Disclaimer: I don't own "Smallville"
Chapter 7: Craving
"Eat my dust Kent!" shouted Brianna.
"Why don't you try mine?" asked Sarah, playfully. "It's a bit more appetizing,"
Allison rolled her eyes and buried herself in the latest issue of "The Jr. Torch". They were at Brianna's house one fine afternoon, playing video games in the "Smallville Sanctuary". Of course, they were supposed to be doing something else.
"Weren't we meeting here because we needed something for Lana's birthday?" she asked slamming the paper on the table in front of her.
"Already got her a present," said Sarah, hypontized by the video game she was playing.
"What'd you get her?"
"A cute little charm braclet,"
Brianna, distracted from the game she was playing, turned and looked at her farm friend.
"Where'd you get it?" she asked.
At that moment, a video game noise was heard, and Brianna groaned. She lost the game when she realized the screen had said "Player One Loses: Game Over". Sarah smiled.
"Smallville Jewelry," she explained as she got up to get another slice of pizza. "It was on sale,"
"How much?" Allison turned around and rested her arms on the couch she was sitting on.
Sarah took a bite of pepperoni pizza instead of answering. Brianna and Allison looked at each other. Then they started guessing
"15 dollars?"
"30?"
"25?"
"10 bucks?"
Sarah shook her head as she swallowed her bite.
"50 dollars," she replied.
"50 smack-a-roos?" Allison asked disbelieving "Where'd you get the money?"
Brianna laughed.
"Where else?" she asked turning off the tv. "Milking cows, feeding the chickens, plowing fields, everything a farm girl does. She gets money out of it,"
"Actually," Sarah corrected. "Allowance,"
"Well you get allowance by doing work around the farm,"
"Mmm, that's true,"
"OK," Allison said getting her bag. "Now that you two are done with playing my video games, and stuffing your faces with two pizzas, both cheese and pepperoni, can we please go into town and get an outfit for Lana's party?"
"All right, all right already," Brianna groaned. "Hold your horses,"
Sarah and Brianna got their money off the table they had laid out, and went outside to their bikes and headed off into town. They were planning to get a new outfit for Lana's birthday party that was to be held at Lex's mansion. Brianna was excited, but Allison and Sarah thought it was okay to have a party in a Scottish Mansion owned by a billionaire bachelor. After all, they have been there before, and for a very good reason too. Brianna, however, was jealous at her friends. But, luckily, she never holds a grudge too long, so she set that aside, and got on with her life. But at Lana's party, and at Lex's mansion, they wanted to look like "out-of-this-world-cutie". They got to the most popular clothing store in Smallville, and looked around. Allison was looking at a few tank tops, when suddenly, she found Jody Melville looking at magazines like "Cosmo Girl" and "Seventeen" and "J-14". Jody was fat, but her friends didn't see her that way. But still, she wanted to be like everybody else. She walked up to her with a smile.
"Hey Jody," she greeted.
"Hi," Jody said quietly.
"See what you like in there?"
"Yeah...only I won't get it,"
Allison sighed and put a hand on Jody's shoulder.
"Jody," she said sincerely. "Don't think you're not pretty because you think you're fat,"
"But I am," Jody protested softly.
"Look, what I'm saying is, don't listen to what other people say. They don't know you the way I do,"
"Easy for you to say,"
With that Jody paid for the magazines she was reading and headed out the door into the busy streets of town. Allison shook her head in disappointment, and headed back to where her friends were.
"Sarah, how about this?" asked Brianna as she held up a cute pair of jean capris.
Sarah took the flare of the capris in her hands, and inspected it for a bit.
"Pretty cute," she said with a smile. "I got a great belt that can go with this. I just need to find a red tank top,"
Brianna grinned and held up a red tank top by the hanger.
"Way ahead of you sister," she said with a flourish.
Sarah gasped and took the tank top with both hands.
"Have I ever mentioned that you are totally cool?" she asked in a daze.
"Everyone says that Sarah," Brianna joked
Sarah smiled, and hugged her friend tightly. Brianna's expression however changed from triumphant, to "My-face-is-turning-blue-and-I-need-you-to-let-go".
"Um, Sarah," she said in a strained voice. "Can't breathe here,"
"Oh sorry," Sarah apologized and released her
"Thank you. Now, it's your turn to show me what you have for me,"
"OK. Drum roll please, Allison,"
Allison, who heard them talking on her way over, patted her legs with her hands, to imitate a drum roll. Sarah pulled out behind her back...
