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This is AU and kind of OOC, and honestly I'm typing and thinking as I go. This is not betaed, so sorry for my grammatical incompetence (that and spelling, not my strong suit). Also this changes from Lindsay's POV to Daniel's in some places as well as from present time to earlier that day (marked with lines). My second story, it might be two parts...maybe more, and for everybody's sake I hope it gets better as I go.

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Lindsay watched out the passenger side window as clouds gathered over the lake. It was going to rain very soon and Daniel was still messing around under the bonnet of his car. Rolling down the window to let some air into the stuffy car she sighed, this was not how the day was supposed to go.

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Waking up on a Friday always felt particularly good, especially after the week she's had, with test after test after test. Until she was sure that if she was asked one more Math or English question her brain would begin to leak out of her ears – and at least then they'd have to let her go home early. So as soon as the last bell had rung for the day. She was outta there.

Spinning out of the side doors not watching where she was going she smashed into someone. Hard. Losing her balance Lindsay clung to the person's jacket, as strong arms came around her waist to hold her up.

"Ow...Lindsay, forget the Mathletes join the football team" Daniel moaned looking down into her face. "I'm going to be black and blue all over, why the rush? Did I miss the bat signal?" he asked letting his lazy smirk grow wider.

Lindsay grimaced and glanced down at her shoes, trying not to imagine Daniel black and blue all over. Meeting his amused gaze, she tried to fight the blush on her cheeks "You know...school I just...",she shook her head. She didn't think that it was an explainable feeling and it didn't help at all to be so close to him, she couldn't think.

"Had to escape?" Daniel supplied as he loosened his grip on her "because you came to the right guy..." .Realising in horror that she was still griping his jacket tightly in both hands Lindsay let go, and tried to stumble around him to the bus stop.

"Nah, its okay Daniel, my parents expect me to come straight home after school. It's.....Movie night" she mumbled slipping out of his arms, hoping to god that if the universe was a fair and decent place he'd just let her go. No fuss. Feeling an arm land on her shoulders, she realised that the universe had never been a fair or decent place and it was naïve of her to think that things would change now, of all times.

"I think you owe me a little of your time, Princess" Daniel breathed into her ear as they walked. It tickled, and it didn't help that she knew he would win whatever argument she could come up with, even before it had started. So she let him steer her to his car, resigned to just hope whatever he wanted would be quick and easy. She also hoped it wasn't about math homework.

They sidled up to his car and she reached for the handle as his words suddenly hit her. "Daniel, wait a cotton-picking second. I OWE YOU?!" she asked incredulously turning to stare at him eyes wide over his car "What could I have possibly done to owe you anything?"

"Get in" he replied quietly slipping into the car, turning the key and revving the engine. Noticing her still hovering outside glancing over in her bus's direction his eyes narrowed and he squeezed the steering wheel, before leaning over the passengers side to catch her attention. "Get in the damn car Lindsay, if you run for it I'm going to drive straight over to your house and introduce myself to your parents as your boyfriend". She didn't move. "I'll also tell them we're in an Open relationship and Friday/Saturday is your scheduled time with me", he smirked, leaning back and putting his seat-belt on.

She considered this, and got quickly into the damn car. "I don't owe you anything", she muttered turning to do up her seat-belt as he roared out of the car park.

End of part 1. This is kind of therapeutic, I actually couldn't get to sleep the other night because I was running through ideas (not for this fic, this is a happen as I type, no idea where i'm going fic), and I have a few ideas which I might try.

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