Signals
Disclaimer: If I owned BHH, it would have ended with Victor being bad muhhahahaha, VJ, MC, and Lucas being alone, 'cause I don't like him, as you'll soon find out. no offense to Lucas fans But, I may change my mind... So, as it is, don't own 'em.
Summary: Five years after Conclusions, the Science Club bumps into each other again. They were wrong about Victor...
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A man, tall, black haired, grey-eyed, stood in the doorway. "What's going on?" He asked. Josie sighed. "Aaron, this is Vaughn, an old friend. Vaughn, this is Aaron, my fiancee." "Nice to meet you," Vaughn said, but would have much rather killed the guy. "Likewise," Aaron replied curtly, "Now listen, you sta-" Josie rolled her eyes. "Cut the macho act, Aaron. If you lunge at him, he'll have to fight back." Aaron still seemed angry. "So you want to protect him?" He said shrilly. Josie snorted. "As if. Vaughn doesn't exactly need protection. The only way you'd win a fight with him is if a machine gun was available." Vaughn smirked. That had to be good. "Look," Aaron snapped, not wanting to argue with her, "What was that light I saw." "Hate to break to ya," Vaughn said sarcastically, "We're aliens." Aaron made a scoffing sound. "How mature." But then, he noticed Josie snickering. "OK, I won't bother with the light. Josie, why are you here? Our wedding's three weeks away. We'v got tons of stuff to plan." "Sorry, Mom," Josie snapped, "But I really wanted to reconnect." "No," Aaron said, grabbing her wrist. "Hey!" Josie shouted, "I'm not some delicate flower that needs to be ordered around! Let go of me!" But Aaron ignored her and kept on dragging. Bad move. A large, muscular hand shot out and ripped Aaron's hand away from Josie. "She said no," Vaughn growled.
Lucas gazed around the caferteria. Strange that things had been reported here. It had never happened in the caf at the old school. He thought his feelings about Josie over. She had been one of his best friends at Blake Holsey. Except toward the end. Then, she was so torn between him and Vaughn, that neither of them were very close to her. "No," He corrected himself aloud, "Vaughn still was." The poor guy had been right about his dad all along. "Or was he?" A voice came. Whirling aroung, Lucas saw Josie. No, not Josie. Josie2. She was wearing the Observer's outfit, and there was a hard look on her face. "Ho-" Lucas began, but Josie2 cut him off. "There's no time for talk, Lucas. I need you to tell the others this: Find Sarah." "But she's alr-" "No. She hasn't. And Victor... You'll see." With that, she disappeared.
"I'm sorry about your ankle," Marshall said quietly. Corrine smiled at him. "Thanks." There was a pause. "Marshall?" "Yeah?" "Remember the summer we broke up? You never answered my question." He sighed. "I had a feeling that was coming on." She waited expectantly, and he began. "I-I guess I was scared, Corrine. Josie was gone, Lucas became so obsessed with finding her... He kinda went crazy. Then you had lost your best friend, and I wasn' sure what to do about that... Though, now that I think about, we were kinda in the same situation. Lucas and Josie were both gone. But Vaughn... Josie may not realize it, but he was the worst out of all of us." Corrine raised an eyebrow. "But he gave up pretty quick." Marshall shook his head. "No. We got to be pretty close. Best friends, even, when Josie left. Because she was the only person who really had even a bit of trust for him in her. Vaughn never gave up(A/N, I hated how they made Vaughn give up!). He was always cooking up plans to get Josie back. We did it together. He snuck in the Z's office tons of times. And always had a photo of Josie on his night stand." Corrine was shocked. "Wow. He really loved her." "Probably still does," Marshall snorted, "Jsut doesn't want to admit it." Corrine gazed at him. "I missed you." Marshall turned to her. "Yeah. Likewise." With that, he darted out and kissed her. It was quick, but their eyes were wide after it. "I-I've gotta go!" Corrine squeaked, and began hobbling upstairs as fats as she could. "Corrine!" Marshall cried, and began to follow her down the halls, but halted. She had to be alone. Corrine was like that.
