The DT Files

The DT Files
Ep 313-401
by SSJ04 Mewtwo

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This story will be a combination of episodes 313 and 401.

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Anything, he would say 'yes to anything, except for what she had just asked of him. Normally he probably could come up with thirty seconds of music, but his muse had abandoned him. Now thirty seconds of music were now looking like trying to write a gig's worth of new material. Part of him wanted to say 'yes' and hope he could come up with something, but this was for school.
"Sorry Daria, the muse has left me." Trent finally answers inwardly congratulating himself for being able to say 'no' to her.
"It's ok, I've suffered the same a time or two before. I think that me and Jane can handle it." Daria replies.
"Cool. Where's Janie anyway?"
"Gone off with some guy she just met."
"Hey, don't worry about it. You staying for the second set?"
"I'd rather not. I'm getting in the mood to go back to my coffin and sleep the rest of the night away."
Trent laughs and starts a coughing fit. He recovers and says, "Good one Daria. If I weren't in the band I wouldn't be here for the second set either. Need a lift home?"
"Sure you want to leave them?"
"They'll be fine. If they haven't killed each other by now, they never will." Trent says and the two leave.

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"No! What do you mean he said no." Jane asks the next day.
"As I told you, he said no." Daria replies.
"And why did my brother say 'no'?"
"His muse wasn't in the mood. And if this was another attempt to play Yenta, then you failed this time."
"Ah, but I'm not through yet Morgandorffer."

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Several weeks had passed since Trent had said no. The project went down without a hitch and Jane's grade was saved. However, it looked like she was going to have to do another project this time for Mrs. Bennett. Unfortunately her and Jane were not on the best of terms. So, Daria quickly raises her hand in an attempt to see if she could work alone.
"Excuse me, but can I work alone?" she asks.
"No. All financial decisions you'll ever make will effect someone else as well." Mrs. Bennett states.
"Are you saying that I'll be married to one of these brainless fools in this class in the future?"
Mrs. Bennett knowing that what Daria had just asked was a trap question responds by saying, "You can partner up with one of the female members of the class."
"So you're saying that I'm a lesbian?"
Mrs. Bennett sighs in exasperation as the bell rings. 'I'll check if I can get her to take the exit exam for my class. She's just too much trouble for the effort I put in for the salary I get.'

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He had just woken up and was hearing voices from Janie's room. He stretches and finds a shirt and a pair of pants to put on. He heads for Jane's room in order to see Daria. 'Gawd, if she were only 18.' he thinks opening the door.
"Hey Janie, Dari...,woe!" Trent says seeing that it wasn't Daria, but a blond wearing the uniform of the Lawndale cheerleaders. "Did I miss something?"
"Hey Trent. No, I'm doing a project with Brittany for Mrs. Bennett's class. Me and Daria...,uh...,had a slight falling out." Jane quickly explains.
"Tom?"
"Uh...,yeah." she answers getting a little uncomfortable talking about this with Brittany in the same room.
"Sooo, you're Jane's older brother." Brittany starts on Trent. Jane arches an eyebrow seeing that Brittany had gone into flirt mode with her brother.
"I'll...,just go...,get some pizza...," Trent says backing out of the room. Cheerleaders were life sucking flirt machines.
"I'll go with you." Brittany says quickly following Trent. Jane's eyes bug out seeing how fast Trent took off.

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Daria sighs as she sits at a booth at the Pizza King. She then sees Trent's car pull up and Trent gets out of the car followed by Brittany getting out of the passenger's side. Daria scowls seeing that Trent wasn't interested in the air head due to the fact that Trent was actually running like his life depended on it. Trent makes it to the counter and quickly orders and tries to convince the clerk to hurry up the order. Unfortunately, Brittany catches up and leans her body against his right side. Daria stands and begins to march over when Kevin with Mac in tow come up.
"I know you would treat me better than that disrespectful jerk Kevin." she says rubbing herself against an uncomfortable Trent.
"Hey! Get away from my babe!" Kevin shouts charging at Trent. What happened only took five seconds. Trent's right hand went into his pocket and he pulled out his switchblade. Kevin stops feeling his nose getting intimate with Trent's blade.
"Woe!" Mac says getting behind Kevin.
"Take your bitch and go before I give you a nose job and I slice her pretty little hair off." Trent growls lowly in his throat.
"Calm down, Trent." a soft female voice whispers in his left ear. "There's no need to cut off the QB's nose." Daria continues and kicks Brittany hard in the chins making her hop away and into Jodie's reach.
"C'mon Kevin, let's go before you do lose your nose." Mac says and drags Kevin away.
"Put the knife away Trent. The QB and his cheerleader are gone." she whispers again in his ear. Trent puts the knife away. He then seems to come out of his trance.
"Woe, what happened?" Trent asks.
"You almost gave a star QB a nose job." Daria answers now returning to her monotone.
"Fuck...,wait what stopped me?"
"I did."
"Thanks Daria."
"Uh...,errrr...,your order's ready." the clerk says.
"How much do I owe ya?" Trent asks.
"It's on the house." the clerk says.
"Cool, hey, let's go." Trent says wrapping an arm around Daria and heads out the door.
"Where are we going?" she asks feeling her cheeks heating.
"Nice quiet part of the park I've found a long time ago. Maybe you can help me find my muse." he says and the two get into his car and the old Plymouth takes off just as Jane gets to the Pizza King.
"Damn!" Jane shouts.

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Author's ramblings

I like to thank destiny18_au for being the first reviewer of this collection. I'll need a little more than just the episode title in the reviews. I've already done a post My Night at Daria's called 'Mistakes Corrected'. Check that one and the rest of my Daria one shots.