Time After Time - 1998 - 2000: The People We Become - Part 8
Title: Time After Time
Pairing: Numerous A.J. Cook and Katheryn Winnick characters (central) with other pairings along the way
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the several dozen franchises and characters that I’ll be using throughout this story.
Summary: A love story spanning two decades and told through multiple parallel universes, and seen through the eyes of Rachel McAdams.
A/N: Well it looks like my love for Andrea Joy Cook and Katheryn Winnick has finally hit its peak, and this is the result.
A/N 2: Due to the fact this is a crossover, I’m going to have to alter some timelines and locations in order to make this work.
Story Arc Summary:
Title: 1998 - 2000: The People We Become
Fandom: Mean Girls/Student Bodies and Higher Ground
Pairing: Holly Benson/Shelby Merrick
Rating: G
Summary: Regina George moves out of Illinois and starts a new life in Canada. As she experiences her final high school years, Regina sees life both from the perspective of the quirkiness of Edison High to the troubled Mt. Horizon High School, located across the border in the Ontario wilderness.
A/N: For this story, let’s assume the events of Mean Girls, Higher Ground and season 2 of Student Bodies all took place around 1998 despite being released later. Also since Higher Ground was obviously filmed in British Columbia, we’re going to have to pretend Ontario has rocky mountains because Higher Ground without mountains wouldn’t even be called Higher Ground. I’m also pretty certain Mean Girls took place in the 11th grade, but let’s pretend it was the 10th.
A/N2: Both of these Canadian series carries a lot of sentimental value to me, and both ended unresolved. So now I feel like I have a lot of weight on my shoulders because I feel obliged to give both of these series a proper ending. Hope I do them justice. Just for anyone who’s unfamiliar with these two shows, Katheryn Winnick is Holly Benson and A.J. Cook is Shelby Merrick. Anyone curious to check out the series, both are up on Youtube. Here are the channels for Higher Ground and Student Bodies. Katheryn is in episodes 2.49, 3.51, 3.53, 3.54 and 3.59 while A.J. is in the entire series of Higher Ground. If I had to recommend one, then by all means watch Higher Ground.
A/N3: Special thanks to Queen of Shadows over at fanfiction.net for being an awesome beta.
Part 8
Elsewhere in the suburbs of Montreal, the “Miller boys” cruise in their car as the sun sets. Frank went to grab various supplies for Cody’s friends. Grace and Emily were having a tug-of-war on Cody. Grace suggests for Cody to go with his father, while Emily opts for him to stay with the gang. Cody chose to go with his dad, not because he agreed with Grace, but so he can get away from the two bickering girls.
“I was thinking, maybe we should rent some videos tonight, and I could grill up some burgers, okay?” Frank suggests to his son.
Cody turns off the radio. “Look, dad, you don’t have to be everybody’s pal.”
“Come on, I’m one of the gang,” Franks replies back.
“No, dad, you’re my father. And,” Cody stops and looks in front of him. “You’re going through a stop sign.”
The two of them hear cars honking their horns. The two of them let out a scream as the car comes to a sudden stop. They stop just pass the stop sign. “Sorry,” Frank apologizes. He turns off the engine. “Okay, I admit, I’m a little nervous. I just don’t want to blow it with you.”
Cody looks at his dad, trying to find the right words to say. “Do you know how long it took me to decide to leave mom and live with you? About two years.”
“Really?”
“Yeah,” Cody pauses for a moment. “All that time I was thinking about how cool it’d be to finally move in with you, and you know, get closer to you. Find out who you really are. And, then, and then today happened, and ah...” Cody gets speechless. “I don’t know.”
“You know what I did today before I got here?” Frank asks his son. “Bought five boxes of Choco-frosted Bits.”
“What?” Cody’s surprised. “You never let me eat that stuff for breakfast.”
Frank smiles. “But your mom does.”
“Dad, could we go back to being ourselves?”
“Right,” Frank answers in his previous enthusiastic tone. His son gives him a look and he answers again, “Okay.”
Frank starts back up the engine and they’re moving again. There’s an awkward moment of silence before Frank speaks up again and says, “Your friends are driving me crazy.”
*****
There’s a loud splash as Scott dashes through a shallow muddy creek. He backtracks through the forest with map and compass in hand, searching for his lost team.
*****
Back in the Miller home, Emily is laying on the couch with her head on Flash’s lap, mimicking a patient/psychiatrist relationship. “And then I told her that Mr. Kitty doesn’t eat from a can. And you know what Granny said?”
