Signals
Disclaimer: If I owned BHH, it would have ended with Victor being bad muhhahahaha, VJ, MC, and Lucas being alone, 'cause I don't like him, as you'll soon find out. no offense to Lucas fans But, I may change my mind... So, as it is, don't own 'em.
Summary: Five years after Conclusions, the Science Club bumps into each other again. They were wrong about Victor...
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Josie Trent gazed at the diamond ring on her finger. Aaron was a nice man. Good looking, kind, wealthy. Yes, she'd made the right choice by saying yes to his proposal. Hadn't she? The twenty-three year old began to rummage around in her dresser. Josie lived in a nice condo and was a receptionist at the nearby hospital. Not what she'd expected to do when she was a teen, but it paid well. Finally, she found it. The photo. It was taken right before she had been sucked into that alternate reality... "That was a nightmare," Josie murmured. The photo pictured five teens and a young man in his thirties. There was Corrine. A smile lit Josie's face. Marshall. Those two had probably gotten married. Lucas... Had she made the right choice by saying she didn't like him that way? Attraction had been there... "But," She sighed, tracing the face of another boy with her finger, "It was there with Vaughn, too." Maybe she shouldn't have pulled away when he tried to kiss her. Maybe... So many maybes...
"Hey, Josie!" a woman with fluffy blonde hair walked over. Ashley, Josie's best friend here. "Hey, Ash," Josie smiled. "You look... not yourself," Ashley pronounced. The hospital was big, and Ashley was a nurse there. Josie took her spot at the receptionist desk. "By the way," Ashley said, "Aaron called me. Said something about a surprise that I was not to te- oops!" The look in Ashley's eyes said that it had not been accidentle. "Get to your job before your boss fires you," Josie smirked. "I'll just flirt with him," Ashley threw over her shoulder as she walked off. Josie shook her head. Ashley was the opposite of Corrine. Just as she was saying that, a gasp came. "Josie!" Josie lifted her head up, stunned at the voice. It was Corrine. And she was on crutches. "Corrine!" She cried, coming out from behind the desk. "What happened?" Corrine blushed. "I slipped when I was skating." The two women hugged, and then walked into the parking lot. "My life has been awful ever since I graduated," Corrine sighed, "On that trip to Europe, Marshall broke up with me. I lost the will to go to college, and now I work at the local drug store, single. What about you?" Josie winced. She had never thought that she would be more successful than Corrine. "Well, as you can see, I'm a receptionist at the hospital. And... well, I'm engaged to a businessman named Aaron." Corrine heaved another sigh. "I can't get around well with this broken ankle, so my boss is planning on firing me." Josie shook her head. "You can move in with me. We can be roommates again. I've gotten neater, trust me."
Corrine was finally moved in when the call came. Actually, it was a message. "Hey, Josie, it's Vaugh." She froze as she listened. "Uh, look, I've found Marshall and Lucas. We can't contact Corrine, but maybe you can. We really need you guys over here. Something weird is going on at my parents' new school. You should be able to find it, it's at the old school's site. So, um, meet us there on Tuesday, at 3ish. Bye." "Corrine," Josie turned, "We are goin' to that school."
My first fanfic. Hope you liked. R and R, please!