Ch. 11 Dreaming

A/N: An update on the election! As of 5:30 PM on Wednesday, July 19, 2006, We're Back is in the lead! Who will come out on top? Well, we'll have to see… enjoy this next chapter! It's just filler! Yippee! (The last sentence was sarcasm, folks.)

Everyone woke up as if they had a hangover. Did dancing give you a hangover? It certainly seemed like it.

"Ugg, my head hurts," Taylor yawned as she was beginning to fall asleep on Eric's shoulder.

"My shoulders hurt," Eric muttered, and Taylor lifted her head immediately.

"I'm fine," Lex shrugged, as did Abby.

"I am really not sure why you guys are so… tired?" Abby sighed, "I got a good night's sleep."

"Well the rest of us were dancing from 6 PM to midnight! Six straight hours of dancing! I think we have a right to be exhausted!" Nathan yawned, he head drooping on Daley's shoulder, whose own head was drooping on Nathan's.

"I want to go back to sleep, Nathan," Daley murmured as she began to do just that.

"Can we all go back inside?" Melissa yawned, her head and torso in Jackson's lap, Jackson dozing off against the tent.

"Fine. You guys to back to sleep…" Abby stared as all 6 just fell asleep outside.

"Well," Lex laughed, "what do you want to do, Abby?"

"I don't know. Here- you go get water, I'll go get fruit. We'll just do everyone's chores until they wake up…"

"Got it," Lex laughed, walking with the water container to the jungle as Abby picked up the fruit sling.

Abby stared at the group, I wonder what sort of dreams they are having…

(Melissa and Jackson's Dream)

Melissa stared out over the ocean, its crystal clear waves lapping against the shore in a rhythmic motion. The sky was cloudless, but she was alone. There was no one else on the island.

It sucks to be alone on this island… I don't know what I'm going to do… Melissa sighed and got up and walked over to the wreckage of the crashed plane, blown up when it crashed. She had run away just in time…

Suddenly, she felt a hand on her shoulder. Spinning around, Melissa saw one of the kids she thought had died. Jackson.

"Oh, you're alive too?" she asked.

"Yeah. But I'm here to inform you that you're in the middle of a dream- in real life, you're crashed with 7 other people. Including me."

"Oh yeah! Wow, this is a weird dream…" Melissa thought as she stared out into the jungle and the tops of all the trees were purple.

"Very weird. Do you want to explore, maybe? Look around?" Jackson asked.

"Sure," Melissa smiled and they walked into the forest.

"You know, since this is a dream and all and you probably won't remember it, can I tell you some stuff about me?" Jackson asked.

"Are you the real Jackson?"

"Well, I guess. I'm Jackson who's having the same dream as you are."

"Oh, okay," Melissa reached out and grabbed his hand.

"Well, first of all, my first name is Cody," Jackson began.

"I know that. I'd call you Cody- but you prefer Jackson, don't you?"

"It suits me better."

"Too true," Melissa smiled.

"Second, my Dad raped my mom."

Melissa covered her mouth in shock with her free hand.

"He's in jail."

"I'm so sorry," Melissa gasped.

"It's fine. I'm over it. I just know I'll never be like my druggy, rapist father," Jackson shrugged and smiled. Melissa kissed him.

"Anyway," but you could tell that Dream-Jackson was pleased, "I'm not going to be able to go to college without a scholarship."

"I'll help you get one," Melissa said hurriedly.

"Thanks," Jackson grinned, "and that's basically all I want to tell you. Melissa, look out!"

Melissa slipped into a huge black hole, holding on to Jackson for dear life. Jackson opened his mouth to say something when Melissa woke up.

MJMJMJMJMJMJ

Jackson woke up soon after Melissa, and asked her if she remembered the dream.

"No, not really," she lied, because really she remembered every little detail.

(Nathan and Daley's Dream)

Nathan woke up (still a dream) groggy. He rubbed his eyes and stared down at himself. In horror he gasped, he must have been, like, 21!

Nathan jumped up and looked around the, wait- it wasn't a tent! It was a wood hut! Nathan looked around him- he was on a handmade bed covered by a sleeping bag, there was a makeshift chest of drawers, and a small table. He stared around in shock, and looked down next to him. There was Daley- asleep, and also 21.

Oh my God, are we married or something… Nathan looked at Daley's hand, and saw one of Taylor's gold rings on her ring finger. Nathan gasped in shock. Taylor gave up her rings for us to use as a wedding ring! That is so not like her…

Nathan stared even closer at Daley, and then made the mistake of looking at her stomach. OH MY GOD!

