Disclaimer: I do not own the TV show Smallville or any of its characters;
they belong to a combination of the WB and DC comics. I also do not own the
lyrics to Evanescence's song 'Taking Over Me'.
Spoilers: Only for rumours about the beginning of Season Three of Smallville and the end of Season Two if you haven't seen it yet.
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Lana had eventually convinced Clark that even though he was responsible for his mother's miscarriage his parents would still want him to come home, she told him that they'd been worried sick the past few months.
Clark quit his job at Club Steel and dropped off the remainder of the money from the bank robberies at the banks in question. To make up the difference Clark sold the motorbike and pawned the possessions he'd bought with his ill-gotten gains. When it had all been totaled up he had enough money for the bus journey back to Smallville, plus the remainder of the money Edge had paid him for working at Club Steel and his CD Walkman.
It was a long ride as Lana would not speak to him and he had no way of distracting himself and so his thoughts turned to the consequences of his actions, his heart still ached over the loss of his mom's baby, the sibling he would now never have. He also pondered the damage to his relationship with Chloe, she had gotten really worked up over his relationship with Lana, which now pretty much looked like a non-starter. Had it been really worth it?
Sighing in frustration Clark took his Walkman from his backpack and decided to listen to some music to alleviate the boredom, he picked one of his CD's out at random and pressed play.
You don't remember me
But I remember you
I lie awake and try so hard
Not to think of you
But who can decide what they dream?
And dream I do.
I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
I have to be with you to live to breathe
You're taking over me
.
Hours later, Lana shook Clark awake, he'd fallen asleep listening to the CD and during that time the bus had arrived in Smallville he turned off the CD player and put it back in his backpack. He then got up and with Lana stepped off the bus onto Smallville's bus station, looking around Clark was struck with a sudden thought.
"Umm Lana, how are we supposed to get to the farm from here?"
"What's the matter, your powers on the blink." Lana sarcastically remarked
"No, but it's a bit public." Clark gritted through his teeth, her rotation between constant sniping and the silent treatment was starting to irritate.
"Fine, I'll give Pete a ring with my cell phone."
"I never knew you had a cell phone."
"I never knew you were an alien, its all about sharing Clark, you tell me something about you I tell you something about me."
"What? Besides your dead parents." As soon as the words were out of his mouth he regretted them, even more so when he saw her flinty expression falter and then come back stronger than ever.
Lana rang Pete and from what Clark could hear he sounded very happy to hear that Clark was back, he was pretty sure he heard whoops of joy. This just seemed to increase Lana's nasty disposition and Clark decided that the most sensible course of action would be to keep quiet until Pete arrived.
"How long is Pete gonna be?"
"A few minutes, he's just about to finish his shift at The Talon so he's not that far away."
"How come Pete's working at The Talon?"
"He needed a job over the summer and I needed the extra help, plus someone had to look after the place while I hauled your ass back here."
"Oh." Clark exclaimed
It was a couple of minutes before Clark dared speak again and hoping that he could make things right started "Lana listen I'm sorry about." When he was interrupted by Pete's arrival, typically with the stereo turned up to max.
"Clark man where you been? I've been worried."
"Metropolis, I was on red meteor rocks."
"Um what are you talking about Clark?" Pete asked, looking at him as if he'd suddenly gone insane.
"Lana knows, Pete." Clark replied meaningfully
"Wait, he knows?" Lana asked
"Wait, she knows?" Pete asked
"Guys, now is really not the time, we can talk about this later."
Reluctantly they both dropped the matter and scrambled into Pete's car, the journey to the Kent farm was a fairly silent one, with Clark occasionally trying to alleviate the tension by attempting small talk with Pete about what he'd been doing while he was away. It turned out Pete was working at The Talon as his parents thought he needed to spend his free time doing something productive over the summer, rather than sitting at home. Once again, Clark was struck by the effect his departure had had on the people in his life, who he hadn't given a second thought to and once more he felt remorse.
