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You press the button, allowing Anna to walk to the kitchen and as you hear her pour a glass of water you inspect your new gift. You marvel at the spinning gears and perfectly balanced springs. Every possible detail of the watch has clearly been crafted with exquisite purpose. The symbols unnerve you and entrance you, but before you've had a chance to really see everything, Anna returns.

"Hey, mister! You need sleep, you've got to be at work in just a few hours!" Her tone is almost playful, but you sense her concern. You pat the bed, asking her to sit next to you. As you quickly gulp down the water she's brought you tell her:

"I had a dream that I could control time. I couldn't go foward, but I could stop time or go backward. I had all that power, but I wasn't sure where to start."

"Uhm, wow. No wonder you couldn't sleep." She pats your back, but you can almost see the gears in her mind clicking together surely as your new gift whirring silently on your wrist.

"What would you do? If you could control time, I mean?"

Anna shuffles her feet, but quickly replies, "Well, it's not very exciting - but I'd probably rob a bank and then move to Paris or something. Y'know, retire? Just go wherever I want and do whatever I want. Oh, and I'd -" she drops off suddenly, and you can see her cheeks flush with red. The cute crinkle in her nose as soon as she realizes she almost divulged a secret. You have to know.

"You'd what? What else would you do?" She playfully pushes you, and after hurried promises that you won't make fun of her, she finally relents.

"Well, you know Bea$t?"

"You mean the rapper? What about him?"

"I would sneak backstage at one of his concerts and -" she averts her eyes for a moment, now apparently talking to her feet, "- I would jump his bones."

It takes all the willpower you can muster to not burst with laughter. You finally **** down the last of your suppressed guffaws and manage a tiny, "I didn't even know you liked rap?!"

"I don't. I just think Bea$t is sexy!" Immediately as the words leave her lips, Anna is beet red, covering her face with her hands as best she can. "I know there are celebrities you like, too!"

You can't handle it anymore, and you press the button to pause time, laughing to your heart's content. Once you settle down, you go to place your hand on Anna's shoulder in a friendly gesture of comfort. You immediately realize that she's still frozen in place. Her tiny body still gripped with embarrassment. You place your finger on the button of your watch, but stop.

You consider what Anna said - if she could control time, she'd take advantage of 'Bea$t', a terrible pop rapper. It wouldn't even be someone she knew or cared about, she'd use the power you now poses to get laid. You don't have to remind yourself of the awkward conversation when you both 'agreed' to be platonic. You've always carried a longing for Anna - and tried hard to remove any romantic thoughts - but they quickly flood back. The watch seems to beckon you to debauchery and you can feel your resolve slipping away in the tide.