Note: Obviously Zeke's fan girls were nameless in the movie. I just made up names that seemed to fit how they looked.

Yeah and I have been skimming the selection of Minutemen fan fiction. The little pairing of Zeke x Virgil conjured up a little snippet of Jessica Simpson's song 'I Think I'm in Love' after reading Forty Eight Hours by Brunette Believer. I drew a picture inspired by the song thought. I typically don't read same gender pairings but this one sounded cute.

Chapter 5: Too Much Alike

It took nearly 2 months to complete construction of the machine. Just as Charlie told Virgil, he made sure that Zeke held to the deal, word for word. After Albert Felinestein became the first time traveler, Charlie had insisted that it wasn't officially their first mission. Zeke didn't complain though as he continued to sit apart from the boys and Kyo at lunch.

Virgil had casually mentioned that they were finished making the machine to Kyo, skipping the fact that Zeke helped make it. Charlie kept mum about the deal he made with Zeke regarding Kyo. Telling her would only infuriate her. Heck, she didn't even know that Zeke was involved period.

The girls, as Zeke found out their names were Tisha and Dana, continued to eat lunch with him every day. Not that their conversation was any good with him. Most of the time he was so caught up in his own thoughts, mainly the time machine, that he didn't even notice them. When a response was needed, he would smoothly agree or reassure one of them on their opinion. Dana once mentioned that he was sweet which he shook off modestly. As the days flew by, Zeke counted down to the moment that he would join Kyo at her table and be able to talk to her.

He had some doubt in Virgil's crazy scheme of winning the lottery though. It sounded genius but it also looked like everything could go wrong. Just as he had predicted, the scheme ended miserably. Instead of 3 young boys winning the lottery, the weirdo dressed as a robot won. Virgil contemplated the possibility of trying again but Charlie and Zeke voted against the idea.

"I just don't get it," sighed Virgil as he threw his hands up in the air. It was two days after the failed attempt of their first mission. Because the first mission was a dud, Charlie insisted that Zeke wait one more mission until he could sit with them. Zeke had slumped his shoulders at that and agreed reluctantly.

"Virg," Charlie piped up as his friend kept running over the facts, "Its okay. We'll find something else to do with the machine." Kyo comforted Virgil about the failed attempt while Charlie skimmed the lunch room for Chester, who was late. His eyes fell upon the sight of the troublemaking skater punks holding up Chester's clothes and laughing over their plan to humiliate him. Sure enough, Chester, with only a towel around his waist came jogging up the stairs and yelled at the punks to give him his clothes back. Charlie watched the scene intently and a light bulb went off in his head. He turned to face Virgil and brightly remarked, "I think I have an idea for how we can use the machine…"

"Oh man! Not now, not now!" cried out an anxious Chester as he opened his locker only to discover that his clothes were missing. Under the form-fitting white snow suit that Jeanette had given him, Charlie tapped Chester on the shoulder and told him not to worry. Zeke handed him a laundry bag full of cool, hip-hop clothes and Chester in a daze, took them.

"I can't wait to see the look on his face when he realizes they're gone," gloated one of the skater punks to his friends. He turned his gaze back to the staircase only to see a more fashionably dressed Chester emerge from the lockers, looking quite happy.

"You can keep those," he calmly told the punk before walking off to get his lunch. Kyo passed by Chester and took a double take at his get-up.

"Nice outfit Chester," she commented casually. Chester beamed and kept walking to get his lunch.

The next day found Charlie and Virgil telling Kyo what their new vision was for the machine. "So you guys helped Chester back there?" she mused as she unwrapped her lunch of spicy chicken wraps, "Nice touch there. I approve of the new meaning to this time travel." Virgil smiled and Charlie puffed himself up proudly at the words. Soon Charlie's proud expression dropped to one of shyness as Jeanette joined them. Kyo shook her head at Charlie as he struggled to say something to Jeanette that was anything but lame. It was pretty obvious that he liked her, a lot.

Virgil spotted Zeke talking to 2 girls before walking over to their table. He gulped nervously and began wolfing down his sandwich. Kyo was taking a bite of her wrap when she noticed Zeke coming their way. She almost choked on the bite she was eating. You have to be kidding me, she thought as he approached their table.

"Hi guys," he announced a bit nervously, "Since the mission worked out, our deal is complete." Charlie could feel the pit of his stomach sink at those words and he looked into Kyo's demanding expression from across the table.

"Whoops," muttered Charlie under his breath, "The twins meet…again."

Kyo blinked as she digested Charlie's comment. Wait a second, that stupid football geek wasn't my so-called twin, she thought with a sick feeling, it's the biker hypocrite! "He's my twin you've been talking about?!" demanded Kyo as she glared Charlie down, "What's this talk about a deal? And who decided to let him join this table?"

A puzzled Zeke watched as Charlie mumbled that he must have forgotten to mention the deal to Kyo. The details of the deal only made Kyo even angrier.

"And I had to factor into this mess," she angrily answered, "What sucks even more is that you didn't have the guts to tell me! Guess that means I can't be trusted."

"Hey Kyo that's not true," Virgil began as she stood up to leave, "Charlie meant to tell you but he just assumed that you-"

"Thanks for assuming too," Kyo sourly replied as she gathered her stuff to leave, "I can't be trusted and I'm easy to read. What a combination!" In a huff, she stormed out into the halls and Virgil hit his head on the table. Way to go Charlie, your plan worked!

Zeke stood up and walked over to the doors. Jeanette comforted Charlie about what had just happened and Virgil watched Zeke leave.

"Kyo!" hollered Zeke as he caught up to her, "Hey! Cool it all right? Look I'm sorry that Charlie didn't say anything but I didn't mean to have you get upset."

Kyo whipped around to face him and coldly asked him, "Why did you want to even sit with us?" Zeke felt a huge lump in his throat form and he struggled to find the right words to say without giving it away.

"Because, because," he trailed off as he tried to think about it. He gazed brokenly at her and all he received in return were a pair of fiery brown eyes looking back.

"Why don't you re-think your reason for joining us and just go back to sitting with your fan club," she retorted irritably, "Seems like you did much better with them. They actually were dumb enough to fall under your little spell. You think its going to work on me? Think again." Kyo left Zeke standing in the middle of the hallway, the scent of jade rainwater lingering in the air. Zeke closed his eyes and breathed in that sweetness. It seemed to have a slight sharpness to it and yet it was soothing. As he opened his eyes again, a new spark ignited within them. If she was going to be tough to get, he would chase her down until he got her.