Disclamier: I don't own "Smallville"
Chapter 5: Cool
"Come on Sarah!" Clark said. "We're gonna be late!"
Sarah jumped up from her bed, awaking from her sleep.
"Wha?" she said jumping around in her bed.
Clark suddenly came into her bright room, and sighed.
"Did you oversleep again!" he asked annoyed.
"Hey," Sarah protested as she got out of bed and to her dresser. "You try getting a big important assignment that's worth half your grade done by today, and doing farm chores,"
Clark smiled, and what about to open his mouth to speak, when Sarah stopped him.
"And don't say that you already tried, and that you can do it in thirty seconds," she said getting out a red shirt, and a pair of blue jeans
Clark laughed, and headed out of Sarah's room for her to change.
"Hurry up! We have to be at the bus stop in 10 minutes," he shouted going downstairs. "I'll put on some pop-tarts,"
Sarah, putting on her shirt, looked out her door, to yell across the hallway.
"Put on strawberry for me!" she shouted.
"I know," Clark called back. "I know,"
Sarah laughed. She loved telling Clark what to do. It made her laugh all the time. After 5 minutes of getting ready and brushing her hair, pulling into a barette, she walked downstairs to find her brother in the living room, packing his backpack.
"Ready to go?" he asked.
"Yeah," Sarah answered grabbing her messenger bag.
Clark smiled, and put an arm around his sister as they crossed the kitchen. Their parents were working on the bills. Clark listened to them as Sarah sat down by the toaster.
"The distributor get's twelve five..." Martha started.
"...the feed bill over six months at five percent..."Jonathon added.
"...plus the mortgage at 8.2...plus the harvestor repairs gives us..."
"Fifty-four thousand, five hundred and one dollars, and thirty eight cents," Clark said.
Sarah snapped a look at Clark as she was waiting for her pop tart to pop.
"Wow," she said widening her eyes. "That's some super-speedy math, speedy,"
"Kids," Jonathon said sighing. "I'm sorry, we didn't mean for you to hear all that,"
"Don't say sorry to me. I don't understand a word of it,"
"You don't have to protect us," Clark said. "Is it that bad?"
"Yeah," Martha explained. "It's pretty bad. We might have to take out another bank loan,"
Sarah groaned and let her head bang on the counter in front of the toaster.
"Another one?" she groaned
"The interest alone would put us up to..." Clark started.
"Clark don't," Martha pleaded.
"Maybe Sarah and I can help,"
"You already have," Jonathon smiled. "Last season, you saved us four part time hands,"
"I'm thinking bigger picture. You know, forget about this whole high school thing and try out for a pro-sports team. I could make a ton of money in endorsements,"
Sarah slowly turned her head to her brother, lowering her eyes. He's serious right? she thought to herself. Clark smiled.
"Just trying to lighten the mood," he said
"Mmm-hmm," Sarah gave off a nod and got up. "Well, Clark, as cool as it would be to see your face on a cereal box, I'd settle to get to school on time. Now come on! The bus is waiting!"
Clark super-sped away out the door before Sarah could even take a step. She sighed and looked at her parents.
"I hate it when he does that," she said shaking her head.
Suddenly, Sarah's breakfast popped out. She grabbed a napkin, took it out, and was heading out the door, when she stopped and looked back at her parents bills.
"Hmm. Let's see," she said counting on her fingers. "That's sixty-five thousand, two hundred..."
"Go!" shouted Martha almost laughing.
"...and one,"
Sarah smiled and took a bite of her pop tart while heading out the door. Her brother was waiting for her when the bus pulled up. He reached for Sarah's pop-tart.
"Let me have some of that," he said.
Sarah slapped her brother's hand away, and pointed a threatening finger at him.
"Get your own, superboy," she said with a mouthful of breakfast.
Clark laughed as he and his sister got onto the bus, and sat togethor in the seats between their friends. Brianna and Allison sat behind them, while Chloe and Pete sat in front.
"Hey Chloe," Clark said. "Did Sean call?"
"Negative," Chloe replied. "Not that I was waiting by the phone or anything,"
"Wait a minute," Brianna said. "Wait a minute. Back up a bit here. Who the heck is Sean?"
"A football player,"
Allison groaned and slapped her head.
"Someone please tell me why it is that someone always has a crush on a football player," she said annoyed. "Just tell me!"
"Allison not everyone falls for a football player,"Clark said.
"Uh-huh. Sure,"
"Maybe he got caught up," Pete suggested. "One time, my sister didn't hear from a guy in a week. When she called to tell him off, his grandmother died,"
"Ah, as much as I appreciate the spotlight here, I'm fine," Chloe said.
"You're proabably better off," Sarah said
"Yeah," Clark agreed. "Sean's a total dog, anyway,"
"He's not that bad Clark," Pete replied. "He's always been cool to me. Just because you can't get past your Lana crush, doesn't knock us off for love connections,"
"I thought we were focusing on me here," Chloe said confused.
"I don't have a crush on Lana," Clark persuaded
"Hmm," Sarah said aloud. "Now where have I heard that before?"
