Twenty years later…

Alejandro and Heather moved into Alejandro's estate in Spain. Although Heather was initially distasteful of Alejandro, she decided that they were a match after all—"a match made in heaven" was possibly too benign of a description for the two of them, but it somehow worked. Alejandro and Heather were both pleasantly surprised at the calm serenity of married life. Even though they both had everything anyone could ask for, they each wished that something could possibly come into their life to spice things up. Once every two years, they would take a trip back to Canada, where Heather would take advantage of the unofficial national Justin rule.

Beth decided to follow the advice given by Cody and become more confident. She did this, of course, by getting laser surgery and liposuction. This made her attractive to the people on the street, but it also put her a little bit behind in her bills. However, once she sold her car, the lovely public transportation staff would always have her back; helping her out whenever they could. Her favorite bus driver, one who reminded her of two of her old crushes, was even willing to help her pay for her utilities until she could get on track again.

Bridgette and Geoff both stayed together the entire time, which made Bridgette excited and, at the age of twenty-four, she decided to open a vegan restaurant with some of her earnings from earlier jobs. The industry boomed, as more and more people started eating vegan, and she won many awards. Geoff was proud to call her his wife, which he gladly bragged about and alluded to at all the fancy mansion parties that he threw because of this. Some people refused to believe that Bridgette was actually Geoff's wife, until they went to his house and saw her for themselves, at which point they congratulated him on his catch.

Courtney became a defense attorney, whose number one client, Duncan, promised to change his ways. Although it did take him quite a while to completely wean himself off of his life of crime, the number of crimes he committed dropped considerably, from ten a year, to five a year, to two a year, to one a year, and finally, only showed up once in a blue moon. Proud of the progress Duncan had made, Courtney kept the vow to never let him take a fall while he was on her watch. Courtney's legal acuity gave Duncan an incentive to keep his side of the bargain.

DJ, after becoming conscious of the amount of litter still prevalent in the world, had made it his life to clean up the parks in Canada, and even traveled into the northern United States every once in a while to clean up their messes too. While there, he was offered the job as a ranger in one of the biggest, most famous national parks in the world. He declined the offer, saying that the welfare of the animals was more important to him than his direct involvement. Five years later, he changed his mind, after a perfect streak of no animals being harmed by his treatment.

Eva, at the age of nineteen, decided to sign up for the army. However, she stormed out when the administration did not allow her to be in any combat roles because of her sex. Instead, she decided to start a gym for women at the age of twenty-seven, that would, unlike its predecessors be a cold, unforgiving, and most importantly, strength building. She figured that, with luck, in ten years, she would be able to change the mind of the administration about women being allowed in combat roles.

Ezekiel, through a slightly padded résumé, and a couple of unreliable references, was able to get a job as the custodian on a floor in an apartment. The landlord told him that as long as he continued to work for him, he was allowed to lease a room for lower rates than the standard customer. To such an offer, Ezekiel responded simply, "That'd be awesome, eh!" With his savings, he was able to keep up with his bills most of the time, and was actually able to purchase a television.

Gwen, deciding that Duncan was not worth the time of day, decided to go back to Trent; only this time, instead of dating, they would just be friends. Gwen and Trent wrote several songs together, until they were located by an aspiring metal singer. She asked if they would be willing to join her band, and they both gleefully agreed. Each of them chose an independent stage name, to show that, despite their old love, they were still completely unattached. Gwen decided to flesh out her first name in the stage, and give herself a pretend surname—more symbolic than anything, whereas Trent went with a music reference.

Izzy and Owen built a carnival, and they were often the main attraction. Izzy and Owen loved the role-play of ringmaster and freak show, and actually found it quite exciting for their relationship as well. More importantly, as the main act of the show, Owen was able to enjoy food provided by a variety of people, and, most importantly, he was one of the ones allowed to enjoy Justin's company. Justin, who frequented the carnival often, was usually first in line to the Giant's shows.

Justin's beauty had won him some awards, and he had even gotten some recognition from the papers that he looked virtually identical to a rumored man to have been sighted in pre-national Canada, who managed to turn an entire town's heads. Justin, having gone through what he had, knew that this was no coincidence—but why should he bother to codify something that everyone already knew anyway? Despite his narcissism's inflation during this time, he was also changed for the better—he was more interested than ever in his old teammates, who, in moderately large numbers, gladly took advantage of his rule of exception.

Katie and Sadie took Harold's advice and did not settle for the first man they saw. Instead, they waited four years until they saw two men coming out of a bar, who were almost obviously Mister Right. There was only one thing they were waiting for—and that was what the two men called each other. Something that suggested boyfriend was out, but they referred to each other as BMFFL's. Katie and Sadie then knew they had found the ones. They all moved into a house together, where they collectively cared for both families, and, ten years later, Sadie had a daughter.

Lindsay's constant praise and encouragement gave Tyler motivation to become better and better, until eventually his dream of becoming a professional athlete had come true. He and Lindsay promised to grow old together, and they kept that promise as best they could in the mansion he and Lindsay could afford. Tyler's only regrets were that it was far too difficult to convince anyone outside of their little family that Lindsay was his real, loving, honest-to-god wife, and not just a babe he married because he was able to.

Sierra, now satisfied that Cody had a reason not to like her, decided to settle down in a normal house with a husband who was just like Cody, except in one respect—he actually liked her back. Despite this, she still refused to acknowledge that her husband was the end-all be-all person, and would continually spy on Cody—whom she moved across the street from intentionally—with a pair of binoculars. Her husband knew that she was just humoring him when she said he was her only love; but that was good enough for him. After all, it was better than nothing.

Noah was well inspired enough after this series of events to write a three-hundred page novel, which on its first release sold a million copies. He decided that he would be able to write more books under this same series, and so he did. Due to living under the same roof, Cody was also inspired by Noah's writing to create a video game, which in turn inspired Noah to write a third book. It is said in some circles that each of them acts as a muse for the other. If that is to be believed, then Cody would not ever regret moving in with Noah, and Noah would never regret moving in with Cody. It's unclear whether or not we should believe it, because neither of them has.

Harold diligently worked to find a cure for the strain of mongoose flu. When suddenly a test became positive, he gasped audibly, and practically fainted. He used all of his strength to walk over to the phone.

"LeShawna!" Harold shouted into his phone, "I found it!"

"That's great, hon!" she shouted, "Just wait a few minutes and I'll be right over."

"Do you have another man over?" Harold teased.

"Not unless you count Justin," LeShawna responded.

"No one counts Justin," was the reply.

However, despite all of this, Harold and LeShawna still had enough energy when they met to give a long, delicious, earth-shattering kiss.

"That's for being my sweet little hubby, always working like a dog to make the world a better place." She gave him a fierier kiss afterwards, "That's for what you did twenty years ago."

"Oh, that," Harold said, and blushing, he added sheepishly, "You realize that was partially my fault in the first place."

"Harold," LeShawna said, "I don't care about that. What I care about is that you were a good enough man to fix it."

"Thank you," Harold said, "I love you, LeShawna."

"I love you too, babe," she responded.

Although the first rule of time travel is to never change the past for fear that the slightest change could be catastrophic on the future, this is not the most intriguing of the rules. The most intriguing rule is the sixth: not every event can be easily traced back to its initial cause.