Time After Time - 1998 - 2000: The People We Become - Part 9
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 9
The girls take a break from holding up Auggie, and it’s Scott who’s now trying to single handily hold up the injured student. The Cliffhangers trek through the shallow muddy creek. Auggie takes a bad step and falls off Scott. He lands right into the muddy waters.
“Auggie, Auggie are you okay?” Juliet gets worried. The others attend to Auggie and help him back up. Shelby takes Auggie’s other arm and both she and Scott get Auggie moving again.
*****
In the Montreal suburbs, Cody’s friends are gathered in the living room as firefighters are working in the kitchen. They step out of the smoky kitchen, one of them holding an aluminium pan of quick popcorn maker.
“Okay, who’s the Einstein who put the quickie pop in the microwave?” the firefighter asks.
All the teens point to Victor and says his name simultaneously, “Victor.”
The firefighter walks over to Victor and whacks him on the head with the quickie pop. “Never... do... that... again.”
“Yes, sir,” the blonde teen responds.
Frank and Cody enter the place. “My house, what happened?” Frank asks.
“Well, everything’s fine sir,” the firefighter tells him. He points to Victor. “This chump put one of these in your microwave.” He holds up the quick popcorn foil pan.
“Thanks, I’ll take it from here.” Frank takes the pan. He then walks up to Victor and Romeo and whacks them both on the head with the foil pan. He turns around to Chris and hits him too.
Chris is on the phone. “Ow, hold on, Sherry.” He looks up at Frank. “What was that for?”
Frank takes the phone from Chris. “Sorry, Sherry, Chris has to go now. Yeah, Chris Sheppard, he goes to Edison, bye.” Frank hangs up the phone and leans into his son. “How am I doing?”
“Looking good Frank.” Cody pats his dad on the back.
Frank whistles then raises his voice. “Okay, listen up.”
“See, now that’s how you do it,” Flash tells Emily.
“First, keep your dirty feet off my antique table.” Frank removes Chris’s feet off the furniture. Frank then picks up a plate of garbage. “Second, if you make a mess, you clean it up.” He passes the plate to Victor then points to Romeo. “Third, nothing down the sink if it even smells like animal fat.” Frank turns around and looks at everyone. “And fourth, you’re all welcome here anytime you want.”
“Thanks a lot, Frank,” the students tell him.
Frank cuts them off. “Oh, please, call me Mr. Miller.”
“You changed my Frank,” Chris says to Cody in a sad voice.
“And now, I believe Emily would like your attention,” Mr. Miller finishes.
*****
It’s night time on the shores of the X-Challenge race. The only thing left from the sunset is a sliver of light peeking from over the mountains. Peter, Katherine and Hannah are all clapping and cheering on the Cliffhangers as they approach the finish line. They’re all relieved once they finally reached the line.
“Did we beat those jerks? The Lawrence Hastings guys,” Ezra asks.
“You beat them before the race even started,” Peter tells him.
“Alright, Auggie, let’s get that ankle checked out.” Hannah walks up to Auggie. The injured student gets off Scott and Shelby and moves onto Hannah. Ezra offers to help and takes Auggie’s other arm.
“You did great, getting them back here,” Katherine compliments Scott.
“Nah, they’re your team, you trained them,” Scott replies. “I just took them the last mile.”
“You brought them home in style, filthy, dead last, and smiling. Good work,” Peter offers Scott his hand. The two athletes shake hands.
*****
In the Miller home, Emily lectures her staff. “Okay, today bombed.” She sighs. “I can’t stand that you all think of me as the bad guy, and I hate doing this project as much as you do, but it’s my job. I’m sorry. And I do know I can loosen up a little.”
“Yeah, a lot,” the rest of the staff all say unanimously.
“Okay, a lot,” Emily admits. “What do you say we just put the first part of today behind us and...” Emily walks towards the side.
“We know,” Mags interrupts. “Get the issue done.”
“No,” Emily hits the play button on the CD player. “Salsa.” The other students cheer and get on their feet to dance to the music again.
Mr. Miller makes his way towards the kitchen with two large bags of groceries. Cody gets off his seat and follows his dad. “Dad.”
“Yeah.”
