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Chapter 4

That night Andrew was sitting at the computer looking at the Daily Bugle's electronic website and shook his head, J Jonah Jameson was really weird: Threat or Menace? Who writes these pages? But he found it funny that Peter was the one taking the pictures of Spiderman and selling them.

He sighed as he read his Emails, he loved emails as he was able to keep in contact with his friends a bit better but he was a bit worried that Jonathon hadn't emailed him back.

Andrew grinned at M.J's response, she was trying to become an actress and she was dating someone new.

And Peter lost his job as Doctor Connors assistant, Andrew frowned, he supposed his night activities might change things.

Andrew sighed, he wasn't worrying, Jonathon was smart enough to know how to avoid Sunnydale's problems.

Chloe wanted him to come out and meet her friends for some coffee and making better friends, he decided that he could do that.

As he walked outside he sighed, 'Smallville was really nice but it was a bit weird,' he had looked at Chloe's newspaper reports from the last year and he heard the term 'meteor freaks.'

He walked into the Talon and got waved over by Chloe and sat down; she smiled at him and said, "We're just discussing the local news."

Andrew sighed and sat down, "I was looking at your back issues of the Torch, very interesting news."

Chloe nodded, "I think it began when the Meteor shower hit, did you know about that?"

"Yeah," Andrew muttered, "I heard about it and Peter told me that he was hunting for some meteor rocks, he wanted me to send him some."

"Well," Chloe said, "I have a theory that those rocks did some really weird things Andrew. I'm going to show you my Wall of Weird sometime; it has everything I recorded about this town."

Andrew nodded and said, "I was going to collect the rocks sometime soon."

"No," Clark said, "Umm, even though they are reported to be harmless I don't believe a word of it, you could put your cousin in danger."

"Umm, well I might still look for them," Andrew said smiling, "After all Peter's a scientist at heart and he really wants some of them."

"Okay," Chloe said, "I'll help you look for them tomorrow Andrew, do you want to come with us Clark?"

"No thanks," Clark said smiling, "I got chores tomorrow but maybe you guys could visit me there instead of collecting rocks?"

Andrew nodded, "Sounds alright I suppose."

Chloe sighed, "Sure, sounds alright, though rock hunting actually sounds better."

Pete looked up and said, "Hey, don't worry Andrew, I know where there's a bunch of rocks if you want me to get some for you I could, I'm not busy tomorrow."

"Sure," Andrew said, "If you want I can pay you for the rocks you find, Peter and I had a bit of a business venture in New York so I might be able to pay fifty dollars for about five large rocks, is that alright?"

Pete's face lit up and said, "Sure but you don't need to pay me but I'll take the money if you want to pay."

Andrew nodded while Clark looked a bit worried, as Andrew got up to leave Clark followed him outside and said, "Why is your cousin so interested in the rocks?"

"Umm because they came from space," Andrew said, "I'm surprised he didn't go out collecting them when he visited before."

"Well they're, umm, just rocks," Clark said quietly, "Sure they glow green but other than that there's no reason to send them to your cousin."

Andrew smiled, "Well, Peter wants some to study."

Clark looked at Andrew and said, "Okay, I guess I'll see you tomorrow."

Andrew nodded and walked home, he hoped Peter could help explain what, and if, those rocks were dangerous.

The next day Andrew got up, sent a couple emails to Peter, M.J and Uncle Ben and Aunt May and got out, he saw Chloe looking up the Daily Bugle's website and reading more about Spider man.

He looked at her and said, "The Bugle's a rag."

"I know," Chloe said, "From what I've seen all the guy tries to help people and J Jonah Jameson tries to attack him, like the headline: Threat or Menace? But they got good pictures of the guy."

Andrew nodded, smiled and whispered, "Peter's the one taking the pictures, he's still freelance though and Mr Jameson isn't paying that well yet."

"Well, Peter sure as hell deserves more money," Chloe said, "These pictures are wonderful," and as she walked off she said, "Umm, are you ready to visit the Kent's?"

"I suppose," Andrew said, "Though honestly I prefer to go hunting for those rocks today."

She smiled and said, "It might not be that bad, Clark honestly wants to make friends with you."

