"Clark, no! We love you, you do not bring us pain and suffering." Lana said
very worried. This is exactly how it happened last time, before he ran off
to Metropolis. But this time she knew everything, she knew his secret and
she change it this time, couldn't she?
"Lana, how many times have I made you cry? Made my mom cry, made Chloe cry?" Clark said as if it proved everything.
"How many times have you made us laugh, smile, and make us feel like if we could just stay in the moment, we would be happy forever?" Lana said stepping closer to Clark, and taking his hand in hers. "Clark, everyone gets hurt by the people they love, everyone brings pain and trails... Clark think about it. If you love someone, you are hurt by the things that happen to them. I would be hurt be every person! When people die, it hurts the ones they love. But we can't just run away when because we never want to hurt them. Clark, you make me and your parents so happy. When you left to Metropolis it brought more pain to us by not having you here."
Clark squeezed Lana's hand a little, "I just can't stand to see the people I love hurting, and knowing it's because of me."
"It's not your fault, Clark. How could you have done anything to stop this? Please, just promise me you won't do anything, at least not yet." Lana asked Clark, looking more worried than Clark had ever seen her. He would have immediately said 'yes, I promise' but he had already made a promise tonight that he regretted.
"Lana... I can't stand by and do nothing." Clark explained.
Lana started to panic; he was going to leave again, wasn't he? Or worse...
"Clark! Please, promise me! PLEASE!" Lana had started crying again, her worse fears were beginning to come true.
"I promise." Clark said feeling horrible that he brought her to tears yet again, and hugged her, holding her close, stroking her hair, "I'm sorry Lana, please... don't cry. I' m sorry..."
Lana would have said some more comforting words, or something to REALLY make Clark believe that he did not bring them pain and suffering. But she just wrapped her arms around Clark and cried into his chest as she had so many other times. What would she do if he left again? She could never let that happen.
"Clark..." Lana said looking up at him, "Please, don't leave. Clark, I love you, and so do your parents. I would have died so many times if you weren't here to protect me. Please, Clark..." Lana said her voice cracking.
"Lana..." Clark said turning away, breaking eye contact. Lana recognized this simple action, that might have been dismissed by anyone else, but Lana knew. He had done it when she had confronted him about Van's accusation of him being a 'meteor freak', and so many other times.
"Clark, just wait to see how things work out. Please, I know you and I know that you think it's your fault, that you are doing this to your parents, but you are not, and you have to accept that you can't control everything and learn to deal with it like the rest of us!" Lana said scared and angry.
"But I did do this! You don't understand... no one does." Clark said letting go of Lana and turning away from her.
"Clark, I know, I have no idea what you must feel, but we don't even know how bad it could be yet... maybe this will just pass over, I mean from what you told me at the loft, it basically sounded like your word versus Lionel's. Clark, we can get threw this together." Lana said.
"I'm not going to leave, Lana." Clark said. How could he leave his father in a mess like this? A mess over him. No, if he was going to leave it would have to be after he straightened things out for his parents and Lana, so they could have a normal life. But truth was, Clark didn't want to leave. Lana was his girlfriend now, and his parents and him had never been closer. He liked Smallville, save the meteor rocks, and he didn't want to leave. Was that selfish? To stay because you like it, and cause the people around you trails?
Lana let out a sigh of relief, "good, Clark. Thank you."
"But Lana, I can't just do nothing." Clark kicked a rock on the ground in frustration.
"Well... we will think of something to prevent this. Maybe Lex could get a good lawyer for your family." Lana said.
Clark barely heard the part about Lex and a lawyer. All he could think of was how good it felt to hear a 'we'. That someone he loved knew his secret and would be there for him.
"Thanks, Lana." Clark said giving her a kiss. "I think you just stopped me from doing something really stupid."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Lana?" Chloe said looking relieved as she put down her toothbrush, "Where were you? I was worried that maybe something happened to you." Then Chloe started laughing, "sorry, I didn't mean to sound like my dad."
"I was out with Clark." Lana said looking at the clock that read 5:24 am.
"oh" Chloe said utterly shocked.
"no, we didn't ... Clark was having a really bad time, we just talked..." Lana said now embarrassed.
"What's wrong with Clark?" Chloe sensing it was more than a 'bad day' by Lana's tone of voice.
Lana didn't know if she was supposed to say anything but decided it was alright, "Well... Lionel is making up lies, and conjuring false witnesses."
Chloe felt her stomach turn just hearing Clark and Lionel's name in the same sentence, "witnesses for what?"
"He is trying to say that Clark's adoption was fake, that one of his employees lied for Jonathan and made the false adoption papers. That either Jonathan kidnapped Clark or he did something to adopt Clark illegally, I donno, it's all really confusing to me."
