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00:00I'd just settled into the couch with my snacks and my movie when suddenly the doorbell rang.
00:10Flippity flippin' flamingo. Can't a woman have a moment of peace in her own house?
00:15Why is someone here at midnight?
00:16I was marching towards the door when I stopped short.
00:19Why is someone here at midnight?
00:21Uh, hello? Who is it?
00:24There was only silence.
00:25Are you a robber?
00:26Dude, I just took my kids to the dentist today, so I'm broke.
00:30Try your luck with the big house down the street.
00:32Again, no reply, but I could see a weird shadow against the door.
00:37Are you an alien who's accidentally landed on planet Earth?
00:40Run away while you still can! It's too late for the rest of us!
00:44Still no answer, but I heard a muffled laugh.
00:47Look, I've been having a rough time lately, and I am so not in the mood for this.
00:52So I'm warning you, I'm coming out with an axe and I am not afraid to use it.
00:56I flung the door open and jumped back, half expecting to be attacked.
01:00But when the porch light fell on the face under the weird hat, I recognized someone I thought I'd never see again.
01:06Milo? Not a phone call or text for 12 years, and now you just show up at my door at midnight?
01:12Did someone die?
01:13Uh, hi. Long time no see.
01:16Yeah, 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.
01:24Can I come in?
01:25I was hoping this was the part I'd wake up and realize it was just a stupid dream that made no sense.
01:31Yeah, no such luck.
01:32Hi, I'm Jennifer, the oldest emcee of My Story Animated.
01:36By the way, Mr. Director, I don't appreciate how everyone on set has been telling me I look very good for my age.
01:43That's something you'd say to someone in their 60s.
01:46I'm just a hot 35-year-old.
01:48Sorry, I think I'm catching something from one of my kids.
01:55Ah, nasty buggers.
01:57Anyway, I'm old enough to be your mom, so y'all better show some respect and strap in for my story because it's gonna be da bomb.
02:06Okay, no one says that anymore? Whatever.
02:09Now, before I continue, please like and subscribe to MSA.
02:12I'll give you a quick walkthrough of my past. It's kinda important.
02:15I was born on December 27, 1983, a cute lump of fat weighing 10 pounds, 8 ounces.
02:22I was an only kid, so my childhood was carefully documented by my adoring parents.
02:27Cute, cute, still cute.
02:29Then, yikes, puberty hit and that was just ugly, ugly, hella ugly.
02:35I had it all. The braces, the unibrow, the baby fat still holding on tight.
02:40I didn't think I'd recover from that phase, so I worked hard on being smart and funny.
02:44Then, boom, I turned 16 and had a big crush on a boy.
02:49Lost the weight, lost the braces, and people started using a word for me that I hadn't heard before.
02:55Pretty.
02:56I was class valedictorian, voted most likely to succeed, and the girlfriend of the football team captain.
03:02Alex was an absolute dreamboat.
03:04You just had to see him in action once, and you knew this guy was gonna be a star.
03:09We dated all through university and got married after graduation.
03:13Alex's career was on the rise.
03:15I was about to start my PhD.
03:16Life was peachy, blah, blah, blah.
03:18But then one day, Alex had a terrible injury during a game.
03:22And soon after, the doctors told him he could never play professionally again.
03:27It was a huge blow.
03:29And with a kid on the way, I had to quit my PhD program and get a job as a high school science teacher.
03:34Alex was depressed and bedridden for months.
03:38But when he got back on his feet, he was even worse.
03:41Babe, I've got an amazing idea.
03:43We're opening a ramen place.
03:45We don't know the first thing about making ramen.
03:47I'm one-eighth Japanese.
03:49It's gotta be in my blood.
03:50It wasn't.
03:51We filed for bankruptcy six months later.
03:54I bought a flock of sheep, babe.
03:55It's a great investment.
03:57We'll double our money in six months.
03:59We didn't.
04:00Unless we're talking about losses.
04:01Yeah, we doubled those.
04:03I'm growing mushrooms in the garage.
04:05I'm growing avocados in the garden.
04:07I'm investing in a video game for bored 70-year-olds.
04:11I tried to be supportive, knowing that he'd lost his big dream career.
04:15But the debts were piling.
04:16The fights were becoming more frequent.
04:18And we were drifting further apart.
04:21Ten years later, we decided to separate and see how we felt about it.
04:25But the one true joy of my life was becoming a mom to my daughter Stella.
04:29Followed five years later by her twin brothers, David and Beckham.
04:33No matter what happened, this love I had for my kids was forever.
04:37So 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.
04:48Yeah, okay, the last one is me.
04:49Why are you telling me this morning that you need cupcakes for your entire class today?
04:53I 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.
05:01Your brother stuck my watch in a jar of Nutella.
05:04David, Beckham, why do you keep taking your clothes off?
05:07That's the opposite of getting dressed.
05:09I'll be the only kid who didn't get anything for the class picnic.
05:13No, sweetie, wait.
05:14Let's see what we got.
05:16Here's a jar of peanut butter and some cookies.
05:18Ew, no, those are stale.
05:20You want to take some prunes?
05:21They're great for constipation.
05:23Mom, I'll tell the teacher you forgot.
05:25It happens.
05:26Oh, no, you won't.
05:27I know how judgy those teachers are.
05:29We're stopping at a bakery.
