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Fic: Follow You Home - California Sun (03/26)
Title: Follow You Home - California Sun (03/26)
Author: Erin (erinm_4600)
Characters, Pairing: Cain and DG, but if you saw 'em in the miniseries, they're here or mentioned. Plus some OCs
Rating: PG
Summary: Between the football team, his family and a final exam, Cain's feeling the pressure. And he thought all his trouble was simply falling for his best friend...
Warning: post-series, directly after California Tin. Blame n_e_star, for she fed Steve. ;) *with thanks to ALL the fandom for the love*
Disclaimer: The original characters belong to L. Frank Baum and their respective actors. The current characters belong to Sci-Fi, the movie folks and their respective actors. The rest of 'em are mine.
Prologue | California Queen | California Tin
California Sun: Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six | Part Seven | Part Eight | Part Nine | Part Ten | Part Eleven | Part Twelve | Part Thirteen | Part Fourteen | Part Fifteen | Part Sixteen | Part Seventeen | Part Eighteen | Part Nineteen | Part Twenty | Part Twenty-One | Part Twenty-Two | Part Twenty-Three | Part Twenty-Four | Part Twenty-Five | Part Twenty-Six
Five | Waking Up (CaliSun 20.2) | Almost Like Being in Love (CaliSun 24.5) | An Hour and 45 Minutes | Hava Nagila | Unexpected
"No way," Amanda said, shaking her head. DG and Cain both nodded as Cain reached for his phone.
"I have a son," Cain insisted.
"I'm not arguing that. But, that he's Josh's age... I don't believe it. Were you five?" DG laughed and took the phone from Cain, knowing he'd never get to the pictures. He had been showing Glitch the phone and, somehow, they'd gotten into the camera setting. It wasn't long after that when DG found Glitch trying to dismantle the thing.
"Here," DG said, holding the phone toward Amanda and Lisa.
"Oh, baby!" Lisa yelled and Amanda raised her eyes to Cain before Josh got to see Jeb.
"No way," Josh said, shaking his head. "You had to be, like... two!" Cain smiled and shook his head. Josh got the phone from Amanda and started looking at the other pictures. "Who's this?" he asked after a few seconds, turning the phone toward DG.
DG leaned forward to see the image and nodded. "That's my sister." Josh took the phone back and nodded.
"You must have some good-lookin' folks," he added with a nod. Cain and DG looked at each other and started laughing. Josh and Az could have a whole relationship based solely on photographs.
Josh finally got up the nerve to ask Amanda to dance and they tried to get Cain and DG to join them - Trent and Lisa had hit the dance floor two songs prior - but they both declined. "I'm an old man and I don't know how to dance to this crap you call music!" Cain yelled over the bass.
"Easy, Wyatt," Josh yelled back. "You just shake what your mama gave ya!" He imitated a hula dancer and got a laugh from DG. She waved them along and reached for her water, taking a moment to watch Cain watching everyone else.
"I think I can trust you enough for one dance," she said, nodding toward Cain's admirer. The girl had been shooting daggers her way most of the night and both Cain and DG knew it.
"Thank you, Princess," he said, leaning toward her with a smile and taking her water. "But I'm quite happy with my current company." He raised the water and took a swig, turning back to watch Josh and Amanda.
As the next song started, Josh waved for Cain and DG to join them. "Not on your life!" DG yelled down to Josh with a smile. Josh gave her a pout and dropped his head while DG simply shook hers. He turned to Amanda and said something, which she nodded to, and they both moved toward the table.
"Danger, Will Robinson," DG said, shifting in her seat. Josh followed Amanda up the steps from the dance floor and they weaved toward the table.
"Come on, Dee. One dance," Josh begged with a grin. DG shook her head and glanced to Cain, who was getting the same look from Amanda.
"Come on, Wyatt. It's either me or Diana," she stated with a nod over her shoulder.
"Not my music, but thank you," Cain replied with a gracious nod.
"I'm no Grace Kelly, sir. Just one dance," she asked again, holding out a hand and wiggling her fingers. Cain sighed heavily and nodded before pushing up from the chair and taking her hand. Josh turned to DG again and stuck his bottom lip out.
"If you stay up here, who's gonna block for Wyatt down there?" DG rolled her eyes and took Josh's hand. If Cain was going, so could she. Besides, if there was a chance she could dance with him again, she wasn't fool enough to pass it up.
-*-
Amanda and Cain laughed their way through the song - she made a comment that they were most definitely the whitest people in the building - and they watched the other folks on the dance floor. The place went a little crazy when the beats of SexyBack started thumping through the building.
DG moved over to Cain's side as Amanda traded her places and started dancing with Josh. "I was wrong before," Cain nodded. "The dancing at the party was much more like dancing in the Zone." He reared back slightly at the sight of Randy and his girlfriend as DG glanced around the dance floor.
