Jack's first days never went well. His first day of kindergarten ended with his head in the toilet. 3rd grade, he spent the whole year facing the corner. 7th grade began with a week of suspension for a prank that ended with an all-out food fight. Freshman year was him being pummeled by the entire football team for hitting on the lead quarterback's girl. These past experiences caused Jack to become, well cautious about any first day. To the point of hating first days.
So it only made sense that he was on edge as he approached the building of Guardian Agency, the company famous for intervening in child abuse and negligence cases to make sure the child's best interests were being chosen. It was a law firm, social service, child center, and generally just a safe haven for troubled children trying to escape.
It was the place Jack had wanted to work at since he was young. With his track record and not so good family situation, he was naturally drawn to helping other kids in the same situations as him or worse. This is the whole reason he had spent his life savings to go to Stanford, one of the top psychology and law schools in the US, and left his entire family to stay on campus. Guardian Agency was the reason that he worked his ass off to get a bachelor degree in business management and criminal psychology and a master degree in children's psychology, along with an associate's degree in law enforcement in only 6 years. 6 years of utter torture and sleep deprivation to achieve the seemingly impossible goal. The only reason he managed to survive was thanks to his college roommate-turned-best-friend-turned-current-roommate, Talayeh Summers, a business major and psychology minor herself.
Talayeh was the whole reason he had even landed his dream job at GA. They had accepted her right off the bat with her master's degree in business management, bachelor in marketing and an associate's in clinical psychology, making her finance manager as soon as she graduated from Stanford. Jack wasn't so lucky. Talayeh had spent months trying to convince the higher ups that Jack could be trusted, despite his less than clean record. The CEO of the company finally heard her plea and decided to give the boy a chance.
This was exactly why Jack was fighting with the obviously new intern receptionist on his first day. The receptionist decided to just assume that jack was one of their cases instead of being a reasonable person and look him up in the employee database that he had been added to on Friday at 6:08, according to Talayeh.
"Look lady-"
"Denise."
"Look Denise, I am a new employee here and I need to get to the 4th floor like 5 minutes ago, so if you could call someone, you would find out that I'm not lying!" Jack exclaimed, his canvas messenger bag hitting his leg as he bounced restlessly. He was already on edge with this being the wretched first day and this wasn't helping his nerves. The receptionist just rolled her eyes and smacked on her gum.
"Young man, we don't hire minors. This isn't a place to joke around at so if you want to report an incident regarding a case or make a new case, then I will schedule an appointment as soon as possible." Jack groaned. Suddenly, a bell-like giggle filled the room as a red haired woman stepped out of the elevator.
"Having some trouble on the first day, Snowflake?" The all too familiar voice of Talayeh Summers taunted. Talayeh was a sight and probably would have had Jack drooling, if he hadn't known her for so long and didn't change teams. With her Colombian and Greek roots, she was the epiphany of exotic southern hemisphere women. She was the stunning height of 5'9 and a proud owner of the hourglass figure, with tanned skin that brought out her naturally bright red hair out. This all combined with her Greek features and evergreen eyes made many guys drool. That was, until they met her personality.
Growing up in Colombia until she was 14, she was one of the scariest people he knew, and that was including his old frenemy, Kozmotis Pitchiner. She grew up in a bad neighborhood, which caused her mother to teach her as much self-defense as possible. When they moved to South Carolina Talayeh's freshman year, she immediately signed up for mixed martial arts class and quickly became the top of her class. Mixed in with her naturally short temper and fierce stubbornness, Jack had found out rather quickly not to make the Colombian mad or else you were going to feel her wrath.
"Sunshine! Have you come to save me from this endless battle?" Jack exclaimed, opening his arms for a hug. Talayeh laughed and returned his hug.
"I figured with your youthful looks and childish behavior, Denise might not believe that you were the new assistant psychologist that was hired." She stated, sending Denise a smirk. The receptionist blushed and started stuttering.
