Chapter 6: Explaning
Clark sat watching Naomi, she seemed calm alot different than what I would have expected if I were kidnapped. Lex was also lost in his thoughts but his emotions were mixed, a show of fear, pain, and sadness crossed his features and it settled on confusion. When he spoke he startled Naomi, but she quickly recovered and looked at Lex. "Just how did you know about my mothers death being fixed?" He asked and I looked over at Naomi, she was taking her time, presumably looking for a way to word her answers and looking for the courage to say them.
"The day before she died, I remember going over to your house, I was going towards your room and when I passed I heard Lionel talking -me being nosy- had to stop and see what they were talking about," her features got dim as she paused, taking a deep breath she started again. "I didnt know who he was talking to, and to this day I still dont, but Lionel was talking about how his plan to remove your mother was working well that it shouldnt be too long." she sighed, "I was young but I still knew what it meant and as I was starting to go towards your room the door opened and he stepped out. He looked at me and told me that you werent allowed to have visitors and told me to leave."
"I just stood there staring until he called one of the maids and she lead me outside. I ran home that day and told my mom, but she didnt believe me and I was sent to my room for making up a lie like that. That next day when I found out you were leaving I tried to tell you but Lionel was in a hurry and you left before I was able to say anything. Later that day when the news spread that your mom died my mom came to me and apologised but we had no way to prove that she was murdered so we were helpless to do anything." By the time she was finished tears had welled up in her eyes and she wiped at them before they could roll down her face.
Lex was sitting with his head against the seat silently crying, his breaths coming in short gasps and his hands clenched. He took a moment to recover and he cleared his throat, "I'm glad you said something, now my father has no way to blame her death on me, no matter how hard he tries. And I will help you when my father tries to reveal your secret, because I know he will." He smiled up at Naomi and looked over at me. I gave him a small smile and I decided to take a leap of faith.
"Lex, I heard that Lionel had said you were investigation me. Why is that?" I had to ask, I knew he had his suspesions but I wanted to know why he couldnt just leave it alone. He stared at me and sighed, "Im sorry Clark, but I just had to know, when I find a mystery its so hard to look the other way. I had to pursue my curiosity and I didnt think about what it might do to our friendship." Lex was looking expectantly and I had built up enough courage to tell him about me. "Lex, would you be happy if you knew the answer to all those questions you want to ask me?" I say, but I didnt wait long for a response, "Yes Lex, you did hit me on the bridge that day, and my secret is the same as Naomi's, im different." I say, letting out the breath I didnt know I was holding until he spoke.
"Well, that's certainly somthing to grasp." He says with a chuckle. It's nice to hear him laugh, I always pictured him screaming or grabbing the nearest object that could be used as a weapon and threating to call the police. The rest of the night back to Smallville was in Comfortable silence.
When they returned to Smallville Naomi was ushered away by her mother, everyone in town was happy that she had returned unhurt. The Kent's had heard the happy news and decided to return home early to welcome her back and check on Clark. The following weeks had been spent with Naomi catching up on all that was missed while she was missing, and Lex spent his time dealing with the press about his fathers 'misdeeds' and covering up all evidence of strange occurances surrounding Clark and Naomi.
When things had settled down Lex had invited me and Clark over to talk. I had been expecting this day to come and had tried to prepare myself for any questions that Lex might ask. Clark had done the same thing and we were walking down the hall towards the Study. Lex had said he wanted to talk somewhere it would be comfortable and we had agreed that the Study would suffice. When we arrived we found Lex sitting on the couch swirling the alcohol that was in his glass, the fireplace was roaring and he motioned for us to take a seat. He looked tired and tried to hide it with a small smile, his facade returning when he noticed I was watching with curiosity. Clark sat across from Lex in the leather chair, and I sat on the opposite end of the couch, turning to face Lex.
"So, how have you two been these past weeks?" Lex asked when we were seated. "So far so good," I reply "Its been hectic with my schoolwork and chores." It took me awhile but I caught up in my work that was missed. Along with help from Clark and Chloe I was back on track. "Its nice that things are starting to get back to normal." Clark said giving a smile. Lex chuckled, "I doubt everything will return to normal. In fact I wanted to talk to you two about that." Lex said standing up to refresh his drink.
"Would you two like something to drink?" "Water", Clark and I choursed. turning to smile at each other. Lex came back over to the couch and handed us our waters, and continued to speak. "I wanted to ask why how you two came across these powers," Lex said cutting to the chase, "Was it from the meteor rocks?" He didnt necessarily direct it towards me but I answered anyways, "Not exactly. Its more like we were born with these powers." Lex looked up surprised by the comment, he looked perplexed by this admission but soon recovered. "Meaning?" He said looking over at Clark -who had been oddly quiet- expecting an answer. "Lex, we," Clark paused, "We arent human. We came with the meteor shower and landed here on Earth." Clark rushed out. He took a deep breath and forcefully exhaled. "So there was something other than meteor rocks that day," he wasnt talking to us, more like thinking out loud, "that explains why I thought I saw something." He said finishing his earlier comment.
