I Found A Way To Time Travel, Full mini-movie (English)
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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!
00:11Can't a woman have a moment of peace in her own house?
00:15Why is someone here at midnight?
00:17I was marching towards the door, when I stopped short.
00:19Why is someone here at midnight?
00:21Uh, hello?
00:22Who is it?
00:23There 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.
00:34But 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!
00:41It's too late for the rest of us!
00:44Still, no answer.
00:45But 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.
00:59But when the porch light fell on the face under the weird hat, I recognized someone
01:04I thought I'd never see again.
01:06Milo?
01:07Not a phone call or text for twelve years, and now you just show up at my door at midnight?
01:12Did someone die?
01:13Uh, hi.
01:14Long time no see.
01:16Yeah, here's the thing, Jen.
01:17Thousands of people across the globe will die soon if you and I don't travel back in
01:21time 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
01:30made no sense.
01:31Yeah, no such luck.
01:32Hi, I'm Jennifer, the oldest MC of My Story Animated.
01:37By the way, Mr. Director, I don't appreciate how everyone on set has been telling me I
01:41look very good for my age.
01:44That'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.
01:56Nasty buggers.
01:57Anyway, I'm old enough to be your mom, so y'all better show some respect and strap in
02:02for my story, because it's gonna be da bomb.
02:06Okay, no one says that anymore?
02:08Whatever.
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.
02:16I was born on December 27th, 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, then yikes, puberty hit and that was just ugly, ugly, hella ugly.
02:36I 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.
02:45Then 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
02:53heard before.
02:54Pretty.
02:55I was class valedictorian, voted most likely to succeed, and the girlfriend of the football
03:01team captain.
03:02Alex was an absolute dreamboat, you just had to see him in action once and you knew, this
03:08guy was gonna be a star.
03:10We dated all through university and got married after graduation, Alex's career was on the
03:14rise, I was about to start my PhD, life was peachy, blah blah blah, but then one day,
03:20Alex had a terrible injury during a game, and soon after, the doctors told him he could
03:25never play professionally again.
03:27It was a huge blow, and with a kid on the way, I had to quit my PhD program and get
03:32a job as a high school science teacher.
03:35Alex was depressed and bedridden for months, but when he got back on his feet, he was even
03:40worse.
03:41Babe, I've got an amazing idea, we're opening a ramen place.
03:45We don't know the first thing about making ramen.
03:47I'm 1 8th Japanese, it's gotta be in my blood.
03:51It wasn't.
03:52We filed for bankruptcy 6 months later.
03:54I bought a flock of sheep, babe.
03:55It's a great investment, we'll double our money in 6 months.
03:59We didn't.
04:00Unless we're talking about losses, yeah, 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, the fights were becoming more frequent, and we were drifting
04:20further apart.
04:2110 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, followed 5 years
04:30later by her twin brothers, David and Beckham.
04:33No matter what happened, this love I had for my kids was forever.
04:38So were sleepless nights, piles of laundry, cleaning, doctor visits, viruses, diapers,
04:43more piles of laundry, cleaning, homework, tantrums, crying, more crying, falling like
04:46a baby in the bathroom.
04:47Yeah, okay, the last one is me.
04:50Why 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
04:58ago, 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?
05:07It's the opposite of getting dressed!
05:09I'll be the only kid who didn't get anything for the class picnic!
05:12No, sweetie, wait.
05:14Let's see what we got.
05:15Uh, here's a jar of peanut butter and some cookies.
05:18Ew, no, those are stale.
05:20You wanna take some prunes?
05:22They're great for constipation.
05:23Mom, I'll tell the teacher you forgot, it happens.
05:26Oh, no you won't!
05:27I know how judgy those teachers are.
05:30We'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
05:36and tell him not to get you any Christmas presents.
05:38You know no one else.
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?
05:53One 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 of mom and didn't teach them any manners.
06:11Excuse me?
06:13You want to say that again to my face?
06:15Did you think I said it to your butt the first time?
06:20You want a piece of me, buddy?
06:21Mom, 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, I 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.
07:00I'll pay you ten extra dollars.
07:02No!
07:03Gimme 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
07:15walking out of the kitchen with someone's wedding cake!
07:18I'll never forget that moment.
07:20Me, covered head to toe in white frosting.
07:23The salesperson still screaming.
07:26Everyone in the cafe, including my children, looking absolutely terrified.
07:30And in the doorway stood Alex, looking as handsome as ever,
07:34folding 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,
07:47and the wheel never stops, and I'm running and running,
07:50but somehow I've gained weight!
07:52How did that happen?
07:54You had three kids, honey.
