You met LaF in the back of the diner, finding them in a hoodie and pajama bottoms. Matching in their sleeping attire, you sat down opposite of them.

"This better be good, frosh." LaF said opposed to a greeting.

Really? They still call you that?

You stare down at your hands before looking up at them. "This is going to sound crazy, but I figured that if anyone was going to know anything about it and believe me, it'd be you."

LaF gave you a confused look just as a waitress came over to take your order.

After sending her off to tell the cook to make an order of fries and a short stack of pancakes, you both took a sip of your coffee.

"So what're you going off about?" LaF asked once they had set their mug down.

"I woke up this morning in bed with Carmilla." You blurted, not really thinking it through.

LaF raised a brow, "And? You do that every morning. You're married."

"No it's just, I don't remember anything. Before I woke up, I was nineteen! And now I'm twenty eight."

LaF started to grin, "Are you saying what I think you're saying?"

It always blew your mind how quickly LaF jumped on board for pretty much anything that could be science based. No questions asked, no doubting, just sheer wonder and excitement.

You nod, "You gave me a wishing stone yesterday and I wished that I would be twenty eight and know exactly what I want."

LaF's jaw dropped, "Damn Laura, I just wished to have an endless knowledge of science."

"But LaF, there's no way I would willingly want to marry Carmilla."

"Well I don't know about that." LaF said chuckling as the waitress set the plate of fries down in front of them.

"What do you mean?" You asked.

"Well just because you can't remember what happened in the past nine years, doesn't mean I don't." They shoved a fry in their mouth as they put some ketchup onto their plate. "And trust me, you and Carmilla were disgusting in college, I walked in on you guys so many times that I sincerely thought about bleaching my brain a couple of times."

You sucked air in through your teeth, diverting your eyes down to the pancakes that you had yet to douse in syrup. "I want to know what happened. Carmilla says we have a meeting at the sperm bank tomorrow, and I don't even know why we no longer hate each other."

"I have three stones left." LaF said around a mouthful of potato.

Your head shot up, "What?"

"I still have three wishing stones left over."

"And you just have them lying around?"

They shrugged, "I have them in a locked box in my car, figured it was best to keep them with me, wouldn't want Perr to find out I messed with time, or whatever."

"Can I have them?"

"I'll give you them right after we finish eating," They said, sticking a fry in the small puddle of ketchup, "But make sure you use them wisely, there's only three of them."

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"So how do these work again?" You asked, sitting in the passenger seat of LaF's car.

"You wish to go back to a specific moment in your past and while you're there you only get sent back to whatever moment in time you came from once you change something."

"So basically it's a round trip ticket into my past."

"Sure."

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You returned to your house late, hoping that Carmilla didn't notice you were gone.

With two stones in your pockets, and one in your fist, you sat on the edge of the couch in the living room. At the silence of the house, you let out a shaky breath. Right when you were about to wish yourself back to the moment everything changed between you and Carmilla, you heard the creak of the stairs, alerting you of somebody's presence.

"Laura, what are you doing up?" Carmilla asked from the foot of the stairs, her eyes blurry with sleep and her hair mussed.

You felt your heart flutter as you bit your lip. iNo, bad Laura./i You thought in your head. You could not be feeling these things, not without knowing why.

"You're not nervous are you?" Carmilla continued to ask questions as she entered the room to sit beside you on the couch.

You quickly stuffed your hand in your sweatshirt's pocket and smiled at her. "No, I just couldn't sleep."

"Well then why didn't you wake me?"

You cocked your head to the side, "Why would I wake you?"

Carmilla gave you a knowing look, smirking.

You gulped, ioh./i Quickly pulling yourself together, you supplied an answer, "You just looked tired, I didn't want to have to wake you up."

Carmilla rolled her eyes, "Cupcake, you know I don't mind. If you needed me to wear you out, I would've been more than happy to."

iAlrighty then./i

You faked a yawn, "Well I'm tired now, so we won't need to be doing ithat/i."

Carmilla chuckled, standing up and holding her hand out for you to take.

Slowly weaving your fingers with hers, you fought the feeling of comfort in her hands, following her up the stairs to bed.

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You went through the same routine as the day before, watching Carmilla make you both coffee and wishing her a good day at work, before sitting down at the kitchen table.

Pulling the stone out of your pocket, you stared down at it, feeling its smoothness in the palm of your hand. You weren't exactly sure how making wishes go, but last time you only had to think about it, so you wished that you could go back to the moment you and Carmilla stopped being enemies.

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You snapped back in your seat, nearly toppling over.

You were back in your dorm room. Perry was sitting on Carmilla's bed, and LaF had their ear pressed up against the door. You were about to ask what was going on, when the door opened and LaF quickly moved away.

Carmilla trudged her way into the room, throwing her bag down onto her bed as Perry quickly stood to her feet. "Well we should go, we'll see you later Laura."

You were still sitting in your desk chair very confused, unsure of what just happened, when you were pulled out of your thoughts as Carmilla threw a book against the wall.

Your eyes focused on her as she sat on her bed, knees tucked into her chest, and pouting. Sniffling even.

Still confused as to what was going on, you quickly turn away from her, ignoring her eyes in the back of your head, nearly jumping out of your skin at your text tone. It was Danny, asking if you were busy. Sighing in relief, you quickly told her that you weren't and that you'd meet her at the library.

You moved towards the door, quickly looking over at Carmilla who was now no longer looking at you. She was upset about something, but you had no reason to be concerned about it. After all, she had done nothing but be a jerk to you up until this moment, or so you assumed.

You fought the urge to tell her goodbye, before walking out into the hallway and shutting the door behind you.

Before you could make it down the hallway though, the wallpaper started to warp, and your feet no longer felt like they were on the ground. Suddenly everything faded to black.

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You woke up slowly, your head pounding. Quickly opening your eyes, you found yourself in a new bed with less fancy sheets, and sunlight coming in through the open curtains.

Running your fingers through your hair, you slipped out of the bed, and left the bedroom, smelling bacon. iPlease don't be Carmilla, please don't be Carmilla/i, you chanted to yourself as you rounded the one floor plan of the house.

"Mommy, you aren't supposed to be awake!"

Your eyes nearly popped out of your head at the small little girl moving towards you. She had red hair and a smattering of freckles, with your eyes and nose.

"Yeah iMommy/i, we were supposed to bring you breakfast in bed." Came a more familiar voice, as you looked away from the young girl and towards Danny who was smiling brightly at you from in front of the stove.

Wait, iwhat?/i