AN: Thanks to my reviewers, Hottietom, xSarah, punkqueen5, and Thesolitary-dragon

EPILOGUE

The music pounded through the old gym of Blake Holsey with a fast-paced beat. It was later that night, and Eiley had thrown together a surprise dance when he learned of Marshall and Corrine's visit to town. Now almost everyone was happily out on the dance floor. Vaughn and Dee were dancing together with large smiles on their faces. Vinny, who had taken Josie's words to heart and was now trying to get closer to his Father, was dancing with his younger sister, Vina. Lucas and Josie Randall, who were having trouble staying separated for long, were obviously dancing together beside Dee and Vaughn.

Finley, with a good nudge from Douglas and Nathaniel, had asked Katrina to dance, and the two were enjoying a few numbers out on the dance floor with the rest of the students. While Jovee danced by herself and occasionally with Katrina and Finley, the others, consisting of Josie Trent, Nathaniel and Douglas. Preston, although still slightly sick with a cold, was up on stage spinning records while celebrity and Blake Holsey graduate Marshall Wheeler and his wife, Corrine, had been begged by Eiley into singing. Despite their reluctance at the beginning, the two were having fun just like everyone else around.

Josie took in the whole scene, watching everyone finally seem happy. She let out a sigh while resisting the urge to pat herself on the back. "I'd say everything has turned out perfectly," She announced.

The two beside her nodded their heads, Nathaniel bobbing to the music while Douglas watched Jovee. Josie noticed the look, and smiled. As weird as it was, she was glad that Douglas – her son – had chosen Jovee. It was that obvious, and Josie had her suspicions long ago. Although it was weird to give her son any advice, she decided she would since she was in such a good mood. She turned to Douglas, but the boy beat her to it.

"I'm sorry we lied to you," He said, though he had to raise his voice a little so she would hear him over the music. Josie blinked in surprise. "I'm sure you understand why we did it, but it still wasn't fair to keep all that from you."

"I think it was easier to think of the situation without knowing the truth," Josie admitted. "It's a little weird. I really saw myself as never having children. Or getting married for that matter. I was really freaked, though."

"I know," Douglas said with a sigh, glancing back out on the floor. "Probably one of the reasons we didn't tell you."

"It's still pretty creepy, but I'm sort of proud," Josie said.

"Huh?" Douglas asked, looking back at Josie with confusion.

"I'm proud - of you. And Preston. I wish I could have gotten to know him a little better, though. I guess I still have plenty of time, of course. All in all, if I do get married and end up having kids, I'm glad you two were them."

"And I'm sure you're relieved about Lucas," Nathaniel added.

"Yeah," Josie replied. "I really like him, and to see the way we both seem so happy together … It's a better future than I would have hoped for."

"That's good to hear," Douglas said.

Josie grinned, and then looked at Jovee. "Hey, why don't you go and dance with her?" She suggested.

"Huh? Who?" Douglas asked, looking nervously back at Josie.

"Jovee," Josie replied.

Nathaniel chuckled. "And here I was thinking I was the only one who noticed," He said, taking a sip of his punch. "Honestly, Douglas, I think we've all waited long enough for you two to get together. It's like waiting for Katrina and Finley when you knew they were going to get together eventually."

"Thanks," Douglas said with a scowl.

"Me and Finley had a bet going," Nathaniel continued. "Looks like I win, too. I said you and Jovee would hook up after he and Katrina, to which he denied saying there was nothing between he and Katrina. Oh, and you owe me twenty bucks because I was right when I said Finley and Katrina were crushing on each other. Forty dollars in one night; not too shabby."

"I haven't hooked up with Jovee at all."

"And you won't unless you go out there and ask her to dance," Josie insisted.

"Yeah, Douglas. And I want that twenty from Finley, so be a pal and ask Jovee to dance," Nathaniel finished.

"I don't know," Douglas said.

"She obviously likes you," Josie insisted. "And you obviously like her. Why beat around the bush? Go for it."

His face a slight shade of red, Douglas nodded and quickly moved out to the dance floor, Josie and Nathaniel watching.

Douglas took a nervous breath, stopping in front of Jovee. "Hey, Jovee," he said, clearing his throat. She stopped and looked at him expectantly, waiting for him to continue. He cleared his throat again. "I was wondering if you, umm, well, would you -."

"Wanna dance?" Jovee asked, holding her arms out. Douglas grinned, taking them. "Sure," He replied. The two quickly started moving around. Douglas let out a relieved breath.

"I was afraid you would say no," he admitted.

"I was afraid you came over to ask me something else. Something stupid, no doubt," Jovee replied. "So I went for it, hoping you'd say yes."

"Looks like we were both afraid for no reason," Douglas said. "I'm just confused. Why would you even like me when you're always trying to shoot me down?"

Jovee shrugged with a playful grin. "I always had a thing for geeks," She replied.

"Geeks, huh?" Douglas asked. "Maybe I should get a pair of glasses and steal Preston's inhaler."

"I think you're fine the way you are," Jovee laughed.

"I like you just the way you are, too," Douglas said. The two turned a slight shade of red, but with the truth out before them they began to loosen up.

Nathaniel sighed, looking at Josie. "I suppose there's no chance you'd dance with me," He said.

"I'm already taken," Josie reminded him.

