Disclaimer: don't own 'em but the story is ALL mine!!!!  Well, some thoughts might be from other fics, but it's definitely mine!

Summary: Chloe is finally getting over Clark. Clark's with Lana. Everyone is finally happy, but are they really what or even who they seem to be?

A/N: first fic, bear with me and PLEASE be kind!!! R/R

 Can You Handle It?

The ground was slick under the tires of Chloe's car.  She gripped the wheel with a fierce passion- her knuckles turned white on the plastic.  One hand moved to push her tears out.

"Darn you Clark! You always do this to me when I am finally becoming happy."

She had gone to tell Clark about her brand-new boyfriend, Mark, but once she got there his mom said that she didn't know where Clark was.  Chloe had thought that everything was over in her feelings with Clark, but she still wanted to talk to him about Mark.  Chloe went to the barn to wait for Clark, and then she saw Lana crying, and Clark pulling her close, a lot closer than friendly comfort.  It was the type of close she had longed for with Clark, the kind that she had dreamed of, and here Lana was getting it without even doing anything to deserve it.  After that Chloe had just stormed off.

 "Well Lana I am happy for you, you get to dump Whitney, break his heart, go out with like ten other guys, and finally start crying and Clark comes to save you. Can't you just be happy with ruining all other guys' lives?  I honestly can't believe you!  You have a weakness that will kill every guy you meet, but not Clark, I won't let you.  Not Clark, not my friend Clark, not MY Clark.—Wait, were did that come from? MY Clark, well, sometimes I have thought of him like that, but I am not single anymore! ARGH!!! Clark, see what you have gone and done? Wait, lights, on THIS road in a thunderstorm..."

The lights approached fast, faster than she ever could have expected. Chloe swerved, and the last thing that she heard was her own voice screaming as she drove into a tree.

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Clark had gone to the barn to get some of his homework done, but when Lana came in looking upset… well, let's just say that the homework was not so high on his priority list.

"Lana? What's wrong? Tell me please?"  Clark pleaded, not wanting to see his lady love upset.  Seeing his concern, she started to cry.

"Clark, it's n-nothing, it's j-just… well, Clark I j-just broke up with Mark this mor-morning, and-and- I am just really upset.  I thought that I liked him, but he was keeping something from me.  I had to do it, I c-couldn't take it anymore.  The-there has to be complete trust in a r-relationship. It's essential!"

 "Yeah, but sometimes there are things that can't be told… to anyone.  This is why we aren't' together.  She has a trust complex.  This is why it's so much better to be around Chloe, she doesn't care if I am hiding something.  Wait, Chloe? Annoyingly perky Chloe?  Compared to my raven-haired beauty here? Nope.  I must just be tired, as if anyone could compare to Lana! Ha, that's funny," thought Clark as he went over to hug Lana from behind.  She turned and hid her face in his shirt.

"This is when I realized that all my comfort in times like these is you.  You, Clark. You're the one that I want to be with, it just took a messy relationship to figure that out for me," she confided as she looked up into his face minutes later.

"Lana, you're just upset about Mark, you don't know what you're saying."  

"Please let me be wrong!"

"No, Clark, I am being honest with you now, YOU'RE the one that I want.  Now you be honest with me, do you want me, or am I the only one here?"

"Lana, I have waited a long time for you to say that, too long," spoke Clark as he was cut off by Lana's softly delicious lips.  What started out as an innocent kiss suddenly turned to a maddening, passionate French kiss.

"Oh my gosh!! This is happening to ME, ME- Clark Kent, I am kissing Lana! Dreams DO come true!—wait, what's that I can hear?-a car motor, in this weather?" Clark held Lana closer as their kiss deepened. "why can't my abilities just stop for once?"

Lana and Clark pulled back to look at each other and breathe.

The sound of sobbing filled Clark's mind

"Clark, will you go out with me?"

Screeching tires, more sobbing.

"Of course Lana, this is what I have wanted for a long time."

A flash of light in Clark's mind blinded him.

Clark leaned into Lana whole-heartedly.  Lana gladly opened her mouth as their lips met again.

The light glowed steadily brighter.

Screeching tires again.

A female scream shook Clark's mind.

Clark pulled Lana in tighter as she leaned into him.

Silence.

Clark never moved from his spot with Lana.

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A/N:  So… what did you think? REVIEW!!!!  It will get more interesting as it goes.

PS if you are a Clark lover, I am too, but a big part of this story is his stupidity, don't stop reading though, he'll improve!

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