A/N:Sorry guys for those who been waiting for this update. I've been on a hit with my other fic "You, Me, & the RBB" that I kinda forgot about this one, as well as being on major writers block. But thanks so much to KryptoInDaHouse, Iya24, run awayand others who pushed me with their reviews for an update with this fic :) And Thanks so much for all who read and gave a review, Whoot!
These chapters aren't going to be as long as I like with a lot going on like how I'm use to doing except for one scene at a time in each, chapter maybe, cuz of college I don't have the time as I would like to be writing so I'll post shorts if and when I can, but the next update I'll be working on will be for my other fic, though I know what I want the next chapter to be in this as well. Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 1: Ellen the Secret
Part 3: Passing Notes
EPOV
My hands felt like a miniature Water Park was built on them, they were so sweaty and I swiped my hands down my denim jeans before latching onto the knob and turning it to enter class. It was pretty much full, other teens my age chatting loudly about plans after school, upcoming parties and events or the latest movies they wanted to see or music to listen to. Who had a crush on who? Guys. Girls. Is that one single? Why did they break up?
Can I copy your homework from last night?--Crap! I forgot about the assignment....Nice one, El. I dropped my head back and groaned, I wasn't stupid....lazy--sometimes--but far from being incompetent. School just bored me, especially when there was really no challenge. I could easily solve every problem in my Math book if I wanted to in less than an hour. What stopped me?
Me.
I found school a waste of time, always what are your dreams? What goals do you expect to accomplish in your life? How could I even think about life when I wasn't even sure if I wanted the life I have. Ok, don't give me that look. I don't brood....I like to call it contemplating.....very heavily. I am fifteen....half Kryptonian....hating and envying others who could live normal lives. Not lives filled with physical tests, blood samples needed to be taken....skin samples.....feeling like a freak or a lab rat just because I'm different.
Another groan escaped my mouth as I manuvered through the maze of tables and student bodies to get to my own that sat two students at each rectangular, gray slab. I waved and said hello to a few of the girls and guys I was friends with as I made my way over. Only noticing when I was beside my table and mind back to the reason for my insides feeling all giddy, that the butterflies stopped tickling me, heart feeling like it dropped into my stomach when I saw he wasn't there...
"Aunt Kara." I moaned and flopped into the seat, upset and on the verge of anger or tears which ever came first.
This so wasn't fair! Out of the whole school day, second class was the only time I could have with him alone.....the only time where I didn't share class with a sibling or cousin. It was just me and him.....and now because of my stupid mouth and me not letting things drop with the Luthors. The fight we had in the hall turned into the Luthors siblings being sent to the Principal's office to be questioned. It wasn't even his fault!
"Uhh!" The teacher wasn't in the room yet so I didn't care about making a loud noise, it just drowned and merged with the other loud sounds in the classroom as a dropped my face into my folded arms wanting to hide away from everything.
I didn't have my homework completed and in five minutes top Mrs Haller would be in the class to collect them and start with today's assignment. One I wouldn't be looking forward to with an empty chair next to my left side....I wonder if I can get away with being sent to the Nurses office again? It's worth a shot.
"Hey, what's with the long face?" The chair next to me scratched against the floor as it slid back and a warm breath caressed parts of my ear that wasn't covered by my rebellious curls.
This time the butterflies opted to jump around on a trampoline inside my stomach and for a moment I couldn't breath in fear I was imaging him being there. As if concerned his fingers combed through my hair to part the dark strands from the side of my face and an instant shudder ran through me. I wasn't cold.....not by far. I turned by face toward him to grace him with a small smirk and to see him....it was enough just to look at him and I would be happy.
"You couldn't see my face. How do you know what it looked like?" I replied coolly and the slight concern on his face turned into a smile, making him even more attractive.
What could I say? How could a girl describe a guy that was so hot, beautiful in a masculine way? He was just a heart-stop, his tint of red hair from his father, when Lex actually had hair, blended with the raven color of his mom's and at times it was so hard to tell if it was inky black with a tint of red or deep blood red with tints of black. It was always neatly cut and cropped into short disarray of spikes and curls.
