Blackout + 1
Isabel saw Michael, sitting under a tree outside the school. It amused her to see the way he immediately attempted to act as if he hadn't seen her when he had. She walked over to him innocently. He saw her coming, and he knew there was no way out of it.
"Good morning," he said as she sat next to him.
"How are you?" she asked.
"I'm good. I'd just like to get these finals over with. You?"
"I'm sure we'll both do great on the finals. And I'm good, too, thank you for asking." There was a short silence.
"Well... that was some night we had, uh?" said Michael.
"Yes, it was," Isabel said with a grin.
"Did you have trouble getting home? Were your parents there?"
"I got home fine. And no, they hadn't made it back, yet."
"Well... that's good," said Michael shakily.
"Yeah," said Isabel, trying not to laugh at his attempts to hide what was going through his head. She squinted, then decided to go for it... somehow. "Michael?" she asked.
"Yeah?"
"What's up with you? You're being really strange this morning."
"What are you talking about? I'm fine and I'm not acting strange!" he said, not looking at her. She squinted again.
"Are you sure?" she asked, "Because you're definitely not like usual. This is all just pretend, you're trying to act normal, but it's not working with me."
"I really have no idea of what you're talking about, here," he said. Isabel sighed, got up and looked down on him.
"Don't have to play games with me, Michael," said Isabel as she walked away, leaving a dumbfounded Michael under the tree.
Blackout + 2
Isabel stood at her locker, mindlessly throwing sheets in a nearby trashcan. Suddenly, she felt a tap on her shoulder. She looked up but found no one. She felt a tug at her hand, and before she knew it, she was in the eraser room. She looked ahead and breathed of relief when she saw it was Michael.
"It's you... what's this all about?" He was pacing, walking the length of the room from one end to the other. She was getting dizzy so she grabbed his hand and stopped him in front of herself. "Michael. What's going on?" He freed his hand and backed up a bit.
"You were right... yesterday... I was acting weird."
"Well, I could have told you that..."
"Look... I'm not sure what's happening here... Ever since two nights ago, I've been feeling all these things I'd never felt before."
"What... things?" Isabel asked slowly.
"I... I can't explain it..."
"Yes, you can," she said as she approached him.
"All I know is that when you're not around... it hurts," he said slowly, deciding to look into her face. She blushed. "I've known you for years, but... I've never felt this before..." He saw a few tears fall down to her cheeks and he wiped them away gently. When he made contact with her... he didn't have a vision, but he felt her emotions. She was feeling it too...
He let go slowly. "Come on... we should get out of here before a teacher busts us." He opened the door carefully and saw the hall was clear. He reached back without looking and got a hold of her hand.
He led her back to her locker. He smiled shyly, then walked away. She turned back to her locker, completely out of breath. She hadn't expected this, and she knew she wouldn't manage to concentrate for the rest of the day.
Blackout + 5
She was sitting on her bed, studying for the last final of the year, when she head a knock at her window. Even as she got up, she knew who was standing outside of it. She pulled back the curtains and she was right.
"Hey, Michael," she said as she opened the window, "What's up?" She stepped back as he entered her room.
"I wanted to ask you something."
"What?" she asked, sitting back where she had been as Michael sat on her desk chair. The last few days had been amazing for them. It was a new approach to their relationship and they wouldn't give it back for all the money in the world.
"What are you doing next weekend?" he asked. She thought for a few seconds.
"Probably enjoying the first days of summer vacation... why do you want to know?"
"I'd like to go somewhere... with you..." She grinned.
"Are you asking me out on a date?" He looked like he was caught in a corner. She tried not to laugh, but was finding it very hard. "What did you have in mind?" she asked.
"Well... dinner, maybe Senor Chow's... and, uh..." She smiled.
"You know what? That actually sounds really good. Count me in." He smiled slowly.
"Alright..." He got up and made his way to the window, nearly stumbling a few times.
"Be careful, there," she said. He smiled shyly and hurried out.
Isabel remained on her bed, resting her head on her hand, and her hand on her raised knee, still with a smile. Michael had never been a shy guy... yet there he was... stumbling over himself at her answer. That alone told her she'd been right to say yes...
Blackout + 7
Michael and Isabel walked into the school, hand in hand. It was fascinating to both of them how much they'd changed in just one week. They were now very comfortable with each other. They loved the feeling it left inside of them... peace...
"Just think, Isabel, in a few hours, the school year will be over..." said Michael as he looked around the halls.
