Premonition
by Lener
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in Smallville.
Premature Author's Note: The italics in this document aren't working (and they also were not working in the previous chapter) so the full effects of the speech and writing will not be experienced by readers. I sincerely apologize for this error and will try my best to solve it. Help, anyone?
Chapter Four
"Chloe?"
Chloe heard the faint shout of her father from downstairs, telling her that dinner would be served in five minutes. Deciding not to holler back, she continued scanning the computer screen until she found what she was looking for.
As Chloe's eyes traveled down the page, she began to recall the events that had happened a while ago, when she had been buried alive by a crazy policeman who wanted to prove that he was capable of fighting crime in Smallville. There was something that Clark said to me after that… I just can't put my finger on it…
And then, quite suddenly, the memory came flooding back to her. Clark had told her that it was as though Lana had been able to sort of see through the eyes of the person who had kidnapped her. Wait a minute… just before that Lana had been in an accident…
Chloe's fingers flew once more over the keyboard.
Finally, when she came to the page that she was looking for, she settled down to read it.
Smallville High School student Lana Lang was injured when a gas main exploded while workers were repairing a segment of a pipe.
Lang was horseback riding with her boyfriend, Whitney Fordman, near Route 12 when they heard an explosion. Continuing on foot to investigate, the twosome encountered a chaotic scene as gas company workers struggled to contain a 15-foot plume of fire belching from the breach.
"Meteors… meteors… along Route 12 was one of the places that got hit pretty bad by those rocks… and if Lana fell into meteor infested soil, some of it must have gotten into her eyes just like… when Sara Parkins held that knife up to my eyes…"
"Chloe!" another shout from downstairs broke through her thoughts, and she decided not to keep her father waiting. Dinner was, after all, a very important meal to be eaten with the family.
"I'm coming!" Chloe slid off her chair without bothering to turn off the computer and slammed the door as she left the room, not noticing the large crack that emerged right after she did so…
*
Clark picked at the peas on the side of his plate, staring down at the little green orbs that he disliked so much, and thinking how much greener Chloe's eyes were. Especially that familiar shade of green it turned to when she shouted at me…
"Clark? Are you feeling okay?" he looked up into his mother's concerned face and tried his best to force a nonchalant smile. It managed to come out as a half-hearted grin, which was not good enough for Mrs. Kent, who frowned and put down her fork. Oh no… here I go making Mom all worried and stuff… I should really get a grip on myself, Clark thought, reprimanding himself inwardly.
"Really, I'm fine, Mom. You know I can't stand peas anyway," he pierced a piece of cauliflower with his fork and put it into his mouth, letting the savory taste consume his taste buds, making his senses go dizzy. Only Mom can cook this well, he relished.
"So, how's school?" Mr. Kent asked by way of starting a conversation. Clark tensed up immediately, but when he realised that his father could not possible know what had happened after school, he relaxed a little.
"The usual," Clark replied.
"Do you need chaperones for your dance on Friday?" Mrs. Kent joked, her eyes twinkling. Instead of laughing, however, Clark's heart sank. The dance! He had completely forgotten all the trouble that it had stirred up between him and Chloe.
"Uh… not really… actually, I'm thinking of getting sick on Friday," Clark said, finally taking a deep breath and putting one pea into his mouth. Immediately he puckered his lips and spit it out onto a napkin, then downed the horrible taste with a mouthful of water.
"Kents never get sick," Mr. Kent pointed out, obviously not taking the hint.
Mrs. Kent, on the other hand, probably because of innate maternal instinct and women's intuition, said, "Something the matter? Can't ask Lana to the dance?"
"No… it's not that… just…" Clark trailed off listlessly, desperately racking his brains to find the suitable words to explain his situation.
Mrs. Kent exchanged glances with Mr. Kent, and then Clark's father opened his mouth. "Martha, I'm sure Clark can take care of his own personal problems… anyway, he's a teenager. Teenagers don't discuss their love-lives with their parents, right, Clark?"
Clark swallowed as his father clapped a hand on his back, the nodded dumbly. "Yeah… sure, Dad."
Great… just when I thought I could really get help.
*
Lana finished rinsing the last of the white dinner plates, turned off the running tap and then placed the dish carefully into the dishwasher. Behind her she could hear Nell closing the fridge, and as her aunt moved towards the dishwasher to turn it on, Lana moved aside.
"So, what's been troubling you?" Nell said as soon as they settled back down at the table with oranges in their hands.
"What do you mean?" Lana asked.
"You've got that look… when something's going wrong," her aunt pointed out.
