Soon enough, the final bell rang. The group of friends met up in front of the school like they always did after school.

"Glad to see you made a new best friend." Cherry said to Atticus as they sat with Mo, Lionel, and Thor.

"Where is he anyway?" Lionel asked.

"Back inside," Atticus smiled. "I told him to meet us here if it was okay."

"Cool." Mo smiled from that.

"So, yeah, we do this every day after school," Atticus said to Mo. "Sometimes we talk about hanging out somewhere... Sometimes we talk about what we're gonna do with our homework... Ya know... Cool kid stuff." he then smirked.

Mo giggled from that. "How very nice for you," she then said. "I kinda wish I could've done that myself, but I was home-schooled of course."

After a little while, Conner soon came out.

"Conner! You made it!" Atticus smiled.

"That's a plus." Lionel smirked.

"This is going to be so much fun." Thor smiled.

"So, uh, where are we going?" Conner asked.

"I think the local café so you guys can get to know the area better," Atticus said to Conner and Mo. "You're both invited."

"Gosh, I'd love to go, but I have to go right home," Mo replied. "...Next time?"

"Oh... Uh... Sure." Atticus said softly.

"We'll see you later." Lionel told Mo.

"See you later." Mo replied as a car pulled up and she rushed over to it.

"Jeez, her parents must be strict." Cherry shrugged.

"Let's go to that café." Atticus then said.

"Can't I see your house?" Conner asked Atticus.

"...Maybe another time," Atticus replied. "Next time."

"Well, alright." Conner said.

"Hopefully we don't have training to do right after school," Atticus said as he looked at Thor. "Do we?"

"Uncle Drell didn't tell me, so I don't think so." Thor shrugged.

"Let's just go," Cherry replied. "There's a chocolate chip muffin with my name on it waiting for me."

"Okay. Okay." Atticus smiled.

They soon left school together to go to the local cafe to hang out, also where Hilda worked as they sat on a couch together. Atticus smiled, though he sighed a bit as he saw some people with their families as he started to miss Clark/Superman again as his death still got to him, of course with being Superman's adoptive son and all since he didn't have much of a family to begin with.

"You kids want your usual?" Hilda asked as they entered before seeing Conner. "And something for your new friend?"

"Yes, thank you, Aunt Hilda." Thor beamed.

"And this is Conner Kent," Atticus added. "He's new at our school."

"It's nice to meet you, Conner," Hilda smiled. "I'm Hilda Spellman: Thor's aunt."

"Hello, Ms. Spellman," Conner replied. "It's nice to meet you too."

"What can I get for you?" Hilda asked.

"I guess I'll just take some chocolate milk," Conner shrugged. "If that's okay."

"Certainly," Hilda smiled. "It's so nice to see you kids making some new friends."

"You can never have too many friends." Thor smiled.

"So I hear." Hilda giggled from that as she carried out their orders.

"She seems nice." Conner told the others.

"Yeah, Hilda's pretty cool sometimes." Cherry replied.

"So, Conner, where do you live?" Lionel asked.

"I live with my dad at home," Conner replied. "He's a bit of a private guy though and he doesn't want me out too late. You could say my house is around downtown."

"Hmm... Interesting." Thor said.

"I'd love to have you come over someday, but probably not yet." Conner said to his new friends.

"Yeah, just as long as you don't come to my house," Cherry shrugged. "My house is a bit... Chaotic."

"Yeah, trust us; you don't wanna be there." Lionel said.

"Seems like we're both the mysterious type." Conner remarked.

"Close!" Cherry smirked. "Good for you."

"Be nice." Thor nudged her in the arm.

"I am. I am." Cherry replied.

"Hopefully I can meet all of your families." Conner smiled at the group, though mostly at Atticus.

"Well, for Atticus; you'll only get to meet some of his family." Lionel said.

"I still look forward to it!" Conner smiled.

"Hmm... I bet you do..." Thor replied thoughtfully.

Eventually, Hilda came back with the group's usual orders and gave Conner his chocolate milk. "Here you go, Conner," she then smiled. "It's on the house since this is your first time here."

"Thanks." Conner smiled back.

"Enjoy," Hilda told the group. "Also remember to do your homework."

"Yes, Aunt Hilda." Thor replied as the adult witch left them as she had other customers to take care of.