05:31Boys, 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.
05:38You don't know an elf?
05:39Yeah, we don't believe you.
05:41I'm your mother, and mothers never lie to their children.
05:45Now get dressed before I call the goblin who eats twins for...
05:49Hey, lady, can you control your kids?
05:52One of them took my cookie.
05:54Oh, God, so sorry.
05:56I'll get you another one.
05:57A coffee, too.
05:58The other brat stuck his gross finger in it.
06:01Okay, sure.
06:02But you don't have to be so angry.
06:04They're just kids.
06:05Yeah, I'm angry at you.
06:07Clearly you suckers a mom and didn't teach them any manners.
06:11Excuse me?
06:12You want to say that again to my face?
06:15Did you think I said it to your butt the first time?
06:19Oh, you want a piece of me, buddy?
06:22Mom, please don't.
06:24You're crazy.
06:25I'm out of here.
06:26I need to pee.
06:27I need to pee, too.
06:28For the last time, you don't need to take your shoes off to pee.
06:32After we returned from the bathroom, I turned to the lady at the counter.
06:36How many cupcakes do you have here?
06:38Two dozen.
06:39I'll take them all, please.
06:41I can't sell them all to you.
06:43Why not?
06:44What if someone else comes around for a cupcake?
06:47What do you care if one person buys them or ten people do?
06:50You just want sales, right?
06:52No.
06:52I want to make people happy.
06:54Then go be a party clown in your free time.
06:57But right now, I need you to sell me those cupcakes.
07:01I'll pay you ten extra dollars.
07:02No.
07:03Give me it!
07:04I jumped behind the counter and started taking out the cupcakes.
07:07The lady started wrestling with me and screaming for security.
07:11I pushed her, she pushed me back, and I went flying straight into a baker walking out of
07:16the kitchen with someone's wedding cake.
07:18I'll never forget that moment.
07:20Me covered head to toe in white frosting, the salesperson still screaming, everyone in
07:26the cafe, including my children, looking absolutely terrified, and in the doorway stood
07:31Alex, looking as handsome as ever.
07:34Holding hands with a leggy redhead who looked like she'd stepped out of a magazine.
07:39Mom, are you okay?
07:41Yes, sweetie.
07:42I'm fine.
07:43I'm not fine.
07:45I feel like I'm one of those hamsters on a wheel, and the wheel never stops, and I'm
07:49running and running, but somehow I've gained weight.
07:52How did that happen?
07:54You had three kids, honey, and you're an amazing mom.
07:57No, I'm not.
07:58The twins are adorable, but they're maniacs.
08:01And Stella is so smart, and I'm constantly disappointing her.
08:06She knew Alex was dating someone for months, and she didn't tell me to protect my feelings.
08:11A ten-year-old shouldn't have to do that.
08:13How do you feel about Alex having a girlfriend?
08:15I know the marriage has long been over, but I just wasn't expecting him to get over it
08:20so quickly, you know?
08:22I know.
08:23So, yeah.
08:24We got a divorce with shared custody of the kids.
08:27I became kinda friends with Cassie or Katie or whatever that dumb redhead's name is, and
08:33life went on.
08:35Now it was Alex's turn to keep the kids overnight, and I had big plans for myself, which were
08:41rudely interrupted.
08:43You have white hair now.
08:45You have a bigger butt now.
08:46You checked out my butt?
08:48Don't sound so excited.
08:50I just made a logical guess.
08:52Milo, you wanna tell me where you've been for twelve years?
08:56You just suddenly left town without so much as a goodbye?
08:59Oh, wait.
09:00What day was that?
09:01Yeah, my wedding day.
09:03And you were the best man.
09:04I told you.
09:05I had a brainwave related to my research.
09:08Also, you know I hate people in weddings, and happiness in general.
09:11You left me a text, and I haven't heard from you since.
09:14Why come and see me now?
09:16Because we have to travel back.
09:18Okay, sit down, and I'll set up a PowerPoint presentation.
09:21Use your words, and make them make sense.
09:24Okay, okay.
09:25So, do you remember what we were doing on the night of 15th December 2000?
09:29Sometimes I'm in the shower and can't remember if I just shampooed my hair.
09:33So, no.
09:34Do you remember that you were a nosy person, and you suspected something shady was happening
09:38in the abandoned warehouse in our town, and you dragged me there one night to find out
09:42more?
09:43Oh, yeah.
09:44I remember that.
09:45And I was right.
09:46It was some super freaky science lab.
09:49But then we went back a week later, and it was gone.
09:52Yeah.
09:53Have you heard about the Xenovirox virus?
09:55I recently read about some cases in the news.
09:58Soon, it'll be a lot more.
09:59All over the world.
10:01Apparently, the virus was created in that shady science lab by some people in government
10:05as biological warfare.
10:06What?
10:07No way!
10:08Do you remember that when we were in the lab, you accidentally bumped into some things
10:12on a countertop?
10:13Did I?
10:14You knocked over a vial, and the liquid in it got mixed with fluid in another beaker.
10:18That was the vaccine.
10:20Because of your mishap, the scientist working on it got the wrong result.
10:24And he concluded that the vaccine was impossible to make.
10:27The project was shut down because it was too risky having a virus from which no one could
10:31be protected.
10:32So, it looks like I did a good thing?
10:35You'd think so, but there's no way to really destroy a virus.
