"So…you have the hotts for Dr. Jackson huh?" John winced as he received a slap as an answer.
"It's the glasses. She seems to have a thing for glasses." Anita managed to dodge the blow aimed in her direction, ducking behind Rodney. Danielle gave him a look and took another swing. He moved to the right and it hit Anita instead.
"Hey Rodney, you brought me here and you're my guardian. Protecting me is part of the package! Not throwing me into harms way!" Rodney stopped walking. He suddenly remembered another day he had heard her say that last line. She was the same, more than anyone could see.
"I think we should go to the lab.' Carson suggested. "That way Rodney can work on a way to get you guys back." Danielle gave him a sad look. Genna noticed.
"So you don't want us here?" Genna asked, giving a slightly mean stare.
"That's not what I meant. It's just…you girls were in school when you came here. I'm sure you're missing something important."
"Hardly. Danielle's great at science and math, I'm good with history, and Genna's pretty much got it all covered. We don't need school, it's SO overrated. Hey, Rodney? Are we going the wrong way?" John looked around. She was right; they were going the wrong way.
"No, I've got to make a pit stop at a room; I left some notes I might need there." It wasn't until they reached the room in question that John knew what he was talking about. It was Anita's room.
Rodney walked in and the rest followed him. While Rodney shuffled through the desk, John watched him in annoyance. Why did he bring them here? It was stupidity on his part. Rodney suddenly yelled, "Got it!" starling John from his thoughts. Rodney spun around and in the process knocked a box off of the desk.
"Here let me help." Anita offered, stooping down to pick up the contents of the box. Genna and Danielle followed suit. It wasn't until Anita sat still looking at a piece of paper, did he realize that the box looked familiar for a reason. It wasn't a piece of paper she was holding, it was a picture.
"What's that Anita?" Danielle asked, looking over Anita's shoulder. Slowly, she took it out of Anita's hands and handed it to a quizzical Genna. Rodney watched all this in mild horror.
"The hell?" Anita reached down and picked up a few more pictures, the look of disbelief and confusion growing with each one.
"It's not what it looks like." Rodney finally exclaimed, throwing a few more pictures into the box.
"What is all of this?" Genna looked up at John for the answer. He looked over at Rodney, then Carson. They just nodded their heads.
"Well, it's long story. Let's take the box back to the lab so we can explain while Rodney works." They just nodded in agreement, and followed the men out of the room.
They looked at the pictures in amazement. There were ones from their past and some from their futures. John had just finished telling them what had happened. He left out the part that they were all dating.
"What's this one?" Danielle asked her friends in excitement, holding up a video. They just shook their heads. She popped into the video player Rodney had rigged up for them. It was of their last day of school.
' "So here we are, the last Freshman class of Yeager High. It's our last day; half of us are already gone. Thankfully the best of the best showed up." Anita scanned the hallway where everybody hung out in the mornings, settling on her friends. Genna, Danielle, and a few other girls waved and blew kisses at the camera.
The video continued going through all of their classes. Finally they reached the end.
'"Take a look girls. These are our final moments as students here. We will go on to the new school to patronize other people, but it won't be the same. These are our last moments as Bobcats." As she scanned the front lawn, with everyone milling about, the bell rang from inside. "Well, that's it." The camera looked over at Genna and Danielle. They were looking a t the building, silently praying that it was all a joke, that they'd come back on August 26th. But nobody jumped out and yelled "Gotcha!" With a look at each other, the three set off to the buses.
Danielle was looking at the video in shock. Was it really going to happen that way? That was a week away. It was weird, knowing that it was going to happen that way. She looked over at her friends, seeing that they were having a similar reaction. She jerked the video out of the player and stuck in another one. Rodney announced that the device was almost ready. They would be back to normal in a matter of minutes.
"Danielle, tell the camera what you plan on being when you get out of school?" Anita said behind the camera.
"I plan on going to more school. I'm going to get a PhD in Astrophysics. I'm going to go to Yale and prove my dad wrong."
"Genna?"
"I'm going to be a Paleontologist. Don't know where I'm going, but I'm gonna do great. How about you Anita." she took the camera and aimed it at her.
"Well and Archeologist obviously. Then I'm going to get recognized but the U.S. Air Force, sent to Cheyenne Mountain to work with Daniel, date Skaara, refer both of you to the program and live happily ever after. The End." They all laughed until their sides hurt. Danielle actually fell off of the bed she was sitting on.
"Amen" she said picking herself up off of the floor.
"What if we don't end up at the SGC, what if we end up on Atlantis? What would you do then?"
"That obvious. I would be the most kick as Archeologist there. We'd get there, I'd discover an ancient outpost and get ten ZPMs, I'd marry Rodney McKay and live happily ever after!" Anita took the camera and aimed it at Genna.
"Okay Genna. How about you? What will you do if you end up on Atlantis?"
"Duh. I'd be a paleontologist or something they might need. I'd be the best a t whatever I do. I'd do just about the same as you, except I'd marry John. Danielle's turn!" The camera zoomed in on Danielle.
"Well. I'd be the best astrophysicist there." At this there was a little cough from behind the camera. "Sorry, I mean the second best, the best FEMALE astrophysicist there. I'd marry Carson. Happily ever after, the end." The three of them burst into a fit of laughter. Then the tape switched to them cutting a cake.
"Three, two, one!" Rodney hit the button before anyone got the chance to ask questions about the tape. They were again blinded by a flash of light. The trio was back to normal and sat, rather dazed, in front of the video player. "It worked!" Rodney rushed over to Anita and began to explain.
"Wait! I remember everything! I remember the chocolate, and the picture, and the tape-" With that they all looked toward the video tape. John jumped forward and replayed it before any protests were made. The girls watched in horror the secret that had finally been revealed.
"Pretty intense for a first date don't you think?" Carson muttered, watching Danielle hide her face in her arms. The rest of the group burst into a fit of laughter.
It was later, sitting on the pier, having her date with Carson (FINALLY!) that Danielle realized that she didn't miss the life she had before. She was perfectly content with what she had on Atlantis. She had a great job, a wonderful guy she could have a future with, and her best friends in the world. This is what she had always wanted. She would never, for a second, go back to what she had before.
A/N: Well…what do you think? Review and tell me! I only have the epilogue left, sadly. Thank you SO much for sticking it out with me!
