Boy, it's been a while since I've updated this story. So let's begin.

It was lunchtime at Plainview Avenue Elementary, and Elliott was walking to a table with his lunch in his hands. He was relived that Murray was on vacation, knowing how lunchtime was when he was at his worst. As he sat down on his seat, he saw one of the students in line was one of his classmates, a girl named Grace Quelina. This made Elliott try to hide his face out of embarrassment once it looked like she noticed him. Grace was the same girl that he suddenly kissed out of nowhere in science class when he convinced the class to free frogs that were meant to be distracted that day. What made it stranger was the fact that moments before, he began to feel light headed and giddy, which did have a hand in the chaos that he had caused. He had heard a while afterwords that most people feel that way when they're drunk, but Elliott knew for a fact that he never tasted alcohol before.

Considering that it happened during the week ET first visited, Elliott had a feeling that he had something to do with it, but he never said anything about it. What he explained to the school was that he had a bizarre black out/spasm, and he wasn't in control of his actions. As far fetched as the explanation sounded, everyone believed him. While that problem was taken care of, Elliott now had to worry about facing Grace. It was easy to avoid during those 3 1/2 months, but that was mostly because due to Elliott's sudden state of depression at the time. Ever since ET officially moved in, it wasn't as easy, but still good enough. Although this time, it looked like avoiding Grace was going to be impossible, as she, in fact, did notice Elliott, and was now walking to the table he was at.

[Grace] "You know if you didn't want me over here, talking to you, you shouldn't have been staring at me."

Elliott un-hid his face, but was looking down, trying his hardest to hide his blushing.

[Elliott] "I wasn't staring at you, I was looking towards a direction which you happened to be in."

[Grace] "Then why did you look away when I looked at you?"

[Elliott] "Well maybe I didn't want you to think I was a creep or something like that."

[Grace] "So looking at my face makes you feel like a creep, but putting your lips all over it doesn't?"

[Elliott] "How many times do I have to tell you, I wasn't in control of myself!"

[Grace] "Really?"

She then grabbed some baby carrots from her tray and shook her hand around a few times, and then threw them at Elliott's face.

[Elliott] "What was that for?"

[Grace] "Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't in control of myself."

Elliott then threw some food from his tray, himself.

[Elliott] "So was I."

[Grace] "So you think you're a wise guy, huh?"

She smirked as she took her slice of pizza and pushed it into Elliott's face as if it were pie. Which leads to him doing the same to her.

[Elliott] "I know I'm a wise guy."

This led to them throwing bits and pieces of their lunch at each other. While they didn't hate each other, per say, they weren't really in a good place with each other. It didn't take long until the school's principle, Principle Harrison, yelling out to them-

[Principle Harrison] "THAT'S ENOUGH!"

They both stopped, looking at the adult.

[Elliott] "Okay, before you say anything, I just wanna say..."

He paused and pointed at Grace.

[Elliott] "She started it."

[Grace] "Hey, you were the one staring."

[Elliott] "I didn't throw food into your face."

[Grace] "Yeah, you did!"

[Elliott] "Well you did the same to me, first!"

[Principle Harrison] "Enough! You know, I get that kids have their issues, but you two are still in school. I'm afraid that both of you are in trouble."

[Elliott] "Let me guess, detention."

[Principle Harrison] "You'd be correct, Mr. Taylor."

[Elliott] "Son of a-"

*RING RING RING RING RING

The school day ended at 2:45, but Elliott and Grace had to stay for an extra hour due to their detention. They both had to stay in the cafeteria, and they were sitting at the table where they made their mess earlier. Their punishment was to clean up the mess, and when they were done, they would have to sit and wait for the detention to end. After they finished cleaning, they sat down, facing away from each other. Principle Harrison looked at his watch and remembered something.

[Principle Harrison] "Okay, I just remembered that I have to do some paperwork, but before I go, you two did use the bathroom before you came in here, right?"

[both] "Yes."

[Principle Harrison] "Good, because just to make sure no one leaves this room, I'm gonna have to do this."

He then grabbed some hand-cuffs and put it on Elliott's left arm and Grace's right.

