Clark is running from Sunnydale to Smallville the same thought rushing through his head. Why didn't he just trust Chloe she sure wasn't a Luthor and she grew up a lot because of Lionel Luthor. Even worse than that she kept Justin's secret right up until he tried to kill her she would have kept his. He was his best friend and all he did was walk all over her. Even before leaving for Sunnydale Clark realizes that he definitely was not best friend material. Well that's going to change he's going to make it to Smallville and then he and Chloe are going to have a nice long talk.

In Smallville Kal has his fangs deep in neck sucking out blood. He can't believe he gets to taste her again it was such a treat last time. He gets to do it in two worlds. He moves aside a blond lock and takes one last gulp. He opens a locker door and quickly shoves the body in and closes it. Kal walks around his old school. He stretches his arms out and just thinks of where to go.

"Smallville, what the hell are you doing here?"

Kal turns around and sees a girl with blondish brown hair. He knows her. However he knows a lot of people since then he never really cared to remember. Was she the girl that screamed on key, or the one that smelled like strawberries? No, no they were both redheads. Oh now he knows her, she was Chloe's first kill. What did she say right before Chloe sucked her dry? 'Chloe you don't want to do this it's me Lois'.

"Hey Lois"

Lois looked confused at his new look. "Hey Lois that's it what the hell are you doing back in Smallville. And what the hell are you wearing."

Kal looks over his clothes leather jacket and jeans. "I like it."

Lois just rolls her eyes suddenly plaid don't seem so bad. "Well you look like Fonzie."

Kal just smirked. "I'm actually spending some time with Chloe why don't you come back in an hour we'll all get something to eat."

Lois shrugged sure she's hungry. "Sounds like fun"

Faith was on the phone in the Sunnydale Library Clark had made it to Smallville. "Yeah we got you set up but for the record I hate this plan. And when you get back we need to talk."

Buffy felt the need to say something. "Faith I know deep down Clark's just trying to…"

Faith puts her hand up. "I know that more than you do B. Right now let's just focus on vamp Red."

Buffy speaks resigned. "Yeah, we'll figure this out after we stop the feeding frenzy."

Faith just nods she needs a good slay right now. "I'm there but this won't be easy she throws fire."

Giles just looks at her. "Faith how in blazes do you know that?"

"Clark told me." Faith answered. "He went to that other world. It's how he knew what was going on as soon as soulboy here described vamp red."

Xander was confused. "We're CK's best buds. Why wouldn't he tell us?"

Faith just looked at Xander. "He didn't want to think about it or focus on it. I mean hell I had to beat it out of him in sparring. Now come on we have to go to the Bronze."

Willow was nervous but asked. "Guys what are we going to do with me? The…other…me"

Faith just went on ahead she has to make a phone call she really didn't want to make. Clark is going to pay for this big time. Buffy looked at the others and when they all backed down Buffy realized she had to take charge. "I don't know Will…I just mean, we have to stop them."

Willow just silently nods. "And I get that. I just kind of wanted to know…" She thinks of something to do. "Oh! Hey, uh, go. I'll catch up."

Everyone leaves and Willow goes for the checkout counter and reaches for something but can't grab it. She goes and walks around the counter. But is grabbed by behind.

"Alone at last!" Her own voice said.

Vamp Willow turns her human self around and looks at her appraisingly. "Well look at me I'm all fuzzy."

Willow nervously stutters out. "Well what do I want with you…uh."

Vamp Willow smiled grimly. "Your little school friend Anya said that you're the one that brought us here. She said that you could get us back to our world."

Willow gets it now. She did this. Technically she and Anya did. This thing came over because the sand touched her hand instead of the drawing of the necklace. And Clark's double got here because he interfered in the spell with his hand. As she said don't mess with magic or you get crap like this happening. "Oh! Oops"

Vamp Willow lets out an evil smile. "But I don't know…I kinda like the idea of the two of us." She turns Willow around and starts caressing her shoulders. "We could be quite a team if you come around to my way of thinking."

Willow looked at her uncertain. "Would that mean we'd have to snuggle?"

