"So, what's going on with you and our new friend?" Chloe asked as she and Clark walked toward Ms. Davenport's class.
"Who are you talking about?" He asked.
Chloe snickered. "Clark I've known you for years, and with a face like that you'd make terrible poker player. I was talking about Delilah Woods. The one you were tripping all over yourself for back there."
Clark had to bite his tongue to stop from correcting Chloe, to tell her that their new classmate was named Natasha, not Delilah . But if he did that, then she would ask questions. Questions that he couldn't answer. Questions that might cause Nick Fury to see Chloe Sullivan as a threat. And if that happened, then Clark would be at war with SHIELD. He would most likely be at war with Natasha. That was a war he wasn't sure he could win. It was a war he wasn't sure he wanted to. Not if the price was Natasha. But what exactly were he and Natasha? They had flirted with each other since the moment they met, and in a fit of bravery or madness, he wasn't sure, he had asked her out. The crazy thing was that she had accepted. Natasha Romanoff, one of the most beautiful women on the planet, had accepted a date with a farm boy from Kansas. And this wasn't the case of someone who was just flattered by his attentions. It wasn't like Natasha didn't know how beautiful she was. She knew, and if half the stories she had heard about her were true, she had used that beauty with lethal efficiency. She had gotten close with some of the worst humanity had to offer, and when the time was right, she had taken them out. She had played them for fools. And Clark had to wonder if she was doing the same to him. He wanted more than anything to believe that she had been flirting with him because she had feelings for him, that she had come back to Smallville because they had a date to keep. But could he really be sure that he wasn't just an assignment, that she wasn't doing a job for Nick Fury. He shook his head. Wondering about Natasha's motivations wouldn't do any good. He would either have to come right out and ask her or he would have to trust that things were as they appeared.
"Clark. Hello, Earth to Clark!" Chloe said, waving her hand in front of his face.
"Sorry Chlo. I was lost in thought." He replied, seeing that they were now in front of Ms. Davenport's class. He walked inside before the blonde could resume her questioning.
~Cut Scene~
"What's your problem?" Lana asked once she and Delilah were out of earshot of the others.
"Excuse me?" Natasha asked, acting as though she had no idea what the younger girl was talking about.
"Don't act like you don't know. Your jealous of what I have with Clark." Lana said, coming to a stop.
Natasha bit the inside of her mouth to stop herself from commenting. If she wasn't careful about what she said, Lana could be offended. And while Natasha didn't care if the girl was offended or if she had to knock the younger girl on her rear Fury would. He would rant and rave for hours about how she had failed in her objective of getting close to Clark. Then there would be the endless paperwork, followed by more lectures that would make her want to shoot someone. Of course she could always stay in a hotel or ask Clark for a place to crash, but both options had too many pitfalls. The hotel was out because no seventeen year old would have enough money for several weeks in a hotel room, while Clark's farm was out because even though Clark would have no problem letting her stay with him(knowing him he would probably offer to take the couch) Jonathan Kent would be watching her like a hawk. Which meant getting close to Clark would be nigh on impossible without breaking her cover in some form or fashion. So much as she wanted to explain to the little girl in front of her just how wrong she was, Natasha forced herself to smile at the blond.
"It's what you think Lana. I met Clark in Metropolis a couple weeks after what happened in New York. My car broke down and he fixed it. I've flirted with him, and even teased him a lot because he turns red too easy." She giggled at that last part, One because it was true, and two for a reaction. She got it. Lana smiled before continuing.
"So you don't have feelings for him?" She asked.
Natasha snorted."Feelings? Uh no. First off I barely know him, Second so not my type, and lastly he's like my brother." Natasha replied, barely keeping the smirk off her face when Lana nodded. People were so easy to fool. "Now, speaking of brothers, mine should be given an apartment by Lex Luthor. But I cannot be surrounded by his Metallica memorabilia for however long we're here, and I heard one of the girls mention the apartment in the Talon was for rent..."
"Just don't date Clark, and keep the apartment clean in case Lex comes by." She replied, and Natasha smiled as they approached their classroom.
"Thanks Lana, and don't worry Clark is nothing to me but a friend." She replied, and Lana nodded. They walked inside, Natasha allowing the smirk to stay on her face a moment longer. Phase one complete.
Little did she know that she wouldn't be smiling for much longer. Unknown to her, Clark had heard everything. He got up out of his chair, and stocked out the door not even listening as Ms. Davenport called after him. "Mister Kent? Mister Kent?! Where are you going?!"
He turned a corner, and was about to run home when his cell buzzed.
Pulling it out of his pocket he looked at the caller ID it read "Steve Rodgers."
He raised his eyebrows, and answered the phone. "Hey Steve, Now isn't the best ti-"
He was cut short as Steve spoke. "Get back in class kid, and then meet me in the Kawachee Caves after school."
Clark looked at his phone, and then spoke. "Uh what if I say no?"
Steve spoke more firmly this time. "I'll march in there dressed as a gym instructor, and drag you back into your seat. Then if need be, I'll knock you out with a stun pin. You may don't care if you fail, or not. But I do. Now go to the bathroom, go back to class, and meet me after school. Understood?"
Clark sighed "Yes sir." He hated to admit it, but like usual Steve was right.
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