Aaron stared up at Vaughn. "Fine," He snorted after a moment. "Just come back soon, Josie. We need to plan." With that, he bustled out. "Well," Vaughn said as he heard the car engine start. "He's a keeper." Josie shot him a glare. "He's just nervous. But thanks. That was not fun." A thought crept into her head. "I suppose Abby's perfect?" Vaughn grimaced. "She's pretty, but very high strung. Kinda needy, you know?" Josie nodded. Aaron was similiar. "I like a girl who's independent, but still enjoys quality time. Who likes adventure, is unique. I like a girl like y-" Vaughn caught himself before he could say 'a girl like you', but Josie noticed. Was it possible...? Nah. Suddenly, it happened. The wormhole opened. Again. Once again, Josie was being sucked in. But this time, Vaughn's grip wasn't as good. "Vaughn!" She cried as she slipped through. "Not this time!" Vaughn shouted as he jumped in after her.
Vaughn found himslef in what looked to be a dorm room. Josie was nowhere to be seen. "Great," he muttered as he looked around. "Wait a minute!" There was something weird about this room. One side was messy, the other was pristine. "No way." Corrine and Josie's dorm. And lying on Josie's bed was... her journal. Checking once again if Josie was there, Vaughn walked over and picked it up. Might as well entertain himself while he was waiting for the wormhole to reopen. He flipped it open to an earlier entry.
Dear Journal,
Vaughn Pearson is seriously getting on my nerves! So popular, so... I don't know! But then again... He was the one who I confided my stage fright to, and he did come to listen to my singing...
Vaugh chuckled. That had been a nightmare.
Yeah, that was really sweet. Oh, man. Did I just say that? Do I LIKE Vaughn? As in, LIKE, like? But, as annoying as he is, he's my friend! I can't LIKE my friend! That violates so many laws!
Vaughn raised his eyebrows. She had begun liking him this early? Yet... He had developed a crush on Josie around that time...
But... I feel like I have a bond with him. Maybe...
OH. MY. GOSH. I LIKE VAUGHN PEARSON. You know what this explains? Why I wanna rip Madison's throat every time she so much as looks at him.
Josie Trent
Vaughn smiled. Good old Josie. He flipped forward a bit.
Dear Journal,
Vaughn and I are DATING! Yay! Oh, gosh, that sounded so... wait, so normal. I sounded like a normal girl. Score one for Josie. No, two, since I finally told Vaughn how I feel. It was so weird how it happened. I still can't get that sphagetti sauce out of my hair... Well, gotta go watch Vaughn wrestle!
Josie Trent
Vaughn shook his head, remembering that day. One of the best days of his life. He flipped toward the end of the journal. It was near full, so this head to be near when she disappeared.
Dear Journal,
Something bad happened.
Vaughn suddenly realized this page had tear stains on it.
It looks like Vaughn may have... been using me. At least, that's what Lucas says. And all the signs point to it. But I don't want to believe it. And I finally know why. I think I may... I may... it's so hard to write... I may be in love with Vaughn.
Vaughn froze. She loved him? Or at least, had loved him?
Yes. I love Vaughn Pearson. It makes me so happy, but so sad at the same time. Happy, because I love someone in that way. So happy I want to scream it to the world. To him. But sad, because you don't want the person you love to be anything but perfect, and at first, you believe they are. But no one's perfect... Vaughn, if you ever read this... Well, I don't care. I want you to know that I love you, and trust you.
Josie Trent
Josie appeared in an empty hallway. A Blake Holsey hallway. It was night. Where was Vaughn? She crept into a room, then jerked back. For she saw none other than her younger self and Vaughn's younger self on the couch in the gameroom. Slowly, she poked her head into the room. It was that night when she couldn't sleep, and had just fallen asleep, her head resting on Vaughn's shoulder. After sitting there for a moment, shocked by hearing Josie's dream about his mother, Vaughn slowly got up and began carrying Josie like a new groom carries his bride. Josie(the present one) slunk out of his view, then began to follow him. He got into her old dorm(Corrine was talking wit Marshall), and gently laid Josie on her bed. "Goodnight, Josie," He whispered, then paused. Finally, he murmured, "I love you," and kissed her lips gently. Josie was shocked. Vaughn had loved her. Whoa. Right at that moment, the floor began to open beneath her...
Cliffhanger! Guess Josie and Vaughn were surprised, huh? What about Lucas's encounter? And that CM moment? What will happen? The more you R and R, the more I'll update!