"A fabulous denim skirt that only costs 9.99," Sarah imitated an announcer on a fashion show. "Accompainied by this adorable white blouse with matching denim high-heels,"
Brianna nodded with satisfaction as she took the clothes in her hands.
"Cute," she said. "Very cute. Modest, but fun. Farm girl-type..."
"Hey!" Sarah protested.
"'Hey' is for horses. You can feed them later...But it is very stylish,"
"Thank you. Thank you,"
Sarah took mock bows to her friends, and suddenly they heard a laugh. They turned around to find Lana Lang, with a bright smile on her face.
"Having your own fashion show ladies?" she asked giggling.
"Hey Lana," Brianna said. "We were just getting new outfits,"
"It's just a party. You don't have to get dressed up,"
"True. But this is your party. We want to look nice. Besides, we're like the only Jr.High kids going to a High-School party in a mansion,"
Lana grimaced a little bit and sort of smirked.
"Actually," she said. "It's not my party, technically,"
"What do you mean?" asked Allison
"Nell and I have been sort of arguing the past few months. I figured I let her handle my party. But if it were up to me, it would be loud music, friends, and pizza,"
"Ah," Sarah sighed. "The perfect party. Well still, Lana, just because your aunt is not planning your party the way you want to, it is no reason that you shouldn't have fun,"
"Yeah," Allison agreed. "Why don't you ditch the party, and go to a concert or something? Give yourself a birthday present,"
"If I did," Lana laughed. "Nell would send a search party for me. Speaking of which, I better get back to the house. Clark's meeting me to help me with the math midterm. It gives me an excuse to not be the center of attention,"
"And it gives Clark an excuse to see Lana," Brianna whispered to Allison.
Lana was about to leave, but then she turned back as she spotted an outfit. She looked at Allison, and smiled. It was jeans with a brown poncho, and a white tank-top underneath.
"Allison" she remarked. "This outfit's on sale. Why don't you buy it? It would look great on you."
"Thanks Lana,"Allison thanked her as she took some clothes identical, that matched her size.
"Glad I could be of help. Bye. I'll see you guys later,"
The girls waved by to Lana, purchased their choice of clothes, and headed home.
At the Kent Farm, Sarah stood in her room in front of her long mirror, looking at herself in her new outfit. Suddenly, the door opened, and Clark rushed in.
"I need help!" he shouted desperetly.
"Yeah," Sarah said. "And I need a miracle on my hair. It keeps frizzing up,"
"Sarah..."
"All right. All right. What do you need?"
"A present,"
"Clark, your birthday's not for another..."
"Not for me. For Lana,"
Sarah smirked and folded her arms. Finally. A moment when Clark was weak, and had come rushing to her for help.
"What did you have in mind of getting her?" she asked.
"I don't know," Clark asked.
"Then why'd you come to me?"
"Uh, Cause you're a girl,"
Clark said that as though it was obvious...which it was. Sarah sighed, and turned around, inspecting her outfit a bit more.
"I don't know Clark," she said. "Sorry I couldn't be of assistance,"
"Please Sarah," Clark said, practically begging. "Whitney's gonna be out of town for Lana's birthday, and I want to buy her something other than a candy bar, and a 1.50 piece of cardboard that says 'Happy Birthday' for you,"
Sarah groaned, practically out of annoyance. Clark was going to fry her brain about this whole birthday thing with Lana. Soon a light bulb went out.
"Call Allison or Brianna," she suggested. "They might have something for you,"
Clark gave out a silent 'yes', and sped out of the room. Sarah almost laughed, and shook her head.
"Brothers," she commented.
The next day, Brianna, Allison, and Sarah were at the high school walking with Chloe, Pete, and Clark on the fresh green grass outside.
"Clark, I'm telling you," Pete smiled. "This is good news for you,"
"Kansas State gives Whitney a full scholarship and Lana gives him a tounge bath?" asked Clark.
"EWWWW!" Chloe, Allison, Brianna, and Sarah stated.
"Clark!" Sarah scolded. "How is that good news?"
"It means," Pete said. "That Lana's gonna be dateless for her party,"
"I already knew that,"
"We didn't," Brianna and Allison said in unison.
Sarah sort of smirked at that and continued walking with the rest of everybody else. They were still excited about the party, and couldn't help but talk about it, when there was nothing else to talk about. Suddenly, they heard a familiar voice.
"Hi Pete," it said.
Everybody turned around, and Allison gasped. It was Jody. Or, it looked like Jody. Except, Jody, this time, was skinnier. And she was smiling.
