Tuned In

"There are hundreds of different radio waves being broadcast all around you from distant stations. At any given instant, your office or car or living room is full of these radio waves. However if you turn on a radio, you can listen to only one frequency at a time; these other frequencies are not in phase with each other. Each station has a different frequency, a different energy. As a result, your radio can only be turned to one broadcast at a time. Likewise, in our universe we are tuned into the frequency that corresponds to physical reality. But there are an infinite number of parallel realities coexisting with us in the same room, although we cannot tune into them."
Professor Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)

"However, what if we could tune into a parallel reality? What if?"
Silverwing013, author on fanfiction (2011)

Written Monday, August 13, 1989 of this world

And have a very happy birthday. Woot. I am now officially eighteen.

Natsuko somehow found out (my bet is on Mister Take) and gathered up about twenty or so students to sing to me as I left the library at the end of the day. Yusuke made me laugh because he was looking very annoyed by Keiko's arm latched onto his. He then noticed me looking at him and rolled his eyes, but with a large grin. Noriyuki and Yukiyoshi were with Natsuko from the little math sessions they all came in together for. A couple of the teachers had laughed and stopped to watch behind the group of students.

When they got to my name, most of them started saying Tancho, before realizing it should be Ms. Powell. Half of them shrugged and sang Tancho anyway, clashing the two names into one. Most of them forget during our time together anyone. Then others, like Keiko, call me Tancho when I am not around.

I celebrated afterwards with Megumi and Haruka walking around the town. The birthday present I insisted on was a proper tag for Cookie. That kitten looks more like a young cat now.

Yeah… I think I am getting far too comfortable living here to be insisting on leaving my mark. At least I seem to be okay in Koenma's eyes. Nothing has happened with Spirit World thankfully. Kazushi is sure Koenma will do something like his father, but well… I think Koenma may make a mistake from his younger age and excitement, but I don't think he would every purposely harm a person. At least no news is good news, right?

Oh! Speaking of news! The doctors said they are sure it is a boy! Megumi is ecstatic for a younger brother to balance out the genders of her family. And just like her, Megumi connected it to my own younger brother and told her mom they should name her brother Chris. Haruka did seem pretty open to at least considering boy names from my own reality.

I really am affecting them… But it makes me think. How involved can I get? To go into a relationship myself here? When I really do not belong, becoming so connected to if I am able to get back home… It would be painful for whoever I left behind. I hope Megumi, Haruka, and Kazushi won't be taking it badly if I do manage to return. But… How long will I be here? I want to have a relationship and children someday.

And who knows what slight differences could affect me having children with someone of this reality? Much less if I do return and leave them here. Would they be able to go home with me? Or want to leave completely?

Perhaps I should just leave that off my hopes for right now. My last year of school had been bad enough when Chuck left for college, and then breaking it off right after Christmas due to the distance issue.

But oooooh! Just a couple more months and there will be a little baby here!

Thanks to KuramaMustangElric and OhhTaylorJade.