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CHAPTER ONE

"Tell me I'm hallucinating," Katrina finally said, her arms crossed over her chest; eyebrows raised with interest.

"Douglas?" Josie asked, looking at the boy standing in the doorway. He stared, mouth agape, with utter shock. Then Josie's gaze turned around the room. "Jovee! Finley! Z?" At this she started laughing.

"Josie, how did you get here?" Professor Z asked, trying to hide his embarrassment at Josie's reaction.

Nathaniel moved up to behind Katrina. "That's Mrs. … that's Josie?" He said, seeming surprised.

"I came through the wormhole," Josie filled in. "So this is the future?"

Douglas hurried across the room, taking a hold of Josie's shoulders, and steering her back to the middle of the room. "Yes, it is. And now that you've seen the future, it's time to go back home. Goodbye."

"Hey!" Josie exclaimed, pulling out of his grip. "Why are you trying to get rid of me so fast? I want to look around a little bit before you shove me through that rollercoaster again."

"Bad idea," Katrina said quickly, moving beside Douglas, her eyes wide. "We, uh, we were just discussing a bunch of science stuff, you know? Nothing you'd find of interest. And you know, the future's not really all that great. So just move on through that wormhole, then."

"Guys," Finley said, shaking his head and gesturing for Katrina and Douglas to take a step back. "Z … maybe you should get Jovee's Dad on the phone. Explain the situation to him?"

"Bad idea," Jovee said. "Dad's gonna be out of town until tomorrow … remember? I'm guessing this never happened in your timeline, though, did it?"

"I vaguely recall something of this nature," Z said, wiping his glasses off on his shirt as he considered the situation.

"Excellent!" Douglas exclaimed. "So, what, she was here for … an hour? Two at tops?"

"Try a week," Z replied, meeting Douglas' eyes.

"That is so not good," Katrina groaned.

"Are you seriously trying to tell me the wormhole won't open up for another week?" Nathaniel exclaimed.

"Great, so I get to stay," Josie said, a wide grin on her face.

"Not great," Douglas said. "What are we going to do with you?"

"She could stay at my place," Nathaniel suggested. Everyone in the room turned and gave him an odd look. He shrugged.

"Just a suggestion," He said slowly.

Katrina rolled her eyes, turning back to Josie. "Maybe you should stay in my dorm room for the time being. I have an extra bed."

"And how exactly do you propose we get her there without any of the teacher's seeing?" Jovee asked.

"Well she can't exactly stay at your place," Finley said. "Future consequences."

"You're completely right on the teacher thing, though. If a bunch of Josie's ex-teacher's see a … rather young her around school, they might just get suspicious," Katrina said.

"Well why would seeing where Jovee lives be a consequence to the future?" Josie asked.

"Good question," Finley said. "And we'll answer that as soon as I think of a really good explanation."

"Finn," Katrina grumbled, looking back at him.

"Z, when Josie came back, did she … mention anything?" Douglas asked nervously.

"No, nothing," Z replied. "Except that she was trapped in the future for a week until the wormhole opened up. She also mentioned she had something she had to do while she was here."

"So let's get in touch with my future self, and find out what," Josie said.

"No!" Everyone said.

"You … you can't," Douglas said quickly. "The phone's … disconnected."

"Disconnected?" Josie asked dubiously.

"You're in Europe!" Jovee exclaimed. "Business … bummer."

"I'm on a business trip … in Europe, but my phone's disconnected?" Josie asked.

Nathaniel cleared his throat. "I think you said the hotel you're staying in is being remodeled."

"Well where's Lucas? Or Marshall, Corrine?"

"What about Vaughn?" Jovee asked, sounding surprised.

"I don't care about Vaughn," Josie said quickly.

"That's right. At that point in time Vaughn was considered a traitor," Z explained. Josie gave him a funny look, but didn't say anything.

"Well that's not going to go over well," Katrina said.

"On to Josie's questions," Finley said, giving Katrina a dirty look. "Corrine and Marshall just went on vacation."

"In Europe?" Josie guessed, doubting everything they had told her.

"Eh … no. More like down South. It's really nice over there this time of year," Finley said.

"And Lucas?"

"Well that one's gonna be a little difficult to explain," Finley acknowledged.

"We're not exactly sure of Lucas' whereabouts," Z filled in quickly. "No one's heard from him in a while."

"Oh," Josie said, sounding disappointed. Then she grinned. "So is Principal Durst still around?"

"Principal who?" Nathaniel asked.

"She means Principal Lipschitz, and no. She retired last year, actually," Katrina said to Josie. "Z applied for the position to take her place, but we got Principal Eiley, instead."

"Nutty old man," Finley said with a nod. "Stares at you with those beady little eyes … yikes."

Everyone started laughing, and Josie had to laugh a little, too.

Finally Z's look turned serious. "I believe it would be an excellent idea for Josie to stay in Katrina's bedroom … so long as she keeps a low profile. It's hardly likely she will run into anyone she knew back in her time, anyways. Most teachers have moved onto different jobs."

"Are you sure?" Nathaniel asked. "What if, by some completely random chance, she runs into Dee?"

"Who's Dee?" Josie asked.

"My Mother," Jovee said quickly.

"They haven't known each other for as long as that. Dee would only think that maybe they were cousins or something," Finley explained.

"Right!" Z said, sounding excited. "She's Josie's second cousin from out of town, staying with Katrina until her parents come to pick her up."

Douglas frowned, and then turned to Josie. "You'd better be careful, then. Dee thinks your future self is a know-it-all, and you think Dee is a ditzy twit. We don't need any clash of heads while you're here, okay?"

"What do we call her?" Jovee demanded.

"Trent," Katrina said with a grin. "We'll just go after her last name."

"Excellent idea," Z said.

"Welcome to the future, Trent," Nathaniel said, patting Josie on the back.

They all started to laugh. "Alright," Finley interrupted. "Science club is usually over by now, anyways. Katrina, why don't you head with Josie up to your room, set her up with a change of clothes. The rest of us will continue on with our daily activities so there's no suspicion."

"I don't like this," Douglas said, giving Finley a sharp look.

"I don't think you get a choice in the matter," Jovee replied. The group started to leave the room, Jovee walking over to Douglas. "Ignore what they said earlier," She whispered in his ear.

"It's kind of hard to do that," Douglas grumbled.

She shrugged. "Well for all it's worth, I'm on your side."

"Thanks," Douglas said softly.

"Pearson!" Someone called from down the hall. Jovee's head shot up in surprise, as did Josie's. She turned back around and took in the scene as a muscular football player approached Jovee, seemingly angry.

"Pearson?" Josie repeated, sounding shocked.