Josie Trent quotes from Strange Days at Blake Holsey High

Corrine

Wai-wai-wait, my favourite Marshall story has to be the time he dressed up like Principal Durst for Halloween.

Lucas

Or remember the time his genetically engineered soap turned his skin green?

Or how about when he thought the unit of measure for energy was the Newton? Not the Joule, the Newton... [blank looks from the kids] I guess you had to be there.

Corrine

I really hope Marshall comes back.

Me too. I can't believe I freaked on him for stealing my journal. Okay, I freaked on everyone, but that's so not Marshall.

Corrine

Not a chance.

Lucas

No way.

Marshall

Yeah, Marshall's the best. You guys were talking about me - you miss me.

Corrine

Yeah, we do.

I think I speak for everyone when I say the novelty of having an invisible friend has worn off.

Josie...?

Sorry.

No, no, no, no, don't be sorry... I mean, be sorry, but... how did you...?

I just kind of happened...

No, a human magnet doesn't just happen.

Uh, excuse me? Human fork holder here. If I'm not important, I can just go.

No, no, no, wait, you can't. We don't know what going to happen. I mean, hopefully, this charge will just drain from you. But until then, it's a good opportunity to, um... study you.

Great, just what I always wanted. To be an experiment.

Please tell me you had nothing to do with what happened upstairs.

Corrine

I had nothing to do with what happened upstairs.

Marshall

Don't look at me.

Lucas

I wasn't even near the place.

Vaughn

I was in my room.

Oh, so it's every man for himself, huh? No problem, I'm used to it.

How are you doing, Josie?

Great. What more could a girl want than to be able to power a whole city. You know, having all this power was so much fun. I could control everything, everyone. But now that it controls me... it's not so fun anymore.

This is probably none of my business whatsoever, but you did seem very happy here at Blake Holsey, and tt's like you don't even want to fit in.

I don't. My mom's dumped me at a lot of schools, what works best for me is being the outsider.

Oh, okay, I get it, I get it. Why get too close to someone if you're going to have to leave, anyway?

Gotta go with what works.

And... how has that been working for you, Josie?

Great, I'm totally in control.

Are you?

Hey, wait, this is completely different. The only thing that's the same is that... people... can't get close to me.

No. Not even the people who care about you.

Uh, Professor Z? You know what you're doing, right?

Yeah. I just... never done it before.

... Lucas, what happened to your hand?

Lucas

It's where the mayfly bit me. It just looks bad, I'm fine...

... Well, it doesn't look like a regular bug bite to me.

I'm sure there's nothing to worry about. [Gets a better look at the bug bite] ... Then again, this is a fairly odd school, so if any of you are really worried, I'm sure you can find some books on the mayflies in the library, that's if you're really-

-worried.

There's gotta be something we can do. Something we've missed.

Can't think of anything. Maybe Lucas is doing something to help himself. Sometimes in even in science we have to learn to just... trust.

I got a big apology to make to you little fella. Huh, I only meant to enjoy you, I didn't mean to cheat you out of your life. I blew it. I wanted to grow up too fast. I should have let nature run its natural course and not worry about being picked last on the softball team. [He releases the mayfly] Enjoy! Enjoy...

Lucas

[returns to his original age] Hey, guys! I'm back!

Lucas

So how do we know which one is Josie?

Are you kidding me, Lucas, if you had half a brain you'd be dangerous!

Lucas

Ouch, that's definitely Josie.

Corrine

Maybe, she's like your identical twin?

But I don't have an identical twin.

Marshall

Maybe you've been cloned.

[looks at Marshall] Remember that half a brain comment I just made to Lucas? Well, I think I just found the other half.

You should ask her.

Yeah right, like she's going to listen to me.

But it doesn't matter. You can listen to her. And I mean really listen - no judging and defending. Really listen. Because however much history you have with her, she has the same with you.

Let's recap what I know.

Marshall

Well, I became invisible, Lucas aged sixty five years, Corrine lived the same day over and over, Josie and Vaughn went back in time.

Corrine

What we know is that the school has issues.

Lucas

I'm telling you it's all connected.

Okay. But how?

I don't know. But if we're listing the strange things at this school, don't forget about the black hole.

Lucas

I can't believe he plays guitar!

Vaughn

I can't believe how many girls dig guitar players!

I can't believe how good he is!

I can't believe you're not in class.

Corrine

I can't believe how much trouble I'm in.

Lucas

[to Katya as he passes Josie and Corrine] Hey, babe.

[to Corrine] Please tell me he did not just say that to us.

I don't want to alarm anyone unduly, but first the model was helium and Marshall was floating, correct? And now the model has become oxygen - and so has Marshall.

Corrine

And if Marshall's moving from helium to oxygen, he's moving up the periodic table.

Lucas

[to Marshall] Hey, maybe somewhere along the way, you'll turn into platinum. They gotta let you into the band if you become platinum.

Lucas, at the rate Marshall's going, he could end up here - uranium.

Corrine

You're hot for Vaughn.

I am not!

Corrine

Yes, you are.

Okay, well, you have a thing for Marshall.

Corrine

No, I do not! Do I?