I do not own Calvin and Hobbes or any of the Characters They are owned by the creative master mind Bill Watterson and can only be admire by writing like this wich is a thank you to Calvin and Hobbes for helping me through the boredom when ever it reaches me!

The Spider and the Fly

Chapter 1: The Spider Catches the Fly

Buzz tap tap, buzz tap tap… There was a fly trying to escape through the class room window, and a boy with spiky blonde hair wearing a red t-shirt and black jeans staring dreamily at it open mouthed with a slight puddle forming on his once dry desk. This is the boy who sits in class day after day finding the best way to pass time. He is the boy who can not stand the monarchy and slave labor that they call school. Most days he is the boy who fights aliens, or fights crime in disguise, or he even has days where he solves mysteries as a private investigator. But, today this boy is none of these glorious beings, this grand day he is a common, bumping into glass, dumb as a door nail, landing on poo, every day ordinary fly.

Trapped unable to move beyond the glass he bashes his body full force into the window and bounces back with dizziness that effects his entire body. He swirls and swirls his wings buzz faster trying to regain his balance and finally after three rather sloppy swoops he is some what steady and determined that he will go outside and this invisible shield will not be his end. While readying himself to make his next attempt on the shield of death he decides that no matter what he will not give up, he will not give in, and most of all he will succeed! But, the question lingers in his minuscule mind, how can I make it?

"Psst, Calvin the bells going to ring wake up."

"Buzz, huh oh uh heh sorry Susie I was about to be eaten by a giant spider, but thank you so much you saved my life oh great one look you stepped on him. He's right there his leg is still twitching and there is a strange gooey substance all over" Calvin said rather informatively and slightly annoying.

Susie lifted her foot as the bell rang and looked at the gross sight and walked away rather bugged by Calvin, but he waited for her to leave and the he went to the window opened it up and released the fly from its prison just as he himself had been released from some unknown higher power that rang the school bell he made his way to the bus thinking about the fly and how much they truly had in common for those long hours trapped in that prison, but the major difference was that he Calvin would be back again day after day tomorrow and the next his shield of death would not seems to break and no one would seem to help him with it.

Calvin went to find a seat on the bus but there was only three options the front seat with a runny nose kindergartener, Mo (he'd rather be eaten by a tiger then spit back up into the front seat of the bus), or Susie who wasn't the worst at least he could try to gross her out and make up weird things all the way home. So, Susie it is, and Calvin made his way toward her seat on the bus in about the middle where the driver begins to have a harder time noticing who's doing what, and of course when he get there he plops down with a force that sends her near a foot in the air.

"Hey Susie thanks for saving me a seat, did you get that spider problem taken care of?" He asks almost innocently.

"Calvin, I'm going to take the time we have on the bus and use it wisely. I've decided to do my home work know. Then I'll have time to play later. So please, shut up." Susie stated all of this rather forcefully.

Susie had her school work out on her lap and was working away while Calvin was speechless. He stared at the back of the seat in front of them noticing the dark brown and crinkled look that it had, the seat also looked like someone stabbed a pen or pencil in it at one time because there was a crummy piece of duct tape patched on the seat back. So, there he was again forced into nothingness made to stare at the back of a seat in front of him while the world moves around him again he is the fly trapped in a barrier that cannot be broken.

"Calvin, would you like to do your homework too we can work together and get it done then you can go off with Hobbes, or what ever it is you do?"

"Hmm?"

"Do you want help with your home work or not? I mean seriously every day for the past four years you stare into space drool on your desk or try and copy my work, but your not going to learn any thing if I do it for you! No, he'll just go onto middle school and be lost cuz once we're in middle school we'll probably have different classes I will end up with all of the normal kids and he will go to special ed, but the thing is he doesn't need it becuuaase he is not slow, stupid, or unintelligent Calvin!" Susie was rambling a little and Calvin could tell she was frustrated but he still wasn't exactly sure why, "seriously all you need to do is try because you do exactly enough work every year just to pass, so image if you tried. I try every day and I'm still not as good at you when it comes to anything creative. So, do it for yourself and for me because I really don't want to imagine class with out you in it. I think it would probably be rather boring specially without any sudden out bursts from spaceman spiff or captain napalm."

"Umm Susie?"

"Yeah." She was almost in tears at the thought of her closest friend being left behind.

"Well, a couple things if you don't stop talking we'll be home before we get a chance to do any work, you do notice your sorta a little crazy cuz you were kinda talking about me like I was here, then I wasn't, then I was so I was a little confused, oh and who is this captain napalm I hear about every once and a while he sound really amazing."

