Nathaniel Kent

Chapter 7: Jitters

2 Weeks Later

Naruto was placing Martha's bags into the back of a truck for her trip to Metropolis to pick up the winnings from the scratcher and visit her family at Naruto's insistence, with it being the anniversary of her marriage to Johnathan, Naruto wanted her far away from the farm, things were back to normal, well without the obvious addition of Johnathanwho was still missed but Naruto and Martha were at a great place

"What else? Oh, don't use the upstairs bathroom. It's backed up. I have to snake the pipes." Martha said walking up to the ttuck

"I'll do it as soon as you get in the truck and leave." Naruto said

"Okay, I left the number of the hotel on the nightstand. I think that's everything. If you need anything-"

"Call. Relax, it's a night in Metropolis. I'll be fine." Naruto smiled causing her to take a deep breath "Just have fun."

Martha smiled and hugged Naruto after kissing his cheek before she got into the truck and drove away as Naruto smiled watching her leave before he walked back into the house and quickly fixed the pipes, and anything else he needed to before Chloe and Pete arrived and the three were walking to the bus

"What are you gonna do now that you're officially home alone?" Pete asked

"I was thinking of having a few people over." Naruto shrugged

"Do my ears deceive me or are you actually suggesting a party?" Chloe asked

"A small gathering. You guys, a few other people." Naruto shrugged

"You mean Lana, with or without her possible action-figure boyfriend." Chloe smiled

"8 o'clock. And remember, the key word is small." Naruto said getting onto the bus

"Small" Chloe said looking at Pete

Later

About a 100 teenagers were partying at Naruto's house, he had charged the girls $10 and the boys $20 when they tried to complain he happily told them that no one was forcing them to be there, and if they didn't like it they could turn around which caused them to cough up the money

"So, this is what you call a small gathering, right?' Chloe asked behind Naruto

"Do you even recognize half these people?" Naruto asked causing her to laugh "I'm going to kill Pete."

Standing up Naruto began to walk into the party and caught a vase that was about to fall and put it onto a table, as he sat on the couch before a sweating partier sat next to him

"Dude, I think I'm gonna hurl."

The world slowed to a crawl as Naruto grabbed the kid and sped him outside off of the property and left him there

With a groan, he reclined backwards looking up at the ceiling "Pretty cool party."

Looking down Naruto saw Lana smiling at him

"It was meant to be a small gathering but Pete being Pete invited almost every teenager in town." Naruto said as Lana sat beside him

"You alright?" Lana asked causing him to raise an eyebrow "If I had a hundred people trashing my house, I'd be a little freaked out."

"Could be worst." Naruto shrugged

"I don't think I'd be brave enough to risk something like this."

"Don't sell yourself short, Lana. I bet you're braver than you think. So you're flying solo tonight?" Naruto asked

"You mean what am I doing here without Whitney? I am capable of enjoying myself without him."

"Never said you weren't, it's just you came to a party so I assumed that Whitney was with you is all." Naruto said getting a nod before they heard fireworks and got up before looking out the window