Allison, Chloe, and Brianna laughed at Sarah's sarcastic remark.
"Clark, why don't you ask some other girl out?"
"Like who?" Clark asked his sister.
"Like Chloe," grinned Pete.
"Okay wait!" Chloe stopped her two guy friends." I'm not some crash test dummy you guys can use to try out your dating skills". She pointed to Clark. "You, if you like Lana so much, why don't you ask her out and just get it over with," She pointed to Pete. "And you, stop acting like a Vegas bookie picks your dates," She pointed to both of them. "And both of you, treat me better"
Sarah, Allison, and Brianna "ooed" at each other as they got ready to leave. Sarah gave the last half of her pop tart away to her brother and wave goodbye at her high school friends. She and her junior high friends talked on their way to the lockers.
"I cannot believe Chloe actually likes this guy," Brianna said as she spun her combination lock.
"And to think it's a football player," Allison grinned. "I mean, everyone's in love. It is so cool!"
"Oh, not everyone,"
Brianna playfully grinned, and eyed Sarah. It took Sarah a moment to realize this. She slowly looked up and looked at her two friends who were looking at her, grinning.
"Oh no," she said. "Unh-Unh. No way. You are NOT getting me a date. I'm too young. Plus, my dad will go balistic,"
"So?" asked Brianna as Sarah closed her locker.
"I don't have a crush on anyone. And I don't plan to,"
The trio walked to their first class and sat in the middle row, as the bell rung. Beside Sarah, sat a boy. He had dark hair, and beautiful green eyes that Sarah has ever seen. He was tall, but not too tall for Sarah's age. He reminded her of Clark somehow. Brianna leaned next to her.
"Who's the new kid?" she asked. "He is FINE!"
"I don't know," Sarah whispered back
The teacher came in and explained all that.
"Good morning," she said. "I trust you all did your homework last night. But before you pass that up, I'd like to make an announcement. We have a new student with us. His name is Logan McCoy. He came from Grandville, and I trust you'll make him feel welcome. Now please pass up your assignments,"
(A/N: This guy is gonna pop in and out every few episodes and might, just might, be a love interest for Sarah or Brianna in the future. I'm still thinking about it)
Sarah reached into her homework folder and searched her papers. Only to find that her homework wasn't there.
"Oh man," she groaned
Suddenly, she heard a muffled cough. She turned to her right, and saw the new boy, Logan, with her homework in his hands.
"You drop something?" he asked in a charming way. He looked at the paper. "Sarah Kent?"
"Yeah," Sarah smiled nervously. "That's me,"
Logan smirked and handed the homework to Sarah. Brianna and Allison looked at each other and sniggered. During class, Brianna started writing notes to her friends. She gave the first one to Sarah.
Brianna- "I think the new guy likes you,"
Sarah raised an eyebrow, and wrote back to Brianna. (A/N: I'm gonna write their notes in this form so I don't have to go back and forth saying "Allison wrote this" or "Brianna wrote that". It'll just get confusing during the process. You know what I'm saying?)
Sarah- "What makes you say that?"
Allison- "The way he said 'You drop something?'. It was kind of charming."
Brianna- "Can you say H-O-T?"
Sarah- "All right. I admit that he is kind of cute, and hard to resist. But let's get one thing straight. I am too young. OK? Let's drop the subject. Do you guys wanna go to "The Beanery" after school?"
Allison- "Do I?"
Brianna- "Count us in!"
So it was settled. Brianna, Allison, and Sarah got their money togethor, and walked down the street laughing and talking at the same time. When they got to the Beanery, they saw Lana sitting on a chair and reading a brochure.
"Hi Lana!" the three sixth graders chorused
"Hi girls," Lana smiled. "What are you up to?"
"Getting a hot chocolate," Brianna replied. "You want something?"
"No thanks. I'm good,"
Sarah, Brianna, and Allison sat on stools in front of the counter and ordered their hot chocolates. As they waited, they talked about various things, like boys, siblings, school, anything that a normal small-town girl would talk about.
"Sarah Kent," said a voice. "It's been a while since I've seen you,"
The girs turned around and saw Lex Luthor smiling at the girls.
"Hey Lex," Sarah smiled. "What have you been up to?"
"Not much really," Lex replied. "What are you up to?"
"Just getting a snack before I go back home,"
"I heard your family is having some financial problems,"
Sarah stopped in mid-sipping her hot chocolate, and looked up at Lex. He seemed pretty calm about what he said. She put her drink on the counter and faced him.
"Well," she said. "Like I said before, it's a small world in Smallville. How'd you know?"
"Word gets around fast, Sarah," Lex explained. "I told you mother earlier today that I'm hosting a dinner for the local farming community. A lot of farms are having money trouble. I thought I could do something to help your family,"
"That's very sweet of you Lex, but you're forgetting one little problem,"
"Her dad," Allison and Brianna said in unision.
