[ WP ] Every ten years from age twenty until death , you from ten years earlier appears in your bedroom . You have five minutes to explain how to change your life before young you returns to the past .

I paced back and forth in my room. It was 10:40 AM on my birthday. Ten minutes until I would have a chance to talk to my younger, thirty year old self. I'd had this chance a couple times before, but only now was it so crucial. I ran through how I would explain it. I began to doubt myself - should I really give this advice based only on the past few days? Yes, I should. I had to. 
 
 He appeared. A younger, slightly more fit version of myself. 
 
 `` Oh, hey Will. Just finished talking to Will Twenty. He was pretty happy to hear that he's about to have the best years of his life. I even spoiled a bit about Rachel.'' He chuckled. 
 
 `` About that...'' 
 
 `` What?'' 
 
 Tears were welling up in the eyes of Will Forty. `` You have to leave her. Not only that, but you have to leave her tomorrow. I do n't care how you do it, but leave her and never talk to her again.'' 
 
 Will Thirty's smile disappeared. `` But... she's perfect.'' 
 
 `` You're right, she is. But you still have to leave her.'' 
 
 `` Why?'' 
 
 `` I ca n't explain the whole thing in five minutes, so here's the highlights of a really fucked up domino effect you would witness otherwise. Your family will be torn apart. Her father will kill yours. Your mother will commit suicide. You'll be accused of murder. You'll be acquitted, but soon lose your job and live off of unemployment benefits for a year, if you can call it'living.''' 
 
 `` But I ca n't do it.'' 
 
 `` Did you not hear what I just told you? People will die. Your life will be ruined. And in the end you wo n't even have her.'' 
 
 `` But I love her.'' 
 
 Both men were shedding tears of frustration and sadness now. 
 
 `` Pull yourself together - you're thirty years old, you're not a teenager. You understand how to weigh your priorities. You have to leave her.'' 
 
 `` But she makes me so happy. And I make her so happy. We both have made each other better people. I'll never find someone like her again. She's the mythical relationship partner everyone hopes to find - the person whose every part complements your own.'' 
 
 `` I know all this! I've had all these thoughts before!'' 
 
 `` So why did n't you do it?'' 
 
 `` What are you talking about?'' 
 
 `` Ten years ago, you were given this same speech, right? Why did n't you follow the advice you are giving now?'' 
 
 `` Because I loved her.'' 
 
 Will Thirty disappeared. Will Forty wiped his eyes and looked up. He was now in a different room. 
 
 `` Hi. I'm Will Fifty.'' 
 
 `` Yes. I had almost forgotten about the fact that this would be happening too. I was so focused on...'' 
 
 `` Yes, yes, do n't waste time. I have important advice that your ridiculous emotional mind needs to hear right now.'' 
 
 `` What?'' 
 
 `` Stay with her.'' 
 
 `` But she...'' 
 
 `` I know. Go back to her.'' 
 
 `` But I just told Will Twenty that he should leave her, to save the lives of my parents!'' 
 
 `` You better hope he does n't, for the sake of *her* life.''
