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Hey everyone, this is my first fanfic so bear with me ok?

Chapter 1: Back home

"I can't believe this is happening, I've waited so long for this, and yet it all seems surreal. Just how exactly did I get here? I just wish I had a clue what to do, what to say, how to behave". Clark's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a loud noise that came from across the street. He had been standing on the other side of the road to the Talon and figuring out if he should go in or not. It had been 4 months since he'd last seen Lana and he had no idea what he could possibly say to her. "She probably doesn't love me anymore, she must be so mad at me! I still can't believe I just left like that, how could I abandon someone like that."

He kept thinking about all the crazy things that had happened to him over these months and he finaly being able to get rid of that red kryptonite ring. He wasn't even sure how he'd gotten free from Jor-el and that stupid ring, but somehow, one day, he woke up in the middle of a busy street in Metropolis and was surprised to see that the ring along with his father's voice were gone, just like that. It was all very confusing to him, but he was just glad that it was all over. He finaly could return to Smallville, and to everyone he loved. But as he stood across the street form the Talon, feared that perhaps the one he loved had just moved on. He drifted away in his thoughts of how long it had been, and what he could say to get her to forgive him, the only thing he knew was that he would have to tell her the truth. After all that he had put her through she at least deserve that much honesty. Once again, he was distracted by the same loud noise, and this time he lifted his had, that had been bowed since he started to think about Lana, and all the things that happened. When he looked up, he was surprised to see that the sound was coming from the Talon. He used his x-ray vision, and was worried about what he saw. Inside, two men one with a gun and another one with baseball bat were vandalizing, breaking chairs, tables, they seemed to want something. Then Clark looked a little to their left, and there she was. Lana was scared, and heartbroken to see the place she loved so much being torn apart. She tried to reason with the men, but it was worthless. She was crying, she didn't know what to do anymore.

"What do you want? Please you want the money, you can take it" she cried out in despair.

"We wanna know where that boyfriend of yours is?" said the man holding the gun.

"I don't know where he is alright?! He's been gone for 4 months, I don't know if he'll ever come back." These words had been the hardest for her to say, because it reminded her of the pain she felt the day he left, and all the days and nights she would cry in her room, she had again been abandoned. "There must be something wrong with me, everyone I ever love just leaves." Talking about him took her back to that day, the day she'd worked up the courage to tell him she loved him, and it also made her realize that she still did. After all this time she just hadn't forgotten him.

"I'm gonna ask you one more time, where is that Kent kid?"

"I told you I don't know" she was scared, but at the same time confused, why were those guys asking about Clark? What did they want with him? Her expression suddenly changed, she looked pale, shocked, overwhelmed to see the door open and Clark come in. She didn't believe her eyes, she thought she was imagining it, like she had so many times. But was amazed to see that her eyes were not playing tricks on her, it really was him.