A/N: Sorry for no Josie/Z action in the last chapter, but this chapter has some. Don't fret! There shall be more!!
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Josie ran into the cafeteria after Lucas, but it seemed he headed straight out of there. Where he went, Josie had no idea. Sighing she decided to head to the library. She could look through a few books and maybe calm her nerves a bit.

What could she possibly say to Lucas anyway? Sorry? It wasn't like she owed him an apology. Though Josie noticed that the normally closeted boy was much more happy and open since Vaughn and her split up.

She didn't really know what to say to her friend. She knew he liked her, but was she willing to jump into a relationship so soon after breaking up? She did like Lucas. He was smart, funny, and kind of nerdy in that cute way. But with Vaughn still in the picture and with his dumbass move of kissing her in front of Lucas, she wondered if he'd even talk to her.

At least for now, she could escape into the comforting harbors of a book. At any rate, there was no complicated drama in that. And sure, she wasn't the stereotypical nerd, but the more Josie delved into the mysteries behind Black Hole High, the more she was interested in the science realm of things. Josie had a knack for science, but since coming to Blake Holsey, she was sort of thrown into it. And wanting to know more about what could cause a black hole could ultimately help, maybe even close it.

Besides reading was a no action sort of event. Nothing like a good book to keep her heart rate down. Besides, she wanted to check out the book she had talked about in her last dream - "The Particle Problem in the Theory of Relativity" by Einstein and Rosen.

It may have been a bit above her head, but if she needed help, she was sure Z would help her.

Although that might be a bit awkward.

"So, Z, I know I was in your bed last night, but can you explain the finer points of quantum mechanics. K, thanks, bye." Josie played the scene over in her head and had to smile, though it was brief.

What was she going to do? Bringing it up would be mortifying, but how can she ignore it? He was too much of a gentleman to do anything embarrassing to her, but then again, he was also professional. She just wondered where the teacher part of him ended and if whatever it was started.

"Whatever it was?!" She asked herself. "It's nothing. We're nothing. Just… friends?"

She didn't want to think about it. Though she did realize she didn't want to say that they just had the relationship level of teacher and student. She didn't want to know what that meant and decided it best not to think about it.

However, she was forced to stop thinking about it, as right at that precise moment the Janitor was mopping and his mop just so happened to come across right where she was walking. Landing straight on the floor head first, Josie swore. The Janitor used a cautionary warning, and when Josie got up, he stood there, peering at her through his thick glasses.

"Careful, Josie Trent. Don't want to play with fire and get burned." He said in that somewhat mysterious, know-it-all tone that he nearly always had.

She gave him an odd look, conveying that she didn't know exactly what he was talking about. But wasn't that usual?

"You don't want to second guess yourself, because of a dream." He said as he disappeared into the nearest classroom.

She watched him leave, and it took her a second or two to realize that he mentioned a dream. How was it that he knew she had the dream? Did Z say anything? Surely not. Z wasn't the type to be chatting it up with the creepy janitor. After all, no one knew much about the man, and she didn't remember any time where she recalled Z saying that the two had talked.

How did the man always know everything? It was like he was always there when something happened and he always had something to say.

Puzzled, Josie walked into the school's library and went to go look for some books in the physics department. Skimming the titles of the books, she looked for the one book specifically as well as any others that might sound like they'd help.

"Josie?" She heard someone familiar call her voice.

She didn't answer. Just replied with a 'hmm'.

"Josie, what are you doing here?"

Finally, she looked up when she realized that it was Z. Blushing, she grabbed a book. "I'm just looking around. What are you doing here?" It wasn't like most teachers went to the library.

"Same, really. I was just going to do a bit of light reading on particle acceleration." He said.

Josie smiled at the fact that he used to word 'light'. Particle acceleration was anything but. At least things weren't awkward.

"I'm just looking up books on wormholes. Re-going over things. I wanted to check out "The Particle Problem in the Theory of Relativity"."

"By Albert Einstein. Great pick. We went over it in college." Z said with a smile.

"Yeah, it seems interesting. I don't know much about it." Josie said as she found the book that they were talking about.

"Well, I'm not doing much today except research, and you know there's a science meeting a bit later, but if you want to come back to the lab, you're more than welcome." Z offered.

Josie smiled and nodded her head. She couldn't help but want to. The way he was talking, she assumed things were just brushed under the rug. And she could live with that. After all, it wasn't like she was expecting anything.

"Well, let me check this out." She said as she went to walk past him.

Unfortunately, he was turning at the same point, and as she walked past, she brushed up against his chest.

"Err, sorry…" They both awkwardly tried to apologize.

"So much for not being awkward…" Josie thought to herself, trying to smile and act like it was nothing.

Heading over to the librarian, she wondered if she should be going over to the science lab. After all, was every glance and every mishap going to send them back to remembering the night before? But what was so wrong? Nothing happened. Nothing was going to happen. It was just two people in bed.

At least that was what Josie Trent kept repeating in her head as Z checked out the books that he had, and the two headed towards his classroom.