“What are you doing?”
“I’ll be in the kitchen, putting the food away.”
“What do you mean? We’re the Miller boys right?” Cody gives his dad a playful punch on the arm. “Let me help you.” Frank smiles and gives his son the other bag. They enter the kitchen as everyone else continues to dance.
*****
The full moon shines over the Ontario woods. Underneath, another light source shines, this of a campfire set on the gathering area of Horizon.
Scott walks into the cafeteria with an apron in hand. Shelby walks past Scott with supplies in hand. “I hate serving those jerks.”
Scott stops and comment, “Yeah and we got to listen to Peter sing.”
“Yeah, that was really cool, what you did,” Shelby adds. “Coming back for us. I mean, everyone else still hates you, but... you came through.” She looks at Scott. “You’re one of us now.”
“I guess it’s not so bad being one of you. Listen I all that stuff that I said, about you and the other guys.”
“Uh, used car,” Shelby reminds him of one of the comments.
“Yeah, I’m sorry,” Scott tells her.
Shelby looks at Scott in a shy manner. “Maybe we can hang out. See if there’s something... about me, something that you might like... maybe?”
Scott’s amused by Shelby’s attempts to flirt with him. “Yeah, maybe.” He walks off. Shelby watches him walk off with a grin on her face. She’s a bit excited that the new student that she has had a crush on since his arrival is finally talking to her. Shelby heads outside and gives the supplies to the people outside.
She heads back inside and as she walks into the kitchen, she sees the sight of Scott and Juliet making out. The blonde is then reminded that Juliet managed to get a hold of Scott first. Saddened, she walks out of the room and takes a seat on the armrest of a sofa.
Juliet is leaving the place when she spots Shelby on the sofa. “Hey, come on. We got to go start cooking.”
Shelby doesn’t face the other girl. “What?” Juliet wonders.
Shelby takes in a deep breath. “Let’s go.” She finally faces Juliet and gives her a smile. “Have some fun.” Shelby gets off the couch and heads back outside. Juliet follows behind.
*****
Outside Scott is helping man the grill. He’s handing the meat on the plates of his former rivals. He looks at them and tries not to be too upset.
Peter is sitting next to Hannah with a large bowl of chips in his hand when he hears his name. “Okay Peter,” Bob calls out. “Alright, everybody, let’s hear it.”
They all begin to chant, “Peter, Peter, Peter, Peter...”
Peter gets off his seat and begins to pace around. Both schools are now chanting for him. He knows he has to live up to his end of the deal. He takes a bite of one last chip before moving towards the stage where the campfire is set up. He hands Hannah the bowl of chips. Bob puts one arm around Peter while the other arm has a piece of paper in hand, and he walks him up to the stage. The two of them stand in front of everyone.
“You could enjoy this less, you know,” Peter says to Bob.
Bob unfolds the paper, “I believe it’s time for dessert. Your just desserts, Peter.” He hands the paper to the other camp director. “Here’s your lyrics.”
Peter looks at what song it is. “Oh, no.”
Bob turns on the music from a stereo set up. “Oh, yeah.” He trots off the stage.
The song begins and it’s YMCA. Peter looks at everyone in front of him. “Young man,” he begins in an uneager voice. “There’s no need to feel down. I said young man, pick yourself off the ground. I said young man, cause you’re in a new town. There’s no need to be unhappy,” Peter’s trying to keep his voice as low as possible.
Scott decides to do something. He approaches Juliet. “Come on.”
“What? I’m not going up there.”
“We win together, we lose together.” Scott takes Juliet by the hand and brings her towards the stage. The others soon follow.
In no time Peter, Scott, Juliet, Shelby, Auggie, Ezra, Katherine, Hannah and Jeff are all now in front of everyone as a group. They continue on the song with Peter and even perform the letter moves. “It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.”
The mood is getting everyone else there to participate in the sing along. Some of them are even moving along. Juliet decides to move down the stage and dance with Shelby. Peter looks over at Scott, and Peter can’t help but be proud at what Scott just did for him. They shake hands again. They continue, almost laughing at themselves. At the very end of all of this, both schools find themselves enjoying everything. The one thing Peter couldn’t have asked more for.