"Oh wow we're almost home, and Calvin I'm a girl apparently we're born this way totally nuts specially when it comes to boys." She said while wiping her eyes and turning slightly pink, "Yeah and that captain napalm is great he's so brave and funny, oh and I bet that no one in the entire school even Mo can beat captain napalm. I bet he is really smart too, and he's kind of cute in a masked super hero type of way which is kinda mysterious."

After this Susie went silent and looked into space as if she was dreaming of something or someone, and Calvin found himself sort of confused again. Ok, does this mean that Susie likes Calvin or captain napalm who was really Calvin in disguise, but how could she know that and what did she mean 'but girls are especially crazy when it comes to boys'? By now Calvin had an extreme quizzical look on his face and was scratching his head while Susie had a little smirk and was looking out the window waiting for their stop.

"Calvin, since we didn't get our school work done do you still want some help?" Susie bravely asked as they got off the bus and stepped onto the side walk leading to there houses.

"Umm, I was kinda thinking about not doing it, or just putting it off until tomorrow morning on the bus when I'm really not awake but I know that I need to turn something in for homework or risk a failing grade. What is that a bad idea?" He asked only after seeing the look Susie had on her face slightly shocked and a little hurt so he continued," I always thought it was brilliant cuz I get more time to play with Hobbes and less time stuck on numbers like elventysevens and fortytwelves."

"You're kidding right? Ok, well I know I'm only ten but your going to be my first student!" She was excited now, about what Calvin had no clue.

"What?' Calvin asked with his mouth half open and Susie grabbing his hand dragging him towards her house.

"See, Calvin, the thing is, I was thinking that I could help you do better in school by being some what of a tutor, but now I know that will not work and also I've been wanting to practice teaching for quite some time now. One major thing is that I will not put up with your goofy acting like the teachers at school because I know how to get to you and they don't." She stated firmly as they entered her house and she pushed him down onto the couch.

Calvin could not help but wonder, 'what she had against him that the teachers at school did not, this must be an empty threat, I mean really what could a dumb girl like Susie Derkins know any way.' He was looking a little nervous sitting there in the center of her flower print over stuffed couch in the middle of a tea cozy style living room in the front of a medium sized house fit perfectly for the three person family that owns it. Calvin did not know what to do should he believe her that he had something on him or not. Either way, should he make a break for the door a good twelve feet or should he actually stay and see if Susie was serious, if she could really do him any good. 'Highly doubtful but I could try it I mean if I leave she could have something on me, but I don't think that she does so I should take a shot at the door.'

The only problem with Calvin's chances on the door were Susie, see the couch was situated with a coffee table and Susie in front of it and then about five more feet and the front door. Now the only thing left to do was timing. He would need to get his timing perfect to get out of this place alive.

Susie was looking at Calvin sort of questioningly as he had a look on his face that was if he was thinking hard and trying to figure something out, but she was not really worried since he did this all the time at school. Deciding that she would just make him stay and learn she turned to her bag to get her books out, and that's when he leapt. Every thing was pretty quick. Calvin jumped over the coffee table screaming, "YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!", but Susie had other plans see she did not plan on letting Calvin leave until they got their homework done. So, Susie did what any girl in her rite girl mind would do, she leapt up and dove at him.

"Susie what, Ughflm!" Calvin hit the floor as Susie tackled him and he realized that he had been thwarted by a girl again, and on top of that she was pinning him down so he had no chance what so ever at escape.

This was a memory that Susie will be cherishing for the rest of her life. She had barely noticed that Calvin was moving and then he stupidly shouted about taking him alive and that's when she knew she had to go. So, she jump like a cat through the air and knocked him to the ground just in time if he had maybe two more good running steps he would have made it to the door. But, now she had him he was face down and she was just pulling herself up, but she did not want him to get up too so she put her knee into his back and held onto his arms. What she really wanted rite now was a camera so that she could hold onto this image for ever.

"Calvin, you're not leaving!" She said matter factly.

"What are you holding me hostage. You know my parents wont pay you for me they would be more likely to pay you to take me. Wait is that what this is did they finally get tired of me, are they really paying you to get rid of me, are you like part of the mob, will you take me out back and whack me, is this like your initiation or are you a practiced hired hand, and one more thing do you know the godfather personally? Oh, and before I die will you let me say goodbye to Hobbes so that I can make sure that he revenges my death." Calvin said all of this really fast hoping that he would confuse Susie, but growing up around Calvin has taught her well.

"Umm, I'm not quite sure what to say, Calvin I guess you are kinda a hostage, but no body hired me and I don't want anything from your parents. Oh, and no I don't have anything to do with the Mafia, I mean look at me I'm not even Italian or Russian." She stated simply.

