Is This A Dream: Dreaming
Written by: JlyfishLuver
"Squeaky clean before I get back," Molly said trying to rush out the front door.
"Clean out the fridge, sweep, and mop the floor," Annie began.
"Straiten our rooms, the bathrooms, and the living room," Fi said.
"And give Peabrain a bath, food, and clean the litter box," Jimmie smiled.
"Okay you guys," Molly looked at them, then turned her head to look up the stairs, "Come on Jack!" she called.
"Coming mom, wait up," Jack yelled from his room, and came down the stairs.
"We'll be back," Molly assured the kids, patted Jack on the back as he walked out the door, adjusting a baseball cap, and they left.
The kids began cleaning the new house that Molly and the gang had moved into while Fi was in Chicago. It got kinda quiet around the kitchen, and when Annie and Fi were nowhere around, Jimmie began humming.
"Do you hear something?" Fi asked Annie walking out of her room.
"Um, yeah," Annie said walking down the hallway with some folded towels in her arms "Is that Jimmie?"
"I think." Fi laughed, and the two crept to the kitchen.
They both looked in at Jimmie with a spoon in his hand, and his eyes closed as he sang: "I've lived my life in one straight line. The future ahead, and the past behind, now I've hit a wall like I nev-" Jimmie turned around in embarrassment, "goodness you guys how long have you been there?" Jimmie's cheeks turned a beet red.
"Long enough," Annie laughed and walked in.
"I know it stunk," Jimmie looked down.
'No, actually you're a great singer, you hit the notes like Molly does!" Annie said, "Are you a singer where you come from?"
"Well I'm in choir class, if that counts." Jimmie smiled, his cheeks began regaining their natural color.
"I've never heard a guy hit those high notes before, you really have talent!" Fi said, "My mom has definitely got to hear you sing!"
"Thanks guys, I mean my friends think I have a good voice, but a rock stars daughter, and god-daughter? Now that's got to be a sign!" Jimmie laughed and wiped a dishtowel across the counter.
*Later that evening*
"Wow!" Molly said, "your how old again Jimmie?"
"Fifteen, why?" he looked at her, blinking twice.
"You can hit high notes, here, try this." Molly sang an "F" note in the Treble Clef.
Jimmie matched her pitch, and then a note higher, and one more higher. Jack's eyes looked like they were going to pop. Fi nudged Annie in the arm, and Annie smiled at her.
"Wow," Molly shrieked, "Annie and I have been working on this new song, and you would sound so good doing back ground, would you do that?" Molly stared.
"Yeah, that would be great!" Annie walked over, putting her hand on Molly's shoulder.
"You want me to sing for you guys? I'd be honored!" Jimmie hand was on his chest.
"Great, first thing in the morning we'll head to Irene and Ned's and begin recording."
"Wicked!" Jimmie laughed, excited.
*Just before bed*
Fi was typing on her site, So Weird:
-and that's how he got here, and tomorrow, he's gonna be recording a song with Annie and my mom.-
Fi closed her laptop and turned to see Annie in the doorway, she half knocked on the door and said, "knock, knock."
"Hey Annie, what's up?" Fi smiled and sat on her bed.
Annie walked over and sat down too.
"I don't know, this Jimmie kid, he just- he just seems a little too good to be true, you know?" Annie looked at Fi in a serious way.
"Yeah, but I can't help believing him, it's not everyday that a boy just appears in your room." Fi glances out her window, and then turns back to Annie.
"Your right, I just can't help feeling a little uncomfortable around him."
"Look at me." Fi says.
Annie takes her gaze off of the carpet and looks into Fi's eyes.
"Look me in the eyes and tell me you don't feel, I don't know, safe around him, like something's gonna' happen, and you feel like everything's gonna' be okay with Jimmie there." Fi looked at Annie urging her to answer.
"I do, I mean maybe I'm just being selfish," Annie looked back at the carpet.
Just then Jimmie comes to the door, "Hi, um, you guys, can you tell me where to find the towels?" he asks.
"Sure," Fi says standing up, before walking out of the room, she turns to Annie, "try, okay."
Annie smiles.
*Jack's room, middle of the night*
Jack is tossing and turning in his bed.
*Jack's dream*
He sees an old medieval castle with a hazy red glaze dispersing from it.
Jack squints his eye's, trying to focus on what he's seeing. His vision zooms into the mysterious castle, and now he's walking in a hallway. (The same hallway that Fi was walking in, in the Episode "The Rock.") Jack turns to look at a plaque on the wall. In the plaque is a picture of Molly and Rick, next to it is a group picture of an Indian girl, Jimmie, Fi, Annie, and Rebecca, Molly's friend. Jack turns his head again to see his dad standing further down the hallway.