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 9
The girls take a break from holding up Auggie, and it’s Scott who’s now trying to single handily hold up the injured student. The Cliffhangers trek through the shallow muddy creek. Auggie takes a bad step and falls off Scott. He lands right into the muddy waters.
“Auggie, Auggie are you okay?” Juliet gets worried. The others attend to Auggie and help him back up. Shelby takes Auggie’s other arm and both she and Scott get Auggie moving again.
*****
In the Montreal suburbs, Cody’s friends are gathered in the living room as firefighters are working in the kitchen. They step out of the smoky kitchen, one of them holding an aluminium pan of quick popcorn maker.
“Okay, who’s the Einstein who put the quickie pop in the microwave?” the firefighter asks.
All the teens point to Victor and says his name simultaneously, “Victor.”
The firefighter walks over to Victor and whacks him on the head with the quickie pop. “Never... do... that... again.”
“Yes, sir,” the blonde teen responds.
Frank and Cody enter the place. “My house, what happened?” Frank asks.
“Well, everything’s fine sir,” the firefighter tells him. He points to Victor. “This chump put one of these in your microwave.” He holds up the quick popcorn foil pan.
“Thanks, I’ll take it from here.” Frank takes the pan. He then walks up to Victor and Romeo and whacks them both on the head with the foil pan. He turns around to Chris and hits him too.
Chris is on the phone. “Ow, hold on, Sherry.” He looks up at Frank. “What was that for?”
Frank takes the phone from Chris. “Sorry, Sherry, Chris has to go now. Yeah, Chris Sheppard, he goes to Edison, bye.” Frank hangs up the phone and leans into his son. “How am I doing?”
“Looking good Frank.” Cody pats his dad on the back.
Frank whistles then raises his voice. “Okay, listen up.”
“See, now that’s how you do it,” Flash tells Emily.
“First, keep your dirty feet off my antique table.” Frank removes Chris’s feet off the furniture. Frank then picks up a plate of garbage. “Second, if you make a mess, you clean it up.” He passes the plate to Victor then points to Romeo. “Third, nothing down the sink if it even smells like animal fat.” Frank turns around and looks at everyone. “And fourth, you’re all welcome here anytime you want.”
“Thanks a lot, Frank,” the students tell him.
Frank cuts them off. “Oh, please, call me Mr. Miller.”
“You changed my Frank,” Chris says to Cody in a sad voice.
“And now, I believe Emily would like your attention,” Mr. Miller finishes.
*****
It’s night time on the shores of the X-Challenge race. The only thing left from the sunset is a sliver of light peeking from over the mountains. Peter, Katherine and Hannah are all clapping and cheering on the Cliffhangers as they approach the finish line. They’re all relieved once they finally reached the line.
“Did we beat those jerks? The Lawrence Hastings guys,” Ezra asks.
“You beat them before the race even started,” Peter tells him.
“Alright, Auggie, let’s get that ankle checked out.” Hannah walks up to Auggie. The injured student gets off Scott and Shelby and moves onto Hannah. Ezra offers to help and takes Auggie’s other arm.
“You did great, getting them back here,” Katherine compliments Scott.
“Nah, they’re your team, you trained them,” Scott replies. “I just took them the last mile.”
“You brought them home in style, filthy, dead last, and smiling. Good work,” Peter offers Scott his hand. The two athletes shake hands.
*****
In the Miller home, Emily lectures her staff. “Okay, today bombed.” She sighs. “I can’t stand that you all think of me as the bad guy, and I hate doing this project as much as you do, but it’s my job. I’m sorry. And I do know I can loosen up a little.”
“Yeah, a lot,” the rest of the staff all say unanimously.
“Okay, a lot,” Emily admits. “What do you say we just put the first part of today behind us and...” Emily walks towards the side.
“We know,” Mags interrupts. “Get the issue done.”
“No,” Emily hits the play button on the CD player. “Salsa.” The other students cheer and get on their feet to dance to the music again.
Mr. Miller makes his way towards the kitchen with two large bags of groceries. Cody gets off his seat and follows his dad. “Dad.”
“Yeah.”
“What are you doing?”
