"Hold on, just for a sec," John said, then closed his door and went back into his apartment. The woman outside sighed, but did as John said.
Inside the apartment, John went straight to the orb and made a wish. No more trying to figure things out. He'd take care of this once and for all.
"Orb, I wish you'd give me the memories I'm supposed to have in the reality where I'm friends with my new friends."
Suddenly, a rush of memories filled his head. But he made a mistake. Since his new friends had no memories of each other, but only being friends with John, they were each from a different reality (memory wise, anyway), so he now had six different sets of memories (that's his five "new" friends, plus Cassie) in addition to his own. And while the first half of his life was very similar in each one, the latter part of his life was vastly different in some cases, and that confused him. But on the plus side, he at least now knew what he was supposed to know about his new friends. Like that woman waiting outside, for example. Her name was Sarah Madison, and she was coming by this morning because ...
