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Guilt
Part 3
Author: Morley
Disclaimers in Part 1
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Clark had just finished his chores and packing up the truck when Chloe, Pete, and Lana arrived. They stared at him in shock. "What?" he asked.
"How did you do that?" Lana said.
"Do what?"
Chloe gestured to his truck. "That."
"I couldn't sleep so I decided to start my chores early," he explained.
Pete just continued to stare at him. "Early?! Clark, we already know you get up at 5 am!"
"Just get over it," Clark growled. "I'm going to be late delivering everything."
"Sorry, Clark," Lana said. "We didn't mean to strike a nerve."
Clark ran a hand through his hair. "No, I'm the one who should be sorry. You guys have done so much for me and I screamed at you." He leaned against the truck. "It's just that..."
"What is it, Clark?" Chloe asked, taking his hand in hers.
He glanced over at Lana. She smiled at him encouragingly. "I'm scared."
"Who can blame you?" Pete questioned. "Hell, I'm scared! Clark, I'm scared what's happening to you."
"I'm sorry, guys." He looked at his watch. "I only have room for one other person. Who's coming with me?"
Lana and Chloe agreed that Pete should go with him. "We'll meet you at the hospital in an hour," Chloe told them.
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Chloe and Lana sat in chairs near the Kent's room. They both jumped when Lana's cell phone rang. "Hello?" She looked up to see Clark and Pete heading towards them. "I can't talk right now,Whitney."
"What's going on?" he asked.
"I'm at the hospital," she replied. "I'll call you back later."
"Is Nell okay?"
"Not Nell, Clark's parents. I'll call you back tonight!" Before he could respond, she said goodbye and hung up. She knew Whitney would over react and she didn't have the energy to deal with that too!
They all watched as Clark silently slide into his parent's room. "Guys, we have to do something," Pete said. "Clark hasn't said a word since we left his house."
"Mr. States-the-Obvious," Chloe joked.
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Clark found Dr. Branson leaning over his mom. "Mr. Kent, I have a surprise for you."
"Mom!" Clark said with a smile.
"Hey."
Dr. Branson jotted something down on his chart, then looked at Clark. "She still needs rest, young man." He nodded, glancing over at Jonathan. "Your father still needs some time to heal. It shouldn't be too much longer before he wakes up as well."
"Thank you," Clark replied. The doctor nodded and left. Clark looked back at his mother. He seemed afraid to touch her. "I'm so glad you're all right."
"Clark, honey, what's wrong?" she asked. She patted the bed. "Have a seat."
"Mom..."
"Humor me?" She could tell something was bothering him, and she knew right away what it was. "Clark Kent, stop blaming yourself this instant! You can't be two places at once! Especially when you didn't even know where we were!"
Clark choked back his tears. "But, Mom, I could have prevented this from happening."
"You don't know that for certain, Clark. There are other scenarios that could have played out. You can't save everyone."
Clark nodded and kissed her cheek. "I love you."
"I love you, too."
******************* Will Jonathan Kent wake up? If so, when? Stay tuned to find out! :o)
Clark had just finished his chores and packing up the truck when Chloe, Pete, and Lana arrived. They stared at him in shock. "What?" he asked.
"How did you do that?" Lana said.
"Do what?"
Chloe gestured to his truck. "That."
"I couldn't sleep so I decided to start my chores early," he explained.
Pete just continued to stare at him. "Early?! Clark, we already know you get up at 5 am!"
"Just get over it," Clark growled. "I'm going to be late delivering everything."
"Sorry, Clark," Lana said. "We didn't mean to strike a nerve."
Clark ran a hand through his hair. "No, I'm the one who should be sorry. You guys have done so much for me and I screamed at you." He leaned against the truck. "It's just that..."
"What is it, Clark?" Chloe asked, taking his hand in hers.
He glanced over at Lana. She smiled at him encouragingly. "I'm scared."
"Who can blame you?" Pete questioned. "Hell, I'm scared! Clark, I'm scared what's happening to you."
"I'm sorry, guys." He looked at his watch. "I only have room for one other person. Who's coming with me?"
Lana and Chloe agreed that Pete should go with him. "We'll meet you at the hospital in an hour," Chloe told them.
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Chloe and Lana sat in chairs near the Kent's room. They both jumped when Lana's cell phone rang. "Hello?" She looked up to see Clark and Pete heading towards them. "I can't talk right now,Whitney."
"What's going on?" he asked.
"I'm at the hospital," she replied. "I'll call you back later."
"Is Nell okay?"
"Not Nell, Clark's parents. I'll call you back tonight!" Before he could respond, she said goodbye and hung up. She knew Whitney would over react and she didn't have the energy to deal with that too!
They all watched as Clark silently slide into his parent's room. "Guys, we have to do something," Pete said. "Clark hasn't said a word since we left his house."
"Mr. States-the-Obvious," Chloe joked.
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Clark found Dr. Branson leaning over his mom. "Mr. Kent, I have a surprise for you."
"Mom!" Clark said with a smile.
"Hey."
Dr. Branson jotted something down on his chart, then looked at Clark. "She still needs rest, young man." He nodded, glancing over at Jonathan. "Your father still needs some time to heal. It shouldn't be too much longer before he wakes up as well."
"Thank you," Clark replied. The doctor nodded and left. Clark looked back at his mother. He seemed afraid to touch her. "I'm so glad you're all right."
"Clark, honey, what's wrong?" she asked. She patted the bed. "Have a seat."
"Mom..."
"Humor me?" She could tell something was bothering him, and she knew right away what it was. "Clark Kent, stop blaming yourself this instant! You can't be two places at once! Especially when you didn't even know where we were!"
Clark choked back his tears. "But, Mom, I could have prevented this from happening."
"You don't know that for certain, Clark. There are other scenarios that could have played out. You can't save everyone."
Clark nodded and kissed her cheek. "I love you."
"I love you, too."
******************* Will Jonathan Kent wake up? If so, when? Stay tuned to find out! :o)