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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 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 bomb okay no one says

that anymore whatever now before I

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MSA I'll give you a quick walkthrough 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

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 dream booat 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 flu

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 Bor 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're 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 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 in kiss 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 you1

extra dollar 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 Terri

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

twin are adorable but they're maniacs

and Stella is so smart and I'm

constantly disappointing her she knew

Alex was daating 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 2000

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

scientists working on it got the wrong

result 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 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 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 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 1 2 3 go

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oh my God oh my God my God that was

amazing I feel so alive woohoo I'm going

to barf I followed Milo out of the tent

and my heart caught in my throat I knew

this place it was the football field in

our high school I'm fine thanks for

asking uh-oh

uh I think I kind of made a small

mistake how big is small when we're

talking about time travel I just got us

here a little earlier than planned but

don't worry you'll be back at your house

the same night I visited you we just got

a couple of extra days here as long as I

get back on time uh where's my cell

phone Jen the iPhone wasn't released

till 2007 it doesn't exist right now

welcome to the winter of 2000 man this

is so freaky and so dope you must be so

impressed with yourself who wouldn't be

Milo said we'd be staying at his place

where no one would notice us and I knew

why of course he'd been adopted as a kid

by an eccentric businessman who loved

him dearly but was away on business a

lot and growing up Milo was often home

alone in a huge mansion we climbed over

the wall walked across the garden and

slipped through a half-opened window I

still couldn't get over how weird it was

to sneak through these familiar hallways

we slipped into a room in the unused

wing of the mansion and settled in to

sleep for the night you still awake of

course I'm still awake I'm so excited to

be here Milo I can't wait to go around

town visit our school see my parents you

know what this means right my mom is

still around Jen you can't be out and

about I just want to see can you imagine

how freaked out your parents would be if

they saw and recognized the older you or

if you bumped into your younger self we

don't know what your past self would do

if she saw her future self and it could

have serious consequences for your

present

we have to stay low do what we came to

do and go home you got it yeah of course

of course I wasn't staying in I'd be

careful but how many times does one get

to travel back to their freaking past so

the next morning I woke up early locked

Milo in the room so he wouldn't follow

me too soon and sneaked out of the house

I knew my parents would have left for

work by now so I'd see them later that

meant I was going to visit the most

important place in my teenage Life High

School no one even asked me who I was as

I entered the premises and it looked

like I'd walked onto the set of Mean

Girls the really lowrise jeans fitted

crop tops butterfly Clips tattoo chokers

and everything with sequins looked like

crimes against fashion to me now I

walked out into the main Courtyard and

my heart skipped a beat as I caught

sight of a young Milo on a bench lost in

a book on quantum physics I'd always

thought he was cute in his careless

genius way and he had a bit of a a fan

following hey Milo I was wondering if

you could help me with my math

assignment I could but I won't okay who

cares about stupid math anyway I just

came to ask if you'd go to the spring

dance with me is it spring already I

hadn't noticed zo is that a yes or no a

yes or no to what the dance Milo oh yeah

that nope notada hard pass never going

to

happen why not am I that unattractive to

me yes OB itively speaking you're an

above average specimen of the female

species come on stop hiding for Jennifer

and just say yes are you sure you know

the meaning of pining can you even spell

it I don't understand quantity science

but I know when a guy wants a girl but

she's with Golden Boy now so you should

move on with me the only thing I'm

pining for is peace so fine give me that

math assignment jeez Were You Raised by

Wolves with underdeveloped brains it's

all wrong literally all of it I'll solve

it in my lunch break and you leave me

alone

as Milo walked away without waiting for

an answer I saw a troubled look across

his face I'd sometimes thought Milo and

I had a spark but he'd never said

anything and I always assumed he didn't

want to be more than friends I made my

way to the football field next knowing

exactly what to expect Alex bunking his