"Jody?" asked Pete disbelieving.
"You look..."Chloe stopped as they walked closer to Jody.
"Thinner?" asked Jody, hopeful
"I was still looking for an euphemism, but yeah,"
"Are you OK?" asked Allison
"Never better," Jody happily replied. "My diet's just starting to pay off. I bought some new clothes,"
"You look great," Pete smiled.
"Thank you for sticking up for me yesterday. Most people wouldn't have done that,"
"Most people can't stand Dustin,"
"Yeah,"
Jody started laughing a bit, nervously. Then she looked at Pete with hopeful, bright blue eyes.
"Listen..." she started. "I was wondering...do you have a date for Lana's party?"
Sarah, Allison, and Brianna looked at each other and let out silent gasps. Pete was speechless. Clark, as always, came to the rescue. He poked Pete in the back, signaling him to respond, but Pete was still dumbstruck. Clark rolled his eyes, and answered for him.
"No," he answered with a smile. "He's still free,"
"Would you like to go with me?" Jody asked Pete.
Pete was still dumbstruck, even though Clark had poked him a few times. He turned to Brianna to help.
"He'd love to," Brianna said grinning ear to ear.
"Great," Jody smiled with relief. "Well, okay, I'll see you later,"
"Bye," Pete waved softly.
Jody walked away, practically skipping for joy. Allison, however, was a little suspicious. So was Chloe. They both put their hands in their pockets, and stared after Jody.
"I don't get it," Chloe admitted.
"Women dig me," Pete smiled. "Get used to it,"
Brianna scoffed.
"In your dreams they do," she remarked.
Sarah giggled a little bit, but Clark smacked her upside the head. She let out a silent "ow" and rubbed her head, glaring at Clark.
"I meant Jody," Chloe said. "It's like she lost that weight over-night,"
"Yeah," Allison agreed. "I mean, just yesterday, I saw her looking at magazines, imagining herself skinny and a superstar,"
"If she could," Clark told Chloe, smiling. "Half the school would be after that secret,"
That afternoon, while Allison was at the "Jr. Torch" finishing up an article, Sarah and Brianna were sitting in the kitchen of the Kent Farm doing Social Studies homework that was due the next day, while Jonathon was in the kitchen making some coffee
"Who was on the Declaration Committee again?" asked Sarah.
"Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston," said Brianna not hesitating to answer.
"Thanks,"
Suddenly, they heard a knock on the door, and looked up. Lana was coming in through the screen door.
"Hello," she smiled.
"Lana!" exclaimed Mrs. Kent as she came downstairs. "Hi! Come on in,"
"Hi Lana," the girls waved.
"Hi Brianna," Lana smiled. "Hi Sarah.
"Can I interest you in a latte?" asked Jonathon.
"I'll pass. Bad waitressing flashbacks. I brought over the produce order for the party,"
Lana handed Martha a list.
"Well, you could've called it in," Martha said.
"And miss a chance of getting out of the house?" asked Lana. "Nell's planning this party like a royal wedding,"
"Oh, yeah, I can tell,"
Clark came in carrying three crates of apples. However, he didn't notice Lana was in the room.
"Dad, I got the post in the west field," he said setting the crates on the counter. "I hit some granite, but I jammed it through,"
Clark turned around and stopped. Lana was standing right in front of him, while Jonathon and Martha went wide-eyed at their son. Brianna and Sarah exchanged worried glances.
"Very impressive," Lana smiled breaking the silence.
"I had a sledgehammer," Clark replied.
"Somebody's gotta work around here...Sarah," Jonathon commented.
"I'll work on my chores after I'm done with my homework," Sarah reasoned.
"Hurry up, all right?"
"All right,"
Clark nodded his head at Lana, telling her to follow him into the other room. As they went away, Brianna, Sarah, and Mrs. Kent stopped what they were doing and listened to what they were saying.
"I thought you'd be posing for ice sculptures by now," Clark joked.
"I'm hiding out," Lana explained.
"You have my sympathies, and Whitney's not even here for back-up,"
"I know. I was contemplating stowing away in the back of his truck on Saturday,"
"A no-show for your own party?...That would keep the town talking,"
"I wouldn't do that to Nell. It's just...all this attention is a little unnerving,"
"Well, if you'd like, I could be your escort on Saturday,"
Brianna perked up and grinned at Sarah, who was grinning back. When they looked back at Lana, she seemed a little nervous. Clark then added:
"You know, I could fend off the throngs of adoring fans,"
Brianna and Sarah gaped at each other, and made faces. Clark could do better than that!
