Claire Martha Kent Part II
By Arica, Princess of Rivendell
Summary: AU. What if Clark had never been born? What if the Els had given birth to a daughter instead? This is the life and times of Kaila El or Claire Martha Kent. NOT SLASH! NEVER INTENDED TO BE TAKEN AS SLASH!
Disclaimer: I own NEITHER "Smallville," NOR "Lois and Clark the New Adventures of Superman." I do NOT own any of the D.C. Comic Books or their characters. I do NOT own Peter Parker or Mary Jane Watson. I do NOT own any of the Marvel Comic Books or their characters. All of the characters mentioned belong to each of their own creators.
Warnings: Later on, there will be some torture, domestic abuse, some child abuse, and infidelity.
A/N: Thank you to Cat for your critique. I've removed the previous notes in my A/N as I had to guess at what "Extra stuff" you were speaking of and thought that my A/N was perhaps getting too long. However, if you meant the Disclaimer and Warnings, those must remain due to FF . Net terms of use.
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One minor correction I've just found and had to make to the "Pairings" section of this is that Lois and Lex will not be paired together at all in CMK. I apologize to anyone whom may have been looking forward to that particular pairing.
I also once more have apologize for the lateness of this chapter. Last week was super busy for me and this week has been a bit hectic as well. Hopefully, things will start settling down here and I'll be able to get back to editing regularly again.
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Arica, Princess of Rivendell
Pairings:
Hints/mentions of past Claire/Lex
Will at some point have Claire/Oliver
Will have Kara/Jimmy
Will have Bruce/Chloe
Will have Dinah Lance/AC
Will have Victor Stone/Diana Prince
Bart Allen/Linda Park (Thank you, Kairan1979.)
Also Lana/Lex will be present at different intervals
Casting:
Claire Kent—Michelle Trachtenberg
Oliver Queen—Justin Hartley
Lex Luthor— Michael Rosenbaum
Lana Lang—Kristin Kreuk
Chloe Sullivan—Alison Mack
Bruce Wayne—Christian Bale
Kara Kent—Laura Vandervoot
Jimmy Olson—Aaron Ashmore
Dinah Lance—Alaina Kalanj
Arthur Curry—Alan Ritchson
Victor Stone—Lee Thompson Young
Diana Prince—Tia Mowry
Lois Lane—Erica Durance (But a mixture of Smallville Lois and the Lois from L&C: NAS personalities).
Bart Allen—Kyle Gallner
Linda Park—Linda Park (was in Jurassic Park III)
Cat Grant—Tracy Scoggins
Perry White—Lane Smith
Chapter Two
Unwelcome
One week after the joining of Luthor and Lane households, Claire had decided to introduce Oliver to Pete Ross. Oliver drove Claire to Pete's new home and Claire met Pete's girlfriend, Jasmine.
Jasmine had strawberry-blonde hair and hazel eyes, she had her own apartment and was visiting Pete's house just for the afternoon because she had been asked by Pete to meet a friend of his whom would be bringing a friend as well.
Pete hadn't told Jasmine the name of the friend she would be meeting; so, she hadn't been expecting Pete's friend to be a girl.
Jasmine had looked carefully at Claire as she stepped out of the car and even after Pete introduced Claire as his best friend and little sister, she still felt wary of Claire and worried that Pete was cheating on her with Claire due to the fact that she had always felt as if Pete was keeping something from her.
While Pete knew of Claire's origins, Jasmine was unaware that her boyfriend's best friend and "little sister" was an alien or as Claire preferred an Intergalactic Traveler. Despite her reservations, Jasmine found herself hoping she and Claire could become friends. Jasmine also began to relax more when she saw the sparks between Claire and (Claire's friend) Oliver Queen.
However, her trepidation returned full force when she voiced the question, "How is it that a farm girl caught the eye of a billionaire;" to Claire and Oliver one evening at the Ross' supper table.
Claire had just taken a sip of her milk when Jasmine asked the question; and Oliver had been in the processes of eating his chicken. Claire had taken a breath with the milk not yet swallowed and started to choke; while Oliver swallowed a little too quickly; and both of them ended up having a coughing fit.
Claire was glad to have a napkin handy because the milk had come back up and out through her nose. As soon as Oliver had calmed his coughing down enough to talk, he helped Claire clean her dinner spot up as he could see that she was no longer hungry and she had just become too nervous to eat. He helped Claire get her stuff into the kitchen and out of the dining room and as soon as they were in the kitchen, Oliver asked, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. She just caught me off guard."
"Yeah, she caught me off guard too."
"That's not good, Ollie."
"Claire," Oliver started; but she cut him off, "Ollie, if we'd been out eating in a restaurant tonight or if we'd just been—"
"We weren't, Claire."
"But what if we were?"