He had the eyes you wouldn't mind starring into any length of time, deep brown with just a hint of olive green flecks mingled with the darker shade.....they were my favorite thing about him besides his lips which I wish were covering mines right now, but seeing as we were in class and the teacher could walk in any minute I refrained. Well, he refrained, I could care less but he was proper, sophisticated what else could you expect from Lex?....But not snobbish at least Lana was there as a mom to keep him real and more decent then his other siblings were.
Believe me, it still irks me to know his father and mother are none other then Lex and Lana Luthor, bitter rivals of my parents. Oh, God, I can sure pick 'em! I could only imagine my mom getting so upset and going into early labor and daddy taking Julian as far as space and dropping him down to earth just catching in time from smashing into the ground if they ever found out.
I came to at the feel of the pads of his fingers tracing down my cheek and saw my favorite smile grace his lips the one that told me my mind has wondered off somewhere and I couldn't help but blush. He leaned over closer to me his face mere inches away that all I would have to do was lift my head and our lips would touch, but I stayed there frozen as his eyes held mine and his mouth never stopped with the smile that captivated me.
"I know, because I can't get how beautiful you are out of my head."
At that moment Mrs Haller decided to come to class and I was flushed by his words--Did I mention charming, as well?--like as if I was running a fever and I knew she noticed as she raised her brow at me.
"Miss Kent, are you feeling ok?" She asked in her teacherly voice not wanting any sickness of coughing or sneezing to interrupt her class and I couldn't help but flush more as a few of my girl friends giggled knowing the reason why for the tint over my skin. He was sitting right next to me!
"No, Mrs Haller...I-I'm ok." I pulled at my shirt and cleared my throat softly. "It's just a bit stuffy in here."
'I know why it's stuffy for her.' Kelly's voice came to my ears and my head naturally turned to glare at her as she and Stephanie tried not to look my way.
"Ok class settle down." Mrs Haller scolded and everyone went quiet....as quiet as a room full of teens could be in these days, there was always silent talking--texting and passing notes just as long as one didn't get caught. "Mr Luthor could you please open the window next to you, if you don't mind?"
"No problem, Mrs Haller." Julian replied in a respectful tone, he was raised a gentleman after all maybe a little old fashion compared to the moron males today, but it was part of his charm and I would take it over the brainless goons that called themselves guys in my school any day of the week.
"Thanks." I said smiling appreciatively as he sat back down, returning the smile and tugging softly on one of my loose, curly strands which Mrs Haller couldn't help but notice and cleared her throat roughly at the PDA which wasn't allowed in class or barely allowed anywhere else in the school.
He dropped his hand from my hair, mindful of his elders but as Mrs. Haller turned toward everyone to begin class I slipped my hand under the desk to intwine our fingers and I could feel him softly squeeze and gingerly run his thumb over my knuckles and I knew he was secretly smiling because my own lips were doing the same that was until I heard:
"Ok, class get your homework from last night out I will be around to collect them."
Double crap! I was so fixed on Julian I forgot all about the assignment I didn't do and she was heading for our table next. Just my luck I'd be the last she come and get the assignment from, the only one who didn't do said assignment and get laughed at by the classroom. I bit nervously on my bottom lip watching as she took the paper from Julian's hand and then her hard, cold eyes fell on me as if she could smell that I had nothing to give her.
"Miss Kent, your homework?" Mrs Haller asked and as if I wasn't already sweating bullets enough she had to say it so loud that the entire class seemed to be watching me, waiting for the moment when I would reply 'I don't have it' so they could erupt in a fit of laughs and taunting remarks....So my head was telling me anyway and my heart pounding away in my chest believed it.
My mouth felt dried as I opened it slowly...everything felt like timed had been set to a crawl. "I-I don-"
"Here, El, you forgot your homework at my place when we were studying." Julian handed me 'my' homework and with unsteady hands I took it from him and handed it to Mrs Haller who looked like she wasn't totally convinced.