07:55And you're an amazing mom.
07:57No, I'm not!
07:59The twins are adorable, but they're maniacs!
08:02And Stella is so smart, and I'm constantly disappointing her.
08:06She knew Alex was dating someone for months,
08:08and 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?
08:16I know the marriage has long been over.
08:18I just wasn't expecting him to get over it so quickly, you know?
08:22I know.
08:23So yeah, we got a divorce with shared custody of the kids.
08:27I became kind of friends with Cassie, or Katie,
08:30or whatever that dumb redhead's name is, and life went on.
08:34Now it was Alex's turn to keep the kids overnight,
08:38and I had big plans for myself, which were rudely 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 want to tell me where you've been for 12 years?
08:56You just suddenly left town without so much as a goodbye?
08:59Oh wait, what day was that?
09:01Yeah, my wedding day.
09:03And you were the best man!
09:04I told you I had a brainwave related to my research.
09:08Also, you know I hate people and 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,
09:36and you suspected something shady was happening in the abandoned warehouse in our town,
09:40and you dragged me there one night to find out more?
09:43Oh yeah, I 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.
09:52Have you heard about the Xenovirox virus?
09:55I recently read about some cases in the news.
09:58Soon it'll be a lot more, all over the world.
10:00Apparently the virus was created in that shady science lab
10:03by some people in government as biological warfare.
10:06What?
10:07No way!
10:08Do you remember that when we were in the lab,
10:10you accidentally bumped into some things on a countertop?
10:13Did I?
10:14You knocked over a vial,
10:15and the liquid in it got mixed with fluid in another beaker.
10:18That was the vaccine.
10:20Because of your mishap, the scientists working on it got the wrong result,
10:23and he concluded that the vaccine was impossible to make.
10:26The project was shut down because it was too risky having a virus
10:30from which no one could be protected.
10:32So it looks like I did a good thing?
10:35You'd think so.
10:36But there's no way to really destroy a virus.
10:38It was kept in a secure facility all these years.
10:41And I don't know how and when exactly, but it escaped.
10:45And it's spreading like wildfire now.
10:47And because of your accident, the vaccine for it was never made.
10:50Oh 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,
11:06which helped me to discover the way 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?
11:29Time travel.
11:30I just told you.
11:32You 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.
11:40I looked into his sharp blue eyes and knew he wasn't kidding.
11:45Okay, okay.
11:46If you've traveled back in time, why didn't you just fix the problem yourself?
11:51Believe me, I tried.
11:53But 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.
12:00And 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
12:06and 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.
12:16And 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.
12:36You look lovely.
12:37Is 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.
12:56It's my time machine.
12:57Now, 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.
13:05But it just hit me then.
13:06Milo was actually mental.
13:09He'd really lost it.
13:10Oh, you poor baby.
13:13Uh, what's going on?
13:15Nothing, sweetie.
13:16It's all okay.
13:18I'm here for you.
13:19But you need help.
13:21Professional help.
13:22Do you understand what I'm saying, Milo?
13:24No.
13:26Can you get your hands off my face?
13:28I hear there's really nice places now for people like you.
13:31And you'll get the help you need.
13:34And I'll come visit you, I promise.
13:36Are you talking about a mental institution?
13:38I'm not crazy.
13:40Of course not, sweetie.
13:42You're special.
13:43Cut it out.
13:44If you think I'm crazy, why did you come with me?
13:47I don't know, Milo.
13:48Maybe I just came along because I'm actually really happy to see you,
13:51even though I've been pretending otherwise.
13:54And maybe a small part of me thought,
13:56hey, he's a genius.
13:58Maybe he really did invent time travel,
14:00and you're in for an adventure, Jen,
14:02which would be a nice change from your mundane life.
14:05But you just pitched up a tent in a field and gave me a stupid hat.
14:09And this is all so ridiculous.
14:11I'm going home.
14:13Just as I turned to leave,
14:14I heard a buzzing sound from behind me,
14:16and I gasped.
14:18The tent was glowing.
14:19It makes that sound when it's warming up.
14:22You want to put that hat back on?
14:23Okay, then.
14:25As we stood outside the tent,
14:27I could feel my heart racing with excitement.
14:30Was this really happening?
14:32Before we go in,
14:33you've got to remember three rules of time travel.
14:36Number one and the most important.
14:38Don't change anything in the past.
14:40We have no idea what happens
14:42when we pull out a single thread in the fabric of time.
14:45It can have a butterfly effect and change many outcomes,
14:48possibly for the worse.
14:49Aren't we going back to change something?
14:52We already know that has a really bad outcome,
14:55so we're going to risk it.