classes to practice football but as I

got closer it nearly took my breath away

seeing him playing and looking so

vibrant and my heart broke a little

knowing how that dream had ended hey

lady who are you and why are you staring

at that boy hey it's not a crime to

stare at your husband and I uh by that I

mean the coach beautiful man can't keep

my eyes off him Coach Jackson is your

husband I didn't know he was married

husband to be hopefully if I can put a

ring on it okay I got to pee be right

back I ran off in the direction where I

remembered the bathrooms were and

decided to wait it out in case the

janitor was still outside but as I was

wandering through the hallway I suddenly

saw Alex walk in with his ex-girlfriend

Bianca oh God I couldn't risk being seen

by them I slipped through the first door

close to me and realized it was the

boy's locker room I heard footsteps

coming closer so I jumped into an empty

closet seconds before Alex and Bianca

came in and then they started kissing

what the actual heck Alex was cheating

on me in high school Bianca we can't

keep seeing each other I have a

girlfriend I really like so I have a

boyfriend I really like too why can't we

have some fun on the side yeah we fought

a lot when we were together but we

always had great chemistry that witch no

no I can't look this is too stressful

and it's giving me an ulcer and I need

my head in the game before the big

Championship we're not seeing each other

again okay okay if you say so now give

me one last Alex are you in there can I

come in that was me that was my 17 old

voice oh my God it's Jen hey yeah I'm

changing give me a minute a minute

what'll happen in a minute are you going

to do some magic trick to make me

invisible and suddenly without warning

Alex shoved Bianca in the closet I was

hiding in and I barely managed to press

myself to one side and hold my breath

you can come in Jen seeing myself look

so young and beautiful made me want to

cry I was a goddess hey babe missed you

in class again you're going to flunk

chemistry at this rate no one's going to

care when I'll be a rich famous football

player and then he pulled me in for a

kiss how could he kiss me with that same

stupid mouth he'd used to kiss stupid

Bianca who I wanted to strangle I just

wanted to check if you wanted to go with

me and Milo to this science exhibit at

the Museum after school his dad got

special passes gross I'd rather be hit

by a car seriously it's by this really

cool scientist who's worked on a quantum

entanglement and you're not even

listening anymore are you of course I'm

listening you said blah blah something

blah blah blah why you're even friends

with Milo I'll never understand he's my

best friend and he's really cool he's a

dork and he acts like I'm some dumb jock

you guys have fun babe I've got a thing

with a friend anyway as the two walked

out hand in hand I could see Bianca

smirking yeah the thing with a friend is

a make out session with me stupid Jen

gosh you slimy little Bianca jumped out

of the closet like she'd been

electrocuted staring at me in shock I

was so close to getting out unnoticed

stupid stupid me who are you you pervert

how long have you been hiding here and

spying on boys half your age what no I

can explain go ahead then uh okay yeah

so I do have an explanation and it's a

really good one too and suddenly Bianca

let out an earth shattering scream I

shoved her back in the closet and ran

for my life apparently not fast enough

for a teenager someone catched that

woman she was hiding in the boy's locker

room she attacked me and before I knew

it I had half the school running after

me as I was headed for the gates I'd

never be able to outrun these kids and

if I got recognized I was done for Milo

would kill me and then suddenly I saw

him approaching me fast on some old

bicycle hop on quick Milo pedal away

furiously but we still had people after

us can you go a little faster I'm trying

but you're kind of I mean I don't cycle

professionally you know I'm kind of what

Milo well a little chunkier than I

remember did you just call me chunky no

I said chunkier there's a subtle

difference stop distracting me Milo

swerved into some straet after which we

ditched the bike ran down several narrow

Alleyways crossed the main road and

finally ran into a park where we

collapsed behind a huge tree I you

what were you thinking I'm sorry I know

I should have listened to you but I just

couldn't help myself thank you for

coming in time you're not welcome Milo

it was so cool I saw you and my younger

self and I was hot I don't remember

being that hot do you remember that I

really don't also I caught Alex making

out with his freaking ex beona can you

imagine Milo just stared at me quietly

uh why don't you you look shocked wait

did you know back then I'd heard some

rumors and you never told me ow I wasn't

sure if they were true okay and it's not

like you would have listened to me back

then I told you he was too stupid for

you a dimwit a [ __ ] a buffoon but did

you ever listen no you thought everyone

was stupid you wouldn't have taken me

seriously no matter what I'd said Jen

you had stars in your eyes for that guy

he was perfect apparently not so what

our entire relationship was a lie and

Alex never really loved

me I hate siding with Alex but I don't

think that's true I think he did really

love you the best he knew how I guess if

only I'd known though maybe my life