Andrew nodded, as they got into the car Chloe smiled, "So have you heard anything from Sunnydale?"

"No," Andrew sighed, "I guess Jonathon's busy at collage, he was disappointed that he didn't get to go to UCLA and, thought it's weird actually, a lot of the graduating class ended up going to Sunnydale University."

Chloe shrugged, "Maybe they wanted to stay near home, it happens."

Andrew smiled a bit and nodded, "I just wish Jonathon would message me back, I'm worried about him."

"He will, in time," Chloe said smiling, "Just give him time."

Andrew nodded, though he was still a bit worried about Jonathon back in Sunnydale, he felt horrible as he had been so busy that he barely talked to Jonathon in two weeks.

As they drove Andrew chatted about what he had heard from New York and how Peter was doing.

"Why does Peter's friend, M.J want to keep in contact with you Andrew?" Chloe asked, "I mean you met her once, right?"

Andrew nodded and said, "She wanted to make friends with me apparently, she remembered me from when we were little and Tucker put spiders in her hair."

Chloe made a face and said, "Yeah, that sounds like him."

When they came to the farm Andrew sighed, "Farm time." As he got out he saw Clark walking outside wearing the normal clothes he associated Clark with: the blue shirt, red jacket and blue jeans.

Clark looked at Chloe and Andrew; he smiled at them both and said, "Hey guys."

Andrew bounded out and smiled at Clark and said, "Really nice of you to invite us here for the day rather than go hunting for meteor rocks."

Clark smiled sheepishly, he wasn't going to let Andrew know but he stopped Pete from getting the samples Andrew wanted to get for his cousin.

"But anyways," Clark said, "Do you like swimming Andrew?"

"Sure, I could go swimming," Andrew shrugged, "But where?"

"Umm, the lake," Clark grinned, "But do you have a suit or something?"

"Yeah, I do," Andrew said, "But I don't know if we can get it from home right now."

"Don't worry Andrew," Clark grinned, "I got a spare pair of trunks."

Clark dashed in to get the trunks and said good bye to his parents, he looked at Chloe and said, "You coming too?"

"No," Chloe said, "I do have to go back and get my bathing suit."

Clark grinned, "You're with me then Andrew," he said as he ushered Andrew into the truck.

Andrew waved at Chloe and said, "See ya at the lake then."

As they headed off Clark rattled question after question, trying to start a conversation.

"So you want to know about Uncle Ben and Aunt May?" Andrew asked Clark after the last question.

"Yeah, I mean I know a bit about them from Chloe," Clark sighed, "But yeah, I'd lie to know more about them."

"Aunt May and Uncle Ben," Andrew smiled, "They were great for Peter to be raised by after his parents died, they took him in unconditionally, they loved him like their own and they are close, even though the family is going through some troubles they are still close and optimistic."

"Troubles?" Clark muttered, "What kind of troubles?"

"Umm, Uncle Ben was laid off after thirty-five years of work by Oscorp," Andrew growled, "In that way they don't have to pay him his pension. Aunt May and Uncle Ben should be in Florida right now, not in danger of being evicted."

"Oscorp?" Clark muttered, "Sorry, I don't know them."

"Yeah, they're east coast big shots really," Andrew sighed, "Peter's the best friend of Harry Osborn and, from what I learned, Harry's not a happy boy as Norman Osborn is critical to say the least."

'Like Lex,' Clark thought, remembering of all the times Lex told Clark his own problems with Lionel.

Andrew sighed, "Harry told me to tell Lex that Harry owed him some money, so they probably know about each other."

'Might have to ask Lex,' Clark thought as they got to the lake.

"Hey," Andrew yelled, "Where are the changing rooms?"

"Yeah," Clark grinned, "In the forest," and watched Andrew rush behind a bush and begin to change.

Clark stared at Andrew as he came out and he was impressed; the muscles weren't super lumpy but Andrew was built nicely, he looked at Andrew said, "The muscle fairy, right?"

"Yep," Andrew laughed, "And she blessed my cousin Peter too."

Andrew did a restrained jump into the water and groaned, 'It's perfect,' he thought as he swam through the warm water. He heard a splashing sound and saw Clark swimming in the water, he grinned and splashed Clark playfully as he swam away to get away from Clark's splash.

