Chapter Seven Part One- Ordinary:

The woods of Smallville were a cold one, it was full of the prominent students from Smallville High who trudged the muddy floor in search of a rock hunt head by the slightly stuck up science teacher, Mr. Summers.

Clark and Pete were assigned as partners and so were Chloe and Lois who were busy arguing back and forth about the little kiss that Chloe laid on Clark when under the influence of a meteor induced handshake triggered by local hermit, Kyle Tippet.

"I don't see what the big deal was, I don't even remember kissing him so technically it doesn't count." Chloe says quickly grabbing a rock and examining it only to set it back down on the wet ground.

Lois just shook her head saying, "I don't know what's wrong with me these days. Its like ever since Wes went to come to visit, I've been so…"

"Scatterbrained?" Chloe finishes Lois's sentence before handing her a rock on their list.

Lois couldn't help but laugh and was about to retort when Mr. Summers walked up to them with the same constipated look on his face as he did every day, "Ms. Lane. Ms. Sullivan. Shouldn't you two be rock digging instead of chatting?"

Lois and Chloe pressed the same fake smiles on their faces before the teacher turned to the entire class saying, "You've got 15 minutes. A storm's on its way and I want to be on the road before it hits."

The Lane-Sullivan cousins just rolled their eyes and went back to digging for rocks while Pete and Clark were climbing over small hills looking for their last few rocks.

"How many more do we have to find?" Pete says in exhaustion and frustration while Clark just pulled out the checklist.

"Two. Rose quartz and meteor rock."

Pete looks around before a small smirk appears on his face, "First one to find either rock has to buy lunch?"

Being one to never pass up a good challenge, Clark just smirked "Your on…"

The two boys soon split up until Clark stopped at a nearby tree and x-rayed the area until he spotted the rose quartz he needed, his eyes trailed to make sure no one was looking before he smashed his fist into the ground only to pull out the rock which he soon split in half.

"Make that one." Clark called out to Pete who just walked up to Clark slightly disappointed that he would have to pay for lunch.

"You're a regular rockhound, Clark." Pete says sarcastically which just caused Clark to smirk and get ready to reply when a voice interfered.

"Who knew behind all that plaid was a regular Indiana Jones." Lois's voice causes them to turn and face the two cousins.

Clark pressed on a fake smile, "Don't you have someone else to bother? Maybe you could actually do the class work instead of bothering me."

Lois just chuckled before tapping him on the shoulder with her reply, "Where's the fun in bothering someone else when I get a better rise from you?"

Pete and Chloe couldn't help but chuckle until Lois cut in saying, "You know what I mean."

The four of them soon stopped when Mr. Summers walked past them, signaling that they need to get back to work.

"I guess we'll see you guys on the bus" Chloe says with a hopeful smile before practically dragging Lois away before Mr. Summers came by to give them Saturday Detention.

Clark stayed for a few seconds to watch them walk away before Pete wrapped his arm around Clark's shoulder saying, "You really have a way with the ladies, Clark."

The farm boy just looked at his best friend with a straight face, "I don't question your constant girlfriends, why do you have to question mine?"

"So you admit that Lois is your girlfriend" Pete says with a smug smirk while he slowly backed away only to run off with Clark charging after him, "If I knew you two were official then I would have pulled out the cake and balloons."

Clark just growled and continued his pursuit of his sarcastic friend only to stop at the sight of local bully and jackass Troy harassing Eric Summers only to be saved by his father who appeared to be having an intense conversation with the young boy only to have him storm off into the woods.

The farm boy immediately began to feel weak when Pete held up a piece of the meteor rock saying, "I guess we can mark meteor rock off our list."

Clark holds back the nausea and waited until Pete dropped it to the ground where Clark soon covered it with dirt with a grateful sigh.

Hours Later…

All the students had filed into the bus just as the thunder began to rumble and the rain seemed to be waiting for the right time to show.

Everyone quieted down when Mr. Summers walked in asking, "Has anyone seen Eric? Apparently he's got himself lost."

Clark looks around before rising to his feet saying, "I'll find him."

Mr. Summers just nodded as Clark quickly walked out of the bus and super sped around until he spotted Eric on top of the railings overlooking the dam, the thunder clashed around them and the winds began to pick up more stronger.

"Eric! Eric!" he calls out only to stop a few feet short at the sight of the meteor rock in Eric's hand.

Clark tries to pass over the feeling of the meteor rock while he moved closer saying, "Would you just-" he was cut off them lightning hit the railing causing Eric to go over and Clark quickly grabbed him by the strap of his bag.

He struggles to pull Eric up until a huge bolt of lightning causing the farm boy to yell in pain before almost falling over himself with weakness until he finally pulled Eric up and began to pat the small flames away only to reel away in pain, he looked down at his hands to see burns for the first time.

The Next Day…Smallville High:

The morning had started out weird for both Eric Summers and Clark Kent, the young farm boy had discovered that his strength and speed were gone along with the nose bleed factor that seemed to happen when he strained his body to exceed normal standards while Eric seemed to be slightly impressive of his new speed and strength that he had acquired, it made everyone in his life minuscule compared to being shoved in your locker and being pushed around by Troy and his posse.

In fact, gym class was more exciting for Eric but Clark however was pressed against his locker door covered in sweat and out of breath.

"You feeling okay? Cause usually you run the bleachers without breaking a sweat. Today you look like you're about to die." Pete says concerned while he just opened his locker and proceeded to change back into his regular clothes.

" No, I'm fine.." Clark suddenly collapses in pain which just caused Pete to look at him confused.

"What's wrong?"

Clark continues to rub his leg in pain, "My leg, it hurts."

"It's a cramp. Walk it off. You're falling apart today, Clark." Pete says while he grabbed a towel and headed towards the showers just when Eric walked in and headed towards the weight area.

Clark slightly limps towards Eric saying, "Eric. Hey, you got a minute?"

Eric sits down on the workbench, "Yeah, sure. What's up?"

"We really didn't get a chance to talk after what happened yesterday." Clark said still a little out of breath while Eric just nodded.

"Yeah, thanks for grabbing me. That was a pretty stupid move on my part." Eric says with a small smirk.

"So, you feeling all right? There's nothing different about you?" He asked concerned only to have Eric look at him confused.

"Actually, I feel great. Why? Should there be?"

Clark just shakes his head negatively, " No, um, I'm just glad you're okay."

The farm boy was about to walk away when Eric looked at him concerned, "Clark, your, uh, your nose is bleeding."

Clark catches the blood and soon walks away, he was unaware that Eric had adjusted the weight to 600 pounds.

The young Eric Summers just began pumping iron with a huge grin on his face, the power within him was only growing more and more stronger as was its hold on the young man.

TBC…

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