Chapter Eleven
A black, posh, convertible car moved to the side of the streets and parked before the antique shop, where Linda and Clark sat. Clark immediately spotted the driver to be his good buddy, Lex Luthor. He was with a beautiful red head, who sat at the passenger side.
"Clark!" Lex called, exiting his car as he jogged towards the bench they were sitting on. The woman on the passenger seat also climbed out of the car and headed their way.
"Hey." Linda heard Clark greeted the tall, cute, bald guy in the exquisite dark blue suit. He looked filthy rich. They stood to their feet.
"Lyn, this is Lex, Lex Luthor." Clark introduced her to the bald guy, who smiled at her and offered a handshake. "Lex, this Linda Danvers. The exchange student I was telling you about, from Leesburg."
"It's a pleasure meeting you finally Ms. Danvers."
"Same here." Linda replied, shaking his strangely pale hand.
"Lyn!" The red head that's with Lex, let out, with arms wide open for a hug.
"Lena!" Linda said, surprised, accepting her best friend's hug.
"Lex, she's my best friend." Lena cleared to her half brother, anchoring an arm on Linda's shoulder. "I took your advice Lyn. You're right, I should give Lex a chance to get to know me."
"Ah, so you're the one I should be thankful to." Lex commented, shaking Linda's hands for the second time. "Thank you for knocking some senses to Lena."
"Nah. That's nothing, just doing my best-friendly duties." She shot back, with a simper.
Clark stood there, waiting for someone to introduce him to the red head, that Linda and Lex knew obviously. "Ahem." Clark pretended to cough to get their attention, still holding his ice cream.
"Oh, right!" Linda was reminded of her company. "Lena, this is Clark Kent. Clark, Lena Thorul. My best friend."
"So glad to meet you." He informed, shaking her hand.
"Same. Linda told me so much about you."
"Oh, she did." Clark uttered, fixing his gaze to a blushing Linda.
Linda discreetly poked Lena on the ribs with her elbow. A sign that she wanted her to shut up.
"Aww!" Lena cried, rubbing her side that Linda painfully poked.
"We're heading for the Fertilizer Plant, I just thought that I'd familiarize my sister here with the family business." Lex muttered, lacing his fingers together. "Then we saw you guys and we decided to drop by and say hi."
"How 'bout you guys?" Lena mumbled, hand still touching the painful area.
"The groceries. Mrs. Kent asked us to pick up some stuff for the house." Linda replied this time.
"Clark can I have a word with you in private?" Lex proposed, placing a hand on Clark's left shoulder. He asked if the ladies would mind them leaving for a while, and they did not object.
"Yeah." He replied nicely, as they both walked off farther away so no one could hear their conversation.
Linda sighed with relief when Clark and Lex moved away. She took off Lena's arm on her shoulder and gave her an evil stare.
"Embarrass me much, Lena?"
"What'd I do?"
"Ok. Just forget it." Linda surrendered. Because she knows that for sure that this conversation wouldn't go anywhere. Lena's a member of the debate team in school, she could easily make it sound like it's Linda's fault. She's good at that.
"Anyways, you're half brother's cute." Linda remarked, checking Lex's curve- y buttocks, which were evident from the cut of his pants. "What d'you think?"
"What do you mean, what do I think?" Lena shot back with a disgusted reaction. "He's my half brother you perve!"
"No I mean from a non-blood-related point of view. He's hot."
"Ugh. Stop that Lyn!" She murmured, shaking her head to get rid of the thought of her half brother being a hot prospect. "Don't you give me any ideas."
"What? I'm not." Linda snickered, as she continues to enjoy her ice cream.
"Ok, speaking of hot, Clark's totally on fire!" Lena turned her head to check him out. He's tall, good looking, and has a nice butt! "You've hit the jackpot girl!"
"Shhhhh! Before you go all giddy Lena, he's not my boyfriend." She reminded her.
"Yet." Lena added, hushed, eyebrow raised with a smile.
Meanwhile, on to Clark and Lex:
"Still nothing with the shape shifter investigation?" Lex asked as he watched Clark eat his ice cream. He's totally like a small kid.
