[ WP ] A man has a special ability : when he makes certain choices , he has a sudden vision of what would have happened if he 'd chosen differently .

`` Yes.'' 
 `` Really? You are n't joking or, or messing with me? Like, you will actually go out with me?'' 
 `` Of course Richard! I would never joke about something like that.'' 
 As the feeling of acceptance, of victory, swept over him after so long a wait, time seemed to slow down. In fact it was slowing down, and Richard's heart sank as he realized that this decision was no exception. He felt a twisting feeling in his stomach, and his vision went out of focus. Becoming clear, he was walking past Judith like any other day. He felt a pang of pain that he could n't again muster the courage needed to ask her. Then time sped up. Days, weeks, years later, he hovered behind her, not floating and not walking. A strange man stood in front of her, awkward and uncomfortable looking, very much like himself in a way. He looked as though he wanted to be swallowed up by the ground as he casually invited her to a movie. She, smiling and confident quietly and respectfully said yes, and the pain on his face was replaced with shock. After she began to giggle, he smiled and laughed, asking what time he should pick her up. Time sped up once again, this time only a few hours. The young men entered a run down apartment. The ghost saw a gun on the nightstand, with several notes placed below. After ripping up the notes and flushing them down the toilet, he walked into the backyard and began to dig a hole. covering the gun with dirt, he walked back inside a look of relief on his face. All at once the world twisted, time flying before his very eyes and the world pulling back in front of him, and there he was standing in front of Judith.
