Poltergeist by Electric Spyro

a.n. now ending the story (finally! lol).

there's some clana in it too! :oD

ok. please read and review!

cool, those last two lines rhymed. hehe

enjoy!

The gangs last hours of their week long "vacation" were spent packing everything onto the train which was heading back to Smallville. Clark had never felt so glad to be going back there in his life. He could only imagine what his parents would say when they heard what happened.

"Why does it seem like we have more luggage than what we started with?" Chloe wondered out loud as she threw her bag helplessly onto the chair she would be sitting in.

"It always seems that way," Lana retorted setting her backpack delicately next to her friend's.

Clark came into the compartment next carrying four buldging suitcases and kicking a sports bag infront of him due to the fact that he had no other form of getting it on board.

"Clark, why do you always insist on taking my things?" Lana asked in an upset tone as she helped him unload everything.

"I just want to be there for you," Clark admited simply throwing her a smile and then exiting.

Lana remaining where she was as memories of the party floating happily back into her mind.

"Hey, mind if you daydream of your man over there where your not in the way?" Chloe exclaimed pointing over to a chair.

"Oh, sorry, Chloe." Lana obeyed and sat down in the seat patiently.

After a few minutes, Lana looked down at the floor of the train and notice a small white square. With closer inspection, she realized it was a folded up piece of paper lying under one of Clark's bags.

She hesitated before curiously reaching down and snatching it up. Her heart jumped when she saw her name written on it's front in bold letters. Savoring the moment, Lana opened it slowly.

The letter went as follows:

Lana -

I have been thinking long and hard about what makes you special and here is what I have come up with so far: you have the ability to bring me out of the worst mood in the world. All I have to do is look in you direction, hear your voice, or know that you are on the other end talking to me. You make me laugh. You keep me wanting to know more about you. I think that's what makes me love you more and more everyday.

I hope you feel the same about me.

Yours forever, Clark

Lana was frozen in surprise. She reread it once, then twice, then three times. She kept looking over the part where he'd said 'I think that's what makes me love you more and more everyday'. Love? Love?! Clark loves her? Clark Kent?! When did he ever write this?!

Lana practically bubbled with excitement as she hurriedly stuffed the note in her pocket and walked briskly off the train.
At long last, the bags were all on board and all the students had a compartment. Mr. McDaniels went over roll call, but failed to mention Jason's name.

'Oh well. At least I'll never forget him,' Lana thought in her head.

Mr. McDaniels informed everyone that the train would be leaving in ten minutes so a few small groups of kids went back downtown for some last minute shopping while the others hovered around the train waiting impatiently. Clark and the others were the latter.

"Hey Clark," Lana announced walking up him with a huge grin.

"Lana, you look...happy."

"I am," she confirmed. "Do you want to know why?"

"I don't know. Should I?"

Lana tried to muffle her smile, but it was failing terribly. "Yes or no question, Clark."

"Yes."

Lana quickly retrieved the note from her pocket. "When were you planning on giving me this?"

Clark took the note from her, opened it, and began to feel his cheeks redden with embarassment. Lana bit her bottom lip to stifle a giggle.

"Where did you get this?" he asked keeping his focus on the paper.

"I found it on the floor of the compartment." Lana then noticed his reaction. "What?...you didn't mean what you said?"

"No!" Clark quickly answered looking at her suddenly. There was no way he was going to let Lana slip away from him now. "No. I just...I never really meant for you to see it. It was kind of like...like a diary or something. I had to get it out because...I was too afraid to - "

"Chloe! Guys! Don't leave yet!"

Clark, Lana, and the others all turned to see Marshall and Simon racing towards them.

"Hey! Come to see us off?" Chloe said cheerily.

"Yeah. But we also wanted to give you something," Simon informed pulling out a wad of photographs from his pocket and handing them out to their Smallville friends.

"What are these?" Clark asked as he took one.

