School at the end of the week
Chapter 5
"The
woman is psycho. She's totally stressing out my mom. She doesn't
allow television or music above three volume notches. She even gets
up earlier than my dad." Clark said to Lana in Physics class. "Plus
now the two of them are in a feud since she told him told him that'd
she'd stop at nothing until she got my mom to leave him and take me
and Chelsea with her."
"Wow" Lana said "Well at least she
goes back home tomorrow morning."
"Thank God." Clark
sighed.
"Mr. Kent, would you mind escorting Leah to the nurses
office?" His teacher interrupted, "She is feeling faint."
Clark
did as he was asked and helped the girl over to the office.
"Hi
Nurse Edna" He said entering the waiting area outside of his
schools small nurse's office.
"Clark Kent? I haven't seen
you in my office for quite some time now. Everything alright?"
"Oh
I'm fine." He said "Leah feels bit weak."
"I see."
Nurse Edna said "Well why don't you come with me dear." She
took Leah into a room in the back. Clark was on his way out when he
saw Chelsea walking out of an examining room.
"Hey Chels. You
okay?" He asked.
"Clark, h-hi." She said nervously.
"Are
you sick kiddo?"
"Sick? No I'm fine."
Clark could tell
she was nowhere near fine. "Chelsea what are doing in the nurse's
office if you're fine?" That's when he noticed the paper bag in
her hands. "What's in there?" He asked. Chelsea looked down at
the bag as if she was seeing it for he first time too. Clark was
beginning to worry and grabbed the bag out of her hands.
"Clark,
wait!" Chelsea said, but he had already seen its contents. He held
up the birth control pills in disbelief.
"It's not what you
think." Chelsea said.
"Oh really?" Clark scoffed. "Because
I think these are birth control pills."
"Clark."
"This
is unbelievable. How could you do something like that? You're a
kid." He said pulling her into the hallway
"I'm not a kid.
We've been over this Clark. What happened to the whole 'when I'm
ready I'll know' stuff you told me?" Chelsea asked.
"You're
in some baby freshman fling for a month and you lose your mind.
That's real mature Chelsea. Obviously, I had more faith in you than
I should have!" Clark said, instantly regretting his harsh words.
He wasn't really even mad at Chelsea as much as he was disappointed
in himself.
Chelsea thought of a million and one things to say,
but she knew if she so much as opened her mouth, the hot tears
beginning to form would fall from her eyes. She shook her head
vigorously and ran down the hall.
The living room
The room was ice cold and not just because Myrtle
liked a steady room temperature of 42 degrees Fahrenheit. Chelsea and
Clark couldn't even look at each other, Jonathan was all but ready
to rip Aunt Myrtle to shreds, and Martha was left to play
hostess.
"Martha darling, I'm still a bit warm. Be a dear and
turn up the air conditioner. I'd ask Jonathan but I wouldn't
trust him with such a big task." She said sarcastically.
That
was the point when Martha cracked. "Myrtle, you can treat me like
crap and talk down to me all you want. But if you ever, even for one
second, think of bullying my family again the way you have this week,
I will personally see to it that that check you get from my father
every month disappears and you end up in some horrible rest home
designed just for people like you. I've put up with your acts for
too long now." Everyone was tense, unsure of how to react.
Myrtle
got up out of her chair and said "He he! Turns out my little Martha
has some spunk in her after all. Okay I think I'm ready to head to
the train station. Lovely seeing you all. Come along now dearie."
She pointed to Martha and walked out of the house.
"Wow."
Jonathan said.
Clarks room
Clark watched a movie on his
computer after dinner when he heard a knock on his door. "Yeah?"
He called.
Chelsea opened the door. "I left my history book in
here." She said unemotionally. She found the book and was about to
leave the room when Clark stopped her.
"Chelsea, how long are we
going to do this?" He asked and got silence for a reply. "
Listen," Clark continued, "We both said some things we didn't
mean…"
"Like what?" She said, "Because I don't
remember saying ANYTHING I want to take back. In fact I don't
remember you letting me say anything at all."