10:39It was kept in a secure facility all these years, and I don't know how and when exactly,
10:44but it escaped, and it's spreading like wildfire now.
10:47And because of your accident, the vaccine for it was never made.
10:51Oh my god.
10:52Well, someone will make it now, won't they?
10:54Not fast enough.
10:56Jen, it's really serious, and we gotta go back and fix this.
10:59What do you mean, go back?
11:01Didn't I already mention the time travel thing?
11:03Yeah, so I stumbled upon a rip in the space-time continuum, which helped me to discover the
11:07way to open portals whenever I want and travel to the past.
11:11That's what I've been working on for almost two decades now.
11:13Oh, no, no, no.
11:16Jennifer, please wake up from this terrible dream.
11:18Is it that bad meeting me after all this time?
11:21Yes, because not a single thing you've said has been good or made sense.
11:26How do you even know all this about the vaccine and the virus?
11:28Time travel. I just told you. You used to be a lot smarter, Jen.
11:34You actually expect me to believe you're a time traveler?
11:37If there's anyone who'll believe me, I expect it to be you.
11:41I looked into his sharp blue eyes and knew he wasn't kidding.
11:45Okay, okay. If you've traveled back in time, why didn't you just fix the problem yourself?
11:51Believe me, I tried. But I can't seem to do it alone, and I can't ask anyone else.
11:56Come on, we gotta go now.
11:58I have this night to myself, Milo, and I don't want to be some hero and save the world.
12:02I just want to watch a movie and fall asleep five minutes after it starts and have pancakes in the morning.
12:08And no, I won't have to make three dozen pancakes or eat the cold ones.
12:13Fresh, hot pancakes just for me.
12:15And coffee and peace.
12:18Let me have this, please.
12:20Jen, everyone you love is at great risk.
12:23Do it for your kids.
12:24No, that's just emotional blackmail.
12:26Is it working?
12:27Yeah, fine. It's working.
12:30Let's go, you weirdo.
12:32You're gonna go like this?
12:33Yeah? What's wrong with this?
12:35Oh, nothing. You look lovely. Is that mustard or barf on your coat?
12:40Shut up.
12:41Put this hat on, please.
12:42Yay! I get a funky hat, too.
12:45Next, Milo took out a cube, placed it on the ground, and it sprang up into a tent.
12:50Hey, I need one of those collapsible things for camping with the kids.
12:54That's the astral tent. It's my time machine. Now, I just need a minute to set up the temporal destination.
13:01I'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.
13:10Oh, you poor baby.
13:13Uh, what's going on?
13:15Nothing, sweetie. It's all okay. I'm here for you. But you need help. Professional help. Do you understand what I'm saying, Milo?
13:24No. Can you get your hands off my face?
13:28I 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.
13:36Are you talking about a mental institution? I'm not crazy.
13:40Of course not, sweetie. You're special.
13:43Cut it out. If you think I'm crazy, why did you come with me?
13:47I 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.
13:54And 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.
14:04But you just pitched up a tent in a field and gave me a stupid hat. And this is all so ridiculous.
14:12I'm going home.
14:12Just as I turned to leave, I heard a buzzing sound from behind me, and I gasped. The tent was glowing.
14:19It makes that sound when it's warming up. You want to put that hat back on?
14:24Okay, then.
14:25As we stood outside the tent, I could feel my heart racing with excitement. Was this really happening?
14:32Before we go in, you've 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.
14:49Aren't we going back to change something?
14:52We already know that has a really bad outcome, so we're going to risk it. Change nothing else, okay?
14:58Got it.
14:58Number two, you can't get recognized by anyone. Tell no one who you are under any circumstances.
15:05Done.
15:06Number three. Uh, okay, I think I don't have a number. So just two important rules of time travel. Also, I gotta warn you, as we travel, you will experience nausea, headaches, dizziness, stomach cramps, palpitations, sweats, and feel like someone kicked you in the back.
15:20Sounds like nine months of pregnancy. Been there, done that.
15:23Okay, then. You ready?
15:24This is insane. Yes, yes, okay. I'm ready.
15:29It's good to see you too. Now, one, two, three, go.
15:35Ah!
15:53Ah!
15:54Oh my god, oh my god, my god! That was amazing! I feel so alive! Woohoo!
16:15I'm gonna barf!
16:17I 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.
16:25I'm fine. Thanks for asking. Uh-oh. Uh, I think I kind of made a small mistake.
16:32How big is small when we're talking about time travel?
16:34I 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.
16:43As long as I get back on time. Uh, where's my cell phone?
16:47Jen, the iPhone wasn't released till 2007. It doesn't exist right now. Welcome to the winter of 2000.
16:55Man, this is so freaky. And so dope. You must be so impressed with yourself.
17:00Who wouldn't be?
17:01Milo said we'd be staying at his place where no one would notice us. And I knew why, of course.
17:06He'd been adopted as a kid by an eccentric businessman who loved him dearly, but was away on business a lot.
17:12And growing up, Milo was often home alone in a huge mansion.
17:15We climbed over the wall, walked across the garden, and slipped through a half-opened window.
17:21I still couldn't get over how weird it was to sneak through these familiar hallways.
17:25We slipped into a room in the unused wing of the mansion and settled in to sleep for the night.
17:30You still awake?
17:31Of 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.
