Sorry it took so long. Suddenly I got so busy…maybe that's why this is
really short. The next one will be longer, I promise. Hopefully.
Clark walked up to the porch. He took a deep breath and knocked. He heard footsteps coming and x-rayed to see who it was. Oh shit. Lana.
Lana opened the door. She smiled to herself. Clark. "Hey, Clark. What do I owe for this wonderful visit?" "Uh, actually, Lana, I came here to see Serena," he said nervously. "Oh. She's upstairs," Lana said. She opened the door a little more to let Clark in. "Thanks," Clark responded, and headed upstairs without a backwards glance.
Clark knew which room was which. That one was Lana's, and that one was Nell's. So this one must be Serena's. He knocked. Clark's eyes widened when he saw that Serena was dressed differently than she was at school. She wore a dark blue shirt and khaki pants. "Oh don't look so shocked," she said crossing her arms. She walked to the computer desk and sat down in a chair. "How can I not be shocked?" Clark said smiling. "You were dressed" "I dressed like that so people will know that I'm not the type to be pushed around," she said with her eyebrows raised. "Besides, I was in the mood for acting – or dressing rebellious," she added. There was an awkward silence.
"Have a seat," Serena said as she pulled out a chair. Clark sat with a look of curiosity on his face. "What?" she asked, looking up and down her body to see if she spilled anything or looked funny. "I'm just a little…confused," he responded. "If you're confused about the mood rebellious thing" "Yeah" "Oh. Well let's just say this. I change my mood like I change my underwear. I can be snotty in the morning, rebellious in the afternoon, and be a princess at night. And right now, I feel…I dunno normal," she explained. "Oh, okay. I get it now," Clark said with another dazzling smile. "Alright then. Let's get started," Serena said with a smile and sat down. They worked on the project for about thirty minutes when there was a knock at the door. They both looked up, and saw Lana.
Lana was downright bored. She could hear muffled voices in the next room, but was too lazy to eavesdrop. Whitney wasn't home. And besides, she was still ticked that he flirted with Serena. Lana thought a little about what there was to do. There was nothing. She just decided to go down a get a drink. Maybe after she would go for a walk. But before she would do any of that, she would knock at Serena's door to check up on Clark. Lana prayed to God that they weren't swapping spit or doing worse things. Thankfully, when she went next door she saw them talking and doing what they were supposed to do. "Hey guys," she said with a small smile. "Hi Lana!," Clark said returning the smile.
Serena looked at the two. She said hi back to Lana but was now thinking about how cute of a couple they made. She saw how Clark's eyes immediately lit up in her presence. It was weird though. Serena felt no jealousy whatsoever towards Lana. Clark may be cute, but not exactly her type. It's a shame though…Lana is already taken. But…maybe she can change that. Serena could see that Lana was comfortable with Clark, and that he felt the same. "You guys want anything to drink?" Lana asked looking at Serena. "Sure, why not?" she answered, looking at Clark for confirmation. He nodded, and they returned to their work. When Lana was downstairs making iced tea, Serena asked Clark a question. "Clark, do you like Lana?" he turned to face her in an instant. "Look, I won't tell her, but since I live in the same house as her" "Which reminds me, uh, I never knew Nell had a daughter," he said. "Well…I'm not exactly her daughter. All she did was adopt me," Serena said. "But don't try to change the subject," she added. "No, I wasn't, I was just curious" "So are you going to answer my question or not?" she said in a demanding voice. "Yes. I do. A lot," he admitted, turning a light shade of pink. "Shame," Serena said thoughtfully. "It's a shame what?" Clark asked looking her in the eyes. "That Lana's already taken. You two make a cute couple," she replied smiling. "Yeah well that makes two of you," Clark said fiddling with the pages of his history book. "Who's the second person?" Serena asked. "Lex," he said, turning to her. "Lex? Lex Luthor?" She said, eyes widening. "One and only," Lana said at the door. They both turned to her with a mix of fear and embarrassment in their eyes. "How – how much of that conversation did you hear?" Clark said. "Oh, just the Lex part," Lana answered with a smile. "I promise I didn't hear anything else," she added. "Okay," Serena