"Oh My god, how is Clark doing?" Chloe felt like if Clark ever found out she was investigating him for Lionel, he would probably kill her.
"Not going... really bad."
"Lana, how many times have I made you cry? Made my mom cry, made Chloe cry?" Clark said as if it proved everything.
"How many times have you made us laugh, smile, and make us feel like if we could just stay in the moment, we would be happy forever?" Lana said stepping closer to Clark, and taking his hand in hers. "Clark, everyone gets hurt by the people they love, everyone brings pain and trails... Clark think about it. If you love someone, you are hurt by the things that happen to them. I would be hurt be every person! When people die, it hurts the ones they love. But we can't just run away when because we never want to hurt them. Clark, you make me and your parents so happy. When you left to Metropolis it brought more pain to us by not having you here."
Clark squeezed Lana's hand a little, "I just can't stand to see the people I love hurting, and knowing it's because of me."
"It's not your fault, Clark. How could you have done anything to stop this? Please, just promise me you won't do anything, at least not yet." Lana asked Clark, looking more worried than Clark had ever seen her. He would have immediately said 'yes, I promise' but he had already made a promise tonight that he regretted.
"Lana... I can't stand by and do nothing." Clark explained.
Lana started to panic; he was going to leave again, wasn't he? Or worse...
"Clark! Please, promise me! PLEASE!" Lana had started crying again, her worse fears were beginning to come true.
"I promise." Clark said feeling horrible that he brought her to tears yet again, and hugged her, holding her close, stroking her hair, "I'm sorry Lana, please... don't cry. I' m sorry..."
Lana would have said some more comforting words, or something to REALLY make Clark believe that he did not bring them pain and suffering. But she just wrapped her arms around Clark and cried into his chest as she had so many other times. What would she do if he left again? She could never let that happen.
"Clark..." Lana said looking up at him, "Please, don't leave. Clark, I love you, and so do your parents. I would have died so many times if you weren't here to protect me. Please, Clark..." Lana said her voice cracking.
"Lana..." Clark said turning away, breaking eye contact. Lana recognized this simple action, that might have been dismissed by anyone else, but Lana knew. He had done it when she had confronted him about Van's accusation of him being a 'meteor freak', and so many other times.
"Clark, just wait to see how things work out. Please, I know you and I know that you think it's your fault, that you are doing this to your parents, but you are not, and you have to accept that you can't control everything and learn to deal with it like the rest of us!" Lana said scared and angry.
"But I did do this! You don't understand... no one does." Clark said letting go of Lana and turning away from her.
"Clark, I know, I have no idea what you must feel, but we don't even know how bad it could be yet... maybe this will just pass over, I mean from what you told me at the loft, it basically sounded like your word versus Lionel's. Clark, we can get threw this together." Lana said.
"I'm not going to leave, Lana." Clark said. How could he leave his father in a mess like this? A mess over him. No, if he was going to leave it would have to be after he straightened things out for his parents and Lana, so they could have a normal life. But truth was, Clark didn't want to leave. Lana was his girlfriend now, and his parents and him had never been closer. He liked Smallville, save the meteor rocks, and he didn't want to leave. Was that selfish? To stay because you like it, and cause the people around you trails?
Lana let out a sigh of relief, "good, Clark. Thank you."
"But Lana, I can't just do nothing." Clark kicked a rock on the ground in frustration.
"Well... we will think of something to prevent this. Maybe Lex could get a good lawyer for your family." Lana said.
Clark barely heard the part about Lex and a lawyer. All he could think of was how good it felt to hear a 'we'. That someone he loved knew his secret and would be there for him.
"Thanks, Lana." Clark said giving her a kiss. "I think you just stopped me from doing something really stupid."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Lana?" Chloe said looking relieved as she put down her toothbrush, "Where were you? I was worried that maybe something happened to you." Then Chloe started laughing, "sorry, I didn't mean to sound like my dad."
"I was out with Clark." Lana said looking at the clock that read 5:24 am.
"oh" Chloe said utterly shocked.
"no, we didn't ... Clark was having a really bad time, we just talked..." Lana said now embarrassed.
"What's wrong with Clark?" Chloe sensing it was more than a 'bad day' by Lana's tone of voice.
Lana didn't know if she was supposed to say anything but decided it was alright, "Well... Lionel is making up lies, and conjuring false witnesses."
Chloe felt her stomach turn just hearing Clark and Lionel's name in the same sentence, "witnesses for what?"
"He is trying to say that Clark's adoption was fake, that one of his employees lied for Jonathan and made the false adoption papers. That either Jonathan kidnapped Clark or he did something to adopt Clark illegally, I donno, it's all really confusing to me."
"Oh My god, how is Clark doing?" Chloe felt like if Clark ever found out she was investigating him for Lionel, he would probably kill her.
"Not going... really bad."