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Chp 3
The motel was almost outside of Smallville, just at the town boarder, and it wasn't the prettiest thing. Everything else in Smallville seemed nice, cozy, warm and inviting, but not this place, Clark didn't even think that there was a place like this in Smallville. He felt bad for her sleeping a motel like this, and he hadn't even seen the inside of her room, he was ashamed. He asked how long she planned on staying in this place, she hoped not too long, since she only got there this was the first thing she grabbed but would be looking for a place to either rent or buy. Clark walked her to her door and just as she was opening it she turned around to speak to him face to face. She was nervous as hell, she knew by telling him or even talking to him about it, he could hurt her at will if he wanted too, but being the type of person she was, she had to take the chance. "It's not my place to tell, so don't worry" she finally spit it out. Clark knew what she was talking about but instead he gave her a confused look, pretending not to know what she was talking about. By his reaction to deny, she knew he wouldn't hurt her, plus he never gave her the "mob warning". "I saw everything in the alley" she tried again. Clark was quick on his feet, he denied it and blamed her head injury for her illusions, he thought for sure she would leave the delicate subject alone, but she didn't. She indicated that even though her head was injured, she sat there for hours awake and coherent long before they ever came," Plus the doctor said that I was fine no head injury, just a big gash" she finished off. The worry in Clark's eyes could be read by anyone, and she easy picked this up all in his eyes, never wanting to hurt him or even scare him off she tried to lighten the mood by ending it with a joke "Plus you could always find me and fly me far away, drop me off.. oh let's say a sunny island and leave me there if you don't believe me," and ended it with a small quick thank you huge and a smile. He gave her his wearily little smile that he gives everyone when their to close to his secret and just looked at her, not knowing what to say, no one ever saw him before. It was always easier to deny or quickly come up with some other excuse when his friends got close, but this was a totally different story, not same thing as always. He was pulled back from his thoughts as she gabbed his hand and held it to her heart "Seriously I'll never tell, it's not my place to and I'm not in any position to judge you either" with that she kissed him on the cheek, thanked him, once again for the help and ride and went inside.
TBC