Reflections
Set during series 5
Disclaimer: I don't own The Sarah Jane Adventures, the BBC does so I'm not making any profit off of this story and I have no intention of infringing on Copyright laws.
Rani Chandra had been walking for a long time so long that she had almost forgotten why she was walking in the first place. Her face clouded over as she remembered why she had walked away from her neighborhood in a huff. She had been arguing with Clyde, their first fight since they had started going out together two months earlier. He is such a jerk, and he is so mean and uncouth. I hope I never see Clyde Langer again. That heartless pain in the... She sighed. "No, I'm the one that's mean otherwise he would have come after me," she had said out loud without even realizing it.
The sound of a car horn blaring broke her out of her reverie.
Rani quickly stepped onto the sidewalk to get out of the driver's way.
"Hey, kid, are you trying to get yourself killed? Watch where you're going yeah," the driver said as he passed her by.
"Sorry," Rani called out and just kept walking.
Clyde had walked away in the other direction after the tiff he had with Rani. How could she say all of that stuff to me doesn't she know how much I love her? She is such a nag, and I hope I never see her again, he sighed. "And you are a jerk, Clyde Langer," he chided himself as he remembered what he had said to Rani during the fight.
Sky Smith had been with Rani and Clyde when the fight had broke out, but she didn't go after either one of them since she didn't want to choose sides. Both of them had some good points, but they were so mean to each other. She shook her head, entered her house, and then walked up all of the stairs to her attic. She found her mum working on an article at her desktop computer.
"Hi, mum," Sky hugged her.
"Hi, Sky," Sarah Jane hugged her as well. "How was school?"
"It was okay. How is your article going?" Sky inquired. "Is it finished yet?"
"Almost," Sarah Jane replied. "Are Clyde and Rani on their way over?"
Sky shrugged. "They're too busy sulking and avoiding each other."
"What?" Sarah Jane's interest was piqued.
"They had a bad row and walked away from each other," Sky said and got started on her homework.
"What was the argument about?" Sarah Jane worried.
"Small stuff and then it escalated into big stuff," Sky said as she tried to decide which subject to work on first. "Trust me they both were pretty rotten and deserve equal blame."
Sarah Jane sighed and wondered if she should call them or go after them. They are almost adults, and they would be so embarrassed if I came after them. Scratch that they're still kids and they might need someone to listen. She tried phoning them first but both calls went to voice mail. "Mr. Smith, I need you."
"Yes, Sarah Jane," the Xylok inquired having already been open when she needed him for something a bit ago.
"I need you to locate Clyde and Rani," Sarah Jane ordered.
"Are they in some kind of danger?" the super computer asked.
"Yes, they're both in danger of suffering from a broken heart," Sarah Jane worried.
"Oh I see," Mr. Smith replied and began scanning the CCTV cameras in the area. "I found them." The scan had completed. "Rani and Clyde are about to run into each other. Should I keep watching?"
"No," Sarah Jane said.
"Why shouldn't he?" Sky wondered.
"Because we are not going to invade their privacy, Sky, now do your homework," Sarah Jane lectured and returned to her article.
Sarah Jane continued to worry about her two young friends, and hoped they would be able to work things out.
Rani had been about to open the door to the ice cream shop when a hand she recognized very well opened it instead. Seconds later Clyde and she were looking into each others eyes.
"After you," Clyde quietly said.
"I'll go somewhere else," Rani mumbled, turned, and walked away in the opposite direction.
"Rani, wait," Clyde went after her and gently stopped her from walking any further. "I'm sorry I didn't mean a word that I said during the fight. I was a jerk."
Rani sighed, "No I was the jerk."
Clyde shook his head. "I was meaner than you were."
"Were not," Rani managed a smile.
"Were too," Clyde smiled as well.
"Clyde," Rani called out.
"Yeah, Rani," Clyde replied.
"Shut up," Rani said as she pulled him closer to her and kissed him.
He kissed her back, and then wrapped his arms around her and held her close.
She leaned into his embrace and put her arms around him. "I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry too, so what are you in the mood for?" Clyde asked.
"What?"
"We were both about to walk into the ice cream shop," Clyde reminded her.
"Oh yeah," Rani remembered. "I'll have the usual."
"Come on then," Clyde said and then they walked arm and arm to the ice cream shop.
One hour later they walked into Sarah Jane's attic talking and laughing.
"It's about time you two came to your senses," Sky chided.
"Sky," Sarah Jane warned.
"It's okay, Sarah Jane," Rani said. "Sky, we're sorry you had to witness that today."
"No worries," Sky replied. "I'm just glad you two made up."
"Don't fret, Sparky, Rani and I will always make up," Clyde stated like it was a given.
"So you two are okay now?" Sarah Jane inquired.
Rani and Clyde nodded.
Sarah Jane sighed in relief. "Good, but next time you walk away like that call me or your parents."
Rani smiled. "Will do, sorry we worried you, Sarah Jane."
"Yeah sorry," Clyde said as the both hugged her.
Sarah Jane hugged them back, and seconds later Sky joined the group hug.
"What's up?" Luke Smith asked as he walked in with Maria Jackson.
-to be continued
