"So, where's your spaceship?" He asked, and then winced. Clark's gaze snapped to his and then he looked away again.
"I destroyed it, actually." Clark said. Alec sighed. He wasn't actually expecting an answer there. It was just something stupid that came out of his mouth.
"You believe me?" Clark asked.
"Well, I did see you display that power you were talking about." Alec said, thinking about how Clark had disappeared in a flash and reappeared a second later with take out from Metropolis. That was definitely a freaky sight.
"And I thought I moved fast." Clark let out a slightly nervous laugh.
"Alec, you still haven't told me exactly what happened to you. I still can't believe Lex saved you, by the way." Alec shifted a little uncomfortably at the mention of Lex. It wasn't that he should be feeling guilty about what happened. It wasn't like he and Clark were together or something, but he couldn't seem to help it.
"Yeah, I guess he did." Alec said, answering that. He really didn't want to tell Clark everything that had happened to him at the place. Lex had told him that he wouldn't let it happen again, but Alec still wasn't so sure that he could trust the guy.
"Why do you think he did it?" Alec shrugged, not exactly sure how to answer that question.
"Don't know. The guy isn't exactly easy to read." Which was kind of frustrating. He figured the way Lex was raised had something to do with that, though. He was pretty sure that Lex wasn't a saint, but he wasn't so sure that Lex was the monster that Clark seemed to think he was. Clark sat down on the couch next to him, bringing him out of his thoughts.
"I'm glad your okay." He said, patting Alec on the shoulder. Alec smiled a little.
"Yeah, thanks man."
Alec walked casually into the mansion and grinned when he caught sight of Lex shooting pool. He walked over to the table and leaned down on it.
"You any good?" He asked after a moment. Lex raised an eyebrow at the question and sank the eight ball.
"What are you doing here?" Lex asked, handing Alec a cue. Alec grinned, leaning on it as he watched Lex rack the balls again.
"Oh, come on. I thought we were friends now. I mean, you save my life. We have hot sex in one of your spare bedrooms." At this, Lex actually let out a laugh.
"This makes us friends?" He asked. Alec shrugged again.
"Sure. Why not?" He asked. "I've never been friends with a one night stand before, but hey. First time for everything, right?"
"You and Clark make up?" Lex asked after a moment, stepping back from the table.
"My break?" Alec asked over enthusiastically before making a face at Lex and leaning over the table. "This isn't some soap opera." He blinked and paused, looking up at Lex. "Well, if Clark and I were together..." He shrugged and took a shot, grinning when he sank two.
"I mean, Clark could have totally been planning on asking for my hand. And then this overly creepy and totally crazy doctor kidnaps me from his barn and I get talked into having sex with the bald billionaire ex-boyfriend who saved me from the overly creepy doctor who he hired in the first place for some other nefarious plot." Amusement danced in Lex's eyes at the ramblings.
"I think you've been thinking to much about this." He said, taking his shot when Alec missed.
"Oh, come on. This is a classic triangle story line here. I mean, there's the barely legal farm boy with a hot on again off again girlfriend and morals that rival Captain America. Then we have the mid twenties billionaire with questionable morals and more ex-girlfriends than Clark will ever have."
"Just because a person does not go around trying to save the world every day does not make them questionable. Besides, I'm pretty sure that Captain America died doing just that."
"True." Alec said, a grin still in place as he sank the eight ball and stood up. "See you later." He said, slapping Lex on his shoulder on his way out of the room.
Lana was frustrated. She had expected things to go back to normal after Clark had found Alec, but she found things to be even worse. Clark was spending an insane amount of time with Alec, and she had even seen Alec at Lex's mansion a few times.
The worst part about it, and the part that she had tried desperately to ignore when Alec had gone missing was the look in Clark's eyes. The look that he had usually reserved for her and was now directed at Alec more often than not.
It hurt, and she figured that Clark probably didn't even realize it. He wasn't stupid, but he could be pretty blind about things like that. It did hurt, but it also made her angry.
