A/N - First update in about a million years YAY! All of my stories but this one are saved on a computer that hasn't been working. As for this one... Writer's Block. But no worries. From here on out it's mostly already written & I'll just be copying it over onto the computer.

Three: Founder's Day

Things began to fall into a new routine. For most people, Mia's return to Eureka did not cause any significant change in their lives - other than perhaps a slight increase in happiness (her good moods had always been contagious). For others, it presented a monumental change. One such person was Julia. About a week after Mia's return, Douglas found Julia sitting alone in the corner of Cafe Diem.

"Hey Julia," he said hesitantly.

She looked up at him angrily. "What do you want, Fargo?"

"Uh, actually I came to apologize," replied Douglas. Julia looked at him questioningly. "For how I acted the other day."

"Oh, really?" she responded.

"Yeah," he began uncertainly. "Look, for what it's worth, you're awesome. And I'm sure that somewhere out there... there's an awesome guy who's worthy of that who won't break up with you by yelling that he was already engaged before the two of you had met. That was kind of dumb. But I hadn't seen Mia in a very long time - not in person, at least - and I was enjoying spending some time with her. I wasn't expecting you to appear at my door in the middle of the night. That's not how I wanted things to go. Not at all. So, Julia, I'm really really sorry about how I acted and I hope that someday we can be friends."

Before she could respond, he turned and walked away.

Another person whose life changed with Mia's reappearance was Zane. The day after Mia was reunited with her brother, she found her way to his apartment on her bike. He was surprised when she rang the doorbell, but he let her in anyway.

"Hello, Zaney," she said as she entered.

"Hi Mia," he replied politely.

Mia looked up at her brother, who was substantially taller than she was. "We have a lot of catching up to do, don't we?"

"Mia, we've been in touch - I've told you everything about my life over the last few years," said Zane confusedly.

She sighed. "Tell me about Eureka. I haven't been home in so long... and tell me about Jo."

"Well, you know this town. It's been nothing but crazy since I first moved here. And Jo..." he said, trailing off.

"What about her?" Mia asked. Then something clicked and a memory returned to her. "She's who you've been dating, right? Aw, Zane - the girl you've been planning to propose to is Jojo Lupo?"

Zane nodded. Mia flung her arms around him. "Zaney, that's the cutest thing ever. Do you have a ring?"

"I was planning to give her Grandma's," said Zane.

Mia smiled. "You really love her, don't you?"

Zane nodded.

Things were going well in Eureka. It was almost Founder's Day and everyone was happy. Zane was planning to propose to Jo, Mia and Douglas's relationship became even closer and Mia had taken to babysitting Jenna so that Allison and Jack could spend time together.

Then it was Founder's Day. Jack, Allison, Jo, Douglas and Henry were sent back in time to 1947 by accident. The future they returned to was not the one they left.

When they got back, Douglas went running home, looking for Mia. He found that not only was she not at his house, but neither were any of her belongings. Nervously, he set off towards her house. He reached it & found that though the building was still there, there was no orange bicycle in the driveway or leaning against the side of the house and there was a for sale sign in the yard.

Douglas found the others later and discovered that Mia's absence wasn't the only difference. Kevin was different, Tess hadn't left, Henry was married, Jo and Zane hadn't ever dated and of course Dr. Grant had been brought into the future with them.

Later on, Douglas discovered that he, not Allison, was the head of GD. As he sat in his office, he had an idea. He turned toward his computer and started to compose a message.