“You were quite a cute little boy, weren’t you? With you at that age, I guess waiting all those years to have my own son’s company again won’t be a problem at all. As for kissing you, I’m sure I could quite happily manage a few slow and wet smacks on the cheek each day of the school holidays,” said Trudi, “And your mind will be as capable of enjoying that as it is now. I know it wouldn’t be full scale necking, but you’d feel my lips. I know I’d fall in love with your expressive mind back then.”
“How can you know that?”
“Because I already have, now. We can’t dwell on that in the here and now, because it’s not fair on you, me or my boyfriend. But at fifteen, I wasn’t seeing anyone, and if I go back, I’ll still have those feelings,” said Trudi.
“You’re not just trying too hard to talk me into it?” asked Daniel.
“I was on the brink of walking out of that shock show last night, until I saw this lovely young fashion statement walk up onto the stage and raise the tone of the evening’s event for the next several minutes. I would have gotten to you in the supper room sooner, if I hadn’t been stopped by two fans of the recent reunion movie,” said Trudi.
“Well .... I do remember having crushes on a few grown up ladies when I was aged 6 to 10,” said Daniel, “I’m sure I’d have one on you as you looked in that TV still of you at 15 that you showed me last night.”
“Of course you would. You’ll have the same mind,” said Trudi.
“The same struggling mind. Still ... if I can’t be with you at all now, and I can’t be with you at all when you were 24 to whenever you met your current boyfriend, then maybe what you suggest is the best proposition going,” said Daniel.
“Can I start training you in time travel then?” asked Trudi.
“If that’s going to take weeks anyway, we’ve got nothing to lose. It gives me time to more firmly make my mind up,” said Daniel.
“I’ll have to see you try a few twenty minute tests, to make sure you’ve got it perfected, before we commit to a 25 year backjaunt,” said Trudi, “If you pass those alright, then we will have to make the first test I know of in which two people do it together. We’ll go back a day or so. If that works, and we both retain our memories of the old timeline, then we’ll be right to go for the 25 year trip.”
“You won’t believe this, but I’ve never had a girlfriend. I’ve been too shy, or too fussy, or too busy, or too rejected. Now I’ll have to go back to waiting through most of my childhood before I can give mutual mouth to mouth resuccitation a try, even if my developed poetic skills give me more confidence the next time around.”