"You know my dad Lex. He hasn't relly warmed up to you since Clark and I jumped off the bridge to save you. It's not that he hates you, it's just...well...your dad hasn't made a very good first impression when he first came to Smallville,"
"Tell him I intend to change that," Lex said.
Sarah nodded and waved bye at Lex. Brianna looked at Sarah with a worried look.
"What's wrong?" Sarah asked.
"Are you gonna puke?" asked Allison.
"It just occured to me," Brianna said. "Why is Lex Luthor, a powerful man whose father is a rich billionare, helping a family who own's a farm with financial problems?"
"Lex is just being a good friend Bri," Sarah explained. "He just wants to help,"
"And gain your dad's trust," Allison added.
"You think I should tell him about this?"
"Nah. Let him figure it out,"
"Yeah. You're right. He's in one of his good moods today. I don't wanna put him out of it,"
The next day was just another normal school day. Sarah woke up, ate breakfast, Clark cheated out of racing to get their chores down by super-speed (She was really mad at him for it), went to school, met with her friends, had another boring math class, and all the things that happen in a normal small-town girl's life. They were walking across the street to the high-school, when they were talking about the next article for the "Jr. Torch".
"Come on!" Brianna said. "There's gotta be something more interesting then that stupid Academic Decathalon coming up next week,"
"Brianna are you having another one of those 'It sucks to be a reporter' days?" asked Sarah dully.
"Yes! Because ever since the Tina Grier Morphng Into Other People episode, nothing cool has happened in Smallville yet,"
"Keyword Bri," Allison warned. "Yet,"
Sarah laughed as they came across their friends Chloe and Pete, and her brother Clark. Chloe walked briskly toward her little friends. She pointed at Sarah.
"You!" she nearly shouted. "Did you know that your brother scored tickets to a Radiohead concert and a date with Lana Lang?"
"He what!" the girls said in unision.
"Clark that's great!" Sarah exclaimed.
"So does that mean Whitney's single again?" asked Allison rubbing her hands togethor.
Brianna and Sarah rolled their eyes.
"How did you score tickets?" asked Brianna.
"I'm guessing a folically challenged individual was behind it," Chloe said smiling.
"Lex hooked me up," Clark explained.
"Why am I not surprised?" asked Allison sarcastically.
"Actually, I have Chloe to thank,"
"What did I do?" asked Chloe confused.
"You were right. I just had to get it out there,"
"Well good. I'm glad,"
Suddenly, Brianna and Allison spotted a cute guy in a Smallville High letterman's jacket. More than likely he was a football player. He had short light brown hair with brown eyes. Brianna whistled. He must be Sean she thought
"He's hot," she said.
Allison slapped Brianna playfully on the arm, as Chloe, Clark, and Pete turned around.
"Maybe this is your chance," Pete reassured Chloe.
Sean came up to the group, smiling, mainly at Chloe.
"Chloe," he greeted. "Don't I owe you a phone call?"
"I guees so," Chloe smiled.
"Well, what are you doing now?"
"Well, I've got to put the paper to bed,"
"Oh,"
Sean looked disappointed. Sarah came to the rescue.
"Uh..." she started. "Maybe, afterwards you guys could, you know, do something,"
Sean didn't hear Clark's little sister. He was looking around and spotted another girl. The girl was Jenna Barnum.
"Jenna!" he called running away from the group. "Jenna wait up!"
Everybody watched Sean go towards the girl, and it looked like he was asking her out. Chloe sighed, disappointed.
"OK, I was playing 'barely-hard-to-get',"she said in a low voice. "What's the problem? Clark Kent gets a date with Lana Lang and suddenly there's no luck for the rest of us,"
Clark and Sarah were on their way home after school. Sarah still rambled on about the date.
"I cannot believe you got a date with Lana Lang," she said laughing.
"It's not a date Sarah," Clark warned, smiling.
"Yeah right. Clark. I've known you all my life. And I've known that you had a crush on Lana Lang for, like, ever. And I've also known that you write her name in your notebook about 53 times a day,"
Clark went wide-eyed at the last part Sarah said. She started laughing as they reached the farm. He stopped her with his arm, and looked daringly at her.
"You better run as fast as you can," he warned.
"Why?" Sarah asked playfully.
"Cause..I'mgonnagetyou!"
Sarah screamed and started running. But Clark, with his super-speed, grabbed her around the waist and lifted her off the ground, tickling her as he carried her to the house.
"Stop it!" she said laughing.
"No way!" Clark smiled. "Not until you pledge to me that you obey my every command,"
"I spit on your stupid pledge,"
Clark still tickled Sarah as they entered the house. Their mother and their father were in the kitchen talking. They both looked up at Sarah's laughs and smiled, as Clark continued tickling her.
"Hello citizens," Clark said proudly while tickling Sarah in his arms.
"Clark," Jonathon smiled. "Put your sister down before she dies laughing,"
"Well then who's gonna help me with me chores?"
"Clark, put your sister down. Her face is turning red,"
"Whoops,"
Clark put Sarah down, and she slumped to the floor gasping while trying to control herself. When she got up she pointed at Clark.
