Sara , Seth and junkyard walked slowly inside the front door of the Bruno's house . It was late in the evening they were pretty sure jack and Alex would barely be up . Yet a wide awake Alex walked right out of the kitchen into the hallway to see them .
" what were two doing out so late " Alex asked.
Seth glared at his sister . It was all her idea to walk junkyard , her idea to follow maddie . " this is important , get jack down here now " .
Alex called for jack and soon enough , the four plus junkyard were sitting around in the living room . Seth explained to them that they saw maddie find their spaceship leaving out the part they followed her half the way to her friend's house .
" she knows ? " jack asked " she knows ! " he slammed a very large dictionary against his head. " I htou ght you guys said you were blending in " .
" I thought we were " Sara stated.
" apparently you aren't " jack shouted . " cause if you were , a high school girl wouldn't have found out about the two of you being aliens " . Neither of the girls were listening to jack .
" maybe she didn't tell anyone yet " Alex suggested .
" maybe if we show her we're not dangerous or hostile , she'll keep our secret " Sara said back to Alex . Jack stood up with his mouth hanging all the way down .
" hello " he kept on shouting . " she's probably just bought airtime on the Super Bowl for it " .
Seth shook his head . " we never should've came " . he stated .
" Seth , we have no choice now " Sara told him . " we have to show her we're friendly and not harmful in anyway " .
Seth rolled his eyes . " you can do that all on your own . " .
Sara's eyes lit up with an idea . Jack smiled . " that idea might work , Sara " he told her .
Alex groaned . She looked at Seth " don't you hate it how they can read everyone else's mind " . he gave a slight nod .
" so what's you're brilliant idea , Sara " Alex asked.
" Seth shielded her from a Truck in the school parking lot " Sara said . " she owes him her life , " .
Seth sat up . " so as thanks for protecting her , she has to keep our secret " . Sara nodded.
" I'll think about it " he said before getting up and heading off to his room .
The next day maddie walked into the school building beside her friends Ashley and Riley .
" guess what guys " Riley told them . " I got two major news . " .
" what are they " Ashely asked.
Riley cleared his throat . " my mom finds out what gender what future little brother or sister is going to be today , and I got five tickets to the UFO Convention next Saturday " .
" do we have to go " Ashley complained. Riley nodded handing the girls their tickets.
Maddie placed hers in her pocket . " I gotta go to my locker " she raced down the hallway sort of fast sort of slow , she didn't want to bump into anyone again . But that didn't stop her from colliding into seth again .
" sorry " she said . Right beside her was her locker . She opened it and pulled out some of her books " .
" warn me next time you do that " Seth told her .
With out looking back she replied. " how am I suppose to know when I'll bump into you " she spun around and colliding into him again . He laughed a bit . " you did that on purpose " she squinted her eyes .
" don't squint your eyes " Seth told her shoving her a bit . She stopped squinting htem .
" why not " maddie asked. Seth kept on laughing .
Seth's stopped laughing suddenly . He straightened up. " Sara and I saw you in the woods behind the Bruno's house last night . " she stepped back a bit . But that only backed her against the lockers .
" are you ? Really ? " she asked. Seth nodded his head.
" after school meet Sara and me outside in the parking lot " he told her . The bell rang . Maddie slammed her locker door shut .
" why " she asked.
" just be there " Seth said. He glanced at all the books she was carrying . " do you mind if I help " he asked.
" no " she answered . Seth lifted most of them out of her arms and carried them for her . " thanks " .
" don't mention it " he replied .
after the last bell rang , Maddie went straight outside to find them . she looked around the parking lot , but no sign of them . she was about to turn back , when she felt two hands grab both of her arms and dragged her off onto the parkinglot.
she tilted her head to see seth and sara . " what are you guys doing " she asked. the two dropped their grip on her arms .
" we want you to come to the house we are staying at " Sara told her . " there it is safe for us to discuss this " . they both reached out to grab her arms again but she was quick enough to take a step back .
" my parents will be expecting me home " she explained to them . Sara bit her lip . she turned her gaze over to across the black top where maria was.
" is that your sister ? " Sara asked. maddie nodded her head. " she could help you " . Maddie pulled out her cell phone and texted : tell mom & dad i'll be late .
maddie looked up from her phone at the siblings . " let's go " .
she followed the two to a beautiful Mercedes . " whoa " she whispered. Sara laughed opening up the back door .
" this is one of five cars , jack owns " Sara informed her . " his favorite is his mustang . " . the three hopped into the backseat of the car. seth on the far left , maddie in the middle and Sara on the far right .
jack bruno , the driver , turned back around . " hi " jack said . " i know you " .
maddie blinked. how could a famous alien book author , know her .
" don't you remember " jack insisted " it was a year ago , on your birthday , " . maddie shook her head. she couldn't recall ever meeting jack . all she did remember was last year on her birthday , her mom , maria and jean went to the movies , shopping a little , and they had to call a cab .
" you were the driving the cab " she stated finally understanding .
jack shook her head and turned the keys in the ignition . Seth slumped back into his seat . it was going to be a long ride to the house . Sara and Maddie spent the entire ride talking .
they were talking in such low whispers , that jack was probably the only one who heard them .
jack parked the car directly infront of the house. the house was huge and amazing . the four got out of the car. the girls raced each other inside . jack stopped seth from moving in farther.
" i listened to your thoughts on the way here " jack told seth . jack chuckled and headed for the door . seth's face turned bright red.
jack turned back around . " you should go for it " . he walked inside . seth slowly following behind , extremely embarrassed .