“Sh. It’s going to be okay, Emily,” Flash is very uncomfortable in this position.
Behind the couch are Victor, Mags and Romeo gazing at a monster movie on the TV screen. “Hey,” Romeo taps Victor on the leg. “Go into the kitchen and get us something to eat.”
“What? Why me?” Victor asks.
“Because.” Romeo tries to think of a reason. “You’re one of us now, right?”
“Right, one of us,” Victor responds. “I’m on it, dude.” Victor gets up and makes his way to the kitchen.
“How long are you going to milk that ‘one of us’ act?” wonders Mags.
“As long as I can.”
*****
“Where are they already?” Ezra says in a disgruntle tone.
“This has been just so much fun,” Juliet comments sarcastically.
“I said I was sorry already,” Auggie apologizes.
“It’s not your fault,” Juliet lets him know. “Ugh, I’ve never been so filthy in my entire life.”
Shelby tries to make light of the whole situation and attempts to contain her laughter. “Shel, what?” wonders Juliet.
“I just keep thinking of Ezra and his kayak,” she answers. “Nanook of the nerds.” Auggie and Juliet giggle with her.
“At least I was trying,” Ezra defends himself.
“You almost drowned,” Auggie adds.
“Oh, well, look who’s talking - the homeboy mountain goat.”
They continue to laugh at how badly this whole race turned out to be. “Yeah, we lost,” says Auggie. “But Peter has to sing.”
*****
In the suburbs of Montreal, the Millers can hear the siren of fire trucks nearby. One of them pass by their car as they stop at an intersection. “Someone’s in a hurry,” remarks Cody.
Frank looks at his son. “Look, I want you to know that the first thing I’m going to do when I get back to the house is put my foot down.”
“Good.” Cody shakes his head. “And?”
“And make sure Chris is making local calls.”
Cody looks ahead of them and realizes something. “Dad, that might not be the first thing you want to do.”
“Why’s that?”
“Cause those fire trucks are stopped in front of our house.”
“What?!” Frank looks forward in the distance.
*****
Back in the Ontario wilderness, Scott follows the laughter of his team-mates. He moves around the terrain onto the open road where the four of them sit.
“I’m sorry, but I’m so glad you fell,” Juliet says to Auggie. “Now I can go home and take a shower.”
Scott walks up to them. “No one’s going home.”
Ezra looks up at Scott. “Hey, the jerk-man cometh.”
“Do you guys want to finish,” Scott asks them.
“A little late to be team captain honestly,” responds Juliet.
“I know. I messed that up, like everything else. I...” he tries to think of the right words. “I’m sorry, okay? That’s it.” The others quietly stare at him. “Now, I know you guys are beat, but the finish line is just over that ridge. So I don’t care if we have to carry Auggie, but we’re going to make it, okay?”
“Why do you care?” Auggie says in an aggressive tone.
“Because everybody in this race, everybody back at the school, they all knew we couldn’t do it,” Scott explains. “We sit here, and we just prove them right.”
“What’s the big deal, they already know what we are?” asks Juliet.
“Yeah, we’re losers, man,” Auggie reminds them. Ezra nods to the statement.
“We’re not even losers until we cross the finish line,” Scott explains to them. “We sit here, and we’re nothing. We move, and we’re a team. At least we’re that.”
They hear a vehicle pulling up. Hannah gets out and asks, “What happened? Auggie?”
“Ah nothing, nothing. I was just stupid,” he explains.
Hannah kneels down to look at his ankle. “It’s not too bad. I’ll get you back. Come on.”
“No, no, give me a second,” Auggie insists. Hannah stands back up. Auggie looks around at his team-mates. “Yo, you guys want to help me up here or what? Come on.”
Shelby and Juliet take the arms of their injured colleague and help him get back on his feet. Auggie looks at Hannah. “Nah, I don’t think I’m going to need your ride.”
Hannah looks concerned. “Auggie... that ankle...”
“We’ll get him through,” Scott tells her.
“Come on, Hannah, we’ve been through too much. We have to finish,” Shelby insists.
“Yeah, we may be losers, but we’re not quitters,” adds Auggie. “Come on, guys.” They start moving again. “You got me?” Auggie asks of the two girls.
“Yeah, let’s go,” Juliet answers.
