Chapter 25
Monday at school was the day that they sold the school ring.
"Nothing says school spirit like a ring that looks like it was jacked from P. Diddy," Chloe commented to Pete and Lana as she examined her ring. "I wonder if the ruby is even real."
Chloe wandered off, presumably to do some research into the stone in the ring.
"You sure you're gonna do this?" Pete asked Lana.
"I'm here aren't I?" Lana replied rhetorically.
Pete looked at Lana with a smirk. "What?" Lana asked.
"I believe your dad's exact words were 'three hundred and fifty dollars is a lot of money from something you really don't need.'" Pete answered.
"I earned that money," Lana said. "Besides my dad said that it was my decision to make."
"Which means that you're really not supposed to buy it," Pete said.
But Lana was undaunted by Pete's attempts to get her to not by the ring. She handed over the form and money and took her ring. After looking at it she slid it onto her right ring finger. Little did Lana know that the stone in the ring was not a ruby as Chloe had suspected. It was actually a piece of meteor rock different from any meteor rock that Lana had ever come across. Nobody noticed the odd red glow that momentarily appeared in Lana's eyes. But they would all notice Lana's sudden change in personality.
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"This is the place I was talking about," Lana said after school showing a print out to Pete. "It's right over the county line and they don't check ID's."
"Lana this sounds like a bar," Pete said.
"I know," Lana admitted. "Hey aren't you the one that says if you wanna have fun you gotta take some risks? We can go this weekend."
Pete couldn't believe his ears, "The day Lana Kent decides to break the rules, I'll be there," he declared with a grin.
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Jonathon Kent was in the barn cleaning the motorcycle that he had painstakingly restored in his spare time. Martha came into the barn to bring him a cup of coffee.
"Thanks," he said. "Hey where's Lana?"
Right on cue Lana came flying into the barn.
"Looking for me?" she asked.
"Yeah," her father replied. "Weren't you supposed to be here with me, working on the garage door?"
"Dad I uh, look that'll take like two second," Lana stammered.
Jonathon noticed Lana looking at her class ring.
"And I thought we agreed that you weren't going to buy that ring," Jonathon said.
"I thought we decided that it was my decision to make," Lana retorted.
"I thought you were going to make the right decision." Jonathon said. "Lana that ring costs a lot of money."
"Dad I'm tired of worry about every nickel and dime around here," Lana said.
"Lana why don't you go wash up for dinner?" Martha suggested to try and break up the argument.
"I'm not hungry," Lana said. "Besides I have chores to do."
She shot off before either her mother or father could say anything else.
"What's gotten into her?" Jonathon asked.
"I guess it's just a little bit of teenage rebellion." Martha replied.
"Yeah well I think I liked dealing with heat vision a lot better than that," Jonathon commented. "Martha that was a bad decision she made."
"But it was her to make," Martha said. "I seem to recall a certain young man who defied his father and spent five hundred dollars on an old motorcycle."
Jonathon frowned at her, but she was right as usual. He had been almost exactly the same as a teenager in defying his father. He just didn't want to let go of 'daddy's little girl' that he had become so attached to.
"Pushing her is only going to make her rebel more," Martha said.
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Lana showed up for the study group with Chloe, Pete and Clark at the Talon. Clark came to the door to open it for her.
"Hey Lana, I'm glad you're here." Clark greeted. "Um, where are your books?"
"I was hoping we could do this tomorrow," Lana said. "It's really nice out tonight, we should do something together. Go for a drive or go dancing or something."
Clark was almost offended, "Are you asking me on a date?" he asked.
"I'm asking you to have some fun with me," Lana replied.
"This is uh, unexpected to say the least," Clark said. "But we really need to study."
"Do you know that when you get all serious your nose crinkles up? It's really sexy," Lana commented.
Clark began to feel really uneasy and it showed in the way he was fidgeting, "Pete and Chloe are waiting for us," he managed to choke out.
He headed back to Chloe and Pete with an awkward gait as he was so much more focused on the thoughts running through his head than about trying to walk properly. Lana stood in the door for a few seconds and then followed him in. Chloe and Pete were sitting at one of the tables, books spread out everywhere discussing American History. However American History was the last thing on Lana's mind at the moment. Lana sat down beside Pete.
"Hey girl," Pete greeted her.
"You guys wanna go to the bar?" Lana asked everyone.
"Lana you can commit academic suicide but the rest of us really need to cram for this test," Chloe said.
"High school is supposed to be fun, this is not fun." Lana said trying to explain her case. "Come on; my treat."
"Lana when did you and the money truck hook up?" Pete asked.
"Since I decided that there's no percentage in playing poverty," Lana replied.
Chloe stood up and picked up her coffee mug. "I'm gonna get a refill." She said.
"I'll give you hand," Clark offered also standing.
Chloe and Clark went over to the counter and began fussing about with the coffee machine and what not. They were probably talking about Lana as well, but Lana didn't care.
"Did you know that Clark has a birthmark on his cheek?" Lana asked Pete.
"No he doesn't," Pete said still working on his history notes.
"Not that cheek," Lana said with a smirk.
That got Pete's attention. "Lana are you doing what I think you're doing?"
Lana replied to his question with a grin.
"Lana's that's Clark you're scoping man," Pete said.
"Not just Clark," Lana said.
Pete waved his hand in front of Lana's face distracting her X-ray vision.
"Are you turning bisexual on me?" Pete asked in a whisper.
Lana just laughed. "Come on. Let's go have some fun."
"Lana, this test is half our grade," Pete replied. "If you wanna party this weekend I'm with you. But right now, I need to do this."
"Alright," Lana sighed standing. "When you're through with boring one oh one you give me a call."
She left the Talon as not only Pete, but Clark and Chloe watched her in complete confusion.
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Please Read Over:
Just like the show Red you're gonna gradual build up into "Alpha Lana". I guarantee that it will end differently though since the female character (whose name escapes me) is not in here.
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