"I'd like that," Lana smiled.
"Great," Clark smiled back.
"I better go. If I'm away too long, Nell would probably send out a search party,"
Lana turned to go but turned back.
"And Clark," she said. "Promise me you'll make it this time,"
"I promise," Clark promised
Lana waved bye to everyone and went out the door. After that, Brianna and Sarah glared at Clark. He took notice of this and gave the two sixth graders a questioning look.
"What?" he asked.
"Escort to fend off the adoring fans?" asked Sarah a bit disgusted.
"Seriously Clark," Brianna leaned back in her chair. "You can do better than that,"
"What's wrong with that?" asked Clark
"Nothing Clark," Martha said softly. "We just don't want to see you get hurt,"
"Mom, Lana and I are just friends,"
"Yeah right," Brianna whispered to Sarah.
"OK," Martha said. "I'm officially butting out...So what are you gonna get her for her birthday?"
"I don't know," Clark admitted. "Any ideas?"
"My mother always said the best gifts come from the heart,"
The next morning, as Sarah was packing her bookbag in the kitchen, when she heard a knock on the door. She turned around and saw Chloe and Allison waving at her. After she zipped the bag up, she let them in.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"This!" Chloe held up a newspaper with the front page staring at Sarah. "A deer was hit on Route 5,"
"So?" asked Sarah taking the paper and setting it on the table. "Not exactly Wall of Weird material,"
"But check the paper," Allison persuaded as she pointed to a sentance on the paper. "Animal Control said that the deer died of causes unknown,"
"Again: So?"
"Well," Chloe scoffed. "Not much unknown about a bumper at 60 miles an hour. You and your family have friends down in Animal Control, right?"
"One of the perks of growing up on a farm,"
"Well," Allison said. "We were thinking we could pick up Brianna and stop there before school. You and Clark could use your pull. We could take a couple of pictures. Plus, Chloe's gonna help Clark with his gift-giving dilemma,"
Sarah went wide-eyed at Chloe and sighed with relief.
"Thank you!" she said. "You cannot believe how much he's been bugging me with that gift thing!"
Chloe laughed.
"You're welcome," she said. "Now come on. We gotta pick up Brianna, and get to the Shelter, before school. I don't want to be the reason of you guys missing first period,"
After they had picked up Brianna at her house, they drove to Smallville Animal Shelter. It was about a 15 minute drive from the Kent Farm, and a 25 minute drive to Smallville Jr. High and Smallville High. They had managed to sneak in just fine. Usually, it would be a pretty risky thing to do. But with the impressive pull Clark and Sarah pulled, things were a walk in the park.
"Very impressive use of pull: 'Can I use your bathroom?'," Chloe sommented to the Kent siblings
"Ugh," Brianna said disgusted. "I cannot believe we're creeping around here looking for road-kill,"
"It's worth a story," Allison grinned.
"Shut up Allison,"
"The deer's in here," Chloe pointed to a door beside them.
Everyone crowded around Chloe as she tried to open the door. However, it was locked. Chloe sighed.
"It's locked," she announced. "I'm gonna go find a maintenance worker,"
As Chloe went away, Clark turned to the girls and smiled. He put a finger to his lips indicating them that they should be quiet. The girls smiled as he crumpled the doorknob, and opened the door.
"Chloe, it's open!" he called Chloe.
Chloe turned around and furrowed her eyebrows in confusion as she saw the door open.
"How'd you do that?" she asked.
Clark and Sarah looked at each other and smiled at Chloe.
"Kent charm," they said togethor.
Brianna scoffed and walked in the room with everyone following her.
"Farm kids," she groaned to herself, while smiling.
Everyone crowded around the blanket covered deer that was lying on the table. Clark shut the shades on the windows, as Chloe and Allison took out their cameras, and Sarah and Brianna took out their mini notepads, and pens. Clark moved closer to the table with them. Chloe elbowed him.
"Lift it up," she ordered. "Go,"
Clark was hesitant, but lifted the blanket up anyway. He grimaced, but held the blanket in place so that Allison and Chloe could take pictures. After they were done, he let it drop down.
"Looks like jerky," he commented.
"Yech!" Sarah stuck her tounge out. "I hate jerky,"
Brianna put down her notepad after jolting down a few things, and took a clipboard that hung from the side of the table. She inspected it for a while, and raised her eyebrows.
