The sun was slowly rising as Jennifer and the alternate universe’s version of Jonathan walked through the woods again, hoping this time the portal would open up again. The conditions were the same as the morning Jennifer crossed over, the time was right, everything seemed to be the same, the light of the raising sun, the light morning mist, the noises, even the temperature.
Jonathan was quiet. Jennifer knew that this whole experience must have been gotten to him, too. He heard about an alternate reality where his brother was still alive, where he was married and had quite the successful career. He didn’t seem happy, there was an underlying sadness in everything he said and did. Like his life was missing something. She hoped that she didn’t make him feel even worse.
“What are you going to do once this is over?”, she asked him.
“I don’t know…go on with my life, I guess.”
“As if nothing happened?”
“What else am I supposed to do?”
Jennifer smiled. “You could get a cat. Or… I don’t know, maybe try to find alternate me somewhere.”
“Huh. I never thought about that. Maybe…”
“Well, whatever you decide to do, I hope you find happiness.”
“Thank you.”
They continued to walk for a few minutes until they reached the place again and this time Jennifer saw the flickering of the mysterious light again. She was relieved and didn’t want to consider the possibility that she could cross over into an entirely different alternate reality, after all there was an infinite number. No, this brought her here, it had to bring her back, it just had to.
Jonathan’s scientific curiosity made him examine this place but apparently he couldn’t really find anything unusual.
“I can’t explain this. Where did this come from? Why is it here?”
“I don’t know, I’m not sure I want to. All I know is that I’m going in there and this will take me home.”
She took a deep breath and was ready to go. “We’re probably never going to see each other again. Not like this.. So, thank you for your help and fare well. I hope you’ll find what you’re missing.”, Jennifer said to him, not sure if this was the right thing to say.
“Well, we’ll see. It nice meeting you. Good bye.”
Jennifer started walking towards the light.
“Oh wait. Please tell my alternate self something… tell him not to trust them… he will know what that means when the time comes…”
Jennifer was confused, what could be be talking about? But she just agreed to do it and stepped into the lights…
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