"What are you doing?" Clark said, in pain, leaning against the couch.
"Clark, we just have to get some samples, and this is the only way."
Lionel explained.
"Stop it." Clark said. He didn't care about there 'samples', they were deliberately putting him in pain.
"Do it." Lionel said. Two doctors came over next to Clark, with the meteor rocks. One took a blood sample, and skin sample, the other was taking a DNA test, swabbing his mouth. Clark tried to keep alert and follow everything they were doing, but the longer the meteor rocks were exposed to him, the harder it became just to stay conscious.
"Lionel, stop....it's too much." Clark said using the last of his strength. "They only have to do a few more things." Lionel said.
The last thing Clark saw was a female doctor taking a hair sample, and then it went black, for what seemed like 3 seconds.
Clark woke in an all to familiar hospital bed, only it was in the lab, connected to his apartment. Clark shot up out of bed, ripping the cord monitoring his heart beat off.
"Whoa! Settle down! Don't get up-" A doctor said. "What... I was only sick because you exposed me to Kryptonite! I don't need all this." Clark said getting out of the bed, angry.
"Clark, I'm sorry... I didn't know it... worked that fast." Lionel said entering the room, when he heard voices.
"You knew what it did!" Clark said pushing past Lionel into the apartment. When Lionel followed him in, Clark yelled "Get out!"
(Clark's POV) To his surprise, Lionel left with his crew. It seemed so strange to him. Lionel actually apologized... and then he left when I asked him to. That isn't Lionel! He is never...considerate of other people's feelings. Then again, I'm not a person, not technically. Wait... what am I saying... he is the one who did everything to me! He could have killed me, and he was fully aware of it.
It's all getting to me, I haven't seen my parents in 2 months, Pete and I can't talk anymore, he knows I'm keeping secrets again, and I just wish he knew why, Chloe is avoiding me, and every time I'm with Lex all he does is ask questions that I can't answer.
I need Lana. Where is the phone?
Clark thought as he rummaged around the apartment looking for it, finally finding it under the couch.
He dialed Lana's number.... "Chloe, is Lana there?" "Um, Clark, no..." "Okay, do you know where she is?" Clark needed her bad. "I think she is probably at the Talon right now, she said she had to pick up a few things and then head over for her shift." Chloe said nervously.
"Okay, thanks Chloe" Clark hung up; he didn't want any more awkward conversations with Chloe, not now.
Clark locked the apartment, as always and super speeded to the Talon. "Hey, Tiffany, do you know if Lana is here?" Clark said spotting Lana's friend.
"Ya, she is in the back, Clark." Tiffany said. "Thanks." Clark said already behind the counter.
"Sure Clark." Tiffany laughed as she carried her orders to a customer.
"Lana?" Clark asked as he swung open the door to the Talon's back room. Just then, Lana came around the corner, crashing into Clark, knocking over some boxes she was carrying. "Oh my gawd, Clark! I didn't even see you! I'm sorry!" Lana said as Clark helped her up, and picked up the boxes. "Sorry, that was my fault." Clark said pulling Lana into a hug. "God, I missed you." Clark bent down and kissed her passionately. Clark couldn't help but laugh as Lana blushed.
"I missed you too. You alright? I hadn't heard from you in a couple days and I was beginning to worry, because I called your apartment earlier and no one answered." Lana said giving Clark another quick kiss.
"Oh, ya I'm sorry. I know I said I was gonna be there, but Lionel kinda swung by with a surprise session." Clark said rolling his eyes, in an angry tone.
"Clark, what happened?" Lana could tell Clark wasn't okay by his tone. "Nothing." Clark didn't want to tell Lana, she worried about him way to much as it is. "Clark, come on. It's me. What happened?" Lana asked.
"I don't know, I just got pissed off, cause he knows! He knows, Lana!" Clark said getting more upset than he wanted to.
"Knows what?" "That the meteor rocks make me sick." Clark said.
"What! Clark, did he hurt you!" Lana said, gripping Clark tighter. "I'm okay, Lana."
