How To Be Obvious

"I can't believe you agreed to go riding when you can't ride," Clark said shaking his head.

"Well, I just agreed to whatever you said. I don't know what small town kids do," Kelsy responded from behind him. Once the two of them had arrived at the stables and Clark had picked out two horses, Kelsy admitted to not being able to ride. She had begged him to come up with another solution because going back to bed was not an option.

"Brr," Clark said and stopped the horse. The sudden stop caused Kelsy to increase her grip again. Her arms were already tightened to such strength that she might as well break his ribs. "Get off," Clark said.

"What?" Kelsy asked. It sounded like he was going to dump her in the middle of the woods and ride off. She had read that story before. Maybe seven little dwarfs would find her and raise her to kill the… no, wait…

"Just slide off the back. If you're holding me like you're frozen, I can't get off," Clark explained. Kelsy breathed out. But there was still a possibility.

"How about I let you go and you help me down, so I'm not sliding down a horse's ass with my tight leather pants," she suggested and carefully let go of Clark. She felt him sigh and then he somehow got off the horse. He held his hand out to her and she grabbed it.

Just then Kelsy noticed a small grinning version of herself dressed in red wearing a tail and pointy horns sitting on Clark's shoulder grinning.

"If you fall, he'll catch you and you'll both fall to the ground. Arm in arm, baby," Devil Kelsy said. Kelsy looked at Clark's other shoulder and found Angel Kelsy.

"I so totally agree," said her other hallucination. Kelsy blinked and then leaned towards Clark. Carefully she swung her right leg over the horse and then she fell. Clark moved his other arm forward and caught her, but the stupid devil had been wrong and there was no entangled lying on the floor.

"Sorry," Kelsy said with a shy smile as Clark put her back on the floor.

"Come on," he said. At least he sounded less angry than before. Kelsy sighed deeply and then followed him. When he stopped she found herself staring at the best starlit sky she had ever seen. Her mouth dropped open and she found Clark tugging at her arm and sitting her down.

"It's… it's so…"

"Never seen that before, have you, city slicker?" Clark asked with smile.

"Na-uh," Kelsy said and slowly shook her head. "It's so beautiful, Clark."

"Know anything about astrology?" he asked and moved a bit closer to her. He was sure there would be a 'no' and the only way to tell someone about the stars was to show them from close up. It was not like he was hitting on her… was it? Clark furrowed his brow in thought.

"Are you kidding me? This is the first time I've seen so many stars," Kelsy said. "Tell me something," she said and turned to him with a smile. Clark nodded and pointed upwards.

"Follow my finger," he said and Kelsy looked. "Can you see that patch up there?" Kelsy shook her head and then leaned in closer, laying her head onto Clark's shoulder. She breathed in his scent and then looked past his finger.

"There used to be a star there," he explained and Kelsy felt his Adam's apple rise uneasily. She sat up slowly.

"I never felt much for the stars," she said carefully and Clark put his arm down. "But I think I should have."

"Why?" Kelsy stopped. She had not been prepared for that. She had to think of something quickly.

"Because then I could have impressed you," she said with a faint laugh. Clark laughed back and Kelsy felt her stomach do that flip again. She thought it might be something to do with…

Slowly Kelsy raised her hand to his cheek. He was smiling, but uneasily now.

"Uh," he managed to say when she ran her hand down his cheekbone. "Kelsy…" he began to say but then he stopped. A rush of power ran through his whole body and almost immediately Kelsy pulled her hand away.

"I… I…" she said but could not find anything to put after that.

"W… We should go home," Clark said. He was staring at her hand. Kelsy nodded and quickly pulled her hand away hiding it behind her back. They walked back to the horse and Kelsy got up without Clark's help this time.

"I'm going now," Clark said once he had grabbed the reins. He waited for Kelsy to put her arms around him again but she did not. Carefully he gave the horse a slight kick in its sides and then it trotted off slowly.

Kelsy rushed to the couch quickly and kicked her shoes off. She unbuttoned her pants and then turned around to find Clark still standing at the door.

"Uh, I'll go to bed now," he said uncertainly. Kelsy gave him a short smile. "Don't… go anywhere."

"Kay," she said and waited.

"I'm going now."

"Kay." Clark walked over to the stairs, gave Kelsy one last look and left the room. Kelsy breathed out deeply, look her pants off. She pulled the two tops and her bra off and slipped into a big t-shirt.

"Luna, you're gonna love my story," she muttered to herself and rolled over on the couch.

drools Huh, what? Chapters finished?

Oh, hey, party poopers! Now we've seen what both girls have been up to and now we want to know how Kelsy and Clark are gonna act tomorrow. It's pretty obvious. We also want to know who Luna's mystery guy is and of course, why these two girls are in town and what they're really up too…