Disclaimer: School of Rock and its characters do not belong to me. Neither do any pop culture references I may choose to include.

Author's notes: Thanks for the reviews, coming up in this chapter...the part that's a bit unbelievable. It's not even really going to make sense until the explanation next chapter, and even then it's kind of shoddy, but I really wanted something like this to happen so... I made up Wilfords, the department store. This chapter also contains spoilers to the movie Top Gun. If you haven't seen it, and don't want the plot ruined, well, you can't exactly skip the chapter, but it's kind of hard to mark the exact place, so I apologize to anyone who doesn't want it ruined. The phone call in this chapter was based off of me watching a lot of Rescue 911 reruns.

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Dani was still bouncing as she clung to Zack's hand, walking through the mall. "What store did you get your sneakers at Summer?" She asked looking down at her converse high tops covered in peace signs. "Those are really neat. Except I don't like the peace signs. It would be so much cooler if they were covered in smiley faces. Just the same, where'd you get them?"

Summer's face held an uneasy look. "I'm not sure if these are exactly the type of sneakers your mom was talking about you getting."

Dani shrugged happily. "So? My mom said sneakers. And those are sneakers. I'm supposed to find the ones I like, and I like those. Mom will be happy to hear that it only took me half an hour to find the pair I wanted."

"While you do bring up an interesting point Dani..." Zack trailed into a pause. "You're mother told me to find you athletic sneakers that you like. Canvas sneakers get worn down real quickly like your old pair."

"She also gave us enough money for two pairs of sneakers. I know because I counted. The extra is really supposed to be if we finish early and want to go to some other store or something, but Mom said to spend it how I want if you deemed it reasonable. And I want to spend it on shoes like Summer's."

"I'm not sure." Zack was taking the responsible role well. "Again, you have the good point, but we should concentrate on what we came for first."

"It will only take about ten minutes. Please Zack...." Dani looked up, her brown eyes widening.

Summer found her way to his other arm, getting caught up. "Yeah, please Zack? It's only to the shoe department in Wilfords."

Zack sighed. "OK. But only because Summer agrees." Dani eagerly began dragging Zack towards the store. "And you're looking at the athletic sneakers too."

"Sure. Come on." She tugged on his arm harder. "You're so slow. The last person I walked with that was this slow was Mary, my cousin. That was at my aunt's fourth wedding. I wasn't allowed to go shopping on that one. Anyway, Mary and I were supposed to go and get the rings from the living room, where Aunt Joan's ex husband and his best man were getting ready and stuff because they had been really stupid and left them in there. Mary was walking like it was her going down the aisle. And we were supposed to be hurrying. That's why they sent us. I almost had to pull her hair out to get her to move. Speaking of hair, when are you going to cut yours Zack? In Katie's diary she says it looks like some when gave you a really bad Beatles haircut. And she thinks you should get some sort of color in yours Summer. I think you should do a bright pink or green. She seems to think that you would look good with electric blue. You know what I totally forgot to tell you about? In that thunderstorm the other day, Katie and Freddy were hanging out in the living room having their date. There was one really loud clap of thunder and Freddy screamed like a girl. I know because I was spying on them. I hid behind the couch. They were supposed to be watching that movie...you know, Top Gun, but do you know what they were doing? Do you? They were making out. Probably isn't much of a shock, they do that a lot, but you never know with you people and what you know. Top Gun is a totally awesome movie by the way, I got to watch it when I was spying. It's so cool the way they fly the planes, and that part when they're singing in the bar is hilarious. The parts with the sex were pretty boring. But at that point all I had a choice between watching Tom Cruise make out and watching my sister make out, and I find watching my sister completely disgusting so I chose Tom Cruise. It was totally sad when Goose died though. I can't believe they ended killing him off and making Maverick fly solo. The movie kinda died at that point. It's too bad really. Of course my favorite part was when Maverick says, 'That son of a...'"

"That's enough story telling for now Dani." Summer hurriedly cut off the eight year old before she had a chance to finish the inappropriate line. "At least switch to a new topic."

"OK." It appeared Dani could care less. She continued talking at a rapid pace as they reached a virtually empty shoe department. The only part that kept it from being empty was the shoes.

"OK Dani, why don't you check out the sneakers?" Dani quickly dropped Zack's hand at his suggestion, hurrying over to a rack of high tops.

Summer sighed turning to face him. "Hyper, isn't she?"

Zack laughed, looking to his girlfriend. "The word I was gonna go for was precocious. But hyper works too. How are you holding up?"