Scott looks back at Hannah before he moves with the rest of them. “Good luck,” she tells Scott.
for previous chapters:
the master list
Pairing: Numerous A.J. Cook and Katheryn Winnick characters (central) with other pairings along the way
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the several dozen franchises and characters that I’ll be using throughout this story.
Summary: A love story spanning two decades and told through multiple parallel universes, and seen through the eyes of Rachel McAdams.
A/N: Well it looks like my love for Andrea Joy Cook and Katheryn Winnick has finally hit its peak, and this is the result.
A/N 2: Due to the fact this is a crossover, I’m going to have to alter some timelines and locations in order to make this work.
Story Arc Summary:
Title: 1998 - 2000: The People We Become
Fandom: Mean Girls/Student Bodies and Higher Ground
Pairing: Holly Benson/Shelby Merrick
Rating: G
Summary: Regina George moves out of Illinois and starts a new life in Canada. As she experiences her final high school years, Regina sees life both from the perspective of the quirkiness of Edison High to the troubled Mt. Horizon High School, located across the border in the Ontario wilderness.
A/N: For this story, let’s assume the events of Mean Girls, Higher Ground and season 2 of Student Bodies all took place around 1998 despite being released later. Also since Higher Ground was obviously filmed in British Columbia, we’re going to have to pretend Ontario has rocky mountains because Higher Ground without mountains wouldn’t even be called Higher Ground. I’m also pretty certain Mean Girls took place in the 11th grade, but let’s pretend it was the 10th.
A/N2: Both of these Canadian series carries a lot of sentimental value to me, and both ended unresolved. So now I feel like I have a lot of weight on my shoulders because I feel obliged to give both of these series a proper ending. Hope I do them justice. Just for anyone who’s unfamiliar with these two shows, Katheryn Winnick is Holly Benson and A.J. Cook is Shelby Merrick. Anyone curious to check out the series, both are up on Youtube. Here are the channels for Higher Ground and Student Bodies. Katheryn is in episodes 2.49, 3.51, 3.53, 3.54 and 3.59 while A.J. is in the entire series of Higher Ground. If I had to recommend one, then by all means watch Higher Ground.
A/N3: Special thanks to Queen of Shadows over at fanfiction.net for being an awesome beta.
Part 8
Elsewhere in the suburbs of Montreal, the “Miller boys” cruise in their car as the sun sets. Frank went to grab various supplies for Cody’s friends. Grace and Emily were having a tug-of-war on Cody. Grace suggests for Cody to go with his father, while Emily opts for him to stay with the gang. Cody chose to go with his dad, not because he agreed with Grace, but so he can get away from the two bickering girls.
“I was thinking, maybe we should rent some videos tonight, and I could grill up some burgers, okay?” Frank suggests to his son.
Cody turns off the radio. “Look, dad, you don’t have to be everybody’s pal.”
“Come on, I’m one of the gang,” Franks replies back.
“No, dad, you’re my father. And,” Cody stops and looks in front of him. “You’re going through a stop sign.”
The two of them hear cars honking their horns. The two of them let out a scream as the car comes to a sudden stop. They stop just pass the stop sign. “Sorry,” Frank apologizes. He turns off the engine. “Okay, I admit, I’m a little nervous. I just don’t want to blow it with you.”
Cody looks at his dad, trying to find the right words to say. “Do you know how long it took me to decide to leave mom and live with you? About two years.”
“Really?”
“Yeah,” Cody pauses for a moment. “All that time I was thinking about how cool it’d be to finally move in with you, and you know, get closer to you. Find out who you really are. And, then, and then today happened, and ah...” Cody gets speechless. “I don’t know.”
“You know what I did today before I got here?” Frank asks his son. “Bought five boxes of Choco-frosted Bits.”
“What?” Cody’s surprised. “You never let me eat that stuff for breakfast.”
Frank smiles. “But your mom does.”
“Dad, could we go back to being ourselves?”
“Right,” Frank answers in his previous enthusiastic tone. His son gives him a look and he answers again, “Okay.”
Frank starts back up the engine and they’re moving again. There’s an awkward moment of silence before Frank speaks up again and says, “Your friends are driving me crazy.”
*****
There’s a loud splash as Scott dashes through a shallow muddy creek. He backtracks through the forest with map and compass in hand, searching for his lost team.
*****
Back in the Miller home, Emily is laying on the couch with her head on Flash’s lap, mimicking a patient/psychiatrist relationship. “And then I told her that Mr. Kitty doesn’t eat from a can. And you know what Granny said?”