"Seems like it started just yesterday... guess we've been so busy, we didn't see it go by," she said.
"Same goes for this week... all that's happened with us." She smiled.
"I've barely spoken to anyone... in fact, I don't think I even saw them, except for when we were having finals together... only we couldn't talk, so..."
"So maybe we should try to find them, and... tell them what's going on," said Michael carefully.
"Yes... we should... What would they say?"
"I have no idea how they'll take it. But we're gonna have to tell them sooner or later," said Michael. She looked up at him.
"Let's go." He smiled.
"Alright." They walked around, trying to find them.
"Look," said Isabel, "There's Alex and Maria."
"Well, then... here goes nothing." Slowly, they followed to intercept the two at an opening. Both Michael an Isabel were a bit nervous at the prospect of telling them of all people, but found comfort and strength in each other.
The walk was short, but it seemed to be taking forever, like the road only got longer and longer as they went, instead of getting shorter. Eventually, they found themselves just a few short steps away from them.
They came up to the open space and stood frozen in place when they saw...
*
It had been just one week since the blackout. And yet so much had happened. It was the day of their last final before summer vacation. Out in an open area in West Roswell High, the four new couples, decided on telling their friends about their newly developed relationships, made their way to a couple of the others that they'd seen.
So concentrated on what they were about to do, they never noticed the other couples moving to the opening as well. When they arrived, they stood frozen in place when they saw the other couples.
All were holding their partner's hand. Kyle and Liz looked to the right and saw Max and Tess with the same bewildered expression on their faces. They in turn looked to their right, to Alex and Maria. They did the same, looking at Michael and Isabel. And they looked to Kyle and Liz.
None could speak for a while, and they imagined they were being watched by everyone around them. Max was the first to speak.
"Looks like we all have a lot of things to say... and here probably isn't the best place. Let's go somewhere... all of us."
"We'll go to my place," said Michael.
"Alright." The four couples looked to each other again. "Well... we'll go after this last final," said Max. A few more minutes went by and everyone went in different directions, to their respective classes.
They needed to clear their heads if they wanted to pass... Thinking of something school-related had become much harder than they were used to. Each of them felt a jumble of emotions at the moment.
End of part two
Isabel saw Michael, sitting under a tree outside the school. It amused her to see the way he immediately attempted to act as if he hadn't seen her when he had. She walked over to him innocently. He saw her coming, and he knew there was no way out of it.
"Good morning," he said as she sat next to him.
"How are you?" she asked.
"I'm good. I'd just like to get these finals over with. You?"
"I'm sure we'll both do great on the finals. And I'm good, too, thank you for asking." There was a short silence.
"Well... that was some night we had, uh?" said Michael.
"Yes, it was," Isabel said with a grin.
"Did you have trouble getting home? Were your parents there?"
"I got home fine. And no, they hadn't made it back, yet."
"Well... that's good," said Michael shakily.
"Yeah," said Isabel, trying not to laugh at his attempts to hide what was going through his head. She squinted, then decided to go for it... somehow. "Michael?" she asked.
"Yeah?"
"What's up with you? You're being really strange this morning."
"What are you talking about? I'm fine and I'm not acting strange!" he said, not looking at her. She squinted again.
"Are you sure?" she asked, "Because you're definitely not like usual. This is all just pretend, you're trying to act normal, but it's not working with me."
"I really have no idea of what you're talking about, here," he said. Isabel sighed, got up and looked down on him.
"Don't have to play games with me, Michael," said Isabel as she walked away, leaving a dumbfounded Michael under the tree.
Blackout + 2
Isabel stood at her locker, mindlessly throwing sheets in a nearby trashcan. Suddenly, she felt a tap on her shoulder. She looked up but found no one. She felt a tug at her hand, and before she knew it, she was in the eraser room. She looked ahead and breathed of relief when she saw it was Michael.
"It's you... what's this all about?" He was pacing, walking the length of the room from one end to the other. She was getting dizzy so she grabbed his hand and stopped him in front of herself. "Michael. What's going on?" He freed his hand and backed up a bit.
"You were right... yesterday... I was acting weird."
"Well, I could have told you that..."
"Look... I'm not sure what's happening here... Ever since two nights ago, I've been feeling all these things I'd never felt before."
"What... things?" Isabel asked slowly.
"I... I can't explain it..."
"Yes, you can," she said as she approached him.
