Hearing Lana's words, Clark's heart burst with emotions. Needing to feel her lips on his once more, he attacked her by continuously placing soft, gentle, and simple kisses on her tender lips. Tears were spilling from both lover's eyes, mingling with their kisses. Each kiss expressed the desperation, pain, love, and joy both felt. Clark and Lana could taste the saltiness of their tears, but didn't care. All that mattered were their hearts healing and this was the only way to receive it. Lana was finally able to pull away and wipe her own tears away before smiling up at Clark. Her heart was finally healing.
Moments flew by, but neither Lana nor Clark seemed to notice. It was as if all time had ceased. It was just the two of them, floating above the clouds lost in each other's eyes. Lost in each other. Clark felt his heart soaring and he had not felt this high on love in the longest time. Staring into Lana's hypnotizing eyes, he saw a twinkle he hadn't seen in a long time. He saw a smile that he hadn't seen in years, a smile only meant for him. Clark saw the love Lana held for him and he couldn't explain how content he felt.
Lana lovingly smiled at the gorgeous man tightly embracing her. Gazing into the pair of eyes that sent her heart into somersaults, she saw the joy and love they held. The smile on Clark's face spoke volumes in the silence and the rapid beating of his heart let her know he was feeling the same as she. Lana felt a feeling she thought she never would be able to experience again. A feeling she would never be able to put into words. She felt loved as much as she loved back, a love that could never be tainted.
Slowly drifting back down, Clark pushed a stray piece of hair out of Lana's face and behind her ear. Once they landed, he spoke the words his heart was screaming, "I love you Lana Lang."
"I love you too Clark Kent," Lana replied, standing on her tippy toes to get another taste of Clark's beautiful lips. She had gone 6 years without them, and she was determined to make up for it. The kiss was slow and sensual, but enough for them to know the depth of their love, the never ending love they shared.
Ending the kiss, Clark hugged Lana tightly, too afraid to let her go in case he was dreaming, "Lana"
"Hmmm?" She mumbled against his chest. Lana was so content in just being in his arms. God how she had missed this.
"You are the Pop to my Corn, if you know what I mean," Clark laughed, causing Lana to look up at him and giggle herself, "but seriously, I never want to lose you again."
"You don't ever have to worry about that. I'm yours forever, you'll never be able to lose me."
Martha and Johnathan stood on the porch watching the young pair in the middle of the driveway. Johnathan had his arms wrapped around his wife and both could see the love emitted from Clark and Lana. "I knew they'd find each other again," Martha whispered, softly crying from her own happiness.
"Jimmy, I need pictures of the Mayor's last press conference, stat," Lois yelled, barely taking her eyes away from the computer screen as she typed. She had hit the jackpot with this story. Reaching for her coffee mug, she sighed when she realized it was empty. "Damn," Lois mumbled with a roll of her eyes, pushing her chair back.
She made her way to the coffee maker and on the way back to her desk, Lois made a pit stop at Clark's desk remembering she needed white out. Fumbling through his top drawer she found what she was looking for, but not before something caught her eyes. Grabbing the old worn photograph, she read the back: To My Best Friend, the one who holds my heart and always will, no matter what. Lois flipped the photo over and a sadness she had never felt before overcame her. Staring at the couple in the picture, Lois saw the love shared between them. Clark and Lana were in an embrace, obviously unaware of a picture being taken. They smiled happily at each other, and both of their eyes sparkled. Clark had never looked at her that way, she had never seen his eyes sparkle when they looked into each other's eyes. Then again, Clark never really looked into Lois's eyes at all.
Hastily putting the picture away, Lois quickly walked back to her desk and sat down. Aimlessly fiddling with the pencil in her hand, her mind wondered back to the picture she had just seen. Of course she knew Lana and Clark were once a thing, but damn, it was over 6 years ago! She had really believed Clark had moved on, but did that picture mean anything to him anymore? Why did he have it in a place he could oh so conveniently pull out and look at. Remembering back to this morning, Lois's face dropped when she realized Clark hadn't returned her "I love you." It was hard enough for her to say it to him last month for the first time, and after he had said it to her too for the first time. Since then, he always replied when she told Clark she loved him. He never said it first, but she knew he meant it…didn't he? Lois suddenly felt very stupid, how could she had left Clark with Lana for the weekend?
Flipping open her cell phone, Lois hit the speed dial button and put the phone up to her ear, "Clark, you better answer."
