ALTERNATE ENDING TO "Whisper"

Summary: Clark tells his secret to Lana, they get snowed in at the Talon….. Major Clana

Please let me know what you think, this is my first fanfic!

.:*Rain turns to Snow*:.

Clark watched Lana walk down the steps from his loft. He wanted to stop her, to just hold her and to have her return the embrace, but something was stopping him. He wished he could return to that day when he left her to go to Metropolis. He would've taken it all back. Leaving her like that, he saw now, ultimately meant losing her. But he knew he'd never be able to move on, unlike Lana, who threw those words, "I met someone", right at his heart. He knew he had hurt her and he didn't want to do it again, but he couldn't just except the fact that it was over between them. His love for her was so deep and pure. It wasn't like most teenage relationships, usually based upon infatuation. Although, he had to admit Lana's beauty definitely added to his love for her, there was still something more present. This was real love and he knew it. He just didn't know if she felt the same. He wanted her to, but it felt like she just slipped through his fingers. "She doesn't love me anymore," he convinced himself in his mind.



He heard the door to her jeep close, a sound he wished he didn't have to hear. He'd been hearing a lot of things with his new super hearing, and it had already caused problems with Chloe and Lex. He focused it on Lana, hoping he'd hear something that might change things between them for the better. *Sniffle, sniffle, sob* "Oh my God, Clark, she's crying, over me?" he thought in a confused manner. Without thinking, he darted to try to catch her, leaving a cloud of dust in the barn.

"God Lana, what are you doing, you love him, you know it." Lana didn't know why she was pulling away from Clark. Maybe she felt he needed punishing for leaving her that summer. But hadn't she punished him enough? Of course, what he did was truly wrong and hurt her so deeply, she wasn't sure what to think, but his eyes, oh his eyes, he looked so disappointed, so somber, so hurt, she almost thought he was close to crying. But now she was the one crying.

Clark stopped running with his super speed as he gained on Lana's car, right as she was leaving his driveway. He returned to a human run and Lana must have seen him running behind her car, waving his arms, motioning her to stop. because she did stop.

Clark approached the driver's side window, as it slowly lowered to reveal a red and wet faced Lana, still sniffling. "Hi Clark, what do you want?" she said, still wiping tears from her eyes. "Lana, you're crying, why? Have I hurt you again? I just want to be with you, I want things between us to be normal again, I love you Lana and I'm so sorry for what I've done to you," he said as he slowly started to turn around, about to walk away from her again. "No, Clark, wait!" Clark's heart, broken and abused, suddenly lifted, at hearing these words. "Please Clark, I love you too. Don't leave me, not again, please." The storm clouds that Clark had not noticed, soon became apparent, as it began to rain. "Clark, all I've ever wanted was you, I've been pushing you away out of fear. Fear of what I feel for you, its so intense." Clark, now wet from cold rain, felt like his heart had been mended, that was what he's been wanting to hear since he came back to Smallville.

His hair was soaked, glued to his forehead, his t-shirt was also drenched, sticking to his chest. "How could I ever think of leaving him, he's so cute, so sweet." "Clark, you're soaking wet! Get in."



Jumping at the request, Clark ran around the front of the car to the other side, opened the door and hopped onto the seat, it, now too, drenched with water. "Sorry 'bout the seat." he said, somewhat embarrassed. "It's ok, its just water," she said, smiling through remnants of tears. "Yeah, I guess you're right," returning the grin. Lana released the brakes and pressed the gas, not really knowing where to go. "You know exactly when to show up, Clark. It was like you knew I was crying." At hearing this, Clark knew what he had to do to get anywhere with Lana. "Lana, I have something I need to tell you, something that may come as a big surprise; you may not even believe me." Curious, Lana replied,

"Okay, sounds interesting, shoot."

"Lana, I'm not a regular person, you could actually say I'm not exactly, well, human," Clark gulped.

"What are you saying Clark?"

"Okay, I'll just go right out and say this, you have to believe me. I'm not from Earth. I came to Earth during the meteor shower; the meteor rocks are pieces of my planet. I think it blew up or something, but my real, biological parents sent me here, to protect me I guess." Clark was unbelievably nervous to hear her reply.

" You're kidding right?" She said this even though she had noted his seriousness in saying such a crazy thing.

"No, I'm not. I can prove it, I have certain abilities. Please don't be afraid of me, I'm still the same person, the same Clark. The same man that loves you."

Lana gave in to her doubt, and believed him.

"So is this why you've lied so many times, ran out on most of our dates and practically saved the whole town from meteor infected people?"

"Yea it is, and I didn't want to lie to you anymore, I needed to tell you the truth."

"Well show me something you can do with these "abilities" that you have."

"Ok, stop the car."

Clark got out and ran with his super speed to the flower shop, bought a dozen roses, and sped back to the car in less than one minute. He opened the door and got back in the car.

"These are for you." He handed the flowers to her.

"Thank you Clark, they're beautiful. But back to your powers. Ok, you disappeared, and then reappeared with a dozen roses. Teleportation?"

"Nope, super speed."

"Wow, well I'm amazed Clark. You're not human? You look human enough to me," she said as she eyed his chest and abs which were in perfect view under his wet shirt.

"Well, I guess I'm not human in a sense but I look at myself as a human being."

"What else can you do?"

"I have heat vision, but since it's raining, I can't really show you that. I also have super hearing, which is a new one to me, it developed because of my temporary blindness, and there's one more…" Clark turned a little red.

"What?"

"X-Ray vision…"

"So you can see through things?"

"Yea."

"Like walls, and….clothes?" Lana shifted in discomfort.

"Yea, but I promise you Lana, I've never used it on you, you have to believe me," he said very distressed.

"It's okay Clark, I believe you."

"One more thing, do you remember that necklace you had with the meteor rock?"

"Yes, what about it?"

"It's my only weakness, it's called kryptonite."

"So that's why you always got sick around me?"

Embarrassed, Clark replied, "Yea, that's why."

During all this deep conversation, they didn't realize that the rain had turned to snow.

"Oh Clark, it's snowing!"

This was the first snow of winter, always a special thing in Smallville.

"First snow of the season." Clark smiled at the woman he knew was the love of his life.

"So, superman, where should we go?"

"How 'bout the Talon?"

"Well I was just thinking of closing it because of the snow. I need to go anyway, so sure, that sounds good, we can talk some more too."

The ride to the Talon was filled with questions. All about Clarks powers, his real parents and his planet. Clark was ecstatic that Lana accepted him. "I guess she really does love me…" He had always wanted to tell her, but he was afraid of rejection, of losing yet again. "I guess I underestimated her."

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