What Dreams Are Made Of
Marshall and Lucas walked inside the classroom together, scanning the area for empty seats. They noticed Vaughn sitting uncomfortably next to Madison in the back row.
"It looks like he's having a fun time back there with the Black Widow." Marshall chuckled. Poor Vaughn…he must be miserable sitting back there when the girl he obviously likes is sitting up front. He thought
"Look… there's a seat behind Josie and Corrine." Lucas said, as he began walking to the second aisle of the classroom towards the two girls.
"Hey gorgeous." Marshall said flirtatiously as he winked at Corrine. Corrine turned around with an elated smile and blushed.
"Hey." She replied sweetly, blowing him an endearing kiss.
"Alright class, today we will be talking about the brain and its functions."
Professor Z began as he stood in front of the class. He walked to the back of the room and brought up a model of a brain and placed it on his desk.
"As you can see, this brain is shaded in two colors, which indicates the two hemispheres that the brain is split into. The left blue area, or hemisphere, is the logic side. The right red area is the creative side." He explained as he pointed to the shaded areas on the model.
"Ummm… Professor Z?" Asked a confused Kubiak, raising his hand.
"Yes Stuart?"
"Are our brains colored in red and blue and have words written on them?"
Professor Z and the rest of the class all stared at Kubiak. Some students began to laugh at his seemingly absurd question. Stu looked blankly at Professor Z and turned his head, realizing that his fellow classmates were staring at him. Professor Z broke his gaze and began to answer his question very slowly, as if he was explaining it to a five year old.
"No Stu. This is just a model, but your brain is described as having two different sides to it. That's how scientists can tell which part of the brain a person uses more. Like if he's a more creative thinker or if he's a more mathematical thinker."
"Oh okay Professor Z." Stu replied looking even more confused. Professor Z turned his attention back to the rest of the class and continued on with his lecture.
"Man I can't believe how much of a dumb ass he is. Maybe he hit his head too hard in football and has slight brain damage." Lucas whispered to Marshall, who was staring at Corrine.
"Marshall!" Lucas yelled in a loud whisper, nudging Marshall.
"What? Huh? Lucas did you say something?"
"Yes I did but it doesn't matter now. You really need to focus on class and not on Corrine so much like a horn dog!" Lucas quipped as he shook his head.
"I can't help it. She's so beautiful. Ever since she wanted to try out for my band… and I saw a change in her… I just can't help it!" Marshall sighed as he looked helplessly at Lucas.
"Well you better calm down before you scare her away!" Lucas retorted.
"And the brain is in control of the functions in our body. It controls heart beat, thinking, speech, and even dreams." Professor Z explained, pointing at the figure. "The brain is also broken up into two parts: consciousness, and sub consciousness. Dreams are part of our sub consciousness but we are not going to talk about that today."
When Professor Z mentioned the word dreams, both Josie and Vaughn's eyes widened, for they remembered their nightmare from last night.
Josie's eyes perked up and she began to pay close attention to the lecture. "I wonder if Professor Z would know anything more about dreams. Like symbols, reasons why there are nightmares, other stuff…"She thought.
"Excuse me Professor Z..."Josie said as she raised her hand.
"Yes Josie?"
"I don't mean to get off topic but you said that dreams are formed from our sub consciousness right?"
"Yes, that's right."
"So what are the factors that influence someone to dream…or even have nightmares?" She asked uneasily.
"Well, dreams can be influenced by internal or external stimuli such as our experiences, fears, what we see or hear, our desires, etc…"
"Do you think it's possible for people to have dreams that foreshadow things to come?" Josie asked nervously.
"Well it's difficult to say but I have read cases where people have had dreams or premonitions that have come true. In some instances, people were warned of a catastrophic event, and in others, well let's just say they knew what was inevitable."
"Thanks Z," Josie replied. She now felt even more tense and scared than ever before.
The whole time Professor Z and Josie were having a discussion about dreams, fear swelled up in the pit of Vaughn's stomach. It was difficult to concentrate in class for some reason. He couldn't get the dream or that thing he saw out of his mind. He began tapping his pencil nervously, staring at the board.
"Is everything okay Vaughn?" Madison whispered, placing her hand on his broad shoulder. Vaughn flinched and turned to see whose hand was on his shoulder. His eyes slowly traced the hand up to the arms and then he finally saw that it was Madison. He let out a disappointed groan and rolled his eyes before he could answer her.
"Ummm yeah fine…" He replied smugly, trying not to make eye contact with her. He turned his body away from her.
Madison moved her chair closer to him and smiled, throwing her long brown hair to one side of her shoulder.