"Chels, I… I
didn't know how to react. I'm sorry about yelling at you and
making you cry. And I'm sorry if it came out wrong, but I just
didn't know what to say."
Chelsea thought about it and Clark
was right. Under the circumstances, she'd probably have done the
same thing. "Why didn't you tell Mom and Dad?" She
asked.
"Well, I figure you've had enough yelling for right
now." Clark explained. "But be prepared kiddo. Dad is gonna blow
his top when he finds out."
"He wont find out." Chelsea
said.
"Oh trust me he will find out." He sighed.
"No,"
she started "I mean he wont find out, because there's nothing to
find out."
"Sex is a pretty big secret to hide in SMALLville."
Clark joked.
"I didn't have sex Clark." Chelsea said. Her
brother gave her a sideways glance as if to say, "explain" so she
did. "I got scared because…well…Ivey Geller's pregnant and
she doesn't know who the father is and she doesn't know what to
do." She spurted out.
"Wow." Clark said in disbelief.
"So
I panicked and I went to the nurse and I went on the pill."
"Wow."
Clark repeated.
Breakfast
"Clark!" Martha called up to the next day. "Chelsea will
you go get your brother."
"Sure Mom. Hey can you sign my
permission slip for gym?" She asked on the way up. Chelsea knocked
on Clark's door and to her surprise found him up and dressed when
she opened the door. "I didn't think you could superspeed that
fast."
"I didn't" Clark said "I was actually up on time
today." He said giving her a smile.
"Chelsea April Kent! Get
down her right now." Jonathan commanded.
Both Kent kids came
down the stairs. "What's wrong Mom?" Chelsea asked.
"I
went in your book bag to find your permission slip and I found these
instead." Martha said holding up the birth control pills. "What
the hell is going on?"
"Mom, I didn't… It was just a
precaution."
"A precaution?" Jonathan scoffed. "Here's a
better precaution. NOT HAVING SEX!"
"Dad we're not having
sex." Chelsea said.
"Well I don't know many other things you
need to be safe from pregnancy from." Martha said.
"I'm not
taking them. I just… it's complicated." She sighed.
"Oh we
have time." Jonathan said.
Chelsea explained that a friend of
hers was in some trouble and it scared her. She told them she was
planning on returning them to the nurse's office. The story calmed
Martha down much more than Jonathan.
"You're grounded."
Jonathan said angered.
"But Daddy…"
"Chelsea April you
are lucky I'm still letting you date this boy, don't push your
luck." Jonathan warned.
"Yes sir." Chelsea said, knowing
better than to further anger her father at that point. She and Clark
headed for school
School
"You
went on the what!" Tyler asked when Chelsea told him.
"Please
don't yell. I've already been yelled at. I get it. I know it was
stupid. I know I'm a big dumb stupid idiot, okay. I get it."
"No
you don't. Chels you're not dumb or stupid. I'm just surprised
you didn't tell me." he said.
"I didn't want you to
think…"she stopped. "What I mean is… Tyler, I'm not
ready."
"Oh." Tyler sighed.
"You're mad at me aren't
you" She said.
"I'm not mad."
"Then you're
disappointed?" she asked.
"Truthfully," he said "I'm not
disappointed. I'm not ready either. I mean, you're beautiful, and
hot, and… I love you." Chelsea looked up in shock. They'd done
the usual "love ya's" when they said goodbye, but they'd
never said those three words.
"I love you too." She said
kissing his neck (a little trick she realized drove him crazy.) He
countered by blowing on her ears (he also knew her secret weakness'.)
"Mmmm" Chelsea moaned. These were the times when she wished she
was ready. She looked down at here watch "Damn it." She sighed.
"I gotta go.."
"O come on." Tyler groaned. "It's only
3:15. Clarks probably got Torch stuff for a while anyway."
"My
dad's picking me up cuz I'm grounded. "
"Well that's
gonna be a long ride home."
