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- Yes sir.

[Knocks on the door]

- I'm so sorry.

- Don't waste your breath.

I don't want to hear it.

- Something came up all right.

Just as I was heading out the

door.

- Something always comes up.

You forgot my birthday,

but our anniversary for Christ's

sake?

You couldn't even call.

- The government agency overseeing

our grant

showed up at the last minute

unexpectedly.

- Sometimes I feel like you love

your experiments

more than you love me.

- You know that's not true.

Things have just been crazy at

work.

The minute the project's over I can

dedicate

more time to us.

- I can't promise I'm just going to

stick around that long.

We were supposed to set a date

tonight.

- I know, and I'll make it up to

you, I promise.

Friday. Friday. We'll pick

another day.

Any day you want.

- It is not just about the date.

I need to know that you care enough

about me.

That you want to marry me.

Blowing me off on our

anniversary

doesn't say that you do.

- You know you mean the world

to me.

- Then show me.

- As soon as this project is

over,

we can do everything that you want to

do.

We can spend all of our time on the

wedding.

I just need a couple weeks.

Just a couple weeks.

That's all I'm asking for.

Please?

- Do you promise on Friday we'll

pick a date?

- Yeah, yeah. I promise.

And I promise I won't be late.

Oh, I got you something.

- What is it?

- Just because I was late doesn't meanpp

- Perfect.

I got you something too,

but I want to wait 'til Friday.

There's something I want

to add to it.

- You're beautiful for getting me

something.

[Ducks quacking in the

background]

[Breathes deeply]

- Hey, hold on.

I still can't believe he blew off

your anniversary.

- Something important came up at

work.

- So important that he couldn't even

call you?

I don't know why you keep putting

up with him.

- Because I love him.

- Well, you are my sister, and I

love you.

But you are naive.

Is this really how you want to

spend the rest of your life?

Always coming in second?

- I think I'm going to go surprise

him tonight at the lab,

and tell him I don't care about a

date.

I just want to be with him.

- I hope you're right.

- Hey, two cups of coffee sir.

What are you working on?

- I was playing around with some

equations last night,

and I think I got it.

- Got what?

- A formula to map and travel

through time.

- So if this is correct,

then it's not the increased

electromagnetism

that projects a matter through time

and space,

but it's combination of

balancing

electromagnetic energy

with atomic polarity?

This is amazing!

- The way I see it,

if we can rapidly spin two magnets

facing the same pole

we can generate a changing magnetic

field

creating an electromagnetic

induction.

- Ah, and all we need are electronic

bursts

to get the photons moving at the speedpp

Thus, creating a wormhole in time and

space.

This is right along the lines of

Einstein's theory

on general relativity.

- It's raw. It's really raw, but I

think...

I think this could work.

- I think you've done it.

- I still can't believe it.

I underestimated you kid.

- Well, it's the last time you

do.

- What's going on?

- Well, it appears that he's done

it.

Connor has discovered how to travel

back in time.

- That's amazing.

- Well, it's just an equation

until we actually test the

theory out.

- Either way, we should

celebrate.

- I'd love to, but I can't.

I got to meet April in an hour.

I told her we'd pick a wedding date

tonight.

- Oh, that's great.

You're a brilliant man, and she's

lucky to have you.

- This is the breakthrough we

needed.

See if you could contact

Spencer.

Maybe we can get some more

funding

to start building a new machine to

test the theory out.

- I'm on it.

[Suspenseful music playing]

- Connor!

- Hey Julia.

- I just wanted to tell you that

your were amazing today.

I'm so honored I get to work

with you.

You're incredible.

- Thank you. It means a lot.

[Car pulls up]

- Wait, Connor.

That's not what I came here to tell

you.

There's no easy way to say this,

but from the moment I have laid

eyes on you

I've been attracted to you,

and the way you look at me

I can't help but think you feel

the same way.

- Julia, I think that we...

[Car screeches off]

- What's wrong?

- I'm engaged to April.

Look, I knew it was going to be hard

working with you,

because you're obviously

intelligent and a beautiful

girl.

But I think it's best if we just keep

things strictly professional

between us.

- I'm so embarrassed.

- Don't be. It was honest.

- I don't want this to change

anything between us.

- It won't.

- Thank you.

- All right?

- Yeah.

- I'll see you tomorrow.

[Cell phone rings]

- It's Spencer.

Hello?

- Get everything ready. It's going

down tonight.

- Yes sir. We'll be ready.

- Yeah, they figured it out

faster than we thought.

But we have to shut them down before

things get out of control.

I'm on my way now.

- They figured it out.

We're taking them down tonight.

-[Sniffles]

[Cell phone rings]

[Exhales deeply]

- Hello?

- Hi, it's Kristine. Everything all

right?

- No.

- Why? What's wrong?

- When I went to surprise

Connor,

he was kissing his assistant.

I think they're having an

affair.

- I'm so sorry.

Is there something that I can

do?

- Okay.

[Car sputters when starting]

[Train track bells ringing]

- What are you doing?

What's the meaning of this?

What's going on here?

- You are being shut down.

This project has been

terminated.

- On what grounds?

- You Jonas,

you were never meant to get this

far.

You were were employed on this

project

to prove time travel was not

possible.

But you two,

you end up proving it was.

Now if this information were to ever

get out,

it'd prove to be highly

problematic.

You are being shut down to make

sure

that this technology never falls

into the wrong hands.

- I wouldn't touch that if I were

you.

- Then you do it.

I have no time for games.

Make sure you take everything

important.

Oh, and Jonas,

don't even think about continuing

your research either.

Or you will force me to take more

drastic measures.

Ones I guarantee you will not

like.

[Music playing]

[Phone dialing]

[Recording:
You have

reached Connor Hughes.

Please leave a message.]

[Cell phone rings]

- Hello?

- April. Hey, where are you?

- I saw you with her.

- Hello?

- I said it's over Connor.

- I can't... Hello?

- I saw you...

[Car screeches]

[Sound of glass shattering]

- April?

It was all for nothing.

I lost everything.

All because

I was blinded by what I thought was

important.

- You couldn't have known.

Life is unpredictable like that

sometimes.

It just takes something away from

you

faster than you can imagine.

- How did you do it?

How did you keep going after the

accident?

After Carol died?

- One day at a time.

It's all you can do.

- Get any easier?

- Eventually it will.

Wounds heal, and you get on with your

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