"The lap report says the deer lost like 80 percent of its body fat," she explained. "It's like it's been liposuctioned to death,"
"What do you think it is Brianna?' asked Clark. "Some fat-sucking vampire in town?"
"This is Smallville Clark," Chloe commented. "Land of the weird, home of the strange,"
That day, at Smallville Jr. High, the girls were in the Jr. Torch Office just about done with their next issue. Allison was finishing typing the headline.
"And we are," Allison said as she hit the keys with her fingers. "Done!"
"Great," Brianna said rolling in her chair to Allison's desk to check it out. "Send it to the guys at the printers, and we're ready to roll,"
"Consider it done,"
Allison typed a bit more, and sent it just as the bell rang. Since they didn't have to stay after school, they went ahead and turned off their computers.
"Anything on the fat-sucking vampire theory?" asked Sarah as she got her bag.
"Nope," Brianna said as they walked out of the room. "I don't have any of the hacking skills Chloe has. I'm thinking about taking a few lessons from her,"
"Great," Allison groaned. "Another hacker in the group,"
"Hey! It's for the right reasons,"
"Come on," Sarah said. "Let's go see what Chloe's up to,"
As usual, the girls went to the high-school to see their friends.They told jokes and laughed on the way there. It was one of those normal memories they had in Smallville. The other memories, which they had entitled "Freak Memories", they just looked back and hide under their blankets at night with the lights on. Thankfully, Clark would always be there to protect these girls, no matter what.
"Hey look," Allison pointed ahead.
Brianna and Sarah looked up, and saw Clark in the bleachers with Lana, talking with her. They looked at each other and grinned.
"Awww," Brianna said. "A Clark and Lana moment,"
The girls continued walking on across the field. As they did, Clark was coming down the stairs from the bleachers. When he looked up, he saw the girls walking toward him and smiled.
"Hey guys," he said. "What's up?"
"The sky," the girls said.
"Oh, ha ha ha. Very funny. Come on. Let's go get Chloe and go to the farm,"
The teenager and the sixth-graders started walking off the grounds, until suddenly Brianna heard something. It sounded like a scream. She furrowed her eyebrows, and tapped Sarah who was walking beside her.
"Did you hear that?" she asked.
"Hear what?" Sarah asked softly.
"It sounded like it was coming from the back of the bleachers...come on,"
Brianna started walking toward the hallway between the bleachers, where football players come out of after they suited up for practice. Sarah stayed where she was, watching her couragous friend go. She looked back. Clark and Allison didn't seem to know they were gone, and they kept walking toward the school. Groaning, she followed Brianna to where she was headed.
"Something tells me I'm gonna regret this," she muttered to herself.
She caught up with Brianna in the hallway, and they stopped in front of a door that was open, just a little bit. "Smallville High Staff Only" it said. Brianna started to go in but Sarah grabbed her arm.
"Don't you know how to read?" she asked her. "We're not allowed in,"
"What's the matter?" asked Brianna with an eyebrow raised. "It's just a sign. I heard the noise come from here. I swear to you. Besides, I'm not the one who told her friends to sneak around LuthorCorp fields in the middle of the night,"
Sarah was amazed that Brianna had cornered her by bringing up an early memory, and scowled as she followed her in. The room was hot, and full of pipes. They dropped their bags and Sarah sighed.
"I don't see anything wrong here, Brianna," Sarah said. "Let's go back,"
"Let's look around for a few minutes," Brianna reasoned. "Something's not right,"
"Are you sure you're not hearing things?"
"Sarah, I'm positive. Don't be such a..."
Brianna didn't finish her sentance. Before she could, a blast of steam from the end of a pipe shot out in front of them. They jumped slightly but regained their composure quickly. Ducking under the blast, they crawled under carefully. They got up and leaned on each other for support
"You okay?" asked Brianna.
"Yeah," Sarah sighed. "That was almost..."
Suddenly, something jumped across them and fell to the ground at their feet. It was disgusting. It was a boy...or what looked like a boy. His body looked like it had been drained and his face was positively revolting. It stared at them with with open eyes that were practically drooping. The girls grabbed on to each other and screamed as loudly as they could. Whatever happened to the freshman, it had something to do with the deer that got hit last night.
The next day, the girls were practically working on what might've happened to Dustin (the boy from the back of the bleachers) instead of doing their school work. Once or twice, they almost got caught by their teachers but they were careful in situations like these. When lunch came around, almost every seat was taken in the cafeteria and on the picnic tables outside. So they decided to go have lunch with Clark and Chloe. They met with them in the crowded lunch area, and stood in line. To keep themselves busy, Clark and Sarah did a few rounds of thumb war. Except Clark kept cheating by threatening to lick Sarah's thumb if she didn't let him win.
