Don't Screw Up Now

I woke up to something knocking over in the other room.

I jumped up feeling my heart accelerate at an insane speed. I jumped off my bed running to my dad's room. I quickly open his door wishing I never did. 

I felt my stomach turn inside out. I closed the door quickly but quietly. I lost control and ran as fast as I could to the bathroom throwing up in the toilet not able to hold it in. I wiped my face trying to burn the awful imagine out of my head. I looked around feeling a huge slap in the face realizing my surrounding were not at all the same as before. 

This is a new bathroom... wait what year is this?...Fuck that question.. I will never get that imagine out of my head.. I'm permanently scarred for life. I just watched my mom and dad fucking...ARGH WHY ME!?!?

I felt more come up. I gagged blowing more chucks into the toilet. 

Stop thinking about it. Focus..what year is it? What life changing event happens here?

I flushed the toilet wiping my face. I quickly went to my room and flip on the light. My heart sank as it was a completely new room. 

Oh my god....where am I?

I look around and stopped at a calendar. I felt my heart race when I see a 2002 calendar. 

The next life changing event... At this time....was..

"Oh my god.... It's 2002.... So....that means.. I was conceived at this time..and this is... their house... Man, this is...trippy." I said to myself. 

I look around a little more and stop when I see a flip phone sitting on my nightstand.

I walk over and pick it up. I flipped it up looking through the contacts hoping somehow I had Stan's number.

I see Randy and a few others but not Stan's. 

I breathed out feeling it shaking and called Randy. 

"Hello?"

"Randy?"

"Jess, waaaaazzzup!" 

I cringed to the one phase I always heard in movies but thankful never heard people say. I brushed the word off like it was nothing. 

"Uhh, nothing much I just... was wondering... Is Stan there by chance?"

"Stan?.. He's in the other room, why what's up?"

"Can I please speak with him?"

"Yeah sure, one sec."

I hear him walking in the other room.

"Hey Stan... Stan wake up Jess is on the phone for you."

It took a second.

"Hello?" I hear him say with a deeper tone. Obviously he just woke up. 

"Stan.. It's 2002. It skipped to the next life changing event."

"Wait really? What's happening at this time?"

"Uhh I am uhh...being conceived."

"Ewwww gross, wait how do you know?"

".... I'd rather not say."

"Argh sick!!!!." he groaned out loud.

"Okay, okay I don't want to talk about it!" I yelled holding my face.

"Okay so.... This whole day changing thing goes by any... Life changing events right? So... I'm older than you, why didn't it skip to mine?"

"I guess.. Something big happens TODAY."

"Yeah well... Until we figure that out.. What should we do? Stick with our dads or what?" 

"We should stick with our dads and make sure nothing bad happens..." I said feeling my heart racing knowing today was the day. 

"Wait... Can we possibly make sure we are all together? In case it's too much to handle alone?" he asked with an unsure tone. 

"Yeah, why don't you ask Randy and I'll ask my dad.....LATER."

"Okay..I ask him in a bit... Uhh hey uhh....about yesterday..." he said sounding a bit shy.

I tensed up blushing madly.

"W-What about yesterday?" I asked feeling my stomach butterfly. 

"Uhh...I"

"Hey Stan, did you ask her out yet? Me and Sharon are rooting for you two lovebirds?!?!" I hear in the background.

I felt my face about to explode.

"Uhh I'm going to uhh go.." he said really quickly. 

"Okay, hey give me your phone number before you go."

"Oh uhh okay.."

It took him a minute but I saved the number to my phone.

"I'll call you later, okay?"

"Okay."

"Good luck Stan.."

"You too."

I hung up breathing out hard feeling my stomach and face burning. 

We might not have grown up together but...I think me and Stan would have been great friends when we were younger. It's sucks that we didn't grow up together. I mean my dad and Randy are best friends.. If my dad was alive...

I felt my heart sink realizing a huge puzzle piece slowly aligning in my head. 

My mom became an alcoholic... Then.... Randy did too...

My mouth gaped open feeling my whole body go into shock. 

My dads life is the answer. It's not only for my selfish needs of wanting to meet him..He actually changed everyone. If he survives..then..