"I crashed in my parents field, and when they saw that there was a child they had to hide where I was from to protect me and themselves. They had gotten falisified adoption records so that if anyone were to ask they would have the means to explain that I was adopted. The ship that I came in was hidden and I was told to hide my powers because it could get me and my family into some trouble. I've never wanted to lie to my friends but I also didnt want to endanger anyone." Clark wanted to reasure Lex that he didnt like to lie, but couldnt shake the vibe that Lex was angry that Clark thought he couldnt handle information like that. Lex looked over at Naomi wanting to here her part of the story.
"I was told my parents found me in the woods during the meteor shower. They said that they were at the festival when it started, they ran for the nearest cover and when they got into the woods they found the small ship that I arrived in. My parents -like the Kent's- felt they needed to hide the evidence of where I was from and they dumped my craft into a small lake that was nearby. They had only been passing through Smallville so they took me with them to Metropolis and I was adopted. My parents moved to Smallville after the adoption was finalized and thats when I met you. A couple of years later my Dad died because of a massive coronary, and my Mom was left to raise me alone. She took a job in Metropolis and we moved again, I thought that was gonna be the last time I saw Smallville. But as I got older Metropolis seemed to get worse, and my Mom didnt want violence and drugs to ruin my life so early. She quit her job and we moved back to Smallville. Me and Clark accidently discovered that we were alike and decided to stick together." She was happy that she was able to trust Lex with her secret and in turn she felt Lex was also happy.
Lex took all this into consideration and had only one question that had been bugging him for a while now. "What about the meteor rocks? Any idea why they cause so much trouble?" Naomi just shrugged and Clark took that as a sign to answer. "We're not really sure why the meteor rocks cause so many problems, but I can say that they pose a problem to us when we get to close to them. We become weak and easy to injure when exposed to the rocks. We are still trying to figure out why they have different effects on the people they come in contact to." Clark was picking at the seem of his shirt and Naomi was lost in her reveries. I had grown tired of the silence and invited them to a couple of games of pool. Afterwards the Kent's had called and I said my goodnights, goodbyes, and thank you's and was left to ponder about the things that were said. And the things that werent.
Clark sat watching Naomi, she seemed calm alot different than what I would have expected if I were kidnapped. Lex was also lost in his thoughts but his emotions were mixed, a show of fear, pain, and sadness crossed his features and it settled on confusion. When he spoke he startled Naomi, but she quickly recovered and looked at Lex. "Just how did you know about my mothers death being fixed?" He asked and I looked over at Naomi, she was taking her time, presumably looking for a way to word her answers and looking for the courage to say them.
"The day before she died, I remember going over to your house, I was going towards your room and when I passed I heard Lionel talking -me being nosy- had to stop and see what they were talking about," her features got dim as she paused, taking a deep breath she started again. "I didnt know who he was talking to, and to this day I still dont, but Lionel was talking about how his plan to remove your mother was working well that it shouldnt be too long." she sighed, "I was young but I still knew what it meant and as I was starting to go towards your room the door opened and he stepped out. He looked at me and told me that you werent allowed to have visitors and told me to leave."
"I just stood there staring until he called one of the maids and she lead me outside. I ran home that day and told my mom, but she didnt believe me and I was sent to my room for making up a lie like that. That next day when I found out you were leaving I tried to tell you but Lionel was in a hurry and you left before I was able to say anything. Later that day when the news spread that your mom died my mom came to me and apologised but we had no way to prove that she was murdered so we were helpless to do anything." By the time she was finished tears had welled up in her eyes and she wiped at them before they could roll down her face.
Lex was sitting with his head against the seat silently crying, his breaths coming in short gasps and his hands clenched. He took a moment to recover and he cleared his throat, "I'm glad you said something, now my father has no way to blame her death on me, no matter how hard he tries. And I will help you when my father tries to reveal your secret, because I know he will." He smiled up at Naomi and looked over at me. I gave him a small smile and I decided to take a leap of faith.
"Lex, I heard that Lionel had said you were investigation me. Why is that?" I had to ask, I knew he had his suspesions but I wanted to know why he couldnt just leave it alone. He stared at me and sighed, "Im sorry Clark, but I just had to know, when I find a mystery its so hard to look the other way. I had to pursue my curiosity and I didnt think about what it might do to our friendship." Lex was looking expectantly and I had built up enough courage to tell him about me. "Lex, would you be happy if you knew the answer to all those questions you want to ask me?" I say, but I didnt wait long for a response, "Yes Lex, you did hit me on the bridge that day, and my secret is the same as Naomi's, im different." I say, letting out the breath I didnt know I was holding until he spoke.