[Grace] "Uh, is this really necessary?"

[Principle Harrison] "You know what they say, better safe than sorry."

She rolled her eyes in response. And with that, Harrison left the room. Elliott sighed, and tried to talk.

[Elliott] "You do know that I wasn't in control of myself when that frog fiasco happened in Octo-"

[Grace] "I don't want to talk about that, anymore."

[Elliott] "I'm serious, I had no control of myself, it just happened! Besides, you were the one who brought it up earlier."

[Grace] "I was trying to make a point as to why I thought your excuse to staring at me was extremely flawed."

[Elliott] "I WASN'T STARING AT YOU!"

[Grace] "You know what, I don't care anymore! Fighting won't change the fact that both you and I are stuck here, and there's nothing we can do about it."

[Elliott] "That's the best thing you've said all day."

They returned to silence for a minute before Grace spoke her mind.

[Grace] "Do you know what upsets me the most about that kiss?"

Elliott turned his head to face her.

[Elliott] "What?"

[Grace] "The fact that you tried to avoid me throughout these past couple months."

[Elliott] "Why do you care about that?"

[Grace] "I don't know, it just does. I hoped you would've talked to me, and I could tell you I wasn't mad."

[Elliott] "You weren't?"

[Grace] "No, I wasn't. I knew you weren't in the right state of mind. Believe it or not, a lot of us knew about..."

[Elliott] "Knew about what?"

[Grace] "About what happened with your parents."

Elliott looked down.

[Elliott] "Oh, that. How could I forget?"

His voice sounded so shaky, like he was on the verge of crying. Grace wouldn't let him know it, but it broke her heart.

[Grace] "I'm sorry, not just because of that, but also because no one was there for you."

[Elliott] "Yeah, I know. I think all I needed then was just a friend, a shoulder to cry on."

He said as he wiped away a tear.

[Elliott] "But you don't have to feel bad, because I found that shoulder."

[Grace] "Really, who?"

Elliott looked around before he said anything. This was the first time he's ever mentioned ET to anyone but his family, and while he wasn't going to say he anything about aliens, he was still nervous about talking about it.

[Elliott] "Well, he was a friend I made a couple days before that day with the frogs. Him and I had a huge connection, he was the first friend I made in a long time. However, he left town a week or so later. I really missed him, and that was why I was in a much darker place during those months."

[Grace] "So how did you get past it?"

[Elliott] "I made a new friend, him and I have been through a lot already. And I know he's not going anywhere, at least for a long time."

[Grace] "I'm happy to hear that."

[Elliott] "Thanks, and hey, for what's it's worth, I'm sorry I stole your first kiss."

[Grace] "Don't worry about it, I'm over it."

For the next few minutes or so, Elliott & Grace talked about their families and how life with them has been. Elliott told Grace how him and Michael went to the same Daycare when he was two, and how when Gertie was a new born, she'd follow him everywhere. And Grace told him how her parents once left the oven on and nearly burned down the house and they once gave her an empty turtle shell as a practice pet. After Elliott discussed how Michael began letting him play D&D with his friends after his house was under quarantine, they both sighed of boredom.

[Elliott] "What should we do now?"

Grace looked at the clock. It was 3:15.

[Grace] "Well we have a half an hour to figure something out."

She thought for a second.

[Grace] "I know what we can do, follow me."

[Elliott] "I clearly don't have a choice."

[Grace] "I know."

They walked to a door a few feet from the right of a room to the bathroom. Grace took a pin from her hair and used it to unlock the door.

[Elliott] "Why are we in here?"

[Grace] "There's a karaoke machine in here. I saw a teacher take it out of this room."

[Elliott] "Okay, while I do enjoy taking part in karaoke, I don't really want to get in more trouble than we already are."

[Grace] "Hey, we're not leaving the cafeteria, and it's not like we're damaging school property. Besides, Principle Harrison never said he couldn't do this."

[Elliott] "Alright, I guess."

So they took the machine out of the room and plugged it in the nearest outlet. They went back inside to grab a microphone and a couple cassette tapes.

