Losing Adam

Summary: Joan and Adam are still kept apart by the numerous boundaries that surround them. Just as they start to get somewhere Adam is taken from Joan and God has a lot to answer for. Rating: Pg – I intend on keeping things nice and clean, I wouldn't want to ruin the way it is on T.V!

Disclaimer: You know the drill kiddies, I own none of this, it could be said that I own the sub plot that I am creating but lets not go there!

A/N This is my first Joan of Arcadia fanfic, so I would love to hear what you guys think of it. Also I want to apologise for my bad spelling of names etc. It takes a while for me to grasp the swing of spellings! Also I am on a computer that has no Internet connection so I have no way of finding out details! Anyway.... on with the story...

Janeium

Joan slowly walked down the corridors of Arcadia high dreading the boredom the AP chemistry bought. She looked around for a distraction, anything. Her footsteps echoed around the partially empty hall, only a few stragglers were left.

"Joan, where the hell have you been? I thought I was gonna be stuck with Rove and lord of the Geeks over there" Grace jerked her head in Luke's direction.

"I take that as a personal attack, just because I have a scientific mind doesn't mean I'm a geek, I just have talents you wish you had" Luke retorted.

"Bite me geekus"

"Is that even a real word?" "Is that even relevant?"

"Oh big words for you there"

"Will the pair of you quit it, you're driving me nuts" Joan groaned as the two continued to bicker.

"Hey Jane, how are you?" Adam timidly asked. He wasn't sure if she would brush him off. She had been a weird with him ever since he got with Iris, he hoped that it was because she liked him but he wasn't sure. His self- confidence was shot after their first kiss.

"Oh I'm peachy, how are things with beloved Iris. Still going strong? Or have you decided to go your separate ways, hers being ohhh I don't know, Africa or somewhere?" Joan spoke with a hint of hope.

"No no, thing's are fine, we're still together, Jane you know this could be solved so easily" Adam looked meaningfully at Jane as Grace decided to join the conversation.

"Greek brain gave up, he ran out of insults, he lasted longer than usual but I think he felt he was getting too mean. But the worst he gave were one's I don't actually get, something about atomic atoms?" Grace loosely shrugged her shoulders as she turned to face their teacher.

"Is everyone is actually ready to start now? We shall begin. Ms Giradi are you paying attention or are you just staring aimlessly into space?" Her lighthearted voice came from the front of the class. Once she saw she had Joan's attention she carried on. "I would like you all to get into pairs for today's lesson, we shall be testing the properties of 3 mystery metals."

"Hey Jane, will you be my partner?" Adam asked apprehensively, he was rewarded with a smile and nod from Joan as she moved to sit next to him.

"Jeez thanks, Rove, ditch me then!" Grace skulked off to join Luke.

Grace wasn't really peeved at Rove and Joan; in fact she hoped they would finally get together because it was driving her crackers. They blatantly liked each other; they had a special bond that was beyond friendship and romance, it was a link that seemed as though fate wanted them together. And Fate usually got it's own way.

"So, what do we recon this first mystery metal is?" Joan looked at her chart and the simultaneous tests for metals, non-metals and noble gases. Her eyes glazed over as she read them. "These don't seem fun, we've done these tests a million times."

"I don't think that's possible Jane. Well if you're so bored with the usual metals then lets make up our own metals and their properties. We shall call mystery metal number 1: Janeium. Janeium; its peculiar exterior hides it's true qualities, which, can be seen once you get past the surface." He paused as he swallowed and then carried on with his analysis. "This metal is beautiful both on the inside and outside, which is strong and amazing. This is a highly coveted metal because, because..." Adam stammered slightly as he lifted his gentle gaze to Joan's." Because it is unique and one of the most precious things that God created"

The whole world seemed to stand still as they locked eyes in a silent tryst which could never be communicated in words, as it would never convey it's meaning. Joan did not know how much time had passed, for all she knew it could have been seconds, maybe minutes.

Adam was transfixed with Joan's eyes, her beauty emanating from her being. He wasn't always such a poet or meaningful person but he had his moments, and this sure as hell was on of them. He couldn't remember the last time he had met someone who had such a unpredictable character, who loved with the best of them and cried with the worst. Just when he thought he knew her she would open up another level of her character to him. It was that moment when he looked in her eyes that he loved her. No matter what happened from now on no one could take that away from him.

"Earth to Rove...can anyone hear me.... Giradi.... This is NASA...." Grace interrupted them and they were torn from their moment.

Joan blushed slightly as she turned to Grace and Adam smiled a secret smile. Grace may have interrupted but she had not ruined it.

"Err Joan, I need a lift home after school, mum said you would be willing to and if you weren't to remind you that you haven't been a model daughter and this would help show you are." Luke rambled on. "I'll meet you at the usual place, Joan are you even listening to me? Hello? And she wonders why our parents send us to therapy. No one ever listens to me. I'm just the smart kid who has nothing to constructive to say...."

Joan turned round to face Luke in a confused daze. "Yeah I herd you dweeb, and we do listen, we just don't always show it. See ya" And with that Joan sauntered off down the corridors accompanied by Adam, Grace and a highly unwelcome Iris.

"So A, what did you get up to in AP Chem.?" Iris draped her self unceremoniously around Adam as they walked to the exit that leads to the front of the school.

"We discovered new metal. Absolutely amazing. Wouldn't you say Jane?" Adam smiled knowingly as Joan as they exited the school.

"Oh absolutely. Brightened up my day."

The four teens made their way through the double doors that swung open. Slowly the doors began closing once they had passed through them. The doors sat silently waiting to be used again.

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