Hello everybody! Here is the next chapter after (almost) two more weeks of waiting, but here is the next chapter. Before you can read it, here are my replies to your reviews (though you're always free to skip this part):

Sonashee: Thanks for reviewing! James only wrote down what he remembers, but that doesn't mean he remembers everything. At this point, he still doesn't remember his wife's name, among other things. Yes, that is quite important for the plot - though every detail seems important for the plot in this story. James isn't quite interested in what's going on with Henry, he's more concerned about Ray quitting and his own problems. Maybe he doesn't want to distance himself from them, maybe he just wants to socialize. Here's the next chapter.

Anomaly90: I'm glad you enjoy it so much. Here's the new chapter. Thanks for reviewing!

CaptainMansBabyGirl: Thanks for reviewing! Well, James is a character who has been around since chapter one.I think you should know this when you're this far into the story. If you want to learn more about him, just continue to read this story or start over to catch up with what the others already know. Either way, answers will come pretty soon. And no, I am not mad at you. I'm just a little annoyed, that's all.

Enjoy!

-Writer207

It was calm upstairs in the shop. Ray continued his phone call with June there, which eventually resulted in arranging their first date. There was a lot to discuss about, since they both want to have their first day tomorrow evening. Yet, they still had to discuss what restaurant they wanted to go to, what time they would be there, whether Ray would pick her up or not, and other details.

When the phone call was over, he immediately started looking up places where he could take her. at least he'd have a couple of suggestion when they would talk to each other again. He remained upstairs – Gooch was having a sick day, so someone had to watch the store. Plus, he didn't want to go downstairs just yet. Schwoz and James might be there.

Jasper eventually walked into Junk-N-Stuff. The boy greeted the superhero, but Ray didn't say anything back. He just looked up and then went back to work. He didn't want to talk to Jasper at that moment, he had better things to do. Fortunately, Jasper had decided to just go to the Man Cave and not wait around here.

At that same moment, he received a picture from Piper – where did she get his phone number? Either way, she sent him a picture. It was Henry, completely covered in flour from head to do. The Henry in the picture tried to stop Piper from making pictures but, as he knew, nothing would stop that girl once she set her eyes on something. He looked at it with a raised eyebrow. He didn't look at it for too long, since he went back to picking restaurants, going as far as the restaurants in cities and villages around Swellview.

Only an hour later, Charlotte and Henry arrived. Ray noticed them as soon as the door opened – there weren't a lot of customers today and they were the first to enter after Jasper had come in.

"Hey guys!"

"Hey Ray," Charlotte greeted him back, but Henry remained silent. He looked quite bothered with that frown on his face and his hands in his pockets. So, he wasn't in a good mood. Ray looked at Charlotte again.

"Is he still mad about yesterday?"

"Not about yesterday," Charlotte said. that's all she said about the matter and Ray frowned. What could the problem be? And then he remembered the picture Piper had sent him.

Ray sighed. "Something happened at school again?" he thought it'd be better not to mention he knew what had happened. He did not want to provoke Henry. "You've got to report this if this continues." Charlotte nodded, assuring Ray she would do it if whoever was doing this kept this up.

Henry apparently had enough of this conversation and was walking towards the elevator already. Ray did attempt to talk to him.

"So, how was—"

"I don't want to talk about it," Henry said, disappearing from their view. The way he said it was not very friendly. He definitely was not in a good mood. How can Charlotte keep up with that behavior?

"I'm going with him," Charlotte said, "Are you coming?"

Ray shook his head. "No," he said, "I have to watch the store. Gooch has a day off." Charlotte nodded and followed Henry. The boy had waited for her so they could travel down to the Man Cave together. Ray stayed upstairs, like he said he would. He continued looking up restaurant and also thought of other possible dates he could take her on, like going to the movie theater or an amusement park or for a walk through Swellview Park. The possibilities were quite endless, because it seemed June was happy with about anything.

Charlotte and Henry walked in the Man Cave when the elevator doors slid open. They saw how Jasper was telling James a story. The two of them were sitting on the couch and empty pizza boxes stood on the table. They hadn't noticed the two newcomers yet.

