Jessica Heart notices two Voyagers in the hall and runs to catch up with them. She turns the smaller one around so he'll face her and wraps her arms around him.
"Jeffrey Jones! How dare you arrive and not come see me!" she said.
The twelve year old boy's brown eyes grew wide.
"Jessica, we just got here.." he said, almost choking because of her hug.
She pulled away, and gave him a big smile.
"Well, it's certainly nice to see you both!" she said, glancing up at Bogg.
"Nice to see you, too, Jessica." Phineas Bogg smiled at the young girl. Jeff quickly goes beside Bogg, feeling safer now that he was standing by the man he trusted the most.
"How long will the both of you be here?" she asks, her own brown eyes not straying away from Jeff's.
"Not sure, but I'm positive you can find time with Jeffrey." Bogg said, teasing in his voice.
"Bogg!" Jeff moaned.
"Just teasing, kid. Just teasing," Bogg stifled a laugh that threatened to come. Hey, he had to tease the kid whenever he got the chance, right?
Professor Coley came to them. "Well, if it isn't my favorite Voyagers! When did the two of you get here?" he shook hands with Phineas and Jeff.
"Just got here, Richard. You look fine and fit, must be doing okay here." Phineas smiled as they shook hands.
"Ahhhh, these kids are helping me with that, Phineas. Never a dull moment!"
"I guess not. Kids can sure give you a work out," Phineas nudged Jeff, who just gave his famous eye roll.
"Mr. Bogg, can I take Jeff some where?" Jessica asks.
"I don't see why not, Jess. Just make sure he's back with me in twenty minutes." Bogg slaps Jeff on the shoulder.
The two old friends left as Professor Coley and Bogg went into the office.
"Would you mind staying here and teach a class on Voyaging for a bit, Phineas? One of our teachers have fallen ill and we sure could use your help,"
Bogg shrugged. "I don't know. You know I'm more comfortable on the field, Richard. What would I do with Jeff while I was teaching?"
"I was thinking about that, Phineas. Perhaps he's ready to do something on his own or with another partners in the mean time?"
"Jeff? With another partner? Who?"
"I was thinking of Jessica Heart. Those two are the same age and both from two different time zones."
"Richard, Jessica isn't a full pledged voyager yet,"
"Neither is Jeffrey, Phineas, and I'm sure they can learn a lot from each other. Jeffrey is a smart young man and I'm sure Jessica can lend him a hand or two,"
Phineas thought about it. He wouldn't mind teaching, but to have Jeff out there without him? He wasn't too sure about that one.
"How long would this be, Richard?"
"I would say a couple of days, Phineas. Not near enough for those two to get into trouble,"
"When you say a couple of days, how many is that, exactly?"
"Perhaps four, if that. We hope that Miss Codwell gets well soon,"
"Okay, so, do we need to tell them both?"
"I should say so, Phineas! At least this isn't a major problem for them to worry about this time,"
So, when Jeff and Jessica comes back, Phineas takes Jeff in order to talk to the boy.
"Jeff, you and Jessica are going to go on a little adventure."
"We are? What about you? Where will you be?"
Bogg smiled. He was geared for the questions. "I was put in charge in teaching Miss Codwell's class for a couple of days until she gets better. We just don't want you to get bored,"
"Why do I have to have Jessica with me? Why can't I stay here?"
"Jeff, there just won't be a lot for you to do. This way, you'll be busy while I'm at work..."
"Oh, I get it. To get me out of the way,"
"No, Jeff, that's just it. We'll get you when Miss Codwell is all better,"
Jeff sighed. "Okay, but I'll go only cuz you say you'll get me when it's over."
"Don't worry,kid. As soon as we can, I'll get ya." Bogg smiles.
"Okay, are the both of you ready?" Richard Coley asks the two young people.
Jeff held Bogg's omni in his small hand and looks over at Jessica.
"So, where to?"
"How about Ogden, Utah. 1972?"
"Why then?"
"Are you kidding? My favorite group is at their hay day during that time! I wanna see them!"
Jeff looks over at Bogg, "Bogggg,"
"Sorry, kid." Bogg shrugs.
In a flash, Jeff and Jessica are gone.
OGDEN, UTAH 1972
Snow is falling and people are trafficking the busy streets. It is mid morning and no one seems to notice when two little people fall in the light snow with a hoof.
Jeff looks for Jessica and finds her trying to get up out of the snow. He decides to help her stand and brush the snow off of her pants.
"Thank you," she said, smiling at him.
He looks at the omni. "Ogden, Utah. 1972. Right on target," he closes it and looks around.
"Doesn't look to bad," he says as he shivers.
"C'mon, let's get inside," Jessica says and they run across the street to get inside the building.
They look around and see that they are in a malt shop and a lot of teenagers are in getting their mid-day meal.
"Hungry?" Jeff asks her.
"What a stupid question, Jeffrey! Of course I'm hungry!"
They get a couple of burgers and fries and sit down at a table. Jeff takes a sip of his soda and looks around.
"So, where's this band of your's, Jessica?" he asks.
"I'm not sure, Jeff. I'll be right back,"
Jessica comes back a few minutes later, her brown eyes filled with tears.
"What is it?" Jeff was concerned. He hadn't known Jessica for more than a year, but he hated seeing women cry. Even if it was only just a girl...
"There's never been a group called the Osmonds, Jeffrey. No one's even heard of them and this is their home town!" she sat down and looked at her plate of food, all of a sudden not very hungry.
"Jess, I'm sure that we can find out what happened. We've got an omni, after all..." he wanted to help her, be the kind of partner Bogg would expect him to be.
He remembered when he wanted to introduce Bogg to the Beatles and the Beatles weren't going to be discovered because of Drake...and how Bogg was patient with him. Now he was going to have to be patient with Jessica.
Especially since this was Jessica's first voyage...