"Shut up"
In the Car
"I got a 94 on my lab report." Chelsea said trying
to break the silence. "So did the tractor parts come in today?"
Jonathan just looked at the road. "Daddy please don't give me the
silent treatment."
"Well your mother told me to try not to
yell at you." He said.
"Dad I promise you, we haven't done
anything. I know you know that I'm telling you the truth." She
said.
"It doesn't make going on the pill the right decision."
He sighed.
"I know. And I'm fully prepared to face the
consequences of my actions. Plus when I went to return the pills I
brought Ivey with me. She's gonna call her parents and they're
all gonna talk…I just feel so bad about disappointing you and mom."
Chelsea said.
"Chelsea, yes, we are disappointed with your
choice, but we know you're a good kid. By taking responsibility for
your action you're showing maturity. I'm glad you and Ivey both
decided to do that." Jonathan put his hand on Chelsea's
shoulder.
After
two weeks of extra chores, no phone/computer and only seeing Tyler at
lunch during the school day, Chelsea was finally free.
"Hey!"
She said as she enterer the loft.
"Someone's looking a bit
more spry." Jonathan joked.
"I finished my chores, let's go
Clark." She smiled.
"Go where?" Jonathan asked.
" The
Tallon to meet Pete and Lana and Chloe and Tyler. I told you this
morning and Chels cleared it with mom." Clark said.
"I haven't
been anywhere besides school and home for two weeks. Oh how I miss
the outside world. Do they still laugh out there? I miss the
laughter." Chelsea said sarcastically.
"Come on." Clark
said.
The Tallon
Lana handed Clark his iced coffee. "So
you're no longer a jailbird, huh Chels?" She asked.
"Nope."
Chelsea smiled. Besides Lana, Clark and Chelsea were the first to
arrive. Chloe got there a few minutes later. Chelsea was less than
patiently waiting for Pete and Tyler to get there.
"Is it just
me or has this school year been a bit bland?" Chloe said.
"It's
not just you." Lana sighed. "I would kill for a good party. You
know, a chance to just unwind. You know who had the best parties.
Whitney. In fact I think we kissed for the first time at one of his
parties."
"Really?" Clark asked. He thought about it for a
second. "Actually my parents are planning on going to a small
business convention in Metropolis this weekend and I was thinking of
having a few people over."
Chelsea was not blind. She saw where
this was going but didn't even bother opposing the idea. She knew
her brother and he wasn't really the "party throwing type"
(except for that one time when he… threw a party.) Then she
remembered this was Lana Lang she was dealing with. The Lana Lang her
brother would do anything for. That got her a bit worried. The day
she got her freedom back he decides to throw a party. She was just
about to interrupt when Tyler and Pete walked in.
"Hey guys."
Tyler said sitting down at the table next to Chelsea. "What's
up?"
"Clark was just telling us about his potential party"
Chloe said.
"Whoa. Clark, man, do you really want to throw a
party?" Pete asked. "I mean not to say your bash freshman year
wasn't a success, but your parents didn't seem very happy about
it."
"It's just an idea." Clark said.
"Hey, let's
go for a walk." Chelsea whispered into Tyler's ear.
"So
what do you think about this whole party idea?" Tyler asked.
"Its
beyond stupid. There is no way I'm getting grounded again because
my brother wants to have a party." Chelsea sighed. "I've been
away from you too long as it is."
Tyler kissed her hand. "I
agree. Still it might be fun."
"Until my parents find out,
which they ALWAYS do. I remember once Clark wanted to go out to go
see an R rated movie with Pete and Greg Arkin, but Dad said no so
Clark snuck out. But when he tried to sneak back in it was one
o'clock and my parents had already found out. My dad goes to sleep
and about 9:30 every night so he was already super grumpy and then he
found out Clark disobeyed him. I still don't know how my father did
it, but Clark didn't sit normally for about two days. My dad
doesn't have a good temper for that kind of thing."
"What do
you mean you don't know how he did it? Your dad's a big guy."
