Sorry for the long wait guys, it took more time caus it's like 2 times bigger than the other ones,
but here it is, just in time for my birthday :P hope you like!!
Chapter 10: The dance.
The dance was in full swing. Everyone was dancing, snacking and laughing. On the dance floor,
Sam and Jack were dancing. Jack wore his casual black jeans and T-shirt and Sam wore her blue
jeans and the sky blue tank top Janet had chosen. Daniel and Janet kept watch and tried to make
sure that nothing would get in the way of the couple. Janet had said that the best place to keep
watch was by the snack table, where you could see everything. Daniel, who knew that this was
just an excuse to snack at the same time, had agreed with her idea.
"Soda?" Janet asked.
"Thanks." Daniel answered as she handed him a soda. "So, what exactly am I looking for?"
"Anything and everything that might be considered suspicious. After last year's events I'm not
taking any chances."
"You mean like someone getting too close to a fire alarm?"
"Exactly." Janet smiled. "See, you're already a pro."
Daniel blushed slightly. They both drank their sodas in a comfortable silence.
"This song is too fast." Janet said eventually.
"What?" Daniel asked. He liked the song and didn't understand why the tempo was a problem.
"Well, we want them to slow dance, don't we?" Janet questioned matter-of-factly.
"Oh. Well, yeah, but I don't see how we can..." Daniel started.
"Wait here. I'll be right back." Janet said as she left.
"Where are you going?" Daniel asked and walked a little to see where she was headed.
Janet walked over to the DJ and asked for a slow dance.
"Sorry missy, one of the teachers warned me against those."
"If it's just a warning you can do it anyway." Janet said, slightly shocked that a teacher would
have warned against slow dances. That had never happened before.
"Sorry, no can do."
Janet sighed. "All right."
She walked back to where Daniel stood.
"Okay, something's wrong. One of the teachers banned slow dances."
"What?" Daniel asked as he nearly spilled his drink in shock.
"I need you to go to the DJ stand and swap some CDs around so the next song that plays is a
slow dance one."
"Can't you do it?"
"I've already gone to see him once. If I go again it would look suspicious."
"But I don't know what to do."
"Don't worry, just change one of the CD's in the player."
"And how am I suppose to do that without him seeing me?"
"I'll find a distraction, don't worry."
Daniel walked closer to the DJ and waited for Janet's distraction. Meanwhile, Janet went over to
see Martin.
"Hi."
"What do you want?"
"I'm here to help you."
"I don't need any help with anything."
"Well, you seem to be receiving very little respect from your peers nowadays."
"Yeah, so?"
"Well, I might have a solution for you."
"I'm listening."
"What if you take one of those lights near the DJ? Imagine how much everybody would cheer for
you for pissing off the teachers."
Martin seemed to be considering the possibility.
"Just a suggestion." Janet said as she left.
Daniel was still waiting for the distraction when he noticed Martin was headed towards him.
Daniel quickly hid behind the closest garbage bin. He watched Martin closely. Martin stood next
to one of the lights that wasn't on and waited. When the DJ was busy with something, Martin
swiftly snatched the light and ran off.
"Hey! That's my light!" The DJ yelled at the teenager and ran after him to get his lamp back.
Daniel smiled. Nice thinking, Janet, he thought as he went over to the CD's and picked out a nice
quiet song. Daniel swapped it with the CD that was suppose to play next. He noticed that the DJ
was coming back with the light in hand, apparently grumbling to himself. Daniel quickly left to
rejoin Janet at the snack stand.
"That was brilliant!" Daniel told her.
"Did you make the switch?" She asked with a smile.
"Yes, I selected You're Beautiful."
"By James Blunt?" Janet asked, surprised.
"Is that a problem?" Daniel asked, worried.
"No, not at all. It's just that's the song they played last year before the alarm went off."
"Seriously?"
Janet nodded.
"Wow."
"I think I need a rest." Sam said when the song ended.
"Good idea." Jack said. They started to leave the dance floor when the next song started to play
but stopped when the song Daniel had chosen started to play. They looked at each other.
