Jericho: Girl Geek (General)
Title: Girl Geek
Rating: General
Characters: Heather
Spoilers: 1.07 Long Live The Mayor; 1.08 Rogue River
Word count: 447
Author notes: Companion piece to Forever Never. Thanks to tanaquific for the beta, and sgafan for Americanizing certain terms...
Summary: Heather tends to babble when she gets nervous. And Jake Green brings out the worst in her...
Girl Geek
Watch out for giant irradiated ants....
What the heck had she been thinking? Heather couldn't believe she'd actually said what she did. Of all the dorky things she could've come up with, she had to pick that? What nitwit kisses a guy, and then tells him to be careful about irradiated ants, of all things? God, Jake must think her an absolute goofball right about now.
As she walked away, Heather could feel his gaze following her. She didn't dare look back, afraid of what she might see in his face, and she half-prayed for the ground to open up beneath her feet and swallow her.
Giant irradiated....
If she hadn't already blown her chances with that abrupt kiss (which, for all she'd clearly surprised him, had ended feeling rather better than nice), she'd certainly done it with the follow-up. After that, there was no way Jake Green would ever see her as anything but a geeky school teacher who happened to be handy with tools.
Way to go, Lisinski...!
o0o
The uncertainty was the worst. Not knowing if Jake was okay. Not knowing if he and Eric would return with the medicine in time. Not knowing if they would return at all....
The ice she'd concocted was slowly melting in the bowls downstairs, the effects of the ammonium nitrate long since having worn off, and Johnston's labored breathing marked the passing of each second.
Watching Gail struggling desperately to hold herself together, despite her fears.... Seeing April pacing on the landing, frustration at not being able to do anything visible in her hunched shoulders and stiff back.... With nothing to do but wait, Heather was starting to feel like an intruder.
Yet she couldn't leave, couldn't go home. Not until she knew that Jake was all right. Not until she knew that asking him to watch out for giant irradiated ants was not going to be the last thing she'd ever say to him.
The sound of an engine growling made her lift her head. It grew louder as it came closer, until it cut off right in front of the house. She met Emily's gaze. Emily nodded- It's them-and some of the weight dropped off of Heather's shoulders.
A moment later, Eric and Jake raced up the stairs past them, barely acknowledging her or Emily, with a stranger dressed in scrubs on their heels.
Heather watched them go, feeling more hopeful than she had for hours. And if the situation with Johnston hadn't been so serious, she'd have laughed: leave it to Jake to go for antibiotics, and return with a doctor....
Maybe he'd get the giant irradiated ants one day too....
Disclaimer: this story is based on the Junction Entertainment/Fixed Mark Productions/CBS Paramount Television series Jericho. It was written for entertainment only; the author does not profit from it nor was any infringement of copyright intended. Please do not redistribute elsewhere without the author's consent.
Rating: General
Characters: Heather
Spoilers: 1.07 Long Live The Mayor; 1.08 Rogue River
Word count: 447
Author notes: Companion piece to Forever Never. Thanks to tanaquific for the beta, and sgafan for Americanizing certain terms...
Summary: Heather tends to babble when she gets nervous. And Jake Green brings out the worst in her...
Girl Geek
Watch out for giant irradiated ants....
What the heck had she been thinking? Heather couldn't believe she'd actually said what she did. Of all the dorky things she could've come up with, she had to pick that? What nitwit kisses a guy, and then tells him to be careful about irradiated ants, of all things? God, Jake must think her an absolute goofball right about now.
As she walked away, Heather could feel his gaze following her. She didn't dare look back, afraid of what she might see in his face, and she half-prayed for the ground to open up beneath her feet and swallow her.
Giant irradiated....
If she hadn't already blown her chances with that abrupt kiss (which, for all she'd clearly surprised him, had ended feeling rather better than nice), she'd certainly done it with the follow-up. After that, there was no way Jake Green would ever see her as anything but a geeky school teacher who happened to be handy with tools.
Way to go, Lisinski...!
o0o
The uncertainty was the worst. Not knowing if Jake was okay. Not knowing if he and Eric would return with the medicine in time. Not knowing if they would return at all....
The ice she'd concocted was slowly melting in the bowls downstairs, the effects of the ammonium nitrate long since having worn off, and Johnston's labored breathing marked the passing of each second.
Watching Gail struggling desperately to hold herself together, despite her fears.... Seeing April pacing on the landing, frustration at not being able to do anything visible in her hunched shoulders and stiff back.... With nothing to do but wait, Heather was starting to feel like an intruder.
Yet she couldn't leave, couldn't go home. Not until she knew that Jake was all right. Not until she knew that asking him to watch out for giant irradiated ants was not going to be the last thing she'd ever say to him.
The sound of an engine growling made her lift her head. It grew louder as it came closer, until it cut off right in front of the house. She met Emily's gaze. Emily nodded- It's them-and some of the weight dropped off of Heather's shoulders.
A moment later, Eric and Jake raced up the stairs past them, barely acknowledging her or Emily, with a stranger dressed in scrubs on their heels.
Heather watched them go, feeling more hopeful than she had for hours. And if the situation with Johnston hadn't been so serious, she'd have laughed: leave it to Jake to go for antibiotics, and return with a doctor....
Maybe he'd get the giant irradiated ants one day too....
Disclaimer: this story is based on the Junction Entertainment/Fixed Mark Productions/CBS Paramount Television series Jericho. It was written for entertainment only; the author does not profit from it nor was any infringement of copyright intended. Please do not redistribute elsewhere without the author's consent.