"Nice that you guys have study dates, others should take the same note and maybe they'll get half the grades as you two." She accused and I couldn't help but blush at the word date, even though it wasn't meant that way, and she turned up her nose to walk back in front of the class and begin our next lecture.
He unfolded his glasses from it's expensive gold box and placed them on the bridge of his nose, he looked like a sophisticated geek, thrown in with hotness and he was totally irresistible and I couldn't help the little sigh that came from my mouth as I stared because at that moment saving my butt the way he did, he was an angle.
"You're drooling." He whispered and chucked up my chin to close my mouth playfully as he let out a soft chuckle.
"Am not." I retorted back in a whisper, whipping my mouth just in case I was but went silent as Mrs Haller glared at us for talking and I rolled my eyes when she looked away still taking about integers, intervals and the newest set of complicated math problems for our young minds to muck up.
My blue eyes glanced over next to me as I heard a piece of paper rip, it was just background noise compared to the loud talking of Mrs Haller as she addressed the class with our lesson for the day. He then picked up a pen and began to write something down, his hand seem to flow and glide over the paper. He had a beautiful manuscript writing, but with the way his father was the best and no less was expected of his children.
Then when the teacher was paying attention to one side of the room that wasn't our side, he slid the paper to me and I casually took it under my palm as if I was just rubbing my hand on top of the table and brought it in front of me.
How are you?
I knew what he meant, what he was talking about, but I decided to play dumb, he was too serious and business like at times, it just wouldn't be me if I didn't rile him up every once and awhile. I did my own scroll of writing on the paper and quietly pushed it back to him.
Fine and you?
My body shook as I held my giggle at the serious raise of his brow toward me and for added effect he pinched my side which tickled and I fidgeted in my seat until Mrs Haller brought her eyes back our way and we sat still pretending to be the good little children she wanted us to be. When she turned away, I set a glare his way and stuck out my tongue too, childish but my humor is what he loved about me--so, he said--and took back the piece of paper after he wrote something else down.
You know what I'm talking about, El. :P
I laughed silently at the smilie face sticking out its tongue but then rolled my eyes with a sigh seeing that he was persistent for an answer the look on his face said it all. The way he glanced at me over the rim of his glasses, he didn't have to say anymore. But I so wasn't one to be bossed around and maybe he was my boyfriend.....secretly....for seven months now, it still gave him no rights to push me.
Annoyed, I quickly scratched the pencil against the paper and shoved it against the table at him, not bothering to hide my irritation.
Do I?
Julian shook his head, pausing only for a moment as the teacher's eyes roamed our way briefly and then wrote a reply, starring at me unnervingly, I could practically feel them against my skin and boring through me like if he was the one with the x-ray vision.
Don't be that way.
I was angry and I showed it, quickly scratching something down, not caring if Mrs Haller saw or not.
What way?
Exasperated, he let out a huff of breath and pulled his hand from our fingers laced together and immediately I felt the loss like a part of me was being taking away and he sat straight, stiff on the chair with eyes steady on Mrs Haller. Ignoring the dark-haired girl with the blue eyes sitting next to him, looking as if he stole her favorite toy away. I was such a sucker and I broke after too long of him not even bothering to acknowledge the playful pokes I always gave him.
"Ok, ok, ok..." I gave in and whispered quickly seeing that he wasn't playing around and swallowed my pride as I took back the paper and wrote upon it.
I'm sorry for what I said to Case and Lena....
He raised his brow at me, I really was sorry and I hoped he could read it from my face. I could see in his eyes that he did and he flipped the paper over starting on the new blank side.
I wasn't asking for an apology....I could really give a damn about those two a lot of times....except for the fact that they are my brother and sister, I wouldn't care at all. They really go out of their way to make your family and life hell.....mine too-
I smacked his hand away before he could write anymore and take too much space on the paper to quickly write my objection to his words.
Yea, true, but still, what I said was really hurtful.....even though Lena can be a b-
I looked up with a small smile at the raise of his brow at what I was going to write and continued.
