Hello reader! here is the next chapter...and (normal) means the normal universe and (parallel) means parallel universe...enjoy!

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(normal)

Corrine woke up to her alarm clock, and rolled over. She heard Josie rustling in her sheets. "Josie, are you awake?"

"Yes, I am just trying to decide what to wear." Josie said. She seemed distraught, and kept tugging at the hem of her pink tanktop.

Corrine smirked. "How about a...uniform?"

"Yes, but where did all my pretty shirts go? This isn't funny Corrine. I want my shirts back. Just because you are jealous that Z talked to me instead of you-"

"Why would I be jealous of that?" Corrine asked bewildered.

"Well duh! He is a TOTAL stud muffin!" Josie giggled uncontrollably.

Corrine looked at her wide-eyed. "Um, you can borrow my red lace undershirt if you-"

"Excellent!" Josie squealed, and grabbed it quickly and then ran to change. Corrine sat on her bed for a few minutes before getting dressed. "What do you think?" Josie asked, as she walked in. She had red converse shoes, her skirt-which she had made shorter somehow-and the uniform blue shirt buttoned to her chest, where the red undershirt peaked out. Her hair was put up in a dainty bun with flyaways softly framing her face, and light make-up.

Corrine looked at her amazed. "Wow Josie. You look so...polished."

"Silly Corrine." Josie waved her hand. "You know I always dress this good. After all, all girls have to look beautiful!"

Corrine shrugged. "If you say so." She looked at her watch. "Oh Josie! We are going to be late for class!"

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Corrine and the rest of the science club had been watching Josie all day, worried. They had science class next.

"Good thing too." Lucas said. "Maybe Z can help us find out what's going on with Josie."

Marshall nodded, as he caught up with the gang, Josie skipping happily ahead. "I hope so. I hate to say it, but having a happy Josie kind of freaks me out."

"Yeah, me too." Corrine said.

They reached class, and when they walked in, they saw Josie sitting in the front row, writing in her notebook. Corrine sat next to her. "Hey Josie, what are..." Then Corrine saw the hearts and puppies that Josie had been doodling. "Josie, are you ready for class?"

Josie seemed to jerk out of a trance. "What? Oh, you're right. Hold on." She pulled out a compact mirror, and touched up her make-up. "Now I am. Thanks for reminding me Corrine." Corrine nodded slowly.

Z rushed into class. "I am so sorry everyone. I didn't mean to be late..." He saw the class sitting rather unpatiently and sighed. "Okay, let's start..."

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(parallel)

Corrine stretched as her alarm clock went off. She turned to Josie, suddenly becoming worried. "Josie, aren't you going to wake up?"

Josie turned over and sighed. "Not unless it's 7:45."

Corrine looked at her. "Are you sure you're okay? You seemed weird ever since last night, after you had that private talk with Z."

"What talk?" Josie asked, confused. She sat up, playing with the hem of her green t-shirt.

"Oh come on Josie..." Corrine said. "You only talked about it for about an hour."

"I-uh-don't remember." Josie said quickly. "Can you remind me?"

"He said you had to sit in front of the class as you don't seem to pay attention in the back, but you do seem to like science."

"I talked for an hour about that?" Josie laughed. "No way."

"You always talk aobut him...you like him."

"Z?" Josie asked quickly.

"Is there any other science teacher?" Corrine asked.

"Uh...I guess not." Josie shook her head, and decided to get out of bed. She needed to find out what was going on. She opened her closet, and then jumped back in surprise and disgust. "Ew! What happened to my clothes?"

"What's wrong with them?" Corrine asked dully. "Not provacative enough?"

Josie rolled her eyes. "Whatever Corrine. If you want to play these games, I'll play along." She grabbed a black tanktop and a black belt. She mumbled to herself as she changed. She didn't know what was going on, but she was sure Corrine was playing a joke on her.

She walked out and Corrine eyed her curiously before shrugging and walked out. Josie followed her and met the guys. "Hey Lucas." Josie said as Lucas turned the corner.

He dropped his books. "Did-did you just say hey to me?"

Josie smirked. "That's usually what 'Hey Lucas' accomplishes."

Corrine looked at Josie. "Wow, good comeback Josie." She said as if surprised.

"What? It's not like I'm stupid." Josie joked.

Corrine and Lucas looked at each other. "Let's go to class." Lucas said. Corrine nodded, and Josie shrugged. She followed them.

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Vaughn, Corrine, Marshall, and Lucas all watched as Josie read her English textbook. Vaughn leaned to Marshall. "Do you remember ever seeing her-"

"attempting school work?" Marshall asked. The other three nodded. "Not once in my life." He admitted.

"What do you think has gotten into her?" Corrine asked.

"No idea. But science class is next. Maybe Z will be able to explain everything in science club."

"Yeah," Corrine said. "It's not like we have anything else to talk about." She finished wearily.

The bell rang, and the four walked over to Josie. "Ready to leave Josie?" Vaughn asked.

"Yeah. Good thing science is next. Sometimes when I read that textbook..." She pointed to her english textbook. "I feel like they enjoy the oppression of women."

Lucas nodded slowly. "Yeah...come on Josie."

They all walked to science class. Josie started making her way to the back, when Corrine pulled her arm. Josie looked at her defiantly. "What?"

"Don't you remember Z told you to sit in front?"

"Oh yeah..." Josie said.

"Don't worry Josie, we'll sit with you." Vaughn said cheerily.

"Cool." Josie slumped into a seat.

