Opposites Attracting

Author's Note

I've noticed that there aren't many Luke/Rani pairings on here. Even though I LOVE Clyde/Rani, I'm a fan of odd pairings, so I figured that because there isn't many Luke/Rani pairings, it must be odd, so I took up the challenge (also, I have a little bit of a soft spot for the two of them, don't hurt me!). With that aside, the start of the fic! This is prior to Luke going to University in Series 4.

Chapter 1

"Mum!" If we're not careful, I'm going to be late, and I don't think my teacher will like that very much. I remember when Clyde was late once, yeah, got a big telling off-"Luke shouted.

"Yes, that's all well and good Luke, but didn't you say you we're running late?" Sarah Jane smiled. With that, the two bolted out the door at top speed to Sarah Jane's little green car and sped off towards the school.

Luke noticed something was different the moment he walked into the class. For starters, one side of the classroom was basically empty, while the other side was thriving with pupils, including Clyde and Rani. Secondly, the teacher wasn't here yet, even though he was ten minutes late, a crime in his teacher's class. Lastly, there was a face in the crowd of pupils which he didn't recognise. At that moment, he figured everything together.

"New girl" Luke groaned. It's not like he didn't like new people, it's just the fact that everything and everyone in the class gets all confounded when someone new arrives. Then again, it all gets settled after a month or two, so Luke didn't seem to mind too much. He was just about to set his belongings down on his desk when a familiar voice beckoned him.

"Lukey boy!" Clyde cheerfully called.

"Hello Clyde. What's the latest?" Luke asked.

"New girl, calls herself Amy, she's really quite nice." Clyde grinned.

"In other words, Clyde fancies her already." Rani laughed, coming up behind Clyde. Clyde blushed a deep shade of crimson and went to playfully hit Rani on the head. Rani neatly ducked, irritating a flustered Clyde.

"I do not! Rani you're just jealous that it's a new girl and not a new boy!" Clyde answered back.

"Whatever you say" Rani teased. The three of them walked through the crowds of pupils until they reached an overwhelmed Amy. After a long conversation about interests and hobbies, Luke looked over at a smitten Clyde. He smiled. It was about time Clyde found a love interest since he realised nothing could happen between him and Rani. Just as well, their friendship was too strong to make anything like that happen. Luke gaze wondered over to Rani. She was happily gossiping to Amy about movie stars like Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt. Luke couldn't help but grin slightly. That was Rani, never mind who you are, Rani Chandra was bound to become your friend, unless you were an alien trying to take over the world of course. Luke continued looking at Rani, but he couldn't figure out why he still looking at her. Maybe something wasn't right with her, or maybe it was because he noticed she looked rather pretty today. Rani glanced over at Luke, causing Luke to blush a slight pink. Rani brushed it off, thinking he wasn't really looking at her for long. It suddenly dawned on Rani that something was seriously odd.

"Hey, it's twenty-five minutes into first lesson, where's Mr Davidson?"

Everyone hushed and became silent. Clyde strutted over the way he did when he was searching for aliens with Sarah Jane and the gang. Luke scuttled over with a puzzled look on his face.

"You're right Rani, where could he be? If he was ill or something, we'd have a supply by now, but we don't" Clyde stated.

"And, Mr Davidson is never late, I mean NEVER late. Something's not right" Luke added.

"Let's go check it out, somebody's bound to know something about his absence" Rani said, before sprinting out of the room.

Luke's head was scrambled. Not only was he confused about the length of time he looked at Rani, but also this new case of the missing teacher. Mr Smith had picked up some unusual readings the night before, but dismissed them as minor malfunctions with Earth's satellites. Luke was now sure something was wrong, for when the trio ran past every class, there wasn't a teacher in sight. Clyde and Rani looked around mystified, hoping to find some inspiration on the walls, which was useless.

"What on Earth is going on? Where is everyone?" Rani questioned.

"Search me, I haven't got a clue" Clyde murmured.

It was then that they heard footsteps, not children's footprints either. They didn't even sound human. Luke unexpectedly grabbed hold of the nearest thing for comfort, which happened to be Rani's hand. Although she was initially shocked, Rani squeezed his hand back as the three prepared for what was coming through the door ahead of them.

Shall I carry on? Please review and tell me what you thought. A/N Mr Davidson and Amy are made up characters, I needed someone new in my story as a replacement for Rani as Clyde's love interest and I don't know any of the teachers names, so I made one up Thanks for reading. SarahJaneFan xxx