Chapter 2: Boiling Water

" Lana Lang, what the hell are you thinking!? Did everything he just told you totally blow over your head? Clark Kent, good ol' beautiful flannel enthusiast, is not from planet earth!" Lana just couldn't believe the way she reacted to Clark's confession, was she high or something when he told her he had super human powers?

As Lana pulled up to the Talon, Clark realized how suddenly hard it was snowing. "Wow, it looks like we may be stuck at the Talon for awhile. At least we'll have plenty of caffeine, and I'll be with you..." Clark couldn't believe the leap he just made, it may not even have been the best time to make such a jump considering the bomb, no nuke, he just dropped on Lana.

Not sure how to answer, Lana replied, "Yeah, can never have too much coffee" she said displaying a false grin while also totally avoiding Clark's dangerous statement.

Both of the incredibly confused highschoolers got out of the car and quickly jogged to the Talon door. Being the gentleman he is, Clark swiftly opened the door for Lana, hoping that she hadn't changed her mind about his secret.

The Talon was totally empty. All the employees had assumed they could leave while they still could, and no one in Smallville was stupid enough to underestimate the first snow, at least no one who was actually thinking straight at the time.

"Well it looks like your right Clark, I don't think we're going to be leaving anytime soon"

Forgetting about his powers, she reconsidered, "Oh, but I guess it doesn't really pose a threat to you, so you can leave, if you want..." Lana may have been sort of afraid of Clark because of what she now knew, but she still had the same deep feeling around him, like she was safe, and maybe even more safe now, again because of her new knowledge. Lana couldn't kid herself, she wanted Clark to stay and she desperately tried to show this through her eyes as she gazed at him with a yearning look.

"Lana, I may be able to speed off to my house in an instant, but something's telling me to stay here with you, a kind of feeling, would you mind?" Relieved with his response, even though she knew deep down it was what he would say, Lana quickly replied, "Oh no, not at all Clark, we have a lot more talking to do, and I really would appreciate the company."

Clark went back into the storage room and managed to find some blankets and pillows that had been there for a similar situation. People in Smallville had learned to prepare for things, floods, tornadoes, snowstorms, meteor showers...

"Hey, Lana, I found some blankets and stuff in the storage room, you can sleep on the couch and I can set up a bed on the floor for myself."

"Oh Clark, you don't have to do that, I can sleep on the floor." Forgetting, yet again, he probably doesn't have the same back pain that people get from sleeping on hard surfaces.

"No its no problem, but before we do that, how 'bout we sit down and have a cup of coffee, I feel like I have more explaining to do."

"Ok Clark if you insist, I'll get the coffee." Lana fumbled with the coffee maker and then something became apparent to her.

"Clark, come here for a sec, I need your help with something." Clark jumped from his seat to help out, farm or no farm, he had always been such a gentleman.

"Sure Lana, what is it?" Smiling at the thought of asking him this, Lana spoke

" Ya think you could help me heat up this water for our coffee? You didn't get to show me your heat vision in the rain."

"Uh, sure, I'd love to help out." Targeting the water in the coffee pot, Clark concentrated. Suddenly streams of heat poured from his eyes, it wasn't fire, but it wasn't just air either. Almost immediately, the water started bubbling and steaming as Lana stood in amazement.

"Oh my God, Clark, that's amazing." Lana paused as her awe seemed to turn to worry. Clark saw this change in emotion and intercepted.

" Lana, I would never do anything to hurt you. I love you too much." Lana had yearned to hear those words from Clark since he came back from Metropolis, and then it hit her, alien or not, this was obviously the same Clark Kent, she just knew more about him now, the one wall that kept them apart had been torn down, she had loved an alien the whole time, nothing was different now. To her Clark wasn't an alien at all, he wasn't an alien to anyone, he was just a guy who wasn't from Smallville, Kansas, and that's all that mattered to Lana. But she still needed to learn more about him.

"I know Clark, and now I can understand you, I can truly love you back, and I do. Let's go sit down, okay?"

She kissed him softly on the cheek. Forgetting all about the coffee, Clark and Lana sat down at a table near the corner. Clark pulled out the chair for Lana, showing again what a gentleman he was.

"So hit me with some more questions." "Actually Clark, I kinda want to hear this from your point of view, I wanna know how you feel."

"Really, well um, where should I start?"

"Well, have you ever met your real parents?"

"I haven't met them in person, but I have sort of talked to my biological father, his name is Jor-el but I haven't really talked to him since..."

Clark shuddered to think about leaving Smallville last summer, but not just leaving Smallville, leaving Lana, and deeply hurting her in the process.

"Since when Clark?"

"Since I left for Metropolis last summer, something he told me was part of the reason I got so scared and angry." Lana felt Clark's pain when he tried to explain without bringing back emotions that both felt last summer.

"What did he say Clark?"

"He said I had a destiny, and that I had to leave everyone I loved here in Smallville, Mom, Dad, you. So I tried to destroy the ship, thinking it would destroy this destiny I had, but I only ended up killing my Mom's baby."

Clark stared down, concentrating, as if trying to fry his shoes or see if his skeleton looked any different than the last time he looked. Lana, being the sensitive person she is, noticed Clark's shame, and that he deeply regretted running off that summer, and if anything, it may have been the only normal teenage thing he'd ever done. Clark Kent got angry and frustrated, so he turned to red kryptonite, ran off to a big city and tried to forget the people he knew he loved. Almost a typical rebellious teen.

"I'm sorry Clark. This is obviously a hard thing for you to talk about, and we don't have to anymore if you don't want to." She put her hand on his cheek, lifted his head, and stroked his cheekbone a couple times with her thumb before Clark replied.

"Lana I..."

"It's ok, I know your sorry for leaving, I could tell by just looking at you when talked about it just now, and I can't help but forgiving you. I realize now that I really do love you Clark, and you really love me." She stared that famed Lana look at Clark. Clark moved his head in closer.

"I do."

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