I'll Be There For You (When The Rain Starts To Pour ...)
It's the day after the day after tomorrow and as they arrive in Mexico, Laura still doesn't know how Sam feels for her ......Sam's struggling to keep his feelings under control, after all haven't they got more important things to be worrying about?
Chapter One:- Mexico & Medical Centres
A/N:- Wow, I've only seen 'Day After Tomorrow' once but I really enjoyed it and jumped up and down when I saw it had it's own special section on here. I loved the Sam/Laura interaction muchly so I've resorted to fanfiction to make the wait for the DVD release seem shorter! I wrote this quite hurriedly today so I apologise in advance for the crappiness of it! I'm planning for it to be a short fic with only two or three chapters. Here's the first part. Enjoy! - MuzzyOlórëa
This Story is Dedicated To:
Everyone who loves 'Day After Tomorrow'
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No one spoke. In fact, the only sound that could be heard was the loud buzzing from the helicopter wings. No one could believe what had happened to the cities below as they flew over ice-city after ice-city. No one could believe that they were still alive after their ordeal and were going to safety. No one could believe that there were still people alive, climbing out of buildings, waving to the helicopters passing overhead. Sam could not believe he was there, flying up in the sky and instead of feeling like he was sitting on hot coals, he felt miraculously calm – after all he had been through since that flight over to New York, he had been through so much that flying was like a walk in the park........
Laura was stunned. She could hardly believe what had just happened. She was overwhelmed with relief that they were getting out of that library and yet it was nothing short of a miracle that Professor Hall had manage to trek across snow in the severest conditions to reach them – she must remember to thank Sam's Dad properly sometime.......she seemed to owe her entire existence to the Hall family nowadays. She sighed as she felt a twinge of pain in her leg. The Penicillin had saved her life but when she got to Mexico she really needed to have her leg looked at properly. Laura closed her eyes and rested her head on Sam's shoulder. She had to remember to thank him properly too for saving her life at least twice in the past few days.
Sam looked out of the helicopter window at all the snow below and felt all the anxiety filter out of his body. He had done it. He had kept them alive, he had believed in his Dad, and now they were all going to be safe. He knew that it was probably going to be many months before all the snow melted over North America and at least a few years before the world's climate was back to normal and then there was all the rebuilding and re- settling of the Northern hemisphere to worry about ......this episode was far from over and although he knew he should be worrying about all of these things, he was not. Partly because he knew that there was nothing he could do and that his father would know what to do. Partly was because, no matter how much he had been through in the past couple of weeks, his problem was still there. In fact, his problem was resting her head on his shoulder right now. Laura. If he had not joined the team then she would never have noticed him. If he had not joined the team then would anyone else have been there to save her? If he had not joined the team would he have the chance of spending so much time with her in the coming weeks? Sam inwardly groaned. What she needed was a friend right now not some one who she thought was her friend trying to hit on her. Sam looked up and caught his Dad grinning at him. 'What?' he mouthed. Jack Hall did not say anything but his eyes flickered over the sleeping Laura and winked at his son. Sam shook his head vehemently and mouthed 'I don't like her like that.' Jack just smirked whilst Brian snorted at Sam's denial. Sam looked back out of the window. 'If it that obvious that even his own Dad could see it, then his problem was about to get bigger.' he thought to himself.
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As they touched down at the airbase in the middle of the refugee camp at Mexico, they could not have had a bigger welcoming committee. The new President and all senior officials were there and half of the camp was cheering as they landed.
Sam helped Laura as she limped out of the helicopter. Immediately two paramedics came rushing over with a wheelchair. "Here you are Miss," one of them said kindly. "We'll have you at the medical centre in no time."
Laura shook her head as she kept her balance by leaning on Sam. "I'm alright, I don't need to go to hospital."
The paramedic shook his head. "You're limping Miss and besides all of you will need to have a medical check – goodness knows what your bodies have been put through this past week."
"I told you, I'm fine." Laura insisted.
Sam looked at her. She seem rather flustered and her refusal to go to the medical centre surprised him .... "Laura, you need to go. Your cut's still infected and you've had blood poisoning."
Laura shook her head and buried her head in Sam's chest. Sam sighed, turning to the paramedics. "Look, I'll take her there myself ok?"
They looked at him dubiously. "She needs treatment Sir."
"I know. I said I'll take her there myself." Sam repeated.
"Fine. Don't leave it too long." they said before going to help people off from another helicopter which had just landed.
"Is she alright?" Brian asked, coming up to them.