The side door opened and a girl similar to Josie dressed identically to her stepped inside, looking around for a few minutes before noticing Josie and Nathaniel looking in the opposite direction. She grinned, and walked quickly to their side.

"Long time no see," She said next to Josie. The red-head looked up, startled.

"Me?" She exclaimed in surprise. Nathaniel turned around to see what Josie was talking about.

"Douglas never mentioned a twin," Nathaniel said with surprise.

"Clone, actually," Josie 2 filled in.

"So this is where you went after you wrote that letter?" Josie asked. "How did you get here? We were worried about you."

"The janitor," Josie 2 replied. "He's actually rather nice. I've been waiting almost two weeks for you to show up."

"What do you mean?" Josie asked with confusion.

"Say hello to Jade Trent," Josie 2 replied.

"Jade Trent, huh?" Nathaniel asked. "Wanna dance, Jade?"

"Sure!" Josie 2, or Jade, replied with a grin. She waved a quick goodbye to Josie and then followed Nathaniel out onto the dance floor.

Finley, who noticed the interaction, frowned, turning to Katrina. "I'm not the only one who sees two Josie's, am I?" He asked. Katrina laughed, resting her head on his shoulder.

"Her? She's just an 'old friend'," She replied with a laugh. Confused, but not wanting to say more, Finley let it drop with a shrug.

Now everything seemed right in place. Josie smiled, though it seemed to be slightly saddened. If everything was perfect now, why did she feel so sad? Because she was ready to go home. She'd seen to everything being put right, and now she was ready to go. Still, she tried not to let it show, and she looked around at everyone once more. Her gaze drifted to the side doors, where the janitor was sweeping up what looked like nothing. He looked up, meeting Josie's eyes, and then turned and walked out of the room.

Determined to get some answers, Josie quickly followed him out. She stepped into the empty hallway and looked around with confusion.

"Hello?" She called. She turned the corner to see the janitor standing in the center of the hall, a wormhole open before him.

"You ready to go back home?" He asked her. Josie stepped up, looking into the wormhole.

"Yes," She said. She looked at the janitor. "Everything's the way it should be, isn't it?"

"Almost," he replied in his gruff voice. "All that's left is for you to go home."

"Who are you?" Josie asked. "How is it possible that you're everywhere at once … and able to open wormholes?"

"Another time," The janitor replied, gesturing to the swirling vortex.

Josie let out a frustrated sigh, and then walked into the wormhole. She vanished as the wormhole closed up around her. The janitor, broom in hand, turned back around and went into the gym.

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Josie arrived in the science room where Corrine, Marshall, Lucas and Z were waiting for her. They all looked up, startled by the rush of wind.

"Josie!" Corrine exclaimed as her best friend appeared in the room.

For a moment Josie seemed confused, looking around, and then she grinned. "I'm back!" She exclaimed joyfully.

"Where'd you go?" Lucas asked with worry.

"To the future," Josie said, frowning. "How long have I been gone?"

"An hour at most," Corrine replied.

"We were just trying to figure out a way to get the wormhole to open up again and bring you back when you came through," Marshall told her.

"An hour?" Josie asked with surprise. "I was there for a week!"

"What did you do?" Z asked. "While you were there?"

"Yeah, and how far did you go?" Lucas continued.

"I'm not sure," Josie replied. "Aside from that, all I remember is that I was there to do something, and I did it."

"You can't remember what happened?" Corrine asked with worry.

"Whatever it was, it's just good that your back," Lucas said, pulling Josie into a hug. She felt, for a moment, that it seemed familiar, but she passed the feeling off as the fact that she and Lucas hugged all the time. She was relieved to be home with her friends, and at that moment she didn't care about what had happened in the future. She was back, and that was all that mattered.

THE END

Hottietom: Yeah, I watch 'Life with Derek'. I thought it was cute with Shadia Simmons and Michael Seater. Definitely weird, though. My other screen name is 'Christine Marquez'. Thanks for the review!

xSarah: Yes! Lucas is back. I felt so happy writing it, too, lol. Thanks for the review!

Punkqueen5: Glad you like the story. Thanks for the review!

Thesolitary-dragon: Since I'm sure a lot of people shared the same questions as you, I put the answers on the next page, k: ) I missed Lucas, too, lol. Yeah, I was major excited to see Michael Seater on Disney - and Shadia Simmons, too. I tend to babble myself, but from the mouth, not writing, lol. Everyone gets ubber annoyed with me when I do. Doesn't bother me, though, so don't worry. Also, don't worry about sounding funky with pointing out all the plot holes. I would have explained everything myself, but I wasn't sure how to fit it all in there, so, yeah. Preston had to be my fav charac, and I'd been waiting since the whole story started to throw him in there, lol. I'll check out that story you mentioned. The reason why I don't read a lot of stories, though, is because I don't like a lot of them. Not saying my story is the best or anything. Hardly. It's just that there's not much to chose from, and a lot is V/J or slash, so it's hard to find one that I agree with is all. And yeah, def. see what you're saying about Camouflage. I noticed it too, which is one of the reasons I don't like Josie that much anymore … she's gotten a little stuffy, and she's SO mean to Lucas. Well … that's longer than I expected to write, but there you go. Thanks for the review!

Oh, and I write as 'Christine Marquez' for Charmed, Underworld, and Van Helsing mainly, to anyone who was curious.