would have been totally different no use

dwelling on the past right now listen we

have to stay inside especially since

we've got people looking for us I just

have one tiny favor to ask no hear me

out no Milo I want to see my parents

once okay mom just left without a word 2

weeks from this date actually and I

haven't seen her in 18 years I won't

interact with anyone and I'll just see

them through the window having dinner

it'll be nighttime so no one will notice

me fine just one look through the window

and I'm coming with you and later that

evening as we crept up to my house my

heart almost exploded there was mom as

lovely as I remembered and Dad laughing

and looking like a completely different

person from now Milo had joined us for

dinner and we were picture perfect I

loved how you guys always made me feel

like I was a part of the family I still

don't understand why she left us just

like that it broke dad's heart well it

broke mine too I felt Milo slip his

fingers through mine and we watched for

a few more minutes before we left how

about we get pizza from our favorite

spot and talk tonight we've got a lot of

catching up to do sounds like a plan and

God I've missed gian's Pizza best in the

world this is the worst Pizza in the

world why does the marinara sauce taste

like wet socks the pepperoni is like

rber how come we didn't notice this

before I don't know man this is inedible

and I'm starving can we explore your

kitchen please your dad's a millionaire

why do you only have eggs in the fridge

because he wasn't around much and I

wasn't interested I don't mind you

boiling some eggs why should I do it

it's your house or is it my job because

I'm a woman I didn't know we'd traveled

back to 1950 jeez it's not a feminist

issue I'll boil them do you even know

how to boil eggs I'm a scientist of

course I know the stove turns on the

other way genius God men are such

useless babies give me that I'll do it I

can handle boiling an egg woman I don't

have the energy to bick like an old

married couple just let me do it as we

both pulled at the saucepan it went

flying out of our hands and landed with

a loud clunk on the floor Milo

immediately pulled me into the tiny

pantry and we waited with baited breath

expecting some servant to come running

in I think no one Hur us we can go out

now let's give it a few more minutes we

can't risk getting caught I felt acutely

aware of how close Milo was and how he

seemed to be analyzing my face you

haven't changed much since high school

you know liar just earlier today you

said I'm chunk here I just meant you're

not a skinny teenager anymore and you

look great I'm sure you get asked out

all the time oh no I'm probably known as

The Lunatic mom of three kids in my town

I attacked a salesperson and destroyed a

wedding cake at a bakery not too long

ago oh God I wish I'd been there to see

it I don't like that crazy angry side of

me at all and yeah that would make

anyone run away if they were interested

in the first place which I highly doubt

I doubt the opposite suddenly Milo was

even closer and tucking Away Hair behind

my ear and my arms were going around his

neck and I could feel his breath on my

face and just as I leaned in the door

burst open and we stared in complete

horror at a younger Milo who was staring

back at

us don't move don't breathe he's

literally staring at us I think he's

sleepwalking I used to do that I'm not

sleepwalking are you me from the future

no and that's that's older Jen this is

just a dream Milo you'll wake up from it

soon well that's disappointing for a

minute I got excited thinking you'd come

from the future to tell me time travel

is possible and Jen and I ended up

together it's not and we didn't oh okay

good to know can I can I grab those

cookies thanks and then young Milo just

walked away oh my God what just happened

do you have any memory of this encounter

since you met your future self in your

past uh I I hadn't thought about this in

years but yeah now I remember having

this weird Vivid dream as a teenager

about meeting our future selves I

thought that's all it was a dream this

is insanely cool also let me get this

straight 17-year-old you wanted us to

end up together Milo's face flushed I

thought you always knew I liked you but

deliberately ignored it so I assumed you

just wanted to be friends I suspected it

sometimes but you never said or did

anything there was never a good time we

only saw each other every day you had a

crush on someone first and then there

was someone else and then there was Alex

Alex was the first serious relationship

the rest were just crushes Milo I may

have even lied about one of them to get

some reaction out of you wait wait hold

on back up so that means you liked me

too maybe okay yes there were times when

I thought we could be more than friends

but you were always so inexpressive and

in your head I never knew what you

really wanted so this is my fault looks

like it also is this why you disappeared

from my wedding I really was making

ground progress on my time travel work I

was totally consumed by it and didn't

need any distractions but yeah I thought

seeing you actually walked down the

aisle with that dumb jock would be a bit

hard maybe if you said something it

would have turned out differently things

with Alex weren't always perfect even

when it looked like they were but I

guess this is how it was meant to be you

know what I'm exhausted I'm going to

call it a

