*Abandon* by Electric Spyro

A.n. next part! have fun! some nice clana in it 4 ya *wink wink*. nothing extreme, just fluffy.

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"And remember that day in third grade when I climbed up on the monkey bars and then was too afraid to climb down?" Lana asked Clark eagerly.

"Uh-huh..." he uttered not even bothering to open his eyes anymore.

"Remember what you did?"

There was a long pause before he answered. The only sounds were the whistling wind and his Darth-Vader-like breathing.

"I - told you - to grab my hand....and we would both jump off..." he answered.

"Yeah," she smiled brightly. "And at first I was too scared and didn't want to do it -"

"But I told you - to trust me...."

"And then we jumped," Lana finished half smiling and half crying.

He moved his hand until he found hers and grabbed it tightly.

"Trust me now, Lana...." he said firmly. "We will - get out of here....we'll see - everyone - again...."

"I trust you, Clark," she said quietly through her tears.

She couldn't stop herself and leaned in and kissed his lips softly.

"I love you," she stated hoping that he heard her.

He smiled as best as he could.

He then answered softly, " But - I thought - we broke up...."

She shook her head quickly.

"No, no that was a mistake," she admited as she cried even harder. "That should've never happened."

He smiled still and opened his eyes sorely. They were bloodshot and looked nothing like the charming Clark Kent eyes Lana melted in.

"I love you - too..." he said calmly.

She smiled brightly.

"Did you ever think that when we confessed our love it would be during a blizzard in an abandoned cave?" she asked jokingly.

"Nope....I can't say I didn't think about it...though..." he exclaimed.

Lana stared at him pitifully.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner."

"It's okay....as long as you said it..."

She continued to rub the scarf over his weakened chest. The only sound was once again the storm and Clark's breathing.

'It was there this whole time and I was too blind to see it,' Lana admited to herself. 'It was in him this whole time..."

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"CLARK!!!!!"

"LANA!!!!"

The three friends screamed almost angrily through the deadly storm. They were all beginning to hate it. They knew the thick sheets of snow was the only obstacle in finding Clark and Lana before they froze to death.

"We're never gonna find them!" Chloe finally uttered.

"Chloe, don't give up. We can't stop," Byron urged as he walked over to Chloe who was near tears.

"Yeah, Chloe. When have you ever given up on anything? Especially when it involves your friends?" Pete added.

Chloe looked at them both and sighed. They hadn't even found one single clue. The two of them could be buried right underneath their feet for all they knew. The outside of Chloe - both freezing and numb - wanted to give up. But the inside - which was still energetic and determined - wanted to keep going and not stop until Clark and Lana were found and safe.

She nodded at the others.

"I know - you're both right. I guess I just wasn't expecting a challenge like this be so hard."

"Chloe, you use to spend hours in the Torch office looking for information for a story. Days might go by and yet you still spent every second of your time at the computer desk looking for that bit of news to put on the front page. Why should this be any diffrent?!" Byron shouted reasonably over the snow.

Chloe could see the fear and struggle in Byron's dark eyes. He stared back at her as if to confirm what she was thinking.

She then looked just over his shoulder and noticed a huge dark boulder-like figure.

"What's that?"

Byron and Pete both looked in the same direction.

"It's some sort of cave."

"Have we checked it yet?"

"I don't think so..." Byron's voiced trailed off as he walked towards the cove. Chloe and Pete followed him curiously.

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