Vamp Willow brushes Willow's hair away from her neck and gives her a lick. "What do you say? Want to be bad?"

Willow is now completely unnerved not that anyone could blame her. "This just can't get more disturbing."

Vamp Willow growls with desire and Willow turns around flapping her arms in disgust. "Ack! Ew! No more! You're really starting to freak me out!"

Willow tries to leave but is blocked by her doppelganger. She tries the cross Xander left but Vamp Willow just knocks her over the table. Vamp Willow approaches as Willow gets what she stayed for Oz's tranq gun.

Vamp Willow stalks her around the counter. "Don't want to play guess I can't force you."

Willow aims ready to take her shot.

Vamp Willow smiles smugly. "Oh wait, I can."

Willow takes aim and fires. Vamp Willow just looks down as fireballs emerge from her hands. Willow quickly locks the next bolt in place and repeatedly fires until she empties the gun. Vampires can't overdose as far as she knows. Vamp Willow just looks down at all the darts sticking out of her as her fire goes out and she starts to fall.

"Bitch"

Clark arrived at the Smallville high basement and started from there working his way up. This is literally finding a needle in Kansas. Clark hears something come up behind him and turns around ready to strike. He sighs in relief it's just Alicia. "Alicia what are you doing here?"

"Faith sent me after you. She said you'd likely need me to teleport Chloe away." The teleporter responded.

Clark sighed. "Next time call me first I could have really hurt you." Clark turns on his x ray vision and looks around the hall until he sees a body in the lockers. "Oh no."

Clark goes near the locker Kal dumped her in and a blond haired body fell out. Alicia turned away and put her hand to her mouth. "I'm so sorry Clark." She starts to think of what to say. "It's always darkest before the…"

"Dawn" Clark finished cradling the body in his arms.

"I guess. I didn't really think this one through."

Clark shook his head. "No Alicia, it's Dawn Stiles" Clark turns the body around and puts it down."

Alicia thought she'd be comforted by this picture but no. "Ah, I always joked that her life would be over after high school but I'd never want anything like."

"I know" Clark nodded in understanding. He hated Dawn a good portion of the time but no one deserved this.

Kal walked up to the torch realizing there's no where else his human lover would be. He actually turned her on her desk. Kal walked to the door and saw what most people would think of as a schoolboy crush, but Kal knew better. Whoever this guy was he was hunting or more likely scouting. This is where he would take Chloe when the time came. Kal just turned him around to see he was the photographer Brian, Brandon something like that.

The photographer grabbed Kal by his bare skin. He can't have his plan ruined. The photographer waited in expectation for Clark's skin to petrify like everyone else's. Instead his own skin started to petrify. Kal put his hand to his mouth to stop his screams as he turned into a wax man. Kal carried the wax man into the nearest utility closet and shut the door only to hear a shatter. Kal rolled his eye when he heard the shatter well that was a waste of time. He goes into the torch and sees Chloe hard at work her newest story.

"Good lead" Kal asked.

Chloe nearly shot out of her seat. Leave it to Clark to scare the crap out of her. Chloe looks him over in all that black. Ah great he fell off the deep end again. "Lois' sis gave us a handful last week but everyone's alive and safe. So how'd you get to Sunnydale so fast Clark?"

"I flew in." Kal answered. "I remembered something like a long lost memory."

Chloe was curious. "Really, so what did you remember?"

"I want to let you in on a little secret, Clark. I'm not who you think I am. In fact, my disguise is so thin, I'm surprised you haven't seen right through me. I'm the girl of your dreams masquerading as your best friend. Sometimes I want to rip off this facade like I did at the Spring Formal, but I can't because you'll get scared and you'll run away again. So I decided that it's better to live with the lie than expose my true feelings. My dad told me there are two types of girls: the ones you grow out of, and the ones you grow into. I really hope I'm the latter. I may not be the one you love today, but I'll let you go for now, hoping one day you'll fly back to me. Because I think you're worth the wait."

Chloe felt tightness in her chest as Kal recited her letter verbatim to her. She hopes this isn't a heart attack. "Where did you hear that?"

