Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Chronicles
Disclaimer: Yeah, no repeat of last time…you get the point.
A/N: Once again, no clue what I'm writing, but this will hopefully make more sense as it goes along. I came up with the idea while watching BTVS' episode 'Him.' So maybe this will work out…please?
Him—Four-Shot—Comedy/Romance
Summary: After his refusal by Chery, Cameron offers John a strange device. This takes place after First Kiss, so I hope that you've read that.
Part 1
"I still say that I'll never get a date," John said as he slammed the door behind him. Cameron simply raised her eyebrow in response.
"What's happened now?" Sarah asked, placing down the newspaper as she walked into the room.
"John was refused by Chery, his lab partner, on an offer for a date," Cameron said.
"What?" Sarah said incredulously. "John, I thought we agreed to stay under the radar."
"Now I can't date?" John exclaimed. "How is going out with a girl not under the radar?"
"I know how high school works," Sarah said, sighing. "Rumors. They'll spread, and eventually someone who we don't want to hear about you will."
John exasperatedly threw down his backpack and stormed to the fridge. "C'mon, Mom," he said. "Not asking anyone out will get me on the radar." He pulled out a Coke and popped it open, taking a long sip.
"He is correct," Cameron said, standing next to John. "If he didn't ask any girls out, he would be accused of being a homosexual. That would get him on the radar."
"That's how it works nowadays?" Sarah asked. "You make me feel old."
"I got homework," John said, throwing the empty can into the trashcan and picking up his bag. He walked to his room, Cameron following to her own. For the next few hours, sadists called teachers who wished to torture him in the name of knowledge distracted John.
"You seem troubled."
He jumped, dropping his pencil to the floor. "Jeez, Cam," he said. "You walk quietly." He bent down onto the ground to pick the writing utensil up, and hadn't noticed Cameron had followed suit until her hair brushed his cheek. She sat up and handed him the pencil.
"Thanks," he muttered, sitting up on his bed. Cameron sat down also, and he noticed the strange box in her hands. "What's that?"
"John said you had to learn," Cameron said. She opened the box, revealing what looked like a high-tech watch. "He said that you would make mistakes about girls and do many stupid things if you didn't learn."
"What is it?" John asked.
"It's a hormone inducer," Cameron said. "It causes any female to fall in love with the male wearing it."
"When…and why did they invent these?" John said.
"John did," she replied. "For you."
He took the watch from the box and examined it for a few moments. "Would it work on you?" he asked.
"I do not know," Cameron said. "Why do you care?"
"Nothin'," John said. "Cool, well, thanks, I guess."
"You are welcome," Cameron said as she walked out of the room. John watched her go until he regained control of his teenage boy brain.
Placing the watch on his wrist, he checked the clock on his bedside table. 1:03 AM. "Crap," he murmured. For a few minutes, he managed to continue his homework, but would wake up on it the next morning.
A/N 2: Yeah, I know that nothing really happened in that chapter, but its setting everything up. Hope you enjoyed it. Please review!