"You sir!" she shouted. "Are a bad influence on me,"
"Aw," Clark said lovingly. "I love you too, Sarah,"
Sarah rolled her eyes as Martha laughed.
"I'm not familiar with this child," she joked. "Where's the moody one, lives upstairs, and runs real fast?"
"Oh he's going on a date tonight," Sarah explained mischiviously.
"Not a date-date," Clark protested. "But a concert,"
"Just who might this not-a-date date be with?" asked Jonathon amused.
"Lana Lang. Lex hooked me up with a couple of serious tickets and a limo,"
"A limo!" Sarah exclaimed.
"It's OK if I go, right?" Clark asked Jonathon.
"Come on dad. Let him. Lex Luthor has our evening planned tonight. You go with mom to Lex's mansion for that dinner, Clark will go out with the girl of his dreams to a loud concert, and I will stay at home with Allison with a fridge full of food, video games, and pay-per-view,"
"Pay-per-view!" Martha and Jonathon looked at their daughter seriously.
"Just kidding on the pay-per-view thing,"
"Well I hope you are," Martha said.
"Because it's only pizza, soda, video games, and only cable," Jonathon warned. "If that cable bill shows that you've been watching pay-per-view without your mother and I knowing, that money is coming out of your allowance,"
Sarah groaned and walked upstairs.
"All right, all right," she said. "I was only kidding,"
Clark grinned as he followed his sister upstairs. Martha stopped him for a bit.
"Clark," she said. "Isn't Lana still going out with Whitney?"
"She's not married mom," Clark put off the coversation
Later, while Martha and Jonathon were going to Lex's and Allison on the way over, Chloe stopped by to help Clark with his choice of clothes. While he was picking out something, Sarah was online with Chloe looking at their horoscope.
"Your online horoscope suggests that you don't try to flaunt your excitment," Sarah explained to him. "Which I know will be hard since you've been waiting for this date since, like, your first growth spurt,"
This time, instead of joking with her, Clark became more serious with his sister.
"I'm gonna say this one more time and then I'll print up bumper stickers," he said. "This is NOT a date,"
"All right," Chloe said. "Just check out Lana's outfit. If a girl wears something new to hang out with you, you know at least she think's it's a date,"
"I thought you came over for fashion advice,"
Clark held up a purple plaid shirt. Sarah stuck her tounge out in disgust.
"Burn that!" she exclaimed.
"What else have you got?" asked Chloe
"I'll check the laundry basket," Clark said.
"I'll go help you," Sarah suggested
Sarah got up and followed Clark into the dining room, where the laundry basket was. They rummaged through the clothes and Clark was beginning to panic.
"Clark, calm down," Sarah said. "Like you said, it isn't a date,"
"I just don't know what to wear," Clark said sighing. "I want to impress her,"
"If you want to impress her, dress up in a red cape and fly around the whole town,"
Clark playfully punched Sarah in the arm, and laughed silently. Chloe came in.
"Guess who just called me?" she smiled. "Sean,"
"Did he apologize for blowing you off?" Clark asked.
"He said he wasn't feeling well,"
"Chloe I saw him go off with Jenna. Maybe he made him feel better,"
"Eww!" Sarah said disugusted. "Thank's for the mental picture Clark,"
"Sorry,"
"Well," Chloe said. "He promised it was completely over with her,"
"You like him, don't you?"
"He may be intellectually challenged, but he's really hot. Besides, he begged just to get togethor tonight just to talk, so I told him he could bring me a coffee at the Torch. I'm gonna be there with Brianna anyway. I'm helping her with her paper for English,"
"Oh yeah," Sarah said. "That 'Who I admire most in the world' thing. She's doing hers on her cousin,"
"Sounds like a date," Clark told Chloe.
"It's not a date," Chloe protested. "It's a fact-finding mission to see if he deserves a date,"
"I just don't want to see you get hurt,"
"Don't worry, Clark. I figure if you can take a shot with Lana, I can take a risk too,"
Sarah smiled as she came across a blue shirt. She held up against Cark.
"Blue's a good color on you," she commented.
"Really?" Clark asked hopefully.
"Yeah. I really think so,"
Clark sighed with relief.
"Thanks Sarah," he said as he kissed his sister on the forehead. "You're the best,"
"I know I am,"
Clark ran upstairs to go get ready. Sarah smiled, and turned around to face Chloe.
"Well I can see that my services are no longer required," she said packing up her laptop
Sarah led Chloe to the door.
"Thanks for coming," she said as Chloe went out. "Let me know how it goes with Sean,"
"Hey!" Chloe yelled back. "Let me see if you can beat the details out of Clark about tonight's date with Lana,"
Sarah laughed and waved goodbye. She sat down in the living room, working on her paper for English. She was doing hers about Clark. This is what is said.