"You can drop me off here, Pete." Clark said as they approached the boundary of the Kent farm.
"Are you sure, you don't want me to drop you off by the porch?"
"No I'll be alright, it'll be best if I take it slowly rather than just appearing outside the front door." Clark then turned to Lana "Can we talk?"
"Ok."
They walked away from the car so that Pete wouldn't be able to hear them and then they turned to one another.
"Lana, before Pete turned up I was going to."
"Look Clark I'm tired, you're tired we both said some things that we may or may not have meant and I'm not having the best time at the moment and you drop this huge secret on me, my minds just a bit full at the moment. An apology is not gonna change anything, not right now."
"Is there anything I can do?"
"I'll be alright in a bit, just give me some space."
"Ok Lana, but I have to ask you to do something for me." Clark said slightly uncomfortable with what he had to say.
"Lemme guess, not tell anyone about your secret." At Clark's nod, she allowed herself a little half smile. "At the very least Clark, we're still friends and I don't want anything too bad to happen to you." She gave him a peck on the cheek and then ran to Pete's car, jumped in and they both sped off home.
Slightly surprised at Lana's actions he turned, slightly dazed, braced himself and walked up to the house. The walk took a couple of minutes but felt like hours to the nervous Clark, while he may be bulletproof he felt like a rejection from his parents would shatter him into a thousand pieces.
He knocked on the front door.
No answer
He knocked again
Still no answer
With a feeling of trepidation in his heart he entered the house, he checked the whole house over at superspeed to find that no-one was there.
He heard distant voices and approached the barn, there was no-one at the bottom, but he could see two silhouettes up where his stuff was. Feeling awkward about how to handle this, Clark simply decided to cough and pray for the best.
**COUGH**
His parents turned and saw him, his dad barreled down the stairs and swept him up into what to anyone else would have felt like a bone-crushing hug, but to Clark it felt like the most wonderful thing in the world. His mom was holding her hand to her face in shock and had started crying, Clark hoped they were tears of joy and not sadness.
His dad eventually let him go, and turned to him with an expectant air. "Where the hell have you been?"
Spoilers: Only for rumours about the beginning of Season Three of Smallville and the end of Season Two if you haven't seen it yet.
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Lana had eventually convinced Clark that even though he was responsible for his mother's miscarriage his parents would still want him to come home, she told him that they'd been worried sick the past few months.
Clark quit his job at Club Steel and dropped off the remainder of the money from the bank robberies at the banks in question. To make up the difference Clark sold the motorbike and pawned the possessions he'd bought with his ill-gotten gains. When it had all been totaled up he had enough money for the bus journey back to Smallville, plus the remainder of the money Edge had paid him for working at Club Steel and his CD Walkman.
It was a long ride as Lana would not speak to him and he had no way of distracting himself and so his thoughts turned to the consequences of his actions, his heart still ached over the loss of his mom's baby, the sibling he would now never have. He also pondered the damage to his relationship with Chloe, she had gotten really worked up over his relationship with Lana, which now pretty much looked like a non-starter. Had it been really worth it?
Sighing in frustration Clark took his Walkman from his backpack and decided to listen to some music to alleviate the boredom, he picked one of his CD's out at random and pressed play.
You don't remember me
But I remember you
I lie awake and try so hard
Not to think of you
But who can decide what they dream?
And dream I do.
I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
I have to be with you to live to breathe
You're taking over me
.
Hours later, Lana shook Clark awake, he'd fallen asleep listening to the CD and during that time the bus had arrived in Smallville he turned off the CD player and put it back in his backpack. He then got up and with Lana stepped off the bus onto Smallville's bus station, looking around Clark was struck with a sudden thought.
"Umm Lana, how are we supposed to get to the farm from here?"
"What's the matter, your powers on the blink." Lana sarcastically remarked
"No, but it's a bit public." Clark gritted through his teeth, her rotation between constant sniping and the silent treatment was starting to irritate.
"Fine, I'll give Pete a ring with my cell phone."
