with the kids that's

the astral tent it's my time machine now

I just need a minute to set up the

temporal destination I'd followed Milo

here curious to know what he was going

on about but it just hit me then Milo

was actually mental he'd really lost it

oh you poor baby uh what's going on

nothing sweetie it's all okay I'm here

for you but you need help professional

help do you understand what I'm saying

Milo no can you get your hands off my

face I hear there's really nice places

now for people like you and you'll get

the help you need and I'll come visit

you I promise are you talking about a

mental institution I'm not crazy of

course not sweetie you're special cut it

out if you think I'm crazy why did you

come with me I don't know Milo maybe I

just came along because I'm actually

really happy to see you even though I've

been pretending otherwise and maybe a

small part of me thought hey he's a

genius maybe he really did invent time

travel and you're in for an adventure

Jen which would be a nice change from

your mundane life but you just pitched

up a tent in a field and gave me a

stupid hat and this is all so ridiculous

I'm going home just as I turned to leave

I heard a buzzing sound from behind me

and I gasped the tent was glowing it

makes that sound when it's warming up

you want to put that hat back on okay

then as we stood outside the tent I

could feel my heart r racing with

excitement was this really happening

before we go in you got to remember

three rules of time travel number one

and the most important don't change

anything in the past we have no idea

what happens when we pull out a single

thread in the fabric of time it can have

a butterfly effect and change many

outcomes possibly for the worse aren't

we going back to change something we

already know that has a really bad

outcome so we're going to risk it change

nothing else okay got it number two you

can't get recognized by anyone tell no

one who you are under any circumstances

done number three uh okay I think I

don't have a number three so just two

important rules of time travel also I

got to warn you as we travel you will

experience nausea headaches dizziness

stomach cramps palpitation sweats and

feel like someone kicked you in the back

sounds like 9 months of pregnancy been

there done that okay then you ready this

is insane yes yes okay I'm ready

it's good to see you too by the way now

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the continuous progress of existence measured in seconds, minutes, hours, etc.
travel /ˈtrævəl/ A1	verb - to go from one place to another, typically over a distance.
virus /ˈvaɪrəs/ B2	noun - a microscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism.
vaccine /ˈvæksiːn/ B2	noun - a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease.
portal /ˈpɔːrtəl/ C1	noun - a doorway, gate, or entrance, especially a large or elaborate one; in sci‑fi, a gateway that allows travel between worlds or times.
alien /ˈeɪliən/ B1	noun - a being from another planet; also, a foreigner in a country. adjective - relating to or characteristic of an alien; strange, unfamiliar.
midnight /ˈmɪdnaɪt/ B1	noun - the middle of the night; 12:00 am.
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep; also, a cherished aspiration. verb - to experience dreams while sleeping; to imagine or envision something desirable.
danger /ˈdeɪndʒər/ B1	noun - the possibility of suffering harm or injury.
fear /fɪər/ A2	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous. verb - to be afraid of someone or something.
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ A2	adjective - extremely foolish or out of control; also, mentally unstable.
weird /wɪərd/ B1	adjective - strange or unusual, especially in a way that is unsettling.
big /bɪg/ A1	adjective - of considerable size, extent, or intensity.
tiny /ˈtaɪni/ A2	adjective - very small; minute.
old /oʊld/ A1	adjective - having lived for a long time; not new.
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot. verb - to manage, operate, or be in charge of something.
jump /dʒʌmp/ A1	verb - to leap into the air or over something.
fix /fɪks/ B1	verb - to repair something that is broken or to arrange something to be in the correct position.