The person I admire most in the world, is my big brother, Clark. He and I never got along well before. But recent events brought us closer than ever. Whenever we get the chance we play togethor all the time, from tag to video games. And when we are bummed out about something, we're always there for each other, no matter the distance between us. Clark's not like any other person I know. He saved my life more than once as well as my friends. He's kept me safe the past few months, and so have I. One time, a few weeks after school started as well as our friendship, he spent the whole day with me. After we had done our chores, he took me out for breakfast, and to the park, where we pent most of our time on the swings, the slide, and the merry-go-round. He likes to spin it, and jump on with me so he could have fun with me. One thing I'll never forget though is, no matter where I am, no matter where he is, he'll always find a way to get to me, so I can be in his arms for comfort. I love my brother with all my heart, and I hope he feels the same way too.
When Sarah was done with this, Clark had already gone out with Lana, and Allison had come over.
"OK," she said. "I got the videos. What do you want to watch?"
"How 'bout we watch cable first and see what's on?" Sarah suggested.
"Aw man. Cable stinks. There's nothing good on. And your parents use the parental block on too many channels,"
"Hey! That's for my own good. Tell you what. Why don't you find something on cable, and I'll order pizza?"
Allison agreed and turned on the TV. It was on the news channel.
"Boring!" she moaned.
Before Allison could change the channel, this message came on.
"And in Smallville tonight," the announcer said. "Police are seeking seventeen year old Sean Kelvin..."
"Sarah!" Allison shouted. "Get in here!"
Sarah came back from the kitchen as the news continued.
"...after the mysterious death of Jenna Barnum..."
"Jenna?" asked Sarah in disbelief.
"...whose body was found earlier this afternoon..."
"Oh no. Chloe and Brianna,"
"...Kelvin was last seen..."
Sarah turned off the TV.
"Get your scooter. We have to go to the high school,"
"Why?" asked Allison as Sarah got her house keys and cell phone.
"Sean asked Chloe out on a date and they're meeting at the school," Sarah explained as they went outside in the cool night air. "While she's waiting for him, she's helping Brianna with that assignment we were given yesterday. I gotta call Clark and give him the heads up,"
Sarah and Allison ran to the barn, got their scooters, and rode as fast as they can. As they did, Sarah dialed Clark's cell phone number.
Clark, so far, was having a good time with Lana. He had just shown her a "magic trick". It was a card trick, only he had to use his X-Ray vision to see the card, Lana was holding against her. If Sarah were here, she'd call me a cheater he thought to himself. Suddenly, his cell phone rang. He sighed, a bit aggitated that someone would interupt his time with Lana. He looked at his screen and sighed again.
"Who is it?"Lana asked.
"It's my sister," he said as he answered the phone. "Sarah, if you're looking for the money for the pizza, it's attached to the fridge..."
"Is there a TV in that limo of yours?" asked Sarah getting to the point.
"Sarah..."
"Is there?"
"Yes, there is, Sarah. Now eat your pizza, get Allison out of the house after a while, and go to bed,"
"Turn on the news,"
"Why?"
"Just do it!"
"All right, all right. Goodbye,"
Clark sighed and smiled at Lana. She smiled back.
"Sounds like something important," she said.
"Yeah," Clark agreed. "Well she's never gonna forgive me if I don't do what makes her happy,"
Clark reached forward and turned on the TV. Suprisingly it was about Jenna's death and the disappearance of Sean.
"Oh my gosh," Lana whispered.
"Stop the car!" Clark ordered the driver.
Brianna and Chloe sat in the Torch office working on their papers. Brianna was lying on the couch, just finishing hers, and looking at her watch.
"All right!" she said getting up. "I give up. I can't take it anymore. Your, quote on quote, 'boyfriend' isn't showing up. It's almost 8. Can we go home now?"
"Yeah," Chloe sighed. "You're right. Let's go,"
Chloe turned off the computer, and sighed, getting her bag, and coat.
"Let's get you home before your dad goes crazy that you're not home by 9 and send a search party for you," she joked.
Suddenly, the girls heard a noise, and looked out into the hallway. It was dark, and it hardly seemed that anybody except them was there.
"Sean?" Chloe called. "Hello? Is that you?"
"Chloe," Brianna whispered. "Look,"
Chloe looked at Brianna and looked down on the floor. Yellow rose petals were making a trail down the hallway.
"OK," Chloe smiled. "This is interesting,"
Chloe started walking down the hallway, following the trail, and leaving Brianna confused. After she turned the corner, Brianna started thinking aloud.
"Let's see," she said to herself. "Do I leave Chloe alone with her first date, or go and totally stake-out and see if they're perfect for each other...hmmm...Oh yeah. I should stake-out,"
With a mock, evil laugh, Brianna dropped her bag and ran silently through the deserted hallway.
As crickets chirpped, and the starlight in the sky brought light to show the way, Allison and Sarah finally made it to the high school. As they unfastened their helmets, Allison explained the procedure to each other.
"All right," she said sighing. "Did you call Clark?"
"Yeah," Sarah said looking at her watch. "And he should be here right about..."
Clark suddenly supersped in front of the girls. Allison gasped in suprise, but relaxed.
"...now,"
Sarah stopped her watch and looked at it. Her eyebrows furrowed
"2 minutes and 37 seconds?" she asked. "What took you so long?"
