Hands
**10 years after high school, Lana Lang decides to get out of Smallville for a few days and take in the sights of Metropolis, after all, its been a long time since she was there...**
Lana Lang steps of the bus onto a crowded platform. My god, where do all of these people come from, she thought. As she followed the jumble of people walking she observed her surroundings. They definitely have done some remodeling, she thought, but then the headline flew through her head "Superman saves thousands" the train.. the bomb... the chaos.. It still baffles her as to how Superman even knew there was a bomb on that train, and how does he ALWAYS manage to make sure everyone is ok.
"Luggage claim number please" the teller said
Lana looked up, she had been so over grossed in her own thoughts that she totally forgot that she was in the line to get her suitcase. She barely remembered where she was. She looked into her purse and found the ticket neatly folded right on top. 'Hmm good thing I was bored on the train' she mused. She always fussed and made sure everything was perfect. That was probably why she was still single. To fussy for most men, they eventually got fed up with her high demands. She didn't think her demands where that high, but to some, the were out of this galaxy. She gave the ticket to the teller and he nodded and passed her her two suitcases.
"Thank you very much." She said with a smile.
"Its my pleasure, ma'am, the main departure gate is just over there, enjoy your trip to Metropolis" the teller gave her a wink and went on to the next customer. She heard him say 'Luggage claim number...' in the background noise as she walked through the noisy station. 'Perfect, there is a newsstand over there, im dying for some water'. She walked over to the newsstand and went to the cooler, grabbed a bottle of water, and had it half finished before she had reached the counter.
"Thirsty?" The man behind the counter asked with a smile.
"Absolutely, a lot more then I thought," She reached into her purse and gave him his money. She was just putting the change into her wallet when she glanced at the front page of the Daily Planet. "Superman Saves the Queen Elizabeth II" and on the front cover was Superman standing in front of this huge cruise ship with a dismantled bomb in his hand, and a small, satisfactory smile on his face. 'Wow' She thought to herself 'In this picture, he reminds me of the way Clark would smile back when we were in school.' She hadn't thought about Clark in a very long time. It was entirely too painful. She still remembered the way he looked when he said goodbye to her at graduation. He was going to school somewhere out east, and she was staying in Smallville, to work at the Talon until she had some kind of clue what she wanted to do. 10 years later, and she was still at the talon. She hadn't even been to Metropolis since she was in high school. It was when she found out Clark was here, and needed her help. So she thought anyways. It wasn't until she heard someone saying 'Miss? Miss?' that she snapped back into reality. How long had she been standing there staring at the paper like a newly released mental patient? She just bowed her head grabbed her stuff and started walking towards the doors. First a cab, then a hotel, then a shower, then maybe some mental help, because after all, she had just spent nearly 5 minutes staring at a picture remember things that happened so long ago, no one else probably thought about this stuff at all.
She sighed as a cab came screeching to a halt in front of her. The cab driver came around and helped her put her stuff in the trunk. After telling the hotel The Belmont, she settled back into her seat and started staring out the window. Why did that picture bother her so much? Its not like she hasn't seen Superman before, in fact, it was hard to turn on the T.V. or read the newspaper without some kind of mention of the "Man of Steel." She wasn't even sure it was the picture so much that bothered her. It was that smile, the smile she had seen in her dreams a thousand times before, only it wasn't Superman smiling at her....
**10 years after high school, Lana Lang decides to get out of Smallville for a few days and take in the sights of Metropolis, after all, its been a long time since she was there...**
Lana Lang steps of the bus onto a crowded platform. My god, where do all of these people come from, she thought. As she followed the jumble of people walking she observed her surroundings. They definitely have done some remodeling, she thought, but then the headline flew through her head "Superman saves thousands" the train.. the bomb... the chaos.. It still baffles her as to how Superman even knew there was a bomb on that train, and how does he ALWAYS manage to make sure everyone is ok.
"Luggage claim number please" the teller said
Lana looked up, she had been so over grossed in her own thoughts that she totally forgot that she was in the line to get her suitcase. She barely remembered where she was. She looked into her purse and found the ticket neatly folded right on top. 'Hmm good thing I was bored on the train' she mused. She always fussed and made sure everything was perfect. That was probably why she was still single. To fussy for most men, they eventually got fed up with her high demands. She didn't think her demands where that high, but to some, the were out of this galaxy. She gave the ticket to the teller and he nodded and passed her her two suitcases.
"Thank you very much." She said with a smile.
"Its my pleasure, ma'am, the main departure gate is just over there, enjoy your trip to Metropolis" the teller gave her a wink and went on to the next customer. She heard him say 'Luggage claim number...' in the background noise as she walked through the noisy station. 'Perfect, there is a newsstand over there, im dying for some water'. She walked over to the newsstand and went to the cooler, grabbed a bottle of water, and had it half finished before she had reached the counter.
"Thirsty?" The man behind the counter asked with a smile.
"Absolutely, a lot more then I thought," She reached into her purse and gave him his money. She was just putting the change into her wallet when she glanced at the front page of the Daily Planet. "Superman Saves the Queen Elizabeth II" and on the front cover was Superman standing in front of this huge cruise ship with a dismantled bomb in his hand, and a small, satisfactory smile on his face. 'Wow' She thought to herself 'In this picture, he reminds me of the way Clark would smile back when we were in school.' She hadn't thought about Clark in a very long time. It was entirely too painful. She still remembered the way he looked when he said goodbye to her at graduation. He was going to school somewhere out east, and she was staying in Smallville, to work at the Talon until she had some kind of clue what she wanted to do. 10 years later, and she was still at the talon. She hadn't even been to Metropolis since she was in high school. It was when she found out Clark was here, and needed her help. So she thought anyways. It wasn't until she heard someone saying 'Miss? Miss?' that she snapped back into reality. How long had she been standing there staring at the paper like a newly released mental patient? She just bowed her head grabbed her stuff and started walking towards the doors. First a cab, then a hotel, then a shower, then maybe some mental help, because after all, she had just spent nearly 5 minutes staring at a picture remember things that happened so long ago, no one else probably thought about this stuff at all.
She sighed as a cab came screeching to a halt in front of her. The cab driver came around and helped her put her stuff in the trunk. After telling the hotel The Belmont, she settled back into her seat and started staring out the window. Why did that picture bother her so much? Its not like she hasn't seen Superman before, in fact, it was hard to turn on the T.V. or read the newspaper without some kind of mention of the "Man of Steel." She wasn't even sure it was the picture so much that bothered her. It was that smile, the smile she had seen in her dreams a thousand times before, only it wasn't Superman smiling at her....