"Well, that's certainly somthing to grasp." He says with a chuckle. It's nice to hear him laugh, I always pictured him screaming or grabbing the nearest object that could be used as a weapon and threating to call the police. The rest of the night back to Smallville was in Comfortable silence.
When they returned to Smallville Naomi was ushered away by her mother, everyone in town was happy that she had returned unhurt. The Kent's had heard the happy news and decided to return home early to welcome her back and check on Clark. The following weeks had been spent with Naomi catching up on all that was missed while she was missing, and Lex spent his time dealing with the press about his fathers 'misdeeds' and covering up all evidence of strange occurances surrounding Clark and Naomi.
When things had settled down Lex had invited me and Clark over to talk. I had been expecting this day to come and had tried to prepare myself for any questions that Lex might ask. Clark had done the same thing and we were walking down the hall towards the Study. Lex had said he wanted to talk somewhere it would be comfortable and we had agreed that the Study would suffice. When we arrived we found Lex sitting on the couch swirling the alcohol that was in his glass, the fireplace was roaring and he motioned for us to take a seat. He looked tired and tried to hide it with a small smile, his facade returning when he noticed I was watching with curiosity. Clark sat across from Lex in the leather chair, and I sat on the opposite end of the couch, turning to face Lex.
"So, how have you two been these past weeks?" Lex asked when we were seated. "So far so good," I reply "Its been hectic with my schoolwork and chores." It took me awhile but I caught up in my work that was missed. Along with help from Clark and Chloe I was back on track. "Its nice that things are starting to get back to normal." Clark said giving a smile. Lex chuckled, "I doubt everything will return to normal. In fact I wanted to talk to you two about that." Lex said standing up to refresh his drink.
"Would you two like something to drink?" "Water", Clark and I choursed. turning to smile at each other. Lex came back over to the couch and handed us our waters, and continued to speak. "I wanted to ask why how you two came across these powers," Lex said cutting to the chase, "Was it from the meteor rocks?" He didnt necessarily direct it towards me but I answered anyways, "Not exactly. Its more like we were born with these powers." Lex looked up surprised by the comment, he looked perplexed by this admission but soon recovered. "Meaning?" He said looking over at Clark -who had been oddly quiet- expecting an answer. "Lex, we," Clark paused, "We arent human. We came with the meteor shower and landed here on Earth." Clark rushed out. He took a deep breath and forcefully exhaled. "So there was something other than meteor rocks that day," he wasnt talking to us, more like thinking out loud, "that explains why I thought I saw something." He said finishing his earlier comment.
"I crashed in my parents field, and when they saw that there was a child they had to hide where I was from to protect me and themselves. They had gotten falisified adoption records so that if anyone were to ask they would have the means to explain that I was adopted. The ship that I came in was hidden and I was told to hide my powers because it could get me and my family into some trouble. I've never wanted to lie to my friends but I also didnt want to endanger anyone." Clark wanted to reasure Lex that he didnt like to lie, but couldnt shake the vibe that Lex was angry that Clark thought he couldnt handle information like that. Lex looked over at Naomi wanting to here her part of the story.
"I was told my parents found me in the woods during the meteor shower. They said that they were at the festival when it started, they ran for the nearest cover and when they got into the woods they found the small ship that I arrived in. My parents -like the Kent's- felt they needed to hide the evidence of where I was from and they dumped my craft into a small lake that was nearby. They had only been passing through Smallville so they took me with them to Metropolis and I was adopted. My parents moved to Smallville after the adoption was finalized and thats when I met you. A couple of years later my Dad died because of a massive coronary, and my Mom was left to raise me alone. She took a job in Metropolis and we moved again, I thought that was gonna be the last time I saw Smallville. But as I got older Metropolis seemed to get worse, and my Mom didnt want violence and drugs to ruin my life so early. She quit her job and we moved back to Smallville. Me and Clark accidently discovered that we were alike and decided to stick together." She was happy that she was able to trust Lex with her secret and in turn she felt Lex was also happy.
Lex took all this into consideration and had only one question that had been bugging him for a while now. "What about the meteor rocks? Any idea why they cause so much trouble?" Naomi just shrugged and Clark took that as a sign to answer. "We're not really sure why the meteor rocks cause so many problems, but I can say that they pose a problem to us when we get to close to them. We become weak and easy to injure when exposed to the rocks. We are still trying to figure out why they have different effects on the people they come in contact to." Clark was picking at the seem of his shirt and Naomi was lost in her reveries. I had grown tired of the silence and invited them to a couple of games of pool. Afterwards the Kent's had called and I said my goodnights, goodbyes, and thank you's and was left to ponder about the things that were said. And the things that werent.