Tyler said confused. Chelsea just shrugged. She figured it was best
not to tell him that by the time Clark was nine he was ten times
stronger than Jonathan.
"Midgie pie!" They heard in the
distance.
"That's Clark. We gotta go" Chelsea said heading
back over to the Tallon.
"He calls you midgie pie?" Tyler
asked.
"Shut up." She said lightheartedly hitting him "
Don't you have nicknames in your family?"
"Yeah, but midgie
pie?"
"Clark's always called me midget and midge and midgie
and, yes, occasionally midgie pie."
"Okay…Midgie pie." He
laughed. "Hey can I get a slice of that midgie pie."
"I'm
two seconds away from kicking your ass." She joked.
"Oh no!
I've upset midgie pie!"
"Call me midgie pie again and see
what happens." She said mock threatening him as they walked back to
the rest of the group.
"Hey." Clark said as the two
love birds walked in. "So what are you guys doing this weekend?"
Both Chelsea and Tyler shrugged.
"Great! You can help set up for
the party." Pete said.
"No problem." Chelsea said then
quickly added, "oh wait I forgot I already made plans."
"What
plans?" Clark asked
"Well I planned on not getting grounded
again this weekend. Yeah so setting up for a party YOU want to throw,
even though you know you'll inevitably get caught, that's really
not gonna fit in my schedule."
"Oh come on Chels, it's not
gonna be that many people."
"You mean like you're "intimate"
party your freshman year that ended up trashing the whole house?
The
Car ride home
"But Clark it's a stupid idea. I'm staying at
Ivey's if you throw a party." Chelsea said
"Come on Chels.
If you spend the night at Ivey's house her parent's will call and
your mom and dad will suspect something." Pete said.
Clark
looked over at Chelsea "Please kiddo. Please Please Please Please
Please Please Please…"
"Okay, okay" Chelsea sighed.
Next Saturday
"Chelsea! Clark!" Jonathan called down to his
children as he loaded the suitcases in the truck.
"There's
enough money in the coffee can for one large pizza with two toppings
for dinner. If you don't want that there's some pasta in the
fridge." Martha said quickly kissing both of her kids on the cheek
as they left the house.
"Mom, breathe." Chelsea said "We'll
be fine."
"I know… but just incase call at any
time."
"Martha we have to go or we'll get stuck in traffic."
Jonathan said.
After another three goodbyes Martha and Jonathan
finally left the driveway and Chelsea and Clark started prepping for
the party.
The loft 7 o'clock
The party was going
great. Chloe was having fun flirting with a senior named Hunter Reed
who was incredibly hot. Pete was playing a more mature version of
seven minutes in heaven with Caroline Breshner. Lana and Clark were
having yet another will they/won't they moment (A/N I hate those I
just wish they would do something). Everyone was having a great time…
everyone except Chelsea. Tyler had gotten sick the night before and
she was left with nobody to hang out with. She was headed back into
the house when someone tapped her on the shoulder.
"Hey
Chels."
She turned around to find Nick Nordan. He was in two of
her classes, but she really didn't know him. "Hey Nick." She
said.
"Where's Ty? Still sick."
She remembered Tyler and
Nick were on the same basketball team. "Uh yeah. He's still
sick."
"Well this is a great party." He said. Then he
quickly made a move, kissing her and grabbing at her.
"Stop it!"
She gasped trying to get away. Nick stifled her with his hands as he
pawed at her. "Please. Stop!" she cried. She didn't know what
to do. She closed her eyes and bit down hard on his hand. He
whimpered and she screamed, but when she opened her eyes she didn't
see Nick. It was like he just disappeared.
"Chelsea!" Clark
said running to her. She collapsed into his arms. "Oh my God.
Chelsea talk to me." He was now beginning to cry "Please baby
sister. Tell me what happened." She mumbled something before crying
again. Clark stroked her hair and begged her to tell him what was
wrong.
A/N Pretty long I know! I hope you like it though.
