Chapter 8
The four of them sat, cramped onto the sofa. Both Max and Clark had told their stories each in turn and they found that they needed to sit down.
"This is weird," Michael stated, taking this a lot better than the others.
They all nodded.
"So I guess we should go now… there really isn't any reason to stay," Michael added.
They all nodded. No one was capable of much more. They rose and Clark showed them to the door. Just before they left Max seemed to have mastered his tongue again.
"If you ever need us, call," he told Clark.
Clark smiled and nodded, shaking his hand.
"Your not alone anymore," he added.
Clark was touched by this intuition. He knew then that their friendship was cemented. Watching them leave he wondered when he would ever see them again.
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Chloe yawned quietly. She didn't want to set Mr White off but this was really boring. Physics had gone out of the window, and in it's place lay daily lectures on discipline and behaviour. Anyway, she had much more interesting things on her mind.
She'd watched the strangers leave and had become extremely curious as to what they were doing there in the first place. She never had gotten that interview.
"Mr Kent," A bellowing voice drove all thoughts from her brain.
Clark's head snapped up from his desk. To his shock he had fallen asleep. The events of the past few days finally taking their toll.
"My classroom is not a bedroom," he told him.
"I'm really sorry Sir. I didn't mean…"
"I don't need excuses. I want action. I tell you what, if you can solve the equation I write down on the board, you won't serve detention with me," Mr White proposed.
Clark shrugged his agreement. Secretly he was grinning. Maybe it was his alien brain, or just a natural talent but he had always been extremely good at maths.
Chloe watched Clark, finding the whole thing amusing. She looked around at people's faces and saw they were grinning too. They also knew that this would be a piece of cake for the farm boy.
Clark stepped back from the board, finished in a matter of seconds. However, instead of frowning as they had expected, Mr White was grinning like he had just won the jackpot.
"Well done. You may sit down," he said, and carried on with his lesson.
* * * *
Max sat in the back of the car, not taking any notice of Michael's reckless driving. He was worried. He didn't know why, but he felt like something was wrong. Like they had forgotten some important factor. He remembered the way that Clark had looked when they asked him questions. He was terrified, just as Max had once been, before he had told the other humans. Being alone with a secret like theirs wasn't sensible. However, Clark had had something that Max had never had; parent's support. They new his secret and they were the one's that he went to if things got rough. Max had never had that, so they both had something to be jealous of each other about.
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More coming up. I am aware that they are not from the same planet but I figured that if the solar system all revolves around the one sun, then the radiation would be the same on each planet; therefore the meteors radiation would work on both aliens.
The four of them sat, cramped onto the sofa. Both Max and Clark had told their stories each in turn and they found that they needed to sit down.
"This is weird," Michael stated, taking this a lot better than the others.
They all nodded.
"So I guess we should go now… there really isn't any reason to stay," Michael added.
They all nodded. No one was capable of much more. They rose and Clark showed them to the door. Just before they left Max seemed to have mastered his tongue again.
"If you ever need us, call," he told Clark.
Clark smiled and nodded, shaking his hand.
"Your not alone anymore," he added.
Clark was touched by this intuition. He knew then that their friendship was cemented. Watching them leave he wondered when he would ever see them again.
* * *
*
Chloe yawned quietly. She didn't want to set Mr White off but this was really boring. Physics had gone out of the window, and in it's place lay daily lectures on discipline and behaviour. Anyway, she had much more interesting things on her mind.
She'd watched the strangers leave and had become extremely curious as to what they were doing there in the first place. She never had gotten that interview.
"Mr Kent," A bellowing voice drove all thoughts from her brain.
Clark's head snapped up from his desk. To his shock he had fallen asleep. The events of the past few days finally taking their toll.
"My classroom is not a bedroom," he told him.
"I'm really sorry Sir. I didn't mean…"
"I don't need excuses. I want action. I tell you what, if you can solve the equation I write down on the board, you won't serve detention with me," Mr White proposed.
Clark shrugged his agreement. Secretly he was grinning. Maybe it was his alien brain, or just a natural talent but he had always been extremely good at maths.
Chloe watched Clark, finding the whole thing amusing. She looked around at people's faces and saw they were grinning too. They also knew that this would be a piece of cake for the farm boy.
Clark stepped back from the board, finished in a matter of seconds. However, instead of frowning as they had expected, Mr White was grinning like he had just won the jackpot.
"Well done. You may sit down," he said, and carried on with his lesson.
* * * *
Max sat in the back of the car, not taking any notice of Michael's reckless driving. He was worried. He didn't know why, but he felt like something was wrong. Like they had forgotten some important factor. He remembered the way that Clark had looked when they asked him questions. He was terrified, just as Max had once been, before he had told the other humans. Being alone with a secret like theirs wasn't sensible. However, Clark had had something that Max had never had; parent's support. They new his secret and they were the one's that he went to if things got rough. Max had never had that, so they both had something to be jealous of each other about.
- - - -
More coming up. I am aware that they are not from the same planet but I figured that if the solar system all revolves around the one sun, then the radiation would be the same on each planet; therefore the meteors radiation would work on both aliens.