Warning : Spoiler up to and including Phantoms.
Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate Atlantis. Stargate Atlantis and all characters associated with it are owned by MGM.
A little boy with dark brown hair and bright blue eyes sat near the sandbox in his local park putting the finishing touches on a homemade volcano he had constructed out of sand, dirt, and clay. The boy, about nine years old, had planned on making the mountain explode a few times before he had to head home to get ready for his piano lesson.
"Hi!" a little girl said brightly coming up behind him.
"Hi," he said as he was packing the last layer of dirt on the volcano.
"Is that a volcano?" the girl asked not even caring that the boy didn't look up at her.
"Yup."
"Are you going to make it explode?"
"What else would I do with it?" he asked rolling his eyes.
"Can I watch?" she asked hopefully, unfazed by the boy's sarcasm.
"Sure," he said. It wasn't often that kids asked to play with him and as long as she didn't mess up his volcano, he didn't care what she did.
The girl bounced over to where he was sitting and sat down next to him happily. She was sitting so close that they were almost touching. She watched him poor the vinegar into the cup located at the top center of the volcano. Then, she watched him dole out the correct amount of baking soda necessary to make the eruption.
"You should use more baking soda," the girl told him.
"Why?"
"Because it'll make the explosion bigger," she explained.
He looked up at her for the first time since they had started talking. She had red-gold hair and the prettiest eyes he had ever seen. Not much older than his sister, she seemed smarter than most girls her age.
"How do you know that?"
"I read it in a book," the girl told him proudly.
"You can read?" he asked incredulously.
"Since I was three," she laughed. "Now, are you going to make the volcano explode or what?"
"How much more should I add?"
"This much," she said scooping some more baking soda on the spoon and dropping it into the vinegar.
The pair watched as the mix bubbled up towards the top of the volcano and exploded all over them, covering them in vinegar, baking soda, and dirt.
"That was so cool!" the boy said as they fell back laughing.
"Can we do that again?" the girl asked.
"Laura! Laura!" a woman's voice called. "Where are you?"
"That's my mom," Laura said getting up off the ground. "Be right back."
"I'm right here, Mommy," Laura said running over to where her mother was standing.
Her mother looked down at her disapprovingly. "Oh, Laura! What have you done now?"
"There was this boy and he had a volcano and we made it explode!" Laura told her mother excitedly. "It was so cool!"
"Look at you. You're a mess!" Laura's mother said trying to wipe the dirt off her daughter's clothes. "Why can't you do things that normal little girls do, like play with dolls and have tea parties?"
"Because making volcanoes explode is more fun," Laura said with a grin.
"Come on," Laura's mother took her hand. "We've got to go meet your father and then, you are going to have a bath to get all of this dirt off of you."
"But I don't want to go," Laura whined. "We're going to make the volcano explode again."
"I'm sorry, Laura, but you know that we're leaving tomorrow. Go say goodbye to your friend."
Laura ran off to where she left the boy and his volcano saddened by the fact that she had to leave.
"Hi," she said gloomily.
"Hi," the boy said happily. "I was thinking that if we make it two parts vinegar and five parts baking soda, we'll get a really big explosion. What do you think?"
"I can't," Laura pouted. "My mom says I have to go."
"Oh," the boy said disappointed.
The girl smiled a little and leaned over to give him a small peck on the lips. She got up an ran towards her mother. "Bye," she waved.
"Bye," the boy said stunned.
"You just got kissed," an older boy, only a few years older than himself, who sitting near them pointed out. He had dark messy hair and a sloppy grin. "By a girl."
"Yup," the younger boy said still in shock.
"Yuck! I'm never gonna kiss girls. Ever! The have cooties." the older boy stated. "I'm not even going to touch them or look at them, unless it's to tell them they're ugly."
"Yeah, girls are dumb," the younger boy said rather unconvincingly. "You wanna help me make the volcano explode?"
"Sure!" the older boy said. "Only, instead of making it two parts vinegar and five parts baking soda, let's make it three parts vinegar and seven parts baking soda. That way the explosion will be huge.
"That sounds cool," the younger boy said.
"I'm John. What's your name?"
"My name is Mer…er…Rodney. My name is Rodney."
"Nice to meet you, Rodney. Now, let's make this baby explode!" John said rubbing his hands together mischievously.
They began setting up the volcano's next explosion and played together happily until both had to leave. Neither one realizing that this wasn't going to be the last time they'd see each other.
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Note: I have absolutely no idea what the measurement proportions are that are required to make a volcano explode. I only know that that vinegar and
baking soda are needed. Please excuse any errors.