17:43Jen, you can't be out and about.
17:44I just want to see.
17:46Can 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.
17:59We have to stay low, do what we came to do, and go home. You got it?
18:03Yeah, 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?
18:14So 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.
18:21I 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.
18:30No one even asked me who I was as I entered the premises.
18:33And it looked like I'd walked onto the set of Mean Girls. The really low-rise jeans, fitted crop tops, butterfly clips, tattoo chokers, and everything with sequins looked like crimes against fashion to me now.
18:46I 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.
18:54I'd always thought he was cute in his careless, genius way, and he had a bit of a fan following.
19:00Hey, Milo. I was wondering if you could help me with my math assignment.
19:03I could, but I won't.
19:06Okay, who cares about stupid math anyway? I just came to ask if you'd go to the spring dance with me.
19:11Is it spring already? I hadn't noticed.
19:13So, is that a yes or no?
19:15A yes or no to what?
19:17The dance, Milo?
19:18Oh yeah, that.
19:20Nope, nada. Hard pass. Never gonna happen.
19:24Why not? Am I that unattractive?
19:26To me, yes. Objectively speaking, you're an above-average specimen of the female species.
19:32Come on, stop pining for Jennifer and just say yes.
19:35Are you sure you know the meaning of pining? Can you even spell it?
19:38I don't understand quantity science, but I know when a guy wants a girl.
19:42But she's with Golden Boy now, so you should move on.
19:45With me.
19:46The only thing I'm pining for is peace. So fine, give me that math assignment.
19:50Jeez, were you raised by wolves with underdeveloped brains? It's all wrong. Literally all of it.
19:56I'll solve it in my lunch break and you leave me alone. Deal?
19:58As Milo walked away without waiting for an answer, I saw a troubled look across his face.
20:04I'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.
20:12I made my way to the football field next, knowing exactly what to expect.
20:16Alex bunking his classes to practice football.
20:19But as I got closer, it nearly took my breath away seeing him playing and looking so vibrant,
20:24and my heart broke a little knowing how that dream had ended.
20:27Hey lady, who are you? And why are you staring at that boy?
20:31Hey, 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.
20:40Coach Jackson is your husband? I didn't know he was married.
20:45Husband to be. Hopefully, if I can put a ring on it.
20:49Okay, I gotta pee. Be right back.
20:51I ran off in the direction where I remembered the bathrooms were,
20:54and decided to wait it out in case the janitor was still outside.
20:58But as I was wandering through the hallway, I suddenly saw Alex walk in with his ex-girlfriend, Bianca.
21:04Oh god, I couldn't risk being seen by them.
21:06I slipped through the first door close to me, and realized it was the boys' locker room.
21:11I heard footsteps coming closer, so I jumped into an empty closet seconds before Alex and Bianca came in.
21:16And then, they started kissing. What the actual heck? Alex was cheating on me in high school?
21:24Bianca, we can't keep seeing each other. I have a girlfriend I really like.
21:28So, I have a boyfriend I really like too. Why can't we have some fun on the side?
21:34Yeah, we fought a lot when we were together, but we always had great chemistry.
21:38That witch!
21:39No, no, I can't. Look, this is too stressful, and it's giving me an ulcer.
21:44And, I need my head in the game before the big championship. We're not seeing each other again, okay?
21:50Okay, if you say so. Now give me one last.
21:53Alex, are you in there? Can I come in?
21:55That was me. That was my 17-year-old voice.
21:59Oh my god, it's Jen!
22:01Hey, yeah, I'm changing. Give me a minute.
22:03A minute? What'll happen in a minute? Are you gonna do some magic trick to make me invisible?
22:08And suddenly, without warning, Alex shoved Bianca in the closet I was hiding in,
22:13and I barely managed to press myself to one side and hold my breath.
22:17You can come in, Jen!
22:19Seeing myself look so young and beautiful made me want to cry. I was a goddess!
22:25Hey, babe. Missed you in class again. You're gonna flunk chemistry at this rate.
22:30No one's gonna care when I'll be a rich, famous football player.
22:33And then he pulled me in for a kiss! How could he kiss me with that same stupid mouth he'd use to kiss stupid Bianca who I wanted to strangle?
22:42I just wanted to check if you wanted to go with me and Milo to this science exhibit at the museum after school.
22:49His dad got special passes.
22:51Gross. I'd rather be hit by a car.
22:54Seriously. It's by this really cool scientist who's worked on a quantum entanglement.
22:59You're not even listening anymore, are you?
23:01Of course I'm listening. You said blah blah something, blah blah blah.
23:06Why you're even friends with Milo, I'll never understand.
23:09He's my best friend, and he's really cool.
23:12He'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.
23:19As the two walked out hand in hand, I could see Bianca smirking.
23:24Yeah, the thing with a friend is a make-out session with me. Stupid Jen.
23:28Gosh, you slimy little...
23:30Ah!
23:31Bianca jumped out of the closet like she'd been electrocuted, staring at me in shock.
23:35Look, I was so close to getting out unnoticed. Stupid, stupid me.
23:40Who are you, you pervert? How long have you been hiding here and spying on boys half your age?
23:45What? No, I can explain.
23:47Go ahead then.
23:48Uh, okay. Yeah. So I do have an explanation, and it's a really good one too.
23:54And suddenly, Bianca let out an earth-shattering scream.
