AN: Hi guys, I decided to right a SJA fanfic. I really wanted Maria to return to the series, and for her and Luke to get together. I also wanted Clyde and Rani to get together. I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but please read anyway. Disclaimer: I do not own the Sarah-Jane Adventures, or any of the characters from the series, I do however own the plot. Thank you. X
Maria Jackson sighed as she walked out of her beautiful American house, she was going to miss it here. She had made nice friends, and done a lot of fun stuff, but now she was leaving. Her dad got offered a job in U.N.I.T back in Ealing, so they were both going back home. Maria smiled at the thought of seeing Luke, Clyde and Sarah-Jane again, and she was also interested to meet Rani and Sky. Sarah-Jane knew she was coming, but the others didn't, she wanted it to be a surprise for them, a good one hopefully.
"Are you ready?" asked her father, Alan, Maria nodded "you'll be seeing Luke and Clyde very soon."
"I know," she smiled, "but I will miss it here, although none of my friends were as awesome as them."
"It's a shame we won't be able to live in our old house," Alan said, just as a taxi pulled up outside their house, "but someone else lives there now."
"Yeah, I know," Maria replied, loading her bags into the taxi, the rest of their stuff was being sent over by ship, and would arrive there a week later, "Luke's friend, Rani, lives there now, so maybe we could visit it again, I did love that house."
"Well, it's a good thing we managed to by a house on Bannerman Road," Alan said, "then you can see a lot of your friends before you go off to university."
They said hello to the taxi driver, and then drove off towards the airport. Maria was excited to be going home, but also been quite nervous. She hadn't seen the guys personally for ages, although they did talk on webcam or email, and she missed them, she didn't want it to be awkward. She hoped life would go back to how it was before she left, fighting aliens and saving the world, as that was the greatest fun ever, but she was worried that now Rani was there, she wouldn't be able to.
As they neared the airport, Maria felt a sickening feeling in her stomach, she never had liked planes. He father paid the driver, and the two of them walked into the departures area to check-in
"You nervous?" Alan asked his daughter.
"Yeah," she said, "I have never really liked planes."
"No, I meant are you nervous seeing your friends after all this time?" He replied, "I am."
"Yeah, I suppose," she said, "what if they've changed and hate me, or what if they don't like me anymore because I left or-"
"Don't worry Maria," Alan said, "you talked to them on webcam yesterday, they haven't changed that must, besides, why should they hate you?"
"We left." She replied in a small voice.
"Don't be silly," Alan chuckled, "that wasn't your fault."
"I know," she replied, "but I'm scared."
"Well, you would be wouldn't you," he smiled, "anyway, you'll be able to see your mum as well, and Ivan."
"Yeah, well," Maria began, "I don't really care too much for him."
"Never mind," Alan replied, "you don't have to see him if you don't want to."
Back in Ealing Clyde Langer and Rani Chandra were sitting on a park bench, talking. It was a Friday, and they had only one week left of school until they finished forever, well, there was university, but that didn't matter at the moment, they were almost free. Clyde was ranting about how he was annoyed at every other teacher at the school, and Rani was just sighing and shaking her head. She knew he was excited to leave school, but she was going to miss it. She had many good memories from going their, not just about aliens, she had made good friends, and done well on tests. Clyde, however, wasn't going to miss school, or so he said (Rani thought he would miss it really, and was just putting on an act), he had done quite well in all his tests, better than he expected, doing incredibly well in art, and had managed to secure himself a place in an art University, not too far away from Oxford. Rani had been accepted in Oxford, and was excited that she, Clyde and Luke would be able to hang out often.
"I can't believe we only have one more week left of school," Rani said, staring off into the distance, "and then we are off to Uni."
"I know," Clyde replied, "I can't wait to leave."
"Oh come on Clyde," Rani sighed, "I'm sure you'll miss it, everyone one does."
"No, not me," Clyde smiled, "school is an annoying part of my life, and the only good things about it were meeting Luke and Maria, as if not for them, I will've known nothing about aliens, then meeting you."
"What about your other friends?" Rani asked, "surely meeting them was good?"
"Well, yeah," he responded, "but they don't help me fight aliens now do they?"
"But will you miss them?" Rani enquired.
"Yep, of course," Clyde replied, "they're my buds."
"Ha," Rani almost shouted, "you will miss school!"
"Only my mates," Clyde said, "not school itself."
"Oh well," Rani sighed, and looked down at her watch, "come on, we said we'd meet Luke in the coffee shop at four, and it's five past now."
