(Yay more characters! Robert equal Dutchy, Bryant equal Specs, and Evan equal Skittery)

Skitts gets to use the f-word!

Dream Me Away From That City in Cali

Chapter II

Jack woke up that morning and stretched out across the floor, Sully was sitting on his chest. He purred and casually pawed at Jack. Jack sat up and Sully jumped off him looking slightly peeved at having to move. Jack started the coffee maker and headed for the shower. Fifteen minutes later Jack came back into the kitchen dressed and ready. Quickly he poured himself a cup of coffee and poured milk and sugar in it. Just as quickly as he poured it he chugged it down and ran out the door with backpack in hand.

He figured today wouldn't be so bad since him and David seemed to get along real well together. Not very often you met someone you just seemed to mesh with. And this town wasn't so bad once he really thought about it. It was calm, relaxing, and the traffic there was almost nonexistent. People were real nice too. Jack played with the thought of really living here when it was all over.

It would be nice. The education was even real decent. Lots of students seemed to be getting one on one attention and the teachers seemed to want to go out of their way to help the students. Last school he was at was a more fend for yourself and only the bad students got the most attention. There was no real time to help unless it was your last year there or you started mysteriously skipping school when you were a good student. School here was much better.

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It seemed that they already had a sub and said sub was doing an awful job. The whole class was in chaos and David was sitting off in a corner just reading. Jack shrugged and then sat on the desk across from David's. The teacher was yelling at one of the boys leaving the class room and a bunch of the students started throwing paper around the room. Jack poked David.

"…….."

Poke.

"……Yes?"

"Are we gonna get in trouble if we leave?" asked Jack.

"It's not like he already took roll, why?" David put down his book.

"No reason really, I just need a smoke," said Jack glancing back at the front of the room.

Someone was talking to the teacher.

"Your best bet is to do it while he's not watching, also, don't smoke behind the theater," said David.

Jack looked at him, "Why?"

"The drama kids get all pissy because they get blamed for the cigarettes left on the ground, but I think that's only because they get high and don't want to get caught," said David with a slight wistful look on his face.

"I'll keep that in mind," said Jack about ready to get up when someone else came inside and started yelling at all the students to shut up and sit down.

The entire class now had detention during lunch. Except for the select few who hadn't been misbehaving, which David seemed to convince the teacher were him, Jack because he was new and didn't really know anyone, and a few other students. Jack figured David could probably talk his way out of a car cash from the way David seemed to speak to half the adults.

Score one for him for befriending teachers pet, thought Jack.

He was making his way out of fourth period and went to the food carts. He picked up the tray they gave everyone who handed them a meal ticket and immediately threw away the apple and carrots. He scanned the lunch area and saw David sitting with his friends and made his way towards them.

David looked up from talking to some other boy with brown hair and waved at Jack, "Hey."

"Hope you don't mind I sit with ya, still new and all," said Jack smiling at David because he'd mimicked his earlier statement.

"Hey it got you out of detention," said David peeling an orange.

The blond boy from the other day looked down at his plate and noticed something was missing and then glared at David.

"You're in my Econ class aren't you?" asked the brown haired boy David had been talking to.

"You sit in the back playing quarters?" asked Jack.

The boy smiled and nodded, "Yeah."

"Then yeah," said Jack taking a bite from his cheeseburger and tossing a quarter onto the table.

"Oh God not here, he plays it all the time," said the blond boy rubbing his semi-scared knuckles.

"Robert's only mad because he lost last time,"

"I needed a bandage Bryant," muttered Robert.

David looked back at Jack, "Robert and Evan, well more Evan really, but they love playing quarters."

"Since Jr. High," said Bryant.

"At least we stopped playing Open Chest!" said Robert and quickly crossed his arms over his chest. (1)

"Didn't they stop playing that game because someone got sent to the hospital?" asked Jack having heard of the game back at home.

"Some people ruin all the fun," said Evan.

"If you wanna call that fun," said David shrugging a shoulder and continued eating Robert's orange.

