A New Age. A New Team

Chapter 13: Opposites Attract

"Hey Grace!" Sean shouted through the hall with his Australian accent, as he quickly ran down towards her and stopped by her side. "You ready for math?" He asked as his brown eyes sparkled when he gave a tiny chuckle.

"Am I ever?" Grace sighed in frustration.

"Well look at the positive side of it… we get our tests back today in math." Sean said as if it were a consolation.

"Oh joy." Grace sighed in more frustration, and then banged her math textbook against her head. "Ouch." I got to remember to stop doing that.

Sean quickly pushed her book down from her head and sighed. "Honestly Grace. You've got to stop doing that." He gave her a soft smile.

They reached the math room and Grace turned around to Sean and raised a finger and opened her mouth to say something but decided against it. "Nevermind." She sighed in frustration as she opened the classroom door right as the bell rang to signal that class had begun.

"Hurry to your seats Mr. Parker and Miss Strokes." Cerebro's mechanical voice hurried Sean and Grace nicely.

"Yes Cerebro." They both said as they took their seats, which were on opposite sides of the room.

"As many of you know, you're getting your math tests back today." Cerebro started, and a few students groaned while some other perked up. "However, I'm going to be handing them back at the end of the class that way you aren't distracted while I teach you." The class sighed softly. "Now everyone take out your notebook and a writing utensil so that you can take notes on today's lesson."

The whole class leaned over and pulled out their notebooks and something to write with. They all patiently waited as Cerebro cleared the large monitor screen, which looked like a chalkboard, and began to write done the first part of the lesson it was teaching to the students today. Once Cerebro was done writing on the monitor it began to explain the lesson to everyone, while every now and then stopping to write more on the board.

Slowly time passed, notes were taken, and some students fell asleep, but finally class was over. "Now it's time for what you all have been waiting for… your tests." Once again, some students groaned (Grace being one of them) and some students perked up (Sean being one of them).

A large mechanical arm came down from the ceiling and quickly moved throughout the small classroom and handed back to the math test. For the students, it was normal for Cerebro to use it's mechanical arm to pass back papers, though sometimes the tests were taken on computers and Cerebro graded them that way.

When Cerebro's mechanical arm passed Grace Strokes back her test, the mechanical voice softly spoke to her. "Very well done Miss Strokes." Grace looked up at Cerebro in confusion, but before she had the chance to look at her test the bell signally that class was over rang throughout the school.

"No homework tonight students. Enjoy the night off." Cerebro quickly said as the students in the classroom quickly filed out of the room.

Sean quickly caught up to Grace who was walking down the hallway of students. "Hey Grace! Wait up. Slow down!" He shouted as he tried to catch up to her, and when he did, he huffed and puffed as if he was out of breath. "What's the hurry speedy?" He teased.

"Was I walking fast?" Grace asked in surprise.

"Very much so."

"Oh sorry," She chuckled as she rubbed the back of her neck, "I didn't realize I was. I guess I'm just excited to get out of class." She smiled and then continued to walk down the hallway with Sean by her side.

"Understandable." Sean chuckled.

The two of them walked in silence down the hall towards the library, which is where they normally went after classes to look over team schedules, when Sean broke the silence. "So…?" He asked as he opened the library doors for Grace and then walked in behind her.

"Thank you." She nodded to him and started heading back towards their usual table. "So what?" She asked as she set her books down and raised an eyebrow at Sean.

"So, how'd you do on your test?" Sean asked as if it was an obvious question, as he took a seat next to her.

"Oh." Grace said in shock. "I don't know. I haven't really looked yet. The bell rang before I could." She chuckled.

"Well pull it out. Let's see." Sean laughed.

Grace laughed as she dug through her folder to find the test and when she did she paused and looked at Sean, "Before I show it to you, what'd you get?"

"An A." Sean shrugged.

Grace sighed in frustration. "How do you always get an A in that class?!"

"Shhh Grace. Keep your voice down." Sean chuckled. "I don't know. Lucky I guess."

