Hi, thank you for your reviews to the last chapter, I really appreciate it and I'm really glad you liked it. This chapter is a little bit of fluff, but not too much. I hope you'll like this chapter as well.

Disclaimer, which I always forget, 'cause my memory sucks: I don't own Superman, only my OC's.

Chapter 21 - Internship

„Clark, honey, you got a mail!" yelled Martha from downstairs, where she was currently going through the mail.

Clark got up from his bed, where he was texting with Sarah, and slowly made his way down the stairs, where he already saw his mother giving him a big grin. He didn't even had to ask who the mail was from, she answered before he could even ask that.

„It's from the Daily Planet," she said with a beaming smile. He was pretty sure that if she were to grin any bigger, he'd get blind. Wait. Daily Planet?

„Daily Planet? Why?" he asked, confused. Martha shrugged, the smile still plastered on her face, and gave him the envelope. He checked it, and indeed, it was from the Daily Planet, Metropolis. Why would they send him a mail? He shrugged to himself, and began to gently open the envelope, as if not to damage it.

Inside were 2 papers, one of which was obviously a letter. Clark unwrapped the letter and began to read, his eyes growing wider with each word.

Dear Mr. Kent,

we are happy to inform you that you have received a summer internship in the main office of Daily Planet in Metropolis. We've read some of your work for your school newspaper, The Torch, and decided that you are suitable for this position.

You'll get a salary, and if you wish, a housing, as well. You'll find all the necessary information on the second paper we've enclosed along with this letter.

Sincerely,

The Editor-In-Chief,

Perry White.

He couldn't believe it. He got an internship. A summer internship. In the Daily Planet itself. And not just the Daily Planet. The main office of Daily Planet.

„Oh my god," he whispered, eyes still wide. His parents looked at him with concern, but he just smiled and handed them the letter.

After they read it, their eyes were widened as well, but they were also wearing proud smiles on their faces. His father then gave him a big hug, saying, „Congratulations, son. We're proud of you."

Clark patted him on the back and grinned as well. This is going to be a good day.

„So, this internship, it's for the whole summer, yeah?" Sarah asked him carefully, though even she couldn't hide that proud grin that rested on her face.

They were currently lying in her bed, with her cuddled into his side, and looking at him right in the eyes.

Clark shrugged, as much as he could in this position, „Yeah, pretty much. They even offered me housing, though I don't think that'll be necessary."

Sarah gave him a confused glance, but after giving her a pointed look, the realization dawned on her, in Clark's opinion, beautiful face. Even more beautiful without the little bit of make-up you could usually see on her face.

„So, after you're finished with your ‚shift,' you're going to run back to Smallville? How long will that take you?" she asked, her eyes full of amusement.

„About a minute, but yeah, I mean, not right away after I finish with the shift, as you called it. I want to look around Metropolis, you know? To get the familiar feeling, and, uh, try not to get lost," Sarah chuckled at this, and gave him a quick kiss.

„Yeah, I know what you mean. I did pretty much the same thing here in Smallville, after I moved here," she chuckled. Clark could see that she was very happy for him, but he could also see that little bit of doubt.

„Hey," he said gently, after she buried her face into his chest, „it's alright. We'll see each other every day. I promise I'll come by your..," Clark started thinking something funny, something to make her laugh, and she finally looked at him when he stopped talking, „uh, window? Yeah, your window, every single night. We'll be like Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy. You know, from the movie. What do you say?" Her smile grew wider with each word he said, and now, she was positively beaming at him, and he loved it.

She didn't give him a verbal answer. Oh, no. She launched at him and proceeded to kiss him with such intensity, that even with his Kryptonian brain, he couldn't think properly. Luckily, he came to his senses a few seconds later, and one of his hands found her back, while the other somehow found the way into her hair.

She deepened the kiss, and he surely wasn't about to complain.

Sarah couldn't think much, either. After his words, she got the urge to kiss him, and since she's his girlfriend, she did exactly that. And oh, boy, what a kiss it turned out to be. She was pretty sure that they've never had a kiss that intense and that deep before. It felt as if adrenaline replaced the blood in her veins, and butterflies exploded in her stomach. It felt good. Very good.

She broke the kiss, apparently for the need of air. He had no idea how long they've been making out, but her hair was messy and her clothes were a bit disheveled.

He didn't look much better, to be fair. They looked into each other's eyes, inhumane blue meeting steely ocean, both full of adoration, love, and a little bit of lust. A gentle clear of the throat pulled them from their own world, and they both turned around to look at Sarah's uncle Frank, who had a knowing smile on his face. Both Sarah and Clark started blushing, though Clark's blush was much more intense than hers.

„Sorry to interrupt, lovebirds, but Ria send me to ask you, Clark, if you'd like to stay for dinner?" he asked, the knowing smile still plastered on his face.