Kal looked up at her smiling seeing it worked. Chloe left the letter in his coffin in his world and the words were so moving he turned her shortly after waking up the only vampire he has ever made and then he fed her Lois. After that they ate Lana, had Darla turn her and then burned her together it was the most romantic couple of days ever.

"Sophomore year, for the longest time I thought Lana said it. But she didn't did she?"

Chloe sighed and went into her desk and pulled out the letter. "No…I did you were in a coma and it seemed like the only way to tell you how I felt without you hurting me was if you were unconscious. All that and you still muttered out Lana's name in your delirium."

Kal just looked down. He still wants to know what he was thinking all those years on Princes bitchbag. At least the him of this world was smart enough to start boinking a slayer. He has to at least respect him for that. "Sorry about that especially looking back on it the whole Lana thing was just an idiot school crush."

Chloe turns around and Kal X rays her to see she's pinching herself. "So what are you doing here?"

Kal went to put his hand to her face but she slapped it away knowing this wasn't the Clark she wanted. "Clark you're not yourself. I saw you last time you were in Smallville you and Faith were both together and happy and you weren't alone."

Kal looks at her 'alone' that's a weird word to use. Well it's weird unless…Kal smiled his Chloe is getting a spanking for keeping this from him when he gets home. He told her but apparently she knew already. "You know my secret don't you."

Kal looked as Chloe's face turned into confusion. "I thought I did until there was two of you."

Kal turned around and saw Clark. He knew the boyscout would figure this out. Sure he acted naive when he was alive but he was never stupid. That's why he came prepared for Clark. Kal reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of kryptonite. He held it out to Clark and as usual he hit the floor like a ton of bricks.

"You know for a smart guy you should have seen this coming this is the third time I did this now." Kal teased.

Clark smirked and effortlessly pulled himself to his feet. "I did." The call to Sunnydale was to make a Shroud of Ra for an hour. Like Kal himself said Clark wasn't stupid by any means.

Kal looked at Clark and started shaking the kryptonite like a flashlight desperate to make it work. "Well…crap"

Kal just dropped the kryptonite. How the hell is Clark doing this? "What are you doing here? You don't even care about her. You never have?"

Clark just looked at him. "She's my friend and I won't let you turn her into a monster."

Kal just smirked. "Won't let me how do you plan on stopping me there's not a piece of wood or steel out there that can pierce this heart?"

Clark just looked at him. "I can and I will and the only way you'll get to her is over my dead body." Clark shoved a cross into Kal's face revealing his vampire form and startling Chloe. Red and blue was the genuine article she knew something about the other Clark didn't feel right.

Kal just knocked the cross away and laughed. "Oh is that right tough guy. Well bring it on ya red and blue bastard." Kal knows he won't risk anything in front of Chloe. Or at least he thought he did till he felt Clark's fist connect with his chin sending him flying out the window.

Clark just turned to Chloe. "Are you OK?"

Chloe just nodded. She figured all Clark could do was fly. "Yeah, but I think it's time for you to go into Superboy mode."

"If I win this we need to have a talk that's long overdue." Clark replied jumping out the window after his double.

With a drag and a grunt Xander and Angel lock up Vamp Willow in the bookcage. Xander just turns to Buffy and Faith. "You know one of you two could have helped move Darth Rosenberg here."

Faith just puts her hand up. "Hey Xan I don't move them I just slay them."

Giles looks at the drugged vampire. "It's extraordinary."

Willow just looks at him in shock and confusion. "It's horrible. That's me as a vampire? I'm so evil, and skanky…and I think I'm kinda gay."

Buffy comforted her friend. "Willow, just remember, a vampire's personality has nothing to do with the person it was."

Angel felt the need to point out. "Well actually…" he notices the stares coming from Willow and Buffy along with a smirk from Faith, though its Buffy's look that makes him say. "That's a good point."

Xander asked. "So, uh, what do we do now?"

Giles knew what. "We still have to get to the Bronze."

Angel nods in agreement. "Well, even if they're supposed to wait for her they may start feeding. Vampires are not notoriously reliable."

Xander smiles with hope, "So we charge in, much in the style of John Wayne?"

