Okay, here's the answer to last chapter's names and situation.
The names of Bart's friends, Mac and Cass, are characters from the wonderful show Veronica Mars. Yeah, there's the Kyle tie-in. He played Cass aka Cassidy Casablancas, evil-doer for the first two seasons.
The situation has to do with Martha in Congress. Clark said an old guy named Stackhouse had a filibuster going and that no one could leave. This is from the West Wing when the Senior Staff all had to stay while an elderly senator named Stackhouse stalled from getting a bill passed. He wanted to add an attachment for autism research because he has a grandchild with autism but didn't want to usehim as the reason and put him into the spotlight. There, and Kyle Gallner wasn't on that show.
D: I don't own Smallville, Veronica Mars or West Wing.
Bart woke up in his room, even though he remembered falling asleep in the living room. He looked down to see his suit still on from last night. He quickly changed and went to the kitchen to get something to eat.
Oliver was reading the latest edition of the Daily Planet. The headline of the latest robbery blared on the front. Bart grabbed a carton of eggs and a bowl and started cracking. "Is that all for you?" he asked.
"Even I can't eat 24 eggs, Oliver. I will be willing to share. Do you want them with ham?" Bart smirked.
Oliver was about to say yes until he caught onto the joke. "Bart, I do not want green eggs."
"Not even if the green's healthy."
"Why, are the eggs old enough to count as penicillin?"
"Oliver, you made a joke. I'm impressed." Bart had both hands on his heart and let himself go gently down onto the floor. "I think I'm having a heart attack."
"If you having a heart attack, you would be clutching your left arm."
"It sounds like Oliver's back to his old self," someone observed. Chloe stood at the entrance of the kitchen with Vic and AC looking over her shoulder in amusement. Chloe stepped into the kitchen and sat close to Oliver while AC and Vic took more stuff out of the fridge.
Bart snuck spinach out of the freezer and green peppers and cucumbers out of the crisper. He was chopping them up and sliding them in with the eggs. As soon as they were done, Bart put a spoonful on a plate and along with toast and ham, slid it towards Oliver. Once Oliver saw what was on his plate, everyone around him couldn't hold it in and started laughing. "Hey, at least the green's healthy," Vic noted.
Oliver pulled Bart into a headlock and kept him there for a minute was knuckling his head. "Ollie, anyone tell you you have sharp knuckles? Oww," Bart commented. He pulled out and sat at his plate. The rest of the meal went in relative silence until Oliver mentioned getting Bart a class ring.
"Ooo, a class ring. Now Bart can finally say he went to high school," Chloe snarked.
"Hey, don't bash the ring," AC cut in, "Sometimes, it's the best reminder that you went to school."
"Right, maybe I should tell you guys about Clark's red kryptonite ring?" Chloe partially revealed.
"I know about green kryptonite. What does red do?" Bart asked.
"Chloe! Don't even think about telling them," Clark shouted from the other room.
"Sorry, guys," she said and after one attempt by Bart to come with them so he could match the stone to the color of her eyes, she left for her job at the Isis Foundation.
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"Ollie, there was a jewelry store inside the tower. Why are we here?" Bart asked. Both of them were standing outside of a small shop about a half-mile from the tower.
"I got mine through here. My father got his through here and my grandfather got his through here. I'm just carrying on the tradition," he explained. Bart just stared at him but followed him in anyways.
"Mr. Queen, it is a pleasure to see you again. The last time I saw you, that was when you were getting your ring, correct?" the man behind the counter asked.
"That would have been around the last time, yes. I'm here to get Bart a ring, Mr. Olivander" he introduced, clasping Bart's shoulder.
"Of course, of course. I heard about you taking in someone. News gets around to these old ears. Come along, boy," he said, motioning with his finger. Bart looked back at Oliver and then went forward.
The jeweler showed him to the stones first. Bart was looking at the greens to match Chloe's eyes, but his fingers moved to a bright red stone. "Excellent choice. I believe it matches your personality well," the man said, picking up the stone. They went through all the choices needed to make a class ring and the man went off to fill out the form for the ring.
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"So, back to the tower, Ollie?" Bart asked. They were about five blocks from the tower.
"Actually, I'm thinking about running some errands."
"What? No. I wanted to get back and kick Vic's butt."
"Too bad, besides, I could use some help."
"With what?"
"Let's see. You ate about half the food in two days and today's breakfast. And we need to plan your party."
"Party? Party! I'm getting a party! Woo hoo!" Bart yelled, raising his fists into the air.
"It's a graduation party. Which means after you'll have to write several thank-you cards."
"I can only name seven people that I need to invite. Who are you inviting?"
"I'm assuming you have Clark, Mrs. Kent, Chloe, Lois, AC, Vic and Dinah. I need to invite several business associates, the secretaries of the floor…"
"Ah, so you're mixing business and pleasure?"
"I'm mixing the business people into the pleasure, Bart. First things first, we need to get some money out of the accounts." Oliver led Bart into a marbled lobby.
"Why aren't you using checks?"
"I've neglected to keep my book updated."
"And the less cryptic message would be…" Bart looked at Oliver, before it dawned on him. "Ollie, you don't have any checks. This is why people are going over to cards, you know." He started laughing and didn't completely stop until Oliver had him in a chokehold.
"And I have certain reasons why I haven't been getting them." Truth be told, he had been more worried over the past two months than at any point during the Ridge explosion. The false FBI agent that had gotten away from the sting a couple of months back turned out to be a meteor affected that could change his appearance at will. Not knowing where the man was going to strike next had almost caused Oliver to pull Bart out of the high school. It was only with wrestling with everyone so that way they had codes to go by that Bart was allowed to stay in.
Oliver was almost at the window when three shots rang out. Oliver pulled Bart down before gathering in the situation. "Everyone freeze, this is a robbery," the single man that stood at the door yelled. He proceeded to lock the door and move his way through the crowd on the floor. He stopped right at the head of Oliver. "Long time, no see, Queen."
Oh, cliffhanger. I have one very easy name to find in here. Very easy.
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