said. Lana put down the drinks on the desk and sat down on the bed. "Do you guys need any help?" she asked. "No thanks, we're cool," Serena said. "Ok. I'm gonna go and call Whitney," Lana replied looking at Serena. "Look I'm dead serious, I wasn't hitting on him" Serena said with honest eyes. Lana took a deep breath and opened her mouth but Serena wasn't finished. "It was the other way I swear!" she continued throwing her arms in the air. "I know, Serena. Don't worry about it," Lana said putting her hand on her arm. Serena smiled and nodded. "I'm sorry, but that's just sick" she said with a look of disgust. "He is older than me!" "Well of course. He's a sen" "No, I know he's a senior, but that's not what I mean," Serena said. While Serena and Lana were having their discussion Clark was working on the project. His ears perked up when he heard Serena say something about Whitney being older. He turned around as Serena was about say something. "Well – how old are you?" Clark said. The girls looked at him. "Oh. Sorry. Just couldn't help but overhear," he confessed. "How old to you think I am?" Serena responded. The other two were silent as they judged her age. "Hmm. Possibly between the ages of 14-16," Lana nodded to herself. Serena looked at Clark and he nodded too. She grinned. "Wow. Those are really great compliments," she said laughing. "I'm 13," she added looking at the two. There was an awkward silence until Lana's voice broke through it. "You're right. He is older. Too old for you," she said. Serena nodded. Lana was about to leave to go call Whitney when Serena said, "Can I tell you something, Lana?" "Sure, anything," she replied smiling. Serena got this look on her face. Clark knew that it was private so he stood up. "Uh, I'm gonna go to the bathroom," he said rushing past Lana. "This is going to be quick" Serena said. Lana looked at her, her eyes telling her to say what she has to say. "Well what I wanted to say was…that no offense or anything…but I think you're too good for Whitney," she said looking up.
Lana had a feeling that Lex and Serena were related somehow. She looked into Serena's eyes and saw the same gleam that Lex had. "No offense taken," she answered. She didn't know what else to say. "I'm going to go and call now, k?" she asked. Serena smiled sadly. "Yeah," she said. She went inside her room and dialed Whitney's number. "Hello?" Whitney asked. "Hey Whitney," she said. "Oh hey!" Whitney immediately said. "I want to talk to you about something," she said in a serious tone. Lana could tell Whitney calmed down. "Yeah, ok. Anything," was what she heard from the other line. "Were you hitting on that new girl?" Lana asked. There was a short silence on the other line. "Why would I do that?" he asked innocently. Lana nodded her head in disbelief. Why did he have to lie? "Look, I saw you anyway" Lana said in a firm voice. She eyed the cassette player on her desk that held her mother's graduation speech for inspiration. "and maybe that's a sign that we should just…" she trailed off. She didn't know how to say this. There were so many ways, but which one was the right one? The "maybe we should see other people" won't work, because then he'd assume that I was going out with Clark…and she didn't want to see Clark get hurt. "I know, Lana," was all Whitney said. Lana was surprised at how well he was taking this. "Can you just ask me this?" he said. She smiled to herself. "Sure," she answered. "Are you dumping me because of Clark?"
"Of course not Whitney. And don't worry, it's not you. It's me," Lana said in a pitiful tone. "Yeah," Whitney said. "Can we still be friends?" he asked with hope. "Of course, Whitney," she said grinning. "Ok," he said. They said goodbye, and she hung up smiling. What was she going to do now? Maybe have a girl talk with Serena. Yeah.
Serena waved to Clark as he walked home. She heard footsteps behind her as she turned around. "Hey," Lana said in a cheery tone "Hey. What happened that made you so happy?" Serena said. Lana grinned again and grabbed Serena's hand. "Come on," was all she said as she dragged her new friend up the stairs. They entered her room and she locked the door behind them. "Uh, Lana?" Serena said looking around. She felt sick. Lana looked at her curiously. "What's wrong?" she said looking at her. Serena groaned. "Can we uh, do whatever you want us to do in – my room?" she answered looking weaker. "Alright, if that's what you want," Lana said patting Serena's shoulder. She nodded, and they got up to go to her room. As Lana shuts the door, her necklace stopped glowing.
