At work it's the same thing as every other day, just driving around, looking out for transients or anything suspicious but nothing like always. I'm just on my phone scrolling through Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and whatever social media is on my phone to pass the time. Time just drags on as always and I'm already feeling sleepy, I head over to the gas station near by to get an energy drink. When I walk into the gas station the guy that's always there sees me walk in and greets me.
"Jay!!"
"What's up Chris?"
"Shit same old thing, it's been slow tonight"
"I feel you on that, kinda wish there was a little action at least a guy digging through the trash or something"
I walk over and grab a monster out the fridge and head to the register
"Hey Chris you ever think what would life be like if you went back in time and changed everything to make your life better?"
"All the time man, what about you?"
"Yeah sometimes, what you think of?"
"Hmm doing better in school maybe, probably fuck my high school crush"
We both laugh
"Damn I mean you can still do that, just hit her up on Facebook or Instagram"
"She got a man already.. anyways what do you think of"
"Man… probably do better in school and maybe take working out seriously and football too, who knows what could've happened there"
"Yeah man but god had different plans for us.. monster is on the house"
"Yeah I guess so, thanks man I'll see you later"
I get back in the patrol car and head back to the property, driving around making sure nothing is happening. I get to the back and see a homeless guy digging through the trash and get off the car
"Ayye!! You can't be doing that"
He turns around, a dirty looking guy with a beard and ratty clothes
"Come on man let me just get what I need"
"Alright get your last few things but imma need you to leave"
"Thanks man… what's your name?"
"Jay.. now hurry up"
"I'm Buddy"
"I don't care.."
"Why do you say that, why you being a dick for?"
"I'm just doing my job man, just hurry up"
"Yeah.. I bet you wish you can go back and change everything though huh?"
"Maybe… but it is what it is"
"What if I told you I can give you that chance"
"Man… you hitting that pookie pipe a little too hard"
"I don't do drugs, I'm actually not even homeless.. I know everything about you Jay Sanchez"
"How do you know my last name?!?"
"Oh I know alot about you. You're 27, born November 3rd 1996, graduated from Eden High School in 2015,…"
"What the fuck?!?! How the hell do you know all this?"
"Let's just say, I've been watching you since you were a kid… I'm your guardian angel"
"Naw naw this can't be real, I must've fell asleep"
He looks at me and smiles, then in a flash of light he changes, he's clean with a hair cut and groomed beard
"Yeah you ain't dreaming Jay"
"This is crazy… but if you're an angel where's your wings?"
"That's why I'm here, I get my wings after you go back in time and do it all over again"
"You're going to send me back… why?"
"Well you've been thinking about it so why not, you can go back, change your course of life and better your future. But there's a catch"
"What's the catch?"
"The day of graduation, you have to choose to stay on your new life or come back to the life you're already living"
"Damn… but can't I just do things differently and just replicate things I want like meeting my wife again"
"It's not that simple Jay… when you go back and start doing things differently you'll be changing canon events"
"Canon events?!? Like fucking across the spiderverse?"
"Yeah so there's no guarantee you'll meet Kate again, you can try but there's little to no chance of it happening.. so it's up to you if you want to do this"
"Fuck… this is a hard decision"
"I sit back in the car and buddy appears in the passenger seat
"Holy shit!!"
"Just think about it Jay. Also I can help change things before you head back"
"Change what exactly?"
"Anything you want that would help you change your life"
"So if I say I want to go back to high school but I want to start out at six foot two and be six foot six when I graduate you can do that?"
"Yup, just say whatever and it'll happen"
"Man…. This is a tough decision"
"Don't over think it Jay"
" I'll do it"
"Alright!! Now anything you want before I send you back?"
"Is it just me or can I change other things too?"
"Depends on what it is"
"I want my parents to live comfortably, no struggle, my dad doesn't work hard labor jobs, we live in a nice house"
"Sounds good, anything else"
"I want to be strong and fast so I can be a defensive end"
"Oh hell yeah!"
"I want to get As and Bs throughout high school and pass classes easily"
"Makes sense you don't want to do school work"
"Disrespectful but I'll let that slide, oh yeah I want to be in shape like ripped"
"Already had that in mind"
"What about my hair and eyebrows?"
"Yeah we can do that but its on you to keep it up when you get back"
"Alright that works, also I want to start on JV as a freshman but dress out on varsity, I'll take that spot myself"
"I like it, anything else?"
"Hmmm bigger di…"
Buddy interrupts me with a straight face
"Don't say it! I'll do it even though I don't like it"
I laugh at him
"Alright. Hmmm I think that might be it.. oh wait I want to dress good not like how I used to before senior year
"Alright. So you ready to head back?"
"I think so… this is going to be a little weird. What's going to happen?"
"Well you'll just wake up the first day of school and see your younger self in the mirror but different because of the things you wanted"
"Alright so what now?"
"Now I'm going to send you back to 2011. Oh yeah if you need me just snap you finger three times and time will stop and I'll be there"
"Alright.. see you on the other side buddy"
"Good luck Jay. Remember you got until graduation"
Buddy claps and there's a flash of light, I feel like I'm floating and can't see anything, I can't believe I'm going to open my eyes and I'll be back in 2011…