22nd October 2013 Tuesday

Day 295

70 days to go!

Down here in Australia, we've reached the end of the alphabet with our licence plates, so I'm on the lookout for any cars with the plate ZAP. The closest I got today was ZAF (it really looks like ZAP from far away; I got excited.)

Any cool Halloween songs for an October songfic? The only one that comes to mind is Disturbia by Rihanna but I can't put a story to it. Suggestions?

Thank you Venditat and Veritas for your uplifting e-mail (you're the person I spoke to on DeviantArt, aren't you?) and wow, January to October in 3 days, that's dedication! I may have to dedicate a chapter to you.

Disclaimer: I claim that I do not own the show.

The clone woke up in a full sweat, gasping for breath as her eyes adjusted to the room.

She was the sole person in there.

Jenny pulled the blankets off of herself, hoping to find a member of her family among them, but no one was there. Allowing her feet to collide with the cold metal, she begrudgingly pulled herself out of her warm bed and into the dark corridors of the habitat in search of Max or Zap.

As she was heading towards the control room, the engineer stopped short at the door to Zap's old room. She pressed her ear against the divider; that snoring was unmistakable.

Sighing in relief, she straightened herself up and knocked on the door. The snoring came to a clambering halt, and shifting noises that indicated the pilot was heading towards the door reassured the engineer. He answered the door with a groan, hands rubbing his tired eyes.

"Hey, what are you doing in here?" Jenny questioned to the half-asleep boy in front of her. She crossed her arms in defence of the cold, craning her head to look around him and into his room. It was restored to its "former glory," which caused the clone to frown. "Why weren't you in my bed?"

His sleepy eyes widened suddenly, startling the girl. The largest grin broke out on to his face, trying to hide his chuckle of amusement.

"Man, I had no idea you were so hung up on me," he leaned coolly on the side of the door frame, and for some reason, Jenny felt on display at the way his eyes kept moving up and down her cowering figure.

"Yeah, whatever," she answered shyly, avoiding his stare. She sighed in exhaustion. "Do you have Max or not?"

"Who's Max?" he said as he scratched his bed hair. Jenny cocked an eyebrow in his direction, mind in disbelief.

"He's our son," she said with a laugh, as though trying to convey a condescending tone. She jumped violently when Zap roared with laughter, gripping his stomach and wiping at his eyes.

"We don't have a son," he explained, enjoying her humiliating moment. "Don't tell me you've given a name to the imaginary child you've created with me?"

He stared her down with judging eyes, awaiting her answer. Cheeks flushed, the clone stared bashfully towards the ground as tears threatened to fall.

"Oh my God, you have," he said with a laugh, bringing a hand up to his mouth. He stepped back into his room, face shadowed by the lack of light. "Do you have anything better to do than fantasize about me? Jeez, you're such a freak."

The door swished closed louder than normal…startling Jenny out of her nightmare.

"Sorry, I tried to make that as quiet as I could," Zap whispered in the darkness, internally kicking himself for waking up Jenny. He walked towards her as she breathed slowly, furrowing his brow in worry. "I was just checking on Max; he seems to be enjoying that hover ship bed you built him. Are you all right?"

The clone sighed in relief once again, turning to face Zap in the bed once he lay down by her side. "Yeah, I just had a bad dream; a world where Max didn't exist and because I told you who he was, you called me a freak for naming our 'imaginary' child."

"Are you serious?" he scoffed at her story, feeling flustered as a memory came to him. "Well, since we're married and have a kid now, I can confess that…I was picturing what our kids would look like if we would get together."

"Really?" her eyes widened as he tried to look away bashfully. "That's so sweet. Did any of them look like Max?"

"Nope," he replied bluntly, turning on his back and placing his arms behind his head. Jenny moved closer to him and wrapped her arm around his mid-section. He smiled down at her. "Max is nothing like I pictured. He's even more awesome."

The girl beside him yawned loudly, snuggling closer as her head rested on his chest. "Do you think I'm a freak? Be careful; your answer could be the difference between you sleeping in here and sleeping in the guest room."

He chuckled at her sarcasm, bringing one hand away from his head to hold her hand. "Yeah, you are; but you married someone like me so we have that in common."

Jenny laughed softly beside him, feeling sleep cascade over her. "I love you."

These two, just so sweet! R&R!