Chapter 1

Before I begin the story, I need to give a warning because this story includes more mature content than was in the show and it has a plotline that some people might not want to read. It refers to drunk driving and some of the dangers that go with driving drunk, so if that's something that you aren't comfortable reading, this might not be the story for you.

Writing this was somewhat emotional for me and I knew what was going to happen throughout. This first chapter doesn't get into the concept but the second will. If the stuff that was previously mentioned would give you any sort of panic attack or anything of the like, I would advise not reading this.

They had almost made it. Cyd and Shelby could see the end of their careers in high school; all they had to do was make it through a couple more weeks of school before they would be at graduating and moving on to college after summer.

Though Cyd wasn't originally meant to still be living with Shelby and her family during their senior year, her parents' archeological dig had been extended for another year. The girls didn't really mind getting to be roommates for another year because that year would have just been a break since they were going to be roommates in college with the addition of Daisy as their third roommate.

"Hey, Shelbs," Cyd drew the attention of her best friend as they sat in their room working on some final assignments for high school.

"Yeah?"

"You know how they asked us where we want to be in 10 years for the thing in the yearbook?"

"How could I forget? I set the bar for us pretty high with wanting to have Cyd and Shelby Incorporated going and running already by then."

"Well, I was thinking, what if we went 20 years into the future to see what our lives really are like then?"

"You know, that sounds like fun. We can see if we ever did get Cyd and Shelby Incorporated going, or if not work harder to get there."

"Yeah," Cyd agree.

"And I needed a break from doing my homework anyway," Shelby said, setting her things down and going to meet Cyd in the middle of their room where the organization of her stuff met the chaos of Cyd's.

The girls held their hands up and high fived. When they arrived 20 years in the future, they were on a park bench away from crowds and most other people sitting beside each other. Only a few people passed by about 50 feet away.

"Hey, we're together," Shelby commented as she looked around. It was a beautiful sunny day and the water glistened off the pond that was nearby.

"Looks like summer will come early this year. It'll make it torture for kids who are still in school," Cyd added.

"I wonder if that includes our kids."

"I wonder if they're friends like you've been hoping they would be so we can be co-grandmas."

"I wonder what we look like," Shelby said.

"Let's take a time selfie!" Cyd exclaimed, pulling her phone out of her pocket. Once she had taken the picture, Cyd held her phone between them so they could better see what they looked like.

"Wh—why do I look exactly the same?" Shelby asked.

"I—I don't know. That doesn't make any sense," Cyd said. "We're 20 years into the future. I don't look the same. How come you do?" Cyd asked as her phone rang. The caller ID read 'hubby'. "What do I do?"

"Answer it and put it on speaker?" Shelby suggested.

"Right," Cyd replied. "Hey," she greeted the caller, who apparently was her husband, after putting the phone on speaker.

"Hey, Cyd. I just wanted to call and see how you were doing today since you left home."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, it's the 15 year anniversary. I know you went to the park to think things over."

"Wait, I know that voice," Shelby said. "Naldo?" she asked.

"Cyd, who's with you?"

"Shelby is."

"Cyd, wait right where you are. I know where you'll be and I'll be there in 10 minutes. We need to talk."

"Naldo, what's going on?"

"This isn't something I can explain to you over the phone. See you soon."

Before Cyd could say anything more, Naldo hung the phone up. "What do you think he's talking about?"

"I have no idea," Shelby replied.

The girls sat in silence for a couple seconds because they weren't sure what to say now with Naldo's exclamation. "I wonder what that was about," Cyd spoke aloud.

"Yeah, me too," Shelby said. "Do you want to look at pictures on your phone? Maybe see pictures of your and Naldo's wedding while we wait," she suggested.

"Yeah, I guess," Cyd said. She went to her Facebook page and the two began to look through the recent family pictures of her, Naldo, and their two kids. "How come there's no pictures of the two of us anywhere? I can't believe we wouldn't have taken any pictures together recently."

"Yeah, we're together now," Shelby added. "Aw, look at your wedding pics. Cyd, you look amazing. And you and Naldo are adorable."

"But you're not in any of them," Cyd said as she scrolled through them. "We promised each other we'd be each other's maids of honor in our weddings when we were in like 2nd grade. I can't believe that I would have backed out on that promise."

"Maybe Naldo can explain what happened when he gets here. Maybe we had some sort of falling out in college so we stopped talking or something like that," Shelby suggested.

"Yeah," Cyd trailed off. "Maybe we met up here to try and make things up or work out whatever it was that made us have the falling out."

"And that means Naldo would know what happened," Shelby repeated. "He said he'd be here in 10 minutes so he should be here soon." The girls feel silent since they had no idea what to say since the realization that they must have had some falling out or that they were going to in the future from their present.

A few minutes later, the girls saw Naldo walking over towards them. They might not have completely recognized him if it hadn't been for the pictures they saw on Cyd's phone, but the fact that Naldo still always wore a hat would have given it away had they not seen the recent pictures.

"Hi, guys," Naldo greeted. "I—" he cut himself off. He didn't seem to know what to say.

"Naldo, what did you need to talk to us about that you couldn't talk about over the phone?" Cyd asked.

"When did you guys jump here from?" Naldo questioned as they stood to meet him.

"How do you know we jumped here?"

"Th—the way you answered the phone," Naldo replied. "So, when did you jump here from?"

"Senior year."

"High school or college?"

"High school."

"We really need to talk," Naldo said, his expression grave.

A/N: This story is just going to be a short 4 chapter story. It could have been a longer one-shot but I split it up by the main action that is taking place in the story.

Part of my reasoning for cutting this off here is because I'm curious to know what you think might be going on. The other is that it would be long if I didn't cut it off here.

Anyway, I'd love to know what you thought of this chapter and I hope you enjoyed it and enjoy the rest of the story. Thanks for reading,

-CrazyHayniac