A few seconds later Susan stepped into the doorway of my room. Her face glowed with excitement as my commands had made sure. Jon looked very intereste...d to see her, (well, a horny woman is always a sight to see eh?)."Here she is!" I said, standing to welcome her into the office and closing the door behind her. "How are you today Suzy?" Um, fine thanks.:" she seemed a little confused as to why she was there, "... you wanted to chat to me about something?" she asked, head to one side."Oh yes,. In bad times, like over the last ten or so years, as the known coal deposits became increasingly over mined and played out, miners and their families had been forced to admit defeat and move away from the land of their birth.For some others though, like Thomas's grandfather, the man who had raised him after his only son, Thomas's father, had died in a mine cave in, running away just wasn't an option. Thomas's mother had run away from Thomas, her husband, and the village, as well as a lifetime. The changes between timelines appeared to originate only from my immediate family, and no one else. Diana, for example, seemed to have exactly the same life as before, except for the minor changes the new me had brought into it. Same went for Dave. The world at large, on a macro scale, was also exactly the same. There were the same news headlines, the same political events, and the same sports results that had occurred in 1980 in the other timeline. The changes were confined to the O'Malley. They looked at each other and then grinned. After a few minutes of uncomfortable silence, Alexis piped up, not noticing the heat between her brother and Sara. ‘Did you all spy that new cutie in home room? He’s the new student. Nobody knows where he’s from but he sure is hot! His name is Miles I think, and we have fifth period gym together. He sure can spike a ball!’ She wiggled her eyebrows, ‘I wonder what else he could spike!’ Alexis said as she giggled. ‘You wicked little girl! Talking dirty.