The Road to Happiness, The Long One
A/N: Just some info: I'm a male teen so I have absolutely no idea how girls and women act or process what guys do so I'm doing my best. Next, this school just seemed better without any lockers, so they all go straight to their next class with their books always on them. Last, I'm a guy that doesn't know how to be socially adequate too well, so that's why Cal and Mason are 'outcasts' to the other students.
SSF (Summary So Far): Cal saved Kara. Kara has invited Cal and Mason to dinner at her parents after school today. Cal, Mason, Kara, and Barbara all had some interesting events in their first 2 periods. But as the third period started, a gunshot goes off. Cal fights off the 6 armed gunmen and uses his powers to make everyone forget what he did. But Kara and Barbara still remember. Cal and Mason get to their orphanage and realize it's Cal's birthday. Cal is painfully reminded of his father leaving him on the doorstep. Cal and Mason create special handcuffs to subdue super villains. Cal decides to go after Morph Duchess and the Unnamed. The Unnamed doesn't show up, but Cal stops Duchess, but before that can happen, a clone of the Unnamed and Supergirl appear. Cal takes out the clone (that happens to have kryptonite knives) while Kara takes out Duchess. Supergirl takes the newly caught villains to the Justice League, and Batman begins the trail to find 'The Protector' (Kara's name for Cal in his armor). Cal and Mason go to school and Kara and Barbara learn about how Cal was tortured by sadistic rich snobs. Jason, Kara's ex, threatens Cal and Kara and Cal threatens to destroy him painfully if he hurts Kara. Cal plans and prepares for his date with Kara. Boom, all caught up.
Characters: Cal (Your "average" mysterious male), Mason (Cal's best and most trustworthy buddy), Kara Danvers (Kara Zor-El, AKA Supergirl), Jason (Kara's Ex), Barbara Gordon (Batgirl), Dick Grayson (Nightwing), Clark Kent (Superman), Lois Lane (Superman's wife), Batman, and more that aren't quite ready to be presented yet. (Lots of characters are Out of Character (OOC).)
Chapter 7
Cal waited for Kara to arrive. He was waiting at the entrance to the school. He checked his phone, 3:30. He had been waiting for almost a half an hour. He had said goodbye to Mason at the end of school. He looked around, starting to lose hope that she would even show up. But then Kara turned the corner and Cal's eyes lit up. He waved and Kara smiled and waved back.
"Ready for our date?" Cal asked. Kara silently nodded and wrapped her arm around Cal's elbow. Cal smiled, "And we're off my lady!" Kara giggled. Cal led her to the Uber that he had paid to take them. Cal opened the door and let Kara get in first. Before Cal got in, he looked into the sky and mouthed 'so far so good'. He then climbed in and Kara squeaked in excitement.
"I can't wait!" Kara said in excitement. Cal smiled.
"Well, what took you so long?" Cal joked, "We almost missed the movie!" Kara smiled at his joking awkwardness. She took Cal's hand.
"Well, I had to catch up with some friends and I lost track of time," Kara shamefully admitted.
Cal smiled, "Oh well, all's well that ends, or starts, well." Kara smiled.
"I'm really sorry," Kara apologized.
"Kara," Cal looked her in the eyes, "It's ok, no harm done." Kara looked away and smiled. Cal squeezed her hand reassuringly. "Oh, quick question, feel free to not answer, but… Do you know a Jason?" Kara's eyes widened.
"Oh no, did he do something?" Kara asked concerned.
"What? No, no… He just… I 'met' him… today…" Cal said slowly. He chose his words carefully.
"Cal… don't lie to me, what did he do?" Kara demanded.
"Um… he just… came up to me to… 'talk'…" Cal mumbled. Kara crossed her arms.
"What did he do?!" Kara asked, concerned beyond belief.
"He just… wanted to… know how you're doing…" Cal continued to choose his words carefully. Kara glared at him.
"Oh look! We'll finish this later, we're here!" Cal said.
"This isn't over!" Kara said. They got out and Cal paid the driver, telling him to keep the change. The driver thanked him and drove off.
"Well, here we are. The movie theater…" Kara said, smiling. Cal smiled at her and pulled her along to the ticket booth.
"2 tickets for 'The Conjuring 2', 4:00," Cal said to the attendant.
"2 tickets for 'The Conjuring 2', 4:00," the attendant repeated. "Unfortunately we are all sold out until an 8:00 showing, is that ok?"
"Um, sure," Cal answered.
"Ok, then, 8:00 it is," She took Cal's money and gave him 2 tickets. Cal thanked her and turned to Kara.
"What do you want to do till 8?" Cal asked.
"Mall?"
"Sure," Cal called another Uber and they rode to the mall, joking and playing around. When they arrived at the mall, Cal set up a few rules. "No excessive shopping, no making me carry around random and unnecessary objects or bags, and I'm the only one who pays for whatever we do."
"Ok, fine, and no," Kara agreed.
"…"
"NO," Kara said.
"…"
"Fine…" Kara grumbled, "but then only the arcades and food!"
"You strike a hard bargain," Cal said, shaking her hand. They walked to the arcades, hand in hand. Kara convinced Cal to attempt a dancing game, which caused Cal's face to become extremely red at Kara's amusement. They played a shooting game, which was brutal considering Kara turned on Cal midway through the game. Kara pointed the connected red gun at Cal and clicked the trigger. Cal laughed at turned his connected blue gun at Kara, and they had a quick nobody-won fake gunfight. It ended with Cal hugging Kara from behind with Kara laughing. They laughed and decided to get some food. "Where do you want to eat?"
