The sun shone across his face burning his eye lids and trying to force him to wake up John Connor or Reese as he was called at the moment fought himself to stay asleep for as long as possible today was the day he started school in what passed as a school in this hick town all last night his mother had he run through the school blueprints over and over until they were practically printed on the underneath of his eyelids, with his eyes closed he could smell the muskiness of the room the staleness in the air and a subtle yet almost alien flowery smell as he reached out with his scenes he could feel the bed was slightly tilted as though someone was sitting on the edge of the bed over his own breathing he could hear someone breathing.
He kept his breathing steady and in control as he pretended to be asleep he knew who was in the room and he didn't want to deal with his mother this early in the morning, he enjoyed a few minutes to just himself before he slowly opened his eyes and focused on the sight of his mother in black trousers with combat boots and a green vest top with her black hair pulled up and away from her face.
He groaned to himself "You know I hate it when you do that." He said as he buried his face back into the pillow.
"I'm sorry it's just the one time you look at peace and at ease… I miss that innocence about you."
John looked over at his mother and glared at her "Maybe if you weren't such a hard ass all the time and let me have at least one day as a normal kid I wouldn't be like that." He ignored the flash of hurt on his mother's face as he got up out the bed and stretched his stiff muscles, he walked to his dresser and pulled out a pair of dark blue jeans and a long sleeved T-shirt "I'm going for a shower, what's for breakfast?" he glanced briefly over his shoulder at his mother still sitting on the edge of the bed.
"What do you want? Can make pancakes if you want?"
John tried in vain to suppress a groan but knew he'd failed when his mother looked away with a hurt expression "That's fine mom." He said as he walked out his room and headed towards the small bathroom.
Cameron watched the Connor resident with unblinking eyes nothing had happened during the night except for Sarah waking up a few times in the night and spending twenty or so minutes checking the area, her system chronometer blinked at her on her HUD.
Warning one hour till school…. Possible infiltration failure if do not attend.
Cameron used her advanced hearing and vision and looked at the house she could hear the shower running and the sound of someone in the kitchen cooking along with said someone humming to a song on the road that was on in the kitchen "John breakfast's nearly ready hurry up you'll be late for school." She could hear John switch off the water in the shower "I'll be right out, is my stuff ready for school." Cameron looked around the area and upon seeing nobody she stepped out from her hiding place and whipped the leaves and mud that stuck to her hair and cloths.
She walked around the house far enough away to not draw attention to herself but close enough to still hear what was going on inside the Connor house "Yeah you got turkey sandwiches for lunch." She could hear John in the bathroom getting dressed and brushing his teeth.
Now she knew John was going to school she walked to her truck that was park a block away from the house and drove to the house she use to share with the other Resistance fighter like expected she found the small one bedroom house empty except for a few sets of cloths and a pistol with two magazines on the table ready for her use.
She spent no more than twenty minutes cleaning herself up and putting on fresh cloths that consisted of a tight black jeans with a pink T-shirt and a black jacket she picked up a school bag that she'd seen other girls use an placed it over her shoulder she didn't bother to check the bag she had perfect memory and knew were everything was already, she walked to the table and picked up the pistol and pulled the chamber back making sure the bullet was in the chamber and ready to fire before she let the chamber slide back and placed the gun and two magazines inside her bag and went back out to her truck and drove to school.
John sat in the car as his mother drove to school his mother was talking to him about staying off the grid keeping his head down and not to do anything stupid no matter how small John kept his attention on outside of his window by now the RULES as his mother called them were tattooed onto his eye lids he couldn't forget them and his mother made damn sure she never either.
Before he even realised his mother slowly pulled up outside the school "Bye mom." He said as he quickly tried to get out the car but was stopped by his mother grabbing him by the collar in a vice grip and pulling him back into the car.
"Remember where your exits are John if anything happens at all you run you hear me run I'll find you eventually."
John glared at his mother before nodding "Sure mom I know the plan enough by now."
"Good let's go over this again quickly your John Reese your father was a soldier that died in a horrible training exercise due to all the bad memories we moved towns."
John looked to the ground and sighed "I know it's always the same old story mom Jesus you treat me like such an idiot at times." She shook his mother's hand off his shoulder and got out the car and turned to look at her "he's always dead too." With that he slammed the car door and walked towards the school.
John looked at the school as he walked towards the entrance like the town the school was worn and in dire need of the outside painted as he neared the entrance he could see he stuck out like a sore thumb his cloths were all wrong.
He almost stumbled as he noticed everyone wearing cowboy boots hell one guy was even wearing the hat to go with the boots "How the hell am I meant to blend in." he whispered to himself as he stepped into the school and walked slowly down the long corridor unbeknown to him a pair of large brown eyes watched his every move.
He found the reception easily enough and walked up to the desk were a girl with sat behind a computer drinking what smelled like strong coffee and rang the small bell, he watched as the woman sighed before looking at him.
"Yes young man can I help?"
John nodded "Yes my names John Reese I'm a new transfer student." He watched as the woman typed what he guessed was his name on the computer no doubt bringing up his file.
"Ah yes right so your first lesson is with Mr Ferguson your locker is number 36 you can store your things there, it also says here that one of the lessons you applied for is full so until a space becomes available you're going to be put in the computer class."
John would have panicked if he didn't have a knack for computers and his mother never found out "I would actually prefer that." He smiled at the woman as she handed him four worn out books.
"The school would like to have these back by the end of this school semester go find your locker Mr Ferguson is quite strict and doesn't like people being late for class, here take this pad lock and set of keys if you lose the keys you'll have to pay for a new pad lock now off you go young man."