"You just kinda move like... y'know," she trailed off, waving to the mass of people.
"No, I don't know," Cain said turning toward her and crossing his arms. She nodded toward Randy and his girlfriend.
"Like that," she said with wide eyes. Cain laughed and pointed to Randy as he leaned closer.
"I don't even remember how to do that, Princess."
"Join the club," DG responded and shook her head. "C'mon," she said, grabbing his elbow and pulling him into the crowd, ignoring the frown. "These people are never gonna see you again, Cain. Hell, look at Josh," she said, pointing to their friend; Josh was practically doing the Running Man. "He doesn’t care. Why should you?"
"Because I'll know," Cain said, pointing to himself. "And so will you." DG smiled and nodded.
"Don't worry, Cain. The awesome bubble of you will never pop." She took his arm again and started nodding her head to the beat, soon joining Josh in his junior high-dancing. A minute or so later, the song ended and a girl's voice blared out.
Most of the girls on the floor started cheering and dancing together, ignoring their partners. Josh pulled Cain toward Trent and the three of them watched as the girls danced and laughed together. "Okay, let's flash this back!" the DJ yelled out as the song faded and a beat began blaring from the speakers.
DG cheered and waved Josh toward her, leaving Trent, Amanda and Cain to watch, wide-eyed, as half the floor started moving in unison. Trent was holding his side at the sight of Josh, Lisa and DG and Cain was highly entertained, not by their movements - were they trying to rope cattle? - but at the look on DG's face.
DG pointed to them and Josh nodded, calf-roping their way over to the three of them. DG walked toward Cain with the beat and waved her fingers for him to follow. He shook his head and she nodded. He tried not to smile, but ended up allowing her to pull him into the crowd.
She quickly showed him the moves and waited for the chorus to start again. Josh stopped him and he and Lisa began showing Cain how to twist on one foot as DG laughed with Trent and Amanda. DG gave Cain a thumbs up after his first run through the chorus and he threw her a dirty look before watching Josh again.
"What is this?" Cain asked a minute later.
"Josh and I owned this at last August's gala," she replied with a nod, giving Josh a high five. The song faded out and Josh reached for Amanda's hand and pulled her toward him. DG's head cocked to one side at the song and she glanced at Cain, who shook his head. She took a step toward him and nodded. He took a step closer and shook his head again.
His eyes shot up for a moment, long enough to see Diana looking his way, and he reached for DG. He had no idea how to move the way everyone else was and he surely didn't want to be moving that way with DG - 'Liar,' he heard in the back of his mind - but he really didn't want to deal with Diana.
He put a causal arm around DG and she turned him slightly, wanting to catch a glimpse of Diana. At the sight of the steam coming from the blonde's ears, DG's heart skipped a beat and she raised an eyebrow. 'Yep, my Tin Man,' she thought, directing it toward the other girl. Her hands moved to Cain's waist and she looked at him. Nodding with the beat, she pushed on Cain's hips, shifting his weight from side to side as she had at the party.
He was no pop star, but he at least had some rhythm.
"What is this?" he finally asked her, having listened to the words. No man in the Zone would ever say those things to a woman; well, maybe to his wife. In private.
"New Kids," DG replied with a nod toward Trent and Lisa. Cain frowned and she nodded again. "-on the Block," she said a bit louder. Cain raised an eyebrow at the sight of Trent and Lisa and turned back to DG. "Just be glad he didn't play Step by Step."
Next to them, Josh laughed.
-*-
About twenty minutes later, Josh, Randy and Trent appeared at the table, Randy with a bucket of beers and Josh gave DG a wink. "What did you do?" she asked as Amanda, Lisa and Randy's girlfriend joined them from the other direction.
Josh just gave DG a cheeky smile and a moment later, DG knew.
The girls squealed, causing DG, Cain and the boys to lean back and Josh pointed to DG. She rolled her eyes, but joined in with the girls on the opening of Baby Got Back. "You are dead to me, Josh Harris," she threw out a moment later. She never should have told him that she knew every word to the song.
When the lyrics got to 'Fellas', DG pointed to Josh and Trent. When it got to 'Ladies', the girls helped her out. And, at 'even white boys got to shout', everyone pointed to Cain. When the song finally started to fade out, Cain nodded slowly.
"Your mother will be so proud." DG closed her eyes and twitched slightly, trying not to laugh. She was rather happy when a new song started and she started dancing in her chair, ignoring the raised eyebrow from Cain.
"This is why I don't go out," she yelled over the music a moment later and Cain laughed.