I look down gritting my teeth balling my fists. 

"I have to save him at any cost." I said to myself in full determination.

I convinced my dad to hang out with me Randy and Stan again 'like old times.'

I was taken back by Stan looking much older. I didn't look at myself I was too self conscious. But Stan.. He looked at me overly shocked and he wouldn't stop glancing at me. It caused me get very flustered and shy. 

We both hung out with our dads pretty much the whole day. 

Randy was still acting normal...I know Stan is dreading the day he has to see Randy as the same drug using alcoholic the whole town knows him by. 

We were at a bar playing pool at the moment.

The guys were sipping on beer.

I had a coke while Stan got a coke too. I convinced him not to drink anything. We needed to focus as this might be the last life changing night.

I was watching the guys play pool for awhile. I was waiting my turn standing off in the corner of the table when someone bumped into me. I didn't think too much about it until I felt a hand grope my ass fairly aggressively.

My eyes shot open as I quickly turned around and see a guy walking away with his friends. I grit my teeth and see the guy look back with a perverted grin then winked at me.

I set the pool stick down walking over to him. He turned around looking at me seeing that I was approaching him. He didn't have the chance to say anything as I punched him as hard as I could in the face. He was taken back by the punch looking at me in disbelief.

I hear his friends, "OHHHH!!"

He touched his bloody lip looking down at his finger. He licked his lip looking at me with fiery eyes that could kill.

Without saying anything he held up his fist ready to hit me. I tensed closing my eyes ready for the punch but it never came. I slowly open my eyes and see my dad holding his fist tight. He was gritting his teeth angry.

"I suggest you walk away now." he growled. 

"Or what? A prissy little bitch like her should get hit. What are you going to do about it old man." the guy said showing his teeth. 

My dad threw his fist to the side while glaring daggers at the guy.

"Come on guys, let's get out of here." He said grabbing my hand pulling me away out of the situation.

"What was that all about?" Asked Randy.

"He groped my ass." I bluntly said glaring back at that guy.

"Wait.. He did?!" Asked Stan.

"Yeah. He's a fucking dick!" I said through my teeth.

"Come on Jess, it's not worth it." My dad said pulling me out of the bar.

We were walking looking for other things to do. I mostly wanted to get my mind off of what happened.

Randy and Pete began talking walking in front of us while I was walking next to Stan.

"Are you okay?" he softly said. 

I look over and see Stan looking at me full of concern.

"Uhh not really. I'm still really pissed."

"I could imagine. Sorry I would have gone back to kick his ass but he had four other guys with him."

"It's okay Stan.. I don't want you getting hurt."

"I still can't believe you punched him. That was pretty crazy."

I lightly chuckled.

"Yeah it's not like me."

"It was pretty cool if you ask me.."

I look over at him giving a little smile feeling my face heat up slightly as he smiled back.

"Hey we can head back to my place. But just warning you, Sharon's a bit moody since... you know."

"Oh yeah, how's that going for you?"

"Oh it's okay. What about you and the wife?"

"Madision and I are actually trying."

"Oh really, how's that going for you?"

"Well she's going to check in 2 weeks but we have a good feeling. We really hope the same thing doesn't happen again."

"Well... You know whatever happens, I'll be here for you."

"Yeah, thanks Randy."

I felt something softly hit my finger. I look over seeing Stan blushing looking away.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to."

"It's okay." I said feeling my face heat up slightly looking away. 

"So you and Jess wanna come over?" Randy asked.

"Yeah we can come over. It'll be nice to see Sharon again." my dad said. 

"Yeah she's really great but it seems each time she's pregnant....she's really crabby."

"Well that's normal Randy. They have a lot of stuff going on with their body, they can't help it. As long as your there for her.. You make sure that you are always there. People now and days, they drink and they fight all the time. You don't want to do that."

"Oh course I don't Pete.. I wouldn't ever talk badly to Sharon."

"Good now don't let anything change that, okay?"

"Yeah, thanks Pete. I don't know what I'd do without you."

I felt my heart slow down drastically realizing the major foreshadowing going on.

I look over at Stan seeing him completely shocked. I slowly touch his finger with mine like he did with mine before. He looked over with near tears in his eyes.