"He hurt you, Clark! It's why your upset." Lana said as she felt her anger rising too, wanting to hurt Lionel how he was hurting the man she loved the most, it was bad enough he was mentally torturing Clark, but now he starts with physical abuse.
"Lana..." "Clark, what did he do to you?" Lana needed to know.
"It wasn't that bad, I just... I don't know! I mean it sounds crazy, but I haven't seen my parents in two months, and I guess with him being around... I told him all my secrets, and I just felt... I wanted to trust him, Lana. I'm so stupid. So I guess that is why I just got to mad." Clark couldn't look at Lana, he hated himself for what he just admitted, but he could tell Lana anything.
Lana was a little shocked. She never even once imagined Clark trusting or liking Lionel, was that what he was telling her? How could he even begin to, Lionel destroyed his life. Clark and his parents were so close, she couldn't even image how painful it must have been for him, how painful it is, not seeing them and talking to them. But so bad that he would somehow want Lionel to fill that void? NO! Lana, stop thinking this! He didn't say any of that... just that he wanted to trust him, but still...
"Clark, I'm sorry." Lana hugged him tighter. "I just wanted to see you." Clark said as he kissed her again, "thanks, you always make me feel better."
"Clark, I still have 2 hours on my shift, I get off at 11pm, two of the waitress are sick But it's Friday, we can do something after." Lana hated to make him wait 2 hours, who knows what he just went threw? But she couldn't leave.
"Sounds good." Clark said, he really didn't care what they did, as long as he was near Lana, he was fine. "I think I'll just hang around here 'til you get off."
Lana laughed, "You are really gonna wait two hours for me." It was Clark's turn to blush, "It's not like I have anything I'd rather do."
"Okay, Clark." Lana let out a little laugh as they headed back out, and Clark plopped himself down in a booth. Lana gave him one last kiss, and walked over to a table and started taking orders.
* * * * * * * *
Clark woke up to Lana kissing his neck, and he met her lips and kissed her. She seemed happy, and was laughing, "Looks likes someone fell asleep!" Lana teased.
The Talon was closed up and him and Lana were the only ones left. "I can't believe I fell asleep, but I haven't been sleeping very well lately." Clark said noticing that Lana was sitting on his lap. Clark wrapped his arms around her and couldn't contain the huge grin that was rapidly sweeping across his face.
"What are you so happy about?" Lana teased. "I've got the prettiest girl in Smallville in my arms and... she is ticklish." Clark said as he began to tickle Lana.
"No! Clark stop!" Lana laughed as she jumped off of Clark "Stop!" Lana was laughing so hard her sides hurt. Clark had pinned her on the ground, "Mercy!" Lana yelled.
"Ok" Clark said as they both became aware of the position they were in, Lana on the ground and Clark directly on top of her.
Lana laughed again, and bridged the gap between their lips, kissing Clark, as their tongues played together.
Clark completely lost himself in Lana. He began kissing her neck, as he rubbed her back, his lips returning to her mouth.
Lana let out a small moan, "Clark, so what do you want to do?" She knew if she didn't stop now, she never would.
"I don't care." Clark said getting up. Lana just loved seeing Clark smile how he was now. Lately she barely saw it anymore.
"A midnight movie, or something?" Lana suggested. * * * * * * * * * * * *
(Next day)
"It's such a beautiful day, Clark! Let's go for a walk or something!" Lana loved the sunshine streaming down on her.
"Lana, we are walking!" Clark teased her. "Right." Lana said as they continued walking down the streets of Smallville towards the Talon. "So... the dance is coming up in like a month.... are you up to it?" Lana asked Clark, enjoying the feel of his arm around her waist, for everyone to see that they were a couple. Clark stopped walking though, "Clark?"
Lana looked at Clark and saw utter sadness. He was smiling half a second ago, "Clark?" Lana looked in the direction Clark was staring and saw the Kents coming out of a store less than 12 yards away.