The two of them got up and walked to the village, talking and bickering as they usually do.
Luke Smith sat in the coffee shop all alone, he was supposed to be meeting Rani and Clyde at four, as he had just returned home from Oxford. He looked up at the clock at the wall, noticing that the time was now quarter past. Where were they? It wasn't like them to just abandon him, so he decided to call Clyde. Just as he was about to click the call button, he heard two familiar voices coming up towards the shop. He put his phone down and smiled as he saw them.
"Luke!" Rani yelled, coming up to him, giving him a quick hug, "it's great to see you."
"Lukey-boy," Clyde grinned and gave his best mate a hug too, "how's Oxford?"
"It's great to see you guys too," he smiled, "Oxfords going great at the moment, doing well on my tests and all that."
"And what about any girls?" Clyde asked, wiggling his eyebrows, "the only person you talk about is your friend Sanjay, who else is there?"
"There are a few nice girls there, but none can really compare to-you know" Luke said, "Sanjay's girlfriend, Lily, is probably the nicest girl I kno-"
"I knew it!" Clyde exclaimed, "you fancy Maria, you so fancy her."
"No I don't," Luke protested, "I just meant none of the were as nice as her and Rani, besides she's probably got some hot American boyfriend."
"Oooohh, is Luke all jealous?" Rani added, "and I don't think she has a boyfriend, she hasn't mentioned one."
"Well you haven't mentioned you have a boyfriend," Luke retorted, causing Rani to look slightly shocked.
"But I don't have a boyfriend," she exclaimed.
"So what are you and Clyde then?" he asked, grinning, "friends with benefits?"
"Shut up Luke," Clyde said, playfully shoving him, "you just said that to get the attention off you and Maria."
"Shut up Clyde," Luke mimicked, shoving him back. The three friends ordered coffee and hot chocolate, and continued talking for ages, talking about oxford, school and most of all, aliens.
Sky Smith sat in the lounge of 13 Bannerman road, watching TV. She still wasn't used to life one Earth, but was enjoying it a lot. Her mother, Sarah-Jane Smith was upstairs in the attic working on a report about gas prices or something like that. Sky wasn't sure why she was writing about something so boring, usually she found something interesting to report on as she surfed the channels, trying to find something good, but of course, there was nothing on that she liked. Her two best friends, Clyde and Rani (or Clani as her brother called them) were out with her brother who had just returned home from university. She did have some friends her own age, but they sometimes bored her as they knew nothing about aliens.
Sarah-Jane Smith was upstairs in the attic, but she was not working on a report. She was on the phone to Maria and Alan, who and landed, and needed a lift to their new home. Alan had visited to check it out, but Maria was very busy with exams so she couldn't go with him.
"Sky," Sarah-Jane called out, coming down the stairs, "I'm just nipping out, I'm not sure how long I'll be, but I guess about half an hour."
"Okay," Sky replied, now she was really alone, "where are you going?"
"Ermm," Sarah-Jane didn't know what to say to cover it, so she decided to tell her daughter what was going on, "can you keep a secret?" She asked.
"Of course," Sky replied, interested to know what the secret may be.
"Well, some friends of mine are coming over and they need picking up from the airport," She began, "you know Maria a bit, well, she's coming to live here now and it was going to be a surprise for the others, so don't tell them."
"Really?" Sky smiled, "I'm gonna meet Maria the girl Luke always talks about?"
"Yep," Sarah-Jane smiled, gad to see that her daughter was interested in meeting her friend. "Do you want to come with me to pick her and her dad up?"
"Yes please," Sky answered quickly, "I'm a bit lonely at the moment."
"Don't worry," Sarah-Jane said, "soon everything will be crazy and you will probably want some time alone."
Sky grinned and grabbed her jacket. "Come on, we don't want to be late!"
Sarah-Jane smiled, she was happy, now her family could all be together at last. Luke, Clyde, Maria, Rani and Sky, her favourite people in all the world, if only the doctor would show up now, her life would be complete. She couldn't wait until Luke saw Maria as he had missed her so much. Sarah-Jane was sure Rani would get on with Maria well as they were so similar, everything would be perfect!
AN: Well, there you go, I will probably add more to this at some point, I don't know when, I hope you enjoyed it as it was quite fun to write. I may or may not add the doctor in, I'll see where this goes and then decide. Thank you so much for reading, I appreciate it, please leave a review as they make me feel better about my work. :)