"Your dad....he's the reason  why my dad is the way he is. Without him..

I see tears fall off his face. I hesitated for a second but I grabbed his hand squeezing it tight as he wiped his face with his other hand.

"Jess... If...we can save him... Then.." he could barely get the words out. I jumped in helping him out. 

"Then we can save them both." I said cutting him off.

He nodded looking up at me with the saddest eyes I ever seen. 

"Stan...it's going to be okay, we will save them." I reassured. 

"What if we don't." he said seeming to lose hope. 

I step forward slowly rubbing his tear off his cheek. His eyes widen looking in my eyes.

"I'll do anything it takes.."

He slowly touched my hand on his face right before I could pull it away.

I see him close his eyes and breathed out. I could see a small smile crawling on his face.

"It really sucks that we didn't grow up together." he said softly. 

"Why would you say that?" I asked.

He opened his eyes looking deep in my eyes. 

"Your really... cool I...think we would have been great friends..."

I gave a little smile.

"I think so too."

I felt his finger intertwine on my other hand. I felt myself look deeply into his eyes as my stomach began to butterfly.

What is happening?....

I felt my body take over while he had the same idea. We both leaned in at the same time. We were both inches away when we both hear tire screeching yet again.

My eyes widen looking behind us.

I felt my heart jolt seeing a car heading right to us.

I froze seeing it was way to close for me to react to. I felt a sharp grip on my arm as I was pulled out of the way. I tripped backwards falling onto the ground.

"Peter, Randy look out!!" Stan shouted. 

I was on the ground still processing what just happened. I tensed when I saw Stan hovering over me with both hands on the ground next to my face.

"Jess?"

I blinked looking up at Stan hearing him panting hard. He looked at me then looked over where our dads were.

"Thank god..."

He looked down at me full of worry.

"Jess are you okay?"

I felt my body slowly recovering as I spoke up. 

"Y-yeah....oh my god are they okay?" I asked freaking out sitting up quickly.

"Yeah, their okay."

I breathed out hard holding my chest in relief.

"I fucking froze... I can't believe I froze!" I said feeling a mixture of emotions hit me. 

"Jess it's okay... Calm down." He said grabbing my hand helping me up on my feet.

I look over seeing Randy hugging my dad.

"Thanks man.. I can't believe you saved me again."

I smiled feeling my heart warm up. 

We did it...I'm so excited to see how this will change things.

"Hey guys... That was....pretty crazy.. Why don't we call it a night..."said Pete still panting from the situation.

"You sure?" Asked Randy.

"Yeah, that was the closest near death experience by far. I didn't even see that coming. Thank god your cousin was here... He's a real hero." he said looking back at Stan. I gave a little smile looking over at Stan realizing he was the one who saved my dad.

"Come on Jess." my dad said. 

"Okay, give me one sec." I said wanting to say one thing to Stan before leaving. 

I looked back at Stan.

"Well I guess I'll see you later." I said want to say something more but the moment was so emotional I didn't know what else to say. 

"Uhh yeah I'll...see you later."

At that moment I noticed he looked a little upset. He walked past me starting to walk off toward Randy.

This might be the last time I see him. I need to thank him.

"Hey Stan..!?"

He looked back at me.

I walked over to him getting up on my tip toes and kissed his cheek I pulled away looking in his eyes.

"Thanks for... Saving my lif-"

My eyes shot open. I felt my heart flutter as my face heated up 10 shades. I slowly closed my eyes sinking into it. When I felt his lips leave mine. I breathed out opening my eyes. I couldn't contain my smile. He couldn't either. He softly grabbed both my hands holding them as if he didn't want to let go.

"Thank you for letting me stay. I can't wait to see how everything changes." he said with a joyful smile. 

"Stan... Your the one who saved us all... We should all be thanking you."

"Well.. I... Hope this changes everything for the best."

"It will..."

"Jess let's go!" I hear my dad holler.

I look over at my dad.

"Yeah Stan, come on."

I look back at Stan.

"If I don't see you again, Stan...I..."

"You will... Don't worry."

I smiled.

"So I'll see you later then?" He asked.

"Yeah, can't wait." I said smiling really big.

That was the last life changing event..