A/N: Hello again to the wonderful fans of STRANGE DAYS AT BLAKE HOLSEY HIGH! Woohoo! Anyways I'm back with my second SDBHH fanfic! It is a C/M fanfic and it's a lot more emotional than my last one. Well I don't exactly how much emotion my last fanfic had so I'll let you, the wonderful audience, decide! Oh and this fanfic takes place somewhere later in Season 3. Please rate and review!
DISCLAIMER: I do not and I repeat DO NOT own Strange Days at Blake Holsey High AT ALL. The wonderful plot and everything belongs to Fireworks and Jim Rapsas! Jim Rapsas you truly are my hero!
Chapter 1: A Close Call
It was a warm spring day in late April. The students at Blake Holsey Prepatory were milling about outside, a reprieve from the stuffy classrooms inside. Corrine sat on a bench under a formidable magnolia tree. Her legs were crossed as she delved into one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies: Romeo and Juliet. Beside her was another stack of various textbooks ranging from Physics to Calculus to English. On top of the stack was a copy of MacBeth.
"Hey, Corrine," said an oh-so-familiar voice. Corrine was brought back to reality as she looked up and saw Marshall standing there. Corrine gave a warm smile.
"Hey, Marshall," she said looking up at him. Marshall took a seat next to Corrine and peered over her shoulder, resting his chin on her shoulder.
"So, what are you reading now?" Marshall asked while playfully blowing in her ear. If he was intent on distracting her from her reading he seemed to be succeeding quite well.
"Marshall," she said as she tried to get him to stop. She tried to sound irritated but could not fully suppress the giggles brought about by Marshall's antics.
"I see Spring's taken it's affect on you two lovebirds?" said Josie with a bit of good nature sarcasm. She approached the two with an all knowing smirk on her face. Marshall quickly lifted his chin off her should and Corrine fidgeted with her copy of Romeo and Juliet. Josie gave a laugh.
"You two don't have to be so secretive when it's so blatantly obvious!"
Corrine blushed slightly as she laughed.
"Thanks, Josie. So what's up?"
"Lucas is looking for Marshall so they can finish their project for science. So you better get moving Marshall."
Marshall picked up his books and stood up to leave. He gave Corrine a quick kiss, smirking as he headed off towards the dorms. Corrine watched him go in slight shock. She had definitely not been expecting that kiss. Josie raised her eyebrows in Corrine's direction and gave a smirk.
"Is Miss Baxter in love?" said Josie in a sing-song voice. Corrine just scoffed at Josie's remark but a smile played on her lips as she looked towards the way Marshall had left.
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The Science Club sat in the Science lab. Lucas was up at the board alongside Professor Z. Both were sketching diagrams of wormholes and writing scratchy, scribbly, illegible notes as well. Josie was surrounded by a mountainous stack of books on theories on vortexes, time travel, and black holes. Vaughn was helping her sort through all the books for any possible tidbits of information they may have missed. Marshall had gone to the library for more books so Corrine was on her own. She sat there rubbing her temples, eyes closed shut.
This migraine is killing me. I can't concentrate…Josie looked up from a book on wormholes. She noticed that Corrine wasn't trying to do ten million things at once today. Josie frowned a little as she saw Corrine with her eyes shut.
"Hey, Corrine. Are you ok?"
Without opening her eyes she said, "Yeah, just a migraine."
After a few moments the dizziness subsided. Corrine slowly opened her eyes as her vision slid back into focus. She picked up her pencil and began to sketch the drawing on the board. Professor Z turned to face the group as he dusted chalk dust off his hands.
"Ok, so far we know that the wormhole branches off into different universes, realities. And it also responds to the power of thought," said Z.
"Thanks to Mr. Bunnypants' contribution to science," added Lucas. Corrine smiled and laughed. At that moment Marshall came through the door. He had come empty-handed.
"Ok. I think we've read, re-read, and checked out every single book dealing with time travel and wormholes."
Josie and Vaughn looked around at the stacks of books surrounding them.
"Well, that is a lot of books," said Vaughn.
"I guess we have as much information that we can get from these books," said Josie. Z nodded and motioned to Corrine.
"Corrine, do you have any speculations or theories?" Corrine shook her head.
"No, sorry, Z. Nothing new from me." Z looked around at all of them.
"Well, I guess we should all save this until our next meeting."
The group began stacking papers and books while Lucas and Z cleaned off the board. Josie picked up a few books to read in her spare time before heading out the door. Vaughn followed suit and was soon followed by Lucas.
"See ya, Z."
"Bye, Z."
Corrine took her time leaving because she felt another wave of dizziness wash over her. She picked up her books as she and Marshall walked out.
"See ya, Professor Z," she said as they walked out. Marshall noticed that Corrine seemed paler and didn't look good. She paused and closed her eyes once more.
Why do these headaches and migraines keep bugging me? I need to get some aspirin.
"Corrine, you don't look too good. Are you ok?
Corrine feigned a smile as she said, "Yeah, I'm fine."
Marshall looked worriedly at her but didn't want to push it. He took her books and carried them for her along with his own. Corrine smiled at such a sweet gesture. They headed upstairs to drop off their stuff in their dorms before heading back down to dinner. They stopped by Lucas and Marshall's room first. Marshall dropped his stuff off on his desk before walking with Corrine to her own room. Corrine opened the door to an empty room. Josie must have already gone downstairs to dinner. Corrine stacked her books neatly on her desk and Marshall smiled.
I guess Corrine the perfectionist has to keep everything neat and orderly.
Marshall stood leaning against the doorway casually waiting for Corrine.
"Come on, Corrine," he said but something made him stop.
"Corrine, are you ok?" Corrine's eyes were squeezed shut and she was frantically trying to hold on to the desk. She lost her grip and began to tumble towards the ground. Marshall quickly sprung into action, wrapping his arm securely around her waist. He gently lifted her up and sat her down on her bed. Corrine tried to keep herself upright as she slowly opened her eyes. She took in a few deep breaths while rubbing her temples. Marshall got down to eye level with her and peered inquiringly into her eyes.
"Corrine, what just happened?"
Corrine shook her head slowly.
"I don't know. I just felt really dizzy and felt like my head was about to implode."
He gently brushed back a few strands of hair that had gotten loose when she had fallen.
"You think you can make it down to dinner?" Marshall asked.
"I'm not sure. But just to be sage I think I'll stay here. Maybe it's just all the stress from school. Hopefully some rest will help."
A worried expression appeared on Marshall's face. His brows furrowed slightly as if unsure.
"Well then I'll stay with you and make sure you're ok."
"No, it's ok, Marshall. You go on down to dinner. I'll just try and get some rest," she said with a small smile. Marshall stood up and looked down at Corrine.
"Do you want me to send up the school nurse?" Corrine just shook her head.
"I'll be fine. Don't worry! It was just a little dizzy spell." Marshall slowly walked towards the door, almost hesitantly. He opened it and stood in the doorway looking tentatively back at Corrine. She just shooed him off.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. I'll just be right here."
With a sigh of surrender he said good bye before closing the door behind him. Corrine curled up on her side on her bed, staring at Josie's empty bed.
What did just happen? That has to have been the worst headache I've ever had.
Corrine turned over on her side so that she was facing the wall, curled up. She gave a sigh and closed her eyes as sleep slowly consumed her.
A/N: So how do you guys like it so far? Good? Bad? Let me hear all your opinions and ideas! I would love reviews!