"Lana," Clark replied.
"Did you give her a kissy-kiss goodnight?" asked Allison puckering her lips, her voice sounding like she was cooing a baby.
Sarah giggled, but Clark did not seem pleased. His beautiful eyes stared cold, and pierced into Allison's soul. Sarah stopped giggling and looked down at the ground, and Allison gave off an innocent smile.
"Where's Chloe?" he asked.
"She's inside with Brianna," Allison explained.
"I want you guys to stay here. I'll be right back,"
As Clark super-sped into the building, Sarah yelled back.
"Since when did you appoint yourself babysitter?" she yelled.
Allison started running toward the school.
"Come on!" she said. "We gotta help if they get in trouble,"
Brianna and Chloe came to an end at their trail, leading them to a sign that said "Come in Please" with an arrow pointing to the Smallville Pool. They looked at each other and smiled.. Chloe opened the door, and they both walked in. It was dark, but the light fixtures in the pool made it light enough.
"Sean?" she called out. "What's going on? I agreed to a cappuccino. If you think I'm skinny-dipping with you, try again buddy,"
Brianna giggled, but then after she thought about it, she stuck her tounge out in disgust.
"That's sick!" she exclaimed. "Chloe as long as I'm here, try keeping this date PG,"
"I'm sorry Chloe," said a voice.
The girls turned around, and gasped. Sean was right behind them. Only, at least they thought it was Sean. His skin was icy blue, his hair was almost like it was red, and there were ice crystals forming around his face.
"I don't have a choice," he said.
"What happened to you?" asked Chloe as she pulled Brianna behind her.
"I can't stay warm,"
"Well," Brianna piped up. "Why don't you sit by a fire?"
"Because I only need a quick fix. Body heat lasts longer,"
Brianna and Chloe backed away, but suddenly SPLASH! They fell into the pool. Frantically, they shot up to the surface.
"Swim Brianna!" Chloe shouted. "Swim faster!"
Brianna made splashes everywhere trying to get to the edge of the other side. She got out safely, and crawled over to Chloe's direction and reached out her hands.
"Come on Chloe!" she urged. "Come on,"
Chloe was about to get out of the pool when suddenly, the water turned icy cold. It froze as quick as lighting. Brianna couldn't believe this. I just found the next issue of the "Jr. Torch" she thought to herself
"Bri!" Chloe put her out of her thoughts. "Help me! I'm stuck,"
"I promise it won't hurt Chloe," Sean taunted.
"Go suck on another life you pathetic loser!" Brianna snapped as she tried to pull Chloe out.
But Brianna couldn't pull Chloe out of the pool. She started growing scared. Clark was on a date, Sarah and Allison were goofing off at the Kent's, and they were totally helpless. First Sean would get Chloe, and then her. Next thing that would happen that in the morning, either the principal or the janitor would find two Smallville girls lying dead, and frozen on the floor. Suddenly, the door slammed open, and it revealed Clark, Allison, and Sarah.
"Clark!" she shouted. "Sarah! Ali! Help us!"
Clark and the girls ran over to them and knelt down next to Chloe.
"Are you OK?" he asked.
"My foot's stuck," Chloe exclaimed.
Allison and Sarah looked at each other, and put their foot beside Chloe's stuck ankle. They made it look like they were trying to get it out. While they did this, Clark put his fist through the icy pool like it was nothing, and pulled Chloe's foot out. She completely got out of the pool and stood up.
"You OK?" he asked.
"Yeah," Chloe nodded.
"All right. Go! Run!"
Chloe took the girls out of the pool room, and Clark followed them. Before leaving, he looked back, and Sean was nowhere to be found.
Later, Brianna and Chloe were sitting by the computer with blankets over their shoulders and hot chocolate in their hands. Clark stood by them, making sure they were okay, and Sarah and Allison were surfing the web on another computer getting information on Sean's condition.
"Did we thank you for that rescue yet?" asked Brianna.
"I heard about Jenna on the news," Clark explained. "I didn't want you two to be next,"
"Well," Chloe spoke up. "I finally find a guy I like, and he turns out to be homicidal,"
"You deserved a lot better than Sean, even before he trie to kill you and Brianna,"
"That's sweet...I think,"
Allison looked up from the computer, with a bright smile on her face as usual, as Sarah found the information they were looking for.
"I think we found out what's up with our own Frosty the Snowman," she said.
"Come on over here," Sarah said waving her hand at Clark.
Clark came on over and leaned over Sarah's shoulder to get a better look at the computer screen.
"Now," she said getting to the point. "The only similar thing I could find was a medical condition., where there's damage to the thermo sensitive cells in the brain. The person literally can't stay warm. It's like a permanent case of hypothermia,"
"So Sean's getting his heat where he can take it," Clark said.
"Preferably from high-school girls," Allison pointed out. "But you guys saw the pool. You take the heat out of the water, you get ice. He's like a battery that can't hold it's charge. I think we should call for help,"
"I'll take care of that," Clark said going over to Chloe and Brianna. "We need to get these guys home. Come on,"
As Sarah and Allison turned off the computer and got their jackets, Clark helped Brianna and Chloe to their feet.