Clark smiled as Andrew splashed him again and splashed back.

As they swam through the water Andrew smiled, a nice perfect day, he was thinking that nothing could spoil this day when he saw a car pull up and he saw that Lana girl come out, Clark stared at her and changed, he wasn't as playful anymore as he stared at her and a small dark place inside of Andrew hated her so much right now.

Lana came to the beach and smiled as she saw Clark swimming with Andrew and waved at them.

Andrew suddenly got out of the lake causing Lana to stare at him appreciatively, those clothes he wore covered up way too much but Lana thought she could change that.

Clark looked confused and yelled, "Andrew, get back in the water."

Andrew sighed, "Sure," as he jumped back into the water, 'Maybe I could get Clark to play with me again," Andrew thought as he swam under Clark and splashed him again.

Clark grinned as they began to splash each other

Lana watched smiling and rolled out a beach towel and began to lie in the sunlight, loving the warmth and the sight of both Andrew and Clark in the water.

Andrew sighed as they finally got out of the water and sat on the pier while Clark talked to Lana about something.

'Please,' Andrew prayed silently, 'Have Chloe get here soon, for me to talk to someone.'

Lana came over and said, "Andrew, I was hoping to say hi to you again, how's life in Smallville treating you?"

"Umm, good," Andrew murmured, "Just thinking about heading home soon."

"Oh, really?" Clark said a bit disappointed, "Why do you have to leave so soon?"

Andrew tested the water with his toe and muttered, "Umm, well, I was going to check if Pete got those meteor rocks for me."

Clark became guarded and said, "Andrew please, those rocks are worthless, don't pay good money on postage for them."

"I told you," Andrew grinned, "They're for my cousin, he really wants things from space."

Clark looked worried, he didn't want Andrew, or even his cousin, getting hurt by the meteorites or meteor freaks appearing in New York, he shuddered at the thought and he vaguely wondered if he could stop Andrew from being interested in the rocks.

"Look, he is a big geek about space things Clark," Andrew smiled slightly, "And he was so cool to me, I want to send him something he'd love."

Lana sighed and said, "Well Andrew is right Clark, I'm betting his cousin would love something that nearly destroyed our town."

Andrew winced, "I don't mean like that! He wanted to study them I mean."

"Don't worry Andrew," Lana said, "I'm on your side. It's just really awkward; when someone brings the meteor storm up I feel like trying to avoid the whole magazine cover."

Andrew stared, "Magazine cover?"

"Oh yeah," Lana said, "On the day it happened I was dressed like a fairy princess and my aunt and I went out to see my mom and dad coming in from Metropolis, when we were there, there was a rumble in the sky and the water tower was destroyed."

Lana stopped talking as the memories hit her, Andrew stared down and Clark sighed, "Apparently someone saw her crying and, well, they decided to take her picture and it ended up nationwide on covers called: Tragedy in the Heartland."

'Ouch,' Andrew thought, 'That had to hurt, being reminded about that day.'

Clark sighed and said, "I have to help my dad with some things so I have to get home, Andrew do you want a ride or something?"

"Sure Clark," Andrew said as he ran into the bushes, got dressed and walked out.

Lana shook her head and said, "Andrew, you really need to get new clothes as those old ones are too small for you, maybe I could take you shopping in Metropolis or something like that?"

Andrew looked unsure, he wasn't crazy about spending time with Lana when Clark spoke up and said, "Sounds good, maybe I could come along with you?"

Lana smiled and, "Maybe Chloe could come along."

After Andrew got into Clark's truck and was driven home he saw Chloe holding several meteors, she grinned and said, "Pete didn't get them because he came down with a cold or something like that, so I got the rocks for you."

"Cool," Andrew grinned, "Thank you so much Chloe, you are so cool," he said as he grabbed the rocks and began to package them up for sending to Peter so he could study them.

"Don't you know it but you tell Peter that he owes me an interview with Harry Osborn for this," she laughed.

Before Andrew headed upstairs he froze and said, "I think your friend Lana wants take me shopping for clothes, she has a problem with how I dress."

"Well Andrew," Chloe said, "You need some new clothes as those don't fit you anymore and I'll come with you."

