(Actually based off of the book; no visible distinction, though) Sonny is running a fever, and Quentin drops by to visit. As they talk, and get onto the topic of girls and kissing. Neither were entirely expecting what came next. (Mentions of bi/homosexuality. Don't like, don't read. Rated T for possible future chapters, marked as completed but in progress.)

If ever an opportunity was missed in a period piece movie to show a stern father giving his reckless teenaged son a well-deserved spanking, that moment was in the film, October Sky. Set in 1957, here's my take on what should have happened once Jake Gyllenhaal's character was lectured in public after an experiment gone wrong then angrily sent home by his crusty dad.

What if Homer Hickam had a cousin? Will Cora be as interested in rockets as her cousin? Will she be the outsider in school like Homer or will she be just like her other cousin Jim,a Jock? Will she have any friends or will she be like Dorothy, a popular cheerleader? Find out the difficulties in her life.

When he presses their lips together once more, rockets are the last thing running through his mind.

Homer Hickman Jr. wants to build a rocket. What does his family think? Will he succeed? One-shot of the scene where Homer announces to his family that's he going to build a rocket and the launching of that rocket.

It's October 1957, the year Sputnik was launched into space. A group of Coalwood kids view the first artificial satellite as it soars over the night skies. Inspired by the movie October Sky.