Giles put a damper on it. "High casualty risk. I haven't any other plan, though."

Buffy raises her hand. "Uh, I have a really bad idea. We switch the Willow's clothes."

Giles nods. "That could work Xander stay here and watch the other Willow."

Xander looked at him. "Why do I have to stay here alone with Elvwillow mistress of the dark?"

Giles stared at him. "Because we need all 3 at the bronze and if she wakes up she might able to melt the lock. Besides you won't be alone for long Wesley is on his way."

Xander pouted. "Should have quit while I was ahead."

Lois got in her car calling it a night. She'll take a pass on the offer of dinner with Chloe and Clark. Catching up with Smallville she just did that. She reaches for her keys as Clark crashes through her front window. "Smallville?"

Lois just looks at him did he fall from the Torch office that now has a broken window. Before Lois can even register what's going on Clark is pulled away from the window by…Clark "Smallville?"

Lois looks on as Fonzie Clark and traditional Smallville Clark circle each other like they're both trying to be the alpha male. She watches Fonzie Clark throw a punch but Smallville Clark blocks it with his arm and hit Fonzie Clark with an uppercut from his freehand knocking Fonzie Clark in the air and onto the football field a 50 ft away. Lois looked on in awe and a little bit of lust. "Smallville" Before she could react further a green haze appeared in her back seat and Alicia and Lois disappeared.

Kal landed on the floor hard. He's in trouble this Clark can fight and his Chloe isn't here to help out. Kal gets to his feet and looks at Clark as he comes over at superspeed. "Did you hit me over the field goal post?"

Clark just nods.

"Smartass"

Kal gives a quick punch and hits Clark in the face. Clark spins around and hits him with a back fist. Clark can't help but laugh in his head take away the kryptonite and the all powerful boss can't touch him and is actually afraid of him. Kal throws a barrage of punches but Clark easily dodges or steps out of the way of each one. Ends up training as a mortal with Faith has also sharpened his powers as normal Clark.

Clark catches the final punch and spins Kal around and quickly delivers a stiff elbow to his doppelganger's spine. Clark blurred to in front of Kal and hit him in the head with a fierce chop. Kal screamed in pain as he heard his bones break. Clark finished the assault with a blast of heat vision knocking him across the field. Clark blurred over and picked up Kal by his leather jacket. Clark just started punching him and he didn't let up. Clark went into a rage thinking of all the horrors he had to endure in that world. His parent's graves, Faith's dead body, the look of utter fear that was in Cordy's eyes as she died, watching Angel, Oz and Buffy die. And all of it was his doing. Clark just keeps hitting one of the very few people that can take the beating.

Kal took advantage of the situation Clark was angry which made him stupid. Kal took aim and burned Clark's chest with heat vision knocking him off the vampire.

The vampire just let out a devilish grin as his face healed up. "My turn"

He blurred over to Clark and jumped in the air crashing down hard punching Clark in the face. Kal followed up with a kick to the ribs sending Clark rolling. Clark tried a running punch put Kal ducked under and hit him with a spinning uppercut knocking Clark into the air and through the field goal post crashing to the floor.

Clark got up to his feet and spit blood from his mouth. Clark's the better fighter but Kal's the stronger fighter, damn demon. Alicia appeared in a green haze sword in hand with Chloe and Lois locked away at her aunt's farm for now. Alicia threw the sword to Clark and vanished in a green haze just as quick. Clark just held the sword out.

Kal just looked at him as he stopped in front of him. "Are you kidding me a sword? You're going to kill me with a sword. Take your best shot."

Clark shrugged. "As you wish Boss" He hardened himself emotionally prepared for what he had to do. Clark swung at Kal's neck and the master vampire's head came clean off. Clark feels sick he wishes he could just burn him or dust him. Speaking of dust why isn't he dust. Kryptonian vampires must not go poof. Clark sighs realizing he's going to have to bury him. Clark just scoops up Kal's head ready to throw it in to the distance and thinks. 'For the record this is gross beyond description but better than leaving humpty dumpty a chance to put himself together again.' Clark goes to throw Kal's head to the stars as a hand grabs him by the ankle, Kal's hand.