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For the record: the club's playlist...
some random club song
SexyBack - Justin Timberlake
Apache - Sugar Hill Gang
L.O.V.E. - Ashlee Simpson
Big Girl Now - New Kids on the Block
more tunes
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-Lot
Rock DJ - Robbie Williams
more tunes
Author: Erin (erinm_4600)
Characters, Pairing: Cain and DG, but if you saw 'em in the miniseries, they're here or mentioned. Plus some OCs
Rating: PG
Summary: Between the football team, his family and a final exam, Cain's feeling the pressure. And he thought all his trouble was simply falling for his best friend...
Warning: post-series, directly after California Tin. Blame n_e_star, for she fed Steve. ;) *with thanks to ALL the fandom for the love*
Disclaimer: The original characters belong to L. Frank Baum and their respective actors. The current characters belong to Sci-Fi, the movie folks and their respective actors. The rest of 'em are mine.
Prologue | California Queen | California Tin
California Sun: Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six | Part Seven | Part Eight | Part Nine | Part Ten | Part Eleven | Part Twelve | Part Thirteen | Part Fourteen | Part Fifteen | Part Sixteen | Part Seventeen | Part Eighteen | Part Nineteen | Part Twenty | Part Twenty-One | Part Twenty-Two | Part Twenty-Three | Part Twenty-Four | Part Twenty-Five | Part Twenty-Six
Five | Waking Up (CaliSun 20.2) | Almost Like Being in Love (CaliSun 24.5) | An Hour and 45 Minutes | Hava Nagila | Unexpected
"No way," Amanda said, shaking her head. DG and Cain both nodded as Cain reached for his phone.
"I have a son," Cain insisted.
"I'm not arguing that. But, that he's Josh's age... I don't believe it. Were you five?" DG laughed and took the phone from Cain, knowing he'd never get to the pictures. He had been showing Glitch the phone and, somehow, they'd gotten into the camera setting. It wasn't long after that when DG found Glitch trying to dismantle the thing.
"Here," DG said, holding the phone toward Amanda and Lisa.
"Oh, baby!" Lisa yelled and Amanda raised her eyes to Cain before Josh got to see Jeb.
"No way," Josh said, shaking his head. "You had to be, like... two!" Cain smiled and shook his head. Josh got the phone from Amanda and started looking at the other pictures. "Who's this?" he asked after a few seconds, turning the phone toward DG.
DG leaned forward to see the image and nodded. "That's my sister." Josh took the phone back and nodded.
"You must have some good-lookin' folks," he added with a nod. Cain and DG looked at each other and started laughing. Josh and Az could have a whole relationship based solely on photographs.
Josh finally got up the nerve to ask Amanda to dance and they tried to get Cain and DG to join them - Trent and Lisa had hit the dance floor two songs prior - but they both declined. "I'm an old man and I don't know how to dance to this crap you call music!" Cain yelled over the bass.
"Easy, Wyatt," Josh yelled back. "You just shake what your mama gave ya!" He imitated a hula dancer and got a laugh from DG. She waved them along and reached for her water, taking a moment to watch Cain watching everyone else.
"I think I can trust you enough for one dance," she said, nodding toward Cain's admirer. The girl had been shooting daggers her way most of the night and both Cain and DG knew it.
"Thank you, Princess," he said, leaning toward her with a smile and taking her water. "But I'm quite happy with my current company." He raised the water and took a swig, turning back to watch Josh and Amanda.
As the next song started, Josh waved for Cain and DG to join them. "Not on your life!" DG yelled down to Josh with a smile. Josh gave her a pout and dropped his head while DG simply shook hers. He turned to Amanda and said something, which she nodded to, and they both moved toward the table.
"Danger, Will Robinson," DG said, shifting in her seat. Josh followed Amanda up the steps from the dance floor and they weaved toward the table.
"Come on, Dee. One dance," Josh begged with a grin. DG shook her head and glanced to Cain, who was getting the same look from Amanda.
"Come on, Wyatt. It's either me or Diana," she stated with a nod over her shoulder.
"Not my music, but thank you," Cain replied with a gracious nod.
"I'm no Grace Kelly, sir. Just one dance," she asked again, holding out a hand and wiggling her fingers. Cain sighed heavily and nodded before pushing up from the chair and taking her hand. Josh turned to DG again and stuck his bottom lip out.
"If you stay up here, who's gonna block for Wyatt down there?" DG rolled her eyes and took Josh's hand. If Cain was going, so could she. Besides, if there was a chance she could dance with him again, she wasn't fool enough to pass it up.
-*-
Amanda and Cain laughed their way through the song - she made a comment that they were most definitely the whitest people in the building - and they watched the other folks on the dance floor. The place went a little crazy when the beats of SexyBack started thumping through the building.
DG moved over to Cain's side as Amanda traded her places and started dancing with Josh. "I was wrong before," Cain nodded. "The dancing at the party was much more like dancing in the Zone." He reared back slightly at the sight of Randy and his girlfriend as DG glanced around the dance floor.