night the next morning we decided just

to focus on what we had to do that night

to make sure the scientist's vaccine

experiment didn't get messed up can't we

go to the lab earlier today and remove

the equipment so I never bump into it

that place is guarded at all times the

only opportunity we have is what our

younger selves have discovered all those

years ago there's a half hour gap

between guards changing shifts at night

which is also the time our younger

selves will be breaking in and we can't

be seen by them exactly we can only

follow them carefully and actually

prevent the accident from happening at

the time it happens when you bump into

the equipment there's a 3second window

between the liquid falling from the file

and going into the beaker we have to be

hiding behind that counter already so we

can stop that I've tried it a few times

but I can never do it fast enough when

you have three kids you have superhuman

reflexes it'll be a piece of cake for me

it felt sural as we hid in the bushes

outside the warehouse observing young

Jen and Milo ahead of us and we waited

for 5 minutes before we climbed through

the window they used to get in Milo I'm

stuck push the window up a bit more it

seems to be jammed how are you stuck I

just came through this too I guess my

butt is just bigger than yours isn't it

just do something Milo pulled hard at my

arms and I finally got through and

landed on him with a soft thud we waited

breathlessly for a few seconds to see if

someone had hurt us then went down the

passageways that led to the lab we

slipped in quietly behind young Milo and

Jen then crouched on the floor and

crawled over behind the counter what the

heck is going on in this place I don't

know half of this stuff has biohazard

signs on it I really think we shouldn't

have come here I told you so shut up

it's going to happen in 10 seconds are

you ready yeah I'm ready we counted down

the seconds my heart pounding in my ears

and the second we heard young Jen crash

into the equipment I leapt up reached

for the beaker and pulled it away just

before the liquid from the vial fell

into it and I felt a strange Ripple in

the air like something major had changed

hey are you okay look we got to get out

of here before someone finds us as the

two ran out Milo and I slowly got up my

hands still shaking as they were

clutching onto the beaker I I actually

did it oh my God Chen we've just averted

a huge future catastrophe now let's get

out of here before we caught another one

we ran out the way we'd come climbed out

the window and saw young Jen and Milo

sneak off ahead of us we decided to take

a breath and give them a head start but

just a few minutes later several black

cars came at full speed and halted in

front of the warehouse Milo and I

quickly ducked behind a bush and then I

saw something which made my heart drop

as the car doors open several people in

lap coats and black suits stepped out

and one of them was my mom without even

realizing I let out a loud cry and Milo

clamped a hand over my mouth mom looked

around sharply and for a second I

thought she was staring right at me did

someone else hear that no what did you

hear ma'am just a strange sound maybe it

was an animal as she was about to walk

into the building she suddenly turned to

a bodyguard search the premises to make

sure we don't have any unwanted visitors

and if you find someone you know what to

do as the men started spreading out Milo

quietly dragged me backwards towards the

fence he lifted a plank to let us

through and then we ran as fast as we

could Milo stop stop I can't breathe my

mother my mother she's somehow a part of

this horrible virus project did you did

you know she was involved I swear I

didn't the last few times I went into

the lab I escaped before these cars got

here it's my first time seeing her too

this is ridiculous my mom was known for

the best freaking apple pies in this

town that's what she was known for how

can that cold scary person be my mom how

could she be part of creating a weapon

I'm so sorry Jen Milo hugged me tight as

I sobbed into his chest I want to go

home to my present can we just go now

yeah I just need to get my briefcase

from my house then we're going home I

was still in shock as we made it back to

Milo's he told me to wait in the garden

while he got his briefcase but moments

later I saw young Jen and Milo come out

of the house and I immediately hid I saw

them walking down the driveway but then

suddenly he took my arm Jennifer there's

something I need to say to you you never

call me Jennifer this sounds serious it

is and it isn't I mean it is but it's

not that big a deal like either way I'm

going to be fine like I'm cool you get

me are you having a stroke no no I'm

trying to say something here okay and I

have to do it tonight or I'll lose

courage and never see it I didn't

remember having this conversation with

Milo before and suddenly I felt felt

that weird Ripple in the air that I felt

in the lab like something big was

changing you know you can say anything

to me I'm your best friend yeah yeah of

course well that's the thing actually

how long have we known each other now 4

years I guess so in that time the thing

is Jennifer I have to confess that I

what the heck I think I'm in and

suddenly I desperately started making

sounds like a crow

oh God what is that sounds like a bird

being

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murdered it doesn't sound like a bird

