Well, here it is: Epidemic! I usually don't put a lot of action in the beginning of my stories, but considering the title, that may change...just for this one. Oh, and Happy New Year!

*I do not own anything related to "Meet the Robinsons"*

WILBUR'S POV

August 22, 2039-Todayland, North Montana

"Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back

I may be ugly, but they sure love to stare.

Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back

I may be-"

I groggily woke up after shutting the alarm off on my phone. Today was finally my first day as an upper classman- a junior in high school. I decided that the first thing to do was to call my beautiful girlfriend. I smiled as I daydreamed of her epic singing voice, singing to me within a distance.

"Hello?" I got out of my dreamworld as Karena Michelle Edwards answered the phone.

"Hey, honey," I said with a smile.

"Hey, Wilbur," she responded. "Excited about the biggest years of your life?"

"Well, I'm not quite sure about the 'biggest' part," I replied with a chuckle. "But I am excited about the next two years."

"Well good!"

"So, how's the new apartment?" I asked.

"So much better than the first one," Karr answered with enthusiasm. "And Elizabeth's been a terrific help to help me get settled in."

"Well that's great to hear!" I paused, not knowing what to say. "Say, are you working tonight?"

"Well, I was planning on seeing you and maybe...going out to Futureburgers." I chuckled. I love my girl's spunk.

"I love you, Karr."

"I love you too, Will. So, I'll see you tonight?"

"You bet." I blew a kiss into the phone. "What time?"

"Is 5:00 okay?"

"Five sounds great. See you then. Have fun in class."

"Yeah, like philosophy will be fun."

I chuckled as I hung up the phone. I stretched out my arms and got out of bed. I was dreading going to school again, but I was so excited to actually drive my own car to school. I had gotten a car for my sixteenth birthday right after Karena and I returned from New York.

FLASHBACK

"Oh, Wilbur! You didn't have to."

"Oh come on, Karr! You know I love you to the universe and back."

I pulled my girlfriend in for a kiss while I carried her bridal style after I parked the time machine in the car. Karr broke the kiss when she turned her head away from my body.

"Umm...Wilbur, is there something you're not telling me?"

I put Karena down and looked in the same direction. There, in front of me, was a navy blue flying car right next to the time machine. I raised an eyebrow, but jumped when I heard the door opened. And I felt a strong hug from behind me.

"Happy Birthday, little buddy!" I put my stern face on when I pushed myself off of my hugger: Carl.

"Carl, my birthday was last month. I'm pretty sure I don't have two birthdays."

"Well, your parents forgot to give you something," Carl explained with a smile.

"Okay, so...what's the deal with the car?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"It's our birthday present to you." I turned around to see my parents walking in the garage, hand in hand.

"This is my car?"

"All yours, honey," my mom answered. "You deserved it, Wilbur." I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I looked down to see my girl's pretty green eyes.

"They're right you know," Karr chimed in. "It was my idea."

"But why didn't you buy your own car?"

"Well, I figured that a certain handsome man would drive me to our dates and not the other way around," Karena answered. I rushed in to hug her and kissed her in the cheek.

"You...are...the best girlfriend ever!" I exclaimed. "Thank you so much."

END OF FLASHBACK

"Wilbur James Cornelius."

I heard snapping, and I snapped back to reality. I was actually in the dining room, enjoying my breakfast of strawberry-flavored pancakes.

"Please don't stare off into space at the table," my mother reprimanded me.

"Sorry, Mom. I'm just so excited to actually drive to school by myself."

"Just try not to do anything stupid," my dad chimed in.

"Dad," I shot him a look. "I'm not a preteen anymore. I'll be okay."

"Sorry, sweetie," my mom replied. "We're just a little overprotective ever since Rachel tried to kill you."

"Oh, puh-lease! Don't refresh my memory." I really hated talking about my freshman year because my girlfriend almost got killed...twice.

"Okay, okay! Just saying."

"Can we please go back to the present?" I asked with my hand on my forehead, wanting to change subjects.

"Ah geez Wilbur, it's 7:45!" My mother exclaimed. "You gotta go!"

"Mom, it's too early."

"Wilbur, it takes five minutes to get to school," my dad explained, which was pretty obvious for me.

"Fine, I'll put on my shoes and be out the door in five."

I walked to the transport tube, which took me back to my room. I quickly put on my Converse shoes and placed my backpack on my back, still not believing I was a junior in high school. I almost walked out the door when I realized that I forgot something.

"Ah, my keys!"

"WILBUR!" I moaned at my mom's shouting.

"HANG ON A MINUTE!" I yelled back, continuing to look for my car keys. I couldn't find them anywhere!

Oh wait...I put them on the nightstand.

I hastily walked on the levitation platform that led me to my bed, and there were the keys.

I flipped onto the first floor and ran out the door and rand into the garage, inserting the garage code that I had changed to make my life easier.

I ran, accidentally, into my car, which did hurt.

"You okay, little buddy?" Carl asked. "You seem nervous."

"And Mom isn't helping!" I answered. "And my head hurts."

"Relax, little buddy. Just concentrate on your first day of junior year."

"I'll try," I replied with my head down. "Mom just now got me nervous because we talked about that one year."

"Fresh-"

"Don't say it," I shot out with my hand up. "I gotta go."

"Good luck, little buddy."

"I'll need it, trust me."

I started my car and flew it out of the garage toward my hometown of Todayland. I turned on the radio to listen to the news...I gotta be curious about what's going on once in a while. All I heard was reports about the weather and how my dad invented another item to help everybody in the environment.

"Breaking news in the Land of Today," the news reporter said. Breaking news? We never get news like that unless it was a tornado or blizzard warning. "Todayland University student Jeanette Roland has been reported missing. She was last seen wearing a purple dress at her apartment in Calgary, North Montana. She has blue eyes, brown hair, weighs 135 pounds and is 5 feet 7 inches tall. She is currently 21 years old. Her mother reports that she was driving to her first day of classes last Monday and has not been seen since. If anyone in Todayland has any information, please report it to Todayland USA News."

I parked the car in the high school parking lot and I just sat there, thinking about what I had just heard. I had realized there was another mystery going on in Todayland when I heard the bell ring all the way from the parking lot. I looked at the time on my phone, only for it to say it was 8:10 in the morning. I was late for class.

So, I've also decided to write previews for the next two stories-"For Good" and "Pride and Justice" (this one will start a new series of stories). I'm actually kind of excited to write these two, especially "Pride and Justice" because there are going to be new characters. Summaries of the two stories are in my profile. Thanks for reading, and I'm looking forward to upload more :)