(Clark's POV)
There they are...mom, dad! I just wanna hug them. I didn't think that just merely seeing them would be this hard. It's a miracle I haven't run into them for this long, after all this is SMALLville. I should just go hug them... NO, I can't... it will drag them into a big mess and I can't talk to them, or see them, so why make it harder... they can't get involved in my mess...
"Clark, are you ok?" Lana says. "No." I honestly tell her.
Oh, no! They are coming towards me, looking straight at me. Ah, gawd... this is gonna be so hard... it feels so unnatural.
"Clark." My mom says, she sounds like she is on the brink of tears. "Son, how are you?" MY dad says as he put his hand on my shoulder. I can't make things worse for them. I pull away.
"I'm fine." I say almost emotionlessly, coldly. My mom is crying now.... I'm hurting her more...
"Mom, don't cry." I hug her. I'm being selfish, this will only lead to trouble for them. "I can't talk to you." I say as I begin to walk away.
(Jonathan's POV)
"Clark, wait!" He can't just walk off; we haven't even so much as written each other in 2 months.
"No." Clark says as he grabs Lana by the arm and walks off. What has happened to my son? I look into his eyes and I see no emotion. If he hadn't of hugged his mother I wouldn't have known it was Clark at all. He seems so troubled. It breaks my heart just watching him walk away from us. I know we aren't supposed to contact each other, but running into each other isn't the same thing. It's not like there is a restraining order.
I saw him about a month ago coming out of the feed store. He didn't see me, but I watched him. He was so rude to people. He has changed for the worse.
What's going on with him? I just want to know, because something doesn't fit. I called his school, and after much pleading his principle told me that I'm not his legal guardians, so I wasn't supposed to know any information about him. But he did tell me that Clark's grades have drastically gone down hill. Clark has also been much more aggressive lately. Much more than that, he wouldn't tell me. But I got the feeling there is a lot more.
What the hell is happening to my son? It's almost as If he is on red Kryptonite, but I know he isn't, or by now he would be back to robbing banks and ATMs.
Martha is a mess, she is severely depressed. She never goes out, she stopped baking, and she stays in bed until 11, most mornings. She needs something only Clark can give her.
I need to talk to Lana; she is the only one who really knows.
"Stop it." Clark said. He didn't care about there 'samples', they were deliberately putting him in pain.
"Do it." Lionel said. Two doctors came over next to Clark, with the meteor rocks. One took a blood sample, and skin sample, the other was taking a DNA test, swabbing his mouth. Clark tried to keep alert and follow everything they were doing, but the longer the meteor rocks were exposed to him, the harder it became just to stay conscious.
"Lionel, stop....it's too much." Clark said using the last of his strength. "They only have to do a few more things." Lionel said.
The last thing Clark saw was a female doctor taking a hair sample, and then it went black, for what seemed like 3 seconds.
Clark woke in an all to familiar hospital bed, only it was in the lab, connected to his apartment. Clark shot up out of bed, ripping the cord monitoring his heart beat off.
"Whoa! Settle down! Don't get up-" A doctor said. "What... I was only sick because you exposed me to Kryptonite! I don't need all this." Clark said getting out of the bed, angry.
"Clark, I'm sorry... I didn't know it... worked that fast." Lionel said entering the room, when he heard voices.
"You knew what it did!" Clark said pushing past Lionel into the apartment. When Lionel followed him in, Clark yelled "Get out!"
(Clark's POV) To his surprise, Lionel left with his crew. It seemed so strange to him. Lionel actually apologized... and then he left when I asked him to. That isn't Lionel! He is never...considerate of other people's feelings. Then again, I'm not a person, not technically. Wait... what am I saying... he is the one who did everything to me! He could have killed me, and he was fully aware of it.
It's all getting to me, I haven't seen my parents in 2 months, Pete and I can't talk anymore, he knows I'm keeping secrets again, and I just wish he knew why, Chloe is avoiding me, and every time I'm with Lex all he does is ask questions that I can't answer.
I need Lana. Where is the phone?
Clark thought as he rummaged around the apartment looking for it, finally finding it under the couch.