from this planet the car is ready to

drop Miss Jennifer Holmes sir I got to

go it's late let me know if you find

that poor tortured creature young Jen

left in the car and young Milo stood

there looking after her then went back

to the house with his head hanging and I

was still reeling with shock when I

heard Milo behind me hey we're good to

go I turned around and pounced on him

what did you do what why are you

attacking me what did you do ow get off

of me and stop pulling my hair what is

the matter with you you did something

Milo I know you did I don't remember you

ever coming close to telling me that you

were in love with me so why did I just

witness your younger version about to

say that to my younger version oh God I

didn't know he'd do it here and you'd

see it tell me what you did all right

all right remember how last night you

were blaming me for never Having the

courage to say anything and you have

been saying you have a mundane life and

you wish things could have been

different so yesterday when you went to

bed I slipped into Milo's room I used to

write notes to myself as reminders all

the time so I left the note saying that

I had to tell you how I felt tonight I

just tried giving my younger self a

little push that's all that's all are

you kidding me you tried to change a

major event Milo after all the rules of

time travel and your lectures not to

change a thing you actually tried to

change our destiny I thought that's what

you wanted that's not what I want now

you should have said something in the

past that's exactly what I was doing why

are women so confusing no if your past

self had just told my past self how you

felt and if after that I decided to

break up with Alex it would have changed

the rest of my timeline forever so when

I return return to my present it

wouldn't even be the same present would

that be so bad I thought we missed our

chance and I could fix it and it's not

like things with Alex turn out great I

have kids with Alex and they are the

best thing that ever happened to me if

Alex and I never ended up together I

would never have my kids you almost

erased them from existence okay listen I

know that sounds bad but if the timeline

changed you would have no memory of your

kids in your present you wouldn't even

have ever met them it would all be

different and that very thought is

making me sick to the stomach in this

moment I know they exist and they mean

everything to me and I would choose the

same life over and over again just

because I got to have them and you

nearly destroyed all of that and I will

never ever forgive you for

this take me back home now Chen I'm

sorry I didn't think it through don't

talk to me I can't even look at

you when we made it back to the present

Milo just said I'm sorry and disappeared

into the night and my heart felt heavy

with anger and knowing I'd probably

never see him again I hugged my kids

extra tight when I met them and over the

next few days we all watched news of the

xenox virus spreading like wildfire but

the government reassured the public that

a vaccine would be made available as

soon as the following week and I

breathed a sigh of relief knowing we'd

all be safe and soon after I took a trip

to see my dad he had become a recluse

over the years and I'd kind of resented

him because I always felt he knew the

truth about why mom left and kept it

from me Dad don't ask me how but I know

Mom was involved in a shady government

project related to the xenoir virus I

deserve some answers so if you know more

about it please just tell me now and

finally he did I knew your mother was a

government official but her work was

always

confidential the night she left us she

told me that she was part of an illegal

project involving the creation of a

virus as biological warfare which had

been shut down and everyone involved in

it was considered a criminal so she had

to go on the run and leave the country

immediately I was just trying to protect

you I didn't want you to think she was a

monster honestly I haven't heard a word

from her since I'm really sorry you had

to carry that burden alone I wish you'd

told me no I wish I had too and we

wouldn't have drifted apart we can still

fix that Dad the truth about mom was a

bitter pill to swallow but it was better

to have some closure and I got close to

dad again I even felt more at peace with

my decision to divorce Alex well sort of

you know Alex I really am sorry that you

didn't get to live your football dream I

know it meant everything to you oh wow

thank you yeah it was really hard ow why

did you just kick me that's for cheating

on me don't even deny it I know you did

what when think long and hard Alex it'll

come back to you and try to be a better

man now and seeing my younger self just

made me think about the dreams I once

had I decided to apply for PHD programs

again and yeah it was hard studying

while juggling the mom gig but I was

happier than I'd been in years my anger

at Milo faded as months passed by and I

wanted to talk but I had no way to track

him down but then as fade would have it

I was running after a bus one day when I

bumped straight into him literally

