I do not own Smallville. This is a Lois/Clark story, based on the song 'Home is where the heart is.' Enjoy and review. :)
Chapter one: Decisions.
My name is Clark Kent and I've lived in Smallville for as long as I can remember. I'm now 21 and I've just graduated from Central Kansas University. One of my best friends, Chloe Sullivan, who has just graduated from Metropolis University, has moved in with her fiancée, Jimmy Olsen. I helped him pick out her engagement ring and I'm very proud about that. Chloe and Jimmy both work at The Daily Planet-that's how they first met. My other best friend, Oliver Queen, has recently married Dinah Lance, who's his second wife; his first wife, Tess, died shortly after their son, Robert Queen II, was born and that was four years ago and I'm glad that Oliver's moved on. Robert's happy too, and I'm glad about that, because I'm his godfather and he tells me everything, even more than he tells Oliver sometimes.
Lana Lang, the girl whom I loved since I was five, but never dated. She is now married to Lex Luthor. I attended their wedding, knowing that I would never ever be with Lana. Nine months after their marriage, Lana gave birth to a baby boy, whom she and Lex named Julian, after Lex's brother, who died when he was young child.
All of my friends have gone on such amazing journeys and here I am, in Smallville, with nothing to show for my life, besides a degree and a farm, but most of that was my dad's work. My dad died in my last year of high school, so it's just me and Mum now.
I have powers and abilities of which humans could not dream, which is why I've never had a girlfriend, as I've never let anyone get close enough, apart from Chloe and Oliver. There was a time when I looked at Chloe in what way, but now she's just one of my best friends and I am very glad that she and Jimmy are finally getting married.
Thinking about Chloe and Oliver and Lana, I've made my decision: I'm going to leave Smallville.
"I just don't feel as if I belong here, anymore." I explain to my mum. I feel guilty for wanting to leave her, but I also know that it's what I need to do, in order to become who I need to be. My mum's reply was: "I know, Clark. I just wondered how long it would take you to work it out." She embraces me into a tight hug and I bury my face in her shoulder, as I did when I was a child. Since my dad died, things have changed, I've changed and I need to go and do something with my life. I need to go and save people.
The next day, I pack the truck up with my things and I'm ready to go. Mum comes out and passes me a parcel. I open it and find: a cape, the symbol of my biological parents' house and a pair of glasses. I stare at her upon seeing the glasses. She smiled and replied, "In case you need to adopt a secret identity, in order to become a different kind of hero." Slowly, she picks up the glasses and places them on me and puts her hands on either side of my face. I see tears in her eyes and I hug her, fighting back my own tears.
I've decided that I'm going to go to Metropolis, as its where Oliver, Chloe and Jimmy live. I drive away from Smallville and never look back.