"Yeah," Sam said. The truth was he could not understand why she was trying to pretend that everything was alright. "You?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Apparently they've managed to contact my parents who were on holiday in Australia, and they're going to get the first possible flight out." Brian said excitedly.
"That's great."
"Laura, are you sure you're alright?" Brian questioned again.
Laura looked up and moved her head away from Sam. "Yes." she said simply, not meeting his eye.
As Jack got out of the helicopter, the President immediately came forward to meet him. Jack groaned inwardly. He was the very person he did not want to see right now. He did not want to hear his apologies or all the bullshit about being sure that this was not going to happen. He had more important things to do like making sure Sam and his friends were alright and food and supplies, and then there was Lucy to go and check up on.
"Professor Hall, Welcome back."
"Mr President." Jack said simply, ignoring the hand the President held out to him.
"I can't begin-"
"Leave it. It's happened now. I suppose we can trust you to do what is best for the country from now on."
"Of course. In fact we'll be very glad to have you on board, and maybe advise us -" Jack Hall nodded. He understood that he was being really rude to the top man but he was past caring. "Of course. Excuse me, I have to go and see to my family." he said excusing himself.
"Brian, you heard about your parents?"
"Yes thanks Sir. Well, I'll go and see that we all get a place to sleep tonight. Be back in a moment." Brian said, taking leave of them.
Jack turned to Laura. "Laura, your parents are staying on the other side of the camp site I've had someone go and call them for you."
"Thanks." she said, smiling weakly.
Jack looked at her carefully. "I want you both to go to the Mess Tent and get something to eat. You look like you haven't ate in days."
Sam nodded. "Where's Mum?"
"She's down at the Medical Centre, probably rushed off her feet as usual." Jack sighed. "I'll see that she knows that you're safe and well."
"Professor Hall!" someone called from across at the Government tent.
Jack turned back to his son apologetically. "I'm sorry, I've got to go."
Sam smiled. "Don't worry, I'm used to it. We can take care of ourselves."
"Look, I'll come and find you later..."
"Thanks Dad. Really really thanks for coming to save us." Sam said.
Professor Hall smiled and drew his son into his arms. "Well, I couldn't just leave you could I?" he said before jogging over to where they wanted him.
Sam turned back to Laura and found her smiling at him. "What?"
"I thought you said you and your Dad don't get on?" she questioned.
"Well, we don't. Not really. But then I guess he doesn't come saving my life every day."
Laura laughed. Then there was silence. "Laura, why don't you want to go to hospital?"
"I – Well – I just feel fine .....don't want to waste their time ...."
"We both know that's not true. You're limping and you're leg's still bleeding." Sam said quietly.
Laura looked up at him. "Okay. It's because I don't like hospitals."
"Why?"
"I just don't okay?" Laura said, turning away.
Sam laughed. "Sorry, it's just you laughed at me and my fear of flying."
"That's .....different!" Laura said, laughing defensively.
"Look, my Mum's a Doctor, she'll be at the Medical Centre now. Why don't we go and let her sort you out." Laura looked at him uncertainly. "Come on, she's really nice and you'll be fine ........ I'll even stay with you when they chop your leg off!" Sam added, grinning.
"Hey!" Laura said smacking his arm. "Okay, as long as you promise your Mum won't do anything horrible like stick a lot of needles into me ... " "Fine, now let's go, I'm starving and I think you especially need a shower." Sam said, helping Laura along.
"You can talk! You smell more!"
"Not as much as you!"
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"Sam!" Lucy Hall cried, pulling her stethoscope out of her ears and apologising quickly to her patient before running through the busy corridor.
"Mum!" smiled Sam as she pulled him in her embrace.
"Oh thank God you're alright. You don't know how worried I've been. When you called and suddenly rang off -and when your Dad said he wanted to go and find you ......."
"Well, I'm fine now Mum." Sam said awkwardly, pulling away from his Mum. "Mum, this is Laura, Laura this is my Mum, Dr Hall."
"Hey there Laura." Lucy said, smiling at her. "What can I do for you?"
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"I thought you said there would be no needles." Laura said through gritted teeth as Dr Hall started stitching up her open wound.
"Sorry," Sam apologised. "I didn't know quite how bad your leg was."
Another Doctor came up. "Okay Laura, I'm just going to put you on this drip for awhile."
"Why?" she asked, looking nervously at the needle he was holding, ready to insert into her hand.
"The deep gash in your leg got infected causing blood poisoning and this drip just contains some extra minerals and vitamins to make sure your blood is completely pure again and to make you feel better." Lucy explained kindly as her colleague got to work, preparing the drip for Laura.
