Caught Out

Luna pulled at the car doors handle but the car was still locked. She swore and looked back at the Talon. Fifty metres in Clark's direction. She could not walk that far. She sighed and leaned back over the hood of the car. The heat it has absorbed from the sun was rather nice on her back although it burnt a little on her head.

"Is it enough to love," she began singing. "Is it enough to breathe. Somebody rip my heart out and leave me here to bleed." She sighed and waved her arms around a bit. "Is it enough to die. Somebody save my life. I'd rather be anything but ordinary, please. Please, Please, Please…"

"What are you planning on doing? Becoming double-jointed?" someone asked.

"I wanna merge with the car," she muttered and moved her arms up and down along her side. "Not working."

"Lightning might help," the person suggested.

"Yeah, but… hey, wait a moment." Luna moved forward and blinked for a moment. "It's… club guy."

"You forgot my name?"

"Well, it was a hard one," Luna said with a shrug. James? Jackson? Jordan? Then she remembered where she was and who was not allowed to know that her and whatshisname knew each other – everyone. "Shoo! Go away.not"

"I think something might have happened in that noggin of yours cause you haven't given me a good enough reason," Jason said with a smirk. He glanced back at the Talon and suddenly realized that he had pretty much his own reasons.

"Something did happen and, uh, I'll tell you some other time… eh… really, I have no idea what your name was," Luna struggled to remember.

"Jason."

"Yeah, bird tamer. Right? Anyway, friend of mine is coming over and he ain't supposed to know I know you. Cause where I met you, I wasn't supposed to be, hey, Clark," Luna said. "I don't know this guy."

"Okay," Clark said with a smile and shook Jason's hand. "What's up, coach?"

"This one of your new friends?" Jason asked looking over at Luna. Clark nodded.

"She's Lana's cousin from New York, right?" Shit, Jason thought. Owing to my wonderful relationship with Lana, maybe her cousin isn't such a good idea.

"Sure, New York," Luna said with a smile. She gave Jason a short wave but instead he grabbed her hand and gave it a short shake. She noticed a piece of paper being transferred and stuck her hand into her pocket when he was done.

"I was just asking her where you were because I saw the two of you together yesterday," Jason explained with a look at Luna.

"What's up?"

"No training tonight. I've got some other things I've got to take care of. I haven't managed to find any of the other boys, but if you could catch someone and get the message passed on?"

"Sure. I'll see you tomorrow then?"

"Can't wait to see that arm of yours in action again. Bye," he said and winked at Luna. He turned and walked off glancing back to the Talon.

"What you talk about?" Clark asked as the two of them got into the car.

"Didn't have much time to talk," Luna said with a shrug. "Kinda went – hey, you a friend of Clark's, yeah, where is he, there and I pointed or said hi or something." Clark laughed at her pitiful attempts to imitate Jason's voice. It sounded more like she was trying to be an onstage comedian.

"Sounds like you don't like him," Clark said with a smile. "He's not that bad, maybe a bit serious or distracted sometimes but he's okay."

"Thanks for telling me that," Luna said with a confused expression.

"Kelsy," Luna said and sat down on the bed. She dropped down onto it to make sure the vibrations would wake her friend. Kelsy groaned. "You have a hangover or something?" Kelsy sighed and Luna leaned over her to see what was up.

Seeing Kelsy's red eyes Luna sat back up and turned to Clark.

"What did you do?" she asked slightly angry.

"Me? Nothing," Clark said and took a step back. "Just come down when you're finished," he said and quickly left her sight.

"What's the matter, babe?" Luna asked carefully and brushed the bright green strand of Kelsy's hair out of the way.

"Leave me alone. I don't want to ruin your time with club boy."

"I'd smash his head into a wall for you," Luna said and Kelsy laughed at the imagery. "Have something to drink," she said and grabbed a glass of water from Clark's bedside table. "And tell me what is up?"

"There's no way for me to talk around this but last night I walked into Clark's room, here, and… yeah."

"Yeah, what? Yeah, adult movie?"

"Yeah, chick flick, stupid."

"Serious," Luna said with a smile which darkened a moment later. "Wait. I'm not seeing where the tears come in."

"Remember when I touched him the other night? The tingle?"

"Electric wire, yeah, I hear."

"Well… this was worse, and in a bad way. I saw it explode," Kelsy said and tears burst into her eyes. "I thought I could like Clark but every time I start feeling good around him – things go bad."

"Maybe that's just a whole weird Freudian suppression thing? Maybe you're scared and bringing up bad memories," Luna explained. "Hey, I should become a psychiatrist."

"I'd rather you didn't. My job would become a whole lot harder then," Kelsy said with a laugh and sat up. "I don't know how you do it, but I feel better already."

"About that…" Luna said slowly. "I'll tell you tomorrow during that class we have together… which one again?"

"Physics."

"Yeah. That. But I have something else to tell you. We talked again last night. I found out his name and that he likes me. And just before we came here, I met him in town, luckily he's a frigging school teacher so he could shoo Clark's suspicion away. Also, I think Danil's in town."

"How did so much happen in so little time?" Kelsy asked shaking her head. She swung her legs off the bed and ran her hands over the sheet before getting up. "Let's get the job on the road."

"Sure thing," Luna said and picked up Kelsy's backpack. "Can't leave this lying around, you know."

"Whatever."

Huh? Are you guys just as confused as I am? Wait, I shouldn't be confused. I should know exactly what's going on!

Should being the key word here…

Kay, Luna got a note from Jason and that song she sang was Anything But Ordinary from Avril Lavigne… cause Luna is definitely anything but…