"Jack." His dad says.
"Dad?" Jack asks. And everything turns white. Jack wakes up to total darkness, he glances at his clock that is flashing the numbers, '4:26.' Then turns to see a faded blur that should be Jimmie sleeping in the next bed.
Jack feels a hot tear run down his cheek. He plops back down, and buries his face into his pillow, and soon falls back to sleep.
****
Jimmie's eyes flash open to the fresh smell of pancakes. He pulls his covers off, sits up, and runs his fingers through his hair. Jack is already gone. Jimmie gets dressed and heads downstairs.
*Irene and Ned's house (in the recording studio)*
Annie, Molly, and Jimmie are in the studio practicing some last minute vocals and notes. Irene, Ned, and everyone else are in the recording lobby.
"I had this really weird dream last night, about my dad," Jack told Carey.
"You just gotta' relax man," Carey handed Jack a soda, then glanced at Clu who was playing keep away with Ned's hat.
"Clu! Give it to me or your grounded!" Ned said half playfully.
"Hey dad, you can't ground a college man," Clu says, and Irene laughs.
"Wanna' bet?" Ned asks, snatching the hat.
Irene pushes a blue button on the control pad then looks through the glass that allows everyone to see the three singers. "You ready Mol?"
"Ready when you are," Molly turns to give a signal to the band, and Annie and Jimmie put on their earphones.
The music begins.
"Oh yeah," Molly begins.
"Oh yeah, " Jimmie and Annie both whisper behind her.
"I'm in a mind trap, I feel like a cloud, running from it's breeze," Annie starts the song.
"I feel like a prisoner begging please," Molly sang, smiling at the two teens.
"Ple-a-ese!" Jimmie sings.
Molly and Annie sing together, "Don't take away my ego, don't take away my pride, please don't take away everything, I want to keep inside."
"Don't tap with my reputation," Molly closes her eyes.
"Karma's coming your wa-ay," Annie sings.
"I always feel like everything's haunting me, that's why I stay away, oh, oh, oh, yeah." Jimmie looks at them.
"Oh, oh, oh, yeah." Molly and Annie sing together.
*Dinner at the Bell's house*
"That's was awesome you guys," Irene says looking at the three, then at the others in the band, who were all sitting at the huge table in the dining room.
"Couldn't have done it without all of you," Molly looks at everyone, "thanks guys."
The end.
*Next Episode: "Slavery."
"Squeaky clean before I get back," Molly said trying to rush out the front door.
"Clean out the fridge, sweep, and mop the floor," Annie began.
"Straiten our rooms, the bathrooms, and the living room," Fi said.
"And give Peabrain a bath, food, and clean the litter box," Jimmie smiled.
"Okay you guys," Molly looked at them, then turned her head to look up the stairs, "Come on Jack!" she called.
"Coming mom, wait up," Jack yelled from his room, and came down the stairs.
"We'll be back," Molly assured the kids, patted Jack on the back as he walked out the door, adjusting a baseball cap, and they left.
The kids began cleaning the new house that Molly and the gang had moved into while Fi was in Chicago. It got kinda quiet around the kitchen, and when Annie and Fi were nowhere around, Jimmie began humming.
"Do you hear something?" Fi asked Annie walking out of her room.
"Um, yeah," Annie said walking down the hallway with some folded towels in her arms "Is that Jimmie?"
"I think." Fi laughed, and the two crept to the kitchen.
They both looked in at Jimmie with a spoon in his hand, and his eyes closed as he sang: "I've lived my life in one straight line. The future ahead, and the past behind, now I've hit a wall like I nev-" Jimmie turned around in embarrassment, "goodness you guys how long have you been there?" Jimmie's cheeks turned a beet red.
"Long enough," Annie laughed and walked in.
"I know it stunk," Jimmie looked down.
'No, actually you're a great singer, you hit the notes like Molly does!" Annie said, "Are you a singer where you come from?"
"Well I'm in choir class, if that counts." Jimmie smiled, his cheeks began regaining their natural color.
"I've never heard a guy hit those high notes before, you really have talent!" Fi said, "My mom has definitely got to hear you sing!"
"Thanks guys, I mean my friends think I have a good voice, but a rock stars daughter, and god-daughter? Now that's got to be a sign!" Jimmie laughed and wiped a dishtowel across the counter.
*Later that evening*
"Wow!" Molly said, "your how old again Jimmie?"
"Fifteen, why?" he looked at her, blinking twice.
"You can hit high notes, here, try this." Molly sang an "F" note in the Treble Clef.
Jimmie matched her pitch, and then a note higher, and one more higher. Jack's eyes looked like they were going to pop. Fi nudged Annie in the arm, and Annie smiled at her.