23:57I shoved her back in the closet and ran for my life.
24:00Apparently, not fast enough for a teenager.
24:03Someone catch that woman! She was hiding in the boys' locker room! She attacked me!
24:08And before I knew it, I had half the school running after me as I was headed for the gates.
24:13I'd never be able to outrun these kids.
24:15And if I got recognized, I was done for. Milo would kill me.
24:19And then suddenly, I saw him approaching me fast on some old bicycle.
24:23Hop on! Quick!
24:24Milo pedaled away furiously, but we still had people after us.
24:28Can you go a little faster?
24:29I'm trying, but you're kind of... I mean, I don't cycle professionally, you know?
24:35I'm kind of what, Milo?
24:37Well, a little chunkier than I remember.
24:39Did you just call me chunky?
24:42No, I said chunkier. There's a subtle difference. Stop distracting me!
24:46Milo swerved into some street, after which we ditched the bike, ran down several narrow alleyways,
24:52crossed a main road, and finally ran into a park where we collapsed behind a huge tree.
24:56I... you... what were you thinking?
25:01I'm sorry. I know I should have listened to you, but I just couldn't help myself.
25:05Thank you for coming in time.
25:07You're not welcome!
25:08Milo, it was so cool. I saw you and my younger self, and I was hot.
25:14I don't remember being that hot. Do you remember that?
25:17I really don't.
25:18Also, I caught Alex making out with his frickin' ex, Bianca.
25:22Can you imagine? Milo just stared at me quietly.
25:27Uh, why don't you look shocked? Wait, did you know back then?
25:31I'd heard some rumors.
25:33And you never told me?
25:35Ow! I wasn't sure if they were true, okay?
25:38And it's not like you would have listened to me back then.
25:41I told you he was too stupid for you. A dimwit! A moron! A buffoon!
25:46But did you ever listen? No!
25:48You thought everyone was stupid!
25:52You 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.
25:59Apparently not. So what, our entire relationship was a lie? And Alex never really loved me?
26:06Ah, 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.
26:14I guess. If only I'd known, though, maybe my life would have been totally different.
26:20No use dwelling on the past, right? Now, listen. We have to stay inside, especially since we've got people looking for us.
26:27I just have one tiny favor to ask.
26:30No.
26:30Hear me out!
26:31No.
26:32Milo, I want to see my parents once, okay? Mom just left without a word. Two weeks from this date, actually.
26:39And 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.
26:49Fine. Just one look through the window, and I'm coming with you.
26:53And later that evening, as we crept up to my house, my heart almost exploded.
26:58There was Mom, as lovely as I remembered, and Dad laughing and looking like a completely different person from now.
27:05Now, Milo had joined us for dinner, and we were picture perfect.
27:09I loved how you guys always made me feel like I was a part of the family.
27:14I still don't understand why she left us. Just like that, it broke Dad's heart. Well, it broke mine too.
27:21I felt Milo slip his fingers through mine, and we watched for a few more minutes before we left.
27:26How about we get pizza from our favorite spot and talk tonight? We've got a lot of catching up to do.
27:32Sounds like a plan. And God, I've missed Gianni's Pizza. Best in the world.
27:37This is the worst pizza in the world. Why does the marinara sauce taste like wet socks?
27:42The pepperoni is like rubber. How come we didn't notice this before?
27:46I don't know, man. This is inedible, and I'm starving. Can we explore your kitchen, please?
27:53Your dad's a millionaire. Why do you only have eggs in the fridge?
27:56Because he wasn't around much, and I wasn't interested? I don't mind you boiling some eggs.
28:02Why 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.
28:09Jeez, it's not a feminist issue. I'll boil them.
28:13Do you even know how to boil eggs?
28:15I'm a scientist. Of course I know.
28:17The stove turns on the other way, genius.
28:20God, men are such useless babies. Give me that. I'll do it.
28:24I can handle boiling an egg, woman.
28:27I don't have the energy to bicker like an old married couple. Just let me do it.
28:31As we both pulled at the saucepan, it went flying out of our hands and landed with a loud clunk on the floor.
28:36Milo immediately pulled me into the tiny pantry, and we waited with bated breath, expecting some servant to come running in.
28:43I think no one heard us. We can go out now.
28:46Let's give it a few more minutes. We can't risk getting caught.
28:49I felt acutely aware of how close Milo was, and how he seemed to be analyzing my face.
28:55You haven't changed much since high school, you know.
28:58Liar. Just earlier today, you said I'm chunkier.
29:01I just meant you're not a skinny teenager anymore. And you look great. I'm sure you get asked out all the time.
29:08Oh no. I'm probably known as the lunatic mom of three kids in my town.
29:13I attacked a salesperson and destroyed a wedding cake at a bakery not too long ago.
29:17Oh god. I wish I'd been there to see it.
29:21I 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.
29:30I doubt the opposite.
29:31Suddenly, 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.
29:40And 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.
29:52Don't move. Don't breathe.
29:55He's literally staring at us.
29:58I think he's sleepwalking. I used to do that.
30:01I'm not sleepwalking.
30:02Are you?
30:04Me?
30:04From the future?
30:06No.
30:06And that's... that's older Jen!
30:09This is just a dream, Milo. You'll wake up from it soon.
30:12Well, that's disappointing.
30:15For 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.
