The exhilaration of her victory over the Chief leads to a new recklessness in X. She resigns her position as Family Organizer and informs her parents and siblings that from now on her life is dedicated to fun. But no sooner does X decide to devote her life to good times, than things start getting confusingly serious.
When Michelle is caught peering in the Jacksons’ window, X, Jenny and Colin take the Roobot (the Chief) to the Rolands’ house and hide him in their shed. Colin gives her some patronising tips about tactics and she wins an annual race between the boys and the girls defeating her smug adviser in the process. X doesn’t understand why Colin is miffed, so Jenny gives her a crash course in the subtleties of the male ego.
Things go from confusing to worse when Miss Harrow takes X to a Sports Clinic for a series of fitness and aptitude tests. X allows a blood sample to be taken before she and Jenny realize – too late – that her blood will prove conclusively she’s an alien. After Miss Harrows media class discusses the many grisly fates that could befall aliens visiting Earth, X decides urgent action is required. She coerces Father into breaking into the Sports Clinic and replacing her blood with that of a human. Colin donates his blood for the purpose – greater love hath no budding chauvinist. The minor crime is accomplished without incident. Colin apologizes to X for his reaction to her win, and the two run into the darkness together, hand in hand. It’s a night filled with relief and budding romance.
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