"You so owe me an orange," said Robert taking Bryant's apple.

"Because giving you my notes counts for nothing," said David purposely eating the orange slowly now.

Jack and Evan started laughing and Robert bit off a piece of an apple and threw it at David. Then suddenly a messy tray plopped down next to Jack's and someone sat next to him.

"Hi Jack," said Sarah.

"Don't you have friends you should be hanging out with?" said David looking at her.

"Shut up David,"

"Hi Sarah," said Jack smiling at her.

Across the way they could see Sarah's friends start quietly giggling and talking amongst themselves.

The bell rang and Sarah looked disappointed, "You're coming over today right, Jack?"

"Yeah," he looked over at David who was ignoring them now.

"Good, I'll see you later then, bye!" she got up and walked off with her friends.

"Dude, she left her trash here," said Bryant poking at her tray.

Robert slapped Bryant's away from Sarah's tray whispered something to him and pointed at Jack. Bryant started smiling and started wiggling his eyebrows at Jack and David.

"I'll take care of it," muttered David picking it up and looked back a Jack, "you know, it might be a better idea if we just studied at your house."

Robert and Bryant started laughing and took off.

"Nah, I like your family," said Jack throwing his trash away too and giving Robert and Bryant an amused yet also confused look.

"Suit yourself," said David walking off to his next class, "see you later then."

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Studying went off without much interruption this time around. It seemed that Sarah decided to choose her moments to come in and start talking to Jack. Every time David disappeared Sarah showed up and talked to Jack who just politely listened to her talk. And either Sarah was real good at precognition or had good ears, Jack chose to go with the latter, because every time right before David showed back up she'd be up and gone. He mostly got a kick out of it.

"I have to go pick up Les, but I'll be back ok?" said David already heading out the kitchen, "When I get back I'll check over your work."

"'K," said Jack and not even two seconds later Sarah was back in the kitchen.

"Hey, Jack? Do you want to go out with me?" she was sitting across from him drinking some milk she'd poured herself.

"……..I have to think about it. Don't take it as I don't like you or nothing, I just uh, need to-"

"You're gonna ask David if it's alright aren't you?" she rolled her eyes.

Jack smiled down at his book, "Nothing gets past you."

"Look, David won't care if you go out on a date with me," she leaned on elbows.

"I know, but I just want to make sure," Jack continued trying to do his work.

"So what will you do if he says no?" she sat back upright in her chair.

"Well, I guess we'll just have to find a way to go out with out him knowing," he stared up at her and smiled, his face felt like it was going to break.

"Oh, Jack, you're such a dork……IN A GOOD WAY!" she seemed slightly embarrassed at the loudness of her last words.

"You too," he laughed.

She left him to do his homework, having already come into the kitchen to ask what she'd wanted. Jack really didn't want to go out with Sarah and it wasn't like there was something wrong with her. She seemed like a perfectly fine girl, but he just didn't feel anything drawing him to her. He really didn't want to spend time with her, but since she was David's sister he'd figured he'd be nice to her. (not that he wouldn't be nice to her on any other occasion) Mostly though, he wanted David to like him and asking David if it would be alright to take her out on one date just proved how good a person he was. Or at least he thought.

David came back into the kitchen fifteen minutes later, "So, how's the work going?"

"Good, I got most of page twelve through fifteen done. Here tell me if I'm doing it right."

Jack watched David lean next to him in order to look over his work, David looked over at Jack and smiled, "You'll be in senior classes in no time."

"Thanks, but really that's all because of you……" Jack glanced down at the table and wondered what that was about.

David looked slightly flushed but didn't say anything.

"Hey, can I ask you something?" Jack turned in his seat.

"Anyth-What is it?" David grabbed a cup out of the cupboard and poured himself a glass of water.

"Um…..I was wondering if it would be ok if I took your sister out on a date. That is, if it's ok with you," said Jack watching David all but drink the water.

"My sister?..." David looked slightly down for a second then said, "I don't see why not, I mean, that'll sure make her day."