"Here, hold my hand." Sam said, taking Laura's spare hand and holding it tightly. Laura put her head back on the pillow and closed her eyes. Everything was going fuzzy. The painkillers were taking over.
"How are you feeling Sam?" asked Lucy as she wrapped a bandage over Laura's wound.
"Fine." he said, his eyes still fixed worriedly on Laura.
Lucy smiled. Jack had been right. There was a girl involved. "She's going to be fine. Two hours on the drip and then she'll be ready to get out of here and find her parents. You can go get washed and get something to eat whilst you wait."
Sam shook his head. "I'll stay here."
Lucy laughed and came round and gave him a quick hug. "Look, you go take a quick shower in the hospital toilet block and I'll bring you some new clothes and then I can give you a health check and then you'll both be ready to go. Laura's going to be out of it for at least an hour anyway as the painkillers take effect."
Sam nodded slowly. He had to admit he was dying to get out of this old coat.
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Two hours later and both Laura and Sam had been given the all clear by Lucy Hall and they headed over to the huge Mess Tent to get some food. As the smell of cooked sausages and mash hit them, they finally realised quite how hungry they were. Sitting themselves at a table they tucked into their dinner in silence.
Sam could hardly concentrate on his food, as he struggled to stop himself from staring at Laura. Laura, in her turn, felt awkward at Sam's silence. After all they had been through together, there wasn't much left to say.
"I can hardly believe that this time a month ago, we were getting excited at flying to New York for the competition." she said. Sam just smiled and chased a pea round on his plate. "Nothing's going to be the same is it?" she asked.
"Some things might." Sam said looking up at her.
"Like what?"
Sam shrugged. "You'll always be the person you were before – just placed in a different situation. You'll still be helpful and kind and understanding, intelligent and considerate. And you'll still have a beautiful smile." Sam said, feeling awkwardly embarrassed.
"Thanks Sam," Laura smiled, touched. "And you'll always be there to be my hero. To save my life."
Sam opened his mouth, but he did not know what to say to that. Luckily, he was saved by Laura's parents calling at her and waving. She ran over to them and Sam left them to their happy reunion, clearing the plates away before heading out to find himself a tent.
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A/N:- What do you all think? It's not one of my best stories in term of substance (Chapter Two is a bit deeper) but when I sat down at my computer to write this, I had all these ideas so I just had to get them out. :) Chapter Two will be along soon if you want!
It's the day after the day after tomorrow and as they arrive in Mexico, Laura still doesn't know how Sam feels for her ......Sam's struggling to keep his feelings under control, after all haven't they got more important things to be worrying about?
Chapter One:- Mexico & Medical Centres
A/N:- Wow, I've only seen 'Day After Tomorrow' once but I really enjoyed it and jumped up and down when I saw it had it's own special section on here. I loved the Sam/Laura interaction muchly so I've resorted to fanfiction to make the wait for the DVD release seem shorter! I wrote this quite hurriedly today so I apologise in advance for the crappiness of it! I'm planning for it to be a short fic with only two or three chapters. Here's the first part. Enjoy! - MuzzyOlórëa
This Story is Dedicated To:
Everyone who loves 'Day After Tomorrow'
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No one spoke. In fact, the only sound that could be heard was the loud buzzing from the helicopter wings. No one could believe what had happened to the cities below as they flew over ice-city after ice-city. No one could believe that they were still alive after their ordeal and were going to safety. No one could believe that there were still people alive, climbing out of buildings, waving to the helicopters passing overhead. Sam could not believe he was there, flying up in the sky and instead of feeling like he was sitting on hot coals, he felt miraculously calm – after all he had been through since that flight over to New York, he had been through so much that flying was like a walk in the park........
Laura was stunned. She could hardly believe what had just happened. She was overwhelmed with relief that they were getting out of that library and yet it was nothing short of a miracle that Professor Hall had manage to trek across snow in the severest conditions to reach them – she must remember to thank Sam's Dad properly sometime.......she seemed to owe her entire existence to the Hall family nowadays. She sighed as she felt a twinge of pain in her leg. The Penicillin had saved her life but when she got to Mexico she really needed to have her leg looked at properly. Laura closed her eyes and rested her head on Sam's shoulder. She had to remember to thank him properly too for saving her life at least twice in the past few days.
