Chapter 1:
New Year, New beginnings
First day of school always had something new and exciting for Clark. It was Senior Year and he was ready for new changes. He smiled walking through the double doors of Smallville High with his backpack over his right shoulder. He wore his usual T-shirt with jeans and a Kansas state hat.
He walked down the hallway and spotted Chloe walking right towards him with a huge smile on her face.
"Hey Clark!"
He smiled, "Hey Chloe, ready for a new year?"
She walked with him to his locker down the hall. "Of course! I am editor of the school newspaper this year and I'm so excited about it!"
He looked at her and smiled, "Congrats Chloe."
She smiled and bowed a little as they stopped at his locker, "Why thank you. I'll try to make this years paper much better than it was before." She saw Pete and patted Clarks shoulder, "Bye Clark, I'm gonna go tell Pete the good news."
Clark smiled at her as she ran off to catch up to Pete. He put a few books away and looked over at the double doors. He wanted to see Lana. This year was going to be different. He was going to ask Lana out, make football team, and keep his best friends. The bell to get to first period rang and everyone walked into their classrooms. The hallways were empty except for him. He closed his locker and turned around to accidentally bump into a girl standing right behind him.
"Oops…sorry." She said with a small giggle.
"No, I'm sorry." Clark looked at her. She must have been new to the school since he hadn't seen her before around. She was shorter than Clark, then again almost everyone he knew was since he was so tall. She must have been 5'3" or 5'4" at least. She had light brown hair that reached just barely past her shoulders and a slender figure. He was distracted checking her out when she asked him a question.
"Sorry, but do you know where Mr. Thompson's room is by chance?" She looked at him, "Hello?"
"Huh?" Clark snapped out of it and she giggled. "Mr. Thompson?"
He looked at her. "Oh yeah, I have him right now too. It's right down this way." Clark lead her to a classroom two doors away from where his locker was.
He opened the door while Mr. Thompson was giving his back to school lecture. "Where have you two love birds been?" He asked. She giggled and Clark blushed as the class laughed, "Okay, okay class. Settle down. You two take a seat and don't be late to my class again."
They both took a seat next to each other in the back of the class and she looked over at him and whispered, "I'm Lara by the way."
He looked back at her, "I'm Clark." They shook hands and then she looked up at the teacher and started taking a few notes about what he was writing on the board on the expectations of Seniors.