"You just kinda move like... y'know," she trailed off, waving to the mass of people.
"No, I don't know," Cain said turning toward her and crossing his arms. She nodded toward Randy and his girlfriend.
"Like that," she said with wide eyes. Cain laughed and pointed to Randy as he leaned closer.
"I don't even remember how to do that, Princess."
"Join the club," DG responded and shook her head. "C'mon," she said, grabbing his elbow and pulling him into the crowd, ignoring the frown. "These people are never gonna see you again, Cain. Hell, look at Josh," she said, pointing to their friend; Josh was practically doing the Running Man. "He doesn’t care. Why should you?"
"Because I'll know," Cain said, pointing to himself. "And so will you." DG smiled and nodded.
"Don't worry, Cain. The awesome bubble of you will never pop." She took his arm again and started nodding her head to the beat, soon joining Josh in his junior high-dancing. A minute or so later, the song ended and a girl's voice blared out.
Most of the girls on the floor started cheering and dancing together, ignoring their partners. Josh pulled Cain toward Trent and the three of them watched as the girls danced and laughed together. "Okay, let's flash this back!" the DJ yelled out as the song faded and a beat began blaring from the speakers.
DG cheered and waved Josh toward her, leaving Trent, Amanda and Cain to watch, wide-eyed, as half the floor started moving in unison. Trent was holding his side at the sight of Josh, Lisa and DG and Cain was highly entertained, not by their movements - were they trying to rope cattle? - but at the look on DG's face.
DG pointed to them and Josh nodded, calf-roping their way over to the three of them. DG walked toward Cain with the beat and waved her fingers for him to follow. He shook his head and she nodded. He tried not to smile, but ended up allowing her to pull him into the crowd.
She quickly showed him the moves and waited for the chorus to start again. Josh stopped him and he and Lisa began showing Cain how to twist on one foot as DG laughed with Trent and Amanda. DG gave Cain a thumbs up after his first run through the chorus and he threw her a dirty look before watching Josh again.
"What is this?" Cain asked a minute later.
"Josh and I owned this at last August's gala," she replied with a nod, giving Josh a high five. The song faded out and Josh reached for Amanda's hand and pulled her toward him. DG's head cocked to one side at the song and she glanced at Cain, who shook his head. She took a step toward him and nodded. He took a step closer and shook his head again.
His eyes shot up for a moment, long enough to see Diana looking his way, and he reached for DG. He had no idea how to move the way everyone else was and he surely didn't want to be moving that way with DG - 'Liar,' he heard in the back of his mind - but he really didn't want to deal with Diana.
He put a causal arm around DG and she turned him slightly, wanting to catch a glimpse of Diana. At the sight of the steam coming from the blonde's ears, DG's heart skipped a beat and she raised an eyebrow. 'Yep, my Tin Man,' she thought, directing it toward the other girl. Her hands moved to Cain's waist and she looked at him. Nodding with the beat, she pushed on Cain's hips, shifting his weight from side to side as she had at the party.
He was no pop star, but he at least had some rhythm.
"What is this?" he finally asked her, having listened to the words. No man in the Zone would ever say those things to a woman; well, maybe to his wife. In private.
"New Kids," DG replied with a nod toward Trent and Lisa. Cain frowned and she nodded again. "-on the Block," she said a bit louder. Cain raised an eyebrow at the sight of Trent and Lisa and turned back to DG. "Just be glad he didn't play Step by Step."
Next to them, Josh laughed.
-*-
About twenty minutes later, Josh, Randy and Trent appeared at the table, Randy with a bucket of beers and Josh gave DG a wink. "What did you do?" she asked as Amanda, Lisa and Randy's girlfriend joined them from the other direction.
Josh just gave DG a cheeky smile and a moment later, DG knew.
The girls squealed, causing DG, Cain and the boys to lean back and Josh pointed to DG. She rolled her eyes, but joined in with the girls on the opening of Baby Got Back. "You are dead to me, Josh Harris," she threw out a moment later. She never should have told him that she knew every word to the song.
When the lyrics got to 'Fellas', DG pointed to Josh and Trent. When it got to 'Ladies', the girls helped her out. And, at 'even white boys got to shout', everyone pointed to Cain. When the song finally started to fade out, Cain nodded slowly.
"Your mother will be so proud." DG closed her eyes and twitched slightly, trying not to laugh. She was rather happy when a new song started and she started dancing in her chair, ignoring the raised eyebrow from Cain.
"This is why I don't go out," she yelled over the music a moment later and Cain laughed.
______________
For the record: the club's playlist...
some random club song
SexyBack - Justin Timberlake
Apache - Sugar Hill Gang
L.O.V.E. - Ashlee Simpson
Big Girl Now - New Kids on the Block
more tunes
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-Lot
Rock DJ - Robbie Williams
more tunes