“I’ll be in the kitchen, putting the food away.”
“What do you mean? We’re the Miller boys right?” Cody gives his dad a playful punch on the arm. “Let me help you.” Frank smiles and gives his son the other bag. They enter the kitchen as everyone else continues to dance.
*****
The full moon shines over the Ontario woods. Underneath, another light source shines, this of a campfire set on the gathering area of Horizon.
Scott walks into the cafeteria with an apron in hand. Shelby walks past Scott with supplies in hand. “I hate serving those jerks.”
Scott stops and comment, “Yeah and we got to listen to Peter sing.”
“Yeah, that was really cool, what you did,” Shelby adds. “Coming back for us. I mean, everyone else still hates you, but... you came through.” She looks at Scott. “You’re one of us now.”
“I guess it’s not so bad being one of you. Listen I all that stuff that I said, about you and the other guys.”
“Uh, used car,” Shelby reminds him of one of the comments.
“Yeah, I’m sorry,” Scott tells her.
Shelby looks at Scott in a shy manner. “Maybe we can hang out. See if there’s something... about me, something that you might like... maybe?”
Scott’s amused by Shelby’s attempts to flirt with him. “Yeah, maybe.” He walks off. Shelby watches him walk off with a grin on her face. She’s a bit excited that the new student that she has had a crush on since his arrival is finally talking to her. Shelby heads outside and gives the supplies to the people outside.
She heads back inside and as she walks into the kitchen, she sees the sight of Scott and Juliet making out. The blonde is then reminded that Juliet managed to get a hold of Scott first. Saddened, she walks out of the room and takes a seat on the armrest of a sofa.
Juliet is leaving the place when she spots Shelby on the sofa. “Hey, come on. We got to go start cooking.”
Shelby doesn’t face the other girl. “What?” Juliet wonders.
Shelby takes in a deep breath. “Let’s go.” She finally faces Juliet and gives her a smile. “Have some fun.” Shelby gets off the couch and heads back outside. Juliet follows behind.
*****
Outside Scott is helping man the grill. He’s handing the meat on the plates of his former rivals. He looks at them and tries not to be too upset.
Peter is sitting next to Hannah with a large bowl of chips in his hand when he hears his name. “Okay Peter,” Bob calls out. “Alright, everybody, let’s hear it.”
They all begin to chant, “Peter, Peter, Peter, Peter...”
Peter gets off his seat and begins to pace around. Both schools are now chanting for him. He knows he has to live up to his end of the deal. He takes a bite of one last chip before moving towards the stage where the campfire is set up. He hands Hannah the bowl of chips. Bob puts one arm around Peter while the other arm has a piece of paper in hand, and he walks him up to the stage. The two of them stand in front of everyone.
“You could enjoy this less, you know,” Peter says to Bob.
Bob unfolds the paper, “I believe it’s time for dessert. Your just desserts, Peter.” He hands the paper to the other camp director. “Here’s your lyrics.”
Peter looks at what song it is. “Oh, no.”
Bob turns on the music from a stereo set up. “Oh, yeah.” He trots off the stage.
The song begins and it’s YMCA. Peter looks at everyone in front of him. “Young man,” he begins in an uneager voice. “There’s no need to feel down. I said young man, pick yourself off the ground. I said young man, cause you’re in a new town. There’s no need to be unhappy,” Peter’s trying to keep his voice as low as possible.
Scott decides to do something. He approaches Juliet. “Come on.”
“What? I’m not going up there.”
“We win together, we lose together.” Scott takes Juliet by the hand and brings her towards the stage. The others soon follow.
In no time Peter, Scott, Juliet, Shelby, Auggie, Ezra, Katherine, Hannah and Jeff are all now in front of everyone as a group. They continue on the song with Peter and even perform the letter moves. “It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.”
The mood is getting everyone else there to participate in the sing along. Some of them are even moving along. Juliet decides to move down the stage and dance with Shelby. Peter looks over at Scott, and Peter can’t help but be proud at what Scott just did for him. They shake hands again. They continue, almost laughing at themselves. At the very end of all of this, both schools find themselves enjoying everything. The one thing Peter couldn’t have asked more for.
for previous chapters:
the master list