"Really?" James said with enthusiasm, "Then what happened?"

"She said it's fine." Jasper sounded a bit less enthusiastic than James, but still was excited. James began to smile.

"No way!" he said, grinning as widely as Jasper, "Dude, you are so lucky! And then?"

The smile disappeared from Jasper's face. "That's it." James stopped smiling as well.

"That's it?" he repeated, "But this… you could've easily continued the conversation!"

"Ahem." James and Jasper simultaneously turned their heads to Henry, who had not-so-subtly drawn their attention away from Jasper's story.

"Hey guys," James greeted them, "How was your day?"

Charlotte opened her mouth to say something, but Henry was faster. "Bad."

"Okay," James said, frowning, "forget I asked." The picture of Henry being covered in flour drifted back into his mind. Better not mention it. He didn't want Jasper to get into trouble with Henry for telling what the bad thing was that had happened to the sidekick.

"Is this about the girl Jasper likes?" Charlotte then asked, referring back to the conversation James and Jasper had before Henry had interrupted them. James shot a look at Jasper, as if to ask him whether he was allowed to say it. Jasper nodded once, granting James the permission to say 'yes'. James turned his head to Charlotte.

"Yeah," he said. Charlotte crossed her arms and stared at him. Eventually, James frowned – what is she trying to say? "You know," he said, "I can never tell what you're trying to tell me."

Charlotte sighed. "Don't you have better things to do?" She had asked it in the nicest way she could, but still sounded somewhat hostile, if that word could be used in this situation. The undertone of her voice sounded quite threatening. As if she also wanted to tell him that she'd hurt him if he hurt Jasper. That friendship was one of the reasons why they stayed friends for so long.

"Well, I did," James said – being honest in this situation was probably the best he could be, "But then I finished what I was planning to do here and decided to do something else." Charlotte did not stare at him anymore. No, she glared. James shook his head. "Don't look at me like that! I have to spend the day usefully, too. I might as well give him some advice. Plus, if it makes you feel better, he asked me, not the other way around."

Still, Charlotte was a bit skeptical about the situation. James sighed inaudibly. I wish she'd trust me more. That would make things a lot easier around here.

"You're a time traveler." James turned his head to Henry, who had said that as if he'd just discovered that.

James nodded. "Correct."

"How old were you in 2016?" Henry asked and James got ready to give him an immediate answer. Yet, it didn't come. He started to wonder how old he'd been in that year, this year. He blinked once – he should know, why didn't he know? Luckily, there was another way to figure this out. He just had to subtract 25 years of his age. But was he 40 or 41 years old?

James shrugged. "I guess about 15 or 16." He was glad Henry and James didn't think it was weird he didn't know how old he was exactly. Only Charlotte seemed a bit suspicious, but she didn't say anything about it.

"Then you know how long this'll last." Henry sounded somewhat hopeful and desperate. There was no need to mention what he was talking about – everyone in the room knew what he meant with 'it'. James nodded.

"Yes, I do," he said, "Don't worry about it."

"Don't worry about it?" Henry said in a grouchy voice – he clearly hadn't gotten over what had happened yet. "You know, it's very hard not to worry when everybody's laughing." But James just shrugged.

"Henry," he said, trying to calm down the boy, "it's just a phase."

Henry rose an eyebrow. "Just a phase?" He sounded more angry than shocked. James nodded in all seriousness.

"Yeah," he said, "Yesterday, today and tomorrow are the worst. That's it." Henry still looked skeptical. James continued talking. "Look, tomorrow some unknown person will insult you on social media and spread more nasty rumors. Then, the guy will stop and people will forget what happened. It will take time, but things will go back to normal."

For a while, Henry just looked at him, unable to say anything. Eventually, he did start to speak. "So I just have to wait for it to end?" Saying it out loud didn't make it go faster, nor did it make him more patient.

James nodded. "Yeah, that's it."

"Okay," Henry said, still not really a good mood, "Thanks." Henry walked over to the monitor.

"James," Jasper asked the time traveler now Henry was done talking to him, "what do I do next?"