"Oh, well could you at least get off me then I'm kinda getting an imprint of your carpet on my face, and your knee in my back is not the comfort you may think it is." Now he is purely sarcastic with a side of honesty.

All Calvin new was that he needed to think. Who was this Susie? How long had she been planning this and what will the out come be? Will she kill him like they do on TV, or does she have something else planned?

Susie gave a small smile and a laugh at how Calvin responded, and she let him up holding his arms behind his back. Like a prisoner she led him back to the couch and pushed him down almost playfully. " Okay, Calvin do you want to hear the terms of your captivity, because I'm sure if I called your mom and explained it to her she would say to go ahead and do anything necessary, but I bet if you hear me out then I wont have to go through that trouble and things wont have to get messy?" She asked him in a way that made him feel as if he had no choice made her feel powerful.

He sat there on the couch starring at her, maybe if he kept quiet and just starred at her she would let him go.

"I guess I'll take your silence as a yes Susie please tell what it is you want, and I will be the perfect little guinea pig." She said kind of mockingly and he was still silently starring," Alright then I guess I'll tell you. You will not be able to leave this spot until we finish our home work. I will not tie you up or any thing but if you try to do any stunts like that again you know I can stop you. Oh, and you will be doing this for at least the rest of elementary school, which means at least one year."

Now poor Calvin's jaw was dropped and his eyes were popping like he was not sure he believed what he had heard. Could the sweet girl next door, who only got him after he got her, really have an evil side?

"Well Calvin, get your homework out the sooner we get done the sooner we can go out and play." All this did was confuse Calvin even more so he gave he a look of what the heck and started to take out his home work.

Chapter 2:The Fly and the Web

Friday, it was finally Friday. No more school no more Susie torturing him, it was the weekend. Calvin sat on the bus with the roar of children around him as he had his head against the window. He stared out and a small smile crossed his face as they drew close to his stop, and he thought of how Hobbes was probably going to knock him out with the force from his tiger tackle from not seeing him after school for the whole week Hobbes surely has tons of pent up energy. Finally, Calvin even let a little shout of joy out as the bus reached his destination, and even before it came to a stop he was up and at the door. As the door to the bus slid open Calvin flung himself out and landed on the grass next to the side walk.

The next part was somewhat strange because he started kissing the ground yelling, "I'm free, I'm free! Finally it's Friday! Sweet Freedom! NO MORE SCHOOL, NO MORE TEACHERS, NO MORE BOREDOM, AND NO MORE SUSIE AHAHAHAHAHA!"

At this moment Susie was stepping off of the bus and heard every word of what he had said, but she was not hurt she was just looking at him almost quizzically.

"Calvin, you can't get rid of me that easily." She said as he suddenly stopped kissing the ground and starred forward with the bus pulling away. "I mean, seriously Calvin did you think that just because school is out for two days that it means that we don't study. If you don't study then you loose every thing you learn so come on."

This was his only chance he was almost in the position that he saw all those Olympic runners on TV start in, in order for him to make it home. So, he made a break for it and even left his backpack on the curb, but he notice that Susie was hot on the trail if he didn't go faster she would catch him. Then he gave it his all, but wow she's fast. She reaches out her arm and extends her hand grabbing his jacket. Calvin making a quick decision slips one arm and then the other out of the jacket giving him more of a lead than Susie since she tried to stop. But, here she was again right behind him when he is so close to his house. He made it up the front steps and turned the knob on the door, swung it open and was even ready to plow in and lock the door behind him securing his safety from Susie, but a Great orange and black something came flying through the air to prevent just that.

"HOBBES, NO! We have to go inside!" Calvin was shouting at his tiger as Susie was running at them, but it was to late he wouldn't make it since Hobbes had knocked him all the way down the stairs and was now sitting on top of him starring at the girl making her way toward them.

"What did you do to Susie this time Calvin?" Hobbes asked while moving a little so that Calvin could sit up. "I bet it was really bad, just look at her face she look real frustrated."

"Yeah, well that's not really my fault. What I mean is every day after school she kidnaps me and forces me to do my homework." He explained all tense and upset, "Hobbes, I just don't get it why's she doing this to me, and can't you just eat her or something?'

"You know I can't Calvin for one thing people would wonder what happened to that sweet little Susie Derkins girl that lived next to the boy who owns the man eating tiger, and then questions would start. And, second I don't mind her as a matter of fact I like her. She gives me cookies some times and remember that time you let that dog almost kill me well who saved me? Non-other than the girl standing right in front of us Miss Susie Derkins." He said all proud like as Susie approached.