"Yo-you never told me his hair was white! I thought he was one of those kids who came in and wasted our time with fake reports of abuse!" Jack blushed at her comment of his hair. It was true that his hair was unnaturally white, a fact that got him in trouble more than once. Talayeh scoffed.
"He told you his name, didn't he? Jackson Overland, just like I told you. Now come on Snowflake, we got to introduce you to your new boss." Talayeh dragged jack into the elevator and pressed floor 4, leaving the receptionist trying to regain her dignity
"Thanks Sunshine. I don't know what I would do without you." Jack replied, looping his arm into her like they used to do in college. Old habits die hard.
"You would still be in college, banging your head against a wall, trying to figure out how to juggle all your classes and sleep. Believe me Jack, you are hopeless without me." Talayeh responded, sadly telling the truth about the situation. The elevator dinged loudly and they walked out, arm in arm.
"You don't have to be mean and tell the truth, Sunshine. So who am I working for?" Jack was bouncing with every step he took, from excitement and nervousness. Before Talayeh could give him an answer, Jack rammed into someone walking in the opposite, causing both of them, along with Talayeh to hit the floor. Muttering a curse word, Jack rubbed his now bruised backside while fixing his glasses to their original position.
"Watch where ya goin', ya bloody seppo!" the person yelled in a rough Australian accent. Jack rolled his eyes.
"I'd say the same for you, Kangaroo." Jack snapped back. A lame comeback, but it was the first thing that came to mind when he thought of Australia. Talayeh covered a laugh with a cough and helped Jack up. Quickly brushing off his clothes, he turned to see who the rude Aussie was and was star struck.
The man was hot to say the least. Being about 6'4 and incredibly ripped helped that factor. But that wasn't just it. He looked like a typical Australian, but with messy raven hair and the greenest eyes Jack had ever seen, including Talayeh's. His shirt sleeves were rolled up, revealing sets of blue tribal tattoos on his biceps. All in all, he gave off a bad boy aura, which only heightened the attractiveness of the man.
Kangaroo? Did you just called me a kangaroo, mate?" the man sneered, looming over Jack and Talayeh. Jack scoffed at the man's attempt of imitating him. Going through those law enforcement classes made him a little harder to scare.
"And if I did? What are you going to do about it, Kangaroo?" Jack taunted, steeping forward to man.
"Jack!" Talayeh shrieked indignantly, pulling him back and getting in between the two men. "Aster, control your temper." The man stepped away but kept the same glare on his face.
"Watch it, Shelia. No 'ne calls me Aster. Ya should a known that. It's Bunny to ya. Now, if ya will kindly step-"
Jack busted out laughing. "Your name's Bunny? Like a rabbit? God, that rich!" He, gripped his stomach as he bent over, laughing. Talayeh groaned and face palmed at the boy's laughter. She had hoped they would get on a better foot.
"Snowflake, stop laughing. Like your nicknames are any better." Talayeh stated, watching Jack stiffen at his nickname that she used. He glared at her.
"Low blow, Summers, low blow." Bunny chuckled at the pale boy's nickname. He was so using that later if he ever saw the boy again. Hopefully, he wouldn't have to.
"Well, it was needed to snap both of you to out of a fight. Now, Bunny lets go to your office to talk about your new assistant psychologist that got hired." Talayeh hinted, pushing the taller man in front of to guide the way. Jack froze as Talayeh grabbed his wrist to follow them. That man, the rude, sexy Australian was his new boss. And he just insulted and almost got in a fight with him.
Jack groaned, and hung his head as he followed Talayeh to his doom. His first days were never good. Looks like his first day at Guardian Agency wouldn't be any different.
Greeks vs Geeks: So, this was just a random idea that I got all of a sudden. I don't know the future of it really. I can go in so many different directions with the story line so, who knows how this will end up. I'm not even sure I will continue it. So if you guys, like it or see potential or whatever, leave a comment or pm me. I am willing to take ideas. But, this is a JackRabbit fanfic, because well, I am in love with JackRabbit. So, review and ciao my little snowflakes.