"I'm doing great. Considering I only have to hear one sentence come out of her mouth and I'm laughing. Rather hardly I might add. How many times has her Aunt Joan been married anyway?" Summer leaned against him, her head finding his shoulder.

"I lost track." He admitted.

"Who wouldn't?" She paused. "Now that I think about it, you're hair does almost resemble the famous Beatle cut."

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing."

"I'll let you know if I end up making any of the bumbling bimbos here jealous."

Zack pretended to be hurt. "I'm glad to see that's how you make your decisions."

"Oh you know I'm joking you big baby."

"Oh I do?"

"Yes you do." The building shook lightly, lights flickering slightly. "What was that?" The question was hurried and in a nervous tone.

Zack shrugged. "I dunno. Probably a thunderstorm rolling in or something."

However, after the short break, the shaking returned becoming more violent, the lights going on and off as someone was rapidly flipping the switch. "This is wicked!" Dani could be heard, though it was hard to see exactly where she was.

"Dani, I want you to come back here." Zack had quickly gained a stern voice. "Come here right now."

"I'm coming, I'm coming."

Summer looked at Zack, the fear evident. "This does not feel like a thunderstorm." She gripped a nearby metal display rack to stay steady on her feet. The lights went completely out but the shaking continued. Though they couldn't see, they could hear things around them falling to the floor. "Zack, I really, really do not like this."

"This isn't so wicked anymore!" Dani called.

"Dani, we're going to go to a doorway. I want you to follow the sound of my voice, and come with us, OK?" Zack had taken charge, and had grabbed Summer's hand, beginning to lead her away from their current location.

"OK!" Dani responded quickly.

No sooner had they started walking did the display Summer had previous clung to fall down, striking both Zack and Summer to the ground.

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"911 emergency." The woman operating the emergency line answered immediately.

"My friend has a really bad cut on his thigh. He's bleeding really badly." A panicked and tearful voice blurted into the phone. "There's a lot of other people hurt too."

"Can you tell me your location Ma'am?"

"I'm at the Fox Run Mall. In the food court."

"Can you tell me what happened?"

"I'm not sure. The whole place started shaking. The power is out now. The whole place smells like gasoline or something. You have to hurry! I think there's some woman who just went into labor."

"Emergency services are on their way Ma'am. Are you hurt?"

"I'm fine, I was in an entryway."

"Ma'am, I'm gonna help you with your friend. Does he have a bandanna or anything?"

"I have a scarf, around my neck."

"That's good. That's very good. Now I want you to take the scarf off."

"How long will it be till the paramedics get here?"

"Not very long, I promise."

Chapter Three thus comes to a close. Coming soon is chapter four, but now I'm juggling my Harry Potter fic as well.

Thank You To Reviewers

mellowyellow36- My friend said the same thing when she read Dani's part she did this imitation of her when she's in between Summer and Zack in the car. To add to the bouncing effect, please imagine her eye twitching. "Do either of you have some sugar? Or some crack? Because either would be really awesome right about now. Don't lie to me. I see that white stuff in your pocket!"

wyverna- Sorry to hear about your computer. It's good thing you're computer literate. Glad you like the fic so far,

Silverkid- The sad thing is, Dani is modeled after me and my friends now, and we're in the eighth grade. Our parents are constantly telling us to slow down when we talk so they can understand us and we're all just like, "We're not talking that fast." But Dani is very hyperactive, which is very fun to write, and she does have lots of questions.

Pannalid- I was trying not to make Summer too, "Hey, I've just been through numerous traumatic experiences but I can bounce right back because I'm super fictional girl!" I'm happy that you think she is being realistic and that you think this one will match up to the series.

Sweetcaroline3313- The play was called Flapper, which you probably haven't heard of. It was a musical comedy that almost had a Nancy Drewish feel to it. And of course I was playing the Nancy Drewish character, which was pretty fun. See Silverkid's response for your Dani comments.

SarahLou- Now now now, putting Dani in a muzzle would not be a very nice thing. Let's get her! J/K, we respect the younger children as well as the older ones with younger personalities. Post more of your story soon too!

augur-cursed-Sometimes I do the review thing too, so I don't mind one bit if you didn't review, because obviously, you liked it enough to keep reading the series, and that's all that really matters. Again, for the Dani comment, see Silverkid's response.

Chinsky-Thanks for recommending me, and it's not that selfish to want more of writing...at least not in my opinion, but people seem to think I'm a bit messed up in the head. Then again, who isn't?

Rust Red- Who dat is?