"You have to believe us," Brianna said. "Almost getting our heat sucked was not a passive-aggresive attempt to ruin your date,"
Clark's eyes widened.
"Lana," he groaned. "Chloe can you take Brianna home?"
"Sure," Chloe agreed.
"Good. Sarah, I want you to go home, and I want you to stay there with the doors locked, and the windows closed. Do NOT go into the loft tonight. Allison, I want you to go with Sarah, and spend the night at our house. Call your parents once you get back to the farm,"
"But..." Sarah started to protest.
But Clark was already out of the door. She sighed.
"I really hate it when he does that," she complained.
Allison and Sarah were riding down the street in the dark with their headlights on. It was not fair. They both wanted to find Sean badly. They had their fair share of "Meteor Freaks" in their town, but Sean's freak power was totally freaky. Suddenly, Allison's headlight went out, and they couldn't see a thing in the dark.
"Aw man!" she groaned. "The power's out,"
"Get off your scooter," Sarah said as she dug into her back pocket. "I got a flashlight in case of emergencies,"
Sarah took out the flashlight and gave it to Allison. She turnde it on, and now they were able to see. They folded up their scooters and started wakling down the road. Allison sighed.
"I'm a little nervous," she said. "What if Sean comes out and freezes us like he froze Jenna? What if we shatter into a million pieces and he hide's them all over the place where no one will ever find us?"
"Don't worry," Sarah reassured. "Clark will get around,"
"That's the point. Clark isn't here, Sarah. And Sean can probably freeze people as fast as Clark can run,"
Sarah stopped walking at that.
"Oh my gosh," she whispered. "You're right. Clark can't get to us in time. He wouldn't even know where we were. He'd probably think we were back at my place,"
"And don't forget the possibility of getting our bodies frozen, and shattered to pieces," Allison remarked.
Sarah rolled her eyes, and almost laughed, thankful for Allisons humor in the somber atmosphere. Suddenly, there were tires schreeching, and they looked up. A truck was swerving and it landed into a ditch. Allison gasped as she and Sarah ran toward the truck. The guy in the drivers seat came out, and it turned out to be Whitney Fordman.
"Whoa!" Allison exclaimed as she shined her light in Whitney's face. "That was some serious road-rage! What made you lose control?"
"Isn't it past your bedtime?" asked Whitney.
"A: It's Friday night," Sarah said. "And B: You ain't our dad,"
"But I could call your dad,"
As Whitney went to the other side of the truck, Sarah leaned to Allison and said.
"Isn't he supposed to be at some party?" she asked.
Suddenly, out came Lana, limping, and being supported by Whitney. When she saw Allison and Sarah, she sort of smiled.
"What are you two doing here?" she asked, bewildered
"We got lost," Allison lied. "Are you OK?"
"She's fine," Whitney said. "There's lights over there at the Luthor Mansion. It's just down the road. Come on,"
Sarah groaned as she shifted her foldable scooter to her shoulder.
"My dad's gonna kill me,"she said
Later, they reached the Luthor Mansion. Allison and Sarah stood in amazement. It was a beautiful Scottish mansion with vines covering half of it, and a unique garden stood in front of the doorway. When they got to the gate, Sarah pressed a button on the intercom.
"Can I help you?" asked a voice moments later.
"Can you please let us in?" asked Sarah. "We're friends of Lex's,"
"Lex is currently in a meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Kent,"
"I'm their daughter,"
The voice didn't come back on. Instead the gate swung slowly open. They looked at each other, and back at Whitney and Lana. As they walked slowly, Allison got an evil grin on her face, and started humming spooky music. Sarah, put a hand on her shoulder, and squeezed it.
"Ali," she said. "The spookiness is gone. Let it go,"
"Fine," Allison pouted.
They reached the door, and knocked on it. A man in a sort of Chinese shirt and pants, opened it, sort of bowing.
"Can you take us to Lex?" Allison asked.
The man in the Chinese suit bowed his head and led the teenagers down the castle-like halls. There were paintings, and statues, and even props from movies. The Chinese Suit Man opened a door to a room, and it turned out to be Lex's office. Mr. and Mrs. Kent was there, and they were shocked to see their daughter and her friends trailing behind her.
"Lana!" exclaimed Martha. "Sarah! Allison!"
"They're okay," Whitney explained.
"Where's Clark?"
After telling the whole story to Lex and the Kents (and not getting Sarah grounded for a week because she left the house without permission), Lex left for a while, and came back with four hot chocolates topped with whipped cream and a cherry on top.
"This kid sounds dangerous," he said serving the teenagers the hot chocolate. "I've got the gate down and the alarm on. You're staying here until they find Sean,"
Sarah nodded as she took the hot chocolate, and looked back at her parents, who were trying to reach Clark. Jonathon put the phone down.
"No," he said sighing. "And I'm still getting the answering machine at home,"
"Remind me I don't have to worry," Martha said in a worried voice.
