12.21.01

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The clock at Smallville High School had finally struck three o'clock. When walking through the halls, you could tell there was a certain buzz among the students and faculty alike. They had been waiting patiently for a full month for this day to come.

"CLARK!"

When Clark turned around to see who was calling him, he was greeted with nothing more than two smiles from his two best friends, Pete and Chloe.

"Hey, we are still on for tonight right?" Pete questioned.

"What's tonight?" A puzzled Clark asked.

"What do you mean what's tonight?! Did you forget again? Tonight is the annual farewell trio party as we each go our separate ways for the next week or so." Chloe said.

"OH! Right. I almost forg..."

Clark lost his train of thought when he saw Whitney and Lana walk by screaming at each other.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T GO?! WE AGREED A MONTH AGO THAT WE WOULD GO TO FLORIDA TOGETHER WITH OUR OTHER FRIENDS!" Whitney exclaimed.

"Whitney, I'm not going to talk about this here."

Then Lana calmly walked away as though nothing had happened. Passing students didn't even care about them two, this constant bickering between the two had not been an uncommon site these days. But as the other students walked by, Clark just watched on.

"Clark! So are you coming or not?"

"Huh...? Oh, yea I'll be there. How about we meet at six at the Beanary?" Clark asked.

They all agreed and walked in the direction to the bus.

-Later that day-

"Lana, I'm sorry. What more do you want me to say? You know we both agreed to go." Whitney said over the phone.

"No, Whitney. You agreed with yourself that we would go. You only assumed that I would do whatever you wanted me to do. And if I know you well enough, I bet you already bought the tickets." Lana argued.

There was dead silence over the phone as Whitney was smacked by every word Lana was throwing at him.

"Alright. Look, if you don't want to go. That's perfectly fine with me."

Then Whitney hung up the phone.

Lana then let out a deep sigh. As she went to sit on the windowsill she thought to herself "I'm so tired of this. I'm tired of fighting, I'm tired of being a trophy, I'm tired of people expecting so many things from me." As she looked out the window, she saw him, Clark Kent. He looked like he was walking back from town and on his way back home. As Lana looked on, a million questions were racing through her mind. "Why is he walking, isn't that a mile and a half walk? What does he have planned for Christmas? Why does he look so miserable? Is everything ok?" As more and more question flowed through her head, the phone rang again. She had no doubt in her mind that this was Whitney again making a last ditch effort to try and convince her to come along.

-Outside Lana's House-

As Clark was walking side by side with the street, he could not help to think about what Pete and Chloe would be doing on the plane. Would they open the gifts that he got them? Are they going to have fun? While Clark was still pondering these questions, he stopped for a moment and looked up to find Lana's house. As Clark walked by her house a smile that stretched from ear to ear found it's way to Clark's face when he started to think about the reaction Lana would have when he gave her the present he got for her. Clark had asked Nell for a picture of Lana's parents. At first, Nell felt a bit reluctant to give Clark the picture, but after he explained what he was going to use it for she gave him the picture with a smile and told him "She is going to love that."

As Clark trotted along he saw the familiar view of a sign that read "Kent's Farm."

-Inside the Kent's Home-

"Clark! We're headed to Metropolis now! You know that if there is any reason you need to reach us, just call the number on the frig!" Mrs. Kent exclaimed.

"Alright Mom! Remember to get me something nice!" Clark answered.

When Clark heard his parents drive off, he knew exactly what he was going to do. Forget the broccoli his mom left him, he wanted something good. He picked up the phone and started dialing the pizza place asking for a jumbo size pie with extra cheese. After he placed his order he went over to his fortress in the barn. When Clark stepped outside, he thought he felt something on the top of his head. As he was going to put his hand on his head to see what it was, he saw it. One by one, they were falling from sky slowly and delicately like leaves off of a tree. It was finally snowing in Smallville.

When Clark got to the barn he went up the stairs and was headed to his telescope. But before venturing into the outer limits of space, he turned on the radio and started singing along to an N'Sync song. He never really liked the band, but he thought the songs were very catchy. Clark, knowing nobody was around, he started singing louder and louder. When the song had finished playing, there was silence for a moment. Until a faint giggle followed by clapping broke the silence. When the wide-eyed Clark heard the clapping he instantaneously turned bright red and turned around immediately.

And there stood Lana Lang.