Disclaimer: I'm only going to say this once: I don't own any of the characters and I'm not making money off of doing this. This is simply for fun.
Note: Brainstorm made me sad. But like I keep telling myself… fanfiction! Fanfiction! So there.
Present Day (February 16, 2009):
"Knock knock!" Teyla says as she peeks around the door to Laura and Jennifer's room.
"Hey Teyla, come on in!" Laura calls out as she looks up from strapping on her shoes. From the other side of the room Jennifer waves at her, still in black lacy underwear and a matching bra.
"Hi! So you girls ready?" Teyla asks them.
"Almost." Jennifer answers. "Is everybody here already?"
"Yes, we're all here. And the food, I believe, just got here, too." Teyla tells her as she sits down on one of the beds.
"That's a hot number you've got there, Teyla!" Laura says, as she shakes her hair.
"Thank you!" Teyla says with a smile. "That gold makes your hair look even more radiant."
"Yeah and look," Laura says as she turns around to show the back of her dress. "sexy, huh?"
"It's a backless dress, you should pin your hair up."
"I will. Can you help me?"
"Absolutely." Teyla replies, getting up from the bed as Laura sits on an ottoman.
"So where are we going tonight?" Laura asks.
"I think the boys are going to a place called The Parker. And then we're going to The Riviera." Jennifer says. "The Riviera is a great place. Beautiful interior. Before they renovated, the place wasn't much. But now…" She explains further as she slips on her dress. "Well, you'll see."
X
Unbeknownst to Jennifer, Ronon had a perfect view of her from the living room when Teyla opened the door. He shakes his head to get rid of the image of her standing in sexy lingerie.
"Buddy you okay?" John asks him.
Ronon nods his head and walks out to the patio with his drink. He takes a sip from his drink and looks up in the dark sky, scratching his head.
Flashback to After Party (Sheppard Residence, April 2000):
The music is blaring as they enter John's house. People are scattered everywhere, some sitting on the staircase, others standing in dark corners making out. One group off to the side making a pyramid of beer cans. John and Evan walk towards them.
Jennifer moves closer to Ronon as a group of guys brush past her. John clasps Ronon's hand and then says hi to Jennifer. "Beer?" Ronon asks John.
"Yeah, my dad isn't home, so what the hell." John says "Want one?"
"Nah." He replies. "I promised Jennifer's dad I wouldn't." John and Evan give each other knowing looks as Ronon pulls Jennifer away from the two, cutting through the crowd to look for something non-alcoholic to drink. They pass by Rodney and Carson who says hi to them quickly.
Ronon grabs two cans of soda from the refrigerator and opens both of them and handing one to Jennifer. He leads her to the backyard and nods at a guy sitting on a lounger. Silently telling him to give his seat up. The boy scrambles away, leaving the chair vacant. Jennifer just shakes her head at this. Ronon then pulls the chair and gestures for her to sit down. When she sits down on the lounger, he takes a seat behind her. He calls out to Chuck, who's walking towards the pool with five bags of chips. "Chuck, dude, throw me a bag will ya?" Chuck then tosses him a bag of Doritos. "You okay?" He asks her.
"I think so." Jennifer answers.
"You still sound nervous."
"Well, um, it's just that everyone… well not everyone exactly – some people are staring at us." Jennifer answers.
"Ignore them. It's just that they find it unusual that you're – you've never been to any of the parties in the past. At least as far as I know, I haven't seen you to any of the parties I've been to." Ronon explains. "And the fact that you're with me, doesn't really help."
Jennifer lets out a snort of laugh. "Well, so I should be honored then?" she asks teasingly.
"I didn't mean it that way." Ronon quickly says, laughing. "As much as you think we're different, we still have one thing in common."
"Which is?" She asks.
"We're both loners." He tells her.
"No you're not." Jennifer points out. "You have your friends. Like John and Teyla… and you hang out with Evan and…"
"I know. But still, I dunno. I go to these things, I go to parties and stuff, but I've never had someone come with me aside from John. But John's a guy. And well, you're a girl." And then he smiles. "Unless there's something you're not telling me."
Jennifer laughs at him, and then he continues to explain. "Aside from John and Teylam nobody has ever seen me with anyone else. I hardly hang out with the other guys, usually we're in a group or something. The fact that you're tutoring me, well that's different."
Jennifer smiles at him then says "I think this is the longest conversation we've had outside of our tutoring sessions."
"Disappointed?" He asks her.
"With what?'
"The conversation."
"No. I actually thought that you would be talking about football or something."
"So you don't want to talk about football, then? So the topic is off limits?" Ronon asks with a smile.