"Um, what's in the mall?" Kara asked.
"Subway? I think…" Cal said.
"Subway it is!" Kara said. They walked to Subway and spent the next few hours eating and playing games and just straight up having fun with each other. Finally, Cal and Kara made their way back to the theater. They walked in together, Cal holding the door open for her. Cal gave the tickets to the next attendant and Kara quickly walked to the concessions line. Cal followed her to the line. They were 3rd in line.
"What would you like?" Cal asked.
"Um, well, I would like a drink and some popcorn…" Kara said quietly.
"Anything else? You can get whatever you'd like…" Cal said reassuringly.
"…maybe some Junior Mints…" Kara said quickly. Cal smiled. Kara took his hand. "I'm not too hungry, maybe we could just share?"
"You sure?" Cal asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure," Kara said blushing.
"Ok, then, 2 Junior Mints, 1 large popcorn, and 1 large soda," Cal said. The cashier nodded and started to put his order together. Cal glanced around and noticed a familiar face. Cal's eyes widened in shock and the man smiled and put his finger to his lips. The man wore dark clothing and a dark hat that hid most of his face, but no one paid any attention to him. His eye's glinted with that spark of hope just like Cal's. His hair was graying and his beard was old-man-Gandalf style, but a bit shorter and thicker.
"Why did you get 2 Junior Mints? I thought we were going to share," Kara said, ripping Cal's attention from his old friend.
"Well, I figured you'd want one to take home," Cal said.
"Awwwhhh! You're so thoughtful!" Kara smiled and held tighter to Cal's hand. Cal smiled back.
"Here you go, that'll be $17.59," the cashier said. Cal's face held a brief surprised look, then smiled and paid. They gave him his change quickly and Kara pulled him away towards the appropriate room. Cal glanced around for his familiar friend, but there was no sign of him. They got into the room, and Kara pulled Cal to the furthest back row and sat down in the middle seat. Cal sat to her right. Kara tasked Cal with holding the popcorn.
"Wait, how are we going to both drink this? I didn't grab a straw," Kara said. Cal smiled and pulled 2 straws from his pocket. Kara smiled. "2? Scared to get cooties?"
"No, but some people get thirsty at the same time…" Cal said reasonably. Kara shook her head.
"Well, do 2 straws even fit?" Kara asked.
"Well, that's what she said. Sorry, had to. Second, I will make it fit," Cal answered.
"Why don't you just wait for me to finish taking a drink?" Kara asked.
"Well, if there are 2 straws and we both take a drink at the same time, we can—" Cal said.
"-We can stare into each other's eyes," Kara finished. Cal tilted his head and narrowed his eyes a bit.
"I was gonna say 'awkwardly see who will finish drinking first', but let's go with that instead," Cal joked. Kara laughed. Then the movie began to play. At first, Kara only held Cal's hand, but as the movie went on, Kara progressed to hugging his arm, and, eventually, straight up sitting on Cal's lap and snuggling against him. Kara was frightened of the movie, but Cal wrapped his arms around her comfortingly. The movie went on, all 2 hours of it, and Kara clung to Cal, but Cal didn't mind. They finished the movie and Kara continued to cling to Cal. Cal nudged her gently. "You awake?" he asked.
"Yeah, I just don't want evil 'Nunny McPhee' to appear in front of me," Kara whispered. Cal tried to hide his smile.
"I've got you Kara, I've got you," Cal carried Kara down to the lobby, ignoring the judgmental stares of passersby. "Do you want to walk now? Or do you want me to carry you outside?" Kara childishly snuggled her face into Cal's chest. "Carry you outside it is." He carried Kara outside and managed to hold on to her while calling for an Uber. They waited there until the car pulled up, and when it did, Cal gently let Kara down. He carefully ushered her to the car.
"Thank you Cal, for a wonderful evening," Kara said. Cal smiled.
"No, THANK YOU for letting me take you out," Cal said. Kara laughed and looked down.
"I had a great time," Kara whispered.
"I would hope so," Cal whispered. Kara grinned. Cal leaned in slowly. Cal cupped her cheek, leaned in, and kissed her lightly, but passionately. They parted slowly, and Kara held Cal's hand on her cheek.
"See you tomorrow," Kara whispered, beaming.
"See you tomorrow, have a good night. Goodnight," Cal whispered back, grinning. Kara got in the car, waving goodbye. She told the driver her address and before they drove off, Cal gave the driver some money. They drove away, leaving Cal smiling and waving goodbye. Cal called another Uber and while he was waiting, he started to call Mason. It went straight to voicemail, but Cal didn't mind leaving a message.
"Hey Mason, I know it got a little late, the tickets were full till an 8 o'clock showing. Anyway, it went great and I'll tell you all about it," Cal said, but the car drove up. He got in the car and told the driver his address. "Anyway, as I was…." Cal trailed off as he noticed what the driver was wearing. It was a bomb vest and Cal knew what that meant.
"Για την αιτία, Callum. Χρόνος λέει αντίο! (For 'The Cause', Callum. Chronos says goodbye!)" the man said and pressed down on the button on his remote. Cal heard the rapid beeping and attempted to escape the car. Cal got the door open when the car blew up.
*BOOOOOM*