14:56Change nothing else, okay?
14:58Got it.
14:58Number two.
14:59You can't get recognized by anyone.
15:02Tell no one who you are under any circumstances.
15:05Done.
15:06Number three.
15:07Uh, okay.
15:08I think I don't have a number.
15:10So just two important rules of time travel.
15:13Also, I gotta warn you,
15:14as we travel, you will experience nausea,
15:16headaches, dizziness, stomach cramps, palpitations, sweats,
15:19and feel like someone kicked you in the back.
15:20Sounds like nine months of pregnancy.
15:22Been there, done that.
15:23Okay, then.
15:24You ready?
15:25This is insane.
15:26Yes, yes, okay.
15:28I'm ready.
15:29It's good to see you, too.
15:31Now.
15:32One, two, three.
15:35Go.
16:07Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.
16:11That was amazing.
16:13I feel so alive.
16:15I'm gonna barf.
16:17I followed Milo out of the tent,
16:19and my heart caught in my throat.
16:21I knew this place.
16:22It was the football field in our high school.
16:25I'm fine.
16:26Thanks for asking.
16:27Uh-oh.
16:29Uh, 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.
16:37But don't worry.
16:38You'll be back at your house the same night I visited you.
16:41We just got a couple of extra days here.
16:43As long as I get back on time.
16:45Uh, where's my cell phone?
16:47Jen, the iPhone wasn't released till 2007.
16:50It doesn't exist right now.
16:52Welcome to the winter of 2000.
16:55Man, this is so freaky.
16:57And so dope.
16:58You 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.
17:04And I knew why, of course.
17:06He'd been adopted as a kid by an eccentric businessman who loved him dearly,
17:10but was away on business a lot.
17:12And growing up, Milo was often home alone in a huge mansion.
17:16We climbed over the wall,
17:17walked across the garden,
17:18and slept through a half-opened window.
17:20I still couldn't get over how weird it was to sneak through these familiar hallways.
17:25We slept into a room in the unused wing of the mansion
17:28and settled in to sleep for the night.
17:30You still awake?
17:31Of course I'm still awake.
17:33I'm so excited to be here, Milo.
17:35I can't wait to go around town, visit our school, see my parents.
17:39You know what this means, right?
17:41My mom is still around.
17:43Jen, you can't be out and about.
17:45I just wanna see.
17:46Can you imagine how freaked out your parents would be
17:48if they saw and recognized the older you
17:50or if you bumped into your younger self?
17:53We don't know what your past self would do if she saw our future self.
17:56And it could have serious consequences for your present.
17:59We have to stay low, do what we came to do, and go home.
18:03You got it?
18:04Yeah, of course.
18:06Of course I wasn't staying in.
18:08I'd be careful.
18:10But how many times does one get to travel back to their freaking past?
18:14So the next morning, I woke up early,
18:16locked Milo in the room so he wouldn't follow me too soon,
18:19and sneaked out of the house.
18:21I knew my parents would have left for work by now,
18:23so I'd see them later.
18:24That meant I was going to visit the most important place in my teenage life —
18:29high 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.
18:37The really low-rise jeans, fitted crop tops, butterfly clips, tattoo chokers,
18:41and everything with sequins looked like crimes against fashion to me now.
18:46I walked out into the main courtyard,
18:48and my heart skipped a beat as I caught sight of a young Milo on a bench,
18:52lost in a book on quantum physics.
18:54I'd always thought he was cute in his careless, genius way,
18:57and 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?
19:08I 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.
19:28Objectively 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. With me.
19:46The only thing I'm pining for is peace.
19:48So fine, give me that math assignment.
19:50Geez, were you raised by wolves with underdeveloped brains?
19:54It's all wrong, literally all of it.
19:56I'll solve it in my lunch break and you leave me alone. Deal?
19:59As Milo walked away without waiting for an answer,
20:02I saw a troubled look across his face.
20:04I'd sometimes thought Milo and I had a spark, but he'd never said anything.
20:09And 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.
20:18But 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.
20:28Hey lady, who are you? And why are you staring at that boy?
20:31Hey, it's not a crime to stare at your husband.
20:34And I, uh, by that I mean the coach.
20:37Beautiful 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,
21:00I 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
21:15seconds before Alex and Bianca came in.
21:17And then, they started kissing.
21:20What 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.
21:47We'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.
22:04A minute? What'll happen in a minute?
22:06Are 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.
22:23I 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.
22:34And then he pulled me in for a kiss.
22:36How could he kiss me with that same stupid mouth he'd use to kiss stupid Bianca,
22:41who I wanted to strangle?