Jack felt absolutely bad because David seemed to be pretending it was alright, "Like I said, if you really don't want me to I won't."

"No, no really it's fine," said David pouring another glass of water.

"Are you fine?" Jack got up and turned David around.

David thought Jack looked just about as happy as he did at the answer he'd given, "Of course I'm fine, why wouldn't I be? You're a good guy, I have nothing to worry about, you won't take advantage of her."

"Never," said Jack leaning against the kitchen sink next to David.

"Good," said David holding on to his empty cup.

Sarah walked into the kitchen, "Jeez you two, you look like two little kids who just lost their kite."

"Uh, I'm gonna go and wash some laundry, be right back," said David walking out of the kitchen.

Sarah looked at her brothers retreating back and wondered whether or not she should go and see what was wrong. But Jack was smiling at her and figured her brother was a big boy.

"So, did you ask him?" she leaned on the table across from Jack.

"Yeah," he smiled at her and tugged her near him.

"And he said?" she smiled at him.

"How's tomorrow night sound?"

"Awesome! We so have to go see this one movie I've been dying to see! You'll love it, it's a romantic comedy," she was smiling like there was no tomorrow.

"Oh joy," he laughed.

"Oh come on, it won't be that bad. Ok, I'm gonna go, see you tomorrow!" she took off out the kitchen cell phone in hand.

David walked back into the kitchen Jack looked up at him from his position at the table, "She's talking a mile a minute to one of her friends."

"Oh yay," Jack smiled at David.

"Hey, you asked," said David shrugging.

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A man was sitting at a desk in a large black chair facing his window with the blinds closed.

"So, have you found him yet?"

"We may have found Francis. We just need a bit more time to-"

"Take all the time you want if you don't value your job."

"Um, sir?"

He pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed, "Just find him."

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logging D.Jacobs into chat….

You joined Glass Cage Red Hell.

Topic: Talk about all the bad shit that happens. Yeah, I'm talking about you Evan…

D.Jacobs: hey guys.

watchtheshoes: It's DAaavid!

xXDrugFreeXx: Hey.

goingEmo: so how goes the tutoring?

watchtheshoes: David so needs a new s/n

goingEmo: -shrugs-

D.Jacobs: Ok, but he asked me if it was alright to take my sister out on a date.

xXDrugFreeXx: Oh, too bad, you would have made a nice couple.

goingEmo: ?

D.Jacobs: ……….

watchtheshoes: he's only like that because no one loves him

goingEmo: fuck you Rboetrt!

goingEmo: (correction) Robert……

xXDrugFreeXx: No, that's my job…….

watchtheshoes: -nods- yeah! (dude he's so mad he messed up my name lol)

D.Jacobs: ….I'm going…..

goingEmo: Me too

D.Jacobs left the room.

goingEmo left the room

watchtheshoes: man they scare easy.

watchtheshoes: lol

xXDrugFreeXx: Yeah, it's too funny.

watchtheshoes: see you at my house in ten?

xXDrugFreeXx: So there, bye.

xXDrugFreeXx left the room.

watchtheshoes left the room.

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1: Open Chest, for those of you who have no idea what it is. It's a game a bunch of kids use to play at my Jr. High. See you had to have your arms crossed over your chest, if you didn't anyone who you were playing with got to punch you in the chest. Someone did get sent to the hospital because of that game. Man kids play violent games in school.

A/N: anyone as surprised as I am that this chapter came about so quickly? I swear the in like the next chapter you'll start seeing more Jack inking towards David. To me this is more like them hinting that they like each other, but being too timid to say it to one another at the time being because they're still relatively new to each other. When Jack asked David to go out with Sarah it was his way of hoping David would say no, because what brother would really say yeah to his friend dating his sister?

Ok like the last two parts were uber stupid, but really, I wanted to do 'em. (is real sorry if it feels like nothing is happening in the story! It's supposed to grow slowly, slowly I say...but not too slow.)