text: A 20 year old magician named Alyssa, was walking offstage after a show. She was feeling electric after an astounding performance. Alyssa decided to celebrate with a couple of friends. They were going to a local establishment that featured live music and tempting alcohol. Alyssa and her friends were barely underage and couldn't buy drinks. They decided to pay a homeless gentleman to do it while they moved like typical white girls on the dance floor. Around midnight everything about them became slurred. At 3:37 in the morning, they hailed a cab to take them back to their apartment. Six minutes into the ride, the driver lost focus and the vehicle drifted into oncoming traffic. The car went head-on with a moving truck. Alyssa only saw a white flash, then darkness. She awoke in a hospital bed with tubes connected to her. She would later learn the cab driver was killed, but her friends were perfectly fine. She was released one week later and returned home. Twelve years later. At 32, Alyssa was married at this point, had earned her doctorate in medical science, and even had a kid. She was blissfully happy with her life, and hadn't any regrets. One night, while her husband and son were out, she decided to see a movie. She lived in the city so she did not own a car herself. After flagging down a taxi she got in the backseat. Without looking at him, she told the driver, "Local cinema please." The taxi took off. The driver accelerated the vehicle at too high a speed and Alyssa took notice. She screamed for him to stop the car. But all he said was, "It's time for you to go back." Just as the car slammed into a semi, her life flashed before her eyes. She remembered the birth of her child. The first time she met her husband. Even her first kiss. Every milestone of her life was relived in a split second. And then... Her eyes opened. All Alyssa saw was a white ceiling and only heard a continuous beep. Friends and family surrounded her hospital bed, and gasps filled the room as she sat up. Joy was felt by them as their daughter and friend had finally awoke after her long slumber. Alyssa noticed her friends looked younger, and she herself felt younger too. She asked, "Where is my son, and husband?" But she had neither. She was an unmarried, 20 year old magician who had just lived 12 years in one month.