bumped into him ow please don't punch me

I'm already hurting what is your skull

made of iron it's not like I bumped into

a feather pillow and you made me miss my

bus I don't think you were going to

catch that anyway any chance we can get

coffee and talk sure but not this Cafe

uh banned from here look just let me see

my piece first okay what I did was

beyond stupid it was so reckless even

trying to alter our timelines and no one

knows that better than me there wasn't

even any guarantee that you'd have

broken up with Alex and ended up with me

or that we would have lasted in a

relationship maybe I would have never

continued working on time travel and

then we'd have never gone back to fix

the

vaccine I I can't even fathom the

repercussions of suction

action I guess I was just really curious

about the what if but I'm so glad you

stopped it in time I know it's a lot to

ask for but is there any chance we can

agree that I was a complete [ __ ] and

you can forgive me one day I'm curious

about the wh ifs too and I did sound

like I wanted a different life but I've

realized that maybe everything that

happened however it happened had the

best possible outcomes for all of us I

want to believe that and I guess we were

supposed to meet again now after all

these years so why don't we just pick it

up from here hi I'm Milo a wack job

scientist and time traveler I'm

emotionally stunted but I'm working on

it hello I'm Jen mom of three science

teacher and PhD student also taking

therapy for Anger Management cool I just

really want to know one more thing

what's that what are you doing for the

rest of your life

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot verb - to manage or operate
shadow /ˈʃædoʊ/ A2	noun - a dark area where light is blocked
muffled /ˈmʌfəld/ B1	adjective - softened or indistinct sound
axe /æks/ A2	noun - a tool with a heavy blade for chopping
hat /hæt/ A1	noun - a covering for the head
mistake /mɪsˈteɪk/ A2	noun - an error in action or judgment
animated /ˈænɪmeɪtɪd/ B1	adjective - full of life or excitement
bomb /bɒm/ A2	noun - an explosive device verb - to fail badly
valedictorian /ˌvælɪdɪkˈtɔːriən/ C1	noun - the student with the highest grades who delivers a speech at graduation
avocado /ˌævəˈkɑːdoʊ/ B1	noun - a pear-shaped fruit with green or blackish skin
tantrum /ˈtæntrəm/ B2	noun - a sudden fit of anger or frustration
judgy /ˈdʒʌdʒi/ B2	adjective - tending to judge others harshly
cupcake /ˈkʌpkeɪk/ A2	noun - a small cake baked in a cup-shaped container
terrified /ˈtɛrɪfaɪd/ B1	adjective - extremely frightened
hamster /ˈhæmstər/ A2	noun - a small rodent often kept as a pet
xenovox /ˈzɛnəvɒks/ C2	noun - a fictional virus mentioned in the lyrics
temporal /ˈtɛmpərəl/ C1	adjective - relating to time
sural /ˈsjʊərəl/ C2	adjective - relating to the calf or lower leg
recluse /ˈrɛkluːs/ B2	noun - a person who lives in seclusion
fathom /ˈfæðəm/ B2	verb - to understand something difficult

Key Grammar Structures

• If you 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.

  ➔ First conditional (real possibility in the future)

  ➔ The clause "If you **don't change** anything..." uses the present simple to talk about a possible future action, and the main clause "we **have** no idea..." also uses present simple because the result is considered certain now.

• I could have been a rich famous football player.

  ➔ Modal verb + perfect infinitive (unreal past possibility)

  ➔ The phrase "could **have been**" combines the modal **could** with the perfect infinitive **have been** to talk about something that was possible but did not happen.

• I should have told you how I felt.

  ➔ Modal verb + perfect infinitive (expressing past regret)

  ➔ The modal **should** followed by **have told** shows that the speaker regrets not doing the action in the past.

• She looks like she had been waiting for hours.

  ➔ Past perfect continuous (had been + -ing) to show an action that started before another past moment.

  ➔ The clause **had been waiting** uses past perfect continuous to emphasise the duration of waiting **before** the reference time "she looks like".

• Having grown up with three kids, I am exhausted.

  ➔ Perfect participle clause (Having + past participle) to indicate cause or reason.

  ➔ The phrase **Having grown up** uses the perfect participle to show that the speaker’s upbringing **preceded** the current feeling of exhaustion.

• No one said that I would be recognized.

  ➔ Future in the past (would + infinitive) in reported speech.

  ➔ The verb **would be** shows a future event imagined from a past perspective – what someone thought would happen at that earlier time.

• The virus, which was created in that lab, spread worldwide.

  ➔ Non‑defining relative clause (which + past simple)

  ➔ The clause **which was created in that lab** adds extra information about "the virus"; it is set off by commas because it is not essential to identify the noun.

• If only I had known the truth, I would have acted differently.

  ➔ Third conditional (past perfect + would have + past participle)

  ➔ The structure **had known** (past perfect) shows an unreal condition in the past, and **would have acted** expresses the imagined result that did not actually occur.