"Wow you seem kind of tense…do you need a massage or something? She asked, inching closer to him.
"No thanks…"Vaughn replied slightly repulsed. He was trying to make a hint that he wanted to be left alone.
"Hey listen…I was wondering if you were doing anything later on tonight…? Maybe we could study or do something together…?" Madison asked seductively as she leaned over to Vaughn's ear.
Vaughn knew what she really wanted. He knew that she had ulterior motives and wanted him alone and all to herself. He knew that there was no chance in hell that he would even consider hooking up with her…even yet become involved with her. Besides…there was someone whom he would give anything to be with…and that was Josie. He kept looking straight, and kept his head turned away so that her lips would not touch his ear.
"Umm…no, I have plans with Josie tonight." Vaughn replied harshly as he looked at her reaction from the corner of his eye.
Madison's face frowned with disgust. "Oh, okay then…your loss," Madison replied snobbishly, moving her chair away from him. She rolled her eyes at Vaughn and turned her head to the front of the class. And that's when she noticed Josie. She glared at the back of Josie's bright red hair. She couldn't believe that Vaughn had any interest whatsoever in Josie. "What the hell does he even see in her? She's short and scrawny and didn't even reach puberty yet! He should want someone like me with curves and looks more like a female! That's okay…I'll make sure he'll regret rejecting me!" Madison thought angrily as she rolled her eyes at Josie and then at Vaughn.
"Hey Corrine" Josie whispered as she tapped her friend on the hand.
"Yeah Josie?"
"Do you think that dream I had last night was a premonition? It's something about that person…the one I saw in the movie and in my dream." Josie whispered with fearful eyes.
"Josie I told you…it could have been a figment of your imagination. Don't worry about it. Nothing's going to happen." Corrine smiled reassuringly.
"I forgot to tell you something else…" Josie said nervously.
"What?" Corrine's eyes widened in anticipation.
"When I was lying down in the bed, I saw that same person I dreamt about… standing by our bedroom door."
Corrine paused for a minute. She sighed and turned to look at Josie.
"Josie now you're sounding ridiculous. You could have seen my coat hanging on the door, not a person." Corrine whispered in a slightly annoyed tone.
Josie put her head down and then looked up at Corrine. She felt frustrated and disappointed that her roommate and best friend refused to acknowledge the seriousness of the situation.
"Forget I said anything…we'll talk about it later." Josie replied disdainfully as she rolled her eyes.
"Fine." Corrine turned her head and picked up her pen and continued to copy the notes from the board.
"Okay for our experiment today, I want you to break off into pairs. It doesn't have to be the person you're sitting next to. We are going to analyze each other's brain to see who is more left brained or right brained." Professor Z said as he walked up to the front of the class.
"Uh Professor Z"… Stu began in a worried tone. "We're not going to do brain surgery on each other are we?"
Annoyed, Professor Z placed his right hand on his forehead and shook his head.
"No Stu. I'll explain in a minute what we are going to do. Okay class we are going to take a Brain Test. This test is not long, only twenty multiple choice questions that each of you will answer. Since everyone will be breaking off into partners, you have to switch papers and tally up each other's scores. There are no right or wrong answers. With that said, class, find your partners."
There was a soft rumble in the class as everyone got up to find a partner. Marshall already knew whom he wanted to partner up with. He got out of his seat and sauntered over to Corrine's lab bench. He placed his hands on the tabletop and leaned his head closer to Corrine, as if he was about to kiss her. Corrine looked up and smiled, her face almost touched his.
"Wanna be my partner gorgeous?" Marshall asked seductively.
"Umm I don't know Marshall…I might be too much for you to handle. Besides…I don't think you'll make a good partner for me." Corrine teased with a serious face. Marshall frowned and started to turn away until he felt Corrine gently grab his arm.
"Marshall you know I was just kidding. Of course I want to be your partner! Who else would I pick?" Marshall smiled and sat down on the empty stool next to her.
"You had me going there for a minute. What did you mean by saying that you might be too much for me to handle?" Hel asked with a cheesy smile. "Are you trying to make advances at me?"
Corrine smiled and looked him up and down with hungry eyes. She bit her bottom lip and moved closer to him, placing her hand on his thigh.
"Maybe I am and maybe I'm not. You'll just have to find out." She replied with a seductive smile as she gazed into his brown eyes.
Marshall looked down and saw Corrine's hand caressing his thigh. He looked up into her eyes and began to blush.
"It's starting to get hot in here…are you hot?" Marshall asked, tugging at his shirt collar and tie.
