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Lana and Clark were sitting downstairs around the island in the kitchen. Lana was trying to be cheery and uplifting to Clark which was helping somewhat as she saw that Clark would smirk every once and awhile but he wasn't his usual self. Lana was sure that he had been in some sort of ordeal but didn't want to press him because he probably would back off right away.
"How was your short time in Paris?" Clark asked.
Lana snapped out of her thoughts and replied, "It was good but really, really, short. I came back here as soon as I heard about everything."
"Are you going to go back?" Clark asked.
"I hope so, eventually, when I know things go back to 'normal.' I think I'm going to wait around for awhile and make sure Chloe is ok and then head back." Lana said.
"I'm glad you get the chance to go back." Clark said.
"Me too," Lana said.
"Did my parents say when they would be back?" Clark asked.
"As soon as they could, I think they wanted to leave Chloe as comfortable as possible." Lana said.
"Thanks for being with me while I slept." Clark said.
"No problem Clark." Lana replied.
"I'm going to have a quick shower. If my parents come home soon could you tell them I'll be down as soon as I clean up?" Clark asked.
"Sure, I think I'm going to go out and get some fresh air on the porch swing. I'll be there if you need me." Lana said.
"Thanks." Clark said.
Lana then grabbed a magazine she had been reading previously during the past week and headed out to the front porch. Clark then headed upstairs and grabbed his toiletries from on top of his dresser and headed into the shower. Before Clark headed into the shower he looked himself over in the mirror. His hair was now a mop on his head, longer than it had been in Metropolis. He then noticed that there was a tattoo like kryptonian symbol on his shoulder.
"Geez, Jor-El, I thought the burn you gave me last summer was bad but now you've given me a tattoo." Clark said to himself.
Clark looked at it in the mirror and tried to read it. After realizing that the mirror was showing the symbol backwards because it was a reflection. Clark then realized what the symbol stood for.
"Strength!" Clark said out loud. "Thanks Jor-El."
It wasn't half bad. He then took a washcloth and started to wipe away at it and see if it was temporary. He then had a sigh of relief because he wouldn't have to worry about explaining it to anyone else later, especially his parents.
"Clark, we're home." Martha called out from downstairs.
"Mom I'm upstairs just getting into the shower I'll be down in a sec." Clark yelled.
Clark then jumped into the shower and cleaned himself up. He then whisked into his room grabbed his blue t-shirt and jeans and put them on and headed downstairs.
"How's Chloe?" Lana asked.
"She looks better daily. She still has some scarring leftover from the skin grafts but we're so glad that she didn't get any burns on her face." Martha replied.
"Her spirits are good too. We told her that we found Clark and she was thrilled, she wanted to help out us and Clark any way she could." Jonathan said.
"That's good, I'm going to head back out to the loft and read for a bit. If you need me I'll be there reading." Lana said.
"Ok, thanks Lana." Martha said.
Clark who had stopped and listened on the stairs for a moment and continued using his super hearing until he heard the barn door open, headed downstairs to see his parents.
Martha and Jonathan were both standing in the kitchen getting food ready they had bought at the grocery store for dinner.
"What's for dinner?" Clark said with a smile as he headed into the kitchen.
"I guess some of that Kent charm and stomach of yours didn't get sucked up with Jor-El." Martha said.
"Well considering I haven't eaten in a month and a half I'm famished." Clark said.
"You could have eaten 3 meals a day and still be famished by 7 o'clock at night, Son." Jonathan said.
Clark then stopped smiling and decided to go ahead and tell his parents what happened while he was in the wall.
"Mom, Dad. I'm glad that it was you who found me in the caves. I wouldn't have known what to tell other people." Clark said.
"We know how important it is that we found you too." Martha said.
"I don't know what to tell you what I found out in the cave. It's all still jumbled up." Clark said.
He had lied a bit but he didn't even know where to start to tell his parents about his past and what he was going to do for his future.
"I'm sure it will all come clear to you eventually. We're just glad for right now, He let you come home to us." Martha said.
"I don't think Jor-El will want me to go to him again for quite awhile. I think we're safe." Clark said At Clark's comment both Martha and Jonathan breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
"So, what's for dinner?" Clark said.
