Room 239/240 and just outside there - Blah. [NFB]

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky stared at his PEZ dispenser. He wasn't too sure whether it actually was useful as a C.R.A.C.K. communicator like The Tick claimed, but he did like PEZ. His dispenser had the head of Speedy Gonzalez. Kawalsky loved the little rat and his mischievous ways.

The last few days had been a blur. He hadn't managed to catch up with anyone other than Jack, who was in the infirmary clinic. He spent most of his free time sitting with Jack, even though Jack was usually asleep. The bedside vigil thing was cliched, but it was what he did. Besides, it gave him a quiet place to work on his homework.

As for classes.. well, he had apologies to make. Charlie had barely said a word in Ethics. He made it to Cyborg Theory, but only to make sure the fembot wasn't off killing someone else whose death could be prevented. He attended Egyptian Archaeology too, but didn't say anything. His homework was second rate and his heart just wasn't in it. Yesterday, he had decided - at the last minute - to drop Advanced Negotiations. There would be time to take it again some other time, but his other subjects were taking priority.

Charlie scratched his chin and pulled on his sweatpants over his boxer shorts, and his shoes over his socks. He grabbed the jacket off the end of his bed and crept to the door, so as not to wake the girls as he slipped outside. He wasn't going to sleep any more this morning. It was time to get on with the day.

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[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

After yet another dream, Cameron stumbled out of his room. He'd already woken Vala up once and didn't feel like doing so again. He squinted against the light and quickly put on his sunglasses. Maybe he was going to get lucky and die soon.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Hey man. What's up?" He pulled on his jacket and pocketed his iPod. His hair was still mussed.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron cringed slightly. "The hang over to end all hang overs." He really hoped he hadn't sung Tina Turner last night.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Ahh. Alcohol will do that. You busy? I know a good hangover cure. It's called a jug of water and some grease. We can go see if the diner is open. Your stomach will thank you later."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"No," Cameron frowned. "Janet's still asleep?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Think so. Either that or it was her pillows under the blanket in a weird position. If you want, we can wait til she's up, then head into town. But you need water and lots of it. Trust me, it'll help."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron looked unsure for a moment, Vala had been insistent for him to talk to Janet but fresh air sounded really good right now. "No, I'm sure I'll catch up with her later."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky nodded and they started walking towards the stairs. "Didn't know you were the type to go heavy on the booze on a school night."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"I'm not, I had like two bottles of beer and half a bottle of ambrosia before Vala took it away from me," Cameron grimaced.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Charlie resisted the urge to make a joke about Cam being a cheap date. Instead, he latched onto the last part of what Cam had said. "Girlfriend made you stop drinking? That usually means one of two things - you were drinking to show off, which doesn't seem like you, or you were trying to drown your sorrows.. which you know doesn't work now, because you wake up feeling worse with the hangover from hell."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Probably the latter," Cameron sighed and shook his head. "I kinda freaked out during Flight Club yesterday."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky frowned. "You okay man? What happened?" Cam didn't seem like a guy who was easily freaked out.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure, I think..." Cameron considered how to explain it. "Have you ever had a dream that just feels too real to be a dream and you could almost swear it happened, only you know it can't?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Charlie thought about the question, giving it proper deliberation. He nodded. "Once. Kinda. At the time I thought I knew it couldn't have happened, and then I found out other stuff later on that meant it could have happened, but I never found out if it was really real. But I'm not catching on. You had a dream in Flight Club?"

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"No, I think I've been having this dream for a while now. It's just flight club that made me remember." Cameron explained. "It's about flying. I'm in this plane that's kinda similar to an F16, but then not and we're under attack. I'm leading my squadron and we've got to keep SG-1 safe just long enough for them to stop this Anubis guy. Then my plane gets hit and we crash. I think, my co-pilot died right before we crashed and I can't feel or move my legs." He swallowed hard and looked down at the ground as they walked along. "It just feels so real, man."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky stopped walking. He stared at Cam for a few moments, his hands in his jacket pockets, just looking. He didn't say a word. "You need to talk to Janet."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that's what Vala said. Although ,seriously, what can Janet do about a dream?" Cameron shook his head;

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Um.." At this point, Charlie wasn't too sure what to say. He didn't know who had told Cam what. He was dating Vala, after all, who was apparently from 'out there'. She could have mentioned stuff, if she knew anything. He was friends with some of the other Refugees as well. They could have said something. But from the way Cam was talking, something seemed.. off. "It's not so much that Janet can do anything, but more.." He struggled to find the right word. "Damage control." Janet did their damage control. Charlie didn't really know where to go next. "You.. heard much about Colorado?"

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron raised an eyebrow, he was from Colorado himself after all, but he thought he knew what Kawalsky meant. "You mean the Colorado Janet and Sam come from?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

It was time to bite the bullet. "The Colorado Janet, Sam and.. me come from, yeah." He wasn't about to out anyone else, but it was about time he 'fessed up to Cam about a few things, especially if Cam was going to be his sidekick.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Cameron's eyes widened and he nodded thoughtfully. "I... alright. You're like them?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky shifted uncomfortably. "Sorta, yeah. Only.. different circumstances."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Right," he briefly wondered how much of his friends were really teenagers. "So err... I still don't get what this has to do with my dream."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"That's why you should talk to Janet. Or Sam. One of them. They can probably make sense of the dream for you. Or.. at least try to. It's, um.." He wasn't too articulate this morning. "The dream content is a little too familiar to be total coincidence, but I should really stop talking and let you talk to Janet about it."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Alright," Cameron said a bit unsure, it still didn't make completely sense but he'd ask Janet. He shifted a bit uncomfortably and glanced at Kawalsky. "Different circumstances?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Uhh.. yeah. Before we all came here, according to Sam and Janet at least, I'd been dead for about 8 years." They reached the bottom of the stairs. "It's a long story. I'll tell you over breakfast."