Clark cleared his throat, too, „If that wouldn't be much trouble, Mr. Wilson. Do you need any help?"

Frank shook his head, his steely-blue eyes, the exact same shade as Sarah, full of amusement. „Nope, thanks for the offer, though. And it's Frank, Clark, how many times have I told you that?" he asked with a mock sigh, causing Sarah to snort, „We'll call you when the dinner is ready," he said, and with a last look and a wink, he left the room.

Clark, horrified, looked at Sarah, her eyes full of amusement, obviously trying very hard not to laugh. Clark recovered his bearings fast, and he may or may not have used some of his speed, started tickling Sarah very gently in her ribs, because he knew that's where she was ticklish the most.

She burst out laughing, panting, „S-Stop, Cl-Clark," but he would have none of it. He continued to tickle her, and now, they were both laughing.

Downstairs, Frank and Arianna Wilson heard the laugh of their niece, and both shared a knowing look and a smile. Clark was good for her.

After dinner, Clark, of course, the gentle and well-manered farm-boy that he is, helped Ria with the dishes. Afterwards, after they said their goodbyes, Sarah walked Clark down the porch. She took her hands into his, and stared into his gentle yes, which looked at her with so much adoration and love she found hard to comprehend.

Okay, Wilson. You have to get a pair and tell him. Those three little words. That's all you need. Just those three words.

She opened her mouth, but no words came. She felt as if the words were stuck in her throat. Sarah was pretty sure that she looked like a goldfish, and based on the amusement in Clark's eyes and the gentle smile, she was pretty sure that she was right. Instead of saying anything, she just hugged him tightly, and buried her face into her chest.

„See you tomorrow at school?" he asked her quietly with his deep voice, and she could feel the vibration of his voice in his chest, and she smiled. Clark, of course, felt the smile on his chest. He gently kissed her hair, and if his lips stayed there for a little longer, no one said anything.

Sarah closed her eyes and sighed a happy sigh, and slowly released him.

„See you tomorrow."

„Clark, check this out!" said Pete Ross, as he made his way over to Clark in the busy hallway of Smallville High. Clark turned around and looked at him with confusion written across his face, but nonetheless smiled at Pete.

„Hey, Pete. What is it I should be checking out?" he asked, and Pete pulled out his phone and showed him an article from the Daily Planet website.

METAHUMANS STARTING SUPERHERO TEAM CALLED JUSTICE LEAGUE
Written by: Lois Lane

That got Clark's attention, and he gestured to Pete to elaborate. Pete's answer was to show him the full article. „You're mentioned there."

Metahumans. People with extraordinary abilities, some more powerful than the others. Some use their abilities for good, while some use their abilities for their own, personal, gain. And this is the exact reason that the ‚good metahumans,' or superheroes, if you will, decided to band together and create a team of heroes willing to do anything to protect us.

While it, of course, is dangerous, we cannot forget that some of the most powerful known metahumans are willing to do anything for money – take Killer Croc, for example, a metahuman with crocodilian abilities, was willing to murder a 17-year-old high-school student from a small town in Kansas.

There's also been a case where the ‚bad metahumans,' also known as supervillains, team up against the police or other superhero, and let's be honest, in that case, almost no superhero stands a chance.

And that's where the Justice League comes in. The Justice League is (or will be) a team of the world's greatest and most powerful heroes, who are willing to do anything to save human life. According to Arthur Curry/Aquaman, the spokesman of the League and the king of the nation known as Atlantis,, „the League will also help in cases of natural disasters and catastrophes, in every part of the world. We're not here just to fight our own kind. We are here to help. And that's exactly what we're going to do."

The team currently consists of the heroes known by the name of The Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Black Canary, Green Arrow, Zatanna and Cyborg.

I, for one, believe that the League deserves a chance.

After Clark finished with the article, he was grinning like mad. A team of superheroes. A team of people willing to do anything to protect humans, even though they don't have to.

„That's amazing," he said, and Pete nodded. Pete, like Clark, also shared the opinion that metahumans deserve a chance, and that it's purely their choice if they choose to be good, bad or if they choose to keep this side of them a secret.

What do you know, one day, I'll maybe even join them, thought Clark with a smile. This is going to be a good day.

So, yeah. I decided to start the Justice League without its core member, and I know some of you'll maybe hate me for it (:D), but this is my take on it, and I decided that Clark will become Superman after the League (and other superheroes) is created and established.

This version of Superman will be inexperienced, and very young, and very, very powerful. He'll need guiding, and that's exactly what the League here is for.

The next chapter will be something similar to this one, and in the chapter after that (probably), the internship begins.

And yeah, I put Lois Lane in there, already working for the planet, which means that she is older than Clark by a few years, though not much.

Thanks for reading, see you next time :)