"One last dance?" Jack asked. Sam smiled brightly and took his hand.
Jack put his arms around Sam's waist and she wrapped her arms around his neck. They swayed as
they looked into each other's eyes.
A few feet away, Janet and Daniel were smiling like there was no tomorrow. Neither noticed
Makepeace heading angrily towards the confused DJ.
Sam had placed her head on Jack's chest as the song continued. She looked up and leaned in as
Jack did the same. Their lips were almost touching when a spark from the DJ's stand made one of
the lights explode and the music stop. Everybody jumped back. Since Sam and Jack were part of
the group that was closest to the DJ the small explosion of sparks almost touched them. Sam
ducked as a reflex and Jack covered her. The sparks eventually stopped and the DJ swore under
his breath as he tried to restart the music. Everyone else in the room murmured about the
explosion.
Janet was pissed to say the least.
"I can't believe this! There's no way that was just an accident!" She yelled. "And right when they
were about to kiss, too! Unbelievable!" She continued her rant. Daniel didn't even have the time
to say something. He simply waited for Janet to calm down a little. Daniel looked around the gym
and noticed Siler, his computer lab teacher, at the door. He seemed to be looking for someone.
Siler caught Daniel staring at him and waved the teenager over. Daniel went to see him and,
noticing that Daniel was going somewhere, Janet followed as she continued her rant.
"What happened?" Siler asked.
"Oh, nothing. Just an explosion." Janet said, still angry.
"One of the bulbs in the lights exploded. Probably just a short circuit or something." Daniel said.
"Well, it was terrible timing!"
"What do you mean?" Siler asked.
"Nothing that you would understand."
"This has to do with Sam and Jack, doesn't it?" Siler said.
Janet stared at him with wide eyes. "How did you..."
"Where's Makepeace and Maybourne?" He asked and scanned the room again.
"I don't know. Why?"
"I knew they would try something!" Siler said, not paying attention to Janet's question.
"They did this?"
"I have to find them." Siler said, again not listening to Janet.
"What's going on?" Janet asked, almost yelling.
Siler looked at them pensively. "Ok, here's the thing..." He explained about last year, the bets, the
SJ safeguard and how they weren't allowed to help with the security at the dance.
"That's so not cool!" Janet said. "When I find Maybourne and Makepeace, I'll..."
"Let us take care of it." Siler said.
Janet pouted.
"But we can help." Daniel argued.
"We're perfectly capable of handling things."
"Without access to the gym for the rest of the evening?" Janet pointed out.
"All right." Siler said, almost exasperated. Daniel and Janet smiled. "I guess we could use
someone on the inside."
"Great! So, what do you what us to do?" Janet said.
"All right, we're thinking that, once they get things up and running again, Maybourne or
Makepeace might try something else. We need to stop them from doing that or at the worst, catch
them in the act." Siler explained. "We need you two to keep an eye out for them. If they do
anything suspicious, you try to stop them and if you can't, then we need evidence that proves they
caused whatever it is they have planned."
"We can do that." Daniel said.
"Great." Siler said and started to close the door.
"Just a question, what are you guys going to do?" Janet asked before he could leave.
"Oh, well...we're going to guard...the doors...and stuff." He answered.
"Of course you are." Janet said with a victorious smile.
"Oh yeah, you guys would have been just fine on your own." Daniel said sarcastically.
"We had a plan, you know." Siler said in defense.
"Right, and where were you when the light blew up?" Janet asked.
"Where were you?" Siler shot back.
There wasn't an answer.
"All right then." Siler said and left.
"It's not like we didn't do anything. We did get Sam and Jack to dance a slow dance before it was
rudely interrupted." Janet said as she and Daniel walked back to the snack stand.
"Speaking of Sam and Jack, where are they?" Daniel asked.
After the incident with the lights, Sam and Jack had left by one of the side doors and gone outside
on the lawn. It was a clear night and, despite all the light around them, they could see a few stars.
"You okay?" Jack asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Sam answered.
"It always seems to be something, doesn't it?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, last year there was that fire alarm and now this year there's the lights that exploded. I think
the school dances might be cursed."