"Hello, Hobbes. Calvin why did you run?" Susie asked slightly out of breath.

"I wanted to have a day of no worries a day to spend with Hobbes and just you know be." He said but by the look on her face she wasn't getting what it was that he was getting at, " what I want is a day to exist with my best friend and just have fun with out a higher up than my self trying to pull me down. Seriously I'm tired of the hierarchy that is life. People telling me that I have to do this and that if I don't do that I'm in trouble, but I hate it because no matter what Susie we are always at the bottom."

"Calvin, that's exactly why I want us to do our home work. If we do it and we do good in what ever middle school we go to and the same goes for high school, and then your pretty much set for which ever college you want within reason of course. Oh, and after college is the best part you don't have to go to school any more, unless you need more training for your job. But, Calvin the thing is you can be any thing I know it. What I mean is who else can think of as many ways to get through school with out doing any actual school work, really Calvin I think your doing more thinking than any one else at school, and who else has a vocabulary big as as a dictionary at our age." Susie had caught her breath from running but had just used it all rattling off her statements and compliments that she was smiling and taking a deep breath.

"Well I didn't know you admired me so much Susie." Calvin said rather cheekily with a huge smirk across his face, and in return receiving a swat on the back of the head.

"What if, what if we worked here today we could even work outside and it wont be so bad?"

Calvin looked at Hobbes and back at Susie but did not answer. It wasn't until Hobbes whispered something in Calvin's ear that Susie could hear that Calvin said, "Well I guess it will be better than you torturing me, and not leaving me alone."

This caused Susie to have a huge smile and say "we have to get our stuff and hurry cuz I want to finish early today since it's so nice."

She went on ahead toward where they left there bags and Calvin slowly followed so he could talk to Hobbes. "So, what is this amazing power Susie Derkins has over you, is it louuuvvvvee?" Hobbes teased puckering his lips as he always did, about how Susie and Calvin were some how in love or at least that Calvin secretly was deeply head over heals for Susie and could want nothing more than to smooch her, but that was not this case.

"What no Hobbes, it's just she says she's got something on me, and for the life of me I don't know what it is."

"Well, you could ask her, and if she refuses to tell you I bet she doesn't have anything. Or, she could have something really big that nobody not even your parents know, but how she could get something like that I have know clue." He said all of this rather sheepishly causing Calvin to give him an awkward glance, but they kept walking until they reached Susie who was already on her way back caring both bags.

"Okay, come on Calvin let's go to your back yard we can work at that picnic table you have." Susie was very excited but then she notice Calvin and she became a little apprehensive because he looked like he had his mind set and nothing would change it.

So they made their way to the picnic table and sat down Susie on one side and Calvin and Hobbes on the other. While Susie started to pull out her books she glance up at Calvin noticing that he hadn't moved since they sat down and he was starring directly at her. It was a little startling for Susie but she was used to his strange ways so she just looked at him and asked, " Aren't you going to get your books out? The sooner we start the sooner we're done I've told you this like a million times." She said all exasperated, but he did not move.

"You know I don't think I will. I think I will just sit here and take in the sun and the nice fresh air since it is probably one of our last nice days of the year, and here we are wasting time doing home work. What's stopping me from taking Hobbes and going off on a nice walk in the woods?" Calvin asked very calmly all the while starring straight into Susie's eyes and not blinking, " I mean why am I staying here it's not like I have any real reason."

Susie really looked confused when Calvin started droning on about why he was there because she thought they had already addressed this so she asked him, "Calvin didn't we just talk about this?"

"What, no Susie that's why you're here what I want to know is why in the world I'm hear? What is it that you have on me that will make me stay that the teachers don't even have? I mean geez they have the law and my parents and that can't even make me behave so what is it?" He Pleaded.

"Well I don't think you're ready to know yet." She simply put it and his jaw dropped, "But, if it would help I could tell Hobbes and he could inform you if it is good enough to stick this out."

He looked from her to Hobbes, and tried to decide whether to trust his best friend or try and force her to talk. If he tried to force her she would probably turn him down so Hobbes it was even though you can't always trust a tiger.

"Okay"

Susie started whispering in Hobbes ear and as she did so Hobbes eyes widened and a huge evil smile came across his face but quickly went away when he looked up and saw Calvin starring at the two of them.

Just as she finished and Hobbes resumed his spot by Calvin he was bombarded with, "well what did she say, why the huge smirk, was it really some thing that would make me stay here, should I stay……?"

There was a pause and then an answer "I would if I were you."

So, Calvin and Susie began their home work with Calvin staring blankly at the thought of staying for the rest of the school year, and Susie was smiling while organizing their work.