Lana and Clark were sitting downstairs around the island in the kitchen. Lana was trying to be cheery and uplifting to Clark which was helping somewhat as she saw that Clark would smirk every once and awhile but he wasn't his usual self. Lana was sure that he had been in some sort of ordeal but didn't want to press him because he probably would back off right away.
"How was your short time in Paris?" Clark asked.
Lana snapped out of her thoughts and replied, "It was good but really, really, short. I came back here as soon as I heard about everything."
"Are you going to go back?" Clark asked.
"I hope so, eventually, when I know things go back to 'normal.' I think I'm going to wait around for awhile and make sure Chloe is ok and then head back." Lana said.
"I'm glad you get the chance to go back." Clark said.
"Me too," Lana said.
"Did my parents say when they would be back?" Clark asked.
"As soon as they could, I think they wanted to leave Chloe as comfortable as possible." Lana said.
"Thanks for being with me while I slept." Clark said.
"No problem Clark." Lana replied.
"I'm going to have a quick shower. If my parents come home soon could you tell them I'll be down as soon as I clean up?" Clark asked.
"Sure, I think I'm going to go out and get some fresh air on the porch swing. I'll be there if you need me." Lana said.
"Thanks." Clark said.
Lana then grabbed a magazine she had been reading previously during the past week and headed out to the front porch. Clark then headed upstairs and grabbed his toiletries from on top of his dresser and headed into the shower. Before Clark headed into the shower he looked himself over in the mirror. His hair was now a mop on his head, longer than it had been in Metropolis. He then noticed that there was a tattoo like kryptonian symbol on his shoulder.
"Geez, Jor-El, I thought the burn you gave me last summer was bad but now you've given me a tattoo." Clark said to himself.
Clark looked at it in the mirror and tried to read it. After realizing that the mirror was showing the symbol backwards because it was a reflection. Clark then realized what the symbol stood for.
"Strength!" Clark said out loud. "Thanks Jor-El."
It wasn't half bad. He then took a washcloth and started to wipe away at it and see if it was temporary. He then had a sigh of relief because he wouldn't have to worry about explaining it to anyone else later, especially his parents.
"Clark, we're home." Martha called out from downstairs.
"Mom I'm upstairs just getting into the shower I'll be down in a sec." Clark yelled.
Clark then jumped into the shower and cleaned himself up. He then whisked into his room grabbed his blue t-shirt and jeans and put them on and headed downstairs.
"How's Chloe?" Lana asked.
"She looks better daily. She still has some scarring leftover from the skin grafts but we're so glad that she didn't get any burns on her face." Martha replied.
"Her spirits are good too. We told her that we found Clark and she was thrilled, she wanted to help out us and Clark any way she could." Jonathan said.
"That's good, I'm going to head back out to the loft and read for a bit. If you need me I'll be there reading." Lana said.
"Ok, thanks Lana." Martha said.
Clark who had stopped and listened on the stairs for a moment and continued using his super hearing until he heard the barn door open, headed downstairs to see his parents.
Martha and Jonathan were both standing in the kitchen getting food ready they had bought at the grocery store for dinner.
"What's for dinner?" Clark said with a smile as he headed into the kitchen.
"I guess some of that Kent charm and stomach of yours didn't get sucked up with Jor-El." Martha said.
"Well considering I haven't eaten in a month and a half I'm famished." Clark said.
"You could have eaten 3 meals a day and still be famished by 7 o'clock at night, Son." Jonathan said.
Clark then stopped smiling and decided to go ahead and tell his parents what happened while he was in the wall.
"Mom, Dad. I'm glad that it was you who found me in the caves. I wouldn't have known what to tell other people." Clark said.
"We know how important it is that we found you too." Martha said.
"I don't know what to tell you what I found out in the cave. It's all still jumbled up." Clark said.
He had lied a bit but he didn't even know where to start to tell his parents about his past and what he was going to do for his future.
"I'm sure it will all come clear to you eventually. We're just glad for right now, He let you come home to us." Martha said.
"I don't think Jor-El will want me to go to him again for quite awhile. I think we're safe." Clark said At Clark's comment both Martha and Jonathan breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
"So, what's for dinner?" Clark said.