The Choice You Didn't Know

It was supposed to be a perfectly normal day. I woke up later than usual,

my phone had 3% battery, and my coffee tasted like water. I should have known

then that something was wrong. I'd only left the house for a moment. At the bus stop

stood a girl who looked like she was waiting not for a bus, but for a sign.

She looked at me and said, "You have a choice today. You just don't know

it yet." I thought it was some kind of joke. The bus arrived, she disappeared,

and I continued on my way. A few hours later, I got a text that changed everything.

And then it hit me—if something had gone even slightly differently that day...