Smallville Fan fiction "Fate" Author: BlahBlah Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the storyline all the rest belongs to Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. A/n: Thanks so much for the reviews! Chapter 5: Uh-oh!

Clark sat beside the telescope in his loft trying to figure out why Lana did this to him. "Maybe that was her friend or her cousin whom she hasn't seen in a while.Great! Maybe that's just it! Oh no! I just shouted at her! Perfect timing as usual.what am I gonna do now? Hmm. guess I should say sorry." He contemplated as he sat in his loft. He tried to find more reasons why Lana was hugging this guy.

Meanwhile, Lana decided it was tie to talk to Clark after a day of not talking to each other. She told Chloe she was leaving to go to Clark and close up the Talon. She took a jacket since it was a little cold outside, and walked towards Clark's loft.

Clark on the other hand, couldn't wait for Lana so he decided to go to her house. He told his parents that he was going there and probably grab a coffee at the Talon. ________________________________________________________________________

Lana climbed up the steps of Clark's fortress she was surprised when she didn't find Clark there since that was where he always was whenever he felt depressed. She then went to their house to go and look for him.

"Good evening Mrs. Kent! Is Clark around?" She asked as she opened the door to their house. The elderly farmers were eating their supper and was surprised by Lana.

"I thought he was at your house Lana?" Jonathan Kent asked with a look of worry on his face.

"Well, if you're not at you're house Lana; he told us he'd be having coffee at the Talon." Martha Kent added.

"Well, I'll just meet him there! Thanks for telling me where he is Mr. & Mrs. Kent." At that, she went out in search of the seemingly elusive Clark Kent. ________________________________________________________________________

Clark knocked at Chloe's house and prepared his sorry speech. After waiting for about 20 seconds, he sat down at the porch and waited for someone to open it.

"Hey Clark!" Chloe said as she opened the door.

"Is Lana there?"

"Funny. She just went out to go see you Clark; she said something about explaining herself and cleaning up the Talon. You know, if you're not there at you're house, you might as well meet her at the Talon and talk about whatever you're gonna talk about." She then closed the door to hide the pained expression in her face. She was surprised a little that Clark wasn't still able to figure out that Chloe still liked him.

Clark slowly walked towards the Talon to meet Lana after he said goodbye to the door that Chloe just closed. ________________________________________________________________________

"I really need more people to help me clean up this place." Lana thought as she wiped the dirty tables of her coffee shop. As if she was heard by a genie, Clark came through the door with a troubled expression on his face. From there, Lana could tell that he was sorry for what he did.

"Need some help Lana?" He asked as he put one chair up the table.

Not wanting to show Clark that she was hurt too, she just ignored him and felt hurt all the more seeing the hurt look on his face, and knowing that she did that made it even worse. She went on to the back to get dressed since her shirt got dirty from all the cleaning. Then, Clark finally decided to tell her what's been bothering him for a while.

"Lana, I-I'm really sorry I wasn't Clark-like yesterday when I saw you at the Talon. You're technically not my girlfriend or someone I own to tell you what to do. I really hope we still can be friends after all that I said yesterday." He then started to let himself out with a gloomy look on his face. Lana was so touched by what he had said that she actually stopped him from getting out.

"Clark that was my cousin, Ted. He dropped by the Talon to greet me and tell me something. He's my only cousin so we're pretty close. That's why I hugged him. You just didn't give me the chance to explain myself." She said as she closed the gap between them, their eyes locked onto a steady gaze as they took in each other's beauty. Seeing that what was happening become too awkward, Lana broke the silence by asking Clark if he was still up for the date and was relieved when he said yes.

"I'll pick you up at 6:30 tomorrow night okay?"

"It's a date!" Lana said like a little girl ________________________________________________________________________

Clark drove towards Lana's house the next night with an ear to ear smile on his face along with a worried state of mind. He was happy because he was going on a date with Lana Lang, the girl of his dreams but also worried that something might happen. He pulled up on the driveway and rang the doorbell. He had to stop and look at Lana, who was wearing a fancy red gown, when she opened the door. She on the other hand stared at Clark's body. "Wow." was all she could think of as she saw Clark. Something about him tonight made him look a lot sexier than she ever saw him before.

"Ready Lana?" Clark asked, breaking Lana's chain of thought about him.

"Let's go! Oh, and I have to go home by 10:30 or Mr. Sullivan might get worried.

"Then I'll get you back here at 10:20 so you have extra time to get yourself ready for sleep." She smiled at Clark and appreciated his sweetness. They slowly walked towards Clark's pickup truck and made their way to Metropolis. They ate in a fancy restaurant owned by Lex so everything that they ate was free. Lex told Clark that it was his gift for Clark who finally made his move. On the way back home they talked about sweet nothings like all couples do, except they weren't exactly a couple.

"So Clark Kent is afraid of spiders? Who would've thought?" Lana teased.

"I'm not afraid of spiders Lana, I just don't think they're nice insects" He explained and looked at her cute face. "Besides, I'm not the one here who hugs a teddy bear whenever I'm sleeping."

"It's okay to hug teddy bears whenever you're sleeping! Besides, I safe whenever I hug a teddy bear." She tried to defend teddy bear hugging but got lost in thought when their eyes met. "But I'd replace that teddy bear for you any time Clark." She thought as the space between them got closer. Clark tried to kiss Lana's cheek and Lana did the same, making their lips end up on each others. For a while, they didn't want to let go. But Clark was Clark so his shyness made him pull away. At that moment, sparks flew between Clark and Lana. For the rest of the trip, they fell silent, thinking what it'd be like to actually kiss each other.

"Clark watch out!!!" Lana screamed as a deer crossed the road. Clark quickly slammed his foot on the brakes and turned left to avoid the deer. The car swerved out of control to towards the edge of the road, which was a deep ravine. Lana screamed in panic fearing for her life, which was going to end soon. She would never be able to see the people she cared for especially Clark. Knowing that there was no chance for her anymore, she shouted out to Clark.

"Clark! I love you! I've loved you for a long time! It's too bad that I didn't act on my feelings before, now, I'm sorry for not doing that. We could've been the perfect couple, but all that is going to end. Goodbye Clark!"

By that time, the car was starting to fall down the ravine. Seeing that he had no choice, Clark, of course, chose Lana over his abilities. He used his super speed to grab Lana and jump out of the car. He did a freefall with his back facing the ground so that he would be able to keep Lana, who was on top of him, safe. Lana screamed for Clark's safety. She knew he wouldn't survive doing a freefall, but at least she'd be safe.

Clark landed with a soft thud and sped out of the way of the falling car. All throughout this, Lana just stared at Clark in disbelief. Was she dreaming? "I have to be dreaming! Lana slapped herself to wake her up but realized that she already was awake. Questions started racing in her mind.

"Clark, how'd yo-how did you survive that drop?" She asked curiously, still shocked because everything happened so fast.

"Uh-oh!" He thought.