She was pregnant. Very much so- must have been, like, 8 months along.

"Daley," Nathan shook her.

"Wha… Nathan? You look older," Daley yawned and struggled to sit up.

"This is a dream, right?" Nathan gasped, "Because we both aged 5 years in our sleep, not to mention…"

Daley looked down at her stomach, "AHHHHH!" she screamed.

"Just… don't panic yet… we're apparently married, see?" Nathan pointed at her hand.

"Oh thank God for that," Daley said sarcastically, "how can I be pregnant in a dream?"

"Don't ask me, I'm dreaming too," Nathan nodded.

Daley stared at the huge bulge, and then giggled.

"We're married and expecting!" Daley laughed.

"It is sort of…" Nathan laughed.

"Funny, yet…" Daley stared at Nathan for a while, "unbelievable. Amazing."

Nathan stared at her for a second before leaning in to kiss her. They continued kissing passionately for a bit, before Daley broke away, gasping.

"Nathan," she murmured, "why is my stomach hurting really badly?"

Nathan stared at her, his mouth open.

"What?"

"You obviously do not remember Lex's birth," Nathan shook his head.

"He's my stepbrother," Daley shook her head.

"Then you don't know what… ugg," Nathan gasped, "listen, you're in labor!"

"Oh my GOD," Daley murmured as another contraction came.

"GUYS, GUYS," Nathan screamed, hoping there were other people in this dream.

Everyone, also a lot older, 21 or 15, came rushing in.

"What?" Jackson asked.

"Daley's in labor!" Nathan gasped, trying to seem like he belonged in this alternate universe.

"Oh no," Melissa murmured, "come on, lets go!"

Everyone crowded around Daley, and Nathan went to her side and squeezed her hand.

For Nathan, it flew by in a whir of hoping that they would wake up any second, and comforting Daley (who, obviously, had no idea she was going to have to deal with this. For Daley, she was just concentrating. Whether it was on having the baby or screaming no one could tell.

Soon, in a whir of screaming and comforting, it was over.

"Wow…" Daley murmured, cradling the baby.

"Yeah…" Nathan stammered.

"Let's leave them alone," Melissa commanded and all the rest left.

"I can't believe this. I have a baby in a dream and I don't even get to keep it when I wake up," Daley murmured, a few tears leaking out of her eyes.

"Don't worry, I'm sure that we'll revisit this place in the next dream," Nathan murmured, kissing her temple and staring down at the small bundle in her arms.

"Well, I guess we should name it," Daley murmured.

"How about… Alexandra Melissa?"

"Yeah. AMM. Alexandra Melissa McHugh," Daley smiled.

Nathan held the baby, but it was then that he woke up.

DNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDN

He stared out into the beach, surprised that he was now 16 again. Daley was awake beside him.

"That was a freaky dream," Daley murmured.

"I… I, well…" Nathan muttered. Daley buried herself into his chest.

"I want it to come true," Daley murmured, and Nathan smiled.

(Taylor and Eric's Dream)

Eric was supporting a lady on each arm, back at home. He was laughing with them as they walked through the school hallway. The girls giggled and hung onto his arm, and Eric felt like he never wanted to come out of this dream.

Suddenly, they turned a corner and ran into Taylor.

"What are you doing?" Taylor asked, her hands on her hips. The girls stopped giggling.

"Um… we're back home, Taylor, and these two ladies just…"

"We're not back home," Taylor sighed, "this is a dream. But I'm just a little disturbed by it! Honestly, Eric, when are you going to grow up?"

"Uh…" All three girls stared at him.

"Now you have to choose, Eric," Taylor sneered, "me, or them. Me, or goofing off," and she stalked off through the seemingly endless school hallway.

The two girls also glared at him and walked in the opposite direction. Eric stared around for a bit, before going off where Taylor had gone.

"Taylor? Taylor? TAYLOR?" he called, going straight down the hallway and looking for her. Soon he got to the end of the hallway, and found Taylor sitting there.

"Taylor, I choose you," Eric grabbed her hand and it was then that he woke up.

TETETETETETETETETETE

They both stared at each other, eyes wide.

"Well, um… thanks. I'm glad," Taylor smiled.

"I'm glad too," Eric smiled, and they both walked back with the others.

(1, 534 Words) Hmm… as of 3:41 PM on Thursday, July 20, 2006; the score is tied! Dun Dun Dun…