Future Kate
Are you there?
Kate
I don’t recognize this number….
Future Kate
No, this isn’t a prank. But –
Future Kate
It is a very important day.
Kate
What are you talking about? Who is this?
Future Kate
It’s me, Kate.
Future Kate
Actually it’s you, Kate. From the future.
Future Kate
Yeah. Crazy, right?
Kate
You definitely sound crazy.
Future Kate
I know it’s hard to believe but I really am you. Just older.
Future Kate
And hopefully a little wiser.
Kate
I’m busy. Can you leave me alone?
Future Kate
You’re studying for the Physics final, right?
Kate
Yep. Very busy. Goodbye.
Future Kate
Don’t sweat it. We do fine.
Kate
This is weird. Seriously - who is this?
Future Kate
I am messaging you from the year 2039.
Future Kate
And I am you, Kate.
Kate
I’m going to block this number.
Future Kate
I can prove I’m you.
Future Kate
I know something about you know one else knows.
Kate
Oh yeah? What’s that?
Future Kate
You have a boyfriend pillow.
Future Kate
You dressed it up with a flannel shirt.
Future Kate
And you can’t sleep without it.
Kate
How did you know that?
Kate
Have you been going through my stuff?
Future Kate
It’s cool. Our secret is safe with me. ;)
Kate
I’m going to kill whoever this is.
Future Kate
Still don’t believe me?
Future Kate
Ask me anything. Something only we would know.
Kate
What number am I thinking of?
Kate
How is this possible?
Future Kate
We make it possible.
Future Kate
You end up on a team at MIT that develops this technology.
Future Kate
I can’t tell you that, but you’ll figure it out eventually.
Future Kate
That’s not why I’m messaging you though…
Future Kate
We don’t have much time.
Future Kate
This technology is dangerous and highly regulated.
Future Kate
I’m not supposed to be talking to you…
Future Kate
It might have unforeseen and catastrophic consequences for all mankind.
Kate
Why are you doing it then?!
Future Kate
I need you to ask out Raj Sharma.
Future Kate
Raj Sharma. Tall brown guy. Dreamy green eyes.
Future Kate
You should ask him out.
Kate
What are you talking about?
Future Kate
Don’t you have a crush on him?
Kate
Yes of course. Every girl in class has a crush on him.
Future Kate
Right, so you should ask him out.
Kate
I don’t know… I just don’t think girls should ask guys out.
Future Kate
You’re living in 2018.
Future Kate
Stop being so old school!
Future Kate
Haven’t you heard?
Future Kate
#thefutureisfemale
Future Kate
You don’t want to spend the rest of your life with that dorky boyfriend pillow.
Kate
He’s way out of my league, ok?
Kate
(And quit hating on the boyfriend pillow. He’s really soft.)
Future Kate
That’s what I thought too when I was your age.
Future Kate
But then I ran into Raj at a conference a few years ago…
Future Kate
And I got a vibe off him.
Future Kate
Definitely there was a vibe.
Kate
You’re risking unraveling the space-time continuum…
Kate
Because you went to some nerd fest and GOT A VIBE?!
Future Kate
It sounds bad when you say it like that…
Future Kate
But, thing this - you end up a pretty lonely gal.
Future Kate
And I’ve been thinking of what I could have done to prevent that.
Kate
We never find someone to marry?!
Future Kate
Unfortunately not…
Future Kate
We just never try hard enough, because we were afraid.
Future Kate
So we just dive into our work instead.
Future Kate
Developing this technology takes time. A lot of late nights in the lab.
Kate
This isn’t a great idea.
Future Kate
You need this.
Future Kate
You don’t want to spend the rest of your life wondering.
Future Kate
Regret is a killer.
Future Kate
Trust me. He’ll say yes.
Kate
I’ll think about it.
Future Kate
No. You have to do it now.
Kate
What do you mean now?
Future Kate
His last final is today, and he doesn’t come back next year.
Future Kate
Because what I’m doing is illegal.
Future Kate
They‘ll find me any minute now. We don’t have much time.
Future Kate
I need you to find Raj Sharma, ask him out and tell me what happens.
Kate
Won’t you know what happens?
Future Kate
That’s not how it works. You can’t alter my past.
Future Kate
But together, we can alter your future.
Future Kate
The second I messaged you, it set you off on a separate time stream.
Kate
But you knew I was thinking pi.
Future Kate
You always think pi when someone asks you to pick a number.
Future Kate
There’s no hope for me…
Future Kate
But I’ll know it was worth it when he says yes to you.
Kate
I don’t even know where he is!
Future Kate
You know his life schedule, stalker. You can’t BS me.
Future Kate
It didn’t go well?
Kate
And in a very public forum.
Future Kate
What happened?
Kate
He was taking his Chemistry final…
Kate
And you told me he would leave right after…
Kate
So I did it right there in front of everybody.
Kate
And he laughed in our effing face.
Future Kate
That’s weird. I definitely got a vibe.
Kate
Shove your vibe up your butt.
Kate
The teacher called security and is threatening disciplinary action.
Future Kate
That’s not good.
Kate
Why would you tell me to do this? I might not get into MIT now.
Future Kate
We don’t know that.
Kate
You’ve ruined my future.
Kate
Future me has ruined my future.
Kate
How do I end up being such a moron?
Future Kate
Crap. They’re coming! I don’t have much time.
Kate
I hope you rot in jail.
Future Kate
I’m so sorry. Just try to find someone nice, k?
Future Kate
Don’t set your sights too high. It’s okay to settle.
Future Kate
Believe me, you don’t want to be using that boyfriend pillow for the rest of your life.
Kate
That’s literally the worst advice I’ve ever been given.
Kate
And I gave it to myself.
Future Kate
I just don’t get it. This wasn’t the outcome I predicted…
Kate
Hang on. Someone else is Snapping me.
Future Kate
Can’t you ignore them right now? We’re running on borrowed time.
Future Kate
Something’s not right…
Kate
Do you know someone who uses the handle NERD4LIFE?
Kate
He says he saw me fall flat on my face with Raj.
Future Kate
Is it Seth Ross?
Kate
Yeah. How’d you know? I thought you were in a different time stream.
Future Kate
We meet later at MIT. We build the future messaging technology together.
Future Kate
Very. And a genius.
Kate
Good. Because his future self just told him to ask me out…
Future Kate
What’d you say?!
Future Kate
Wow. I wouldn’t have predicted that.
Future Kate
But I’m happy for you.
Kate
You’re about to get a knock on your door.
Future Kate
Crap, you’re right. They’re here! How did you know that?
Kate
It’s not them, you moron.
Future Kate
OMG. You’re right.
Future Kate
I don’t know….
Future Kate
I’m not really good with that sort of thing.
Future Kate
I’ll have to think about it.
Kate
And enjoy our future. :)
