Meet the Parents: Conner and Cass, on the road to Smallville

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After the pre-arranged phone call kicking off the next phase in the plan, Conner hurried outside, stepping into his tennis shoes in mid-leap from the porch (thank you, tactile-telekinesis).

"Uncle Jon!" he called out, "We're on."

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And they're off for a drive...

The nearest S-Mart Hardware is on this route about 40 miles from the Kent home. They're supposed to meet everyone at the 30 mile mark. They pass it. Then they pass the turn off to actually get to S-Mart. Then another 5 miles before...

"You sure your lady friend knows where she's at?"

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"Not...really," he said, confused. "I could always hit the air, see if I can see where they're at."

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"How about the cell phone instead, son?"

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"Oh!" he said, not having even considered that.

Conner felt around in his pocket for the cell, flipping it open, and hitting the speed dial for Cassie's number.

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Cassie looks down at her ringing cell phone and rushes to answer it before her ring tone for Kon (Ain't No Other Man, of all things) embarasses her too much.

"Kon?"

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"Is that him, honey?" Her mother is asking. "I hope so."

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"Hey," Conner said, confusion obviously coming through in his voice. "I'm looking out at the road, and I'm not seeing you guys. Where'd you break down again?"

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Cassie blushes a little bit. "Umm...remember how we timed things to be just right? I think we went a little too gung ho about it. If you're where we were supposed to meet we're still, like, thirty miles away."

These last few words are said with a little embarassment. "I'm so sorry about this."

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"Hey, no," he said, softly. He could hear the blush in her voice, could imagine her looking down at the tips of her shoes. "Mistakes happen all the time. No harm done."

He glanced to Uncle Jon. "They kinda mis-timed the accident," he said. "We've got about thirty miles to go yet."

Speaking back into the phone, he said, "Bart's probably going stir crazy having to stand around and wait. Tell him if he wants, he should zip out to a library and grab a couple dozen books or something. It'll keep him busy till we show up."

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She laughs. "Yeah. Yeah, I'll probably tell him to go do that. You're uncle is...okay with this, right?"

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"Sure," he immediately shot back, swallowing the I hope that his brain wanted to add. "We'll be there...soonish."

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"I...can't wait."