Chapter 4

The sun shined through the glass window that overlooked a small garden. The curtains blew from the breeze and gave off a comforting sound. Lilly woke up to the smell of fresh air and Gardenia's. She rolled over to see a vase of fresh Gardenia's sitting next to her side of the bed. She smiled at the thought and looked down towards the clock. Her eyes widened and she leapt out of bed, grabbing her clothes from the bathroom and dressing in record time. She slid on her shoes as she ran down the hallway. Well, hopped was more like it.

She ran down the stairs and too the front door to see the old butler standing there, who's name was Jeffrey, which she found out the night before. She ran to the door and he opened it for her.

"Leaving so soon, Ms. Kent?" he asked.

"I'm sorry, Jeffrey. I'm running a little late. Could you tell, Lex, uh, Mr. Luthor that I had to go home?" she asked, putting the finishing touches on her wardrobe.

"Of course, Ms. Kent." said Jeffrey.

"Please, call me Lilly." she smiled.

"Very well. I will tell Mr. Luthor." he said.

"Thank you. Have a good day." she said, rushing out of the door.

She hopped into the truck and started the engine, racing down the driveway of the Luthor Mansion.

"Oh man, dad's gonna kill me." she said, trying to brush out her hair as much as possible.

She fixed her makeup that was all over the place and ran her fingers through her hair, hoping to make it look as if she hadn't had sex all night. She made a quick turn into the Kent farm and pulled up outside the house.

She got out of the truck and raced up to the house. She swung the door open and it hit the wall. She cringed at the sound and shut it again.

"Lilly, is that you?" asked Martha.

"Yea, mom. Sorry I'm late." she said, walking into the kitchen.

"That's okay. You're father and Clark had to run into town for some parts for the tractor. How was your night with Lana?" asked Martha.

"What?" asked Lilly.

"You spent the night at Lana's, right? How is she doing?" asked Martha.

"Oh right, Lana. She's fine. Yea, she's loving the whole college thing, as most people do." smiled Lilly, trying to play off her lie as best she could.

"Yea, Nell says she's having an absolute blast. When does school start again?" asked Martha.

"Next week." said Lilly.

"Oh my, how the summer flies." said Martha.

"Yea. Uh, I'm gonna go take a shower, and then get to work." said Lilly.

"Okay. The boys should be back soon." said Martha.

Lilly ran upstairs and slammed her door shut behind her. She let out a breathe she didn't realize she had been holding, and slid to the floor. She felt horrible for rushing out on Lex like she did, but she was late and she had to get home. She thought about calling him, but pushed it away. She didn't want to bug him, especially after a night like last night. Lilly caught herself smiling at the memory and wiped it away.

"It was a one time thing." she said to herself. "Yea. One time."

She sighed and got off of the floor and grabbed her work clothes. She was gonna have to help fix the tractor today, and that was no glorious job.

She jumped into the shower and quickly washed her hair and face. She dried off and got dressed. She dried her hair and put it up into a messy bun. She grabbed her shoes and some socks and went downstairs. She heard voices coming from the kitchen, and they sounded hushed.

"I am not going to go through with this." she heard her dad say.

"Jonathon, we don't have much of a choice. You heard Lionel, he held up his part of the bargain, now it's time for us to hold up ours." said Martha.

"But Martha, we're talking about Lilly here, I can't put my only daughter through this." said Jonathon.

"We don't have a choice." said Martha.

Lilly heard her dad sigh and wondered what was so terrible that involved her. She knew she couldn't straight out ask them, so she decided to give it some time. She made noise purposely while she walked the rest of the way down the stairs.

"Morning everybody!" she said.

"Morning sweetheart. Where were you this morning?" asked her dad.

"Me and Lana stayed up late last night. I overslept." smiled Lilly.

"Oh, well Clark's already out in the barn. You can help him out with the tractor." said Jonathon.

"On my way!" she said.

She slid out the back door and made her way towards the barn. She walked inside to see Clark rip off the side of the tractor so he could get inside.

"Frustrated?" she asked.

"The stupid panel wouldn't come off." said Clark.

"So you decided to rip it off out of anger?" she asked.

"I gotta do what I gotta do." he said.

"You better make sure that'll go back on. Dad will have a flip." she said, grabbing a wrench.

"Don't worry. It'll go on." winked Clark.

"Oh right, you're weird eyes." laughed Lilly.

"Shut up and hand me that part right there would you?" said Clark.

Lilly picked up the part and handed it to Clark. She climbed on top of the tractor and began taking out the old part. She hit a line and oil came spurting out, landing on Lilly's face.

"Oh man!" she said.

Clark laughed and handed her a towel. She wiped off as much as she could but it had already begun to dry which left smears on her face.

"You look like a linebacker." laughed Clark.

"Not funny." she said, throwing the towel at his face.

"Hey!" he shouted.

They both started throwing things at each other, mostly towels. Clark threw a ball at her and she caught it, sending it right back towards him. He got caught off guard and fell to the floor.

"Woo! One point for Lilly Kent!" she exclaimed, making a fake tally in the air.

Clark grabbed a towel and threw it at her. Just as she caught it though, someone spoke out.

"Aren't you two supposed to be working?"

Lilly recognized the voice and looked over to the barn door. Lex stood there in a pair of black slacks and a gray sweater. When she saw him looking at her, she went to step down but lost her footing. She fell off the tractor and landed on the ground with a thud. Her head smacked the ground and she lay in shock.

"Ow." she mustered out.

"Lilly!" shouted Clark.

Lex and Clark both ran over to her to find her staring up at the top of the barn. Her hands were raised up a bit and her leg was bent to the side. From the looks of it, her leg was broken.

"Lilly, don't move alright? I'm gonna go get mom." said Clark.

Clark ran from the barn at normal speed, so Lex wouldn't see who he truly was. Lex bent down next to Lilly and wiped a stray piece of hair that had fallen from her bun. She still lay still, not wanting to move in fear she would feel pain. Her eyes glanced over towards Lex who seemed as if he truly cared about what happened. She saw his face turn pale as he reached for his cell phone.

"Hello, 9-1-1? I need an ambulance quick at the Kent Farm. Someone is hurt. Her leg is broken and she is bleeding from her head." he said, urgently.

Lilly heard his words, but things started going fuzzy. Her eyes drifted closed but shot back open. Her head lolled to the side as exhaustion started to take over.

"Lilly! Lilly stay with me. Lilly!" shouted Lex.

The last thing Lilly saw was Lex's face full of fear, and then blackness.


Yea i know it's kind of short. The next one will be longer, i promise. Please review and tell me what you thought! I'm really anxious to know what your mind thinks!!