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Chapter 5: Detention.
After school Sam and Jack met up for detention.
"You ready for some scrubbing?" Jack asked, trying to lighten the mood.
"Unfortunately. I've always hated cleaning." Sam answered with a slight smile.
"Hey, who doesn't?"
"Good point."
"You know, we never really got the chance to finish our little chat in chemistry." Jack said hastily.
They probably only had a few minutes before Maybourne showed up.
"Oh." Sam said. Jack took it as a sign that he should continue.
"I'm just saying that, like I was saying, I'm just going to the dance with some friends as well so I
was wondering if..."
"Mr. O'Neill, actually on time!" Maybourne said as he walked over to them with a bucket and
two sponges. "And for detention too. This is a first."
"Well, there's a first time for everything." Jack said, annoyed at the teacher's terribly bad timing.
Actually, he was just mad at the teacher in general.
"You two better get started. You've only got an hour to clean this whole wall."
"Oh, goody." Jack said sarcastically. Sam smiled.
"Just get to work." Maybourne said angrily.
"Yes sir." Jack mock saluted him. Sam smiled even more. They both got to work, happy that at
least Maybourne wasn't enjoying himself.
Not too far away, behind a bush, the SJ safeguard were watching the whole ordeal.
"That no good son of a..." Walter yelled.
"He was so close to asking her out!" Jensen said.
"Well, I for one won't let that bastard ruin our plans. Not this year." Freya said.
"I say we go over there and kick Maybourne's ass!" Desala said.
"Maybe we won't have to." Siler said, drawing the teachers attention to a fight that was breaking
out between Pete and Martouf with Jonas preparing to join in.
"Nice timing." Davis said. "Maybourne has no choice but to go over there and put a stop to it."
"And knowing those two, it could take some time." Walter said.
"What the!" Maybourne yelled when he saw a group of students making a circle around the fight.
"Honestly, you teenagers are out of control. You two stay here and continue cleaning." He said as
he headed towards the group of teens.
Sam turned away from the wall to see what was happening. She rolled her eyes and went back to
scrubbing.
"I never thought I would agree with him." She muttered.
"I'm guessing this isn't the first." Jack said.
"No." Sam sighed. "What is it with guys and their stupid fights?"
Jack placed himself as if he were a journalist. "Since the beginning of mankind, man has hated
man for various reasons differing from who is the leader to who gets the last cookie."
Sam laughed. "Short answer: There's no rational reason."
"Pretty much."
There was a comfortable silence for a short while. They stood staring at each other with happy
faces.
"Would you want to come to the dance with me?" Jack blurted out.
Sam smiled. "I'd love too."
Jack nearly did a back flip. "Really? I mean, great!"
Sam giggled and she gave him a megawatt smile. They both picked their sponges back up and
continued scrubbing the wall. Behind another bush Janet and Daniel had been watching the whole
thing.
"Yes!" Janet yelled. She hugged Daniel and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "You have no
idea how long I've waited for Jack to ask Sam out."
Daniel was slightly in shock. He briefly touched his cheek where Janet had kissed him. "Uh,
yeah." He said.
"Now we can move onto phase two."
"Phase two?"
"Yup. We have to make sure that they have a wonderful first date and secure a second one."
"This is more complicated then I thought."
"It's all in the art of matchmaking. But don't worry, the hard part is done. You know, we make a
really good team."
"Yeah, we do. So, how do we secure a second date?"
"We just make sure that nothing ruins the night. Not like last year."
"What happened last year?"
"At last year's end of the year party, Sam and I were going alone. So was Jack. I was trying to
draw her over to where Jack and his friends were dancing. I actually managed to get the two of
them to dance together."
"How?"
"The old I'm going to get us a drink, wait here routine."
"That works?"
"No one dances alone." Janet winked. "So, anyway, they had just started to dance together. I
think Jack was about to say something when the school's fire alarm went off and the fire sprinkles
went off. Everybody ran outside and that was it for the party."
"Wow. That sucks."
"Yeah. At the time, I suspected that Pete had done it. You know, so that Jack and Sam wouldn't
end up together. But there were teachers posted all over the place. The fire alarms were covered."
"That doesn't mean that it would be impossible for a student to pull one of them. Maybe it was
just some no-one prankster."
"It seems like too much of a coincidence. Then again, it wouldn't be the first time that something
like that happened."
"Why did you suspect Pete but not Martouf?"
"Martouf was sticking to Sam like glue. He was trying to win her back."
"I thought Pete was the stalker."
"Oh, he is. But he doesn't have the guts to go talk to Sam. He's worse than Jack. Anyway, it
would be his type."
"How do you keep track of all of this?"
"Give it time."
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