"It's Nick Adler, he's back." Clark reported Lex.
"I thought you kicked that guy's ass already?" He pointed out the time Clark told him that Nick turned into green slime when he smashed it with a rock.
"Yeah, that's what I thought so too." Clark supported, disappointed with his earlier conclusion about Nick. "But all the clues I pieced together all leads to Nick. Except for Michael."
"I did my part on this and I interrogated Hans about Michael." Lex informed Clark. "And get this, Mike's been seeing Helen Adler, Nick's mother, for 2 months now."
"Then I'm right, the shape shifter's Nick." He concluded, gazing away, thinking. "But what I don't understand is, how did he survived?"
"Clark, he's a shape shifter. He must've turned into some green goo to fool you into thinking that he's dead."
Lex's right. How could he be so stupid?! Believing that he's dead, when all along Nick's still creating havoc and mayhem on Smallville. To top it all, Nick's now aware of Clark's super powers. It wouldn't take long for him to expose Clark into the public. He has to find him and fast.
"Michael was first on his list, then Mrs. Adler," He mumbled, not noticing that the ice cream's dripping on the cone.
"She's hot." Lex said from out of the blue.
"Mrs. Adler?" Clark questioned Lex, completely surprised with the remark.
"No! You're new friend." He quickly clarified, eyes darting to the location of her half sister and that beauty, Linda. "So what's the score between you two?"
"I dunno." Clark followed his stare, with a crestfallen expression. "I don't think she even likes me."
Lex has known Clark far too long, for him not to grasp that this farm boy's so much into that brunette chick.
"Does that mean that I still have a chance with her?" Lex kidded with a grin on his face.
"Hey! I saw her first, back off bud." Clark shot back. "Besides, I don't think she digs older guys."
"Darn it!" Lex stomped his right foot, childishly. As they both chuckled from that.
On to Linda and Lena again:
"You like him huh?" Lena queried as she realized how her best friend's eyes glistens at the sound of Clark's name.
"Yeah. I don't think he likes me though."
"Give him time. Don't expect him to be like Dick or the other guys from Leesburg, Lyn. Fast, straightforward and cunning! Guys around this part of the states are.em.different. They're old fashioned." Lena explained, gesturing her hands like she's actually giving out a lecture.
"Ugh. I've only got 3 more days to make him like me, Lena." Linda stated, sadden by the fact that it's Tuesday and by Saturday morning, they'll be shifted back to Leesburg.
Lex and Clark's through with their discussion and they were now sauntering towards the girl's direction.
"He's got a fascinating personality and unbelievably charming. I've never met anyone like Clark, Lena." Linda announced discreetly, beholding Clark's great physique, his face and that irresistible smile.
"He's a bit peculiar sometimes." She continued, watching Clark and Lex move for them. "Very peculiar. Like he's hiding something."
"Look who's talking." Lena jumped - in, with a meaningful smirk.
"Shut it! They're coming." Linda elbowed her at the rib area again.
"Ouch!" Lena reacted with a whisper, in pain. "That's the second time Linda!"
"Shall we go?" Lex inquired to Lena.
"Yep." She responded, her lips pressed together in a smile. "Bye for now Lyn. Call you when I get home."
"Okies." Linda acknowledged, planting a kiss on her best friend's cheek. "Enjoy the trip."
"I'll take this." Lex mentioned as he snatched the ice cream cone from Clark, and headed inside the convertible with Lena. Poor Clark didn't even get to protest. Lex revved up the engine and drove off.
Linda and Clark waved goodbye to their friends as they stood at the exact spot where Lex and Lena found them.
"Don't even think about it, Kent." Linda spoke, transferring her ice cream from the other hand, when she saw Clark looking at it.
Clark raised his hands in mock surrender.
"Who would've known that you're best friend's with Lena's half brother?" She conveyed, taking a few licks of her ice cream, distancing away from Clark.
"Yeah. Who would've known that you're best friend's with Lex's half sister?" Clark annoying reinstated, with a grin.
"It's a small world."
"It is." Clark agreed as they started heading for the grocery store. Then he hysterically began whistling the tune to the nursery song, "It's a Small word After all."