James soon turned his full attention back to Jasper and his love life. "With your soon-to-be girlfriend? So, what you could do next… hold on, let me think." He thought about everything he knew about Jasper's future girlfriend, but as usual, there wasn't a lot he remembered about her. Jasper's descriptions were quite subjective and didn't help, either. "Got it," he eventually said, "You walk up to her again."

Jasper blinked once in surprise. "Again?"

James nodded. "Yes," he said, "Now she knows you, she might open up some more. She could talk about her likes, dislikes, hobbies. You know, the usual stuff."

"B-but I walked away from her," Jasper said, unable to think of anything else that might sound like an excuse. He was so unsure about her reaction if he tried talking to her again. He walked away from her, how could she even want him? How can she even look at him when he ran away from her when his nervousness overtook him and the sweat was everywhere?

James leaned closer, a sympathetic look in his eyes. "You were nervous," he said, "There's nothing you can do about it. It's okay to be nervous. Just apologize and explain the situation to her. If she understands, she won't let you go for it."

"Are you sure?" Jasper asked. James placed a hand on Jasper's shoulder.

"Jasper, we can never be one hundred per cent sure about anything. But I am quite certain it'll work. It worked for me."

"What works for you won't always work for me," Jasper responded, starting to look at the floor. James pulled away his hand.

"C'mon, Jasper," he said, "don't be so pessimistic. If you believe you'll never get her, you never will. If you believe you'll be together eventually, your chances at succeeding will skyrocket."

Jasper looked back up at him, his eyes lit up with home. It made James grin. "Really?"

"Yeah. That's what I believe," he said and Jasper started to smile as well.

"Jasper, can you help me?" Henry then said, facing them, looking primarily at his best friend. Jasper nodded.

"Sure," he said, then looked back at James. "Thank you." He stood up and walked over to Henry. They had a short conversation about what Henry wanted to do with him in the Man Cave. They walked out of it together, to the door after climbing the stairs. James watched them go until they were out of sight and only then turned his head away. He almost jumped up when he saw Charlotte had come to sit where Jasper just sat. She still stared, but at least it wasn't a glare anymore.

"How are you so sure it'll work for Jasper?" James shrugged.

"Like I said, one can never be sure about anything. But I believe he'll do it just great."

Charlotte stared at him as she spoke to him in a strict tone. "Look, Jasper really likes that girl. It's all he thinks about. You don't know how much bad luck he's had in the past with love. Don't ruin it for him." She pressed her finger against his chest when she said that last sentence. James leaned back, tried to look as relaxed as he could be.

"I wish him all the luck," James said, "The last thing I want is that he fails. But Charlotte, let's be reasonable. Jasper won't fail, he cares too much to fail. Besides, Besides, she is a very nice girl who likes him for who he is. Let's be glad the girl he likes is not crazy." James looked away from her, leaning back in the chair and waiting for an answer.

"I never mentioned one of his ex-girlfriends was crazy," she said. James smile disappeared. He took a deep breath. Charlotte narrowed her eyes – he looked rather nervous. Too nervous for this situation.

"Jasper told me," he said, maybe a little too quickly. Charlotte folded her arms.

"He's too ashamed to mention her to anyone," she said. He knew Jasper avoided talking about Courtney. Now James became even more nervous. He clasped his hands together – they were rather sweaty, while they hadn't been sweating before. He ran on his hands over his head through his short hair and then looked at his wrist.

"Oh, look at the time," he said, forcing a smile on his face on his face. He looked at Charlotte. "I've got to do something now. In my room. Bye!" Then, he abruptly turned around and walked away from her as quickly as he could, leaving no room for her to ask or say anything else. He took the secret door behind the monitor/snack machine and almost stumbled while he walked away from them.

Charlotte noticed Henry and Jasper had already left the room to go somewhere else. Charlotte shook his head. He was too suspicious. He knew too much of their lives. She'd read on his face that he knew what had happened to Henry. She didn't want him to ruin Jasper's love life.

"What is that man hiding?" she asked herself loudly before following him. She needed answers and she'd make him give her what she needed.