30:21It's not.
30:22And we didn't.
30:24Oh, okay. Good to know.
30:27Can I grab those cookies?
30:30Thanks.
30:31And then, young Milo just walked away.
30:34Oh, my God. What just happened?
30:36Do you have any memory of this encounter, since you met your future self in your past?
30:41I hadn't thought about this in years.
30:44But, yeah, now I remember having this weird, vivid dream as a teenager about meeting our future selves.
30:50I thought that's all it was. A dream.
30:52This is insanely cool.
30:55Also, let me get this straight.
30:5717-year-old you wanted us to end up together?
31:00Milo's face flushed.
31:02I thought you always knew I liked you, but deliberately ignored it, so I assumed you just wanted to be friends.
31:10I suspected it sometimes, but you never said or did anything.
31:14There was never a good time.
31:16We only saw each other every day.
31:18You had a crush on someone first, and then there was someone else, and then there was Alex?
31:23Alex was the first serious relationship.
31:26The rest were just crushes, Milo.
31:28I may have even lied about one of them to get some reaction out of you.
31:32Wait, wait. Hold on. Back up.
31:35So that means you liked me, too?
31:38Maybe.
31:39Okay, yes.
31:40There were times when I thought we could be more than friends,
31:44but you were always so inexpressive and in your head.
31:47I never knew what you really wanted.
31:49So this is my fault?
31:51Looks like it.
31:53Also, is this why you disappeared from my wedding?
31:56I really was making groundbreaking progress on my time travel work.
32:00I was totally consumed by it and didn't need any distractions.
32:04But yeah, I thought seeing you actually walk down the aisle with that dumb jock would be a bit hard.
32:09Maybe if you said something, it would have turned out differently.
32:12Things with Alex weren't always perfect, even when it looked like they were.
32:16But I guess this is how it was meant to be.
32:19You know what? I'm exhausted.
32:21I'm gonna call it a night.
32:26The next morning, we decided just to focus on what we had to do that night
32:30to make sure the scientist's vaccine experiment didn't get messed up.
32:34Can't we go to the lab earlier today and remove the equipment so I never bump into it?
32:39That place is guarded at all times.
32:42The only opportunity we have is what our younger selves have discovered all those years ago.
32:47There's a half-hour gap between guards changing shifts at night.
32:50Which is also the time our younger selves will be breaking in, and we can't be seen by them.
32:55Exactly.
32:56We can only follow them carefully,
32:59and actually prevent the accident from happening at the time it happens.
33:02When you bump into the equipment, there's a three-second window between the liquid falling from the vial
33:07and going into the beaker.
33:09We have to be hiding behind that counter already so we can stop that.
33:12I've tried it a few times, but I can never do it fast enough.
33:16When you have three kids, you have superhuman reflexes.
33:19It'll be a piece of cake for me.
33:21It felt surreal as we hid in the bushes outside the warehouse,
33:24observing young Jen and Milo ahead of us,
33:26and we waited for five minutes before we climbed through the window they used to get in.
33:30Milo, I'm stuck. Push the window up a bit more.
33:34It seems to be jammed.
33:36How are you stuck? I just came through this, too.
33:38I guess my butt is just bigger than yours, isn't it?
33:41Just do something.
33:43Milo pulled hard at my arms,
33:44and I finally got through and landed on him with a soft thud.
33:48We waited breathlessly for a few seconds to see if someone had heard us,
33:52then went down the passageways that led to the lab.
33:54We slipped in quietly behind young Milo and Jen,
33:57then crouched on the floor and crawled over behind the counter.
34:00What the heck is going on in this place?
34:02I don't know. Half of this stuff has biohazard signs on it.
34:06I really think we shouldn't have come here.
34:09I told you so.
34:10Shut up.
34:11It's gonna happen in ten seconds.
34:13Are you ready?
34:15Yeah, I'm ready.
34:16We counted down the seconds,
34:17my heart pounding in my ears,
34:19and the second we heard young Jen crash into the equipment,
34:22I leapt up, reached for the beaker, and pulled it away
34:25just before the liquid from the vial fell into it.
34:27And I felt a strange ripple in the air,
34:30like something major had changed.
34:32Hey, are you okay?
34:34Look, we gotta get out of here before someone finds us.
34:37As the two ran out, Milo and I slowly got up,
34:40my hands still shaking as they were clutching onto the beaker.
34:43I... I actually did it!
34:45Oh my god, Jen.
34:47We've just averted a huge future catastrophe.
34:50Now, let's get out of here before we cause another one.
34:52We ran out the way we'd come, climbed out the window,
34:56and saw young Jen and Milo sneaking off ahead of us.
34:59We decided to take a breath and give them a head start.
35:01But just a few minutes later,
35:03several black cars came at full speed
35:05and halted in front of the warehouse.
35:07Milo and I quickly ducked behind a bush.
35:09And then, I saw something which made my heart drop.
35:12As the car doors opened,
35:14several people in lab coats and black suits stepped out.
35:17And one of them was...
35:19my mom!
35:19Without even realizing,
35:21I let out a loud cry,
35:23and Milo clamped a hand over my mouth.
35:25Mom looked around sharply,
35:27and for a second,
35:28I thought she was staring right at me.
35:30Did someone else hear that?
35:31No. What did you hear, ma'am?
35:33Just a strange sound.