Clark is tripped to the floor as Kal's body gets up not letting go of Clark's leg. Kal's body then slammed him hard into the grass multiple times leaving several Clark imprints on the field before throwing him through the scoreboard. Clark blurs back trying to figure out how Kal is still alive sans head. Clark looks down and sees what he thinks is the problem. Chloe's ring. The bright green gem that Kal says lets him absorb sunlight without frying. Maybe it protects him form the other weaknesses too. Clark rushes his double and Kal's body throws a punch. Clark easily caught it and flipped the vampire over. Clark used his legs to keep pressure on Kal's arm as he went for the ring.

Kal's head just smirked. "If you take off that ring right now you will kill me. This goes against everything you stand for. You could never deliberately take another man's life."

Clark pouted as he made his decision. "You're not like me and you're not a man, you're just a demon. You'll never hurt anyone else again." With that Clark took the ring off and Kal screamedas he turned to dust without his head. Alright my Doppelganger is dead, now comes the hard part for Clark. Discussing what happened with Chloe and Lois. This was going to be a long night.

Vamp Willow woke up and looked herself over she's in the pink fuzzy outfit Willow was in earlier. "Oh this is like a nightmare."

Vamp Willow gets to her feet and sees a tiny little English man holding a crossbow at her. And from the looks of it even if he shoots he'll just hit her in the shoulder. Vamp Willow just smiles. "Let me out."

Wesley just smiles smugly Xander had gone to get them something to eat. "No I don't think I'll be doing that anytime soon."

Vamp Willow just smiled and took her shirt off. "Last chance"

Wesley was confused. "What may I ask exactly is the plan if I don't."

Vamp Willow just screamed at the top of her lungs and held the door shut which sent Cordy running in since she wanted to see Xander. "Um Cordelia help me!"

Wesley figured out what Willow's vampire self just did. She made it look like he attacked her and she locked herself in the cage to protect herself. Cordelia just looked at Wesley appalled. "What are you some sort of creepy British sex offender?"

Wesley just put his hands up. "I-I assure you Ms. Chase no but you need to leave."

Cordelia grabbed the heaviest book she could find and struck the watcher with it. Wesley had a glazed over look in his eyes as he hit the floor. Cordelia smiled she don't need no stinking slayer. "Willow are you OK?"

Vamp Willow nodded. "I can't get out I locked myself in."

Cordelia walked behind the counter and came back out. "It's OK Giles keeps an extra set." Which Willow probably would have remembered if she wasn't traumatized? Cordy won't deny it she has wished evil things on Willow but not this.

Cordelia unlocked the door and Vamp Willow pulled her into a hug. "Ok Willow you're OK." Willow's hug went lower. "You're safe now." Willow's hands went lower and Cordy practically jumped back. "Willow, hands"

Vamp Willow backed up. "I'm sorry it's just you saved me."

Cordy nodded. "Well there's other ways to thank someone like say new clothes."

"Alright" Willow vamps out. "How about dinner"

Cordelia runs through the school with Willow in pursuit. Vamp Willow is enjoying the hunt the chase will make Cordelia taste that much sweeter. When Vamp Willow smells Cordelia enough she stretches out her hand and creates a wall of fire. Cordelia ran for the nearest class but Willow sets the door on fire. Effectively leaving nothing between her and the vampire.

Cordelia backed up and quickly found herself pinned against a locker. This is it she realizes. She's going to just be another obit in the school paper. But in a way it fits. This morning she thought her life was over looking back now she realizes it's only just beginning. There are so many things she wants to do despite the curveball thrown at her earlier. "Please stop."

"Don't want to." Willow says as she feels a sharp pain in her back. She turns around ready to kill whatever slayer did it in a kamikaze blast instead she finds it's Xander that did it. The same Xander that brought her into this wonderful world has just taken her out of it. Vamp Willow just looks upset losing the will to fight. "This world's no fun." She turns to dust.

Cordy runs up and hugs Xander. She was never so relieved to see him in her whole life. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."

Xander puts it together in his head. "That wasn't Willow not exactly anyway. Are you OK?"