Clark walked up to the porch. He took a deep breath and knocked. He heard footsteps coming and x-rayed to see who it was. Oh shit. Lana.
Lana opened the door. She smiled to herself. Clark. "Hey, Clark. What do I owe for this wonderful visit?" "Uh, actually, Lana, I came here to see Serena," he said nervously. "Oh. She's upstairs," Lana said. She opened the door a little more to let Clark in. "Thanks," Clark responded, and headed upstairs without a backwards glance.
Clark knew which room was which. That one was Lana's, and that one was Nell's. So this one must be Serena's. He knocked. Clark's eyes widened when he saw that Serena was dressed differently than she was at school. She wore a dark blue shirt and khaki pants. "Oh don't look so shocked," she said crossing her arms. She walked to the computer desk and sat down in a chair. "How can I not be shocked?" Clark said smiling. "You were dressed" "I dressed like that so people will know that I'm not the type to be pushed around," she said with her eyebrows raised. "Besides, I was in the mood for acting – or dressing rebellious," she added. There was an awkward silence.
"Have a seat," Serena said as she pulled out a chair. Clark sat with a look of curiosity on his face. "What?" she asked, looking up and down her body to see if she spilled anything or looked funny. "I'm just a little…confused," he responded. "If you're confused about the mood rebellious thing" "Yeah" "Oh. Well let's just say this. I change my mood like I change my underwear. I can be snotty in the morning, rebellious in the afternoon, and be a princess at night. And right now, I feel…I dunno normal," she explained. "Oh, okay. I get it now," Clark said with another dazzling smile. "Alright then. Let's get started," Serena said with a smile and sat down. They worked on the project for about thirty minutes when there was a knock at the door. They both looked up, and saw Lana.
Lana was downright bored. She could hear muffled voices in the next room, but was too lazy to eavesdrop. Whitney wasn't home. And besides, she was still ticked that he flirted with Serena. Lana thought a little about what there was to do. There was nothing. She just decided to go down a get a drink. Maybe after she would go for a walk. But before she would do any of that, she would knock at Serena's door to check up on Clark. Lana prayed to God that they weren't swapping spit or doing worse things. Thankfully, when she went next door she saw them talking and doing what they were supposed to do. "Hey guys," she said with a small smile. "Hi Lana!," Clark said returning the smile.
Serena looked at the two. She said hi back to Lana but was now thinking about how cute of a couple they made. She saw how Clark's eyes immediately lit up in her presence. It was weird though. Serena felt no jealousy whatsoever towards Lana. Clark may be cute, but not exactly her type. It's a shame though…Lana is already taken. But…maybe she can change that. Serena could see that Lana was comfortable with Clark, and that he felt the same. "You guys want anything to drink?" Lana asked looking at Serena. "Sure, why not?" she answered, looking at Clark for confirmation. He nodded, and they returned to their work. When Lana was downstairs making iced tea, Serena asked Clark a question. "Clark, do you like Lana?" he turned to face her in an instant. "Look, I won't tell her, but since I live in the same house as her" "Which reminds me, uh, I never knew Nell had a daughter," he said. "Well…I'm not exactly her daughter. All she did was adopt me," Serena said. "But don't try to change the subject," she added. "No, I wasn't, I was just curious" "So are you going to answer my question or not?" she said in a demanding voice. "Yes. I do. A lot," he admitted, turning a light shade of pink. "Shame," Serena said thoughtfully. "It's a shame what?" Clark asked looking her in the eyes. "That Lana's already taken. You two make a cute couple," she replied smiling. "Yeah well that makes two of you," Clark said fiddling with the pages of his history book. "Who's the second person?" Serena asked. "Lex," he said, turning to her. "Lex? Lex Luthor?" She said, eyes widening. "One and only," Lana said at the door. They both turned to her with a mix of fear and embarrassment in their eyes. "How – how much of that conversation did you hear?" Clark said. "Oh, just the Lex part," Lana answered with a smile. "I promise I didn't hear anything else," she added. "Okay," Serena said. Lana put down the drinks on the desk and sat down on