A/N: Thanks to all who reviewed last chapter.

"Today Is The Greatest Day I've Ever Known" - Today- Siamese Dream

Ryan and Jennifer skip school and have a little day off. After something happens it could break the two up for good.

Point Place, Wisconsin

January 25, 1997

7:45 AM

Point Place High School Parking Lot

The gang were warming up their hands over a makeshift fire they had started half an hour ago. The doors to the school were still locked and all seven were freezing. Ryan rubbed his hands on his arms. "Man." he said. "It's to damn cold in Point Place."

"You're telling me." Stephanie said. She was wearing a tank top and a mini skirt.

"What the hell were you thinking this morning?" MJ asked.

"Hmm." Justin started. "Lets start with this." He pulled his dark purple tinted glasses out of his pocket and put them on. He had been wearing them more often now since he had been becoming more like his father. "It's late January, there's a foot of snow on the ground, it's about 25 degrees out, and you don't have a brain."

"Three, two, one." Ryan said quietly.

"Hey!" Stephanie exclaimed. "It's not my fault I thought it was 75 degrees out today."

"Uh yeah it is." Justin said. He had a grin on his face. "You're just to stupid to know it."

"Come on you guys." Tyler said. "Stop picking on her." Justin picked up some snow and threw it in his face.

"Shut up." Justin said. "Hey Forman. When are we gonna get the band back together. I've been itching to work on our band."

"Uh, how about tonight Justin." Ryan said. "Uh we'll play in the garage." He looked over at Jennifer. "You still in Jen?"

"Yeah." Jennifer responded. "I miss our band. We were so good. We were the best damn band in Madison and nobody cared to buy our demo tape." She sighed. She pulled a tape out of her pocket. "Still can't believe I have this."

"We should analyze it and see where we went wrong." Justin suggested.

"Plus the name Kung Blue doesn't really make it nowadays." Ryan said. "Isn't that right Tyler?"

"What?" Tyler said. "You guys agreed."

"No we didn't." Justin said. "We picked a name out of a hat you moron." Justin hit Tyler on the back of the head.

"Screw this." Ryan said. "I'm skipping and if anybody wants to join me feel free to."

"We're playing hopscotch?" Stephanie asked excitedly.

"No I'm not going to school and anyone who wants to join can feel free to."

"I'm in." Jennifer said. "I'm bored as hell." Ryan and Jennifer started to trudge off into the foot of snow against the howling icy cold wind. "So what are we gonna do?"

"Anything." Ryan replied. "Anywhere where our parents won't see us."

"How about the basement?" Jennifer suggested.

"Fine with me." Ryan replied. "Eric and Donna are at work and Gwen's in day care." She nodded and they left for his house. They entered through the door into the basement and found MJ sitting down there watching T.V. "What the hell are you doing her MJ?"

MJ sneezed and blew her nose on a tissue. "I have the flu." she said in a tired congested voice. She snorted and sneezed again.

"You know what will make us all feel better?" Ryan said.

"What?" Jennifer asked.

He smiled. "Circle." he said. MJ stay put on the couch and Jennifer leaped over to a lawn chair. Ryan rummaged around in the back room and found the stands and a bit of the "special ingredient". He set the stands up and lit it up. After a few minutes the room was filled with smoke. MJ was laughing like crazy.

"This is great man." she said.

"You're telling me." Jennifer added.

"Yeah I am." MJ replied.

"You know what a funny word is?" Ryan said. "Snicklefritz." he laughed and hit his head on the table. "Damn! That hurt!"

"It's like I can feel all the molecules in my body." MJ said. "One, two-"

"Ryan are you sure your sister isn't a lesbo or something?" Jennifer asked.

"Doubt it." Ryan said. "If she was she'd be trying to hump you the second she met you."

"Really?" Jennifer asked.

"Yes." Ryan said. "And she's hitting on Justin. I saw her writing about him in her diary."

"13, 14, 15-" MJ continued to count.

"I think she's a bit to queer for us Ryan." Jennifer said.