Sam looked out of the helicopter window at all the snow below and felt all the anxiety filter out of his body. He had done it. He had kept them alive, he had believed in his Dad, and now they were all going to be safe. He knew that it was probably going to be many months before all the snow melted over North America and at least a few years before the world's climate was back to normal and then there was all the rebuilding and re- settling of the Northern hemisphere to worry about ......this episode was far from over and although he knew he should be worrying about all of these things, he was not. Partly because he knew that there was nothing he could do and that his father would know what to do. Partly was because, no matter how much he had been through in the past couple of weeks, his problem was still there. In fact, his problem was resting her head on his shoulder right now. Laura. If he had not joined the team then she would never have noticed him. If he had not joined the team then would anyone else have been there to save her? If he had not joined the team would he have the chance of spending so much time with her in the coming weeks? Sam inwardly groaned. What she needed was a friend right now not some one who she thought was her friend trying to hit on her. Sam looked up and caught his Dad grinning at him. 'What?' he mouthed. Jack Hall did not say anything but his eyes flickered over the sleeping Laura and winked at his son. Sam shook his head vehemently and mouthed 'I don't like her like that.' Jack just smirked whilst Brian snorted at Sam's denial. Sam looked back out of the window. 'If it that obvious that even his own Dad could see it, then his problem was about to get bigger.' he thought to himself.
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As they touched down at the airbase in the middle of the refugee camp at Mexico, they could not have had a bigger welcoming committee. The new President and all senior officials were there and half of the camp was cheering as they landed.
Sam helped Laura as she limped out of the helicopter. Immediately two paramedics came rushing over with a wheelchair. "Here you are Miss," one of them said kindly. "We'll have you at the medical centre in no time."
Laura shook her head as she kept her balance by leaning on Sam. "I'm alright, I don't need to go to hospital."
The paramedic shook his head. "You're limping Miss and besides all of you will need to have a medical check – goodness knows what your bodies have been put through this past week."
"I told you, I'm fine." Laura insisted.
Sam looked at her. She seem rather flustered and her refusal to go to the medical centre surprised him .... "Laura, you need to go. Your cut's still infected and you've had blood poisoning."
Laura shook her head and buried her head in Sam's chest. Sam sighed, turning to the paramedics. "Look, I'll take her there myself ok?"
They looked at him dubiously. "She needs treatment Sir."
"I know. I said I'll take her there myself." Sam repeated.
"Fine. Don't leave it too long." they said before going to help people off from another helicopter which had just landed.
"Is she alright?" Brian asked, coming up to them.
"Yeah," Sam said. The truth was he could not understand why she was trying to pretend that everything was alright. "You?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Apparently they've managed to contact my parents who were on holiday in Australia, and they're going to get the first possible flight out." Brian said excitedly.
"That's great."
"Laura, are you sure you're alright?" Brian questioned again.
Laura looked up and moved her head away from Sam. "Yes." she said simply, not meeting his eye.
As Jack got out of the helicopter, the President immediately came forward to meet him. Jack groaned inwardly. He was the very person he did not want to see right now. He did not want to hear his apologies or all the bullshit about being sure that this was not going to happen. He had more important things to do like making sure Sam and his friends were alright and food and supplies, and then there was Lucy to go and check up on.
"Professor Hall, Welcome back."
"Mr President." Jack said simply, ignoring the hand the President held out to him.
"I can't begin-"
"Leave it. It's happened now. I suppose we can trust you to do what is best for the country from now on."
"Of course. In fact we'll be very glad to have you on board, and maybe advise us -" Jack Hall nodded. He understood that he was being really rude to the top man but he was past caring. "Of course. Excuse me, I have to go and see to my family." he said excusing himself.
"Brian, you heard about your parents?"
"Yes thanks Sir. Well, I'll go and see that we all get a place to sleep tonight. Be back in a moment." Brian said, taking leave of them.
Jack turned to Laura. "Laura, your parents are staying on the other side of the camp site I've had someone go and call them for you."
"Thanks." she said, smiling weakly.
Jack looked at her carefully. "I want you both to go to the Mess Tent and get something to eat. You look like you haven't ate in days."
Sam nodded. "Where's Mum?"
"She's down at the Medical Centre, probably rushed off her feet as usual." Jack sighed. "I'll see that she knows that you're safe and well."
"Professor Hall!" someone called from across at the Government tent.
Jack turned back to his son apologetically. "I'm sorry, I've got to go."
Sam smiled. "Don't worry, I'm used to it. We can take care of ourselves."
"Look, I'll come and find you later..."
"Thanks Dad. Really really thanks for coming to save us." Sam said.
Professor Hall smiled and drew his son into his arms. "Well, I couldn't just leave you could I?" he said before jogging over to where they wanted him.
Sam turned back to Laura and found her smiling at him. "What?"
"I thought you said you and your Dad don't get on?" she questioned.
"Well, we don't. Not really. But then I guess he doesn't come saving my life every day."