the bed. "Do you guys need any help?" she asked. "No thanks, we're cool," Serena said. "Ok. I'm gonna go and call Whitney," Lana replied looking at Serena. "Look I'm dead serious, I wasn't hitting on him" Serena said with honest eyes. Lana took a deep breath and opened her mouth but Serena wasn't finished. "It was the other way I swear!" she continued throwing her arms in the air. "I know, Serena. Don't worry about it," Lana said putting her hand on her arm. Serena smiled and nodded. "I'm sorry, but that's just sick" she said with a look of disgust. "He is older than me!" "Well of course. He's a sen" "No, I know he's a senior, but that's not what I mean," Serena said. While Serena and Lana were having their discussion Clark was working on the project. His ears perked up when he heard Serena say something about Whitney being older. He turned around as Serena was about say something. "Well – how old are you?" Clark said. The girls looked at him. "Oh. Sorry. Just couldn't help but overhear," he confessed. "How old to you think I am?" Serena responded. The other two were silent as they judged her age. "Hmm. Possibly between the ages of 14-16," Lana nodded to herself. Serena looked at Clark and he nodded too. She grinned. "Wow. Those are really great compliments," she said laughing. "I'm 13," she added looking at the two. There was an awkward silence until Lana's voice broke through it. "You're right. He is older. Too old for you," she said. Serena nodded. Lana was about to leave to go call Whitney when Serena said, "Can I tell you something, Lana?" "Sure, anything," she replied smiling. Serena got this look on her face. Clark knew that it was private so he stood up. "Uh, I'm gonna go to the bathroom," he said rushing past Lana. "This is going to be quick" Serena said. Lana looked at her, her eyes telling her to say what she has to say. "Well what I wanted to say was…that no offense or anything…but I think you're too good for Whitney," she said looking up.
Lana had a feeling that Lex and Serena were related somehow. She looked into Serena's eyes and saw the same gleam that Lex had. "No offense taken," she answered. She didn't know what else to say. "I'm going to go and call now, k?" she asked. Serena smiled sadly. "Yeah," she said. She went inside her room and dialed Whitney's number. "Hello?" Whitney asked. "Hey Whitney," she said. "Oh hey!" Whitney immediately said. "I want to talk to you about something," she said in a serious tone. Lana could tell Whitney calmed down. "Yeah, ok. Anything," was what she heard from the other line. "Were you hitting on that new girl?" Lana asked. There was a short silence on the other line. "Why would I do that?" he asked innocently. Lana nodded her head in disbelief. Why did he have to lie? "Look, I saw you anyway" Lana said in a firm voice. She eyed the cassette player on her desk that held her mother's graduation speech for inspiration. "and maybe that's a sign that we should just…" she trailed off. She didn't know how to say this. There were so many ways, but which one was the right one? The "maybe we should see other people" won't work, because then he'd assume that I was going out with Clark…and she didn't want to see Clark get hurt. "I know, Lana," was all Whitney said. Lana was surprised at how well he was taking this. "Can you just ask me this?" he said. She smiled to herself. "Sure," she answered. "Are you dumping me because of Clark?"
"Of course not Whitney. And don't worry, it's not you. It's me," Lana said in a pitiful tone. "Yeah," Whitney said. "Can we still be friends?" he asked with hope. "Of course, Whitney," she said grinning. "Ok," he said. They said goodbye, and she hung up smiling. What was she going to do now? Maybe have a girl talk with Serena. Yeah.
Serena waved to Clark as he walked home. She heard footsteps behind her as she turned around. "Hey," Lana said in a cheery tone "Hey. What happened that made you so happy?" Serena said. Lana grinned again and grabbed Serena's hand. "Come on," was all she said as she dragged her new friend up the stairs. They entered her room and she locked the door behind them. "Uh, Lana?" Serena said looking around. She felt sick. Lana looked at her curiously. "What's wrong?" she said looking at her. Serena groaned. "Can we uh, do whatever you want us to do in – my room?" she answered looking weaker. "Alright, if that's what you want," Lana said patting Serena's shoulder. She nodded, and they got up to go to her room. As Lana shuts the door, her necklace stopped glowing.