35:35Maybe it was an animal.
35:36As she was about to walk into the building,
35:38she suddenly turned to a bodyguard.
35:40Search the premises to make sure
35:42we don't have any unwanted visitors.
35:44And if you find someone,
35:45you know what to do.
35:46As the men started spreading out,
35:48Milo quietly dragged me backwards towards the fence.
35:51He lifted a plank to let us through,
35:53and then we ran as fast as we could.
35:56Milo, stop, stop.
35:58I can't breathe.
36:00My mother.
36:01My mother.
36:03She's somehow a part of this horrible virus project?
36:06Did you...
36:07Did you know she was involved?
36:09I swear I didn't.
36:10The last few times I went into the lab,
36:13I escaped before these cars got here.
36:15It's my first time seeing her, too.
36:17This is ridiculous.
36:19My mom was known for the best
36:20freaking apple pies in this town.
36:22That's what she was known for.
36:24How can that cold, scary person be my mom?
36:28How could she be part of creating a weapon?
36:30I'm so sorry, Jen.
36:32Milo hugged me tight as I sobbed into his chest.
36:35I want to go home.
36:36To my present.
36:38Can we just go now?
36:39Yeah.
36:40I just need to get my briefcase from my house.
36:43Then we're going home.
36:44I was still in shock as we made it back to Milo's.
36:47He told me to wait in the garden
36:48while he got his briefcase.
36:50But moments later,
36:51I saw young Jen and Milo come out of the house,
36:54and I immediately hid.
36:55I saw them walking down the driveway.
36:57But then suddenly, he took my arm.
36:59Jennifer, there's something I need to say to you.
37:02You never call me Jennifer.
37:04This sounds serious.
37:05It is, and it isn't.
37:08I mean, it is.
37:08But it's not that big a deal.
37:11Like, either way, I'm going to be fine.
37:12Like, I'm cool.
37:14You get me?
37:15Are you having a stroke?
37:16No, no.
37:17I'm trying to say something here, okay?
37:19And I have to do it tonight,
37:20or I'll lose courage and never say it.
37:22I didn't remember having this conversation with Milo before.
37:26And suddenly, I felt that weird ripple in the air
37:29that I'd felt in the lab.
37:30Like something big was changing.
37:33You know you can say anything to me.
37:35I'm your best friend.
37:36Yeah, yeah, of course.
37:38Well, that's the thing, actually.
37:40How long have we known each other now?
37:43Four years, I guess.
37:44So, in that time,
37:46the thing is,
37:48Jennifer,
37:49I have to confess that I...
37:51What the heck?
37:52I think I'm in...
37:53And suddenly,
37:54I desperately started making sounds like a crow.
37:56Crow, crow, crow, crow, crow, crow, crow, crow!
38:00Oh, God, what is that?
38:02Sounds like a bird being murdered.
38:05Crow, crow, crow!
38:07It doesn't sound like a bird from this planet.
38:10The car is ready to drop Miss Jennifer home, sir.
38:13I gotta go.
38:14It's late.
38:15Let me know if you find that poor tortured creature.
38:18Young Jen left in the car,
38:20and young Milo stood there looking after her,
38:22then went back to the house with his head hanging.
38:25And I was still reeling with shock
38:27when I heard Milo behind me.
38:29Hey, we're good to go.
38:30I turned around and pounced on him.
38:32What did you do?
38:34What?
38:34Why are you attacking me?
38:36What did you do?
38:37Ow!
38:38Get off of me!
38:39And stop pulling my hair!
38:40What is the matter with you?
38:42You did something, Milo.
38:44I know you did.
38:45I don't remember you ever coming close to telling me
38:47that you were in love with me.
38:49So why did I just witness your younger version
38:51about to say that to my younger version?
38:53Oh, God.
38:54I didn't know he'd do it here and you'd see it.
38:57Tell me what you did!
38:58All right, all right.
39:00Remember how last night you were blaming me
39:02for never having the courage to say anything?
39:05And you have been saying you have a mundane life
39:07and you wish things could have been different?
39:08So, yesterday when you went to bed,
39:12I slipped into Milo's room.
39:14I used to write notes to myself as reminders all the time.
39:16So I left a note saying that I had to tell you
39:18how I felt tonight.
39:20I just tried giving my younger self a little push.
39:22That's all.
39:22That's all?
39:24Are you kidding me?
39:25You tried to change a major event, Milo.
39:28After all the rules of time travel
39:30and your lectures not to change a thing,
39:33you actually tried to change our destiny?
39:35I thought that's what you wanted.
39:37That's not what I want now.
39:39You should have said something in the past.
39:41That's exactly what I was doing.
39:43Why are women so confusing?
39:45No.
39:46If your past self had just told my past self how you felt,
39:50and if after that, I'd decided to break up with Alex,
39:53it would have changed the rest of my timeline forever.
39:56So when I return to my present,
39:58it wouldn't even be the same present.
40:01Would that be so bad?
40:03I thought we missed our chance and I could fix it.
40:05And it's not like things with Alex turn out great.
40:08I have kids with Alex,
40:09and they are the best thing that ever happened to me.
40:13If Alex and I never ended up together,
40:15I would never have my kids.
40:17You almost erased them from existence.
40:20Okay, listen.
40:21I know that sounds bad,
40:23but if the timeline changed,
40:24you would have no memory of your kids in your present.