"Wow," Molly shrieked, "Annie and I have been working on this new song, and you would sound so good doing back ground, would you do that?" Molly stared.
"Yeah, that would be great!" Annie walked over, putting her hand on Molly's shoulder.
"You want me to sing for you guys? I'd be honored!" Jimmie hand was on his chest.
"Great, first thing in the morning we'll head to Irene and Ned's and begin recording."
"Wicked!" Jimmie laughed, excited.
*Just before bed*
Fi was typing on her site, So Weird:
-and that's how he got here, and tomorrow, he's gonna be recording a song with Annie and my mom.-
Fi closed her laptop and turned to see Annie in the doorway, she half knocked on the door and said, "knock, knock."
"Hey Annie, what's up?" Fi smiled and sat on her bed.
Annie walked over and sat down too.
"I don't know, this Jimmie kid, he just- he just seems a little too good to be true, you know?" Annie looked at Fi in a serious way.
"Yeah, but I can't help believing him, it's not everyday that a boy just appears in your room." Fi glances out her window, and then turns back to Annie.
"Your right, I just can't help feeling a little uncomfortable around him."
"Look at me." Fi says.
Annie takes her gaze off of the carpet and looks into Fi's eyes.
"Look me in the eyes and tell me you don't feel, I don't know, safe around him, like something's gonna' happen, and you feel like everything's gonna' be okay with Jimmie there." Fi looked at Annie urging her to answer.
"I do, I mean maybe I'm just being selfish," Annie looked back at the carpet.
Just then Jimmie comes to the door, "Hi, um, you guys, can you tell me where to find the towels?" he asks.
"Sure," Fi says standing up, before walking out of the room, she turns to Annie, "try, okay."
Annie smiles.
*Jack's room, middle of the night*
Jack is tossing and turning in his bed.
*Jack's dream*
He sees an old medieval castle with a hazy red glaze dispersing from it.
Jack squints his eye's, trying to focus on what he's seeing. His vision zooms into the mysterious castle, and now he's walking in a hallway. (The same hallway that Fi was walking in, in the Episode "The Rock.") Jack turns to look at a plaque on the wall. In the plaque is a picture of Molly and Rick, next to it is a group picture of an Indian girl, Jimmie, Fi, Annie, and Rebecca, Molly's friend. Jack turns his head again to see his dad standing further down the hallway.
"Jack." His dad says.
"Dad?" Jack asks. And everything turns white. Jack wakes up to total darkness, he glances at his clock that is flashing the numbers, '4:26.' Then turns to see a faded blur that should be Jimmie sleeping in the next bed.
Jack feels a hot tear run down his cheek. He plops back down, and buries his face into his pillow, and soon falls back to sleep.
****
Jimmie's eyes flash open to the fresh smell of pancakes. He pulls his covers off, sits up, and runs his fingers through his hair. Jack is already gone. Jimmie gets dressed and heads downstairs.
*Irene and Ned's house (in the recording studio)*
Annie, Molly, and Jimmie are in the studio practicing some last minute vocals and notes. Irene, Ned, and everyone else are in the recording lobby.
"I had this really weird dream last night, about my dad," Jack told Carey.
"You just gotta' relax man," Carey handed Jack a soda, then glanced at Clu who was playing keep away with Ned's hat.
"Clu! Give it to me or your grounded!" Ned said half playfully.
"Hey dad, you can't ground a college man," Clu says, and Irene laughs.
"Wanna' bet?" Ned asks, snatching the hat.
Irene pushes a blue button on the control pad then looks through the glass that allows everyone to see the three singers. "You ready Mol?"
"Ready when you are," Molly turns to give a signal to the band, and Annie and Jimmie put on their earphones.
The music begins.
"Oh yeah," Molly begins.
"Oh yeah, " Jimmie and Annie both whisper behind her.
"I'm in a mind trap, I feel like a cloud, running from it's breeze," Annie starts the song.
"I feel like a prisoner begging please," Molly sang, smiling at the two teens.
"Ple-a-ese!" Jimmie sings.
Molly and Annie sing together, "Don't take away my ego, don't take away my pride, please don't take away everything, I want to keep inside."
"Don't tap with my reputation," Molly closes her eyes.
"Karma's coming your wa-ay," Annie sings.
"I always feel like everything's haunting me, that's why I stay away, oh, oh, oh, yeah." Jimmie looks at them.
"Oh, oh, oh, yeah." Molly and Annie sing together.
*Dinner at the Bell's house*
"That's was awesome you guys," Irene says looking at the three, then at the others in the band, who were all sitting at the huge table in the dining room.
"Couldn't have done it without all of you," Molly looks at everyone, "thanks guys."
The end.
*Next Episode: "Slavery."