Dare You To Love (Camren - Norminah - Vercy)

Chapter 22: Time Turner

RECAP (Read in Hermione Granger's voice)

Previously on DYTL:

Vercy – Lucy's bucket list #1: Go back in time to fix my regrets (CH 4)

Allysus – "You wanna sell weed products from Allycakes?" (CH 14)

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Lucy's POV

December 31, 2017 (New Year's Eve in Los Angeles, CA)

*3:45 pm*

A pillow hit my face, followed by a loud yell, "Wake up, sleepyhead. We're home!"

Groaning grumpily, I sat up on the long couch that I'd been sleeping on in Vero's jet. "Can't you be more gentle?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, your highness," Vero said sarcastically, "Next time I'll cover your cheek with gentle kisses and softly murmur in your ear for you to wake the fuck up."

I wouldn't mind that. I sighed disappointedly, thinking about how I'd lost my chance at kissing Vero at midnight.

On our way to her car, Vero asked, "Sucks that we missed the countdown yesterday, huh?"

"I guess," I yawned sleepily, more bummed about the kiss than the stupid countdown.

"I mean I'm just really sad. I regret not paying attention to the time."

"Chill, there's always next year," I said, wondering why Vero was emphasizing random words as I put my luggage in the trunk of her car.

"Yeah, but I was really really looking forward to the countdown this year."

"Okay. Why're you being so dramatic?" I asked. I turned to look at her and found a sickly-sweet smile on her face, which usually meant mischief. "Oh no...what did you do?"

"Lucia, can you please tell me why I wanted to come to Russia with you?"

"Uh...cuz you like traveling?"

"And...?"

"Cuz you wanted to hang out with me...?"

"And...?"

"Cuz you were gonna help me finish a bucket list item...? But you never-"

I gasped as the realization hit. Vero's grin widened at my reaction. She tapped an invisible watch on her wrist and wiggled her eyebrows at me. Regret. Time. I quickly checked my phone for the time. 4pm. December 31st, 2017.

"Yup! Technically, we've just traveled back in time! We're gonna relive the same day twice!" Vero rambled excitedly, "Anadyr is 19 hours ahead of LA, but it only takes 7 hours to fly between the two cities cuz they're only like 5000 km apart. We started at 5am on January 1st, 2018 from Russia, and landed here at 3:45pm, December 31, 2017. We're back in last year! And obviously you regret missing the countdown, so you can do it tonight at Lauren's New Year's Eve party. We can welcome 2018 again and go Back to the Future."

Vero giggled at her own joke and continued, "You know, it's interesting that even a concept like time is subjective. It all depends on which part of the world you're in, doesn't it?"

"Yeah...wow...t-that's really cool," I stuttered in shock. I'd never thought of time traveling in this way, which was stupid of me because I traveled for a living.

"Nah, it's totally lame. But it works for your bucket list, doesn't it?"

"It works."

"So you'll fix your regret of missing the countdown at Lauren's party tonight?"