"I didn't say that. In fact, I like football."
"Is that why you watch every game?"
Jennifer blushes at this. Feeling daring and brave she takes a deep breath and says "Actually I only started liking it when I moved here. When I saw –" Clearing her throat "you play."
Ronon's eyebrow cocks up at this new information. His stomach does a little flip flop but seeing her discomfort he tries to change the subject. "So what do you want to talk about then?"
Jennifer is disappointed and relieved at the same time. She shrugs and then says. "Why don't you tell me about what other things you like to do for fun, you know, aside from playing football."
"Ronon shifts in his seat to be more comfortable. "Uh, I like taking photographs."
Jennifer then looks at him with a smile and says "That's why I don't see you for tutoring on Tuesdays. You take those photography classes after school."
"Nope, not exactly." He says. Jennifer frowns in confusion. "I help teach them. Mr. Jonas supervises the class. He asked me when I first came here if I wanted to assist him when he found out that I won a photography contest back in Hawaii."
"Really?" Jennifer is surprised at this. "No wonder the drama class is complaining that they don't have enough girls. I heard them complaining months after I started here that the photography club was taking away most of the girls." Jennifer says, shaking her head. "Now I know why."
"They're more of a nuisance, really. This year we had to put a stop to it, so we can only have thirty students in the class every year."
Jennifer laughed at this. "I'm pretty sure that the new rule disappointed a lot of girls."
Ronon just shrugged. "What about you? What do you do when you're not studying?"
"Well, you already know that I love to ski." She tells him. Reminding him of the school's Big Bear ski trip. Ronon lets out a big laugh, attracting almost everyone's attention. "Oh and I love to bowl."
"Bowl?"
"Yup. I'm not very good at it. But I still like it. It's just really fun. Plus I bought some cute bowling shirts." Ronon looks at her with a funny expression on his face. "You should try it some time."
"Is that in invitation?" He asks her as he looks straight at her, his eyes boring into hers.
Jennifer blushes, fortunately she's saved from answering by the loud music being turned off. On the other side of the yard, where a huge gazebo is located, Marie is seated at the grand piano, with Laura leaning against it with a mic in her hand. Laura starts to sing as Marie begins to play Jewel's "Meant for You" song.
I hear the clock, it's six a.m.
I feel so far from where I've been
I got my eggs and my pancakes too
I got my maple syrup, everything but you.
People start to pair up and dance. Jennifer blushes and looks around. Uncertain what to do next.
I break the yolks, make a smiley face
I kinda like it in my brand new place
I wipe the spots off the mirror
Don't leave the keys in the door
Never put wet towels on the floor anymore' cause
Ronon moves closer to her and subtly takes her hand in his as they watch the dancers. Threading his fingers through hers.
Dreams last for so long
even after you're gone
I know you love me
And soon you will see
You were meant for me
And I was meant for you.
X
A couple of hours later, Ronon and Jennifer are standing on her doorstep saying goodnight.
Ronon waves at her goodnight and then buries his hands in his pockets as he turns around to leave.
As he reaches his truck, something tugs on his arm. He turns around to see Jennifer holding his arm. He smiles at her, a confused look on his face. "Forget something?" He asks her.
"Kind of. Um…" Jennifer begins to say "Yes."
"Yes? Yes you forgot something?" Ronon asks.
"No. Yes to prom." She squeaks.
"Yeah?" A big smile on his face. "You can't take it back." He tells her.
"I won't." Jennifer assures him.
"Okay." He says with a big smile.
"Okay." She says, nodding her head.
"Okay."
"Okay, night." She finally says, turning and running back to the house and shuts the door. Ronon is still standing by his truck. Frozen. After a few minutes he pumps his fist in triumph. When he looks up he sees Jennifer peeking through the window. He waves at her. Her eyes grow wide from getting caught watching him. Then he turns around to get in his car, a big smile on his face. He drives away thinking about prom.
Back to the Present:
The door to the girls' room opens, Teyla and Laura step out into the living room. After a few more minutes, Jennifer steps through the doorway. A big smile on her face. Ronon watches her from the patio. He looks at her feet encased in silver strappy high heels then up to the dark blue lace halter dress with silver lining underneath.
Suddenly an image flashes in his mind: His hands are taking out the fabric covered buttons down the front from their loops one by one as he slips the lacy dress from her shoulders leaving her in a silver chemise…
"Dude!" John interrupts his thoughts as he peeks through the glass sliders. "We gotta eat. We'll be leaving in an hour."
Ronon nods and then gulps down his drink before he goes back in.
TBC.
Note: sorry for the delay. I've been moping around the house.;)