22:43I just wanted to check if you wanted to go with me and Milo to this science exhibit
22:47at the museum after school. His 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.
23:16You 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 makeout session with me. Stupid gin.
23:28Gosh, you slimy little...
23:31Bianca jumped out of the closet like she'd been electrocuted, staring at me in shock.
23:36I 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.
24:12I'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?
24:30I'm trying, but you're kind of... I mean, I don't cycle professionally, you know?
24:34I'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
24:51alleyways, crossed a main road, and finally ran into a park where we collapsed behind a huge tree.
24:57I... 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.
25:06You'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 freaking ex, Bianca. Can you imagine?
25:24Milo 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? And it's not like you would have listened to me back
25:40then. I told you he was too stupid for you. A dimwit. A moron. A buffoon. But did you ever listen?
25:48No!
25:49You thought everyone was stupid!
25:51You wouldn't have taken me seriously no matter what I'd said, Jen.
25:55You 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?
26:07I hate siding with Alex, but I don't think that's true.
26:11I 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?
26:22Now 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,
26:37two weeks from this date, actually. And I haven't seen her in 18 years.
26:42I won't interact with anyone, and I'll just see them through the window having dinner.
26:46It'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. There was Mom,
26:59as lovely as I remembered, and Dad laughing and looking like a completely different person from
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,
27:20it broke mine too. I felt Milo slip his fingers through mine,
27:24and we watched for a few more minutes before we left.
27:26How about we get pizza from our favorite spot and talk tonight?
27:30We'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?
27:57Because 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?
28:06I 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.
28:26I don't have the energy to bicker like an old married couple. Just let me do it.
28:30As we both pulled at the saucepan,
28:32it went flying out of our hands and landed with a loud clunk on the floor.
28:36Milo immediately pulled me into the tiny pantry,
28:39and 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.
29:04And 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.
29:20I don't like that crazy, angry side of me at all.
29:24And yeah, that would make anyone run away if they were interested in the first place,
29:28which I highly doubt.
29:30I doubt the opposite.
29:31Suddenly, Milo was even closer and tucking away hair behind my ear,
29:36and my arms were going around his neck, and I could feel his breath on my face.
29:41And just as I leaned in, the door burst open,
29:44and we stared in complete horror at a younger Milo who was staring back at us.
29:53Don'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.
30:03Are you me from 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.
30:14For a minute, I got excited thinking you'd come from the future to tell me time travel is possible,
30:19and Jen and I ended up together.
30:21It's not. And we didn't.
30:24Oh, okay. Good to know.
30:27Can I grab those cookies? Thanks.
30:31And then, young Milo just walked away.
30:34Oh my god, what just happened?
30:36Do you have any memory of this encounter?
30:38Since 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,
30:46vivid dream as a teenager about meeting our future selves.
30:50I thought that's all it was. A dream.
30:52This is insanely cool.
30:54Also, 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.
31:04But deliberately ignored it.
31:07So I assumed you just wanted to be friends.
31:10I suspected it sometimes.
31:12But 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.
31:20And then there was someone else.
31:22And 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. Okay, 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.
31:52Also, 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.
32:03But 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.
32:22The next morning, we decided just to focus on what we had to do that night
32:26to make sure the scientists' vaccine experiment didn't get messed up.
32:30Can't we go to the lab earlier today and remove the equipment so I never bump into it?
32:35That place is guarded at all times.
32:37The only opportunity we have is what our younger selves have discovered all those years ago.
32:43There's a half-hour gap between guards changing shifts at night.
32:46Which is also the time our younger selves are at risk of getting infected.
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,
32:58and actually prevent the accident from happening at the time it happens.
33:03When you bump into the equipment,
33:04there's a three-second window between the liquid falling from the vial and 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.
33:31Milo, I'm stuck!
33:32Push the window up a bit more.
33:34It seems to be jammed.
33:36How are you stuck?
33:37I 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,
33:51then went down the passageways that led to the lab.
33:54We slept 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.
34:03Half 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?
34:14Yeah, 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.
34:36As 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.
34:53We ran out the way we'd come, climbed out the window,
34:55and saw young Jen and Milo sneaking off ahead of us.
34:58We decided to take a breath and give them a head start.
35:01But just a few minutes later,
35:02several black cars came at full speed and 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... my mom!
35:20Without even realizing, I let out a loud cry,
35:23and Milo clamped a hand over my mouth.
35:25Mom looked around sharply, and 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. Maybe 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 we don't have any unwanted visitors,
35:44and if you find someone, you 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. I can't breathe.
36:00My mother... my mother!
36:03She's somehow a part of this horrible virus project?
36:06Did you... did you know she was involved?
