Set during the first season of heroes and the fourth season of smallville (but without the Jason/magical stones drama)also Lana is still on the cheerleading squad.
"Dad, I can't believe we had to move to the most unknown town in the world! There are actually farms here dad! FARMS! This is so not Texas," Claire Benett complained to her father. Now that the company and Sylar were both after Claire and her family, they had to move to the small town of Smallville and change their last name to Butler.
"Claire, we're moving so you can be safe. You could at least be a bit thankful that Lyle and your mother aren't angry at you!" Noah Benett said, in his 'angry' tone. He took a deep breath to calm down, he was really getting sick of Claire complaining all weekend. "I'm sorry Claire Bear, it's not your fault and don't you ever think it is. But just think of this as a new beginning. I hear they have a good cheerleading program at Smallville High, and as long as you don't show your ability, I'll let you join the team"
"Oh, how generous of you. Maybe I should make my disguise a bit better and just dye my hair!"
"Well, if you choose a reasonable color, I-"
"Dad!!!" Claire looked at her father. He can't be serious, she thought.
"I'm just kidding! Now let's go before you're late for your first day of school." Noah said as he started the engine to the family's SUV.
As soon as Claire got to Smallville High, she knew this wasn't going to be a very good first day. She stumbled right into someone after slipping on the stairs. Luckily, he was fast enough to catch her before she fell and temporarily cracked her head open.
"Wow, are you ok?" He asked her as she looked into his eyes. Were they blue, green or brown? She couldn't even tell. They were almost like a wonderful mix of all three colors.
"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks," Claire answered.
"Are you new here?" he asked as he helped her back onto her feet.
"Is it that obvious?" she laughed. He smiled and her heart melted slightly. She was weak for dimples.
"Well when you live in such a small town for most of your life, you start to recognize people that you've never met before," he smiled again. As she looked up at him, she realized he was over a foot taller than her.
"Yeah, I see your point. My name's Claire Butler, I just move here on the weekend."
"Well then it's nice to meet you Claire, my name's Clark Kent."
"Hi, you're Claire right?" Claire turned to see a girl her age walking beside her.
"Yeah, that's me," she replied.
"Great! My name's Lana Lang and I've been asked to show you around the school. I also have your timetable and it looks like we have all the same classes which will make this easier," she smiled. Wow, Claire thought, is she trying to sell me something? She won't stop smiling, it's kind of creepy.
"Awsome," Claire smiled back, she wasn't going to be rude and tell Lana to let her find her own way. She wanted to be left alone though. She told herself that to make her dad feel bad, she had to have a horrible day at school. Oh well, maybe Lana could be useful. "I heard your school has a cheerleading squad?"
"Yeah we do! I'm the captain actually, did you cheerlead at your old school?"
"Yeah. Do you guys have any openings? I know this is late in the year to start, but I thought maybe since I've been cheerleading before, there might be an exception?" she said as she looked at Lana hopefully.
"Actually, it's your lucky day, one of our cheerleaders broke her leg. Why don't you come to the practice after school today so we can see what you've got? Now we better go or we'll be late for Chemistry," Lana said as she rushed Claire down the hallway.
The day went by slowly and Claire was bored out of her mind. The only thing that made it a bit better was when Lana insisted Claire join her table at the cafeteria. Claire was afraid it was going to be full of the stereotypical cheerleaders: air-heads who only talk about clothes and boys. Well she was pretty surprised to see that only two other people where there, one who she recognized.
"Guys, this is Claire, she's new here," Lana said as introduction. She pointed to her two friends as she said "Claire, this is Chloe Sullivan and Clark-"
"Kent. Yeah, we've met already," Claire finished for her. She smiled at him, and he showed her that wonderful smile again.
"Alright, great," Lana said. She didn't look like she meant it though. I know I have history class with Lana, but maybe she has history with Clark too, and not the kind that you take at school, she thought.
"Are you at all interested in writing?" Chloe asked Claire once they all sat down. "Because I run the Torch, this school's newspaper, and I need some more writers. I think it would be great to have a story about life in Texas. It must be so different there."
"Yeah, it really is," Claire replied. "But Lana said there's an opening on the cheerleading squad and I don't know if I'll have time for that too."
"Come on!" Chloe encouraged her. "Clark is the quarterback and he writes for the Torch too!"
Claire smiled. So she could spend time with Clark at games AND at the Torch? I give up. I'll just have to tell dad that the first day of school didn't go by so bad. "Sure, sounds like fun," Claire said with a big smile on. After locking eyes with Clark for a few minutes, she turned to see Lana staring at her, with the most annoyed and frustrated look on her face. I think I'm going to have to start watching my back from now on, she thought.