Vaughn looked aimlessly around the room, hoping to find Josie without a partner. He finally spotted her bright red hair amongst the crowd of students who were walking around the class. She was gathering her books to move to another bench, since Marshall took over her seat. Vaughn watched her intently. Everything in the room seemed to move in slow motion as she walked across the room and sat down at an empty lab bench. He was like a deer caught in headlights, unable to move because her beauty captivated his heart. He gathered his books and made his way up to Josie, who was unaware that he was coming. Vaughn walked up behind her and sat to the right of her, trying to control his racing heartbeat.
"Hey Jos, do you mind if I'm your partner?"
Josie looked up at Vaughn and her eyes widened with excitement. Her heart began to beat as if it was about to burst out of her chest. She loved the way he said her name, Jos, and the way he looked at her…as if he desperately wanted her. She continued to look him up and down, in awe over his body before she could return an answer.
"Hey Vaughn, no…I don't mind. I was kind of hoping you would be my partner anyway." She replied, trying not to blush.
Vaughn nodded and noticed that she was slightly blushing. "Damn I like her so much…but I don't know how to tell her…" He thought.
"Well then it's settled…we're partners." Vaughn smiled and placed his hand on top of hers.
"Oh great…now everyone else has a partner but me. Lucas said as he desperately searched around the room for someone decent.
"Hey Randall over here". Lucas heard someone say. He turned around and to his dismay, saw Kubiak eagerly waving his hands at him.
"No it can't be… not Mr. Dumbass!" He whined.
Stu walked over to Lucas and plopped his books down on the bench and sat down next to him.
"Ready to do this partner?" Stu looked at Lucas with a cheerful, yet spced-ot smile.
With a big sigh and a smirk on his face, Lucas looked over at Stu and put his head down on the table.
"Why me?" Lucas muttered to himself.
Professor Z began to pass out the test papers. "Oh class I forgot to mention one thing. You and your partner will be responsible for a project that is due in three weeks. You will both have to write a report on your findings and either have a model of each others' brain or any other 'creative' ways of representing your report and…" But before he could finish, the class erupted into a collective chorus of groaning and mumbling.
"Great, just my luck…I get stuck with Mr. Dumbass and now we have a project… No easy A for me…what other horrible thing can happen next?" Lucas mumbled angrily under his breath.
After about twenty minutes of dead silence, the class began to awaken from taking the test. Sounds of chattering began to fill the room.
"I'm finally finished. These questions aren't hard at all. I expected tough science questions but all of it was conceptual elementary school questions." Josie said, placing her pencil down and then glanced at Vaughn.
Vaughn stretched out his arms and yawned. "Me too. I guess we could now see which part of our brain we use the most." He replied as they exchanged papers. After tallying up each other's scores, Josie began to read Vaughn his results.
"According to Professor Z's magic Brain Test, you are right-brained. And right-brained people are good at sports, prefer rock music, and are sometimes absentminded. Sounds like you down to a tee." Josie quipped sarcastically with a light chuckle.
Vaughn looked up at Josie and began to smile. "So you think I'm absentminded huh? Well let's see what you are. You, Josie Trent, are also like me, right-brained, but you solve problems intuitively, very unpredictable and think better when lying down…"Vaughn laughed as he looked to see Josie's reaction.
Josie widened her eyes and pinched him on the arm. "So you think I'm smarter lying down? What's that supposed to mean? I can't think sitting up?"
Vaughn shrugged his shoulders and laughed. "I personally don't think that but if you want to…we could do an extra credit experiment on it…" Vaughn smirked and looked Josie up and down. He knew that he was flirting with her and hoped that she would agree to his so-called experiment.
Josie looked over at him and tried not to blush. She was thrilled that he was flirting with her, but she didn't know if it was friendly flirting or I want you flirting. "Don't flatter yourself Pearson." She replied as she playfully rolled her eyes.
"Oh look here it says something else…" Vaughn began…"Right-brained people dream about things that will probably happen…"Vaughn's words started to trail off as he finished reading the last word.
He paused for a moment, thinking about what he had seen the night before. Josie was also slightly disturbed about the last statement. They both were unaware that they had something else in common…they shared the same dream. Vaughn looked up, trying not to let her see that something was on his mind. Josie continued to look down at her paper, wondering if Vaughn noticed her reaction.
"So does this mean that we're psychic?" Josie asked curiously.
"I don't know…I'm sure it doesn't…I hope not." Vaughn replied under his breath.
"It's just a stupid test…nothing to worry about." Replied Josie, as she glanced up at Vaughn, who started to show that he was worried. There was a long unsettling pause before either of them began to speak.
"You know it's funny how we both have a lot of things in common…"Vaughn began as he broke the uncomfortable silence.
