Sorry for the thousand year wait :S Other chapters will hopefully be quicker (I blame my school and the amount of homework they gave me this weekend.) The ideas are in my head... just not on paper... yet. anyway, enjoy :D

Chapter 12: The hunter becomes the hunted.

"You doing anything today?" Jack asked Sam. He had called her the second he had finished his homework to his mom's approval. 


"Well, Janet and I were going to see a movie."


"Oh." Jack said, disappointed.


"You could come with us. I'm sure Janet won't mind." 


"What are you going to see?" Jack asked. 


"27 dresses." Sam said after a moment. Somehow she couldn't picture Jack watching a chick-flick.


"Oh." Jack answered with a grimace.


"Feel like going?" Sam asked.


"Any chance that you might prefer to go bowling?" 


Sam laughed. "Sure. Just let me check with Janet."


"Great." Jack said then hung up. 




A few minutes later, Sam called back saying that Janet was fine with going bowling. Jack ran downstairs and was nearly out the door when his mom called for him.


"Where are you going?" Lizzy asked.


"Bowling." Jack answered. Daniel's head popped up at the mention of bowling. It didn't go unnoticed by Jack and it gave him an idea.


"With...?"


"Sam."


"Alright, be back before supper." Lizzy warned.


"No problem. Want to come, Daniel?" 


"You sure I won't be in the way?" Daniel asked. It was obvious that he wanted to go.


"Nah, Janet's going to be there too."


"Okay then." Daniel jumped out of his chair with a smile.


Jack almost rolled his eyes. 


"Alright, let's go." Jack said and stepped outside the house with Daniel right behind him.

They got into the car and Jack drove to the bowling alley. When they got there, Sam and

Janet were already waiting in line. Sam smiled at Jack and Janet seemed surprised at something although Jack couldn't guess what it was. Neither was he trying, he simply smiled back at Sam.


"Daniel. Hi." Janet said. Suddenly he realized why she was surprised. He hadn't told them Daniel was coming. 


"Hi." Daniel answered.


"I didn't know you were coming." Janet said.


"Oh, um, Jack invited me at the last minute."


"I'm glad he did." Janet smiled.

Daniel smiled back and he might have blushed as well. 
Jack coughed. They both jumped and turned to look at him. 


"Shoe size?" He asked. It took a few moments before either one of them realized that they

were now at the desk and needed to get their bowling shoes.


"Eight."

"Seven" They both answered at the same time.


Jack smiled and turned to look at Sam who was also smiling. He would bet everything he

had that she was thinking the same thing he was. He winked at her and loved how it made

her blush. The walked over to one of the bowling alleys with Daniel and Janet following

close behind. 


"So what do you think? Future couple?" Jack whispered to Sam. 


Sam looked back and saw her best friend and Daniel laughing and walking closer then

necessary. 


"Oh yeah." Sam whispered back. 


"I have an idea. Follow my lead." Jack said. Jack picked up one of the bowling balls.

"Who's up for some healthy competition?" He said loud enough for Daniel and Janet to hear. 


Sam wasn't sure where Jack was going with this but answered anyways. "Sure."


"Cool. So, shall we say girls against boys?" Jack said.


"Okay." Sam answered. 


Jack smiled. "Alright. Ladies first."

Sam walked over to pick up a bowling ball. What on earth was he planning?


"Trust me on this." Jack whispered to her when she picked up her ball. He was really close

to her and she could feel his breath on her neck. It sent shivers through her whole body. She

got a hold of herself before she threw the ball and got a strike. She turned around and saw

Jack with a look of utter shock on his face and Janet with a big smile. 


"You know what, how about we make it you and me against Daniel and Janet?" Jack asked.

Sam just shook her head with a grin.


A few minutes later the girls were ahead by over twenty points.


"I think next time we should play golf." Jack said.


"Sore loser." Sam said.


"No, I just like things to be a little more fair."


"Sore loser." Janet agreed with Sam.


"What do we get when we win anyway?" Sam asked. 


"When? Aren't we cocky." Jack said. 


"Fine, if." Sam corrected. 


"How about this?" Jack got up and kissed Sam.


Sam was surprised but quickly kissed Jack back. They parted only when the need for

oxygen was too great. Jack kept his arm on Sam's waist and turned back to Daniel and Janet looking rather smug. 


"That's all very well for me but what about Janet?" Sam asked. She was starting to

understand Jack's 'plan' now.


"Daniel can cover that. Can't ya, Danny boy?" Jack said. Daniel and Janet had each turned

bright red. 


"Uh..." Daniel managed.


"What?" Janet asked, not entirely sure she had heard Jack correctly.


"If you and Sam win Daniel has to kiss you." Jack repeated.


"But that's the same thing." Daniel said. 


"Can't we do the classic 'losers buy winners a drink' thing?" Janet asked.

"Chickens." Jack muttered.

Daniel didn't really care. Janet would probably hate him for agreeing to it... that was if she didn't kill him first.


"Janet, that wasn't your opinion when we talked last week." Sam said evilly.


Janet looked terrified and mortified. Daniel looked stunned and... confused.


Jack grinned at Sam. He liked her more and more every day.


"I...um..." Janet blushed. 


"Hey, who's turn is it?" Daniel said.


"Mine." Janet said, welcoming the change of subject. She jumped off her seat in an instant.


Jack and Sam decided to drop the matter... for now.



Sam and Janet won the game by forty points. Although Jack defended himself by stating that the balls he used were tricked. Nobody bothered to point out that they all used the same ones. On the way to the parking lot, Janet and Daniel talked about their History assignment."


"I just don't get what he wants us to do." Janet said.


"I think you have to write down a summary of the Egyptian daily life." Daniel said.


"And how am I suppose to do that? I don't even know what a Pharaoh actually did."


"I can help if you want." Daniel offered.


"Thanks, you mind if we do it today? It's for tomorrow and I haven't even started."


"Sure."


"Great." Janet smiled then turned to Sam and Jack, who were walking a few feet behind her.

"Daniel and I are going to head over to my place to do some homework." 


"Sure you are." Jack smiled.


"Go ahead. See you guys tomorrow." Sam answered.

Janet and Daniel got into Janet's car while Jack and Sam took Jack's. Janet drove away with

a wave to her friends. 


"So, where to?" Jack asked. 


"There's a café just down the street." Sam answered. 


"Sounds good. " Jack said and drove out of the parking lot. 


"You see Daniel's face when he realized what you said?" Jack laughed. 


"Priceless." Sam laughed as well. "Janet's probably going to kill me tomorrow."


"Oh I don't know. They're spending the afternoon together. She'll probably be thanking you before the end of the day."


"Here's hoping." They lapsed into a comfortable silence.


"You doing anything for Thanksgiving?" Jack suddenly asked. 


"Not really. My dad is out of town for a while sometime around the 20th of November." 


"You wanna come over to my place?" Jack asked. "For Thanksgiving, I mean." He quickly added. 


"Sounds good." Sam smiled. 


Jack smiled back. Thanksgiving was in just under a week and he was sure that his family would love Sam. He just hoped they, specifically Michael, wouldn't scare Sam away.

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