"Well who else are we gonna do the circle with?" Ryan asked. "Mr. Bonkers Jay Pinciotti the third?"

"Damn." Jennifer said. "You're right."

"Damn straight." Ryan said.

"22, 23, 24." MJ continued counting. "Hey Ryan! Damn! I just forgot where I was!" She shrugged. "Oh well. 1, 2, 3-"

"That's it." Ryan said. "I'm going."

"Don't leave without me." Jennifer said. The two got up and ran out of the basement and into the kitchen. "Ok. Beer time?"

"Oh yeah." Ryan said. He pulled out four beers and tossed two to Jennifer. She popped one open. She took a huge drink of it.

"Man." she said. "Eric went out on a limb. He bought Miller. I thought he only bought that crappy brand less stuff."

"Not today my fair Jennifer." Ryan said. He took a drink. A hour passed by and they were down to two more beers in the house.

"Man." Jennifer said in a slurred voice. She belched. "I think I may be drunk."

"Doubt it." Ryan said. "Miller can't get you drunk."

"Unless you drink a house full of it." Jennifer said in the same slurred voice. "You know Ryan? You have a cute butt. Come on. Let's go up to your room and have sex."

"Ok she's drunk." Ryan muttered. "Or how about we watch some T.V.?"

"No." she said. She pushed Ryan up against the wall. "I'll go into your room and you'll come in in five minutes and we'll do whatever you want."

"Ok?" Ryan said. He pushed Jennifer off of him and she almost fell over. She stumbled through the kitchen and rammed through the door. "Now I've got a drunk girl and a girl with the flu who's high on my hands. Aren't I just so lucky." Five minutes passed and Ryan trudged up the stairs hoping to make Jennifer happy. He walked into his room and closed the door behind him. She was laying on her stomach on the bed with only a bra and underpants on.

''Give it to me you sexy beast." she slurred.

"No Jennifer." Ryan said.

"Give it to me or I'll scream!" she yelled.

"No!" Ryan yelled. "You are drunk and you are going to just sleep until school's supposed to be out and then were gonna relax and pretend this day never fucking happened." Jennifer had started to cry. She pulled her knees up to her chest and sobbed into them.

"Get out!" she yelled.

"Yeah." Ryan said. "I'll just leave since it is my room." She got up and wrapped her arms around him and sobbed into his shoulder.

"I'm sorry." she said in between cries. Ryan pated her on the back.

"It's ok." Ryan said. "Just go lay down on the couch down in the basement."

"Ok." she sniffed.

"And oh yeah." Ryan said. "Maybe you want to put some clothes on." She smiled and nodded. She picked her shirt up off the ground and put it on. Not being able to find her jeans Ryan picked them up and helped her put them on.

Point Place, Wisconsin

January 25, 1997

8:00 PM

Ryan Forman's Garage

Ryan plugged the amps in and took his guitar out of the case. It was a white Gibson with a sticker of the Smashing Pumpkins logo on it. He raised it up to his eyes and blew the dust of it. He pulled the pick out and plugged the guitar in. Jennifer entered and smiled at him. "Sober enough to practice?" Ryan laughed.

"Yeah and well. I want to play bass with you guys again." Jennifer smiled. Tyler arrived with his drumsticks. He pulled the drum set out of the van sitting in the garage. Jennifer tuned her bass and plugged it into the amp. Justin walked in and grabbed the microphone out of the van.

"You guys ready?" Tyler asked.

"You friggin' know it." Justin said. He switched the microphone on. "Lets go."

"Cherub Rock?" Jennifer said.

"Indeed." Ryan replied. He walked over to the amp and turned it on. Noticing the volume was at two he cranked it up to ten. He smiled and looked over at Jennifer she nodded. Tyler started the drum roll. It stopped and Ryan came in with a short solo soon the sound of a deep bass came in and Ryan picked up the electricity and made it sound like a rock song. The two continued to play for another 50 seconds then Justin started to sing in his Billy Corgan like voice. Soon the neighbors walked over to the driveway and watched and listened to there sounds. It felt good to be back together and playing. They continued into the night.