Sam laughed. "Right. Well, hopefully they'll be able to fix the problem."
"I don't see them evacuating, so there's that."
"And on the bright side, I saw Janet and Daniel at the snack table together." Sam said after a short
silence.
"Really!" Jack exclaimed. "Well, what do you know, Teal'c was right."
"I think they would be cute together."
"It'll definitely bring a whole new meaning to opposites attract."
"They're not that different."
"I might not have known Daniel that long but he's not exactly the "outgoing, doesn't care about
grades" type of person that Janet is. Basically, he's a geek."
"I'm considered a geek." Sam said.
"I never said it was a bad thing." Jack grinned. Sam couldn't help but smile back.
The music in the gym started again, breaking the silence that had settled.
"Looks like they fixed it." Sam said.
"Wanna head back inside?" Jack asked.
"Actually it's kind of nice out here." Sam said.
"You're not cold?" Jack asked and pointed to her bare arms.
"Just a little." Sam said before she shivered. Jack stepped closer and wrapped his arms around her.
"Better?" He asked.
"Much." She smiled.
From the side door that Sam and Jack had exited, Daniel and Janet watched with matching smiles.
"Well, I don't think we have anything to worry about." Janet said happily.
"They'll definitely be fine." Daniel added.
"We should totally get a picture of this." Janet said, getting her camera out.
"You might want to put a hold on that." Daniel said, looking at the other side of the room.
"Why?" Janet asked and looked at the same spot as Daniel.
" Maybourne's heading towards the door."
"So? What can he do over there?"
"Aren't there sprinklers on the lawn?" Daniel asked. Janet didn't bother to answer. She stepped outside and ran to the sprinkler controls. Daniel was right next to her.
"We should be able to get there first. The control panel is just around this corner." Janet said.
They got to the control panel and they couldn't see anyone around.
"So, are we supposed to just wait for him to show up?" Daniel asked.
"I don't know." Janet said. She could still see Sam and Jack from her position. They seemed to be
dancing to another slow song. She couldn't quite make out the quiet song that was playing.
"Come see." Janet said and waved Daniel over.
Daniel joined Janet on the side of the wall.
"They're dancing." Daniel smiled.
"What are you doing here!?" A voice behind them yelled. The didn't need to turn around to know
that it was Maybourne.
"Just getting some air. You?" Janet said.
"You're going to miss all the fun if you stay out here all night." He said.
"We're good, thanks." Janet replied.
"Well, if you don't want to get wet you should head inside. The grass is looking a little yellow,
I'm going to turn on the sprinklers."
"But it rained all afternoon." Daniel said.
"Here's an idea. Why don't you mind your own business?"
"Why, don't you mess with everybody else's?" Janet queried.
"Excuse me?" Maybourne asked, confused.
"Playing the "dismatchmaker" lately?"
"I don't know what you're talking about but..."Maybourne started to say.
"Maybourne! There you are!" Ms. Desala said as she walked towards him with the rest of the SJ
safeguard. "How's the dance going?"
"Shame about that small but disruptive explosion." Davis said.
"What are you guys doing here?" Maybourne asked.
"Who? Us? Just hanging around. Keeping an eye on you. Good thing too." Jensen said.
"Yeah, I thought that being in charge of surveillance meant you had to be in the gym watching the
dance. Not outside messing around." Freya said.
"Time to head back inside before a fight breaks out." Walter said.
"I can't believe you guys." Maybourne grumbled but left anyways.
"Nice stalling." Desala said to Daniel and Janet.
"Nice timing." Janet replied.
"Well, we should probably go make sure that Maybourne really is going back to the gym." Davis
said.
"You think this will be enough to convince Hammond that someone else should be in charge of
surveillance next time?" Siler asked, as the group of teachers left.
"That was just weird." Janet said.
"Yeah. So, the "dismatchmaker"?" Daniel said.
"Well, what would you call it?"
"Good point." Daniel said. They both started to walk back to the door. On the way, they noticed
Sam and Jack kissing.
" Mission accomplished." Janet said with a wide smile.
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