"We weren't out in a restaurant just now; we were out in the dining room, and if we had been eating out, she wouldn't have caught me off guard. Besides we're just friends."
"I know that, Ollie," Claire said as she rolled her eyes, it just caught me off guard because our own friends—"
"Have stopped asking—"
"Us what we are and—"
"And that's the only reason we were caught off guard, Claire."
"I know, Ollie."
"Good;" he smiled at her and she smiled back and then she frowned as she thought of something and voice it aloud, "What if we had been—"
"We weren't, Claire," he said exasperatedly.
"But what if we had been?" The desperation in her voice gave him reason to pause and consider the question as valid and then Oliver replied, "I wouldn't have become distracted if we had been out there just now. I wouldn't and won't let anything happen to you," he said as he cupped her cheek with the palm of his hand.
She responded, "I'm not worried about myself, Ollie. I'm more worried about what could have happened to you."
"Nothing's going to happen to me."
"How can you be certain?"
"I just can."
"Ollie—"
Oliver took a steadying breath and sighed before he said, "I'll always be careful because I know that if something really truly terrible ever happened to me, it would make you angry and sad because I'm your friend. If you're angry and sad that makes the boys whom consider themselves your brothers want to kick my butt and I know they could, not to mention what your cousin would do to me for hurting you. Then there is Lex Luthor to consider too—"
Claire heard a slight tick in Oliver's heart when he mentioned Lex and she quickly demanded, "What about him, Ollie?"
Oliver quickly regained control of his heart beat when he realized she had heard the slight slip as he replied, "You didn't let me finish, Claire."
She gave him a pointed look and he sighed again before he continued, "If something happened to me, who'd stand between you and Luthor Junior? I couldn't handle leaving you here to deal with him by yourself. I won't lose concentration just because of his threat to you."
"Is that the only reason you're my friend?"
"WHAT! NO! Never will I just be your friend because of Lex Luthor. I'm your friend because I find that you are honest, kind, and you care about everyone in your life. Moreover, you try to see the good in everyone including the Luthors and you see the good in me too, even when I don't see the good in myself."
Claire smiled and hugged Oliver for she could detect no lie from him. As he hugged her back she said, "We should probably go back into the dining room."
"Probably," he quickly responded with a smirk. Claire and Oliver both returned to the dining room and sat down in their respective spots and Jasmine asked, "Well do I get an answer to my question, now?"
Claire replied, "Oliver and I are just friends."
Jasmine shook her head and asked, "Is that true, Mr. Queen?"
"Actually, Jasmine I would prefer it if you would call me Oliver; and yes Claire and I are just friends."
Claire heard Jasmine's heart speed up and she could tell just by looking at her Jasmine was agitated but before she could ask her about it, then Pete said, "You know, I've been talking to Chloe."
Jasmine's eyes narrowed and she asked, "Who's Chloe?"
Claire heard the jealousy in Jasmine's voice and replied, "Chloe's a mutual friend of Pete's and mine;" in a reassuring voice before she turned back to Pete and asked, "What's Chloe been saying now, Pete?"
"She just says that there's more going on in Smallville than meets the eye."
"That's always true of Smallville."
"Hmm yes; but how about the fact that she says that you and Mr. Queen, excuse me, Oliver are almost always attached at the hip."
Oliver frowned and he moved his right hand underneath the table and pulled Claire's left hand into his right hand and he squeezed her hand reassuringly. Claire replied, "Oliver's one of my best friends, I like spending time with my friends."
Pete nodded and then he said, "Yes, you do, but as far back as I can remember you never cancelled on girls' night out, even back when you were dating Lex Luthor—"
"Wait;" Jasmine said, "I thought those were just rumors."
"Nope;" Claire replied, "I dated Lex Luthor, I just wish I'd realized sooner what type of person he really was."
Jasmine asked, "What is it with you and billionaires?"
It was Oliver's turn to act annoyed. He narrow his eyes and responded before Claire could, "One of my best friends is dating one of her best friends and that's how we met. She met Lex when he nearly killed her and she saved his life in payment for his almost killing her."
"Oliver—"
"No, Claire. You like to defend him."
Claire rolled her eyes and then she turned to Jasmine and said, "Oliver and I have two different opinions on this subject. I've saved Lex Luthor's life more than once and I don't mind doing so—"
"Claire, for each time you saved his life there are at least ten times where he decided it was best to hurt you rather than protect you."
"Oliver—"
"Claire."
The two stared at each other trying to get the other one to back down. Claire sighed and looked away first and then she said to Jasmine, "Oliver's right, Lex didn't and doesn't treat me properly; but what matters is that his dad is looking into marrying my mom and that I can't have any ill will towards my maybe future step-brother."
