They stand facing one another. She doesn't need to speak but she will anyway, he knows what words are coming and they are as natural as anything in the world.

'Are you sure this is going to work?' she asks.

Exactly the words he knew were coming though the ones he is about to offer is not just a natural response, he truly believes in them.

'Of course, we'd hardly be here right now if it doesn't ...'

'I'm not sure that's how it works.'

'Whether it does or not is something we're going to make happen. You are with me, right?'

'Until the end of time ... did you really need to ask?'

'It's something I ask myself daily, how'd I ever get you?'

'Well, we thought we knew, and I guess now we are going to find out for sure ...'

'That we are, my love ...'

Her mind and worry are eased, at least a little. She smiles a smile that knocks him for six each and every time she does it, it never gets old no matter if they, he especially, do.

'Until the end of time?'

They embrace, kiss briefly, then he repeats her words, words he has already spoken.

'Until the end of time ...'

A soft alarm sounds out, he checks all around. 'Right, this is it, fifteen seconds.'

She takes in a deep breath and exhales and they both begin to make their way to separate pads upon which they will remain until the timer runs out. Five ... four ... three ... two ...

A bright light surrounds them.

A vehicle is moving towards them at speed, he moves to her as quickly as he can, takes her hand then ensures that they both are clear of that vehicle. A horn sounds out in anger as that vehicle moves on. What the hell are they doing? Are they stupid? They came outta nowhere. The driver surely thinks to himself if not out loud ... I could have killed them.

They both watch the vehicle disappear into the distance, glad that no harm has been done. It would have been a complete disaster if harm had have been done.

'Did it work?' she asks.

He surveys the area in which they currently stand. 'I believe it did, yes. We are where we need to be.'

'Time to get to work?'

'The sooner the better ...'

They embrace and again kiss briefly, indeed, it's time to get to work.

***

He sees her at almost the exact moment she sees him. One of two moments in two places occurring simultaneously except with opposites and alternates, the younger of alternates having no idea of what is to occur. Perhaps they'll work it out one day down the road from now, sure isn't that what brought them back here to begin with?

'Excuse me Miss, can you kindly tell me the time?'

'Sure, it's one fifteen ...'

'Thank you kindly ...'

What an odd moment, she thinks, nothing odd about a random stranger asking for the time ... it was more the manner in which it occurred. He seemed a pleasant fellow, somewhat older than her, pleasant is pleasant if indeed not odd.

A little ways away she asks, 'excuse me sir, can you kindly tell me the time?'

'Yeah, it's one fifteen ...'

'Thank you kindly ...'

What an odd moment he will think but not quite just yet. This seemed odd if not pleasant. A lovely looking older lady indeed as pleasant as pleasant can be, a stranger at a strange time. He can't help but wonder as he watches her move on by.

He moves onto towards the sea front as she does too. Two separate individuals who journey what should be at least ten minutes though they both happen to check their timepieces at the same time. Maybe this is a coincidence, perhaps it is something else. Both time pieces indicate the time now being one seventeen. Surely, it is a little more than that.

They have come to stand almost right next to one another, indeed, is this by chance or is it something else? They both attempt to speak at the same time, not being able to comprehend that they both were about to ask the same thing at the exact same time.

'Oh, I'm sorry ...' he says just after the moment they both spoke no more than a word or too, ... you were going to say?'

She smiles a smile that knocks him for six, in more ways than one too, and speaks. 'I was about to ask if you could kindly tell me the time ... my watch may be slow ...'

She sees his shock and awe, '... I was about to ask you the exact same time, my watch too seems to be a little ...'

'... slow?'

'Yeah, ... do we ...?'

'... know one another?'

'Not yet ... though something tells me we soon will ...'

'I'm with you on that ...'

'Would you like to go for some ...?'

'... coffee? Sure.'

From some distance away they watch as it happens, exactly as it did quite a few years before, well quite a few years in memory but thanks to their efforts in the time since, their moment has only just happened.