"You're so paranoid," she had said to him.
"And you're so easy to torture," Clark joked as he wrapped his arms around her and swung her side to side.
Sarah rolled her eyes, and got a lunch tray. They were lucky they had picked that day to eat. Smallville High's menu for the day was personal pepperoni pizza, peaches, and breadsticks. After they had gotten their food they started talking as they went to find a table to sit at.
"I called the hospital this morning," Chloe started. "Dustin's in a coma.His body went into schock from the loss of fat. He hasn't told the police anything,"
Clark sipped some chocolate before answering.
"Time to revisit the fat-sucking-vampire theory," he remarked.
"You know," Chloe said. "If Sarah and Brianna hadn't been there, he probably would've died,"
"I know," Brianna said before turning to Sarah. "Next time, can you respect my hightened intuitions?"
"Yes," Sarah sighed.
"What I can't figure out is why anybody would want to steal body fat," Clark said, curiously.
"I know," Allison commented. "It takes eating disorders to a whole new level,"
"Not to mention, that kind of thing is gross," Sarah added before taking a bite out of a breadstick.
Everybody sat down at a table. Jody was there too. With a mountain full of food. They stared at her as she stuffed her face. They couldn't believe it. Jody had so much food it was...well let me put it this way. If you went to camp and were allowed to bring snacks, the amount of food Jody had was twice the average amount. Allison was the first one to speak.
"Jody..."she started.
"Hi guys," Jody looked up. "What's up?"
"Uh..."Clark began. "Study group. Remember?"
"Totally slipped my mind,"
Chloe looked a little bit disgusted at the way Jody was eating,"
"So," she said. "No more veggie shakes, huh?"
"Are you feeling okay?" asked Allison getting straight to the point.
"Pete said you felt sick yesterday," Clark brought up.
"Oh that!" Jody realized still eating. "I'm fully recovered,"
"Well then," Brianna said as she took a bite of pizza. "I guess it's safe to say that the diet's finally over,"
"Mmm. I'm starving. I haven't eaten anything all day,"
Allison leaned in closer to Sarah.
"I can see that," she whispered. "But when I'm ravenous, I don't order 50 dollars worth of sweets,"
Sarah raised an eyebrow, and sort of slumped.
"Yes you do," she muttered. "I saw you sneak some in your desk during fourth grade. And it was more than 50 dollars worth,"
Allison let out a slient gasp, and glared at her farm friend. But then she turned back at Jody who was still eating like a pig. Jody took notice of this and looked at everyone.
"I'm just a little nervous about the party tonight," she admitted.
"Yeah," Chloe agreed, still mildly disgusted.
"Don't worry," Allison reassured with a smile. "It's gonna be a blast,"
"Yeah!" Sarah joined in.
Sarah and Allison high-fived each other and giggled in excitment. Jody started to get up and leave,
"So, um," she started. "I'll see you guys tonight,"
Everyone waved at her. Before she left, Jody grabbed a few snacks off the table and hurried out of the cafeteria. Everyone stared at each other in confusing silence.
"Okay," Chloe started. "What was that about?"
"I don't know," Clark admitted as he got up. "I gotta fly. We'll talk about this later?"
"OK,"
"Hey!" Sarah called out to her brother. "Where are you going?"
"I'm still working on Lana's birthday gift," Clark answered his sister.
"Any hints?"
"Yeah, it's not a gift certificate,"
Sarah laughed and turned back to her friends and continued eating. Suddenly, beneath the pile of wrappers Jody had left, was a package of four cookies stacked on top of each other, and wrapped in plastic wrap.
"Oooh," she said smiling and unwrapping the cookies. "Who wants one?"
"Gimmie!" Chloe, Allison and Brianna grabbed a cookie each.
Sarah stared at her two friends, surprsied and amused. But, she knew how her friends were around cookies, so she ate the one left for herself silently.
That night, Sarah and Clark were about ready to go to the party. Sarah was just coming downstairs, all ready, to find her brother sitting on the steps, tying his shoes, as their mother ironed a blue plaid shirt.
"OK," she said stopping on the steps as Clark looked up at her. "I know I'm gonna sound all girly and everything, but, how do I look?"
"You look fine Sarah," Clark smiled. "Trust me. You're gonna have a lot of oppurtunities to go to parties, both Junior High, andHigh School. Mom, you almost done?"