Cordy nods. "First we need to see if I killed the new watcher and then can you come home with me."

Xander just nodded.

Clark came into the torch after Alicia brought the girls back a little nervous but considering two people saw your secret wouldn't you be nervous too. Chloe saw Clark coming and smiled at how freaked out he was. Chloe decided she'll break the ice for him.

"So we can't figure out who's more confused. Me and Lois watching you beat on your evil double. Or you finally finding out I know your secret."

Clark just looked at her. "How long have you known?"

Chloe just smiled. "I guess I've always had my suspicions. The quick exits, the miraculous recoveries, the lame excuses, but I think when I saw you fly that kinda confirmed everything."

Clark couldn't help but smile she sees the one ability he doesn't actually have control over. "You're a good friend Chloe wish I could say the same about me."

Chloe puts her hands up. "Clark loose lips sink ships. God knows I've sunk my share of flotillas. So um does Faith know?"

Clark silently nods and Chloe sighs. Lois can see the hurt on her cousin's face and is ticked off by Smallville it doesn't matter how much he bench presses. "You're a real piece of work Smallville you know that you tell a girl you barely know to get in her pants yet you don't tell Chloe your friend for years."

Clark just glares at her. "There was a million times I wanted to tell her but I couldn't. I was too afraid of what she might think. And Faith found out because of something like tonight."

Lois just looks at him. "Bull" She pokes a finger at his chest. "She dated meteor freaks before and nothing happened there."

Chloe puts it together she's an investigative reporter after all. "You're not a meteor freak are you?"

Clark shakes his head no. He thinks on it for a couple minutes. Chloe has known his secret for months and seems OK. Lois seems more upset that he lied to her and Chloe then anything and she still asks questions about her adventure with Kal El. Alicia has always accepted him, kept his secret for a year and even saved his life last week. Maybe he should try to be honest with them like Faith told him to.

"I was born this way. I wasn't born near Smallville in fact I wasn't born anywhere near this galaxy."

Chloe caught on fast. "Okay…okay…so that would make you an"

"Yeah"

Lois spoke up now. "But…you look so."

"Human" Clark answered.

Lois looked at him it doesn't change anything. "Well at least now I know how you got struck by lightning and lived."

Clark looked at her. "You don't see me any differently?"

Lois shrugged. "It doesn't matter to me what's underneath you it's who you are. And considering how bad things have gotten with the meteor infected since you left I take it that it was you stopping them before? Just don't probe me and we're fine."

Clark nodded. "You're a good friend Lois." He turns to Chloe waiting for her reaction.

"Clark…I think you're so amazing. You save people's lives and take zero credit for it. To me, you're more than just a hero. You're a super hero."

Clark looked at her why does everyone but Faith and the scoobies put him on a pedestal. "Chloe"

"I'm serious, Clark. If more humans were like you, the world would be a better place."

Clark turns to Alicia. "Are you OK?"

Alicia nods. "It doesn't change anything. It just answers why you were the only meteor freak I know that was hurt by the rocks. You share a common origin place."

Clark hears a voice coming towards the torch. It's Lana. He sure isn't ready to tell her. "Lana's coming."

Lois moved away from her desk and told Clark to get under there. Lana comes in and breaths a sigh of relief. Chloe and Lois are fine. "You two aren't exactly crack reporters are you?" She glares at Alicia. "And now I know why Dawn Stiles is dead."

Alicia counted to 10. "Lana that wasn't me so what happened?" Seriously Alicia attacked her last year and she felt guilty at first but the more she talks to her the more she wishes Clark was one second too late.

Lana just ignored her and answered Lois and Chloe. "The police say a gang on PCP killed Dawn and a microburst hit the school. So" She looked to Alicia. "What the hell is she doing here?"

"She moved to Sunnydale makes fact finding about Smallville that much easier." Lois answered.

Lana just stares daggers at Alicia. "Leave it to you to run right back to him. So how is he doing did he break up with the brunette yet?"

Alicia just looked at her. "He's fine and the two of us are just friends. Besides don't you have a football coach to run back to?"