A witch....it was still wrong...but besides that I'm just peachy :)
Julian smiled at me, I could feel my own copying the same and despite us being in class, he raised his hand to my chin to sofly trace his thumb under my chin. Kelly and Steph began to giggle as they watched us absorbed into one another causing Mrs Haller to go into a hissy fit and storm over to us.
"Since you two are paying such good attention to the lecture, maybe you won't have any trouble telling me what the answer is to the problem that I just wrote onto the board."
Julian looked only a bit taken back and nervous as he pushed his expensive glasses up his nose. "Mrs Haller-"
"Twenty-three." I answered with a smug smile as I looked up cockily at the red and gray haired woman.
"No, it's-" Her mouth clamped shut in shock as her eyes fell to the answer book in her arms. "Why....that's correct. How....How...."
She shook her head and furrowed her eyes at the both of us as if we played some cruel, horrible trick on her but she couldn't quite figure it out. "I have my eyes on you two. No more disturbances or you can find yourselves in detention for the rest of the day."
That was a thought....but, yea, never mind.....detention a student couldn't talk, sleep or work. Just stare at the chalkboard and go crazy unless you wanted to break those rules and find yourself in another day of detention? No, thanks.
His hand slid back around mines under the desk and I could feel his shake with a suppressed laughter and couldn't help but smile hugely feeling so proud of myself and then curious as with extra caution now, Julian began to write something else onto the paper.
I want to see you tonight....
My blues hesitantly looked up to meet his expectant mixed colored eyes and sighed. It's not that I didn't want to hang out with him, believe me I did....badly! It was just that it was really hard to sneak away being the eldest girl in a family so large where they practically treat you like a live in babysitter....and one that isn't getting paid, either. My parents were still iffy about the whole am I old enough to date concept and I was sure if it was anyone else but a Luthor I brought to them as my boyfriend.....they wouldn't kill him right away. No....they would take a while to warm up to the idea that I wanted to date in the first place, but eventually rationalizing it out, they would agree.
But it was a Luthor and not just any Luthor but Lex's and Lana's child, bad enough he had to have one of them as a parent in Casseous and Lena's case but to have both of them for his parents and that was three strikes. This relationship would be out sooner then I could finish telling them whose child he was.
Biting on my lower lip which he knew was a sign that wasn't any good, his eyes studied me as I picked up the pencil and wrote my reply, slowly passing it to him when I was done.
I would really....really....REALLY....love to see you tonight too.....but I can't :( My parents are working late tonight and I"m helping John babysit tonight.....Sorry.
He slid the paper back to me.
Come on, El. It's been three weeks since we were last alone together.....I miss you. Why can't your brother watch them on his own? I mean how hard is it to watch two year old twins, an eight year old and a twelve year old. Isn't Mara old enough to help out?
I loved the fact that he remembered how old my siblings were, it showed he cared enough to know and I smiled at that fact. I also couldn't help but smile that he wasn't all prim and propper, a gentleman wouldn't suggest his girlfriend sneak out of the house at night while her parents were away.....not like I haven't done it before.....and it was the only way we could spend time together.
A sigh escaped heavily that he couldn't possibly understand that, yea, a sixteen year old should be able to handle the responsibility of taking care of his siblings of those ages.....if they were normal. Since, we were half-Kryptonian and were still trying to manage our abilities as we grew and obtained even more powers at any time.....it was best another elder sibling was on stand by in case something happened to the oldest.
I know and I can't say sorry enough....but John is a little.....slow.....
Julian shook his head and gave me an incredulous look with his raised brow while a smirk played on his lips.
He has an IQ higher then most students and some teachers here....
I laughed at how what I have written most of have sounded and shrugged up my shoulders sheepishly.
I mean when it comes to kids.....he's like a big kid himself lots of the times and if I'm not there he could literally be tied up in the corner while the others tried to....I dunno....set him on fire or something...
He gave me a look that he wasn't buying it, and I couldn't blame him, they were my own words and even I was having trouble believing what I wrote. Somehow, though they weren't a lot of times, I managed to sneak from the house to go on our secret dates and come back with the house still in one piece and siblings not manage to destroy each other with their powers of any kind.