"They're pictures I took when we were in the forest and I was fighting Brad," Marshall stated victoriously. "Think of them as soveniors and a thank you for helping with the poltergeist mystery."

They all had a fun time laughing at a few of the more humorous photos and then said their goodbyes. Marshall and Simon promised they would come Smallville soon and Chloe agreed to give them a spot in the Torch if they ever did.

Just as the ten minutes was nearing it's end, Clark noticed Lex walking swiftly towards them.

"I just wanted to say goodbye to you guys," he said when he reached them. "I'm staying in Eerie until the end of summer."

"Why?" Clark asked frowning.

"To put it bluntly - my father is a pain in the ass. The more stay with him the more my mansion in Eerie is looking very welcoming. It's one of the many reasons I bought it."

Clark smiled brightly. "Well, I'm glad your going to have a nice summer vacation, Lex."

"Me too." he began walking to his car. "I'll see you guys later. If you ever want to visit, just call."
The sun began to set and Mr. McDaniels informed everyone that it was time to board the train. They all filed in and the train started off in a puff of stream.

"Go fish! Ha!" Lance shrieked triumphantly at Chloe who gave him an evil look and grabbed a card out of the messy pile in front of her.

Pete was slumped over next to Chloe snoring loudly (once again in LaLa-Land with Frank and his beloved purple turtles) while Clark and Lana, the last two occupants in the compartment, were sitting side by side in the seats farthest away from Chloe, Pete, and Lance.

"So Clark," Lana began turning towards him. "you never finished what you were going to say outside the train a few minutes ago."

Clark's cheeks glowed again and he looked down at his thumbs. How was it that even after he kissed her, the nervous butterfulies still fluttered excitedly inside him?

"Clark?" she stated taking her hand and lacing her fingers through his.

He looked over at Lana a little surprised by her action. However, he knew it was time to make the final move.

"Lana, as long as I can remember I've always had feelings for you. But I was so afraid to tell you that I just never did. But now...," Clark took another breath before saying what he'd wanted to since kindergarten. "but now i'm not afraid anymore...and...I love you, Lana."

'Awwwww!!!' Lana exclaimed in her mind. Not only did Clark just openly confess his love for her, but he had the cutest face on when he said it! 'Lana! Say it back! Say it back to him!'

"I love you too, Clark," she whispered. For some reason, her voice couldn't get any louder.

By now, both Lance and Chloe had noticed Clark and Lana in the corner and stared quietly as the lovestruck two gazed into each others eyes.

'Come on, Clark. You did it once already. Kiss her again!' Clark remained frozen inches from Lana's face. 'What are doing?! Quit being nervous!'

Lana finally lost patience and leaned forward. Clark's eyebrows lifted with excitement and surprise as he felt Lana's lips on his again. He slowly relaxed enjoying every single moment of it. In reality, the kiss lasted about five seconds, but, to Clark, it felt longer. Much longer.

"It's about time, guys!"

Clark pulled away suddenly and felt his cheeks heat up when he saw Chloe and Lance laughing at him and Lana.

Lana looked at her other friends and then back at Clark who was smiling with deep embarassment. She wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head in his shoulder. He looked down at her and then sighed laying his head on hers. The last few bars of the song he'd danced to last night came into his head.

And here we are in heaven

For you are mine at last

For you are mine at last

ThE EnD

a.n. hope u liked it! i had lotsa fun writing it!

btw, that love letter that Clark wrote was actually something that my friend Lance (who inspired the character in my story coincidently named Lance. lol) IMed to his girlfriend (who is my friend also). when she sent it to me, i was like 'Awwwwwwww!!!!!' lol. i hadda stick it in this fic cuz it's just so cute

okiedokie. review and lemme kno what u think

p.s. if u're wonderin y i never said what made the flute noise attract the people into the forest, i kinda meant not to. maybe it was the kids, maybe it was the forest itself,...who knows....

hehe. cliffy endings... :o)