Jeff looked up at the clock on the microwave. It was already 5:30! He was supposed to go out with his girlfriend, Tamara tonight! He ran past Jamie, still watching TV on the couch, and up to the living room windows, and peeked through the curtains...a move that felt strangely familiar. He felt a tingling sensation, but brushed it off as he saw Tamara waiting for him at the door. She turned to the curtains, apparently expecting him, and waved. She grinned down at him. He gave a gulp, and grinned back.
"This is going to be interesting, isn't it?" he muttered to himself. So...before all this had happened, he'd made plans to go out with Tamara... But now, with everything that had happened with the Chronivac, things were different. Except here was Tamara, waiting for him at the door.
Jamie waved lazily, half-distracted from cartoons. "Seeya, big bro..."