He dialed Lana's number.... "Chloe, is Lana there?" "Um, Clark, no..." "Okay, do you know where she is?" Clark needed her bad. "I think she is probably at the Talon right now, she said she had to pick up a few things and then head over for her shift." Chloe said nervously.
"Okay, thanks Chloe" Clark hung up; he didn't want any more awkward conversations with Chloe, not now.
Clark locked the apartment, as always and super speeded to the Talon. "Hey, Tiffany, do you know if Lana is here?" Clark said spotting Lana's friend.
"Ya, she is in the back, Clark." Tiffany said. "Thanks." Clark said already behind the counter.
"Sure Clark." Tiffany laughed as she carried her orders to a customer.
"Lana?" Clark asked as he swung open the door to the Talon's back room. Just then, Lana came around the corner, crashing into Clark, knocking over some boxes she was carrying. "Oh my gawd, Clark! I didn't even see you! I'm sorry!" Lana said as Clark helped her up, and picked up the boxes. "Sorry, that was my fault." Clark said pulling Lana into a hug. "God, I missed you." Clark bent down and kissed her passionately. Clark couldn't help but laugh as Lana blushed.
"I missed you too. You alright? I hadn't heard from you in a couple days and I was beginning to worry, because I called your apartment earlier and no one answered." Lana said giving Clark another quick kiss.
"Oh, ya I'm sorry. I know I said I was gonna be there, but Lionel kinda swung by with a surprise session." Clark said rolling his eyes, in an angry tone.
"Clark, what happened?" Lana could tell Clark wasn't okay by his tone. "Nothing." Clark didn't want to tell Lana, she worried about him way to much as it is. "Clark, come on. It's me. What happened?" Lana asked.
"I don't know, I just got pissed off, cause he knows! He knows, Lana!" Clark said getting more upset than he wanted to.
"Knows what?" "That the meteor rocks make me sick." Clark said.
"What! Clark, did he hurt you!" Lana said, gripping Clark tighter. "I'm okay, Lana."
"He hurt you, Clark! It's why your upset." Lana said as she felt her anger rising too, wanting to hurt Lionel how he was hurting the man she loved the most, it was bad enough he was mentally torturing Clark, but now he starts with physical abuse.
"Lana..." "Clark, what did he do to you?" Lana needed to know.
"It wasn't that bad, I just... I don't know! I mean it sounds crazy, but I haven't seen my parents in two months, and I guess with him being around... I told him all my secrets, and I just felt... I wanted to trust him, Lana. I'm so stupid. So I guess that is why I just got to mad." Clark couldn't look at Lana, he hated himself for what he just admitted, but he could tell Lana anything.
Lana was a little shocked. She never even once imagined Clark trusting or liking Lionel, was that what he was telling her? How could he even begin to, Lionel destroyed his life. Clark and his parents were so close, she couldn't even image how painful it must have been for him, how painful it is, not seeing them and talking to them. But so bad that he would somehow want Lionel to fill that void? NO! Lana, stop thinking this! He didn't say any of that... just that he wanted to trust him, but still...
"Clark, I'm sorry." Lana hugged him tighter. "I just wanted to see you." Clark said as he kissed her again, "thanks, you always make me feel better."
"Clark, I still have 2 hours on my shift, I get off at 11pm, two of the waitress are sick But it's Friday, we can do something after." Lana hated to make him wait 2 hours, who knows what he just went threw? But she couldn't leave.
"Sounds good." Clark said, he really didn't care what they did, as long as he was near Lana, he was fine. "I think I'll just hang around here 'til you get off."
Lana laughed, "You are really gonna wait two hours for me." It was Clark's turn to blush, "It's not like I have anything I'd rather do."
"Okay, Clark." Lana let out a little laugh as they headed back out, and Clark plopped himself down in a booth. Lana gave him one last kiss, and walked over to a table and started taking orders.
* * * * * * * *
Clark woke up to Lana kissing his neck, and he met her lips and kissed her. She seemed happy, and was laughing, "Looks likes someone fell asleep!" Lana teased.