The bell rang. Five minutes later, Z ran in. "Am I late?" He asked nervously. The class nodded. He sighed. "Oh well, let's begin anyways..."

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(normal)

Z sat on the lab table as Lucas, Marshall, Vaughn and Corrine crowded around. Josie was oblivious to everyone, and was doodling in her journal. Marshall pulled Lucas aside. "Hey Lucas, could you go outside and text Josie? Maybe if we get her doing something besides doodle, she'll say something." Lucas nodded and silently walked out.

Josie giggled. "Oh! I think I have a text message!" She pulled out her phone and giggled softly.

Z kept looking at Josie, but inched towards Corrine. "Corrine..." He whispered. "has she said anything weird?"

"Well..." Corrine sighed. "She called you a stud muffin this morning."

"A...what?" Z asked.

"Stud muffin." Corrine repeated, a little louder. Vaughn snorted.

Josie giggled. "Oh! Lucas is so funny!"

"Hey..Josie." Z started.

Josie instantly sat up straight and bit her lip and giggled. "Yeah?"

"I-uh-just wanted to say that we are going to start the science club meeting now."

"So?" Josie asked. "All we talk about is boring science things. We don't even do experiments."

"What are you talking about?" Corrine said. "Don't you remember what is in Z's office?"

"...papers?" Josie guessed.

Z started at her, concentrating. "This is highly unusual."

"Thanks for the update Z. We have been with 'Miss Highly Unusual' all day long." Marshall said.

"Okay, okay...okay." Z said as the three stared at him. "There has got to be a reason. There is always an answer, even if it isn't obvious."

"I hope so," Corrine said. "because all she talks is about you," She pointed to Z. "That," She pointed to Josie's clothes. "and puppies."

"...wow..." Z said.

"She's right." Marshall said.

Vaughn looked at the ceiling. "And she doesn't remember the hole."

Josie looked up from her phone. "Is there a hole in the school? Oh no! How terrible! Have people fallen into it yet?"

Z smiled. "Josie," He started, but backed off slightly when she smiled at him, batting her eyelashes. "I think that maybe you should come walk with me, and we can talk."

Josie perked up, and grabbed her purse. "Okay Z!" She smiled at him. She turned to Corrine. "Will you watch my stuff?" Corrine nodded. Josie smiled and turned back to Z. "Okay Z, lead the way."

Z smiled and started walking. Josie followed him.

Vaughn, Corrine and Marshall sat in silence. Lucas walked in a couple of minutes later. "Did it work?"

"Yeah." Corrine said. "Now she's off with 'Mr. Stud Muffin'" Marshall laughed.

Lucas looked at her curiously. "What?"

Corrine laughed. "I'll explain. Come on. Let's go outside."

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Z walked with Josie outside, and to the ivy wall. "So how are you Josie?"

"I'm great." Josie said. "How are you?"

"Oh, fine. Just a little tired from all the grading."

"I followed your instructions. You know, what you told me to do last night." Josie said with a twinkle in her eye.

Z gulped. "Oh, great. What was it again?"

Josie giggled. "To sit in the front, silly! Don't you remember?"

Z nodded slowly. "Uh...yeah."

Josie smirked. "It's a beautiful day outside."

Z nodded again. "Yes it is."

"Did you want to tell me something special? Something you couldn't say in front of other students?" Josie asked, her eyes full of hope.

Z sighed. "Let's sit down." He sat down on a bench. Josie sat next to him. "Josie, I was wondering if..." Z racked his brains, trying to think of ideas to test his hypothesis.

"If what?" She asked, scooting closer to him.

Z moved away from her. "If you remember what your research paper topic was." He said quickly.

"Of course! Parallel universes. But with the way you guys are acting, I feel like I'm in one."

Z stood up quickly. "Come on Josie, we need to get inside. We still have a club meeting going on."

Josie sighed, wishing to have more time alone with him. "If we have to..."

Z walked with determination, a theory developing in his mind.

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(parallel)

Josie sighed as the rest of the science club looked at her strangely. "I can't believe that no one here remembers the black hole, besides me."

"Josie..." Corrine said gently. "There is no black hole. There is nothing weird about Z's office, except it might be slightly cluttered." Z cleared his throat and looke at her. "I said slightly..." Corrine said.

"Well, I will prove it to all of you!" Josie said triumphantly, and dragged them out of the room. Reluctantly, they followed her to Z's office. Josie opened the door, and walked over to the position of the black hole. "The black hole is right...here. And if I stand here long enough, I always get sucked in." They sat there in silence for ten minutes.

Finally, Z shook his head. "Josie, there is no black hole. I am proud of you trying to take an interest in science, but there is no need to fantasize about-"

"I am not making anything up!" She sighed. "This all started when I showed you guys my 'parallel universe model.'"

"What?" Lucas asked.

"Oh come on! I piled my clothes on my bed, you were complaining about yours." Josie said to Lucas. He shrugged. "Marshall," She said, turning. "You were laughing because I said you had your own pet wormhole. Does no one remember this?"

Everyone shook their heads. Josie thought for a moment. Maybe she had gone into a parallel universe last night. She ran out of the office.

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Z walked the club out of his office. "Does anyone have any theories on Josie's weird behavior?"

"Well," Corrine started. "there was a bright flash from her side of the room last night."

"Hmmm..." Z said.

"Do you think that she is a Josie from a parallel universe?" Vaughn asked.

"One where she is smart?" Lucas continued.

"Maybe..." Z said. "maybe..."

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Do you guys like it? I actually do like JZ fics, but i thought this was funny. I mean no disrespect to people who write them! R&R please!