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Josie looked around her; Professor Z's office looking exactly like it had done just before she left. Everything was where it should be, and unlike every other time she'd traveled through the wormhole, there were no papers flying loose around the room. She smiled to herself and turned to Tyler.

"Thanks Tyler," she said simply, unable to express her gratitude. Slowly her attitude about him was changing. He could still be a jerk at times, there were many things for which Josie might not forgive him for, but at this moment she was happy to let bygones be bygones, and she reached out and hugged him.

He smirked at her. "No problems Trent," he replied, shrugging her off. He pressed a couple buttons on the small console on his watch, before disappearing into a small red light.

Then she was all alone again. Quickly she headed for the door, eager to find her friends and share her adventure with them. And find out what they thought of the whole situation. Josie almost laughed out loud at the thought of telling them about their lives being a tv show.

She opened the door to Z's office, and walked down the hall. It was surprisingly empty. The science room door appeared before her, and she walked into it, somehow knowing that her friends and mentor would be in there.

Standing in a small huddle were her friends. She held on to the door handle and just watched them, unnoticed, for a moment. The five of them were leaning on one of the lab tables, papers spread before them, with books spread around them. Professor Z was talking anxiously to the group. Vaughn looked up, and caught the briefest glance of Josie, before turning back to Z.

Doing a classic double take, Vaughn looked back at her, and Josie grinned at him. A warmth spread through her as he stared at her a moment longer.

"Josie!" Vaughn cried out finally, drawing attention to her.

Everyone's heads turned towards her with hopeful expressions. They'd all hoped that somehow Josie would arrive home safely, but as the day's had gone by, they'd begun to despair of finding her.

Josie grinned. "Hey guys! Miss me?" She laughed as everyone jumped up, rushed over to her and started talking. As the babble died down, and everyone waited for Josie to explain, she turned to Z.

"So does this mean I won't be given a detention for the little 'mishap' earlier?" she asked him hopefully, grinning at him.

Z just laughed at her, and she hugged him impulsively. As she pulled away, she glanced up at him, a twinkle in her eyes. His whole expression was one of happiness, as he looked at one of his favorite students. He knew that he should punish her for the incident, but just the fact that she was back home safely made him want to cancel out any punishment he should be giving her.

"We'll see Josie," he replied, knowing he was going to have to take on Durst to make sure that Josie didn't get a detention, or worse.

Before he'd fully finished his sentence however, Josie was caught in a big hug by Corrine. She almost fell backwards with the force of Corrine's hug, but managed to stay her ground. She hugged Corrine back, so glad to see her friend. As she pulled away, she quickly swept in to another hug, this time by Marshall. Lucas and Vaughn, seeming a little uncomfortable, quickly hugged her as well.

Josie smiled around the group, and put her hands in the back pockets of her jeans, as she sought for something to say. Before she could open her mouth, however, Corrine quickly started firing questions of at her.

"We missed you so much, where were you? What happened to you? Where did you go? We couldn't find you in any of the history books!"

Josie smiled at Corrine, and motioned for everyone to sit down, before she began her story.

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There you go, she's finally back! And I dove you guys, 70 reviews, woot! But don't go anywhere just yet, there's a couple more chapters to come.