Josie looked up and saw him gazing at her and smiling. "I wonder what he's trying to hint at." She thought.
"What do you mean?" Her eyes widened as she smiled.
"Well you know, we both share the same unique DNA trait, we both have one parent, were both right-brained…"
"Yeah that is funny and strange…it's rare when I have a lot of things in common with anyone, especially a guy. "She said as she tried to avoid eye contact.
"I wonder if we share the same feelings for each other…" Vaughn thought as he continued to look at Josie.
RING
Finally, the bell rang. Everyone eagerly jumped out of their seats to go to the next class.
"Hey Jos do you want to start the project tonight so that we can turn it in early? That's if you don't have any plans tonight because…" Vaughn rambled on. Josie quickly placed her finger against his soft lips. Vaughn stood in amazement, not knowing if he should move her hand and draw her in closer for a kiss.
"Vaughn…you're rambling…sure… I don't have anything to do. We could start it because I really want to get this project done and over with." Josie replied with an elated smile.
"Great…how does 6:30 tonight sound?"
"That's fine…I'll catch up with you later. I have to talk to Z about something." Josie replied as she walked towards the front of the class where Professor Z stood.
"Okay Marshall do you know when you want to start this project?" Corrine asked as she stood patiently by the door. Marshall smiled and walked over to her.
"It depends…only if you know how to handle me." He replied, placing his hand on her cheek. In response, Corrine blushed, causing a feverish smile to spread across her face. Marshall took her hand as they both walked out of the door and down the hallway. Marshall stopped and turned to look at Corrine.
"Why don't we have some quiet time alone tonight…just me and you."
"Sure…I'd like that. It seems like we're always with everyone instead of being alone. I think that would be great. What time?" Corrine asked, trying not to sound too eager.
"I'll let you know when the time is right." He said sweetly as he kissed her hand and walked inside the computer class.
Corrine was in total bliss. Her heart started to race even more frequently when Marshall was around. She couldn't believe that they were finally more than friends. "Corrine control yourself" She whispered as she walked down the hall to her next class.
Professor Z was stood at his desk, packing papers into his briefcase. Josie walked up and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hey Z I have a question."
"Yes Josie?"
"Do you know anything else about dreams…as in symbols or nightmares or anything else?" Josie asked nervously.
"Is there something bothering you Josie? Are you having trouble sleeping?" Z asked concernedly.
"No… no it's just that I was curious to know if you knew anything about symbolism in dreams…say a figure of a person dressed in black or something like that?"
As Josie and Professor Z talked, Vaughn was in the back of the room gathering his books. He accidentally overheard Josie mention the exact same person in his dream. Goosebumps began to run across his arms, as a chill swept down his spine. "Could it be possible that we both saw the same figure in the movie last night…or even had the same dream?" He wondered, then shook it off and waved good-bye to Josie and Z as he left the class.
"Well I don't know too much about symbols in dreams but you could go on the internet and find out more. But I do know this…I've heard that mysterious looking people or objects in dreams can foreshadow ominous events to come, but that's purely speculation." Professor Z stated. " Does that help Josie? Are you sure everything is fine? I mean you have been through a lot in the past month".
"Um no I'm fine Z, I'm just curious about dreams that's all. We were watching a zombie movie last night and I guess it scared me, that's all." She replied as she nervously walked backwards out the door.
"Thanks again Z. See you later".
Josie began to walk down the hall to her next class. She didn't know what to think or do. She was in one way frightened…but in another way, determined to find out what was going on. The information that Z told her was very disturbing. Could it be true that her dream foreshadowed something sinister that was about to happen to her…or to everyone at the school? No it can't be. Maybe it was just fictional information about dreams. Besides, not everyone can interpret dreams correctly.
She then thought. "I can't talk to Corrine about this because now she thinks I'm crazy…but who can I talk to? Lucas, Marshall, Vaughn, Z? Maybe Vaughn…he always listens to me whenever I have a problem. I guess I'll just have to research this further. I just can't seem to get this dream out of my head. I have an eerie feeling that something bad is about to happen today."
If she only knew that this was barely the beginning of what she and another person was about to face that same day. She walked to the door of her language arts class and placed her hand on the knob. She turned and looked around the hallway solemnly, as if this was her last day on earth. She stepped inside the class and closed the door behind her.
A/N: Finally Chapter 4! Sorry for the wait. This chapter is longer than the others. I didn't want to speed up this story because I want to build up on suspense. I hope you guys like it! I see that a lot of you have read my story, but there are a little bit of reviews. Please Please review my fic so that I'll know if you definitely liked it or if I need to change a few things! It will be greatly appreciated! Chapter 5 coming up soon!