Oliver scowled and Pete looked shocked. Pete turned to Oliver and asked, "That's true? Lionel Luthor is looking into marrying Mrs. Kent; I thought that was just a rumor."
Oliver shook his head and said as honestly as he could, "Trust me, I wish it was."
"Oliver!"
"It's true, Claire. Can you blame me?"
Claire shook her head and said, "No I can't blame you. But you have to trust that I can take care of myself."
"Oh, I know you can take care of yourself; and I know that I can trust you to take care of yourself and handle yourself properly; it's Lex Luthor, I'm worried about. That—"
"Ollie."
"He doesn't know when to give up."
"I know."
"I know you do."
Claire was silent for a moment as she played with the food on her plate. Then she looked up directly into Oliver's eyes and said, "Ollie, you need to let it go. I can handle it."
Oliver scowled and the control was clear in his voice as he said, "You shouldn't have to."
"But I do; and I will continue to handle it. If it gets to be too much, I'll give Chloe, Lois, Kara, or you a call."
Oliver smiled then ever so slightly as he asked, "Do you promise?"
Claire replied quietly but truthfully, "Yes, I promise, scouts honor."
His smile got even wider as he said, "Good."
Pete scowled and said, "I want to be let in too every now and then, Claire. I don't like the idea of you living at the Luthor Mansion, even if your mom is there and due to the fact that she's the senator of Kansas and usually in D.C. she most likely won't be there that often."
"That's why Kara and I are going to stay at the farm and take care of it. It's not as well kept as it used to be; but I need to keep it running as best as I can for my dad."
Pete nodded and Oliver said, "If you need any help—"
"I know, Ollie. Lex would be stupid to come to the farm."
"If you haven't noticed, Claire, Lex Luthor hasn't been doing the smartest things as of late."
"I know."
"So do you and me a favor; be smart and stay safe."
"I will, Ollie."
Oliver nodded again and Pete asked, "Hey, Oliver do you play Basketball?"
"Yes, I do."
"Want to go shoot some hoops?"
"Sure."
Oliver and Pete left the house to go play Basketball in the driveway and Jasmine jumped at the chance to question Claire; "Why is it that Oliver seems so concerned about Lex Luthor becoming your step-brother? I mean the two of you are after all just friends."
"Oliver and I are friends; but Lex and I haven't been friends since the day we broke-up. Lex has actually been very mean since then and Oliver is aware of the situation. Oliver doesn't like what Lex tends to say and do to me, moreover Lex and Oliver don't get along very well. It's all very complicated."
"So simplify it."
"It's not that easy."
"How so?"
"Look I just want to drop it, okay?"
"No, not okay. I want to talk about it."
"Well I don't, Jasmine."
"Well, too bad, Claire."
"You're not my mother, you can't make me talk."
"I want to get to know you better besides I think Pete likes you—"
"Of course he likes me he's like a big brother to me."
"No, I mean as in he wants you for his girlfriend."
"Pete knows better than to want that from me. Pete and I would never work out; besides, you're the one Pete talks about. Pete's my best friend and big brother. You need to get over the jealousy that you have towards me. I know that Pete doesn't want me like that and I certainly don't want him like that. You don't want my life. Trust me on that." Claire got up from the table once more and stormed up to the guest room in which she was staying. Only seconds later, Jasmine stormed out of the house to talk to Pete.
It was easy for Oliver to overhear Jasmine's insistence that Claire wanted Pete for a boyfriend no matter what Claire had said.
Not even Pete could convince Jasmine that Claire was his best friend and little sister. Oliver quickly excused himself and went to check on Claire.
He found her in the room Pete had given her. She was sitting by the window and looking out over the countryside.
When she heard Oliver's heartbeat, she turned to look at him. She could see that he was angry and quickly assumed that it was because he had learned that Jasmine had asked more questions on Lex.
Oliver searched Claire's face for a short time before he strode over to her and pulled her up into a hug.
Claire accepted the hug and clung to him as tightly as she could without hurting him. Oliver held her for a few more moments before he said that he had to go make a phone call. Claire nodded and Oliver left the room.
Meanwhile, back outside Jasmine and Pete were arguing over the fact that Claire was nothing more than a friend and sister and that Jasmine needed to relax. Jasmine pointed out that Claire most likely wasn't happy being single and then Pete said, "Claire and I wouldn't work out. We can't work out a relationship like that. I can't be her boyfriend because either she or I could end up getting the other person killed, not to mention Lex Luthor would have me killed as soon as he saw me kiss her."
Jasmine shrieked, "You're lying!"
"Actually, he's not;" a voice from behind said.
Pete froze and turned towards the voice, placing himself between the person who'd spoken and Jasmine. It was then that Jasmine heard Oliver Queen snarl, "What are you doing here?"
The person in front of Pete just smirked and asked, "What do you think I'm doing here, Queen?"
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