“Sh. It’s going to be okay, Emily,” Flash is very uncomfortable in this position.
Behind the couch are Victor, Mags and Romeo gazing at a monster movie on the TV screen. “Hey,” Romeo taps Victor on the leg. “Go into the kitchen and get us something to eat.”
“What? Why me?” Victor asks.
“Because.” Romeo tries to think of a reason. “You’re one of us now, right?”
“Right, one of us,” Victor responds. “I’m on it, dude.” Victor gets up and makes his way to the kitchen.
“How long are you going to milk that ‘one of us’ act?” wonders Mags.
“As long as I can.”
*****
“Where are they already?” Ezra says in a disgruntle tone.
“This has been just so much fun,” Juliet comments sarcastically.
“I said I was sorry already,” Auggie apologizes.
“It’s not your fault,” Juliet lets him know. “Ugh, I’ve never been so filthy in my entire life.”
Shelby tries to make light of the whole situation and attempts to contain her laughter. “Shel, what?” wonders Juliet.
“I just keep thinking of Ezra and his kayak,” she answers. “Nanook of the nerds.” Auggie and Juliet giggle with her.
“At least I was trying,” Ezra defends himself.
“You almost drowned,” Auggie adds.
“Oh, well, look who’s talking - the homeboy mountain goat.”
They continue to laugh at how badly this whole race turned out to be. “Yeah, we lost,” says Auggie. “But Peter has to sing.”
*****
In the suburbs of Montreal, the Millers can hear the siren of fire trucks nearby. One of them pass by their car as they stop at an intersection. “Someone’s in a hurry,” remarks Cody.
Frank looks at his son. “Look, I want you to know that the first thing I’m going to do when I get back to the house is put my foot down.”
“Good.” Cody shakes his head. “And?”
“And make sure Chris is making local calls.”
Cody looks ahead of them and realizes something. “Dad, that might not be the first thing you want to do.”
“Why’s that?”
“Cause those fire trucks are stopped in front of our house.”
“What?!” Frank looks forward in the distance.
*****
Back in the Ontario wilderness, Scott follows the laughter of his team-mates. He moves around the terrain onto the open road where the four of them sit.
“I’m sorry, but I’m so glad you fell,” Juliet says to Auggie. “Now I can go home and take a shower.”
Scott walks up to them. “No one’s going home.”
Ezra looks up at Scott. “Hey, the jerk-man cometh.”
“Do you guys want to finish,” Scott asks them.
“A little late to be team captain honestly,” responds Juliet.
“I know. I messed that up, like everything else. I...” he tries to think of the right words. “I’m sorry, okay? That’s it.” The others quietly stare at him. “Now, I know you guys are beat, but the finish line is just over that ridge. So I don’t care if we have to carry Auggie, but we’re going to make it, okay?”
“Why do you care?” Auggie says in an aggressive tone.
“Because everybody in this race, everybody back at the school, they all knew we couldn’t do it,” Scott explains. “We sit here, and we just prove them right.”
“What’s the big deal, they already know what we are?” asks Juliet.
“Yeah, we’re losers, man,” Auggie reminds them. Ezra nods to the statement.
“We’re not even losers until we cross the finish line,” Scott explains to them. “We sit here, and we’re nothing. We move, and we’re a team. At least we’re that.”
They hear a vehicle pulling up. Hannah gets out and asks, “What happened? Auggie?”
“Ah nothing, nothing. I was just stupid,” he explains.
Hannah kneels down to look at his ankle. “It’s not too bad. I’ll get you back. Come on.”
“No, no, give me a second,” Auggie insists. Hannah stands back up. Auggie looks around at his team-mates. “Yo, you guys want to help me up here or what? Come on.”
Shelby and Juliet take the arms of their injured colleague and help him get back on his feet. Auggie looks at Hannah. “Nah, I don’t think I’m going to need your ride.”
Hannah looks concerned. “Auggie... that ankle...”
“We’ll get him through,” Scott tells her.
“Come on, Hannah, we’ve been through too much. We have to finish,” Shelby insists.
“Yeah, we may be losers, but we’re not quitters,” adds Auggie. “Come on, guys.” They start moving again. “You got me?” Auggie asks of the two girls.
“Yeah, let’s go,” Juliet answers.
Scott looks back at Hannah before he moves with the rest of them. “Good luck,” she tells Scott.
for previous chapters:
the master list