Everybody then began to tuck into their after school treats, especially Conner who seemed to really love the chocolate milk.

"You really love chocolate milk, huh?" Atticus asked him.

"It's pretty good," Conner replied. "It tastes like love."

"Huh, that's interesting to know," Lionel smirked. "Love tastes like chocolate milk. No wonder it tasted so great once I left the 5th-Dimension."

"Guess that's why people always bring chocolates on a date." Thor said.

"Well, I like this chocolate." Conner smiled.

"Gosh, Conner, you act like you haven't had chocolate before." Cherry commented.

"Uh, let's just say that chocolate is very rare back home." Conner said innocently.

"Wow." Atticus said.

"Thanks so much though." Conner smiled.

"...He doesn't eat chocolate a lot... These new students in school are weird..." Cherry remarked to herself.

After a while, they finished their drinks. Hilda soon came back to collect their dirty dishes.

"Oh, Atticus, today was a lot of fun." Conner beamed at his new friend.

"It sure was." Atticus smiled.

"I can guess." Lionel said.

Thor looked bashful.

"You sure are an interesting fella though," Lionel smirked. "...Maybe we could get closer."

"...You don't mean..." Thor blushed.

"We won't tell anyone else until you're ready..." Lionel whispered.

Thor blushed a bit and chuckled as he looked bashful of what Lionel asked of him.

"What's with those two?" Conner asked.

"They're pretty close." Cherry replied stoically.

"I can see." Conner said.

Cherry nodded from that.

"This is going to be a great friendship; I can tell." Conner smiled as he put his arm around Atticus.

"Yes," Atticus nodded. "Yes, it is."

Eventually, they left the coffee shop to go back home to do their own things as a stretch limo came out to pick up Cherry and Lionel.

"See ya, guys!" Atticus called out.

"Wow," Conner said. "Way cool limo."

"Yeah, we know." Lionel smiled.

Alfred soon came out and opened the door for Cherry and Lionel. Cherry waved out the window as Alfred closed the door after the two and went to the driver's seat to take them back to Wayne Manor.

"Whoa! Are their parents loaded?" Conner asked Atticus.

"Uh... That's another secret..." Atticus smiled sheepishly. "You seem like a good, trustworthy friend and I'll tell you all about this someday."

"Okay." Conner said.

"This is gonna be so cool," Atticus smiled before thinking to himself. 'Also hopefully Thor will be able to be in the Justice League with me, Cherry, and Lionel. He seems so psyched about that ordeal.'

Conner smiled back as he had a lot of fun with Atticus, though looked away as he looked a bit sneaky, but Atticus didn't see that. They soon saw a car coming up to them.

"Well, looks like it's time to call it a night." Atticus said to Conner.

The car soon stopped in front of them to show Sombra.

"That's my ride," Atticus told Conner. "See you in school tomorrow."

"See you, Atticus." Conner replied.

Atticus nodded as he then went to go with Sombra to get back home. Once he was in the car and buckled up, Sombra drove off. Conner waved goodbye before narrowing his eyes, almost sneakily.

"Oh, Uncle Sombra, today sure was exciting, even if there were no bad guys to bust." Atticus remarked.

"Yeah, having no bad guys to bust can be a downer," Sombra said while driving. "So, was that a new friend of yours?"

"His name's Conner Kent," Atticus replied. "I don't think he was related to Clark, but he seemed pretty cool, like a brother to me."

"He sure did." Sombra said.

"Could I have him over some time?" Atticus asked.

"I'll have to see, Atticus," Sombra replied. "I'm not sure of outside visitors coming over just yet."

"I understand." Atticus said.

"Good boy," Sombra approved. "You'll see your friends again soon though."

Atticus smiled before he looked out the window as they went back home together.

"This is going to be a great life." Sombra said.

"I hope so too, Uncle Sombra," Atticus beamed. "I feel like it's my calling to stay with you."

"Oh, it sure is." Sombra nodded.

Atticus smiled as he got comfortable until they were back home. Conner soon went to get himself back home as well, which was a very secret location as he was not like the other kids in school, aside from having his superpowers which would be found out about later. It was a normal time so far for everybody in school, though Thor was in a lot of suspense as he wanted to be apart of the Justice League like his new friends and no one had gotten back to him yet, so he was a little stressed out which his uncle and friends could tell was bothering him.