And da da daaaa dada! Chapter 7 posted as ordered sir! Hope you like it :D
Chapter 7: Happy exchanges.
Thursday morning, Jack was practically skipping to school. Heads turned to watch the unusual sight the entire walk to school.
"Would you stop that!" Michael yelled.
"Stop what?" Jack asked.
"Guys don't skip, okay?"
"I wasn't skipping!"
"Yes, you were." Kayla said smugly. She then turned and smiled knowingly at Daniel. Daniel
looked away. He was a little embarrassed about their conversation the previous day.
"Okay, what did you do?" Kayla asked him.
"What do you mean?" Daniel replied.
"People have tried to get Sam and Jack together for some time now and the day after you show
up, it finally happens. Some coincidence."
"Oh, well I ... um…"
"I thought so. Don't worry. Your secret is safe with me."
Daniel smiled.
"Although, I am a little curious how you managed such an impossible task."
"I got some help, actually."
"Really! From whom?"
"Her name's Janet."
"Janet? As in Sam's best friend?"
"Yeah."
"So the rumors are true then."
"What rumors?"
"One of my friends stayed after school because of some stupid fight. She told me you and Janet
were hiding behind a bush, and that, apparently, Janet kissed you."
Daniel looked like he had just seen a ghost. "It was just on the cheeks and only because we heard
Jack asking Sam to the dance. It was perfectly innocent." Daniel had explained quickly.
"Wow. Slow down or you'll give yourself a heart attack. I wasn't making any suggestions, I was
just saying what I heard."
"Sorry."
"Word of advice: From what I heard, Janet has a thing for you and, even though you've tried to
avoid personal relationships in the past, I think this time you should make an exception." Kayla
said before leaving Daniel to himself.
Daniel had been really surprised. Was it possible Janet had a thing for him? He shook his head as
if he was trying to get the thought out of his head. Don't be ridiculous. Daniel thought to
himself.
"You okay there, Danny?" Jack asked, partly so he could draw attention away from his so called
skipping and partly because Daniel looked really preoccupied by something.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little tired, I guess."
Jack nodded. "All right then. See you later." He said before running into the school.
"I can get that he's in a good mood but to actually be excited to go to school?" Michael said.
"Let him have his moment." Kayla said.
"Why should I?"
"Because."
"That's not an answer."
"Daniel, what do you think?"
"What?" Daniel asked.
"What's wrong with you today?" Michael asked.
"Nothing. Got to go." He said before leaving.
"What was all that about?" Michael asked.
"How am I supposed to know?" Kayla said.
"You said something to him, didn't you?"
"Okay, so I might have mentioned something..."
"What could you have possibly said to make him so pensive?"
"Um, I better go too, I don't want to be late."
"Hey! Wait!" Michael yelled but it was too late. The bell rang and Michael ran to get to his first
class.
Jack's first class was physics and he couldn't help but notice how happy all the teachers looked.
"Did someone win the lottery or something?" Jack asked Teal'c.
"If someone did, it wasn't Maybourne or Makepeace. I've seen them in some pretty bad moods
but this..."
"It's a good thing we don't have gym today."
"You can say that again. I saw Maybourne in the hallway and he screamed at someone just for
walking too close to the wall."
"Walking too close to the wall?"
"Don't ask. No one gets it."
"Okay."
"You seem to be in a pretty good mood yourself. What's up?" At that moment Sam walked in and
smiled in Jack's direction. Jack smiled back and waved. "No way!" Teal'c exclaimed. "Didn't
know you had it in you."
"All right everybody." Madame Desala said with a smile. "It's such a wonderful day today." All
the students looked out the window and saw that the sky was filled with dark grey clouds that
looked like they were ready to starting pouring any moment. They looked back at their teacher
and each other in confusion. "I have a special treat for you all. We're going to make ice cream
today." Everybody smiled at this.
"What does ice cream have to do with physics?" One of the students asked.
"Let's just call it witnessing the exchange of heat between substances."
"Isn't that more related to chemistry?"
"Dude, shut up!" Teal'c said.
"Thank you, Teal'c." Desala said.
"What! He..." The student started to protest.
"All right, everybody. Teams of four." Desala cut through.
During the whole period practically everybody was laughing, especially Sam and Jack, who
seemed to be playfully fighting on who got to taste the ice-cream their team had made first.
"You got to decide the flavor!" Sam argued.
"You agreed to chocolate!" Jack said.
"Yeah, but you still got to choose."
"Why don't you just taste it at the same time?" Teal'c said. Sam and Jack both considered the
options.
"Okay." They both said in unison.
"On three. One, two..." Jack said but Sam already put her spoon in her mouth. "Hey, I said on
three!"
"Oops." Sam giggled.
"Cheater." Jack said, although smiling. All the while, he was moving over to the sink. He grabbed
the water sprayer and sprayed Sam with the water.
"Hey!" Sam said and walked over to the sink so she could spray Jack back.
"What? You started it." He said and grabbed Sam from behind so she couldn't get to the sink.
"Get a room." Teal'c said while the couple wrestled. At that moment Desala decided she should
probably intervene.
"What are you doing?!" She said, trying to keep a stern look.
Jack let go of Sam and they both took a step back. "Um, we were just...uh..."
"Could we please not wrestle around the expensive equipment?" She asked.
"Sorry, it won't happen again."
"Good." She said and turned around to check up on the other teams. But now that she was clear
from the not-just-yet-couple, she had to smile. She was used to seeing them flirt a little now and
then, but this was the first time that they flirted that much. She had won the bet yet again.
After history class, Daniel was on his way to his locker when he bumped into three guys much
bigger then he was. He recognized them as the students who had been staring at him the previous day in math class.
"Where do you think you're going?" The one that Daniel figured was the ringleader asked. Wow,
only getting beaten up on the second day. A new record. Daniel thought.
"Just my locker. Not that it concerns you." He answered and tried to keep the fear out of his
voice.
"Smart ass, eh? Well, we know how to deal with those, don't we, boys?" Daniel immediately
shielded his face, knowing what to expect. The ringleader prepared his fist and his followers did
the same as they all surrounded Daniel.
"You leave him alone!" Someone yelled. The ringleader lowered his arm and Daniel looked up. It
was Janet. "If you're looking for a way to feel manly, try beating someone up solo for a change."
She added.
"Look everybody, geek boy needs his little girlfriend for protection." The ringleader said
mockingly.
"Bug off Martin." Janet said.
"Whatever, little missy." Martin said, leaving, his goons not too far behind.
"You okay?" Janet asked Daniel.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks, by the way."
"Don't mention it." Janet said before the bell rang. "Great. Well, see you later. I've got an English
class to look forward to."
"Oh, me too." Daniel said.
"Cool, do you know where it is?"
"No." Daniel lied.
"Come on, I'll show you."
awww, isn't that cute. For more cliches like this please leave a message after the end of this sentence... no wait his one :P