A black, posh, convertible car moved to the side of the streets and parked before the antique shop, where Linda and Clark sat. Clark immediately spotted the driver to be his good buddy, Lex Luthor. He was with a beautiful red head, who sat at the passenger side.
"Clark!" Lex called, exiting his car as he jogged towards the bench they were sitting on. The woman on the passenger seat also climbed out of the car and headed their way.
"Hey." Linda heard Clark greeted the tall, cute, bald guy in the exquisite dark blue suit. He looked filthy rich. They stood to their feet.
"Lyn, this is Lex, Lex Luthor." Clark introduced her to the bald guy, who smiled at her and offered a handshake. "Lex, this Linda Danvers. The exchange student I was telling you about, from Leesburg."
"It's a pleasure meeting you finally Ms. Danvers."
"Same here." Linda replied, shaking his strangely pale hand.
"Lyn!" The red head that's with Lex, let out, with arms wide open for a hug.
"Lena!" Linda said, surprised, accepting her best friend's hug.
"Lex, she's my best friend." Lena cleared to her half brother, anchoring an arm on Linda's shoulder. "I took your advice Lyn. You're right, I should give Lex a chance to get to know me."
"Ah, so you're the one I should be thankful to." Lex commented, shaking Linda's hands for the second time. "Thank you for knocking some senses to Lena."
"Nah. That's nothing, just doing my best-friendly duties." She shot back, with a simper.
Clark stood there, waiting for someone to introduce him to the red head, that Linda and Lex knew obviously. "Ahem." Clark pretended to cough to get their attention, still holding his ice cream.
"Oh, right!" Linda was reminded of her company. "Lena, this is Clark Kent. Clark, Lena Thorul. My best friend."
"So glad to meet you." He informed, shaking her hand.
"Same. Linda told me so much about you."
"Oh, she did." Clark uttered, fixing his gaze to a blushing Linda.
Linda discreetly poked Lena on the ribs with her elbow. A sign that she wanted her to shut up.
"Aww!" Lena cried, rubbing her side that Linda painfully poked.
"We're heading for the Fertilizer Plant, I just thought that I'd familiarize my sister here with the family business." Lex muttered, lacing his fingers together. "Then we saw you guys and we decided to drop by and say hi."
"How 'bout you guys?" Lena mumbled, hand still touching the painful area.
"The groceries. Mrs. Kent asked us to pick up some stuff for the house." Linda replied this time.
"Clark can I have a word with you in private?" Lex proposed, placing a hand on Clark's left shoulder. He asked if the ladies would mind them leaving for a while, and they did not object.
"Yeah." He replied nicely, as they both walked off farther away so no one could hear their conversation.
Linda sighed with relief when Clark and Lex moved away. She took off Lena's arm on her shoulder and gave her an evil stare.
"Embarrass me much, Lena?"
"What'd I do?"
"Ok. Just forget it." Linda surrendered. Because she knows that for sure that this conversation wouldn't go anywhere. Lena's a member of the debate team in school, she could easily make it sound like it's Linda's fault. She's good at that.
"Anyways, you're half brother's cute." Linda remarked, checking Lex's curve- y buttocks, which were evident from the cut of his pants. "What d'you think?"
"What do you mean, what do I think?" Lena shot back with a disgusted reaction. "He's my half brother you perve!"
"No I mean from a non-blood-related point of view. He's hot."
"Ugh. Stop that Lyn!" She murmured, shaking her head to get rid of the thought of her half brother being a hot prospect. "Don't you give me any ideas."
"What? I'm not." Linda snickered, as she continues to enjoy her ice cream.
"Ok, speaking of hot, Clark's totally on fire!" Lena turned her head to check him out. He's tall, good looking, and has a nice butt! "You've hit the jackpot girl!"
"Shhhhh! Before you go all giddy Lena, he's not my boyfriend." She reminded her.
"Yet." Lena added, hushed, eyebrow raised with a smile.
Meanwhile, on to Clark and Lex:
"Still nothing with the shape shifter investigation?" Lex asked as he watched Clark eat his ice cream. He's totally like a small kid.