John nodded and walked out the reception area and back into the long corridor that was lined on each side with hundreds of metal lockers separated only by the numerous class rooms the corridor was already full of students getting ready to start school day, he walked down the corridor reading the numbers on the locker until he found locker 36.
Cameron had watched and heard John as he registered for school Cameron tilted her head slightly as she stared blankly at John she needed a way to get close to John but future John had never told her how to that only to work it out for herself as luck would have it if such a thing existed she didn't have to think long.
A well-built man wearing an orange and white leather Jacket which had the logo for the schools soccer team on the left side stepped in front of her and glared down at her.
"Hey weirdo been watching you for weeks now and I have to say you sure are a pretty thing although you seem to be missing a few brain cells."
Cameron didn't even glance at the guy as she stepped round him and took a few steps towards John just as she was about to touch him on the shoulder the man turned her around and pushed her into the lockers with a metallic crash which Cameron allowed after her CPU ran several hundred simulations in half a second and concluded this was the best possible way to get John's attention based on what his future self-had taught her about his younger self.
John had been so wrapped up sorting out his locker that he jumped when a young extremely beautiful woman with striking brown hair and equally beautiful brown eyes hit the locker next to him as a school jock placed his hands on either side of her head.
"Hey I'm talking to you."
John watched as the beautiful young woman glanced at him with large doe eyes that seemed to beg him to help every instinct in his body felt the urge to respond to push the large boy away and help this young woman but with an almost sick feeling he shut his locker door and with his eyes looking at the ground walked away.
"Hey don't you ignore me you need to be taught some manners bitch." The soccer player spat as he raised his right hand and slapped Cameron across the cheek.
John stopped dead as did everyone else in the corridor he had taken four maybe five steps when the idiot had decided to slap the young woman, he looked over his shoulder at the rapidly red mark form on an otherwise perfect face he gritted his teeth as his school pack slipped off his shoulder and fell onto the floor with a thud.
He stalked towards the man and before the lad could react he smashed him in the face and grabbed the lads arm he twisted it around causing the lad to grunt in pain and drop to the ground as he applied more pressure which caused the lad to howl in agony while holding the lad he smashed his right foot into the guys side knocking him to the ground.
He placed his right foot on the guys back and bent the lads right arm at almost breaking point "I should break your fucking hand you pussy." He felt his anger coursing through his veins he felt the lad struggle beneath him as he cried in pain.
"P-please man I'm sorry let me go I beg you."
John maintained his hold on the lad the smell of urine filled his nostrils he went to apply more pressure and dislocate the lads shoulder when a small delicate hand landed on his right shoulder, he looked away from the pathetic excuse of a man and turned his attention to the beautiful creature stood next to him.
He sucked in a breath as he stood transfixed her brown pools seemed to shine with satisfaction and strangely surprise she gave him a heart stopping smile as she shook her head causing her brown locks to flutter in an almost angelic manner.
"He's not worth it but I thank you none the less."
John couldn't help the smile that split across his face as he let go off the man and took an almost tentative step towards the girl and motioned towards her cheek "Are you ok?" he asked as he fought with himself to reach out and caress her cheek.
"Yes I am thanks to you."
John was about to reply when the school bell rang causing everyone around him to suddenly scurry for their class "I should go I need to find Mr Fergusons class." He watched the girl nod as he turned and walked away scooping up his bag as he went, he couldn't help but look over his shoulder at the girl still standing there she rewarded him with a wink with made his face burn he quickly turned away and went in search of his first class.
Cameron watched John Connor as he walked away when the lad had pushed her she watched him walk away in the few seconds she watched him her CPU felt something akin to disappointment although when she tried to find why her emotional simulator had activated she could find no fault.
It was only when the lad hit her that the John she knew the one willing to protect her emerged if only briefly and he reacted exactly like one of her simulations told her he would, she watched as John turned and looked over his shoulder at her and she offered him a small smile and a wink which had the emotional response she knew it would have leaving him flushed.
Cameron watched as John entered a class room at the very end of the corridor before she headed towards the same class room she stopped briefly by the still sobbing boy and looked down at him she watched as he flexed his arm "There shouldn't be any permanent damage." She watched as the boy grunted and spat on the floor near her feet she ignored him and followed in John's footsteps thanks to her hacking into the computer network she and John shared a number of lessons together which would make protecting him easier.
John sat at his desk in class he glanced around the room watching as friends talked and laughed the class the class book worms were already reading some book or other ignoring the bullies that tried to get a rise out of them all and all it was a normal day for them.
He heard the door to the class room open and expected to see the teacher Mr Ferguson but was surprised to say the least when the same beautiful girl walked into the room and looked for a chair, he watched as she walked straight towards him her eyes drawing him in transfixing him with their radiant beauty.
He smiled at her as she passed and took a seat just behind him he fidgeted in his seat trying to look at her without making himself look as though he was looking but by the full-fledged smile on the girls face he knew he'd been caught.
"Do I get to at least know the name of my rescuer?" she asked as she reached into her bag to pull out her school equipment.
John smiled "J-john my names John Reese." He watched as the girl placed her bag down.
"Cameron Philips."
The door to the class room opened halting any further talk as a middle aged man waltzed into the room with a balding head and glasses and proceeded to begin the lesson throughout the lesson John couldn't help by steal tiny glances at Cameron and thought maybe this hick town wasn't so bad after all.
ok heres the next chapter I want to thank justjoe with his help on this chapter was his idea hope I pulled it off ok please tell me what you think? I also still need a beta reader please can anyone help with this I would be grateful. until then thanks for readin.