Chloe just swallowed a gulp. Jason dumped Lana a couple days after Isabelle's tattoo disappeared. Though it didn't take her long to fall back on Clark did it?

"Not that it's any of your business but we broke up."

Alicia just thought of something to comfort her but changed her mind. "Not that it's any of your business anymore but yeah he's still dating Faith."

Lana still doesn't get it. Faith, the brunette girl, sure she could see him with Buffy maybe but Faith was no where near his type. Neither was Buffy for that matter. Clark's type was well her if he'd just tell her everything I mean she lets him be in her life it's her right to know did he really expect her to keep looking the other way. "I just wanted to make sure Chloe and Lois were OK. Watch your feet if you go on the football field."

Lana leaves and Clark gets out from under the desk. Clark stretches his muscles he's tall and that was very uncomfortable. Clark stretches around. "So are you two OK because I have to get back to Sunnydale."

Chloe nods. "We're fine so you and Faith."

Clark shrugs his shoulders. "I can't explain it we just…"

Alicia took it from here. "They cling to each other."

Lois looked at her. "What?"

Alicia smiled at Clark's look of confusion. "The rest of the friends in their group they're so together that Clark and Faith were left feeling like odd men out. So they clung to each other first as friends and then feelings grew eventually well…"

Lois looked at Clark's face and sees it. He actually loves her "So any rough spots."

Clark rolls his eyes. "Not really except for when I…"

Chloe looked at him. "Clark"

Clark just realized it he was so concerned with protecting Faith from Kal he left her behind to protect her which is something Faith truly hates. "Nothing I just realized I put my foot in my mouth in a big way. Any ideas for an apology."

Chloe shrugged. "Talk to her tell her you're sorry and tell her why you left her behind the exact reason…no lying or sugar coating."

Clark nodded and turned to Alicia. "It's time to go, I should help the others."

Alicia disappeared in a green haze and Clark blurred to the sword he was set to blur out the door but Lois spoke up. "I have a lot of questions about Fonzie you."

Clark sighed. "Tomorrow Lois I promise."

With that Clark blurred out the door. Lois just looked at it. That was so cool. Lois turned to Chloe she couldn't help but notice that her cousin skipped over a very important detail. "So why didn't you tell him about?"

Chloe reaches into her desk and pulls out a big fat acceptance letter from UC Sunnydale. Clark didn't tell anyone but her yet but he already registered there for next year. "He'll find a way to try to talk me out of it and I want this to be a surprise at the end of the year considering what happened. You know you could always go there too."

Lois shakes her head no. "Sunnydale seems as weird as Smallville. I'm going to enjoy a nice regular college experience in Star City."

Clark blurs over to the outside of the Bronze and Angel held back a vampire so Buffy can stake it. Clark walks over to Faith. "I'm sor…"

Faith just puts her hand up. "Save it for later."

Willow is inside trying to pull off the act of her doppelganger. She runs her finger through a girl's hair and when it get stuck she gently untangles it. "It would be like shooting fish in the barrel. Where's the fun?"

A vampire smirked as Anya put it together.

"No offense Boss but the fun would be the eating."

Willow chanted a bit of Latin remembering what Faith told her creating a fireball in her hand a tiny one but more than enough to deal with a throws the fireball at the vampire who immediately combusts. "All demons get out! All of you."

Anya put her arms up trying to bring them back. "Come on guys she's not a vampire she's a witch."

The vampires flee to their imminent deaths outside. Anya turns around and faces Willow and Oz. She lets out a small smile until Willow decks her knocking her out.

Clark and Faith made it up to that attic in Clark's house they both look at each other in awkward silence until Faith breaks it. "You wanted to say something to me so let's hear it CK."

CK great she's mad at him. "I'm sorry." Clark responded easy enough because he was.

"And"

"Thank you for sending Alicia to Smallville you kept Chloe and Lois safe. And you're a big girl that can take care of herself. Don't need me to keep her protected."

Faith nods. "There it is."

Clark sighs that was a lot easier than he thought it would be.

Faith looked at him and was wondering she was curious. "So…you killed him easy enough with your friend's help sounds like someone else's plan. Can I ask just what is it about him that had you so scared. I don't think it's the fact that you've lost. You don't give up you just come back in a different way."