Ok, I'm in.....I really miss you too....and I really want to see you. Pick me up at 10? The twins will be in bed by then and the others will be engrossed by the cartoon channel oldies. Don't ask.
Then it happened my favorite smile the one that turned my knees to butter that would have knocked me down to my bottom if I hadn't been sitting and my insides to jello the very wiggly kind, lit his face at that moment. Julian was so happy at that moment that when the loud, fire alarm like bell sounded for the end of class, he pulled my face to crash his lips to mine while the students rushed up to their feet to be done with the world of algebra.
His tongue slipped into mine quickly, kissing me as best he could in the short time, but leaving me unsatisfied and only wanting more as he pulled away with a small wink that promised just that later for our date tonight and then too followed out with the stream of students making for the classroom door to the hall and next class.
My butt was glued to the seat, I couldn't move, even if my brain somehow taken control of my voluntary movements process. He turned me to goo and I was melting like chocolate in a fondue pot, no bones at all in my body and I couldn't hear as Mrs Haller shouted at us:
"Don't forget homework is chapter two, questions one through twenty!"
I must have came to a few minutes later because the clear images of my best friends Kelly and Stephanie came before my face as well as fell as they shook me and giggled at the goofy smile I now felt on my lips. Wow....that kiss was just....Wow.
"He kissed you! He kissed you!" They squealed and hopped up and down as they continued to shake my body like I was some kind of rag doll.
I pushed their hands away and tried my best to look casual as I pushed my hair behind my ear and cleared my throat because suddenly it went so dry. "We kissed before, no big deal."
Lying through my teeth came to mind about the 'no big deal' part and I could read it on their faces too. It was a big deal...a very big deal! We'd only kissed a few times before pecks on the cheeks and on my hand when he was especially chivalrous....but only on rare moments did he kiss me...kiss me like that....like what he did a few seconds ago. Just.....Wow.
My cheeks were going pink and heat was swallowing my face with a warm buttery feeling that I couldn't even hide so I knew when my friends began to giggle again they saw as well.
"No big deal, she says." Steph taunted with a whistle and a catty voice.
"Those cheeks aren't blushing because that wasn't a big deal, alright." Kelly added to the mix and giggled more excited then what I was even showing.
Friends. I rolled my eyes and pushed up to my feet once I was sure my knees would take my weight once again and walked along with them to leave out the class room.
"And Mrs Haller saw it too!" Kelly said caught between a mixture of shock and amusement.
"She did?" I asked, my own shock slipping through as I faced her. "Why didn't she say....or do anything?"
"Julian is a Luthor..." Steph began but I cut her off with a groan and sickly roll of my eyes.
"Don't remind me."
"...So, hence, she's too afraid of his daddy to really do anything punishing like to him or his other brother and sister."
Kelly nodded her head in agreement with Steph finished saying and I couldn't deny it either but whatever, I'm just glad no one else really payed attention like the two viewers I managed to receive once they found out that me and Julian were an item....secretly though....which meant no one outside our ring--the three of us--could ever know what they did.
I stopped as we reached outside in the hall, my two girls flanking my sides stopping too and stared in the direction I was looking. Julian slowly....reluctantly if the forward slump of his shoulder were any indication.....walked back to his family like an outsider who barely belong if it was just up to blood being shared between them only half was like his. Case face was down turned, eyes glaring as he joined with them of no free choice. Lena's cold, bitchy eyes only meant mine for a split second before she smiled something evil and promising pain before snobbishly tossing her hair over her shoulders and started of to their next classes.
While Case forcefully latched his hand on Julian's shoulder and grilled him out for his earlier stunt during the fight. I felt every protective bone in my body rise up wanting to march over then and defend him just the way I know he felt when my own brother was getting on me for what I had done to start everything off in the first place, but the difference between Case and John I know what my brother did was out of concern and in his own way love.....Case I don't think there was one ounce of love in his entire body for his brother or sister.
"He's an ass." Kelly said staring cold chubby eyes to Case as they dissapeared among the other students in the halls.
