Chapter 10

That night after Lex dropped Isabelle off home it was around nine thirty and the minute she walked through the door she saw her parents sat watching T.V in the living area. Attempting to sneak passed them she quietly closed the door before crouching down and crawling on the floor heading towards the stairs.

"Hold it right there missy!"

Freezing at her fathers voice Isabelle squeezed her eyes shut as if she had just been caught with her hand in the cookie jar.

"Damn it" she hissed under her breath and slowly stood up to face her parents.

"And just where did we sneak off too tonight with a certain Luthor?" Jonathan asked her.

"Lex took me to see a movie and then we went to dinner" Isabelle sighed.

"He took you on date?" Martha asked causing Jonathan's whole body to stiffen.

"No! We just went out, that's all" Isabelle said taken back by her mother's question.

"He took you to a movie and to dinner, sounds like a date to me" Martha said teasing her daughter.

"Mom it was not a date, Lex and I are just friends. End 'o' story" Isabelle said feeling freaked out by this sudden analogy.

'Has everyone lost their minds round here or is it just me?' Isabelle mentally asked herself as she began to question why people thought there was something going on between Lex and herself. First Whitney then Greg and now her mother. Who was next?

"Thank god for that" Jonathan quietly mumbled, though Isabelle had heard his comment loud and clear.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Isabelle asked him arms folded over her chest.

"Nothing, just that you could do a whole lot better than someone like Lex Luthor" Jonathan said as Martha nudged him at this giving him a deathly glare.

"To point out a few things. One whether you like it or not Lex is the closest thing I have to a brother therefore he is considered family. Two even though I don't feel like that for him Lex is half my age and I wouldn't risk getting him into trouble. And most importantly of all to have someone like Lex in my life is a blessing in disguise, so don't speak about him as if he's nothing but dirt under your shoe. You may not agree because you have this pathetic grudge against Lionel Luther but Lex is without a doubt the kindest most respectful man besides you dad that I know. He was the first friend I ever had and he's never once give me reason to doubt him, so why do you?" Isabelle sadly asked her father.

Jonathan then taking a deep breath stood up from the couch to face his daughter.

"Its not that I doubt him, I don't disagree that Lex is a good friend to you because he is. He looks out for you, takes care of you and listens to your every word like a true friend should. He's a good man" Jonathan said.

At this Isabelle and Martha looked at each other as if they were both thinking the same thing.

'Did I really just hear that?'

Did Jonathan Kent the man who hated what the name Luthor stood for really just compliment Lex without being told to do so?

"W-well then why have you always given Lex such a hard time when you know for a fact that he's nothing like his father?" Isabelle questioned him.

Jonathan then preparing himself for a backlash sighed looking at the ground before bringing his attention back to his daughter.

"Because...I'm worried about how close you two have become over the years, and recently I've seen the way you look at him. There's more than friendship between you" Jonathan said as Isabelle eyes widened at his words. "You can deny it all you want, but deep down inside you know the truth" he paused not wanting to speak the next words, but he somehow forced them out. "Isa...

"Jonathan enough" Martha sharply spoke coming to stand beside the two.

"Dad please, don't" Isabelle pleaded shaking her head as she backed away from her father.

"Your in love with him" Jonathan finished.

"No! Your wrong!" Isabelle shouted.

"You know I'm right Isa, your anger just goes to prove that" Jonathan said as Isabelle continued to shake her head. "Since the day you and Lex met you've held a spark in your eye that only ever seems to shine whenever he's around. You two don't just share a friendship you share something with him that I've never seen you share with any other, Whitney included. And that's love" Jonathan explained as his daughter scoffed.

"Of course its love I told you Lex is like family to me, so yes I love him. As a brother" Isabelle told him feeling a lump form in her throat.

"No, the kind of love you two share isn't based around family, it's much stronger than that. You just don't realise it right now because you've aloud yourself to become so attached to a man who is out of your range that one day it will wash over you like a giant tidal wave and you won't know how or when exactly it happened, all you'll know is that at some point in your life you fell in love with Lex Luthor" Jonathan said.

At this point Isabelle had tears of dejection running down her face as she stared at her father with nothing but utter rage in her eyes.

"Why? Why are you saying these things to me?" Isabelle asked through her teeth.

"Because I needed you to realise this now so you wouldn't get hurt later on in your life. Its better to put some distance between Lex and yourself now before it's too late" Jonathan suggested trying to make his daughter see things his way. "I know you probably think the worst of me now but in time you'll understand, I just don't wanna see you make another big mistake. I only want what's best for Isa."

And just as he was about to go give his daughter a hug Isabelle quickly pulled away.

"I don't know where your mind has gone dad, but allow me to enlighten you on something. You don't know a thing about me, you have never even tried to know me. It's always been about doing things your way, keeping my powers hidden and playing by human rules. You have no idea what its like for me, what I feel, what I can do or just how easy it would be for me to just snap.

Everyday I have to wake up and look at myself in the mirror knowing that I'll never be of human kind. I hate knowing that I have this secret that I can never tell anybody, my friends especially because if I did it would cost me everything.

Chloe. Pete. Lex. They would hate me, they would despise me for the rest of their lives. My only true friends and I can't tell them because I'd loose them forever, and that I can't bare. But you know what is the true stick in the mud? Is that they place their trust in me each and everyday, but I can't return the favour and for that I don't deserve their friendship.

All my life I've held back on my true feelings to make you and mom happy dad, because you did such a noble thing for me that I didn't want to disappoint so I dedicated my life to making you both proud. I've done everything you've ever asked of me, but did you ever once stop to ask me how I'm feeling or what it is that I want out of life?" Isabelle asked her father sniffling.

Jonathan stood there completely stunned by his daughters confession not knowing what on earth to say, whilst Martha silently cried as she felt her heart break for Isabelle all over again.

"No, you didn't. You never have because you were too busy trying to mould me into your own image. Well news flash dad, I'm not like you. I'm an alien, a monstrosity from another world. You don't control my life, and if you don't like that…throw me out" Isabelle stated in a firm tone of voice before running up the stairs to her bedroom slamming the door in the process.

Sighing in remorse Jonathan then turned to his wife only to see her glaring daggers at him. Martha shaking her head at him in utter disappointment then brushed passed him as she too retired to their bedroom. She could not believe what her husband had just done. Yes it was obvious that her daughter had been taken with Lex from the start, but that did not give Jonathan any right to go mouthing it off to their daughter who had already been put through enough. It was up to Isabelle to discover her own true feelings, but now it had literally been spelled out for her in big bold letters.

Yet again her daughter had been thrown into the deep end, and Jonathan was to blame.

Authors note: Well Jonathan is officially in the doghouse this time, tut tut. Do you think he over stepped his boundaries or do you think he's right?

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