Clark sighed "Do you remember my last trip to Smallville."

Faith nodded. "You stole second for the first time."

Clark thought back to that day. "That was fun but I meant my last solo trip."

Faith remembered something. "You got poisoned."

Clark nodded. "The fear gas hit me and I saw my worst nightmare. Everyone I cared about was dead on the floor. I turned around just in time to see vampire me draining you dry." Clark pouted. "I'm sorry Faith I panicked when I found out he came back through. It was like it was starting to become real."

Faith just looks at him. Not that face not the sad face. Not the sad my puppy got shot in the head face. Faith still hasn't figured out a way to get around that yet. And not from lack of trying mind you. What the hell is it about this guy? Clark's reactions always get a rise out of her. When he smiles she smiles back. When he kisses her…dear god when he kisses her, she can tell him anything and he won't judge her or run off to the almighty B. Is she? No, it can't be that. "Clark…I forgive you. As long as you remember that I can take care of myself from now on and there other people here that want to help you with the weight of the world now." She can forgive him because she knows she would act weird if Kakistos just showed up one day.

Faith throws Clark his blue K cross and he smiles until he sees Faith's face. That's the I want to hit something face. "Sparring match"

Clark pouts he knows this is going to hurt. But if it lets her blow off some steam he'll take a full slayer beating if he has to.

Xander walked with Cordelia to check on Wesley he insisted being a watcher he's fine and Cordy warned if he's going to be a watcher he's going to need a harder head. Xander accompanies Cordelia home and that's when he was taken by surprise as she starts kissing him and forcing him through the door. Xander is quick to retaliate until Cordy goes for his shirt.

"Cordy are you sure you're not just wiggin from what happened earlier tonight?"

Cordy nodded and put a finger up to Xander's lips. "I'm sure Xander. This is about what I want and what I want to do with my life. So are up for it or?"

Xander nods his head. "Oh I'm up for it. More then up for it. I've just never been up for it with others."

Cordelia just looked at him. "I have before...and then he came back as Frankenstein and his little brother tried to decapitate me. I love you Xander and I want to do this just try to stay dead if the worst happens."

Xander just nodded his head in agreement. "OK"

Cordelia led Xander upstairs to her room and they shut the door behind them.

Xander is still trying to wrap his head around it he had sex. With Cordelia of all people. He smiles and looks down at her. She's wide awake.

"Cordy are you OK…was I?"

Cordelia just nods she enjoyed last night. "You were good Xander it's just I wanted one last happy memory of this place and you gave it to me. Thank you for that."

Xander looks at her he can't believe he missed it last night something is bothering her. "Cordelia what happened."

Cordelia sighed back to the real world. "The IRS is getting huffy about my dad not paying his taxes. They're going to take everything so I'll have no money no car I won't be able to go to any of the colleges that even accept me." Cordelia starts crying her whole future was wiped away in one day.

Xander just wraps her up in his arms. "So come with me on my road trip. Take time away from college thoughts and go back later in life when you have your own money for it."

"Xander what if this was my only chance?" Cordy asked.

Xander didn't know how to answer her. "There'll be more chances. You'd be amazed how much things can change. I went from treasurer of the we hate Cordelia club to…"

"You finish that sentence I will burn your clothes and kick you out Xander."

Xander just smirked. "To falling madly in love with her."

Cordelia smiled as her phone rings. She reaches over and answers it.

"Hello…Willow…um hi…Oh…Ok…Me and Xander are going to take a pass on that but thanks for the offer." She quickly hung up the phone.

"Was she mad at me for what I did?" Xander asked. In his own way he did kill Willow for her.

Cordy shook her head. "She was for about 5 seconds until Clark finally opened up about the other world." Just listening to Willow was enough to know that she never wants to know about the other world. "Clark apparently killed his double in front of Lois and Chloe so they are getting the full story demons, slayers and aliens galore."

Xander nodded. "So why aren't we there?"

Cordy just smiled and spoke in a sultry tone. "Because I want more happy memories dumbass."

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