[Grace] "So what song do you want to sing, first?"

[Elliott] "That depends, what choices are there?"

[Grace] "See for yourself. These were the ones I picked out."

There were four cassette tapes, each one were karaoke versions of songs. They were Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, Hey Jude by The Beatles, Rock & Roll All Night by Kiss, and The Rose by Brette Midler. The last one was what caught Elliott's interest.

[Elliott] "Hey, this song came out only a couple years ago, my mom would play it for Gertie when she was 2."

[Grace] "That's a pretty good choice."

[Elliott] "I don't mean to brag, but I'm a fairly good singer."

[Grace] "Oh, ya think so?"

[Elliott] "Yeah, what about you?"

[Grace] "You know, you really are a wise guy."

She said as she playfully punched him and the arm.

[Elliott] Alright, let's just do this.

He put the cassette tape in the machine and picked up the microphone. After a minute or so, the song began, and Elliott sang the words that went from white to red.

[Elliott] "Some say love, it is a river, that drowns, the tender reed."

Grace then grabbed the microphone as she wanted to sing the next part.

[Grace] "Some say love, it is a razor, that leaves, you soul to bleed."

She then put the microphone in between them so they could sing the next part together.

[both] "When the night, has been too lonely, and the road, has been too long. And you think, that love is only, for the lucky, and the strong."

[Elliott] "Just remember, in the Winter, far beneath, the biter snows-"

[Grace] "Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the Spring, becomes-"

[both] "The Rose."

They both look at each other after the music ends.

[Grace] "Wow, you're not a fairly good singer."

Elliott frowned.

[Elliott] "I'm not?"

[Grace] "No, you're a great singer."

[Elliott] "Oh, well you're so bad, either."

[Grace] "Thanks."

For the next 20 minutes, they sang the other three songs. Afterwords, they unplugged the machine and put everything back in the closet. They sat back down at their table and waited for Principle Harrison to come back. Over 10 minutes later, he did.

[Principle Harrison] "Well, it's been about an hour by now. I think you two have been here long enough."

[Grace] "Well it's about time, if you ask me."

She winked at Elliott, and he did the same. Principle Harrison took out his key and unlocked the hand cuffs.

[Principle Harrison] "Grace, your parents called, they said they'll get here in about 10 minutes. Elliott, your mom said that you can get home on your bike."

[both] "Okay."

So after that, they went to each of their lockers and got their stuff. They were mostly silent on their way to the front of the school. Elliott walked to his bike, but before he got on it, Grace called his name and walk towards him.

[Grace] "Hey, I just wanted to say that I did have a pretty good time."

[Elliott] "Me too. I'm just glad that you and I are friends, now."

[Grace] "So am I."

Elliott got on his bike, but before he could ride it away, Grace stopped him.

[Grace] "I'm sorry about what I'm about to do, but a part of me wants to make us even."

She leaned in, and kissed him on the lips. His eyes were nearly the size of baseballs, and was in total shock. It may have only lasted a few seconds, but it felt like it lasted about over an hour. When Grace backed away, Elliott's face was in total shock.

[Elliott] "Wha, wha..."

[Grace] "Sorry."

He shook his head.

[Elliott] "Don't worry about it, I get it. And to be honest, you aren't that bad a kisser."

She looked away, blushing.

[Grace] "Th-thanks."

Elliott looked in a different direction, as well. After a second or two, they both looked at each other, and laughed.

[Elliott] "Well, I better get home, see you later."

[Grace] "Same to you."

And with that, Grace walked back, and Elliott rode his bike back home. Once he was made it back home, he put his bike in the garage and went inside. Mary wasn't home yet, but everyone else was. However, the only one in the living room was ET.

[ET] "Hey buddy, how was detention?"

[Elliott] "Not as bad as you'd think. Me and this girl, Grace, were handcuffed together, we talked about stuff, did some karaoke, and she kissed me. That's pretty much it."

[ET] "Oh, that's good to know."

Elliott walked away after that. And ET continued watching TV, and then fully realized what Elliott said.

[ET] "Wait, what?!"

Next Episode: New Student From Outer-Space