Chapter 5:
Sweet Dreams and Rude Awakenings
4: 00
Lana glared at the neon alarm clock as the numbers flashed on and off repeatedly, she had been home for three hours. Three hours since Clark had shared his secret with her and sleep just would not come, her mind was a whirl with the information she had learned. Clark Kent International man of mystery...replaced by this cocky Space man, and he wasn't her Clark Kent, his kisses felt different, his touch, it was Clark...but at the same time it wasn't. what she really needed was someone to talk to, but she couldn't without letting people know that Clark was here in Metropolis, so she was stuck dealing with this all alone and it was driving her nuts.
"Damn it, what am I supposed do!" She groaned in frustration pulling her pillow from behind her head and pressed it over her face and screamed into it.
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It was a very tired and overly cranky Lana Lang that turned up at school the next morning and made her way into the illustrious office of Metropolis highs school paper. Knocking on the door to the editors office she stepped inside smiling at her Friend.
"Morning Lana you got that article on the Remy Zero concert for me?"
Lana sighed as she flopped down on the chair facing her friend. "Yeah Jody here you go already for print." She reached into her backpack and pulled out a CD-R and placed it into the drive.
Jody quickly scanned the article before she suddenly started laughing. "You managed to get an interview with the band?"
Lana chuckled slightly. "Yeah Lois Lane strikes again and gets another Scoop for our Illustrious Paper."
Jody shook her head. "What is it with you, I just don't understand why you won't just use your real name?"
Lana just shook her head. "No, to too many people I'm still the fairy princess from Kansas's worst natural diasaster, when I left Smallville I wanted to leave that image of me behind, leave it all behind, leave who i was behind." Sighing she leaned back on her seat and rubbed her eyes tiredly.
"Are you ok Lana you don't look so hot this morning?" Jody watched her friend a slight look of worrying creasing her features
"Sorry Jody alot on my mind this morning."
"Oh really, so whats his name?" Jody chuckled at the look on Lana's face. "Yeah well, thats complicated, he's one of the things i tried to leave back in Smallville."
"Ooh...bad break up?."
Lana shook her head sadly. "No...no break up, look Jody I'd rather not talk about this right now, look my class is about to start I'll catch you at lunch ok."
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And this was how Lana found herself sitting behind her desk her head resting on the smooth surface thinking that Math first thing on a Monday morning should be made illegal when her teachers voice cut through the monotomy and open her eyes if at least not lift up her head.
"Good morning Class it seems we have a new student joining us this morning, Class this is Kal Ells." Looking around the class the teacher noted an empty table up the back. "Why don't you take that seat up the back there."
"Hi Kal Ells nice to meet you."
Finally the scrape of a chair being pulled out next to Lana made her sit up to greet her new class member. "Hi I'm Lana Lang." And nearly fell out of her seat As Clark Kent sat there grinning at her.
Sweet Dreams and Rude Awakenings
4: 00
Lana glared at the neon alarm clock as the numbers flashed on and off repeatedly, she had been home for three hours. Three hours since Clark had shared his secret with her and sleep just would not come, her mind was a whirl with the information she had learned. Clark Kent International man of mystery...replaced by this cocky Space man, and he wasn't her Clark Kent, his kisses felt different, his touch, it was Clark...but at the same time it wasn't. what she really needed was someone to talk to, but she couldn't without letting people know that Clark was here in Metropolis, so she was stuck dealing with this all alone and it was driving her nuts.
"Damn it, what am I supposed do!" She groaned in frustration pulling her pillow from behind her head and pressed it over her face and screamed into it.
*********
It was a very tired and overly cranky Lana Lang that turned up at school the next morning and made her way into the illustrious office of Metropolis highs school paper. Knocking on the door to the editors office she stepped inside smiling at her Friend.
"Morning Lana you got that article on the Remy Zero concert for me?"
Lana sighed as she flopped down on the chair facing her friend. "Yeah Jody here you go already for print." She reached into her backpack and pulled out a CD-R and placed it into the drive.
Jody quickly scanned the article before she suddenly started laughing. "You managed to get an interview with the band?"
Lana chuckled slightly. "Yeah Lois Lane strikes again and gets another Scoop for our Illustrious Paper."
Jody shook her head. "What is it with you, I just don't understand why you won't just use your real name?"
Lana just shook her head. "No, to too many people I'm still the fairy princess from Kansas's worst natural diasaster, when I left Smallville I wanted to leave that image of me behind, leave it all behind, leave who i was behind." Sighing she leaned back on her seat and rubbed her eyes tiredly.
"Are you ok Lana you don't look so hot this morning?" Jody watched her friend a slight look of worrying creasing her features
"Sorry Jody alot on my mind this morning."
"Oh really, so whats his name?" Jody chuckled at the look on Lana's face. "Yeah well, thats complicated, he's one of the things i tried to leave back in Smallville."
"Ooh...bad break up?."
Lana shook her head sadly. "No...no break up, look Jody I'd rather not talk about this right now, look my class is about to start I'll catch you at lunch ok."
*********
And this was how Lana found herself sitting behind her desk her head resting on the smooth surface thinking that Math first thing on a Monday morning should be made illegal when her teachers voice cut through the monotomy and open her eyes if at least not lift up her head.
"Good morning Class it seems we have a new student joining us this morning, Class this is Kal Ells." Looking around the class the teacher noted an empty table up the back. "Why don't you take that seat up the back there."
"Hi Kal Ells nice to meet you."
Finally the scrape of a chair being pulled out next to Lana made her sit up to greet her new class member. "Hi I'm Lana Lang." And nearly fell out of her seat As Clark Kent sat there grinning at her.