Chapter 2

The next day at school during class break, Kal gave his small gift to Raiya nervously.

Raiya was surprised, "why did you do this for? It's beautiful though, thanks Kal!" Her eyes brighten.

"Well..it's just a way to thank you for being my best friend, since only you interested in talking to me other than the teachers.." Kal smiled shyly.

Raiya said softly,"Hey you are also the only one who would talk to me, not even the teachers are interested in me because I am not from a noble science house, so I am not as science smart as you.." She paused, "So I should thank you more."

Kal touched her shoulder immediately, "Please don't be upset, so what you are not from a noble house and smart? You are one of the rare that born naturally like me. You have emotion, and like my mum said that's the most important thing." He comforted her.

Raiya smiled, "I know, I am proud of me being borned naturally, alike you. And the fact that you seen me as a friend without consider what family I comes from, it made me so lucky already." She couldn't help but kissed Kal in the cheek.

Kal was surprised and blushed at the same time, but couldn't hid his happiness, "Why did you do that for? Ohh..umm..I mean..you likes me too, don't you? I thought only me from one side." Kal took a deep breath and said, suddenly felt his heartbeat speeding up..

"Don't be silly Kal we are still kids! But yes, I do like you." Raiya said with grin and bravely.

"Wow perfect! Mum and dad were right, the feeling of two people like each other is amazing!" Kal excited.

"What? You talked about us to your parents?" Raiya was surprised, but not angry.

"Umm not exactly, they caught me while making this gift to you last night, and well, my mum can see through me even I didn't have a clue.." Kal laughed, "she just straightly asked me do I like you."

"Wow your mum is cool! So what did you tell her?" Raiya asked expectantly.

"It was the first time for me to even think serious about it," he blushed, "I thought seriously and finally answered yes, of course I said yes." He smiled at her.

"Wow..so umm..how did your parents react?" Raiya really wanted to know. She felt nervous about her low house level for the first time in her life from this aspect. Although she met Lara and Jor-el a few times since they started school and became best friends, and they were very nice, unlike other straight parents on Krypton, not even her parents were this humor and friend-typed with her; she couldn't help but wonder now that they really like each other and probably will date when they grow older(it will right?), would they sees her differently or not happy about it? Were they already arranged Kal to a marriage with a noble house member?

"My mum said you are a sweet girl and she really likes you, and my dad used his own example to encourage me never let the girl I like go! Come on don't worry." Kal smiled as if could see through her mind and assured her.

Raiya felt so reliefed, "alright I won't worry, I am so happy now! Wow your parents are very cool, I wished my parents would this wise..They were not straight as other parents of our classmates but they often looked down upon to themselves because we are from the lower house." She frowned.

"Your parents are good people, the kind of people that my mum and dad would love to be friends with. They often sad about there's not much emotional people around these days. Um I just hope they won't nervous to meet 'the noble house people'." Kal doesn't like to see people based on their houses.

"Hopefully they won't freak out about me likes a member from the noble house.." Raiya whined.

"They won't, I am sure. Now let's get to the next class." Kal glared at his universal watch, which can not only show the time but communicate with his parents when in needed and many other information functions.

They walked to the next class, it was Earth history class, or rather, the history of Earth since Kryptonian been on Earth. It was one of the few classes that was not focus on science,math and politic. Also, it was the only class that is about one alien planet's history specifically; due to the fact that their race had been to Earth from 500 years ago onwards until before he was born. It seems had affected on human history in some ways. Besides, its physical factors were the most similar to Krypton. Although they had another class about other planets, but again, they were all from science or political system angle. The Earth history class had some cool stuffs that Kal was so interested in, like the Stones of knowledge been hidden on Earth caused some special or rich people began to have quest hundreds years ago, believed them can bring fortunes..Boy, if only they knew it was just crystals which recorded knowledge of the universe, as a failed-safe way to perverse Krypton's culture...

Today Kal was more than excited to have this class ever, since he recalled the details of his father's trip to Earth last night. He wanted to know more about the people on Earth. Somehow he felt more connected to them than he thought. He couldn't quite know the reason.

Meanwhile, in the house of El residence, Jor-el suddenly received a loud alarm in his lab. He was shocked, because this was the alarm he specifically set for alerting him the planet's core status, as well as extreme natural disasters, after they managed to saved Krypton 8 years ago. It never been alarmed before. But now..has the crisis back? Jor-el slightly panicked, but he knew he had to remain clam, after all they had alarmed now, it should had time to prepare..

Lara hurried to the lab, "Jor-el what's wrong? I heard the alarm sound." Her eyes widen when she identified the alarm sound, "Is that..? Oh Rao." She said in horrored and disbelieved.

"Yes I am afraid so, we have to be prepared if there is a problem occurred in the core." Jor-el said seriously while touching Lara's shoulder before turned back to the massive datas. "But don't worry, this time we had alarmed and hopefully there's still time. Besides, it could be an alarm for natural disaster somewhere. Other scientists should've received it as well. We are all here to help." Jor-el tried to comfort Lara.

Lara tried to clam a bit, before joining Jor-el to analysis the datas. However, she still worried about the possible result, after all these years peaceful and happiness, would it eventually just a short time before the prophecy came back to collect? Were they still cannot escape the planet's fate?

A short while later, they didn't find any abnormal status of the planet core, but they needed to be certain. Just then, a hologram appeared and a scientist informed Jor-el and Lara that the alarm was about a possible earthquake in Kandor. Just as they were about to reported to notify the public, the ground suddenly started shaking and the monitor screen screamed for reporting an earthquake appearing on the East side of Kandor. One minute later the shaking stopped. Jor-el and Lara were unharmed due to the safe designed of their house and it was not in the earthquake center. However, when they saw the nearest public location of the earthquake center, they said it out loud in Horror: Kal's school!