Cassandra in Reverse

Cassie spends the rest of her workday Googling how to connect with people in advance of her date with Will. They go to a pub, and she’s relieved to feel more comfortable than she did on their original first date, given what she already knows about him. She’d originally planned to avoid time travel during the date but rewinds after accidentally revealing that she knows both his hometown and where he went to university. She consciously attempts to be more vulnerable and open than she was previously and tells him about her synesthetic experience of emotions as colors and the fact that she keeps a color chart with her at all times. He responds well, and they kiss.

Having decided she isn’t taking adequate advantage of the “vacation” aspect of her time-travel ability, Cassie skips work to go to the British Museum. A weekly habit she stopped during her original four months with Will, she describes the experience as a way “to fit the pieces of my mind back together again” (133). She emails with Barry, aware that her response will result in a firing that doesn’t matter since she can repeat this day again, then texts with Will, proud of her successful flirting.