A/N : Some more of the truth comes out...
(Disclaimer : see Chapter 1)
"Lana, the truth is, well it's a little complicated..." Clark trailed off.
"Come on, you can tell me" she urged, "You do trust me don't you Clark?"
"Of course!" Clark cried, immediately, hurt at the thought that she might think he didn't. He glanced around the hallway. The hospital corridor was probably not the best place to let his secret out, 'although Lana might need medical assistance for shock or something when she finds out' he thought to himself.
"Can we go somewhere else, somewhere more private" he asked her.
"Sure" she agreed, and it was decided they would go and sit in the car to talk. They didn't want to go far as they had promised to be on call should anything happen with Chloe or Lex.
They climbed into the vehicle and smiled at each other, but the silence remained.
"Clark, I don't want to be pushy or anything but I thought you wanted to tell me something?"
"I do" he told her, "but I need you to remember that, that I love you" he said, afraid to look at her too much "and that I never deliberately lied to you"
"Okay" Lana said quietly, slightly worried now about what she might be told.
"I think the Nicodemus did spray me" Clark spoke quickly, "because I don't remember what happened, but I do love you even though I didn't know I'd said it and I also know why I didn't get sick and that's what is complicated" he stopped for a breath and Lana tried to take in what he'd said so far.
"Okay" she said again, her vocabulary completely escaping her.
"The Nicodemus only had a temporary effect on me because I'm not the same as an ordinary person. You remember the meteor shower?"
Lana pulled a face and Clark realised he had asked the most stupid question possible.
"I'm so sorry..." he said quickly.
"It's okay, go on" she urged, blinking back the tears that wanted to escape her eyes.
"When the meteors came down, something else came down too, a ship"
"A spaceship?"
"Yes, my spaceship"
The car was silent. Clark didn't know where to go from there and hoped to work off of Lana's reaction but she did not seem to have one. She just looked blankly at him, her eyes wide. Clark had a spaceship? It was too much for her to take in.
"I don't understand" she managed to say eventually, "You're telling me you're from outer-space?"
Clark nodded silently, staring at the dashboard and trying not to make eye contact. He looked up suddenly when he heard a sound, the passenger door opening and Lana leaving the car.
"Lana!" he called her name, but she kept walking. He opened the driver's door and jumped out. He jogged across the car park until he reached her side.
"Please Lana, I need to explain" he said, taking hold of her arm.
"And I'll let you explain, but not right now" she told him, the tears from earlier streaking her face now. "I need some time first" she took her arm from his grip and kept walking without looking back.
Clark figured it was best just to let her go if that's what she wanted. At least she hadn't freaked out, he thought, that had to be an upside to this. He planned to go back inside and let his friends know he was leaving, then he would go home and talk to his parents. He thought they would probably go crazy when they found out what he'd done, but he hoped they would understand once he had explained how he felt. He loved Lana, he had never been so sure about that fact as he was now and he only hoped she would understand what he had told her and continue to love him as she said she did now.
A/N : Just one more chapter to go! Please review and I will post the final installment soon.