40:27You wouldn't even have ever met them.
40:29It would all be different.
40:30And that very thought is making me sick to the stomach.
40:33In this moment,
40:35I know they exist,
40:36and they mean everything to me.
40:38And I would choose the same life over and over again,
40:41just because I got to have them.
40:44And you nearly destroyed all of that.
40:47And I will never, ever forgive you for this.
40:51Take me back home.
40:52Now.
40:53Chen,
40:54I'm sorry.
40:55I didn't think it through.
40:56Don't talk to me.
40:58I can't even look at you.
41:01When we made it back to the present,
41:04Milo just said,
41:05I'm sorry.
41:06And disappeared into the night.
41:08And my heart felt heavy with anger,
41:11and knowing I'd probably never see him again.
41:13I hugged my kids extra tight when I met them.
41:16And over the next few days,
41:18we all watched news of the Xenovirix virus spreading like wildfire.
41:22But the government reassured the public that a vaccine would be made available as soon as the following week.
41:28And I breathed a sigh of relief,
41:30knowing we'd all be safe.
41:32And soon after,
41:33I took a trip to see my dad.
41:35He had become a recluse over the years,
41:37and I'd kind of resented him because
41:38I always felt he knew the truth about why mom left and kept it from me.
41:43Dad,
41:43don't ask me how,
41:45but I know mom was involved in a shady government project related to the Xenovirix virus.
41:50I deserve some answers.
41:51So if you know more about it,
41:53please just tell me now.
41:55And finally,
41:56he did.
41:57I knew your mother was a government official,
42:00but her work was always confidential.
42:02The night she left us,
42:04she told me that she was part of an illegal project involving the creation of a virus as biological warfare,
42:11which had been shut down,
42:12and everyone involved in it was considered a criminal.
42:15So,
42:16she had to go on the run and leave the country immediately.
42:19I was just trying to protect you.
42:21I didn't want you to think she was a monster.
42:24Honestly,
42:25I haven't heard a word from her since.
42:27I'm really sorry you had to carry that burden alone.
42:30I wish you'd told me.
42:32No,
42:32I wish I had too,
42:34and we wouldn't have drifted apart.
42:36We can still fix that,
42:37dad.
42:38The truth about mom was a bitter pill to swallow,
42:41but it was better to have some closure,
42:43and I got close to dad again.
42:45I even felt more at peace with my decision to divorce Alex.
42:48Well,
42:49sort of.
42:50You know,
42:50Alex,
42:51I really am sorry that you didn't get to live your football dream.
42:55I know it meant everything to you.
42:56Uh,
42:57wow.
42:59Yeah,
42:59it was really hard.
43:00Ow!
43:01Why did you just kick me?
43:02That's for cheating on me.
43:04Don't even deny it.
43:05I know you did.
43:05What?
43:06When?
43:07Think long and hard,
43:09Alex.
43:09It'll come back to you.
43:11And try to be a better man now.
43:13And seeing my younger self just made me think about the dreams I once had.
43:17I decided to apply for PhD programs again.
43:20And yeah,
43:21it was hard studying while juggling the mom gig,
43:24but I was happier than I'd been in years.
43:27My anger at Milo faded as months passed by,
43:30and I wanted to talk,
43:31but I had no way to track him down.
43:33But then,
43:34as fate would have it,
43:35I was running after a bus one day when I bumped straight into him.
43:39Literally bumped into him.
43:41Ow!
43:41Please don't punch me!
43:43I'm already hurting!
43:44What,
43:44is your skull made of iron?
43:46It's not like I bumped into a feather pillow,
43:48and you made me miss my bus!
43:50I don't think you were gonna catch that anyway.
43:52Any chance we can get coffee and talk?
43:54Sure.
43:55But not this cafe.
43:57I'm banned from here.
43:58Look,
43:58just let me say my piece first,
44:00okay?
44:01What I did was beyond stupid.
44:02It was so reckless even trying to alter our timelines,
44:05and no one knows that better than me.
44:07There wasn't even any guarantee that you'd have broken up with Alex,
44:10and ended up with me.
44:12Or that we would have lasted in a relationship.
44:15Maybe I would have never continued working on time travel,
44:18and then we'd have never gone back to fix the vaccine.
44:22I...
44:22I can't even fathom the repercussions of suction action.
44:26I guess I was just really curious about the what-if.
44:30But I'm so glad you stopped it in time.
44:33I know it's a lot to ask for,
44:35but is there any chance we can agree that I was a complete moron,
44:39and you can forgive me one day?
44:40I'm curious about the what-ifs, too.
44:43And I did sound like I wanted a different life.
44:46But I've realized that maybe everything that happened,
44:49however it happened,
44:50had the best possible outcomes for all of us.
44:53I want to believe that.
44:55And I guess we were supposed to meet again now,
44:58after all these years.
45:00So,
45:01why don't we just pick it up from here?
45:03Hi.
45:04I'm Milo.
45:05A whack job scientist and time traveler.
45:08I'm emotionally stunted, but I'm working on it.
45:11Hello.
45:12I'm Jen.
45:12Mom of three.
45:14Science teacher and PhD student.
45:16Also taking therapy for anger management.
45:19Cool.
45:20I just really want to know one more thing.
45:22What's that?
45:23What are you doing for the rest of your life?
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