"I never knew you had a cell phone."
"I never knew you were an alien, its all about sharing Clark, you tell me something about you I tell you something about me."
"What? Besides your dead parents." As soon as the words were out of his mouth he regretted them, even more so when he saw her flinty expression falter and then come back stronger than ever.
Lana rang Pete and from what Clark could hear he sounded very happy to hear that Clark was back, he was pretty sure he heard whoops of joy. This just seemed to increase Lana's nasty disposition and Clark decided that the most sensible course of action would be to keep quiet until Pete arrived.
"How long is Pete gonna be?"
"A few minutes, he's just about to finish his shift at The Talon so he's not that far away."
"How come Pete's working at The Talon?"
"He needed a job over the summer and I needed the extra help, plus someone had to look after the place while I hauled your ass back here."
"Oh." Clark exclaimed
It was a couple of minutes before Clark dared speak again and hoping that he could make things right started "Lana listen I'm sorry about." When he was interrupted by Pete's arrival, typically with the stereo turned up to max.
"Clark man where you been? I've been worried."
"Metropolis, I was on red meteor rocks."
"Um what are you talking about Clark?" Pete asked, looking at him as if he'd suddenly gone insane.
"Lana knows, Pete." Clark replied meaningfully
"Wait, he knows?" Lana asked
"Wait, she knows?" Pete asked
"Guys, now is really not the time, we can talk about this later."
Reluctantly they both dropped the matter and scrambled into Pete's car, the journey to the Kent farm was a fairly silent one, with Clark occasionally trying to alleviate the tension by attempting small talk with Pete about what he'd been doing while he was away. It turned out Pete was working at The Talon as his parents thought he needed to spend his free time doing something productive over the summer, rather than sitting at home. Once again, Clark was struck by the effect his departure had had on the people in his life, who he hadn't given a second thought to and once more he felt remorse.
"You can drop me off here, Pete." Clark said as they approached the boundary of the Kent farm.
"Are you sure, you don't want me to drop you off by the porch?"
"No I'll be alright, it'll be best if I take it slowly rather than just appearing outside the front door." Clark then turned to Lana "Can we talk?"
"Ok."
They walked away from the car so that Pete wouldn't be able to hear them and then they turned to one another.
"Lana, before Pete turned up I was going to."
"Look Clark I'm tired, you're tired we both said some things that we may or may not have meant and I'm not having the best time at the moment and you drop this huge secret on me, my minds just a bit full at the moment. An apology is not gonna change anything, not right now."
"Is there anything I can do?"
"I'll be alright in a bit, just give me some space."
"Ok Lana, but I have to ask you to do something for me." Clark said slightly uncomfortable with what he had to say.
"Lemme guess, not tell anyone about your secret." At Clark's nod, she allowed herself a little half smile. "At the very least Clark, we're still friends and I don't want anything too bad to happen to you." She gave him a peck on the cheek and then ran to Pete's car, jumped in and they both sped off home.
Slightly surprised at Lana's actions he turned, slightly dazed, braced himself and walked up to the house. The walk took a couple of minutes but felt like hours to the nervous Clark, while he may be bulletproof he felt like a rejection from his parents would shatter him into a thousand pieces.
He knocked on the front door.
No answer
He knocked again
Still no answer
With a feeling of trepidation in his heart he entered the house, he checked the whole house over at superspeed to find that no-one was there.
He heard distant voices and approached the barn, there was no-one at the bottom, but he could see two silhouettes up where his stuff was. Feeling awkward about how to handle this, Clark simply decided to cough and pray for the best.
**COUGH**
His parents turned and saw him, his dad barreled down the stairs and swept him up into what to anyone else would have felt like a bone-crushing hug, but to Clark it felt like the most wonderful thing in the world. His mom was holding her hand to her face in shock and had started crying, Clark hoped they were tears of joy and not sadness.
His dad eventually let him go, and turned to him with an expectant air. "Where the hell have you been?"