The Talon was closed up and him and Lana were the only ones left. "I can't believe I fell asleep, but I haven't been sleeping very well lately." Clark said noticing that Lana was sitting on his lap. Clark wrapped his arms around her and couldn't contain the huge grin that was rapidly sweeping across his face.
"What are you so happy about?" Lana teased. "I've got the prettiest girl in Smallville in my arms and... she is ticklish." Clark said as he began to tickle Lana.
"No! Clark stop!" Lana laughed as she jumped off of Clark "Stop!" Lana was laughing so hard her sides hurt. Clark had pinned her on the ground, "Mercy!" Lana yelled.
"Ok" Clark said as they both became aware of the position they were in, Lana on the ground and Clark directly on top of her.
Lana laughed again, and bridged the gap between their lips, kissing Clark, as their tongues played together.
Clark completely lost himself in Lana. He began kissing her neck, as he rubbed her back, his lips returning to her mouth.
Lana let out a small moan, "Clark, so what do you want to do?" She knew if she didn't stop now, she never would.
"I don't care." Clark said getting up. Lana just loved seeing Clark smile how he was now. Lately she barely saw it anymore.
"A midnight movie, or something?" Lana suggested. * * * * * * * * * * * *
(Next day)
"It's such a beautiful day, Clark! Let's go for a walk or something!" Lana loved the sunshine streaming down on her.
"Lana, we are walking!" Clark teased her. "Right." Lana said as they continued walking down the streets of Smallville towards the Talon. "So... the dance is coming up in like a month.... are you up to it?" Lana asked Clark, enjoying the feel of his arm around her waist, for everyone to see that they were a couple. Clark stopped walking though, "Clark?"
Lana looked at Clark and saw utter sadness. He was smiling half a second ago, "Clark?" Lana looked in the direction Clark was staring and saw the Kents coming out of a store less than 12 yards away.
(Clark's POV)
There they are...mom, dad! I just wanna hug them. I didn't think that just merely seeing them would be this hard. It's a miracle I haven't run into them for this long, after all this is SMALLville. I should just go hug them... NO, I can't... it will drag them into a big mess and I can't talk to them, or see them, so why make it harder... they can't get involved in my mess...
"Clark, are you ok?" Lana says. "No." I honestly tell her.
Oh, no! They are coming towards me, looking straight at me. Ah, gawd... this is gonna be so hard... it feels so unnatural.
"Clark." My mom says, she sounds like she is on the brink of tears. "Son, how are you?" MY dad says as he put his hand on my shoulder. I can't make things worse for them. I pull away.
"I'm fine." I say almost emotionlessly, coldly. My mom is crying now.... I'm hurting her more...
"Mom, don't cry." I hug her. I'm being selfish, this will only lead to trouble for them. "I can't talk to you." I say as I begin to walk away.
(Jonathan's POV)
"Clark, wait!" He can't just walk off; we haven't even so much as written each other in 2 months.
"No." Clark says as he grabs Lana by the arm and walks off. What has happened to my son? I look into his eyes and I see no emotion. If he hadn't of hugged his mother I wouldn't have known it was Clark at all. He seems so troubled. It breaks my heart just watching him walk away from us. I know we aren't supposed to contact each other, but running into each other isn't the same thing. It's not like there is a restraining order.
I saw him about a month ago coming out of the feed store. He didn't see me, but I watched him. He was so rude to people. He has changed for the worse.
What's going on with him? I just want to know, because something doesn't fit. I called his school, and after much pleading his principle told me that I'm not his legal guardians, so I wasn't supposed to know any information about him. But he did tell me that Clark's grades have drastically gone down hill. Clark has also been much more aggressive lately. Much more than that, he wouldn't tell me. But I got the feeling there is a lot more.
What the hell is happening to my son? It's almost as If he is on red Kryptonite, but I know he isn't, or by now he would be back to robbing banks and ATMs.
Martha is a mess, she is severely depressed. She never goes out, she stopped baking, and she stays in bed until 11, most mornings. She needs something only Clark can give her.
I need to talk to Lana; she is the only one who really knows.