A Peek into the Future

I woke up this morning and walked to my calendar. There it was, November 12th, my birthday. I walked downstairs, ate breakfast, and began to prepare for my party. I helped my parents with cooking the food and decorating the house with balloons, streamers, and banners. Then the doorbell rang. I opened the door to see Aiden, Katrina, Nikolai, Krystal, and Dixon. “Happy Birthday!” they shouted in unison. I invited them inside and we hung out in the living room with the karaoke machine. After about an hour, we went outside to the backyard, jumped on the trampoline, and played a few games. When we started to get hungry, we went back inside, ate, opened presents, and watched a movie. After the movie ended, the party was already over.
Everyone’s ride has arrived and they’ve all gone home except for Aiden. “Where’s your ride?” I ask him.
“I asked my mom to come a little late so I could give you this when everyone else left,” he tells me with a wooden box in his hands. The wooden box is carved with many crescent moons and stars and with my name on top. “This box has...magical abilities. Be very careful of what you’re thinking when you open it. Close your eyes and focus.”
“Focus on what?” I ask, confused and with my eyes closed.
“Just focus.”
I try to clear my mind as I slowly open the box. Nothing happens. I don’t feel anything. “Okay, is this some kind of joke? Can I open my eyes now?”
“Okay,” he begins, “not what I was expecting.”
I open my eyes to see the exact same kind of box inside. “Alright, what now?”
He replies, “You were thinking about the box weren’t you?”
“Yeah, how’d you know? Wait, is that what the box does? Something happens related to what you’re thinking?”
“Yes. See, you’re smart enough to figure it out. Now yo...

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...tress, and engaged to you?”
“Not necessarily. The future can always change. Depends on your actions now, tomorrow, anytime between now and ten years from now. However, because the box is very clever, our memory of what we saw will be gone soon. You won’t have to worry about your future changing or staying the same because you won’t even know what your future is.”
Aidan’s ride arrives and I say, “Thank you for the box. It looks beautiful.”
“You’re welcome. My mom told me to give it to you but I can’t remember what she said about it. Probably just something about how you can put important things in it like makeup and stuff. I feel like I’m forgetting something else though, but I just can’t remember what it was.”
“Me too. We’re probably just tired. After a good night’s rest, it’ll be gone by morning. Goodnight! Thanks for coming!” I say as Aidan walks out the door.