Smallville- Sorry

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"Hey Pete," Clark said, heading toward him. He had just left from his visit to Lana, confused about everything. In times like these, he was glad to have a best friend there when he needed him.

"Yo. What's up?" Pete asked, looking at Clark's sad face. Pete saw that same look on his face one too many times. It always meant one thing: problems with Lana Lang.

"I just went to visit Lana."

"And-"

"Everything is totally screwed up now, not like it was ever that great between us."

"What happened this time?"

"Yesterday, she told me to stay away from her, that what I said before was true, that staying near me would get her hurt more."

"She actually said that?"

"Yeah."

"Lana Lang actually told you to stay away from her?"

"Is it that unbelievable?"

"I don't know, it just seems kinda weird. So then what?"

"I still went back this morning. I thought she was still sleeping, so it'd be okay to go talk to her."

"What's the point if she's just sleeping?"

"I don't know. I just had to see her. But anyways, I was saying all these things about me, and when I was about to leave, she told me come back. She was awake the whole time."

"Is it really that bad? What'd you even say?"

"How I felt about her and a little bit of how I was different."

"So I'm guessing she loved what you said about her, but hated how you wouldn't tell her about yourself?"

"Yup."

"The usual. Just tell her man. Nothing else is going to happen between you guys if you ain't honest to her."

"See, that's just the thing! There isn't anything between us anymore so nothing can go on. That's just 'cause I made such a stupid choice when I came back from this summer." Anger started boiling up in Clark's head, as he walked away, all because he was so mad at himself for everything he did.

"There still could be something between."

"No, nothing's ever going to happen anymore." It was so hard for him to get those words out.

"How do you know?"

"'Cause she's the one who told me to stay away from her."

"Still, you can't tell me that she doesn't want to be back with you 'cause you know that's still true."

"But. . . I-"

"You know, you could always-"

"I think I'm gonna go now. Thanks for listening Pete. Talk to you later." Too hard to take, too much. Time for that leaving thing again.

"She may say some things you don't like, but she still cares about you a lot. Just remember that," Pete shouted as Clark stormed away.

Pete's POV:

I don't mind having Clark burst out all his problems onto me, but the way he's handling things is just whack. I would really like to help him out, but he could take me down in one second. Scary isn't? My best friend can kill me. I still think that if he never left this summer, things would still be snuggly cuddly with Lana. Since I first met him, way back when in grade school, it was so obvious he like Lana. Then when he has a chance with his dream girl, he screws it up. If I was Clark, I'd just go spill the beans to Lana. She can be really understanding, or that's just from what I know of her.

Clark's POV:

Even though Pete's my best friend, it's pointless going to him for help. No one in this world, or at least on earth, could possibly understand how I feel. To tell her, or to not? That is the question. No seriously, that is. It took forever to finally get to talk to Lana, and once things started getting good between, I always have to screw it up, don't I? I don't know if she wants me to leave now. What was with the whole "don't go. . . don't leave me situation? I'm still so confused about everything. If I leave, I'll just be another person on Lana's growing list of people who left her. Maybe I should tell her, anything she wants to know, she can have it. Hey, I've hurt her enough, and that is about to stop.

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Author's Note: Does anyone know how bad Lana's injury was so I can incorporate it into the story? I'm not sure how long a person would have to stay in the hospital for that. Please tell me in a review!!!