"Relax Clark," Martha reassured. "You're not gonna be late for once. By the way, did you figure out what to get Lana?"
"Yeah, Lex helped me out,"
"So..." Sarah eagerly said.
"What is it?" asked Martha.
"I thought you were butting out of this," Clark remarked as he got up and walked toward her.
Martha gave off a smirk and tossed him his shirt.
"Then you better learn how to iron," she commented sarcastically.
Sarah giggled as she jumped down the steps to join her brother. Suddenly, Brianna and Chloe came barging in, with papers in their hands. It looked like they had something important.
"Hi Chloe,"Martha smiled. "Hi Brianna,"
"Hi Mrs. Kent," Chloe and Brianna chorused.
"You guys have to take a look at this," Brianna shoved a piece of paper to Clark as they strode up.
"Chloe, Brianna," Sarah started. "Why aren't you two dressed?"
"We didn't have time," Chloe explained. "Clark, Sarah, you really, really need to check this out,"
Clark looked at the paper Brianna had given him, and read it aloud as Sarah looked over his shoulders. Of course, with Clark being taller than her, and her being shorter than him, it was quite difficult. So she pouted a bit, like a four year old, and listened to what he said.
"Smallville body and fender,"Clark read aloud. "Replaced windshield, replaced side panels. Cause of accident...Impact with deer,"
"It was Jody's car," Chloe explained.
"What do you think happened to her?"
"Her house is built right next to one of the big meteor hits,"
"And she lost all that weight by drinking juice from vegetables grown in the soil in her greenhouse," Brianna added.
"It must have done something to her metabolism," Sarah realized. "She's losing weight too fast to keep up with regular food,"
"And that's why she needs body fat," Clark said.
"We have to find her," Brianna said.
Clark started to go, but Sarah thought of something.
"Clark wait!" she called out to him. "Jody wouldn't let anything keep her from getting to that party,"
Clark stared at his sister for a minute, then grew wide-eyed, catching what she was saying.
"Pete," he said worried.
While Chloe took Sarah and Allison to the party, Brianna decided to stay behind and help Clark get to Pete and Jody before anything could happen.
"Besides," she had said to him before they left. "Sarah and Allison can't have all the fun,"
Before they left, Clark had sat Brianna on his shoulders, like he always did with Sarah and Allison and they super-sped to Jody's house. Pete's car was out front and the door was open. Brianna and Clark looked at each other. Pete was here, and they were afraid that Jody had gotten to him before they. Quickly, they rushed into the house.
"Pete?" Clark shouted.
"Jody?" called Brianna.
No answer came from either. That got the both of them worried. They stood by each other looking for one of their friends, to see if they could help one another find each other. Suddenly, Brianna heard a moan from one of the rooms. She gasped. It was coming from the kitchen. Quickly they rushed in to find Pete on the ground, trying to revive, and bent down beside him.
"Pete are you okay?" asked Clark. "Pete, what's wrong?"
Brianna looked around to see if she could find Jody anywhere near. Instead, she found the back door to the kitchen open, just a bit. She tapped Clark on the shoulder, and he saw it too, knowing Jody had escaped. As fast as they could, Clark grabbed Brianna around the waist and they super-sped out of the house and to the front of the greenhouse. Cautiously, they walked in, and closed the door.
"Jody?" Brianna called out.
She heard nothing from Jody. Not even a peep. Instead, she got a groan from Clark. She turned to him curiuosly, and saw that he was bending over, looking pale. Her eyebrows raised in surprise. That could only mean one, simple, little, thing.
"Meteor rocks," she whispered. "We have to get out of here,"
Suddenly, Brianna felt something hit her head, and she fell to the ground, knocked out. Clark turned to her in surprise, and turned around. There was Jody in a red dress, a black jacket, and her hair up. She had a shovel in her hand which she used to knock down Clark to the ground.
"Why can't you just leave me alone?" she asked angrily.
"You're sick," Clark said weakly, as he struggled to get up. "Whatever you did to yourself, you can get help,"
"All I wanted was to be thin!"
Jody tried to hit him again, but Clark ducked out of the way. She tried to hit him again, but this time, Clark caught the handle in his hand. So instead, she kicked him.
"Jody, this isn't you," Clark struggled.
"What?" asked Jody, in a mocking way. "Isn't this what I'm supposed to look like?"