"Damn you, you smart Atlantean." Grace teased with a chuckle.

"Hey." Sean gasped. "It's half Atlantean missy."

"Oh please forgive me." Grace said as she rolled her green eyes.

"Ok. But just this once." Sean laughed. "Now out with that test missy."

"Ok, ok." Grace laughed. "Geez, calm down." She laughed as she slowly pulled out her test and flipped to the back page only to gasp.

"What? What is it?" Sean asked eagerly.

"Oh my GOD." Grace gasped again.

"What? What?!" Sean asked as his brown eyes tried to desperately see the grade on Grace's paper.

"I got a B." She gasped as she turned to test over so Sean could see. "I got a B!" She shouted.

"Congratulations Gra–" Sean started to say but was quickly interrupted by Grace dropping the test in his lap as she leaned forward, took a hold of his face with her hands, and pressed her lips against his. Sean sat wiped-eyed as Grace's lips were firmly pressed against his. She's… She's kissing me?! His brown eyes stared forward at Grace's closed eyelids before closing his own eyes to return the kiss back to her.

In the shadows of the library stacks a pair of dark brown eyes stared in sadness at the two friends kissing each other. The eyes slowly closed and disappeared back against the stack they were hiding behind. Dawn slowly slumped down onto the ground of the floor and stared at carpeted floor in sadness.

I knew he wouldn't ever like me like I wanted him to. She thought as she took a deep breath in and let out a quivering sigh. I knew he liked her. I could tell he liked her by the way that he looked at her. The way he joked around with her. She slowly stood up, looked back at the kissing pair through the book one last time, and sighed. I knew he couldn't ever like me like that.

Dawn slowly turned back around and quietly walked out of the library as she forced back her tears of a broken heart. It was just a stupid crush anyway… She thought; trying to convince herself.

Slowly Graces trembling hand slipped off Sean's face, as she slowly pulled away from him. "Sorry." She whispered softly as she looked down at her lap, while her face slightly blushed at what she had just done.

Sean's brown eyes were sill closed after she had pulled away and they slowly opened when she apologized. "Did… Did you just kiss me?" He softly stuttered.

Grace quickly looked up at him and began to speak quickly. "I didn't mean to. I just got caught up in the moment, you know?" She sighed and looked back down at her lap. "I'm sorry." She whispered. Stupid, stupid Grace. Why'd you kiss him? Now things are going to change between you two and you're going to lose a best friend because of a stupid mistake!

"So you did kiss me." Sean let out a small sigh as he had a small smile on his face. "So I didn't just imagine that happening?"

"No. You didn't." Grace said softly. "I'm sorry I kissed. I was just caught up in the moment."

"Oh. You're sorry..." Sean sighed in almost disappointment, which made Grace look up at him.

"Sean? Are you alright?" She asked in concern. See? Look. You screwed everything up.

Sean's brown eyes looked into Grace's green eyes as he placed his hand against the side of her cheek and leaned closer. "I was just hoping you weren't sorry about it because I kinda liked it."

"Oh." Grace whispered in surprise. Um… What's happening here?

"Like I was saying earlier," Sean whispered as he leaned closer so that his lips were only about an inch away from Grace's, "congratulations Grace."

Grace looked down at Sean's lips for a moment before looking back up into his brown eyes and whispering, "Congratulations on what?"

"On getting a B." He whispered back as he to looked down at Grace's lips.

"Oh. Yeah. That." She softly chuckled.

"What'd you think I meant?" He asked with a smirk.

"Nothing." I thought you meant congratulations on kissing you. She whispered as she slowly leaned forward, closed her green eyes and once again pressed her lips against Sean's. Sean closed his brown eyes and responded to Grace's lips while his hand rested against her cheek and softly rubbed his rub against her soft skin. Grace rested her hands against Sean's chest as softly and innocently kissed his soft lips.

The two of them slowly pulled away with their eyes still closed. They both slowly opened their eyes to look at one another and when their eyes focused on the other one they both gave one another a soft smile. Congratulations indeed.