"Thank you," Andrew said, "She's bringing Clark along and he might think flannel works for me."

Chloe laughed and said, "Don't worry; I'll make sure you're fashionable."

That night Andrew slipped on his costume and sighed, 'Time to go patrolling,' and jumped out of window and swung from tree to tree to go look for trouble. As he patrolled town he sighed, 'Someone must be fighting these meteor freaks or whatever they were calling them?'

He realized he was near the Luthor Mansion, he froze and landed on the wall and as he quietly climbed he realized that Clark was visiting Lex, he looked surprised as he watched them play a bit of pool and talk, he crawled down carefully to see a bit better.

'Now,' Andrew thought, 'This will be interesting to find out how they became friends.'

As he watched them he heard a smashing sound, he looked over and said, "Well, this is unexpected."

Clark and Lex rushed to the room and saw a man holding a gun at Lex's butler and yelling at Lex to show him where the money was.

Before Lex could answer a web reached out and snatched the gun out of the man's hand.

"Well, well," Andrew grinned, "I didn't know this was part of the tour group sir," he said smiling, "But I might mention that we shouldn't have left the group."

The man pulled a knife and Andrew smiled, "A knife? Isn't that interesting? I thought since I disarmed you quickly enough that you and I could talk this out, I mean first of all you're robbing the Luthor's, that probably isn't a good thing to do, know what I mean?"

"What the hell do you care if I rob a guy who can afford it you freak?" the man said snarling.

"Nothing, I suppose," Andrew said, "But what happens next? Will you kill someone next time? Or what happens when you need money again? Who gets hurt that time?"

Lex put his hand out and said, "Listen to the," he looked at Andrew, "The man?"

Andrew nodded, Lex said, "If you let my butler go we can talk this out, maybe help you."

'Hmm,' Andrew thought, 'This guy is no Norman Osborn as Norman would've killed the guy. Maybe he's on the up and up.'

The man nodded, "I guess so," and to make sure Andrew shot a web out and pulled the knife out of the guy's hand.

Lex looked at Andrew and said, "I don't believe I've had the pleasure of making your acquaintance, I'm Lex Luthor."

Andrew nodded and smiled, "Your friendly neighbourhood web slinger sir," he jumped outside and said, "Nice to meet you."

'Cool,' Andrew smiled, 'I'm so glad I stopped some bad things from happening,' he thought as he sat on the tree, he was about the swing home he saw Clark below him.

Andrew smiled, 'He's looking for me,' he thought, he slid down a webline and said, "Howdy green eyes, you lookin for me?"

Clark looked behind him and saw the Scarlet Spider looking at him, he stammered, "Umm, I was going to say thanks, for what you did there."

"Well," Andrew grinned, "It's nice to be thanked, especially by such a handsome man but hey you look down, what's the matter sport?"

Clark looked at him and sighed, "Nothing."

"You sure about that sport? Cause," Andrew said, "You can talk to me if you want but not tonight, it's late and I got stuff to do tomorrow," and as he swung off he said, "Be good green eyes."

Clark blushed, 'What is with that guy and calling him green eyes? Is he trying to flirt or is he just playing with me?'

Andrew swung home and saw Chloe on the front step and smiled, 'I'll say hi to her as the Scarlet Spider,' he slid down and said, "Evening miss."

Chloe gasped and stammered, "Oh my god! Just wait right here," she rushed over and grabbed a camera; she came back and saw him still sitting upside down, looking at her and waving.

"Hold still," Chloe said, "So I can get a good picture."

As she took the picture Andrew grinned and said, "Cheese," while holding his hand in the peace sign."

Chloe smiled a bit and said, "Eccentric, aren't you?"

"Don't you know it ma'am," Andrew said, "But hey, I'll see you around."

With that he swung away, backtracked and crawled into his bedroom and moaned, "Nice night, nice night." As he fell asleep he decided that he'd send the rocks tomorrow to Peter and began to snore.

TBC

Andrew is going to meet the Red K infected Clark, how will Andrew handle Kal? Or will Kal handle the Scarlet Spider?

In the next few chapters a few characters from the Spiderman universe will be visiting Smallville.

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