One day, she came to me with a huge smile, flush with excitement. "We did it! We have built a time machine", she said. Shocked, I asked "Who's we? A real time machine? Have you tested it?". "I worked with Michael, Justin, and Jessica on it. We just finished. We haven't had time for testing. Want to try it out with me?", she teased. "Sure, let's do it!", I told her.

She began rushing around our apartment, grabbing random things. "Right now?", I joked, "I thought you were kidding!". "No time to waste, let's go", was all I heard from her. I began helping her grab anything that we could possibly need. I queried, "Hey, where and when are we going to land?". "I want to see the future, right here", was her reply. "Got it", I hurriedly replied as I gathered more items and a backpack to put them in. "I'm ready", I announced.

As we left, I caught myself thinking that maybe we wouldn't be back, or that it wouldn't be the same. But I was too excited to pass up the opportunity to see what our future was like. I'd seen a lot of Doctor Who (Tamsin 's favorite show of all time) and read tons of stories about time travel, so I knew we'd have to be careful, or we could have a paradox on our hands.