A story about a random day in the life of John Connor and Cameron Phillips.

Reason

John Connor opened the refrigerator, groaning at the bareness of the shelves. "Seriously… No one could find time to get shopping yesterday?" He closed it to find Cameron behind, staring attentively at him.

After a little jump of surprise, John shook his head. "I hate when you do that."

John sat at the small kitchen table just as Cameron placed a bowl and spoon in front of him.

"There's no cereal-"

Cameron placed a box of cereal on the table.

"And-" John began.

A carton of milk plunked onto the table.

John gave Cameron a look. "You don't know how to look," Cameron said.

John tried to keep from grinning, "You're spending too much time with my mom. You're starting to sound like her."

Before Cameron left the kitchen, she said "Your mom said the same thing about you."

John didn't let out a smile until Cameron was fully out of sight. If only Cameron knew how funny she was…

John glanced out the window as he ate his breakfast. Cameron was the latest Terminator to be sent to protect him from the future. This made her the second protector in the form of metal and fake skin.

John grinned - at least this one was a lot more pleasant to look at.

Looking out the window, Cameron appeared, walking towards the swing seat. She then stood still, turning her head from left to right. She was probably scanning the place - the daily routine of Cameron Phillips.

Yup. She even had a last name.

Well - at school it was Baum. She was supposed to be his sister.

His very lost, blank but hot sister…

All the girls want to kill her; all the guys want to do her.

But at home - Cameron was a Terminator who was not his sister.

And still very lost, blank but hot Terminator.

Sarah and Derek wanted nothing to do with her; John couldn't help but be interested in everything she did.

John watched Cameron take a few books from her bag then placing it back in. He could tell the wind had started because it began to run through Cameron's hair. A few strands fell across her face before she took her finger and curled the hair behind her ear. The sun glinted through the leaves, running across her beautiful face…

Shut up, John. You're doing it again.

John growled at himself, standing up to leave for school.

It was lunch time and Cameron and John sat studying. Cameron had opened her textbook, looking up the word for doxycyline. John gazed at Cameron went through the motions of being human. "Why don't you rack your brain for an answer?" He asked. "You're already a walking dictionary."

"Not everything can be found in a chip," Cameron said.

"Did my mom tell you that?"

"No. Derek did."

John shook his head, "Those two really need to lighten up some days."

Cameron returned to studying her papers. "We should go to a movie tonight," she said.

John blinked, "What?"

Cameron looked back up, "A movie: a series of moving pictures on a screen."

"I know what a movie is, Cameron."

"Then we should go."

John couldn't think of anything; His mind had gone blank.

"Can you even enjoy watching a movie?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"It's not like watching a security tape, Cameron."

"Yes. I understand."

John blinked. "Okay. Yeah," He shrugged. "It'll be nice to get out of the house tonight."

Cameron gave John a pearly smile before returning to her papers.

"A movie?" Sarah echoed the same blinking look John had earlier. "Why?"

Derek looked from John to Cameron then back. "Whose idea was this?"

Before John could answer, Cameron spoke. "Mine."

John gave Cameron a look.

"You don't even know what to do at the movies," Derek said.

"Yes, I do." Cameron tilted her head just slightly. "Sit. Watch. Eat popcorn."

"Of all the terminators out there," Derek growled, standing up to take his dish to the sink. "Why do we have a smart-ass one?"

John sighed, shaking his head; Sarah threw Derek a look.

Cameron, however, kept talking. "I would like to see a movie with John. I will be there to watch him. No trouble will come his way."

"Besides," John added. "We're not doing anything tonight. I would really like to see a movie. The last time I went to an actual movie theatre was-"

"When you were nine before they took me away to the hospital," Sarah finished.

All eyes were on Sarah who was lost in her thoughts for just second. Then Derek looked down at the floor; John couldn't think of anything; Cameron stood gazing at Sarah.

Sarah finally sighed, giving John a smile. "Why not? Life can happen for tonight; tomorrow we'll get back to Skynet."

"Thanks, mom." John paused to give his mother a smile before nodding to Cameron and they left the room.

John and Cameron sat down in their seats, right in the middle of the theatre. John could feel a wave of slight excitement - might just be the smell of popcorn - but he couldn't wait till the movie started.

"So what are we watching?" Cameron plopped down in the plush seats.

"The…" John glanced at his ticket stub, "Bourne Ultimatum."

"That's tight," Cameron pronounced, gazing at the screen and eating popcorn.

John grinned at her usual catchphrase before it his smile turned into a line. His mind began to think and a question emerged.

"Why did you want to see a movie?" John asked.

Cameron turned to John. "I wanted to see one with you." She popped another popcorn bit in her mouth.

"I know that but why?" John asked, taking a sip from his drink. "I mean, you don't usually do things like this - unless it's part of some kind of mission in your chip or something."

"I met a girl in class today. She was new. She asked me whether or not I had ever been on a date."

John spurted out the coke, coughing out a "Date?"

Cameron took her hand and started patting John's back. "Are you okay?"

John waved his hands, signaling for her to stop. His coughing subdued before saying "You asked me out on a date?"

Cameron blinked her familiar blink look. "Yes, John. A date."

"Why?" John could feel his ears burning along with his blushing, red cheeks.

"My new friend had asked me before if I had a boyfriend which led to the discussion of dates. I told her I had a friend who was boy which she asked if we had been on a date."

"And I, presumably, am the friend who is a boy?"

"Yes."

"We're supposed to be brother and sister at school." John said.

"We were talking in a different context - outside of school. And outside of school," Cameron stated. "You are my friend who is a boy."

"Cameron…" John shook his head. "A boyfriend is someone who is romantically linked to a girl. A date is when said boy and said girl go out on to get to know each other - in a romantic way."

Cameron gazed at John, who could not stop blushing. "I see. Thank you for explaining."

John almost died from heart failure. Yet, he couldn't help but ask another question.

"So why did you ask me? What was your reason?"

Cameron turning to her companion, "My new friend told me that I shouldn't sit on my laurels. She told me I should ask someone out that I care about."

Tilting her head slight, she caught a little bit of the light from the projector. Her hair shined and her face haloed with light. "So I asked. I asked someone I cared about. I asked you."

Nothing could have stopped the redcreeping across John's face.

"That was my reason," Cameron then gave a big smile, popped popcorn in her mouth before turning back to the screen.

John couldn't help but smile. "Your reasoning is weird sometimes."

Cameron gave another grin. "My new friend told me the same thing - that I was weird," Cameron shrugged. "She said I was probably home-schooled."

John laughed, "If she only knew." He sat back, watching the opening trailers. "I'm glad you asked me out, Cameron."

Cameron, turning to face John, smiled. "I'm glad I did, too, John."

Then they sat back, watching a movie with not one thought to the reasons why they were different. Just two kids - watching a movie…

On a date.

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