Clark had sworn that he loved her and now he was spending all his time with Alec. He had avoided being with her for a while now. Also, whatever secret he was holding back from her, she was pretty sure that he had told Alec.
That was the real kicker. He had told this boy, who he had only known for a few weeks and he still wouldn't tell her whatever it was.
She steeled herself as she walked up to the loft and was slightly relieved to find him alone there.
"Clark." She said. He jumped and turned to her.
"Hey Lana." He said, coming over to her. She stepped away from him, though, before he could touch her. He frowned. "What's wrong." She scoffed.
"What's wrong?" She repeated a little incredulously. "What's wrong is that you've been avoiding me."
"What? No..." He shook his head, frown forming on his own face and she had to steel herself again because she needed to know.
"You don't seem to have the same problem with Chloe...or Alec." His head snapped up.
"Lana..." She held up a hand.
"I came up here because I needed to know something."
"What's that?" He asked, stepping a little closer. She allowed it and looked up into his eyes.
"I needed to know if I was the only one who wants this anymore."
"What? Of course I want this. I've wanted this since..." He trailed off and Lana gave him a sad smile.
"Since we were children." She said quietly. Clark opened his mouth and then closed it again. He blinked a few times and then put hands on her shoulders.
"I do love you, Lana."
"I know." She said. "But I don't think it's the same as before." She fought down tears and anger. "You love him, don't you?" At this he really was speechless. He gaped at her for a moment.
"I've seen the way that you look at him." She said. "I can't do this if your not going to be here, Clark. Not again." She pulled out of his hands.
"Lana..." She shook her head, unable to help the tear that slipped out.
"I love you, Clark. But I can't be with you if your not going to honest and if I can't have your heart." She waited, staring up at him, some part of her still hoping that he would deny it. That he would tell her that she was the only one. When he didn't, she nodded and walked past him and raced down the stairs. Luckily she held back the sobs until she was outside.
Alec sighed as he got back to the Kent's. He had been spending a little more time with Lex and he had to admit, even if he couldn't totally trust the guy, that he actually liked Lex to an extent. Besides he was in no position to question another persons morals.
For some reason, he still couldn't bring himself to tell Clark that he had actually slept with Lex despite the fact that he really had nothing to be guilty about. Despite the jokes that he and Lex passed around, it wasn't like Clark was planning on asking him to marry him or something.
Alec stopped short when he got up to the loft. Clark was sitting on the couch and it looked like he'd been crying. Alec stepped over cautiously.
"Hey." He said. Clark jolted and looked over at him.
"Hey, Alec." He said. Alec frowned.
"You okay?" He asked, sitting down next to Clark.
"I don't know." Clark said and Alec's frown deepened.
"What happened?"
"Lana broke up with me." Alec froze for a second before he put a hand tentatively on Clark's shoulder.
"Wow, buddy. I'm sorry. What happened?"
"She said..." Clark shook his head and then let out a sigh. "It was a lot of things." He looked over at Alec and an emotion that Alec couldn't name passed through his eyes.
"Sorry." Alec said again. Clark nodded. "You need anything. I mean, I'm not great at the whole emotional support thing, but you want to talk about it or something?" Clark shook his head and got up abruptly.
"I think I need to be alone." He said.
"You sure?" Alec asked, moving to stand too. Clark nodded, waving him away.
"I need to think about some things." He mumbled, not meeting Alec's eyes for several seconds before he turned and practically sprinted out of the barn. Alec stared after him for a few minutes and then leaned back. That was kind of...strange. He wondered idly if he could beg some scotch off of Lex.
Clark lay in his bed, Lana's words running endlessly through his head. He had thought of his feelings for Alec as a simple crush before. Then he thought of the blind terror and panic that he had felt when he'd discovered that Alec was missing. What if Lana was right?
He groaned and turned over, burying his face in his pillow. This was to much to deal with all at once. Breaking up with Lana, the possibility that he might like boys, the possibility that he might like Alec...
He groaned again and tried to clear those kinds of thoughts out of his mind. He'd deal with all of this later. He really couldn't right now.