After she had said that, Jody hit Clark in the face with the metal part of the shovel, and he went flying, smashing through a glass partition. He was knocked out on the ground, and he just laid there on the dirt. Jody raised the shovel to finish him off, but stopped as she looked down. There on the broken glass, was her reflection. Broken shards showed different sides of Jody. Terrified of herself, she turned away. What she didn't realize, is that Clark was trying to get up from behind her.
"Look at me," she said to herself. "I'm a freak,"
Clark struggled as he got up, trying to regain his composure. Jody's eyes darkened.
"I know how to stop this for good," she said.
With all her might, Jody smashed a gas pipe that was near her with the shovel. As the horrible smell of arsen filled the air, she smashed the halogn lamps that hung in the air, glass falling everywhere. Clark knew what she was going to do, as he gathered Brianna in his arms. Jody was going to burn the greenhouse down, and him and Brianna with it. He tried to grab a hold of her.
"No...wait...," he said struggling
Meanwhile, Pete officially woke up to the sound of a big band coming from outside.
"Jody!" he called out as he ran out.
Pete stopped as he saw the burning greenhouse in front of him. Suddenly, he heard somone call his name.
"Pete!" he heard Clark's voice. "Get over here! Quick!"
Pete looked to his right, and saw Clark putting Jody down right by Brianna's unconsious form. He ran toward them and bent down beside Jody.
"Clark," he started. "Are they okay?"
"I think so," Clark answered. "But we need to get Jody to a hospital,"
Suddenly, the two boys heard a groan, and turned to Brianna. She was waking up. Clark gathered her upper body in his arms, and shook her softly.
"Brianna," he whispered. "Are you okay?"
Brianna fluttered her eyes open and looked up at her two friends. She snapped a mock glare at Clark, despite her tiredness and the headache she was given by Jody.
"Next time we go after a fat-sucking vampire," she said softly. "You're on your own,"
Clark looked at Pete and laughed silently, as he hugged Brianna tightly in his arms.
That night, at the Kent farm, the girls were sitting in the living room in their night-wear, talking and laughing. Allison was in a big, long shirt that went to her knees with Tweety Bird on it, Brianna had on a pink shirt with purple shorts on that tied at the waist, and Sarah had on a silky pajama set that had clouds on them.
"You missed one heck of a party!" Allison exclaimed. "The music was great!"
"Oh!" Sarah brought up. "And the food! Oh! I've never like that since...,"
"...this morning!"
Allison laughed, but Sarah smacked her upside the head, adding a "Shut-up" in the process. Brianan slumped in her seat and started being sarcastic.
"I'm glad you guys had fun," she muttered. "I had a HUGE BLAST getting hit in the head with a shovel,"
"Don't worry," Sarah said. "I got a few slices from the cake. We can all have it later. Lana let me swipe 'em when Nell wasn't looking,"
"So what happened to Jody?" asked Allison
"She's on her way to Metropolis General," Brianna explained. "Her dad's gonna meet her there...Clark was upset that he missed her birthday party,"
"Ah!" Sarah said smiling at her friends. "But I know what he's doing about it,"
"What?"
"You know where he is,"
"No," Brianna and Allison said in unision.
Sarah smiled evilly.
"He's at Lana's house throwing rocks at her window, ready to give her his present to her," she said. "He's going to show her Bugs Bunny cartoons on the side of the barn,"
"Awww," Brianna cooed. "How romantic. Their own personal drive in,"
"Blech!" Allison commented. "All this romance is making me sick and hungry at the same time. Where's the extra cake?"
"In the fridge," Sarah pointed behind her.
Allison got up and walked toward the kitchen. As she did, an idea popped inside that evil little mind of hers. She grinned, and reached into the fridge grabbing the plate of cake wrapped in plastic wrap. Silently, she tiptoed out of the kitchen when...
"Hey!" Brianna and Sarah had taken notice of Allison's plot.
Allison let out a small "meep!" and ran out of the house, like Road Runner. Sarah and Brianna followed her, laughing and yelling at the same time. Finally, after much running, Allison gave up, and gave pieces of cake. As they took bites of it, they heard the end theme of the "Looney Toons" song. They looked at the screen, and smiled at each other.
"THAT'S ALL FOLKS!" they said togethor.
(A/N: Yippie! Finally finished this chapter. OK, listen up ppls. I won't be able to update for a while after Saturday. I have some things to do. So I might be able to post up one or two more chappies on each of my stories before then. But after Saturday, it might be a week or so before you see another one. But hey, I'll be able to work on some of the future chapters while I'm gone! Review please! Oh! And tell me what you're favorite Brianna and/or Allison line or moment is. :-))