"Oh… it's just… things at school. I finally got Clark to go to the dance with me- I'm been trying to ask him all week, but he's been with Chloe all the time and I didn't want to interrupt them. This morning I went up to him but the problem is he didn't seem too keen on replying… it was actually Chloe who replied for him," Lana said, heaving a sigh. She felt glad that her aunt was around to share the problem with her.
"Oh Lana, I'm sure they're just good friends and Clark was probably too shocked that you decided to ask him first," Nell said soothingly, "I know for one thing that that boy is deeply infatuated with you. Nothing could tear his eyes from you for even a second. You're the most beautiful girl in Smallville."
Hearing those words made Lana blush. "I still can't believe he likes me. I just hope that everything will go well at the dance…"
"So what about Chloe?" Nell asked, biting into the apple, "does she have a date for the dance?"
Lana frowned, considering for a moment, then her face lit up. "I'm sure she'll go with Pete! They make such a cute couple!"
"That's wonderful. I'm sure everything will be just fine. Now come and see the dress- it's all ready for Friday night!"
Pulling back their chairs, Lana and Nell proceeded up the stairs towards Nell's bedroom, where her aunt threw open the door with a flourish and waved towards the gown that was lying like a delicate brocade of exquisite silk on her bed. Just seeing it made Lana's breath catch in her throat. The dusky rose pink gown looked strangely cheery in Nell's maroon bedroom, but all the same it was stunning.
"It's beautiful!" Lana cried.
"I'm sure Clark will love it," Nell agreed.
Lana blushed.
Author's Note: BLEAUGH! You don't know how difficult it was for me to write almost a whole page filled with Lana stuff. Anyway, this chapter isn't so interesting- just the feelings and stuff about each character. Can you feel how sickening Nell and Lana are? Especially the line about Lana being the most beautiful girl in Smallville. *puke* Anyway, if you've managed to get as far as the author's note, I want to thank you and surely you have enough strength left to review? Lol… I'm just joking. Replies to previous reviews are below!
Suz- Hey! Thanks for the review!!!!!!!!! Yep… the fight was pretty intense, right? Glad you thought so! Well then I guess this chapter cools things down a little! Hehe… ohh… you know, I've almost given up watching Smallville 2 because there's just too much Clana in it… I think I'll stick to good old fanfiction with lots of Chlark!!! LOL!
Sylphide- YO! Ooohhh I loved that hyper review!!!!!!!!!! It was pretty darn long, wasn't it? Hehe!!!! Well, first of all I'd like to agree about the part about guys being annoying. Hehe!!!!!!!!! That's totally true and that's probably one of the reasons why Rick didn't listen to Chloe! (apart from the fact that the chapter had to have a drama/ action factor) Haha! Yeah when I write I try to stick as close to the personality of the characters as much as I can. But sometimes I have to "bend" them a little in order to "get" with my scene… you dig that? HAHAHA Why am I using such slang? BLEAUGH! Anyway, I've always known that Chloe has that very independent streak deep down inside of her so I'm bringing it out in Premonition! She's gonna be SO darn ambitious in this fic! Well, thanks for reading!!!!!!! Hope you'll enjoy this chapter! And don't worry… being hyper ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
reader- Hello! Thanks for the review. Well, obviously you're not a regular reader of mine so you won't know that the penname "lener" spells CHLARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHLARK FOREVER!!!!!!!!!! *waits for good Smallville fic friends to back her up with 'Chlark Forever'. Lol, well, I'm glad you think it's a good fic. But I'm sorry, it's gonna turn out totally Chlark so I don't think you'll want to read it anymore!
kayfanatik- Hey! Thanks for the review! Lol… I do think that this fight was delightful… coz they were both (as Suz put it so brilliantly) totally sizzling! Lol… Yesh! Screw Lana!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
clovergrl- Hey! Thanks for reviewing! Yep… Chloe's a fighter! If she can help someone, I'm sure she will! At least, that's what she'll do in MY fics! Yep! I'll try to keep the Chlark flame burning forever in the hearts of us avid Chlark fans!!!!!!!!
Btab12207- Hey! Thanks for reviewing! Of COURSE Clark and Chloe are going to get together. Well, they will eventually!!!!!!!!! COZ THIS IS A CHLARK FIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hehe!!!!!!! The argument just makes things a little more challenging for myself. Well, I hope you liked this chapter!
Rbritsmom73- Hello! Thanks for the review! Don't worry, most people hate the Clark and Lana parts, even I hate writing them! But let's face the facts, we must have a few jealousy inspiring bits, right? Lol!