We both turned our heads to give her a look, it took a lot to piss off Kelly at times and even more to make her actually use a cuss word, so it wasn't a surprise that she jumped when we both started to bust out laughing. I felt a better.....a little bit anyway...it helped me get my mind off of what I just saw. I knew Julian was a big guy, not as muscular as he was slight but able to handle his own if he had to.
"Soooo....What's with all the note passing in class?" Steph ask, out of all of us she was the nosy one, had to be in the know of everything.
"Yea." Kelly chirped, backing up Steph with anything she say.
"Julian want to go out with me....tonight." I replied and waited for the expectant, nodding my head when it happened.
They screamed and did the little bounce while they held onto each other as they usually did with anything that concerned me and Julian. To which I ignored as best I could, rolling my eyes as students heads turned to look at the two like they were crazy or in need of some mental help.
"What did you say? What did you say?"
"Will you two calm down? You're embarrassing me, it's bad enough I get weird looks just walking down the hall, you guys seriously don't have to add to it." I huffed out pushing my books into my locker and taking out my sky-blue duffel bag.
"Well?" Steph pushed for an answer, raising her newly waxed eye-brow on her dark skin and grinning teasingly.
"Weeeell?" Kelly mimicked and dragged out all too giddy and bouncy.
"Well...." I said, looking at the clock on the wall over the drinking fountain. "....I'm late."
Kelly gasped, smacking her hands over her cheeks with a look of surprise. "Oh, my God, you're pregnant!"
The hall went dead silent, crickets that were chirping even went silent and the few students that were close enough to hear--like in a mile radius--turned their heads quickly our way.
"No!" I hissed and glared at everyone who turned away and went about their own business seeing it was a false alarm. "Will you keep your voice down....I was talking about class."
"Ooooh...Sorry." She gave a sheepish smile, her puffy, light cheeks pinking from embarrassment.
Steph glaring eyes looked from Kelly and she looked at me for an answer. "So he asked you out.....and you said?"
"I said, Ok. Are you happy." I snipped, slamming my locker door shut not nearly as mad as I was just bugged that they kept asking.
They did their stupid little squeal and bouncy-hop thing again to my utter annoyance and I walked away wishing I could disown them but that wasn't going to be happening any time soon. I waved to them over my shoulder as they gave out a teasing "Byyeeeee" and headed for next class before the bell rang and I was really late.
Gym. How I love thee....let me puke the ways. The time for playing 'lets pretend'....pretend that we're normal like everyone else or worse pretend to be one of the world's worst klutz and miss every ball sent your way or barely hit it....trip over your feet while in a race or at least come in third place....or my favorite, if a ball pops when hitting your head play as if you have a concusion so they're too worried about you to question how something plastic and solid could possibly burst against a human head?
And if those stupid rules weren't enough among other just as equally stupid rules, Aunt Kara sat in for every gym class we had to over see that everything between me and her own half-Kryptonian children who attended gym class the same time as me, went smoothly. At least Adrean and Lara could find some entertainment for the whole gig, to see which one of them could act as the world's worst klutz.
It was funny...but knowing our true capabilities it was just really a smack in the face and our parents knew it, but we were strong...not fully human....not fully Kryptonian but somewhere in between....something more and we could unintentionally kill someone if we weren't careful. I was tired of being careful....I was just tired of not being like everyone else.
I sighed, pushing through the metal double doors that lead to the huge basketball court and my stomach dropping out between my feet seeing the Volley ball nets being put up in place......this was going to be great.
A/N:I kinda rushed through this, hope it was good anyway. Thanks again to those who gave me the push I needed to write this out. Like I said I can't write out as much or when I would like but the next chap is going to be like an Intermission like piece I'm gonna take a break from the kids a bit and focus on Clark and Lois more in the chapter and then finish up Ellen's school day in the same chapter. The following chapter will be Ellen sneaking from her siblings and the house for her date with Julian.....Oh the fun plans I have in mind. Don't you wish you were there? hehehe
Next: Chapter 1: Ellen the Secret
Part 4: Mad Dog Lane Vs. Superman
Following: Chapter 1: Ellen the Secret
Part 5: What's a Trojan?