"It's Nick Adler, he's back." Clark reported Lex.
"I thought you kicked that guy's ass already?" He pointed out the time Clark told him that Nick turned into green slime when he smashed it with a rock.
"Yeah, that's what I thought so too." Clark supported, disappointed with his earlier conclusion about Nick. "But all the clues I pieced together all leads to Nick. Except for Michael."
"I did my part on this and I interrogated Hans about Michael." Lex informed Clark. "And get this, Mike's been seeing Helen Adler, Nick's mother, for 2 months now."
"Then I'm right, the shape shifter's Nick." He concluded, gazing away, thinking. "But what I don't understand is, how did he survived?"
"Clark, he's a shape shifter. He must've turned into some green goo to fool you into thinking that he's dead."
Lex's right. How could he be so stupid?! Believing that he's dead, when all along Nick's still creating havoc and mayhem on Smallville. To top it all, Nick's now aware of Clark's super powers. It wouldn't take long for him to expose Clark into the public. He has to find him and fast.
"Michael was first on his list, then Mrs. Adler," He mumbled, not noticing that the ice cream's dripping on the cone.
"She's hot." Lex said from out of the blue.
"Mrs. Adler?" Clark questioned Lex, completely surprised with the remark.
"No! You're new friend." He quickly clarified, eyes darting to the location of her half sister and that beauty, Linda. "So what's the score between you two?"
"I dunno." Clark followed his stare, with a crestfallen expression. "I don't think she even likes me."
Lex has known Clark far too long, for him not to grasp that this farm boy's so much into that brunette chick.
"Does that mean that I still have a chance with her?" Lex kidded with a grin on his face.
"Hey! I saw her first, back off bud." Clark shot back. "Besides, I don't think she digs older guys."
"Darn it!" Lex stomped his right foot, childishly. As they both chuckled from that.
On to Linda and Lena again:
"You like him huh?" Lena queried as she realized how her best friend's eyes glistens at the sound of Clark's name.
"Yeah. I don't think he likes me though."
"Give him time. Don't expect him to be like Dick or the other guys from Leesburg, Lyn. Fast, straightforward and cunning! Guys around this part of the states are.em.different. They're old fashioned." Lena explained, gesturing her hands like she's actually giving out a lecture.
"Ugh. I've only got 3 more days to make him like me, Lena." Linda stated, sadden by the fact that it's Tuesday and by Saturday morning, they'll be shifted back to Leesburg.
Lex and Clark's through with their discussion and they were now sauntering towards the girl's direction.
"He's got a fascinating personality and unbelievably charming. I've never met anyone like Clark, Lena." Linda announced discreetly, beholding Clark's great physique, his face and that irresistible smile.
"He's a bit peculiar sometimes." She continued, watching Clark and Lex move for them. "Very peculiar. Like he's hiding something."
"Look who's talking." Lena jumped - in, with a meaningful smirk.
"Shut it! They're coming." Linda elbowed her at the rib area again.
"Ouch!" Lena reacted with a whisper, in pain. "That's the second time Linda!"
"Shall we go?" Lex inquired to Lena.
"Yep." She responded, her lips pressed together in a smile. "Bye for now Lyn. Call you when I get home."
"Okies." Linda acknowledged, planting a kiss on her best friend's cheek. "Enjoy the trip."
"I'll take this." Lex mentioned as he snatched the ice cream cone from Clark, and headed inside the convertible with Lena. Poor Clark didn't even get to protest. Lex revved up the engine and drove off.
Linda and Clark waved goodbye to their friends as they stood at the exact spot where Lex and Lena found them.
"Don't even think about it, Kent." Linda spoke, transferring her ice cream from the other hand, when she saw Clark looking at it.
Clark raised his hands in mock surrender.
"Who would've known that you're best friend's with Lena's half brother?" She conveyed, taking a few licks of her ice cream, distancing away from Clark.
"Yeah. Who would've known that you're best friend's with Lex's half sister?" Clark annoying reinstated, with a grin.
"It's a small world."
"It is." Clark agreed as they started heading for the grocery store. Then he hysterically began whistling the tune to the nursery song, "It's a Small word After all."