Clark could hear his dad making offers to Lex as he started walking towards town. "Dammit, Dad. Why must you always hit on my friends?" He muttered to himself. He wanted to go back and keep those two apart but he was on a mission. He had to find Whitney. He was looking down at his feet when he almost walked into Chloe.

"Whoa there, Clark. I know I'm hard to resist but running into me is not the way. Hmm...You have this whole 'man on a mission' look. What's going on?" She started walking with him. Why won't she go away? Damn her for always wanting answers.

"Nope. No mission. Just going to grab a cup of coffee or something at The Talon." He made up a lie quickly. He didn't want to tell Chloe about his newfound sexuality, at least not right now.

"Let me guess. You're gay. You just found out. And now you're going to go tell Whitney all about it."

Clark stopped walking. "Wait. How did you..."

"Oh, you didn't know about it but Ryan taught me a few of his mind reading tricks before he left." She said with a smile. "Boy, was that kid hot!" She said softly under her breath. Then saw the look Clark was giving her and blushed.

"You're hot for Ryan?!? He's like 10 years old. Besides, I always thought you were hot for me! I have to admit I'm a little disappointed." He said and began fake pouting.

"Oh God, Clark! Anyone with half a brain can tell that you're gay! You don't think I've noticed all those looks Lex gives you. He's obviously attracted to you and you knew it the whole time! Denial. That's why you didn't realize you were gay. The Typical Kent thing to do. I'm just glad you didn't end up like your dad. I mean, being gay but getting married anyway, that's gotta be rough on your mom."

"Wow, so everybody knows?...Even Whitney?"

"Oh, Whitney definitely knows...Aaah, I see were this is going. You think that the only reason he bothers you about Lana so much is not because he's jealous of you but because he's jealous of her. It makes sense. He can't very well go around beating up on Lana so he takes his frustrations out on you. And, bonus, he gets to put his hands all over you."

"Exactly." Clark said with a big smile on his face. By now they had reached The Talon. Clark scanned the room for Whitney. He spotted him at the counter talking to Lana.

"I think I'll let you go at this alone. I've got some research to do, anyway." Chloe said as she walked back out of The Talon.

Clark walked over to where Whitney and Lana were. Lana saw him approach and smiled before walking away. Whitney glanced over and quickly looked away when he saw Clark.

"Hey, Whitney." Clark said as he took a seat next to him.

"Oh, hi." Whitney tried not to look as excited as he was feeling. Clark Kent is talking to me! In a friendly way! Oh, God. I might die of happiness. "Look, sorry about what I did earlier. I didn't mean to threaten you or anything. I was just a little frustrated."

Clark put his hand on top of Whitney's. Whitney stared down at it. "Sexually frustrated?" Clark asked in a knowingly way like one of those self help people Whitney had seen on TV. Whitney tried to look confused as if he didn't have any idea what Clark was talking about. It was obvious that Clark could see right through him. Then again, Clark did have x-ray vision.

Whitney gave a heavy sigh. "Yeah, I guess you could say that. You know, don't you? You've finally figured it out. It's about damn time. I was getting sick of that stupid bitch Lana over there. God, all she does is whine about her parents or how no one knows the real her. It's a bunch of bullshit if you ask me."

"Hey! Lana's still my friend."

"Oh, Clark. Do you always have to play the nice guy? Come on, you know she's a pesky little skank. But now you've finally figured out that your gay and that I want you." He smiled at Clark and put his free hand on top of Clark's. "Look, it's a hand sandwich...Get it? Like ham sandwich? Heh heh. Ok I thought it was funny."

"Whitney, I may be attracted to you but I cannot stand you. That joke wasn't even funny. I think I better go now." Whitney was still laughing at his own joke when Clark stood up to leave.

"Wait! Clark! Come back!! We can still be together!! Come on!! You have the sexiest ass I've ever seen!! Don't leave me here with Lana!! Clark!!" Clark walked right out of the building. Meanwhile, Lana was standing right behind Whitney laughing hysterically at him as he pleaded with Clark. Everyone stared at Whitney as he got on his knees yelling for Clark to come back.

"You are pathetic Whitney." Lana said when she had a break from her laugher and then started laughing again.

"Wait, you knew about Kent?" Whitney asked, perplexed.

"Duh. Everyone does, dumbass."

"Then why are you going out with me?" He was still confused.

"I figured that if you and Clark ever actually got together, you might let me watch you two go at it. But looks like there's not going to be any private shows for Little Lana." She sighed. "Oh well. Maybe I can watch Lex and Clark. Since we all know they're going to get together. I've already seen Clark rub Lex's head."

Whitney laughed at that. "Yeah. Lex does look like a giant penis."