36:09I swear I didn't.
36:10The last few times I went into the lab,
36:12I 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 freaking 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, to my present.
36:38Can we just go now?
36:39Yeah, I 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 while he got his briefcase.
36:50But moments later, I 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.
37:06It is, and it isn't.
37:08I mean, it is.
37:09But it's not that big a deal.
37:11Like, either way, I'm gonna be fine.
37:12Like, I'm cool.
37:14You get me?
37:14Are you having a stroke?
37:16No, no.
37:17I'm trying to say something here, okay?
37:19And I have to do it tonight, or 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 that I felt in the lab.
37:30Like something big was changing.
37:32You 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, the thing is, Jennifer, I have to confess that I...
37:51What the heck?
37:52I think I'm in...
37:53And suddenly, I desperately started making sounds like a crow.
38:00Oh god, what is that?
38:02Sounds like a bird being murdered.
38:07It doesn't sound like a bird from this planet.
38:10The car is ready to drop, Miss Jennifer Holmes, 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, and 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 when 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? Why are you attacking me?
38:36What did you do?
38:37Ow! Get off of me and 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 that you were in love with me.
38:49So why did I just witness your younger version about to say that to my younger version?
38:53Oh god, I 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 for never having the courage to say anything,
39:05and you have been saying you have a mundane life and you wish things could have been different?
39:09So yesterday when you went to bed, I slipped into Milo's room.
39:13I used to write notes to myself as reminders all the time,
39:16so I left a note saying that I had to tell you how I felt tonight.
39:19I just tried giving my younger self a little push, that's all.
39:22That's all? Are you kidding me?
39:25You tried to change a major event, Milo.
39:28After all the rules of time travel and your lectures not to change a thing,
39:32you 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 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, it 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 turned out great.
40:08I have kids with Alex, and they are the best thing that ever happened to me.
40:13If Alex and I never ended up together, I 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, you would have no memory of your kids in your present.
40:27You wouldn't even have ever met them.
40:28It would all be different.
40:30And that very thought is making me sick to the stomach.
40:33In this moment, I know they exist and they mean everything to me.
40:38And I would choose the same life over and over again just because I got to have them.
40:44And you nearly destroyed all of that.
40:47And I will never, ever forgive you for this.
40:50Take me back home, now!
40:52Jen, I'm sorry.
40:54I didn't think it through.
40:56Don't talk to me!
40:57I can't even look at you!
41:01When we made it back to the present, Milo just said,
41:04I'm sorry.
41:05And disappeared into the night.
41:07And my heart felt heavy with anger and knowing I'd probably never see him again.
41:12I hugged my kids extra tight when I met them.
41:16And over the next few days,
41:18we all watched news of the Xenovirus virus spreading like wildfire.
41:23But the government reassured the public that a vaccine would be made available
41:26as soon as the following week.
41:28And I breathed a sigh of relief knowing we'd all be safe.
41:32And soon after, I took a trip to see my dad.
41:35He had become a recluse over the years and 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, don't ask me how,
41:45but I know mom was involved in a shady government project related to the Xenovirus virus.
41:50I deserve some answers.
41:52So if you know more about it, please just tell me now.
41:55And finally, he did.
41:57I knew your mother was a government official,
41:59but 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
42:09as biological warfare,
42:11which had been shut down and everyone involved in it was considered a criminal.
42:16So she 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, I 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, I wish I had too.
42:34And we wouldn't have drifted apart.
42:36We can still fix that, dad.
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, sort of.
42:50You know, Alex, I really am sorry that you didn't get to live your football dream.
42:54I know it meant everything to you.
42:57Wow, thank you.
42:58Yeah, it was really hard.
43:00Ow!
43:00Why did you just kick me?
43:02That's for cheating on me.
43:03Don't even deny it.
43:04I know you did.
43:05What?
43:06When?
43:07Think long and hard, Alex.
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, it 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, but I had no way to track him down.
43:33But then, as fate would have it, I was running after a bus one day
43:37when 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, is 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.
43:56I'm banned from here.
43:58Look, just let me say my piece first, okay?
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... I can't even fathom the repercussions of such an 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?
44:41I'm curious about the what ifs too.
44:43And I did sounds 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 after all these years.
45:00So why don't we just pick it up from here?
45:03Hi, I'm Milo.
45:05A whack job scientist and time traveler.
45:08I'm emotionally stunted, but I'm working on it.
45:11Hello, I'm Jen.
45:12Mom of three, science teacher and PhD student.
45:16Also taking therapy for anger management.
45:19Cool. I just really want to know one more thing.
45:22What's that?
45:23What are you doing for the rest of your life?