"All I know is that when you're not around... it hurts," he said slowly, deciding to look into her face. She blushed. "I've known you for years, but... I've never felt this before..." He saw a few tears fall down to her cheeks and he wiped them away gently. When he made contact with her... he didn't have a vision, but he felt her emotions. She was feeling it too...
He let go slowly. "Come on... we should get out of here before a teacher busts us." He opened the door carefully and saw the hall was clear. He reached back without looking and got a hold of her hand.
He led her back to her locker. He smiled shyly, then walked away. She turned back to her locker, completely out of breath. She hadn't expected this, and she knew she wouldn't manage to concentrate for the rest of the day.
Blackout + 5
She was sitting on her bed, studying for the last final of the year, when she head a knock at her window. Even as she got up, she knew who was standing outside of it. She pulled back the curtains and she was right.
"Hey, Michael," she said as she opened the window, "What's up?" She stepped back as he entered her room.
"I wanted to ask you something."
"What?" she asked, sitting back where she had been as Michael sat on her desk chair. The last few days had been amazing for them. It was a new approach to their relationship and they wouldn't give it back for all the money in the world.
"What are you doing next weekend?" he asked. She thought for a few seconds.
"Probably enjoying the first days of summer vacation... why do you want to know?"
"I'd like to go somewhere... with you..." She grinned.
"Are you asking me out on a date?" He looked like he was caught in a corner. She tried not to laugh, but was finding it very hard. "What did you have in mind?" she asked.
"Well... dinner, maybe Senor Chow's... and, uh..." She smiled.
"You know what? That actually sounds really good. Count me in." He smiled slowly.
"Alright..." He got up and made his way to the window, nearly stumbling a few times.
"Be careful, there," she said. He smiled shyly and hurried out.
Isabel remained on her bed, resting her head on her hand, and her hand on her raised knee, still with a smile. Michael had never been a shy guy... yet there he was... stumbling over himself at her answer. That alone told her she'd been right to say yes...
Blackout + 7
Michael and Isabel walked into the school, hand in hand. It was fascinating to both of them how much they'd changed in just one week. They were now very comfortable with each other. They loved the feeling it left inside of them... peace...
"Just think, Isabel, in a few hours, the school year will be over..." said Michael as he looked around the halls.
"Seems like it started just yesterday... guess we've been so busy, we didn't see it go by," she said.
"Same goes for this week... all that's happened with us." She smiled.
"I've barely spoken to anyone... in fact, I don't think I even saw them, except for when we were having finals together... only we couldn't talk, so..."
"So maybe we should try to find them, and... tell them what's going on," said Michael carefully.
"Yes... we should... What would they say?"
"I have no idea how they'll take it. But we're gonna have to tell them sooner or later," said Michael. She looked up at him.
"Let's go." He smiled.
"Alright." They walked around, trying to find them.
"Look," said Isabel, "There's Alex and Maria."
"Well, then... here goes nothing." Slowly, they followed to intercept the two at an opening. Both Michael an Isabel were a bit nervous at the prospect of telling them of all people, but found comfort and strength in each other.
The walk was short, but it seemed to be taking forever, like the road only got longer and longer as they went, instead of getting shorter. Eventually, they found themselves just a few short steps away from them.
They came up to the open space and stood frozen in place when they saw...
*
It had been just one week since the blackout. And yet so much had happened. It was the day of their last final before summer vacation. Out in an open area in West Roswell High, the four new couples, decided on telling their friends about their newly developed relationships, made their way to a couple of the others that they'd seen.
So concentrated on what they were about to do, they never noticed the other couples moving to the opening as well. When they arrived, they stood frozen in place when they saw the other couples.
All were holding their partner's hand. Kyle and Liz looked to the right and saw Max and Tess with the same bewildered expression on their faces. They in turn looked to their right, to Alex and Maria. They did the same, looking at Michael and Isabel. And they looked to Kyle and Liz.
None could speak for a while, and they imagined they were being watched by everyone around them. Max was the first to speak.
"Looks like we all have a lot of things to say... and here probably isn't the best place. Let's go somewhere... all of us."
"We'll go to my place," said Michael.
"Alright." The four couples looked to each other again. "Well... we'll go after this last final," said Max. A few more minutes went by and everyone went in different directions, to their respective classes.
They needed to clear their heads if they wanted to pass... Thinking of something school-related had become much harder than they were used to. Each of them felt a jumble of emotions at the moment.
End of part two