"He's Clark mom," Sarah commented.
Martha smiled at Sarah. Just then, the light's dimmed into darkness.
"Ugh!" they heard Allison. "Not again! First my flashlight, and now this!"
Lex went to his desk and dug into his drawers. Soon, he found two flashlight's, and gave one to Martha.
"There you go," he said offering it.
"Thanks," Jonathon. "I'll check the front gate,"
"It should secure,"
"Me and Sarah will check the generator. Where is it?" asked Martha.
"It's on the side of the house, but I can get it,"
Martha told him they would be fine, and she led Sarah outside to the side of the mansion. It was so dark out, that Sarah clung to her mother's sleeve. They found the generator, and knelt down close to it. It was frozen.
"It looks like Lex's power won't come back until the ice is melted off," Martha commented.
"Ice," Sarah whsipered as she went wide-eyed. "Mom! We have to get inside! Please!"
"What is it, honey?"
"Hello," said a voice.
Martha and Sarah turned around anf Sarah saw Sean. Icy blue skin and and cold breaths coming out of his mouth made him look scary.
"Are you Sean?" asked Martha, nervous.
"Yes ma'm," answered Sean
"What do you want?"
"Who, me? I just want to get warm,"
Sarah groaned, both of fear and annoyance. This was the end. Soon, Clark super-sped in front of them
"Get away from them Sean," he demanded.
"Clark," Sarah whispered.
"Go in the house mom. Now! Take Sarah with you,"
Martha took Sarah, by the shoulders, and led her away back to the mansion.
"That's your mom!" Sean asked Clark. "She's hot,"
Sarah heard him, and stuck out her tounge.
"Why can't everyone keep this little episode kid appropriate?" she groaned to herself.
(A/N: That's life. Not everything's kid appropriate, unfortunetly...Aw well)
Martha pushed Sarah a little bit, indicating her to keep moving. Clark looked back at Sean with determination on his face.
"Sean," he said. "You have to get to a hospital,"
"What are they gonna do?" asked Sean. "Put me under an electric blanket? I need heat Clark. Contact! That's the only thing that's going to work for me. Ever other person's another fix,"
"You're not getting into that house,"
"Who's gonna stop me? You? Ooh brrr!"
Clark threw a punch at Sean, but he missed. They ended up wrestling on the ground, and Clark was about to be frozen from Sean's touch...again.
"I don't know what it is about you Clark," Sean smiled. "But I haven't felt this good in two days. And when I'm done with you, there's your mom, your dad, your sister...and Lana,"
"I'll never let you hurt them," Clark grunted.
Clark, with a huge force of his strength, pushed Sean off of him. Sean flew in the air about 20 or 30 yards, and splashed into the water, making it freeze completely. No doubt Sean was dead, and his body would be found the next day, when the sun was up, and everythig was back to normal.
The next night, Sarah was sitting in the loft reading "Matilda" with hot chocolate in her hands. It was one of those nights, when she would always get bored and retreat into a book. Her mother would fix her hot chocolate for her, and she would go outside to the loft, curled into a blanket on the couch. She was just doing that. Clark, soon came up a while later after she had gotten to the fourth chapter.
"Have you gotten to the part when the Trunchbull makes her first weekly visit yet?" he asked.
Sarah smiled. When she was little, before they started fighting 24/7, Clark started to develop his reading skills. Sarah was five years old at the time, and Clark would read her a chapter from "Matilda", in attempt to teach her how to read. It didn't work, but still, Sarah loved the story, and it became her favorite book.
"No," Sarah said. "I'm just getting to her first day of school, where Amada Thripp gets thrown over the fence by the pigtails,"
Clark smiled and snuggled in next to her. Sarah made room in the blanket, so that it would cover them both.
"What's your favorite part?" she asked.
"That part where all the kids say that "DIFFICULTY" poem in front of the Trunchbull," Clark answered.
"Oh yeah,"
"Mrs. D. Mrs. I. Mrs. FFI," Clark and Sarah said togethor. "Mrs. C. Mrs. U. Mrs. LTY,"
Sarah smiled again.
"Define 'Difficulty'"she challenged.
Clark's smile faded. So did Sarah's. Something was wrong.
"It means having to deal with the fact the that Lana will always be with Whitney, because he's always there when she needs him," he said in a low voice
"Is that what she said to you when you came to apologize to her for cancelling your date with her?" asked Sarah
"Yeah,"
Sarah looked away from Clark's eyes tryingto think of someway to make him feel better.
"I mean," he said. "I can see through people like x-rays, I can lift heavy things no matter how much they weigh, but I can't be there for someone all the time,"
Sarah snapped her head towards him.
"Clark," she whispered. "That's not true,"
Sarah climbed over Clark and off the couch to go inside, but then she turned back and looked at him.
"You'll always be there for me,"
(A/N: Another chapter loaded! Please review, oh! And tell me what episode you're looking forward for me to write. Doesn't matter what season it is. I'll try and post it up when the time is right)