Laura laughed. Then there was silence. "Laura, why don't you want to go to hospital?"
"I – Well – I just feel fine .....don't want to waste their time ...."
"We both know that's not true. You're limping and you're leg's still bleeding." Sam said quietly.
Laura looked up at him. "Okay. It's because I don't like hospitals."
"Why?"
"I just don't okay?" Laura said, turning away.
Sam laughed. "Sorry, it's just you laughed at me and my fear of flying."
"That's .....different!" Laura said, laughing defensively.
"Look, my Mum's a Doctor, she'll be at the Medical Centre now. Why don't we go and let her sort you out." Laura looked at him uncertainly. "Come on, she's really nice and you'll be fine ........ I'll even stay with you when they chop your leg off!" Sam added, grinning.
"Hey!" Laura said smacking his arm. "Okay, as long as you promise your Mum won't do anything horrible like stick a lot of needles into me ... " "Fine, now let's go, I'm starving and I think you especially need a shower." Sam said, helping Laura along.
"You can talk! You smell more!"
"Not as much as you!"
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"Sam!" Lucy Hall cried, pulling her stethoscope out of her ears and apologising quickly to her patient before running through the busy corridor.
"Mum!" smiled Sam as she pulled him in her embrace.
"Oh thank God you're alright. You don't know how worried I've been. When you called and suddenly rang off -and when your Dad said he wanted to go and find you ......."
"Well, I'm fine now Mum." Sam said awkwardly, pulling away from his Mum. "Mum, this is Laura, Laura this is my Mum, Dr Hall."
"Hey there Laura." Lucy said, smiling at her. "What can I do for you?"
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"I thought you said there would be no needles." Laura said through gritted teeth as Dr Hall started stitching up her open wound.
"Sorry," Sam apologised. "I didn't know quite how bad your leg was."
Another Doctor came up. "Okay Laura, I'm just going to put you on this drip for awhile."
"Why?" she asked, looking nervously at the needle he was holding, ready to insert into her hand.
"The deep gash in your leg got infected causing blood poisoning and this drip just contains some extra minerals and vitamins to make sure your blood is completely pure again and to make you feel better." Lucy explained kindly as her colleague got to work, preparing the drip for Laura.
"Here, hold my hand." Sam said, taking Laura's spare hand and holding it tightly. Laura put her head back on the pillow and closed her eyes. Everything was going fuzzy. The painkillers were taking over.
"How are you feeling Sam?" asked Lucy as she wrapped a bandage over Laura's wound.
"Fine." he said, his eyes still fixed worriedly on Laura.
Lucy smiled. Jack had been right. There was a girl involved. "She's going to be fine. Two hours on the drip and then she'll be ready to get out of here and find her parents. You can go get washed and get something to eat whilst you wait."
Sam shook his head. "I'll stay here."
Lucy laughed and came round and gave him a quick hug. "Look, you go take a quick shower in the hospital toilet block and I'll bring you some new clothes and then I can give you a health check and then you'll both be ready to go. Laura's going to be out of it for at least an hour anyway as the painkillers take effect."
Sam nodded slowly. He had to admit he was dying to get out of this old coat.
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Two hours later and both Laura and Sam had been given the all clear by Lucy Hall and they headed over to the huge Mess Tent to get some food. As the smell of cooked sausages and mash hit them, they finally realised quite how hungry they were. Sitting themselves at a table they tucked into their dinner in silence.
Sam could hardly concentrate on his food, as he struggled to stop himself from staring at Laura. Laura, in her turn, felt awkward at Sam's silence. After all they had been through together, there wasn't much left to say.
"I can hardly believe that this time a month ago, we were getting excited at flying to New York for the competition." she said. Sam just smiled and chased a pea round on his plate. "Nothing's going to be the same is it?" she asked.
"Some things might." Sam said looking up at her.
"Like what?"
Sam shrugged. "You'll always be the person you were before – just placed in a different situation. You'll still be helpful and kind and understanding, intelligent and considerate. And you'll still have a beautiful smile." Sam said, feeling awkwardly embarrassed.
"Thanks Sam," Laura smiled, touched. "And you'll always be there to be my hero. To save my life."
Sam opened his mouth, but he did not know what to say to that. Luckily, he was saved by Laura's parents calling at her and waving. She ran over to them and Sam left them to their happy reunion, clearing the plates away before heading out to find himself a tent.
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A/N:- What do you all think? It's not one of my best stories in term of substance (Chapter Two is a bit deeper) but when I sat down at my computer to write this, I had all these ideas so I just had to get them out. :) Chapter Two will be along soon if you want!